Urban Meyer or bust

[Reese Bennett 3,605]

For sentimental reasons, this will always be my favorite. Can't believe they closed.

[IDIOTsavant 8,440]

Just now, shnsajax said:

Looks like deciding to work the past couple of hours was a good decision. 

 

[Wishbone 4,734]

42 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

My top ten barbecue joints in Texas?...glad you asked

1. Franklin- The goat

2. Pinkertons- ribs and he’s a huge horn fan, always on IT

3. Snows BBQ- Worth the wait and gotta meet miss Tootsie

4. Terry Blacks- Brisket and beef ribs and typically no wait

5. Tejas Chocolate- Chile relleno sausage is the best in Texas

6. La barbecue- great brisket

7. Truth BBQ- number three in Houston for me

8. Coopers- always a winner

9. Feges BBQ- you’ve probably never heard of them but they are incredible. My office gets them catered once a week. If you’re in Houston hit them up, rona hurt them bad

10. My house- all of surly is welcome...well mostly all

Another good one, for you guys that may not be familiar with, is Church BBQ which is in Huntsville. It’s run by the folks from the New Zion Missionary Baptist Church that’s located next door to it. Everyone refers to it as “The Church of the Holy Smoke”. Texas Monthly has done write ups on it when covering some of the best BBQ joints in Texas to check out. It’s good.

Fuck! Did not see the post above. It’s closed? Dammit. Never mind.

Edited December 4, 2020 by Wishbone

[BurntOrange&White 39,647]

Patiently awaiting @derpyhorndog post 

[theaveragejon 974]

17 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

I’m a big pappasitos guy if we are talking chains, or the original Ninfas on navigation 

Um... el tiempo anybody? 

[Hanrahan 1,306]

There is a new place called Brett’s Backyard BBQ in Rockdale that you should check out. 

I’ll be god damned if I’m doing to Rickfuckingdale for any damned reason.

[Newy25 7,638]

1 hour ago, Burt Macklin said:

Are you talking about the post that was by one of their posters, not a mod for the site?

Yes I missed that. My bad. 

[Hook1997 5,285]

Just now, Reese Bennett said:

For sentimental reasons, this will always be my favorite. Can't believe they closed.

Holy shit that’s a blast from the past, I forgot all about that place.

[JesusSweatDuck 17,780]

4 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

there's a new one in College Station, haven't been because it's a bitch to get to (as far as College Station goes) and heard it's not worth the money.

You lost me at collie station

[BornAndRaised 12,223]

I've always wanted to go to Snows after they had that show about the best barbeque in america on netflix. I'm lazy and covid was a good enough reason to not drive out. Worth the hype?

[TexArcher 37,508]

22 minutes ago, FreeHorn said:

Stiles Switch, LA BBQ and Valentina’s are pretty decent BBQ spots in Austin that don’t have a crazy ridiculous line. 

Yes, sir, they are.

And someone upthread mentioned my personal favorite in Austin: Terry Black's on Barton Springs.  Excellent meats and even during the lunch rush that line moves and you can be in and out in half an hour.

I'll do Franklin once or twice a year, but I hit Terry Black's once a month like clockwork.

 

Edited December 4, 2020 by TexArcher

[SA-KC_Horn 1,293]

Gawd damn this thread went to shit.

[pearlandhorn 3,269]

2 minutes ago, stork642 said:

Country Tavern?

I don't live up there any longer.  When I was growing up, Country Tavern was ass.

[irishtexan 11,445]

8 minutes ago, RMac5 said:

Real Deal Holyfield at Valentina’s is the best breakfast taco in the country.

It's incredible, but it's hard to judge it against a traditional "breakfast taco" typically consisting of eggs, cheese, and a protein or potatoes or whatever that you would get at a normal taco joint. It's so much more, and feels like it's in its own category. 

[RGBIII 22,798]

4 minutes ago, NoName said:

excuse me?

No

• Leroy and Lewis?
• 2M?
• Bodacious?
• Cattleack?

Coopers has got to be based on memory because that place isn't even as good as any of the places in Lockhart.

-never been

-went once and it was good just not top ten

-never been

-never been

 

and ya coopers was damn near a decade ago when I had it

[JesusSweatDuck 17,780]

1 minute ago, BornAndRaised said:

I've always wanted to go to Snows after they had that show about the best barbeque in america on netflix. I'm lazy and covid was a good enough reason to not drive out. Worth the hype?

Yep, they do some cool pork cuts too that are really good.  Tootsie is awesome

[BurntOrange&White 39,647]

Just now, BornAndRaised said:

I've always wanted to go to Snows after they had that show about the best barbeque in america on netflix. I'm lazy and covid was a good enough reason to not drive out. Worth the hype?

Yes idiot. 
 

 Now you can parlay snows Saturday morning into bretts after since it’s 20 min away 

[Landomatic 3,813]

4 minutes ago, shnsajax said:

Looks like deciding to work the past couple of hours was a good decision. 

Work?  What’s that?

[TexArcher 37,508]

1 minute ago, SA-KC_Horn said:

Gawd damn this thread went to shit.

What's happening now is we're talking about barbecue.  We're Texans and we're bored.

[RGBIII 22,798]

3 minutes ago, Reese Bennett said:

For sentimental reasons, this will always be my favorite. Can't believe they closed.

You are correct. Would easily be on my top ten! They tried reopening not long ago but it was nowhere near the same. Terrible unimaginable loss

[Underdog 28,450]

10 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

Shelley is gonna CUM when she eats Franklin’s brisket

That makes two of us. 

 

[NorLa Horns 1,458]

Wtf!?!  Did I click the wrong thread?

[JesusSweatDuck 17,780]

Just now, TexArcher said:

What's happening now is we're talking about barbecue.  We're Texans and we're bored.

[BERT 4,351]

2 minutes ago, pearlandhorn said:

I don't live up there any longer.  When I was growing up, Country Tavern was ass.

You must be really old

[stork642 4,498]

1 minute ago, pearlandhorn said:

I don't live up there any longer.  When I was growing up, Country Tavern was ass.

I was there about six months ago.  I’m certainly no expert but it’s definitely not ass.  The ribs were delightful.  

[Horn80 6,075]

Just now, SA-KC_Horn said:

Gawd damn this thread went to shit.

What’s next?  Eating BBQ with mayo?

[RGBIII 22,798]

4 minutes ago, Wishbone said:

Another good one, for you guys that may not be familiar with, is Church BBQ which is in Huntsville. It’s run by the folks from the New Zion Missionary Baptist Church that’s located next door to it. Everyone refers to it as “The Church of the Holy Smoke”. Texas Monthly has done write ups on it when covering some of the best BBQ joints in Texas to check out. It’s good.

It closed awhile back. Not sure if they are open or not currently but it’s not the same

[immamac 42,516]

I always have a panic attack after I get done with a call and I haven't looked at the thread for an hour because it's added 5-10 pages and I think I missed the announcement. 

Then I have to read all fucking posts because I'm a moderator so it takes me another hour to catch up lol.

[IDIOTsavant 8,440]

4 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

It's incredible, but it's hard to judge it against a traditional "breakfast taco" typically consisting of eggs, cheese, and a protein or potatoes or whatever that you would get at a normal taco joint. It's so much more, and feels like it's in its own category. 

Oh shit, here comes the debate about whether eggs are necessary to call it a breakfast taco...they're not.

Edited December 4, 2020 by IDIOTsavant

[jeevsie 3,720]

I enjoyed cooper's in Llano about 5-6 years ago.

City Market too.

Why am I perpetrating this non-UM talk?

[PassiveAggressiveCoach 118]

32 minutes ago, freyguy said:

Theyre right below Bill Miller's 

So that's pretty good. 

[pearlandhorn 3,269]

1 minute ago, BERT said:

You must be really old

32

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

Um... el tiempo anybody? 

Overrated and overpriced. Teotihuacan blows them out of the water.

[Underdog 28,450]

3 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

I've always wanted to go to Snows after they had that show about the best barbeque in america on netflix. I'm lazy and covid was a good enough reason to not drive out. Worth the hype?

We had some shipped to us and it was outstanding, can only imagine how much better it is in person. 

[JFKFC 4,878]

With this thread, I've crossed some kind of invisible line. I feel as if I've come to a place I never thought I'd have to come to. And I don't know how I got here. It's a strange place. It's a place where a little harmless drinking, and then some mindless internet posting, has led me into considerations of death and annihilation.

[TexArcher 37,508]

Just now, immamac said:

I always have a panic attack after I get done with a call and I haven't looked at the thread for an hour because it's added 5-10 pages and I think I missed the announcement. 

Then I have to read all fucking posts because I'm a moderator so it takes me another hour to catch up lol.

I'll be a moderator for bout tree fiddy an hour.  No decimal point.

[NoName 16,293]

4 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

I've always wanted to go to Snows after they had that show about the best barbeque in america on netflix. I'm lazy and covid was a good enough reason to not drive out. Worth the hype?

yes but who wants to GET to Lexington at 530a?

better off getting Franklin to go

(watch the Chef's Table on Tootsie, its phenomenal)

[UncleSonny 6,552]

35 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

***One source offered their sense of the situation saying that it’s their belief that right now Urban is trying to talk himself into it but that he may not really want to get back into coaching just yet. Source added, “that’s a lot of money (to turn down)”.

I have a hard time believing he's still in the decision making process. It's not like he just started considering whether to coach again on Monday morning, I'm sure he's been thinking about it and discussing with his family what the circumstances would look like for him to come back since the day he stepped down at OSU. He's known Texas was going to likely come knocking since we lost to TCU. He's gotten the biggest contract offer in the history of college football and assurances that he'll get all the institutional support that he asks for. 

He knows, he has to at this point. Whether he's told anyone on either side IDK but non of this has just been sprung on him this week and he's scrambling to make sense of it.

[PassiveAggressiveCoach 118]

Still one of my favorites and I don't go here if I just want brisket because there is better but the fucking T-Man from Bert's gives me a huge boner. I fucking love it. 

[BERT 4,351]

1 minute ago, pearlandhorn said:

32

Well i'm 40 and i've never had ass bbq from Country Tavern. Maybe that's on the special menu. 

[tejas60 3,526]

2 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

Oh shit, here comes the debate about whether eggs are necessary to call it a breakfast taco debate...they're not.

can we talk barbacoa?

[Zeus 5,949]

 

 

15:59

[JFKFC 4,878]

2 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

Oh shit, here comes the debate about whether eggs are necessary to call it a breakfast taco debate...they're not.

[Duane Moore 5,236]

I enjoyed my brisket at the original Black’s in Lockhart. The Terry Black’s on Barton Springs isn’t bad for “fast food” BBQ. 

In Fort Worth, Heim’s has the best brisket, but the location is a little trendy. Ambience is much better at the Railhead and Angelo’s, but the brisket wasn’t as moist. All worth a try if you are in town. 

[derpyhorndog 2,554]

Well, catching up was a beating. Anyways, about carl's plane. Here's the photo he posted earlier this week, passengers supposedly being BMDs.

imgur.com/a/SAAbUzU

After he posted about it, surly aviation experts (not me) did analysis and concluded it was a smaller jet model likely produced in the 80s or 90s. I believe it this model year 1991 Dassault Falcon 50, Tail No. N98DH. As you'll note, it was in Manhattan, KS yesterday, in Austin this morning, and is now headed to Bermuda Dunes airport - the same airport the plane I was discussing yesterday went last night from Vegas. As mentioned, Urban was reportedly in Vegas yesterday, and Bermuda Dunes airport is 8 miles from Phil Knight's house. 

Back to the plane itself, here are the photos that plane from a website where it was listed for sale - it appears to have been purchased by its current owner in 2015.

https://imgur.com/a/BBcgbAZ

Compare those photos versus the one carl posted. It's clear that the current owner refurbished/renovated the plane since purchase, but the bones are still the same. On the interior, notably the medium dark wood paneling throughout, the 4-place club seating arrangement in the front, the forward-cabin galley, the window shape and the gold-plated air vents. On the exterior, note the 6th-window exit and how that aligns with where the exit sign in carl's photo (top right-hand corner).

If you're still with me, now to whose plane this is. The FAA records show it is TOSGO F50, LLC, FAA-listed address of 9108 Zyle Rd, Austin TX (which looks to be a residential address with a very large plot of land/house). And the same one listed as the registered address with the TX SOS, which shows registered agent at that address is Trey Owen.

Trey is Co-Founder of Austin-based real estate private equity firm JLM Financial Partners. He's not a UT alumnus, but the Managing Director is. Couldn't find the alma mater of the firm's Chairman. So other than the MD, no direct connection between JLM and UT, though they're obviously in Austin (real estate nonetheless), looks like Trey has attended UT galas, etc. 

Another person that was listed as (might still be, unclear) registered agent for the entity is Billey Meyer of Waco, with registered address tied to Texas Aero, a general aviation facility servicing the Waco Regional Airport. Billy is famous drag racer who built the Texas Motorplex in Ennis. Don't know if there's anything to tie out to UT there, but thought it was interesting that he mentions on his company's website how the company did business with President Bush when he'd stop through Waco on the way to Prairie Chapel Ranch.

So, Austin-owned plane that I believe is the one in carl's photo and is on its way to the same airport as the one last night speculated to be carrying UM. 

[NoName 16,293]

4 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

-never been

-went once and it was good just not top ten

-never been

-never been

 

and ya coopers was damn near a decade ago when I had it

Fair enough but Leroy & Lewis is serving up some of the best BBQ in Texas - full stop. you NEED to go there next time you are in Austin.

Coopers has dropped off of a cliff over the last 5 years, it's just not at all good. not even the best in Llano anymore.

[PassiveAggressiveCoach 118]

3 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

Oh shit, here comes the debate about whether eggs are necessary to call it a breakfast taco...they're not.

You're an idiot. That's stupid. 

[stork642 4,498]

1 minute ago, IDIOTsavant said:

Oh shit, here comes the debate about whether eggs are necessary to call it a breakfast taco debate...they're not.

What, no beans in chili discussion?

[hobbs 243]

11 minutes ago, pearlandhorn said:

I don't live up there any longer.  When I was growing up, Country Tavern was ass.

The best place around here (Tyler area), by far, is Bodacious on Mobberly in Longview...it's not even close.  Everything there is top notch.

Country Tavern ribs are okay, but Stanley's ribs are better.  Stanley's sandwiches, especially the Mother Clucker, are strong, but the brisket isn't nearly as good as Bodacious Mobberley.

Pat G's is okay and a fun/different experience, especially if you are nostalgic about it like I am, but the food is average at best.

Or, there's always the McRib, of course.

 

Edited December 4, 2020 by hobbs

[Wishbone 4,734]

Just now, RGBIII said:

It closed awhile back. Not sure if they are open or not currently but it’s not the same

Haven’t been there for a while. I loved that place. Got to know the pastor and his wife. Great folks. Always expected to fall through the floor or have the roof drop on me when in there. Now that’s a BBQ joint!