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10 minutes ago, 40acredropout said:

Hiring manager didn't think you were overqualified to press a crunchwrap supreme at that point?

Hope you hang around and post more.  I've mostly only seen Surly/Shaggy while we sucked shit through a straw... can't imagine how fun it will be if we get this thing rolling.  

lol, went there to eat when late.  It was under a mile walk.  But later in life I did work for Yum Brands which owns Taco Bell! So on point, wise observation.

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49 in Sept.  It sucks - went from jogging and a swimmer to tremors and shakes.  I'm scared to death of fixing a light bulb on a ladder.  I just pray it isn't MS.  Neither have a blood test, it takes t

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15 minutes ago, 40acredropout said:

Hiring manager didn't think you were overqualified to press a crunchwrap supreme at that point?

Hope you hang around and post more.  I've mostly only seen Surly/Shaggy while we sucked shit through a straw... can't imagine how fun it will be if we get this thing rolling.  

You missed 2005 then - I think that was the Shaggy days or some other now defunct site?  It was awesome. It's coming, we actually have linemen now.  It will take a year though.  I don't expect too much this year. Next year, I expect a LOT.  

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36 minutes ago, hornlife said:

49 in Sept.  It sucks - went from jogging and a swimmer to tremors and shakes.  I'm scared to death of fixing a light bulb on a ladder.  I just pray it isn't MS.  Neither have a blood test, it takes time.  When your legs constantly feel like you hit your funny bone in your elbow, concern.  when you have tremors so bad you can't shave it's an issue. Not looking for sympathy, just a Longhorn.  I was at that Nebraska game in SA with Mackovic on 4th down with a pass to the TE to seal it.  I was at the Michigan Rose Bowl. 

On my dorm, it was a shithole on Guadalupe street right across from Dobie (sp?) the big blue one.  I accepted late it was the only dorm available (off campus, it was too late to get on campus).  I originally was going to texam with my high school friend and now my ex-brother in law. We could walk to a great Greek restaurant down some steps and get a gyros, the arcade - Street Fighter tournaments, Gumby's pizza, Double Dave's I think too . I covered my expenses with internships at AA, PW, and Enron. And further down Taco Bell.

I just want to see some good football before I go.  I will donate and have already left some to UT.  I realize this is a fun, thrash people board.  Thrash away, it's ok.  It won't offend me.  

 

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Hang in there. I've been tremor dominant Parkinson's for a decade and am still functional (just rode my bike seventeen miles). Push as best you can for a clear diagnosis, which clarifies the treatment options. Once you know what you're dealing with, you know the path and just have to keep grinding away.

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49 in Sept.  It sucks - went from jogging and a swimmer to tremors and shakes.  I'm scared to death of fixing a light bulb on a ladder.  I just pray it isn't MS.  Neither have a blood test, it takes time.  When your legs constantly feel like you hit your funny bone in your elbow, concern.  when you have tremors so bad you can't shave it's an issue. Not looking for sympathy, just a Longhorn.  I was at that Nebraska game in SA with Mackovic on 4th down with a pass to the TE to seal it.  I was at the Michigan Rose Bowl. 

On my dorm, it was a shithole on Guadalupe street right across from Dobie (sp?) the big blue one.  I accepted late it was the only dorm available (off campus, it was too late to get on campus).  I originally was going to texam with my high school friend and now my ex-brother in law. We could walk to a great Greek restaurant down some steps and get a gyros, the arcade - Street Fighter tournaments, Gumby's pizza, Double Dave's I think too . I covered my expenses with internships at AA, PW, and Enron. And further down Taco Bell.

I just want to see some good football before I go.  I will donate and have already left some to UT.  I realize this is a fun, thrash people board.  Thrash away, it's ok.  It won't offend me.  

 

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Very nice.  I’m just busting your balls man.   This is Surly.  You’re part of board and I’m going to treat you like everyone else.   This is a good place with good people.    Sorry for your Parkinson’s diagnosis,  unless you really are Chip.  If that’s the case FUCK YOU twice!!! 😜🤘

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Henry Silverman?  Mine looks almost identical, 1994.

1 hour ago, 40acredropout said:

Hiring manager didn't think you were overqualified to press a crunchwrap supreme at that point?

Dude was at UT early 90s.  Crunchwrap not around until 2005.  Do your RESARCH, bro!

I did eat the shit out of the 59/79/99 menu though.

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Point of order- James Brown beating Nebraska was in St Louis. I know bc I was there. Drive 12 hours and slept in a Walmart parking lot before the game on a hunch as a freshman. 

Damn, didn’t realize you were a little older than me…I mean not older than my knees or my liver, but definitely older than the rest.

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Point of order- James Brown beating Nebraska was in St Louis. I know bc I was there. Drive 12 hours and slept in a Walmart parking lot before the game on a hunch as a freshman. 

So between Arkansas roadies, sex tents and RV convertibles your life has been pretty consistent since college, eh?

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Inside Payton Kirkland’s journey in becoming a blue-chip recruit en route to landing at Texas

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Inside Payton Kirkland’s journey in becoming a blue-chip recruit en route to landing at Texas

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New Texas offensive line commit Payton Kirkland is going to bring the mentality second-year head coach Steve Sarkisian and his staff are looking for as they continue to work on the recruiting trail in aiming to turn this Longhorns program into a winner in Austin.

The 6-foot-6, 345-pound Kirkland is always trying to measure himself against the best, one time calling out former five-star defensive line recruit Leonard Taylor in a playoff game his sophomore year.

“Payton was holding his own against that kid,” Dr. Phillips offensive line coach Adam Sitter stated. Prior to coaching at his high school alma mater, Sitter played at Army and worked at Florida and Kansas as a college coach. “Payton is not afraid of a challenge by any means.”

And the blue-chipper who chose the Longhorns over the likes of Florida, Michigan State and Oklahoma, rose to the occasion.

“I went against him half the game,” Kirkland said of the now Miami Hurricane. “I gave up no sacks, no tackles, zero pressures. He’s a senior, I’m a sophomore. I wanted some. I’m a competitor and I handled my business and I took care of what I had to do.”

Sarkisian and company are doing what they have to do on the trail, adding Kirkland to a recruiting class ranked No. 3 nationally by the 247Sports Composite. They finished No. 5 a cycle ago. Within that haul, the Longhorns signed the best offensive line class in the country and follow it up with another terrific group at the point of attack including Kirkland, a massive prospect that can move, bend and play with the mental toughness coveted at the position.

“It’s always great to be part of something that’s established,” Kirkland said. “All it needs is a little push and that Texas program is going to be back to top of the ranks. It’s definitely something I’m excited about. It’s a great culture out there and Austin, Texas is the place I ultimately wanted to live after football.”

Kirkland commits to Texas having never visited before. We’ll get to that later in the story. This whole process has been a blur for Kirkland who didn’t start playing football till his freshman year. He fancied himself a basketball player for much of his life and thought that would be the route he’d take as physical post presence that had quick hops and played above the rim.

Kirkland’s mother Veronica thought Payton would be a basketball player as well and they hit the AAU circuit hard over the years. However going into freshman year at West Orange, the elder Kirkland told Payton he better find something to do in the fall.

“My mom forced me to play football,” Kirkland laughed. “She didn’t want me at the house during the offseason for basketball. She said I better find anything they have going on after school because I can’t come home.”

So Kirkland reluctantly chose football.

“I cried about the first three weeks,” Kirkland said, adding they were literal tears. “I was the fourth-string defensive tackle the first four weeks of the season and a lot of people got hurt and I ended up playing left tackle from there.”

And slowly but surely Kirkland started to like it. He transferred to Dr. Phillips in the winter, one of the more tradition-rich football programs in the state. Every college program in the country comes by Dr. Phillips at some point or another and Arizona State happened to be there when Kirkland was in gym class.

“We were playing basketball and I was dunking all over the place,” Kirkland remembered. “They offered me based off that. Just off athleticism for a big guy.”

That athleticism for a big guy certainly had Sitter excited. There was a lot to mold but it was going to take work. Good thing Kirkland loves to work. He embraces the process of every task he does.

“He’s always grinding on me to learn more, ‘teach me more Coach, teach me more,’” Sitter said. “That’s going to be a big upside mentally for him. He’s a smart kid and he wants to be good and he’s willing to put the work in.”

Sitter knows what it looks like. He’s been around the Pouncey twins

Marcus Gilbert and Maurice Hurt at Florida. A Steve Addazio disciple, Sitter has coached several high school players that have gone on to play at the highest level.

“Physically he’s a guy I can absolutely grind on and he’s going to get through it,” Sitter said. “You can find if I don’t do a good enough job grinding on him, he’s good at knowing how to talk trash to me respectfully and make me as a coach push him. He’s super athletic, he was a basketball kid too, he has great feet, he has quick feet, great hips, not a stiff guy as well. And he’s physical. That’s a great combination because sometimes you get the long, lanky guy. He’s a guy I could move to guard, I could have him play center, just for fun I’m teaching him to play center because I think he can be a really good center, but he’s a left tackle too. That adds value.”

Leonard Taylor was just the first elite player Kirkland tested himself against.

“I train with (Penn State’s) Zane Durant, (NC State’s) Nick Campbell, Tyler Davis at Clemson, and they whooped my tail for a whole off-season,” Kirkland said of the time spent after his sophomore campaign. “I got working with Coach Sitter and took what I learned and put two and two together and everything started clicking and it was go time. Being around Coach Sitter I learned you need to be an a-hole (as a player) and he helped me with that. He’s coached plenty of guys. He’s been around guys in the NFL and he pours a lot into me.”

“What makes Payton special in my opinion is he’s a leader and he is and also I don’t think his full potential has been scratched,” Kirkland’s mom Veronica said. She certainly didn’t see any of this coming. “Like right now the people he plays against are smaller, a little bit smaller than him sometimes. I don’t think he’s fully actualized. I think that’s exciting to consider plus he really is a student of the game and studies a lot.”

Kirkland studied this recruiting process as well. Ohio State led for the majority of the time and Miami had momentum late. But Texas wins out at the buzzer.

“From being silently committed to Ohio State from July 29 going into my sophomore year all the way to November this past school year, it’s a true testament anything can change at any time and it’s not something to be taken for granted. I’m blessed to be in this position.”

Kirkland took June officials to Florida, Miami, Michigan State and Oklahoma.

“The plan was to go to Miami but certain things didn’t work out between the two of us,” Kirkland said. “The relationship was amazing but it had to come to a close unfortunately. I was crying in my mom’s lap confused, I needed clarity, I was praying at the same time and out of nowhere I said call (Texas offensive line coach) Coach (Kyle) Flood. It’s a faith-based decision and God spoke to me. I wasn’t thinking about going there whatsoever and out of nowhere something told me to call Coach Flood. Coach Flood and Coach Sark were recruiting me when they were at Alabama.

“Coach Flood was like ‘is this real right now, is this real,’ and I was like tell him mom, tell him and 15 minutes later I was on with (247Sports National Analyst) Andrew Ivins (recording my commitment).”

Kirkland plans to visit Texas at the end of the month and return of this official in the fall.

“This school is really the one we both agreed on,” Veronica said. “For me, we already know they have history. They have a big history. If you are playing football you need to be in two states, you need to be in Texas and you need to be in Florida and we’ve already been in Florida. For me it’s Arch, Arch Manning. If he’s No. 1, then you should be where he is. To me that’s the way it should be. If my son considers himself to be the best, he needs to go where the most smoke is to me.”

And over the last three years, Kirkland has shown he’s ready for the smoke. Sarkisian adds another big-time piece to the puzzle.

 

 

This school is really the one we both agreed on,” Veronica said. “For me, we already know they have history. They have a big history. If you are playing football you need to be in two states, you need to be in Texas and you need to be in Florida and we’ve already been in Florida. For me it’s Arch, Arch Manning. If he’s No. 1, then you should be where he is. To me that’s the way it should be. If my son considers himself to be the best, he needs to go where the most smoke is to me.”

 

Lets keep this kid away from Ainias Smith's NIL truck until signing day, eh hosers? 

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11 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

 

So between Arkansas roadies, sex tents and RV convertibles your life has been pretty consistent since college, eh?

I make no apologies for what I am sir. I also didn’t own a bed for 4 of the 6 years I was in college and law school. Not one to need much in the way of creature comforts. 

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43 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Point of order- James Brown beating Nebraska was in St Louis. I know bc I was there. Drive 12 hours and slept in a Walmart parking lot before the game on a hunch as a freshman. 

You slept in a Walmart parking lot on a hunch?

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There was always some guy willing to share his bed, I'm guessing. 

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If you can manage to focus on the graphic on her shirt you'll notice it says, "Only Fans"

 

 

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You slept in a Walmart parking lot on a hunch?

It was a hunch we were going to win. I said let’s drive up there and met my dad in Dallas at 5:30 on on Friday. We ended up pulling into town in the middle of the night and were like fuck it- no sense putting on airs and checking into the motel 6 next to the crack house at 4:00 in the morning/ we will just sleep at the Walmart and drive the rest of the way to the stadium when the homeless people come poking around. 

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