Horn of Gabriel

For us non-regular boxing fans, how do you have a fight with "no KOs?" Isn't that like telling a racecar driver to follow a speed limit?

The music is really well done as well.

Wait Harden, Kyrie, and KD? How are there enough shots for that lineup?

I have a sit-to-stand desk from Uplift Desk and it is awesome. Never realized how shitty it is sitting so much until you can work standing for part of the day, you just feel better. Takes a while to get used to but worth it and healthier.

Isn't "Drunk Posts" kinda the free middle space on the bingo card here?

Nope. But for however many $B they want now, you'd think their conceptual drawings could at least lie and have an A/C system before they inevitably increase the cost by 200% and reduce the coverage by 50%. That platform drawing also has a distinct lack of tents. Must of been drawn by an out of town artist.

The funny thing about the Paint Chip Cuda is that it apparently never really existed. The marketing department did that picture but it was never a real car, until a few years ago this guy goes and actually builds it. I think it would have looked better if he did the whole car IMO.

Lulz at outdoor station..."welcome to Austin! Go wait 15 mins for the next Blue line train in 1000% humidity!"

If the team is winning, nothing. If we suck, and it's a handful of benchwarmers, nobody cares If we suck, and it's our top players, some grumbling online If we suck, and it's the majority of the team, a lot of grumbling online and donors withholding money and questioning CDC and administration to show institutional support for our cherished alma mater

When they had the engine out they did the engine dyno and it was peak 354 HP @ 4800 RPM and peak 402 ft-lbs @ 4500 RPM. Haven't put the whole car on yet to see how it does. We'll see on the shroud - I ended up pulling the rad for the bigger one b/c the shop couldn't find a pre-mad shroud for the existing aftermarket radiator, they were going to have to fabricate one, and the expense of the custom shroud vs. the new factory-fit radiator and stock shroud were close, so why not.

Cuda update! I finally got it back after about 7 months in the shop. COVID slowed stuff down, especially we had to wait on some parts longer than expected. Full list of what we did: Pulled the engine (383) out and sent it up to WCH Racing Engines in Midlothian for a full rebuild: bored, new pistons, rings, valve and springs, gaskets, cam - everything. They crated it and sent it back basically a fresh engine. While the engine was out, repainted the engine bay to match the body color - also did some minor metal work around the firewall where there was some corrosion Replaced the stock torsion bars w/ Hotchkis bars appropriate for the big block Replaced the brake lines with new stainless lines Replaced the master cylinder Pulled the steering box and sent it to FirmFeel for a rebuild, with tighter gearing Replaced the idler and pitman arm with a fast ratio arm - much tighter steering! Took a full revolution out of the wheel from lock to lock Added a FiTech TBFI system 2 new fuel pumps (one high pressure to feed the FiTech, one lower pressure to grab from the tank) New air cleaner Added a VintageAir A/C system Relocated the battery to the truck and installed a bypass switch for both security and if it's going to sit for any period of time New MSD distributor New high displacement water pump New Hedman headers, required to fit the fast ratio pitman arm Shaved the lip in the rear quarters where it risks cutting the tires since I have really wide tires on this thing Installed the MSD box to get it to talk to the factory tach, which we later found out doesn't work and needs to be replaced Probably other stuff I'm forgetting I'm pretty happy with how it turned out! However, we've now discovered that the cooling system can't handle the heat load. The prior own had a 22" crossflow radiator. My 1970 Cuda shop manual suggests that a 383 w/ a 727 trans and A/C comes with a 26" radiator. It's been a little scary - it cools find as-is when I'm going down the highway, holds between 190-205. But when I'm at a light, it shoots up - FAST. I was going to QT to get some gas the other day and it went up over 250, not good. When it gets that hot, the starter doesn't want to turn over on restarts b/c it's also overheated. So, I have a 26" Griffin radiator on order from Summit, plus a fan shroud, and we're also going to wrap the headers, and put in a hood to radiator and hood to cowl seal. Hopefully that will solve the heat issue!

Wait, what? That’s some surly 1% shit right there. That’s not even a humblebrag, that’s a straight up brag.

It doesn't get much hotter than this. The move from sweet innocent daddy's girl to drain-your-nuts and then back happens in record time in this gif.

That's exactly the look my wife gives me when I go to HEB and forget to buy the thing she asked me to buy.

It takes a pretty strong level of cognitive dissonance to rally to the defense of The Eyes of Texas because of tradition, while simultaneously railing against the Longhorn Band because...it's outdated? Hypocrisy much?

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/12/ut-austin-football-players-buildings-racism/ "In addition to demands specific to the athletics department, athletes also want UT officials to rename campus buildings ... and discontinue the school song, “The Eyes of Texas,”" You're refuting arguments no one is making. The players have always had the choice to sing the Eyes. Even when it was "policy," many of them stood around and that was fine, I've been on these boards for years and have never seen a post where someone was upset that a player wasn't belting it out at volume. It is about the players abandoning the fans and tradition of coming together after the game. However that may not be b/c they don't like The Eyes. It's probably b/c they're embarrassed about their poor performance on the field or just don't care. And yes, that failure of expectation setting is on the Coach and the AD. Also: inflammatory statements like "white victimhood" and "furious old white guys" noted. Interesting how we haven't seen our mods castigate those words, just "woke."

The insinuation that "the recruits" won't come to Texas because of The Eyes is a canard. Every Southern school has a litany of connections to racists in their past, from their founders, to boosters, alumni, institutions, building names, and more. If this were driving recruit behavior, then it would be Boston College, Rutgers, and the HBCU's winning national championships and not Alabama and Clemson. Recruits go where they can win and show off their skills to the NFL on the biggest stage. Texas will always be one of the biggest stages on the strength of our history and alumni base. Sure, it will be used against us as negative recruiting, but so is every controversy - real or imagined. The bigger issue for recruiting will be a lame duck hotseat coach who is clearly on the way out. Let's not confuse the issues, even in the '80s, Texas teams fielded great talent (poor coaching), better than most of our competition. We have the preconditions for football greatness, and what we need is administration and coaching to support that. I think that we have the right admin in CDC. We have the wrong coach in Herman, which will get fixed either this year or next. White people can't tell Black people how to feel. White people should shut up and listen. White people don't get to participate in the conversation about what is considered racist. All of these may be true. Where it breaks is when it comes to action. White people can listen and listen and listen, empathize, and atone for sins of their grand-forefathers by feeling really, really bad. But what happens when the person sitting across the table now want actions that are incompatible with your belief system? What if I were a minority and told @bad_teammate that his posts really offended me, and aside from feeling bad, he needed to show action to truly repent by deleting his account and never posting here again? Again, he's not my race and I am the oppressed here, so he doesn't get to tell me how to feel, and I am demanding action, otherwise - he's racist! Maybe he tells me to pound sand? He's not deleting his account, I'm the unreasonable one. WTG, racist. Or maybe he wants to engage me about how I've misinterpreted his post, and here's what he really meant. Well guess what, I didn't ask for a dialogue. As a racist white person, your job is to shut up and listen, and then take the actions I demand. This is where we are with The Eyes. You're with me or against me. You're taking the actions I want or you're a racist (or you're the stupid unreasonable player). We shouldn't be surprised, because the polarization is everywhere now, eventually it was coming front and center at the University. I'm hoping that we can collectively reclaim the song with recognition of its history but also all the positives it has brought and still brings. The dialogue on twitter and this thread are really reductionist: "racist," "angry old white guy," "pussy player," "woke." I would hope that everyone had as great an experience at UT as I did; making connections with people of all races and backgrounds - and that was in the late 90's/early 2000's. Of course we want everyone to be comfortable. But you don't have to tear down 100+ years of tradition, the majority of which were not racist and created a net-positive, because of a mistake at the beginning. Just like we don't judge adults for their mistakes as children - or the mistakes of their parents.

Fuck Chris Brown for flexing (multiple times!!!) after tackling the OU player after a 25 yard gain

Maybe things have changed? I remember tryouts for every section.

We should also let the players call plays and redesign our uniforms. Because we need them and they'd like to do that right?

LHB has already been informed that they're playing The Eyes. I assume that the LHB leadership will take appropriate actions if LHB members refuse to play the official school song - and here's a hint: there are a lot more people out there that want to be in LHB than people who are willing to get cut by not playing that song.

Good point, replace OU in that scenario with someone else who destroys us in that case

One of three things will happen: 1) We squeak by OU because they throw the game at us and we hear "TEXAS IS BACK" right up until we back our way into the Big XII championship and OU skull fucks us again - 60% chance 2) OU destroys us and we back our way into the championship game again and squeak by with a W there "TEXAS IS BACK" and get destroyed in the non-playoff bowl game... 30% chance 3) Season totally off the rails, lose to KU, we go full Chollie Strong, 10% chance of happening I'm not sure which I prefer TBH. I guess the Big XII win.

In before "malarkey"