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Trump doesn't remember that. Remember during the debate when he kept saying nobody got sick at his rallies?

So this being the 3rd republican senator with the virus, that is indeed significant news? Wow!

Went to bed last night reading that if one more republican senator was infected, it would mean the delay of the supreme court appointment. Anybody know if that's true? And if so, was this the tipping point?

IDK. Saw someone sum it up pretty succinctly the other day: Trump ticks all the extremely high risk check boxes. Obese, old, and poor.

Never forget how clown shoes this shit is, lol. One person who hasn't taken a snap, and one person who has lost half of the games he's played.

There were also Stoops lackeys voting texas down into like the 20's in the poll to further affect the ranking. We basically let the country vote us out of a conference championship because of how stupidly the Big 12 rules were.

I remember when Texas ran through that string of top 10/5 opponents in 2008 and seemed legitimately unbeatable. Even the tech game they lost, it gets forgotten, but Colt had just lead an insane comeback right before that final fateful drive. If Texas would have won that game, that moment would have hands down sealed up the Heisman for Colt. He should have won it anyways. I remember wishing Mizzou hadn't lost the same day OU did to Texas, because it would have made Mizzou the new #1, meaning Texas would have played (and smashed) two #1s back to back. Instead we had to settle for two top 10s in consecutive weeks (which ultimately became four top tens in a row, or three top 5s in 4 weeks).

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I always think to the Kobe Bryant quote to Dwight Howard about how you have to learn to be a champion. I feel like VY's and Colt's team had that mentality, they unlocked the cheat. It was Colts body that failed him, but he knew how to turn it on and not lose otherwise. I'm hoping this game against Tech was the same thing for Sam's team. You have to do shit like this to prove to yourself that you know how to win. I hope that's a culture game that taught the guys that they can win if they don't give up. Thing about Sam, he was baptized in the culture of those winning years. His formative years at a person was spent watching winning Texas teams. The dude is a super fan foremost, I bet the guy could school all our asses on longhorn lore. I feel like he rules, because he was taught how to be a winner in the VY and Colt McCoy era.

Perception doesn't have to be logical. You're completely right on all your points, but we're talking about a passionate (read: dumb) fanbase most of the time. Winning is the cure-all, though. Sam has this season and next season to write his legacy.

One last thing I'll say Re: Sam and Colt and perception. Colt McCoy's time at Texas, we were pretty much consistently at least in title talks. We fell out of contention at some point every year until his senior year, but there was always discussion of Texas when talking about teams that could make the BCS match. Sam Ehlinger has brought Texas back to that, when we weren't really seriously discussed in the national picture for much of the prior decade. Now, what was different about Colt's time is that, following the 2008 OU game, and then that little stretch where we played like 3 top 10 teams in 4 weeks, we became the team to beat in the country. Texas isn't there yet with Sam. There was a two year stretch with Colt where it wasn't that we were in the title talks, it was that we were expected to reach the title game. Obviously that was true of Texas pretty much the moment VY said "We'll be back" after Michigan as well.

Ya, he won it over Jevan Sneed, who was much more highly touted. It was a very big shock when McCoy beat him out on the depth chart.

I very, very distinctly remember arguing with people the summer leading up to the title year that the Michigan game wasn't an aberration. People already knew going into Michigan that VY could turn it on, he'd done it before in other games. The question was if he could be consistent. The chatter the entire summer was that Ohio State would prove whether or not it was a fluke, or if we'd turned the corner. And even after Ohio State, there were some scattered naysayers who openly wondered if VY could get passed OU. EDIT: To clarify, these people were a minority. Which was my original point, there will always be some chatter.

Colt lit people up his freshman year. His first year, we were in the top 10 until he went down the entire time. He had memorable games like the one against Nebraska, or the one against Tech where he lead that crazy comeback complete with the game winning first down. There were dummies who hated on Colt from day one of course, but I remember his freshman year being really, really solid.

Also, one thing to remember, back in those days, people were posting on Hornfans, so yes and thank you please manners only.

Colt started out pretty damn hot. Second play of his career was a 50+ yard td pass. We got stomped by Ohio State but for a baby faced freshman Colt looked decent in the game. We were in the MNC hunt his freshman year, if it wasn't for Colt getting hurt in the K-State game I'm confident we would have won the conference and probably gone on to the title game. Upsets happened the same day we lost to K-state, which would have put Texas at #3, with Michigan and Ohio State as #2 and #1 with a meeting the following week. People obviously didn't think he could be the next VY, but pretty quickly Colt won people over. He had a really serious sophomore slump, though, and went in to his junior year pretty quietly. It wasn't until the OU game 2008 that Colt McCoy became a star in the national picture. But by that point, most Texas fans were already pretty much sold on Colt. I remember the summer between Colt and Vince, telling my roommate at the time, "wouldn't it be crazy if when it was all said and done, we'd be looking back saying 'The only QB who could possibly follow Vince Young, was Colt McCoy?'" Sam Ehlinger's early game at USC gave me Colt McCoy freshman flashbacks. Not in the style of football they play, but just that general "this dude is a winner" vibe. Thing is, even including VY, until you win it all, there will always be naysayers. Shit, there are still naysayers about Colt McCoy. "He never won." The summer before the title year, people were still talking about how Vince Young would never be a competent passer, how we almost lost to Kansas, etc. You have to win to shut people up. People look back at VY and Colt with a lot more rose tinted glasses overall because of hindsight. There are always haters.

Well, statistically, he's definitely in their category. He's broken most of VY's records and is right behind Colt in just about every major statistical category. He might not be as smooth as VY, or as crisp as Colt, but he also has much, much less to work around him. VY and Colt both had championship-caliber teams surrounding them for multiple years. But when people compare him to VY or Colt I think they're primarily talking about the intangible. The guy oozes confidence and winner. It's much of what surrounds him that lets him down. Like, classic example: This was a loss. Yet it's undoubtedly one of Sam Ehlinger's best moments as a Longhorn.

Legit feels like no situation is too out of reach with Ehlinger running things. Tech proved it. I remember feeling that way with VY and Colt. Didn't matter the score, if there was time left, we had a legit shot. Not just head held high, but actually drooling over the prospect of getting a chance to right the ship. Like he knew the situation, and saw it as an opportunity to fulfill his dream. Every time I need a refresher to get pumped up about Sam Ehlinger, I watch this: I want this guy to win a championship and a heisman so badly. It's like it's been his destiny since birth to be great at Texas.

Gus Johnson gave us the "DICKER! THE KICKER!" call, and Jerrod Heard's "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH, The juice, Touchdown Texas!" call He good.

For spencer tillman, I reckon it's because Brando wasn't his uncle or dad or brother that ruined it for him

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After looking at Tim Brando's twitter account, I'm afraid I'm going to need pics of Terri, Tiffany, and Tara.

I can totally see the rockets being stupid and going after Doc Rivers.

only one I can remember as blatant was when Craig James was giddy when Case McCoy was starting his final drive vs A&M after pointing out that we hadn't sustained a drive all day. "All I can say is that, for whichever program loses, that team will think about this for a very long time." Prophetic, fuckface.