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Need someone to pick up the beer and bring it from Houston anyone available?

Tailgate Donation + Payments - Surly Horns

Holy fuck I actually laughed out loud.

We have Faust Distributing who has provided all the beer and seltzers this year which was a tremendous help. We also had Devil's River Whiskey join in and provide Whiskey product the entire season also awesome. Tell them we want donation and swag/info about their product and we will place it and assort it in the coolers. If they even want to give us branded coolers or serving containers we'll use those.

would never do that, this thread is fucking hilarious.

locking this thread for a few days, you guys can't handle basic instructions.

I made some changes to ads today - mainly I removed a shitty video partner and replaced them with one that seems much much better. It shouldn't change anything for anyone, but it should make it better. let me know if you are experiencing issues because of the change. Also expect content from Bobby Burton to play through there, right now its general CFB, but I'll syndicate longorns specific content there.

back on track, this thread is moving too fast. This needs to be focused on stuff that's actually happening, not sidebar stupidity.

To everyone whos DMd and posted about helping financially thank you very much, you get what im asking for. I'm not sure if the clarity wasn't there in the OP or not and with my responses. I really do appreciate all the brainstorming and help, but just to make it very clear on what the ask is I'm gonna put it more bluntly. I'm tired of paying for everything up front out of my own pocket and hoping that money comes back/everyone works for me for free so I don't lose my ass. This is a money thing, there's a component of time in there, but I could justify time if I wasn't spending 6 figures on top of it. This is a one man operation with no financial backing except my own. That's the problem. Food is an issue because I am not paying even more money out of my own pockets to cater stuff at 400% margins. Food isn't an issue because I'm a potato who can't figure out how to logistically get food to the tailgate (see Georgia). While I appreciate the sentiment of "people don't care its just tailgate food" it's completely wrong. It's about themes, and creating experiences centered around culture and pageantry. For instance, this year for Florida I wanted to do a whole gator as a show piece but also use the hide from that gator to make a pair of custom boots, wallets, belts and some other trinkets. Super special merch that becomes part of the entire experience of hosting Florida at DKR for the first time ever etc. Gator isn't awesome food, but it's fucking awesome and makes it the best tailgate by far. With a 225k budget I can plan everything far in advance and allocate $$ specifically and then open up sales for tickets well in advance etc. Its easy to line up sponsors when you have your layout, headcount, plan, etc. Its hard to line up sponsors when you are like meh idk we sell out all the time but I'm paying for everything and if you give me stuff more people can come. Sponsors become a path to profitability, not a mandatory part of tailgate happening or not. Next season we are going to Columbus, OH - Lexington, KY - Athens, GA - Starkville, MS - Gainsville, FL and Dallas. Plus the CCG of Playoffs if those happen. On top of that we have 7 home games including TAMU and Arkansas which will be like Georgia/Alabama or bigger. What I started this thread for was saying "Hey we can have the best tailgates all those places, but I'm not paying for all of them for 1k+ people at every stop out of pocket" FYI I was gonna do a Surly City Limits in Nashville where we brought in local food Vendors, Alcohol, and a ton of live music in an outdoor ampitheater less than a 5 minute walk from the stadium and have a 2k+ person bash there. I just wasn't going to risk 100k+ of my own money to force it into existence like I have done everything else (fayettnam 2021, Tuscaloosa 2023, Sugar Bowl 2024, Michigan 2024 etc) I paid for ALL OF THAT except Tuscaloosa where @BobbyB clutched up and showed up with 30+ cases of beer to save the party the first time while I hopped on a party bus and bought the grocery store down the street out of the beer they had left. So another longcat post, but this time instead of helping me with logistics and planning, help me find rich people who love the Longhorns and want to be a part of an approachable fan experience home and away for FOOTBALL fans, not for profit. The goal isn't to lose money, and it's not to maximize profit, it's to maximize community experience and create incredible memories no matter what the result of the game.

This thread has been a pleasant catch up. Lol I wonder what a game thread would be like in a board as sane as this one.

Lol as much shit as everyone wants to talk about the president-elect, I'm really surprised people haven't piled on more against Kamala. She's become completely irrelevant overnight.

https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/tailgate Or just surlyhorns.com/tailgate

Now imagine if Texas beat Georgia. Everyone else would be irrelevant.

Yes. Covid broke everyone

Because I'm tired of these circular arguments when there's plenty of other shit to discuss and hypothesize

I guess this is a thread for idiots who don't know shit about fuck.

missed the last four games of the 2013 season due to an Achilles injury … named a candidate for the 2014 and 2015 Doak Walker Award … also on the watch list for the 2015 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award … a member of the watch list for the 2014 Maxwell Award … began the 2012 season as a reserve, but ended up starting five of the last six games en route to All-Big 12 honors … his 701 rushing yards in 2012 rank No. 9 on the UT freshman single-season list … three-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll … a consensus first team All-American what the actual fuck is wrong with some of you

Jordan Whittington looked every bit of 5 star. As did Gray. The fuck are you talking about? Whittington was freak injury plagued and when he finally got and stayed healthy he was a fucking monster. Gray was fucking incredible. Quinn also looks fucking fantastic. You keep going on about this nonsense of comparing Quinn to his lofty external grade/expectations. A lot of people are comparing Quinn to Quinn. That's why so many people are so frustrated. Stop fucking defending the guy, there's nothing to defend. He needs to play to his full potential.

Hahahahahahaha

#1 is the biggest thing. We are big, but not Texas AD big. This is the issue with huge corporate sponsorship, they want enormous reach we just want cost control and have pretty good reach. #2 we did this year and it helped for the home games and really picked up when we got to the conference play. #3 yeah merch needs to not be obnoxious and available and not the center, I think this is actually the core to solving this. Inventory, shipping etc is a pain in the ass, but I think with help is addressable. #4 this is an economic loser, because it is supposed to be, otherwise it turns into the rest of the tailgates that aren't about football and fandom, they are about making money and being Texas adjacent. The lead is intended to be a pay for position during the season. There is no profit intentionally, because as soon as there is profit motive you lose the spirit of what we are doing. #5 is not really optional, they have a monopoly on premium on campus locations nationwide, I've got costs down where appropriate though (bring our own TVs, generator, coolers, plates napkins etc) and they do right by us everywhere. Its just expensive because they need to make some money and they do pass-through rental with Monarch. Their margins are totally appropriate for what we are getting, it's just expensive to tailgate ON CAMPUS steps away from LCL, Bevo Blvd etc. You can't replicate the band practicing in front of your tailgate, the player busses rolling in right in front etc. Likewise how else are we gonna get into the grove etc? At Michigan we were literally attached to Gameday and had the premier spot in all of Ann Arbor. It was magical. #6 we have a ton of help now that I've asked. This seems solved now.

Guys Texas shit its pants on big time national prime time TV. Stop trying to act like that was even close to a respectable loss. The defense looked salty and the offense looked like a fucking liability.

McDonald's literally killed people last month. Their product is terrible and getting worse. You should never eat at McDonald's it's a terrible company, experience and awful food. Tons of other fast food options.

You are conflating 2 coaching searches.

wait, the Zach Smith thing never happened now? LOL

well you are wrong lol he was hammered a lot and did so much blow it was insane. That's not why he was fired. He was fired because he was a huge piece of shit.