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  1. I honestly think all the sensory overload from these gameday enhancements finally got to Wyoming. Between the light show, loud music, and the smell from the smoke they set off before the 4th quarter the Cowboys just can’t take it anymore and are collapsing.
  2. man oh man do i love being a Texas Longhorn
  3. Yeah I knew it wasn’t a new logo, but this is the first time I've seen it used on a Yeti. Angry Bevo is definitely the superior logo, but I like that they’ve started to use this one as well to mix things up. It’s started showing up more on gear and apparel, so I guess it shouldn’t really be a surprise they decided to also put it on a cup.
  4. Grabbed a new UT Yeti at the game last weekend. Hadn't seen this design with the Grumpy Bevo before, but after some research on the Twitter it sounds like this is this season's "limited edition". Weird because they usually announce it, but I guess they've made so many of these at this point that the whole concept has kind of lost it's luster. Still a big fan, and I definitely like it more than most of the limited designs they've done the last few years for football.
  5. I was in section 116 and have been sitting there for years, and I agree that it was significantly louder than usual. Band and crowd sounded great, but any noise that came out of the speakers was unbearable. It got to the point where my group would cover their ears anytime music was played because it was so damn annoying. Really hurt the game-day experience. No idea what it sounds like in the bowl, but music blasting to the point where it strains the speakers and makes the actual song only like half discernable ain't the move. I get wanting to create a party atmosphere, but even the clubs downtown aren't this bad. I am also younger than 30 years old, so definitely not an old.
  6. These still haven't officially released yet. The Oregon Ducks Twitter account said that their pair will be coming out early next month, so I bet that's when we'll see the UT colorway drop as well.
  7. IMO Ohio State handles the whole alternate uniform thing the best out of all the blue blood or pseudo-blue blood programs that wear alternates. The usually only wear a true alternate once a year, and then save the throwbacks for the playoffs or bowl game. While they've varied in quality, this all grey is probably one of their better ones. It's basically their usual helmet and pants paired with a grey jersey, which is a school color. It's not better than their usual uniforms but it's still solid. BlowU is easily the worst of the group with the Rough Riders. Ugly as hell and I feel like they would wear them for like 1/3rd of the games each year, sometimes in big games like the conference championship. Glad they finally got rid of them last season, but the all-blacks they replaced them with aren't much better. While I agree that any program with tradition should stay away from alternates as much as possible, Ohio State probably has the best blueprint for how to execute them successfully, while OU has one of the worst.
  8. This might be the hoodie. The color looks a little different, but it could just be the stock image: https://shop.texassports.com/mens-nike-heathered-gray-texas-longhorns-football-club-pullover-hoodie/p-14522717040323+z-9655-2039979489?_ref=p-SRP:m-GRID:i-r16c2:po-50
  9. New Homefield collection is pretty underwhelming, just like the last one. I imagine this is mainly due to UT being overly protective of their marks and not giving HF a lot to work with, given how great the offerings for other schools have been.
  10. New OSU unis look really great. The only issue to me is that the front wordmark and numbers look like they’re too low, and should be moved up like an inch or so. This was also a problem on the new Arizona uniforms, so it seems like it’s due to Nike’s new FUSE template rather than an actual aesthetic choice.
  11. They were given to the team for the last Alamo Bowl, so you'd probably have to get one directly from a player. They had some bowl gear at the recent Fire Sale before the spring game, but I didn't see any of these there. There's always a chance we could see something similar drop with next year's set of gear, but I'd say it's pretty unlikely.
  12. FSU’s new uniforms look great. Not a huge change, but the simplified look is definitely an improvement. The recent trend of schools going back to cleaner/throwback inspired uniforms is certainly welcome, especially with how cluttered and wacky things got in the 2010s.
  13. The team got updated uniforms last season: https://texassneakers.com/texas-longhorns-reveal-new-uniforms-for-the-2022-football-season/ There's also been speculation that UT (and Nike's other big programs) will be updating to the new "Vapor Fusion" uniform template next season. This is the style that Oregon has been wearing since 2019, and that Ohio State and Georgia wore in last year's playoff. I bet these will look pretty similar to what we wore last season, but they will technically be "new uniforms".
  14. Tough break for Purdue. No way they lose this game if they shoot 46 free throws
  15. We sacrificed a good national champion game to the football gods in exchange for 2 competitive playoff matches
  16. why do we always get cooked by these white dudes from baylor
  17. Jared Wiley catching the 2-point conversion. Former Longhorns going crazy in these conference championship games
  18. Based on how the Pac 12 is shaking out, it looks like the most likely scenario for us is the Alamo Bowl against Washington. If USC loses to Utah in the Pac 12 Championship, then we'll play the Trojans instead. Interesting options as they're both schools that Sark used to coach for. If KSU beats TCU next Saturday, then we'll probably fall to the Cheezit and play the loser of the ACC Championship, which will be either Clemson or UNC.
  19. kansas special teams and defense are ass my dude
  20. I think the Cheezit Bowl is still in play if KSU beats TCU next week
  21. I went through this thought experiment a few months back when we lost to Tech. To me, the minimum requirement for whoever we hire next should be that they have won a conference championship (or co-championship) at the P5 level in the last decade or so. This shows that they are capable of taking a program to some modicum of success, while playing against solid competition week-in and week-out. Additionally, both of the G5 coaching hires we've made in the last decade have either been mediocre or terrible, so we should avoid hiring directly from that level if possible. I selected 2010 as the cutoff point for this list, as it was the start of the dark ages that UT Football currently finds itself in. This narrows down the list of potential hires to a little under 30 names: From this list, we can remove anyone is currently experiencing success at a powerhouse program, has been part of a major scandal, or is seemingly retired from coaching. These coaches would likely not be interested in coaching at UT, or inversely UT would not be interested in hiring them. That gives us the following names: From these 13 names, I think it's also safe to remove anyone who has not experienced some amount of success recently. Again this is subjective, but for my definition of success I'm going to say the coach needs to have won at least 10 games in a season in any of the past 5 complete seasons (2017-2021). Coaches that meet this requirement are as follows: There's still quite a few stinkers on this list (namely Malzahn, Helton, and Franklin), but it should at least give us a starting point on who we theoretically should be going after if Sark gets canned. To me the best names are the coaches from the Big 12; Gundy, Patterson, and Aranda. If Sonny Dykes wins the Big 12 this year or Chip Kelly wins 10 games at UCLA this season they should also be under consideration. TLDR: The next football coach UT hires should have won a conference championship since 2010, and won at least 10 games in a season since 2017. Based on that criteria, the best options seem to be Mike Gundy, Gary Patterson, and Dave Aranda.
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