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Park Gothic

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  1. It's changing as the area around campus becomes less of a war zone and more students move in. But it is still a commuter school with shitty tailgating. That said - there has always been a "school within a school" at UH, where a core of ~10,000 students actually have a traditional college experience (live on or near campus, go greek, attend sporting events, go to the college bars, etc.) while the rest of the school is just there to get a degree and get on with their life. I went to UHLC and got in with that crowd during the Sumlin years. It was a decently fun football experience - nothing close to Austin, but not as bad as people like to say. I've always thought of the Big 12 (outside of UT and A&M) as being mostly small schools with rabid fanbases. UH is an odd fit in that sense. It is a relatively big school (about 40k undergrad) with a tepid fanbase. But the fans that do care aren't any better or worse than the average fanbase.
  2. Yeah, you are pretty much wrong. Houston doesn't have massive success historically and the programs lows are extremely low, but the fan base isn't arrogant about football. Maybe a little about basketball, but that's more recent and more justified. To be clear, Houston football boasts a Heisman winner and has won as many NY6 bowls as Texas has over the last 10 seasons. There is some success, but it's sporadic. The worst thing about Houston fans (other than the usual gripes) is that they are fair-weather. When the team is down, they forget football exists. Even when the Texans suck and the Cougars are good, the Texans are 10x the draw. If I had to compare UH fans to a current member of the Big 12, it would be that they are like TCU fans without all the money.
  3. Honestly, I'm just over the Hampton recruitment. Obviously the kid is a take, but if we don't get him...meh.
  4. Maybe I’ve been reading to many Aggie screenshots, but the LSU posters seem to be taking it fine.
  5. Also, why is this on the recruiting board?
  6. @RGBIII It’s called banter and the kids love it
  7. Allison Mack hasn’t aged that badly. I was expecting more of a meth head situation.
  8. Thanks for the update / info, but also…
  9. Texas is a better school than A&M in every meaningful way. Acknowledging that fact, even tacitly or in response to someone talking down the school, sounds like arrogance to an Aggie.
  10. Man, y'all dog on Roach too hard. I now he's overly conservative with his picks and as exciting as a bowl of oatmeal, but he seems to genuinely love Texas high school football, cares about the kids, and doesn't embarrass the program by being associated with it. Johntay Cook even had the guy narrate his commitment video. Dude needs to hit the treadmill but he's better than EJ was.
  11. My comment was doubting his financing bona fides, not questioning the irony or humor of the situation.
  12. I really, really want to know what happened to sour Simmons on LSU. Whatever it is, Bobby won’t let Gerry talk about it. So I know they know.
  13. So it's a site full of @SydneyCarton types but without all the charm?
  14. Absolutely. This sort of dovetails with the conversation about Texas 3*s further up the thread. At this point I trust staff evaluations waaaay more than the recruiting sites. Looks like his film has been out since February.
  15. Interesting. Unranked dude committed to Missouri State at the moment. So that's not great. But in the last week he's received a slew of P5 offers, from Oregon, Miami, ND, and us. I wonder what's changed.
  16. Goddamnit dude. We just finished with that bullshit and you're going to stir it back up again.
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