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  1. Saint Tacky
    My experience with the French during travel there has been quite the opposite of that. First trip my brother made there was a backpacking trip. He had a Texas flag sewn on his pack and while sitting in a train station he was approached by an older gentlemen that recounted a story about being saved from execution by the Germans right after D-Day by U.S. soldiers that were accompanied by tankers with Texas flags on their antennas or painted on their tanks. My brother cut the patch off and gave it to him.
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    Is it too late to get on the Gunter bandwagon?
  3. Saint Tacky
    Au contraire mon frère.
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    Jimmy Chitwood ain't walking through that door! Any testimony the daughters could offer about BSC's pattern of behavior would certainly be probative if Beard doesn't plead out and he's actually prosecuted. But he'll have been living and possibly coaching elsewhere by then.
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    He could sue. He could then drag that litigation out for months or more than a year before Texas would have enough to file a no evidence motion for summary judgment or settle financially. In the meantime, it remains in the news cycle while we cross our fingers that his counsel doesn't complete a Hail Mary and find records in discovery where the University allowed an employee to keep their job after having been arrested and charged with a similar felony.
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    Some are having difficulty with the risk management side of this equation. There is no risk with suspending him pending a thorough review and then dismissing him outright for beach of contract or eliciting a resignation for pennies on the dollar. There is a process in place and not following that process leaves room for an argument to the contrary. However baseless a wrongful termination suit might be, there is risk involved with litigating this, and in a public forum. Anyone remember how long Bev Kearney's matter dragged out and how embarrassing that was? That suit was foundering until she was able to leverage Applewhite's indiscretions into an argument that eventually cost UT $600K and plenty more than that in attorneys' fees and expenses. Do a cost/benefit analysis. Do you want to litigate this with Beard, however frivolous, and roll the dice on what turns up in discovery, or bide your time and make this go away quietly, and if necessary, cheaply?
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    The question is, are you paying attention? No one is disputing whether Texas has the right to exercise a clause in the employment agreement to terminate employment. The point is that there is a process and procedure for doing so that doesn't put the University at risk or expose themselves to any accusation of wrongful termination, however frivolous. For CDC and the suits in the Tower, it is all about risk management now.
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    Exactly what came to mind first. That was a gut punch.
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    UT isn't saying a damn thing beyond "we are looking into it." Silence is golden. In two years you want the headlines to be "Beard seeking redemption in new job," and not "testimony begins in wrongful termination/defamation suit against UT." How thrilled would the aggies be had Jimbo done something like this and handed them a termination for cause for that albatross of a contract?
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    It bears repeating that Texas isn't going to jump right from a public relations nightmare straight into a wrongful termination suit that keeps this out in the public domain.
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    Fuck PT. For years I was in agony with shoulder pain. Couldn't lift my right arm without wincing. Fondren Orthopedic in Houston kept telling me that PT was my only option, but it didn't help one bit. When I moved to the Metroplex a friend sent me over to the Carrell Clinic. After an exam and MRI, Dr. Burkhead asked me when I wanted to schedule surgery. I had my rotator cuff repaired, a bicep tendon reattached, and my AC joint cleaned out. He said my AC joint appeared as if a hand grenade had gone off in it. No amount of PT was going to fix that. Ridiculous. Recovery from shoulder surgery was grueling. I'm on my third ACL and I'd have three more before I had shoulder surgery again. But, I've been pain free ever since I recovered and I thank Dr. Burkhead every time I reach for my seatbelt or toss a football without any pain.
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    "Randy, I’m looking and pointing at Cotton, but I’m talking to you.”
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    My baptism was the 1972 Cotton Bowl versus Penn State. Dad gave us a few bucks and ordered us to get on our bikes and get the hell out of his sight. We went to go see "Lady and the Tramp" at the local movie theater.
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    this may be the cruelest thing I've seen posted on Surly Horns. I LAUGHED the entire time I was forwarding it to my brother.
  15. Saint Tacky
    Things Not Going Well for Mickey Joseph Former interim head coach Mickey Joseph was arrested for strangulation and third degree domestic assault earlier today.
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    FIFY
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    in for page 27...
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    Your MIL is named "mae"?
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    Ohio State has a slight edge in talent and a bigger edge in coaching. Throw in +7 for the home team. 50-degrees and a 40% chance of rain on Saturday, so weather isn't likely to be a factor. I'll miss my post-game celebration with my father-in-law this year. He was a hardcore Buckeye with a healthy respect and love for Texas and Longhorn fans because he's never been treated better anywhere than Austin in '05.
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    Trademarks last only as long as the owner uses the item trademarked. So, Rule Against Perpetuities, anyone?
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    OH! IO! Go Bucks!
  22. Saint Tacky
    Has nobody mentioned the local favorite? Marcia Ball, Austin City Limits HOF Inductee
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    We drove down to Harlingen every summer to see the Confederate Air Force Airshow before they moved it to Midland and changed the name. I’ve always been a fanboy of WW2 vintage planes. I’ve flown in a B-17. It was a great experience, but I wouldn’t do it again. I was so happy to have my feet firmly back on the ground. I knew it would be loud aboard, but I could not believe how loud it actually was. It was even difficult to hear the comms through the headset. It was also a physical beating. I imagine akin to trying to stand on a rollercoaster. But, I’m still more in awe of the guts it took to jump in those bombers and fly over the Reich every day and in broad daylight.
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    until he hurt his back building a volcano for his science class.
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    I was at Spring Training the year they shifted Bags to 1B. I would have lost a ton of money on any bet that he’d eventually make the HOF. Drove down to Houston with my 16-year old. Four hours down and four hours back tonight. Worth every mile.

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