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I get it, I've been there. But this isn't Mack with Case McCoy, or Strong with Sean Watson & Jerrod Heard, or even Herman with Sam & it definitely ain't the OU defense of old on the other side. This year we begin the process of pulling the momentum of the rivalry back to Austin. We're hanging 60 on the MFs (if Ewers is playing) this year & next year & there's nothing they can do about it but sit there & experience the same depression we felt in the early 00s. They'll be emptying out in the middle of the 3rd & all anyone will be able to hear is "TEXAS FIGHT" chants & Smokey firing again & again & again. It's time.

He may redshirt by default if Ewers is healthy & we're not blowing people out by 30+ every game. It doesn't change the fact that he's probably gone after year 3 no matter what so the RS doesn't really matter a whole lot.

We put up 38 on them in the first half last year with Casey fucking Thompson as the QB, 2 offensive linemen, & no TE against a better OU defense/team that wasn't having near the injury issues this one has. Yeah, I think we may be able to hang 40 on OU this weekend if Ewers plays. Hell, Card may be able to put 40 up if it's competitive & Sark realizes that we need to keep scoring.

Grades: Buying players: A+ Coaching players: F Auctioneer: C-. Has the speed & repeats himself enough, but stumbles over his words a little too much for my liking. I for one can't wait for the postgame handshake when Jimbo has to look his daddy Saban in the eyes & say sorry for calling him despicable, a narcissist, & eluding to skeletons in his closet AFTER Saban teabags him on national television. It's going to be great.

2015 was Heard. Didn't matter because we just ran the ball almost every play.

Official motto for family reunions in OK.

I don't mind Wide Open Spaces, but I prefer Goodbye Earl.

Pioneer Woman has given my wife lots of good recipes. That's about it.

Brent Venables still goes to the ticket window to buy movie tickets.

You know it's an especially bad tradition when OSU doesn't try to steal it & make it their own.

UT: 56 OU: 31 Prop: 333

Yeah. Get them down something like 28-7 in the first quarter & it's over. No way they could come back from something like that...

Fast forward to Saturday night:

I think I got a pair of 60/40 balls. Left has always been a bit saggy. Oh wait..

What does the UT/TTU "rivalry" have to do with the UT/OUsux RIVALRY?

UT: 55 WVU: 37 PROP: 256 My parents are the only 2 normal children in both of their families. The amount of stupid shit my cousins have done is beyond my memory & a lot of it probably belongs on a NSFW thread - & that's just what I know about from the cousins that I know about. There's no telling how much I don't know about & how many "extra" cousins I have running around. So let's just go with the most recent. This was technically my first cousin once removed but since he's the child of my cousin maybe it'll count. First off his dad is a dead beat. Nice enough person, annoying as shit, but has a very mild disability that he can get away with working only part time & live off government aid. My cousin that married him is like 90% deaf, overweight, annoying as shit as well, carrot top, & comes from a mom that's been in & out of mental hospitals all of her adult life that partook in who knows what while pregnant. All that to say, good for her for finding someone to marry her I guess? Anyways, the kids dad is a dead beat that was enabled by his parents to continue being a dead beat & his kid is now a dead beat as well. The kid was mainly raised by the dads parents (obviously because the dad is lazy), got away with everything as a kid (totaled a car or 2 & got new-used ones), & is just like his dad in every way. Last year at Thanksgiving it comes to all of our attention that he had knocked a girl up (an actual hispanic titanic (not the baseball player) that I would rather not even look at much less entertain the idea of touching), she has run away to New Mexico without the dad & either with the baby or was very pregnant I don't remember, & the little shit has stolen his grandads car & credit card to chase after her without saying a word to anyone about any of it & wouldn't return anyone's call. The few of us left kind of sat there in stunned silence after hearing the story unfold & the details of this relationship that he was apparently in. After about 5 seconds of silence I shot my dad a glance - with every intention of making him laugh & look like an ass - & whispered "well shit. I thought he was gay". My dad must have read my mind because he snorted back "not that there's anything wrong with that" & I end up being the one making a scene choking & coughing the drink I had taken. I haven't seen or heard from that family since so all in all, not a bad Thanksgiving.

11 points feels like a ton, even with Ewers coming back. WVU lost a tough one @Pitt & then a hangover to a better-than-expected KU, but they have a better QB & WR than TTU & a difference maker on the DL that could abuse our interior OL. QE should make the defense be a little more honest which helps lighten the box but 11 feels like a lot of points given what we've seen. Of course I thought we'd get blown out by Bama & then blow out TTU so WTF do I know?

They also have BOB as their OC which explains why our defense looked so good.

I was hoping for a 9-3 season but expecting an 8-4 season. I don't see a path to 9-3 & 8-4 looks like a complete long shot at the moment. QE coming back will help, but I don't see us taking 3 of 4 from OU, @OSU, @KSU, & BU. Additionally, KU looks orders of magnitude better than last year when they beat us & there's all sorts of potential for a WVU/ISU/TCU WTF loss. As always, we'll see how we're feeling after OU, but right now it's gone from potential Big 12 dark horse to maybe we'll finish above .500 on the season.

We made the worst QB we're going to face this season look like a fucking unstoppable force. Maybe the ULM QB was worse, but that would be the only one. 331 & 2 TDS w/ no INTS & 42 w/ 1 TD on the ground. That's the Charlie Strong special in regards to sucky QBs lighting us up. We gave up 3rd & 20+ TWICE, 3rd & 10+ 3 or 4 times, that absolutely can't happen against that QB. You know they're going to go for it if it's reasonable so you have to attack on 3rd downs instead of sitting back. He's a turnover waiting to happen if you fluster him just a little bit instead of sitting back & giving him easy throws. What an absolute abomination of a defensive game. You could feel the letdown in the stadium at half, it was palpable. TTU fans were ready to head back to the tailgate & get (more) plastered until we completely shit ourselves for an entire half... AGAIN. I texted my brother at the start of the 3rd quarter that it was one of the quietest sporting events I'd ever been to, there was probably more noise at the spring game than the first half of this game. Once it was apparent that we were shitting ourselves the crowd started getting into it, but it wasn't an issue for the first 2-1/2 quarters & we had every opportunity to empty the stadium in the 3rd quarter but we couldn't get off the field on defense & went 3/4 & out 4 out of 5 drives on offense. Pathetic

He's only been there 5 years, can't expect him to turn over the roster that quickly. Good thing he's locked up for another 10 years, by that time he should be able to recruit WRs that can block well enough to really make that offense hum like a bug zapper on a warm summer night.

3-4 hours? Does Joey have a map or does he just drive 20MPH everywhere he goes? I've lived in Lubbock my entire life & that's not remotely true in the city limits, much less in fucking Junction, Ft. Worth, Liberal, or Lawton. Maybe 1-2 hours depending on which direction you're traveling