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Posts posted by Nueces River Rat
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On 12/10/2019 at 9:43 AM, relapse98 said:
Nah, they could have done it with both big money donors on campus.
That school has got to figure out how to build an on campus stadium. The game production at the Alamodome is like going to a Spurs game, which sucks at a college football game.
Build a smaller expandable stadium on campus, stop using the Spurs production people to run (ruin) the game, and grow a fan base.UTSA is starting to put some major dollars into their overall athletic program. They just broke ground on a $44 million campus athletic complex which will include an indoor practice facility. Also plans are in the works for a new convocation center . A campus football stadium would be ideal, but probably years away if ever. Chances are better San Antonio replaces the Alamodome in hopes of attracting an NFL team and they use whatever facility is built. What would have been ideal is UTSA and the Northside ISD building a large facility where Dub Farris Stadium is located, but that stadium was built long before UTSA football was even a possibility.
I've seen UTSA from the school I once considered attending in the late 80's to what it is today and my oldest currently is finishing his Senior year there. It's grown big time and I know they have students now from all over the world attending. But in someways it still feels like the commuter school it was back in the day. It's not like UT where the city grew around the college and state capital and it still has a college town vibe. UTSA used to be out in the sticks until the 80's and even into the 90's until the La Cantera/Fiesta Texas area started humming. But you still don't have alot of stuff around there which keeps the student body close or around campus (within walking or biking distance) like you do in Austin or other college towns of all sizes. Concerts are held Downtown or AT&T and other venues away from campus. Same goes for trendy places to eat and hang out. They have some close by like The RIM, but that requires car ride.
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8 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:
What do you expect when we've been watching the program die for ten years
True..... Very accurate point.
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3 hours ago, joeycovers said:
Yes, It wont be the typical wine and cheese crowd. It's going to be fans that have probably grown up on UT but never went to school there so rarely have been to a game. They will be loud and drunk. Haters like to call them T shirt fans. I call them Die hard fans.
We could use a few more of them. They actually make noise which even when we are winning and playing well in pick your game at DKR, it's like sitting at a funeral at times.
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I'm good with this match up. Two weeks removed now from the Tech game perhaps there is a tad of optimism in the air. We did much better against Tech and I was among those thinking this team completely mailed it in during the Baylor debacle. Tom surprised many of us with his quick dismissals of Orlando and other staffers and demoted Beck. We beat Utah and it sets the tone for the spring. Beating a team who could have been playing in OU sux place in the playoff had they took care of Duck would put some sugar on what other wise was a shit sandwich of season.
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Just now, Loco said:
It's hard to tell, but honest to god, I'm sitting here wondering how in the fuck Texas lost to Baylor. The bears look not good. Also notice Baylor is always getting in that just after the whistle hit. Looks shady and I have no rooting interest one way or the other.
We lost because we mailed that game in very early. Coaching went to mailbox first followed by our offensive line, etc.
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Best case scenario the winner of this game misses the playoff and the Big 12 dogs reevaluate this non sense and do away with it.
We can hope?
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Rig 12 refs back to their usual OU ass kissing selves.
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OU got called for a hold. Damn the whole crew must have not got their paychecks.
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Defee seems pissed at OU. Did his paycheck from the OU boosters bounce?
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Rig 12 makes sure their best crew is available to call this game. Gotta makes sure the calls go to OU in this one Defee is their man.
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18 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:
Utah is the biggest fraud in the nation
Tom Herman says hold my beer.
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11 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:
Meh, most overrated boring game of each season.

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1 hour ago, Llewelyn Moss said:
Oh yeah, for sure, my comment wasn’t so
much a disagreement with yours but a furtherance. I don’t think too highly of a search firm hire for a huge, highly resourced and desirable workplace like UT athletics. They clearly bought into the hype.
As for the consensus message board fan hype for Charlie, my memory is that fans were pretty excited...until his coordinator hires. Watson more so than Bedford was seen as a comfort hire and a lack of foresight understanding of what was required in the Big 12 (and college football). Nobody was excited about Bedford, either, but we (incorrectly) trusted Charlie to make sure the defense was in good shape.
But that’s just my fallible memory.
I think you got it right about fan hype. Charlie also had the Florida bullet point on his resume as the DC during for those great Florida teams in the 2000's which might have overshadowed any short comings he had a Louisville. Of course his success at Louisville was helped by playing in the Big East.
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3 minutes ago, Llewelyn Moss said:
He was a search firm hire.
Ok. The search firm bought the hype too.
Refresh my memory, on the different message boards was Charlie generally hyped up by the fan base?
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5 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:
My recollection is that there weren't a lot of great choices at the time, certainly no obvious ones. And, as noted here, none of the potential choices has exactly set the world on fire. And there's no evidence they would have duplicated what success they have had (Fleck) elsewhere in Austin.
This is mine too. We hired Charlie because he was the media darling which the ESPNs and other media latch on to as the next up and coming coach who deserves a shot at big name program. We rinsed and repeated it with Tom as far as the same media driven hype helping to drive the process. We will know by this time next year if Tom will have his tenure ended similar to Charlie’s.
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54 minutes ago, CoachEmUp64 said:
Highland Park stays 5A by 11 kids
But of course. Surprising it wasn't just by one or two.
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54 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:
https://twitter.com/Matt_Stepp817/status/1201872050937311234?s=20
New numbers are out for next realignment
Well shit I didn't do that right. Sorry.
Calallen dropping to 4A...... Should be interesting scheduling non district if we get put into one of these five team districts.
It will only be a two year drop from what I understand. Enrollment at the high school will significantly increase by 2022 realignment.
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7 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:
Calallen has some hot moms #csb ill probably go to the game. Boerne Champion has a good qb. should be a good game. ill be sitting with the cheer moms
And the hot moms know their football too. I think some of them hold their sons feet to the fire more than their dads especially during the off season and summer work.
And no pics of my better half. BC does indeed have a good QB as did Tivy. It's part of their systems in the Hill Country and we've seen it almost every time we play BC, Tivy or Alamo Heights which we always see one of those three in the playoffs. It will be contrast between a good pass vs run offense. We have three rushers with over 1000 yards in rushing. One of them has two straight 200 yards plus games in a row here in the playoffs.
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I don't know who in their right minds would want the Arkansas job who already has a good gig elsewhere.
If we think our situation is a dumpster fire with Mensa and our now former DC, Arkansas is dumpster fire full of burning shit.
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1 hour ago, Wally Pryor said:
Herman can look to fire whoever he wants. But until he looks in the mirror and makes changes with the person he is seeing then this is all just window dressing.
This! I mean next season is where he makes his employment a long term deal at Texas vs losing his job because of his arrogance and becoming radioactive in the coaching world to the point he'd be lucky to get a coordinator job at a mid major or even an FCS job.
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1 minute ago, Thetexashammer said:
Look, firing is a good first step. I would have preferred drawn and quartered, or perhaps impaled and hung on the stadium for all to see.
How about a good old fashioned tar and feathering. I've only seen that on the internet and movies.
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1 hour ago, Chad said:
I didn't believe MENSA had the balls to clean house, but he's doing it.
This! I'll give credit where it's due.
But.... Full credit is issued with whom he chooses as replacements and then performance next fall. If they all produce the same chit show as we just finished, then they should all be gone including Tom.
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Calallen beats Brenham 47-32. Cal puts up 598 yards on stat sheets with 530 being rushing yards. Did the same in 600 yard effort against Kerrville Tivy last week. Next Saturday we get Tivy’s district mate in Boerne Champion .

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This. I saw it a couple of weeks ago.
I actually thought Matt Damon played the role of the confident and take no bullshit Texan real well. Might have been one of his better performances???
I will say the movie kind of kicked started my interest in Formula One/ GP racing which is cool cause I need a diversion from football and college basketball.