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  1. 5 hours ago, Zeus said:

    You couldn't answer my question, which proves my point.

    Sure they win out they deserve to get in, but pretending like they are better than the top 4 SEC teams is pretty funny.

    Tennishit, Georgia, Bama, and LSU would all take TCU behind the wood shed. 

    You know this how?  One shred of supporting evidence would be helpful.

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  2. It is pretty entertaining; however, I have to admit that the only thing keeping my attention is the knowledge that in about 3 weeks or so, there will be no more college football, and I'll be spending the next 9 and a half months wishing it was back.  Hoping that I can satiate my Longhorn sports craving with a good run by the basketball and baseball teams this year.

  3. 18 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

    Where is the Moody Center located on campus? Is there any more parking there than there was for the Erwin Center? 

    They stopped having even just the high school basketball state championships at the Erwin Center because of a lack of parking and accommodation for the teams/fans. Unless this is drastically improved there's zero chance of NCAA tourney games there. The upper level was just built for non sports events. 

    Thanks...was not aware of this.

  4. On 11/16/2022 at 10:13 AM, TxEx84 said:

    Announced before construction even began.

    https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/2022/04/19/moody-center-built-300-million-no-cost-taxpayers-boosters/7358394001/

     

    The basketball configuration will be about 10,000 seats with the upper decks closed off for every game, creating an “intimate” atmosphere, the source said.

    “Not even for Kansas,” a second source told the Statesman.

    Typically, Texas draws about 8,000 fans for men’s games and fewer for women’s games. Only a handful of games, such as those involving the Kansas men or Baylor women, come close to reaching sellout status. Even then, it’s iffy. 

    Honest question, not trying to start an argument;  what about if Moody hosts NCAA tournament games?  Wouldn't it make sense to open it then, especially if Texas is playing elsewhere?

  5. 18 hours ago, NWAustinDude said:

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    This one image embodies the best of MrPhlegm and Thujone awesomeness, and these last 2-3 pages are absolutely peak Surly.  Keep up the good work, gents.

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  6. 19 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

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    This picture is kind of a gut punch.  It was taken mere hours before Jimi died, and may be the last picture ever taken of him.  It was taken by Monica Danneman, a crazy German, gold digging whore groupie who had been telling anyone who would listen that she and Jimi were going to get married.  Apparently, Jimi got tired of her shit, and decided to stop seeing her.  On the evening of 17 September 1970, they had a bit of a falling out about Jimi attending a party that evening.  After Monica created a scene outside the apartment where Jimi was attending the party, Jimi decided to go back to the apartment he had been sharing with Monica to retrieve his guitar...the guitar seen in this picture.  In an effort to keep Jimi from departing her apartment that night, apparently believing that she could persuade him to not dump her, she slipped him a super-sized dose of sleeping pills after they had shared a meal and wine.  Apparently, she didn't know that these pills were twice the potency of regular sleeping pills.  Jimi never woke up.  This is the gist of what Kathy Etchingham, a former Hendrix girlfriend who had had remained friends with Jimi until his death, said in an interview about a decade or so ago.  Kathy had pursued the events of Jimi's death, and had gotten to the point where Monica Danneman was going to be forced to testify under oath about what happened the night of 17 September 1970.  She committed suicide the day before she was to testify.  Sad, all around.

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  7. 4 minutes ago, John Coctostan said:

    Listened to some local DC sports radio today. They're expecting Sam to make lots mistakes and the Reds- err, Commanders will be 4-4 and in the playoff hunt after this Sunday.

    DC sports broadcasters are homer morons, completely unaware of anything happening outside the northeast in general, and the DC area specifically, and they are completely clueless about college football, which means they have no clue who Sam is and what he is capable of.  They were completely dismissive of Colt when he was with the foreskins, even after he beat the Cowboys on MNF.  They are to the NFL what aggy is to the SEC.

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  8. 10 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

    https://statesman-tx.newsmemory.com/?publink=15ab8ca44_1348685

     

    UT ranks as No. 1 Texas university in 2023 U.S. News rankings 

    The University of Texas maintained its ranking as the No. 1 university in Texas in the 2023 ranking of the top global universities by U.S. News & World Report.

    U.S. News ranked 2,000 higher education institutions in 95 countries in its annual ranking on Tuesday. The ranking is based on 13 indicators that largely measure a school’s academic research and reputation over its undergraduate or graduate programs.

    In the new rankings, UT ranked as the No. 23 university in the U.S. and No. 43 in the world — the same worldwide ranking it received on last year’s list of more than 1,700 universities in 90 countries.

    'The Best Global Universities rankings offer prospective students a valuable resource for exploring higher education options outside of their home country,' said Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S. News. 'Over the past nine years, these rankings have expanded to include more schools and more subjects, while maintaining a consistent focus on institutions that prioritize academic research.'

    UT was once again the only university from Texas to rank in the top 100 schools, although 21 other schools from Texas made it on the list. The other top schools in the state include Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas at No. 133, the Baylor College of Medicine at No. 136, Texas A&M University’s campus in College Station at No. 148 and Rice University at No. 180.

    Fifteen subjects at UT ranked in the top 50 worldwide, including arts & humanities at No. 24, materials science at No. 25, mathematics at No. 25 and geosciences at No. 26. Nine additional programs were ranked in the top 100.

    Last month, in a separate ranking exclusively of U.S. schools by U.S. News, UT ranked as the 10th-best public university in the nation and No. 38 overall among the nation’s top universities. The national rankings focused more on the undergraduate experience, including graduation rates, undergraduate academic reputation and faculty resources.

    There are 281 U.S. schools ranked, with the same three schools taking the top spots from last year. Harvard University was listed at No. 1 overall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology at No. 2 and Stanford University at No. 3.

    Am I reading this correctly?  They ranked aTm 52 spots ahead of Rice?  Either something is drastically wrong at Rice, or there is something drastically wrong with this list.

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