Tailgate

Another classic. I always thought you were cool...but having Gruden at #1 just upped you to super cool.

Still can’t believe Hut’s is no more on 6th.

I’ve thought about this since the storm really hit hard this week. 1. No one in the inner circle. UM, wife, agent, Texas team would leak shit...and that Texas team is small. 2. Nothing would come out until Herman is out. This is the big reason for crickets. 3. I’m hoping like others UM not publicly stating he will not coach again is a positive. 4. It’s like a publicly traded company and info gets leaked before earnings...good or bad. This is a no no. And Texas, and UM are pros...it won’t happen until they are ready to say something one way or the other.

Been having fun with a HTZ play. May need to fire up the winter Stonklympics after the holidays.

If we don’t know by noon Friday...I have access to a McRib very close by. That will suffice for now,

$9.95 Bruce Feldman 1. Urban MeyerFull disclosure: I work with the former Ohio State head coach at FOX on our “Big Noon Kickoff” show.Meyer is the elephant in the room when it comes to potentially huge coaching openings, and there could be one coming open this winter at Texas. Tom Herman is near the end of his fourth season at Texas, and the Longhorns are nowhere close to being a top-10 team. And despite a strong second season when they finished No. 9, it’s been very underwhelming.After last season, Herman fired most of his staff — many of whom he brought with him from Houston — but the results haven’t been much better. A loss last Friday at home to Iowa State dropped Herman to 7-7 in his last 14 games. The feeling is this program should be better than it is now, and recruiting is backsliding. It would take $15 million-plus to move on from Herman, not to mention the cost of parting with the coaching staff.People with knowledge of the matter say the UT brass is prepared to move on from Herman, but where they’d go next is the really intriguing part. Herman’s old boss, Meyer, is the wish candidate. He won national titles at Florida and at Ohio State and wasted little time getting them there. The 56-year-old does have health concerns, and those were a real factor in him walking away from a plum job in Columbus. Does he still want badly to be on the sidelines?Here’s my read on the situation: It’s really, really, really hard for coaches who walked away on top to stay away — especially someone as wildly competitive as Meyer is. In Texas, you have a big job in a conference that appears ripe for the taking. This certainly isn’t the meat grinder that is the SEC. There are some parallels to how watered down the Big Ten was back when Meyer first showed up in Columbus. Meyer also has a good window into what’s going on inside at Texas and the personnel there given his former defensive coordinator Chris Ash now runs the Longhorns defense. Texas has great resources and a hefty recruiting base that Meyer did well mining when he was at Ohio State.All that said, Meyer has taken to TV really well. He is extremely engaged in our show and very passionate about it — maybe as much as any analyst that I’ve worked with in TV. He genuinely cares about the show and takes great pride in the presence he has as a commentator on the sport, so I could definitely see him staying committed to that. I’ve worked with some former coaches who moved into TV and they essentially went through the motions, coasting on their name and personalities. That is definitely not Meyer or how he’s transitioned to it here.I don’t know this for certain, but I suspect there are moments when he’s tempted by the prospects of being back in it as a coach, striving toward building and running a powerhouse being wired for how all-consuming that is. And then there probably are other days when he’s very comfortable with his situation now.

Blue Bell Fudge Bars might be the most underrated frozen treat.

I tried to get one last Friday and it was closed...hopefully just for the holiday.

Crown & Anchor

Keeping a watch on SNDL

“5 and 12 remember those numbers...and you didn’t hear it from me” Comment from the OB thread....I read similar last night. All we can do is pray.

Just hooked up two iHome Minis. Insane stereo sound at $99 each. FWIW your iphone prompts you to set it up when you plug it in and and it takes ~60 seconds each. Apple is still winning big in UI.

Awesome. Glad they made it right.

There’s only one thing I want for Christmas.

Pay this man whatever he wants and let’s roll.

Did you get an email? I just contacted their support team as well. I know it’s a long shot.

Post game presser should be fun.... GTFO out of Austin you arrogant dip shit.

All looks like cotton candy. Would be great to see to recipe for those “lit” scalloped potatoes. Damn. Nice work.

Sister is doing the Turkey. I did the double-smoked ham on the BGE. Injected with maple syrup for 24 hours in fridge. Smoked for five hours at 250. Brown sugar and honey glazed for the last hour of the smoke. Mrs. Tailgate is doing the classic green bean casserole. Happy Turkey (and ham) day you crazy mofos.

Same. The whole online thing is truly a joke. They should instead grab every interested party and do a random draw every few hours instead of allowing bots/killer PCs destroy the process. Waiting several minutes in advance every drop only to see it disappear from your cart after credit card entry is a hoax.

Feeling a lot closer to home now. Wife’s cousins family got it in Austin after she visited with her a week ago. Good buddies family came down with it this week. The wildfire is here. Stay safe.

Pulled the trigger on a macbookpro with the M1. Will report back after using it. Got a good guage on the pro since it's all ive been using for years. Very curious about the M1 hype.

Crazy...but dealing with this now with Tank. Was at vets for ten hours. He passed out this morning and when he dropped he coughed a ton of phlegm up. Dude has pneumonia and you would have never known except for a ‘cough.’ He aspirated some food. Luckily Mrs. Tailgate was with him last year and a similar episode happened...if these things one day can communicate enough to tell us what’s up...scary stuff. He has a bad habit of inhaling food as he eats too fast...working ways to slow it down.

SOLD

Sec 130. Row 2. Nice chair backs seats on the balcony of the East Side Upper Deck. No one in front of you and no beer lines. COVID football is actually a nice experience. 😎 Will take face value for all four.