Tex Long

Hey, now... you know the story: never up, never in. Do, or die.

One of the all-time great cinematic performances. You know why? Because he was perfectly cast. He wasn't acting, he was being himself and simply pretending. Much like Surly...

Fuck a five-gallon bucket full of "what if...". Just win, baby, just win. But, as for what actually happened so far, as opposed to what if... The only difference between our SEC schedule and Tennessee's is that we play aggy and they play Bama. We beat Piggy while they didn't. I haven't heard a buncha bitchin' about how soft Tennessee's schedule is. And speaking of results... Oregon squeaked by Wiscy by a field goal, and Bama kicked the living shit outta the Badgers. Transitive or no, there's something to chew on.

I think the real point is that aggy allegedly has been amplifying crowd noise to make it seem like they give a fuck. The speakers on the sideline thing is new, and seems likely to be against SEC rules.

Only to lazy motherfuckers. The rest of us... it's easy, and it's fun.

Two good approaches: 1. Unplug line to speaker cab. Cover plug with super glue. Return plug. Cut line at top of plug. 2. Take a 16-oz. spray bottle of naphtha. Spritz two sprays into each speaker cone, through grille cloth. Strike kitchen match. Ignite. Profit.

Quite a few quotes of Shipley with "We cannot afford to lose another game IMO." Not entirely correct. We can afford to lose the CCG and would still be in the 5-12 bracket. Losing to UK or aggy likely keeps us out of the CCG, and might shove us out of 5-12 as well. At this point we have at least three games left. Whether the third one is the CCG, a first-round homer, or a Toilet Bowl remains to be seen. If we keep winning, we have the three and another three in the playoffs. Could be a lotta games left, and they're just gonna keep getting tougher.

Are there wives who don't baby-talk to their sweety-pie little doggies?

One of the best, and I think my first, incredible aggy rollercoaster derailment - which we called at the time a choke - happened in the 1963 game that solidified our #1 ranking (over #2 Navy and Roger Staubach). On odd-number years, T-Day game was in College Station. It was chilly and wet. We scored first, FG by Shoeless Tony Crosby, and led 3-0. aggy came back with a couple of TDs, one in 2Q and another in 3Q, missed the xp on the second one, and was up 13-3 in the 4th quarter. We scored early, went for 2, didn't get it: 13-9 aggy. aggy had only won a couple of games all year, and they pulled out all the stops. One of their scores was a trick play, where the QB lateraled to a WR, and bounced the ball. I swear the nearest official waved incomplete, but maybe not. It worked as intended - the Texas D pulled up, and the WR threw a long pass to a wide-open ag. Damn. With the clock running out, Texas mounted a drive, but then... disaster! Our pass was intercepted, and aggy just needed to take a knee and run the clock for the supremely satisfying win. That wasn't enough for the ags, though... the interceptor apparently wanted glory, a pick-6 to cap off one for the ages. He tried to run it back, but was quickly corralled. Instead of going down, though, he tried to pitch it to a teammate. The ball went flying, Texas recovered it, with a fresh set of downs because of the double change of possession. Texas drove and Duke Carlisle punched the ball in from the goal line with a minute left. We went for 2 - again - and didn't get it - again. But 15-13 Texas. aggy had yet another massive choke to add to their heritage, and we had a New Year's Day shot at Roger Staubach and the Midshipmen. But that's another story.

Home field advantage.

Especially when they're curly-haired and left-handed.

Extremely late 60s.

The single-point safety. The kick was "blocked" but remained in the field of play. An aggy picked up the ball, still in the field. If he had run it back 90-some yards to the other end zone, it would have been 2 points for aggy. He didn't run it back, he tried to lateral and it was fumbled into his own end zone. If Texas had recovered it, it would have been a two-point conversion(? I think...). But an aggy recovered it, and was down. Because it had been possessed in the field, it was a safety. Because it was an attempted conversion, one point. The only part I find surprising is that it was only one instead of two, when an aggy runback or a Texas recovery would have been two (I think). Last time a safety was an issue for us was the XII refs spending 15 minutes to "justify" not giving Texas two against Bama in '22. That right there is the difference between SEC reffing and XII reffing. The ref diff between Bama '22 and '23 was ... considerable.

Fayetteville is a good place to leave, that's a fact. A couple minutes into the 4th quarter, looking at a three-point lead against a Razorback team that really had no business hanging with us. Do or die time. And we did. Praise Sark, praise Quinn. But more than those, praise PK and Nansen. Anyone who says he wasn't nervous at 13-10 is either a fool, or a liar. Bigger, stronger, faster, deeper, better conditioned. Maybe mostest, though, better coached, better prepared.

Likewise. But I think Drayton would be the mang if Choice gets chosen elsewhere.

No doubt Choice is going to be a fairly hot commodity, and likewise that Drayton would br a perfect replacement. I'm not so sure that the Texas run game has been outstanding enough for Choice to get a decent shot, but it could sure enough happen.

I missed the "real" explanation. Did Venables tell Gabriel to take a hike, or did Gabriel tell Venables to suck it? You sound like someone who's never been to Tojo Nunnally's Coal Yard on a Friday night.

It's closer to "mang" or maybe "main". AI isn't. Well... it is an artifice, but not intelligent. It's a propaganda tag for a conglomeration of hundreds, if not thousands, of programs that inspect parts of The gigantic library of data (which doesn't include everything, not just yet) and format responses. You've already discovered that the structure is incomplete and that it includes erroneous data. The real problem with it is that certain powers believe results are invariably correct, and act on them. GIGO. Caveat emptor. SEC is an entertainment juggernaut, and part of the refs' job is to keep it entertaining. We have been used to XII refs making calls that are - or appear to be - prejudiced against us, for various reasons, many of which were appallingly - sorry, uphaulingly - stupid. Earlier this year, we watched (well, some of us did) SEC refs hand a game to LSU, over South Carolina. Conventional wisdom has been to blame such on incompetence, rather than intent. Sometimes it looks like the W is in the script for the season, and the refs are making sure the outcome goes that way. My first rule of officiating is "Don't call what you don't see" and the second is "Don't try to make up for it, when you blow a call". Third is "Be consistent'. One of the most aggravating reffing things is seeing them call "foul" on something that has no effect on the play or a player. Recently one of the Talking Heads mentioned that a SEC ref had told him they were told, by league office, not to call fouls "away from the play" unless they were really bad. I've noticed that SEC refs tend that way, and that at least some of the coaches begin games by seeing how much they can do without getting called. I always thought Saban was good at that.

Four and a half seconds, total... Seems reasonable.

PUSSY METRICS is actually a pretty decent band name.

I would rep this 100 times, if I could. I'm guessing summa y'all have never in your sweet life had some motherfucker six inches shorter and fifty pounds lighter than you launch himself at you, land half a dozen punches before you could even react, and found yourself on your ass in the dirt with blood running down your face and half your bottom lip hanging on your chin. It's happened to me, and I ain't ashamed. I learned. That message from Valmy makes me think it mighta happened to him, and he learned. I'm just sayin', it might not happen this time, but if it does, don't be surprised, and be ready to get back up and kick that little fucker's ass.

tu Mami

+rep : Decent scan, would be a strong first line for a song. NOTE: wedding to be officiated by ship's Captain.

Best advice here is exactly the same thing that I said after reading #1. Uber Black. Sorry your wife doesn't drive, or alternatively the "shower" is going to involve mass quantities of alcoholic beverages or D9 gummies and she's gonna need a ride. I mean, if it was my problem, I'd already be in the doghouse for giving my wife shit when she seriously asked for such a "favor" for a Saturday afternoon in November, when she should know perfectly well I would be planning an all-day drinking session. You might also want to point out to her that anyone who is dumb enough to plan a wedding "shower" on Thanksgiving weekend is likely to be someone with whom you really have little in common and would be best avoided for the remainder of your marriage. More than you wanted, no doubt, but the very idea caused a serious reaction over a goodly portion of Surly. Oh, and one more time: Uber. Black.

Just got back from the pees conference, prolly.