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Look, Georgia was supposed to murder us and we beat their ass. LSU was supposed to murder us, and we were in that game until the end. I expect us to show up well-prepared and unafraid.  Will

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I'd just like to point out that the Longhorns are undefeated following the death of a British Monarch ... 1972 (King Henry VIII) 23-10 vs. Miami (FL) 1952 (King George VI) 35-14 vs. LSU

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1 minute ago, Tex Long said:

No biggie. We got some folks hereabouts - disregarding whether they can spell his middle name or not - who hate him because he fucked Anita Bryant.

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/04/arts/songwriter-s-racist-songs-from-1980-s-haunt-him.html

In one song on Mr. Coe's ''X-Rated Hits'' CD, he rails against white women who sleep with black men, singing that it makes him want to throw up; in another, the chorus has it that some blacks ''never die/They just smell that way.''

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/04/arts/songwriter-s-racist-songs-from-1980-s-haunt-him.html

In one song on Mr. Coe's ''X-Rated Hits'' CD, he rails against white women who sleep with black men, singing that it makes him want to throw up; in another, the chorus has it that some blacks ''never die/They just smell that way.''

 

Do you have a point, other than on your head?

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1 hour ago, ElChupacabra said:

What's with the DAC hate?


Comes to play a little theater bar setup, bout 1k capacity. Floor standing only, with balcony seating type venue. 1k may be generous. 
 

Tickets were 85+.

 

House band plays 1hr 20m for a warm up. Ok, no biggie.

Coe comes out, plays a medley of about 30 seconds from 15 different songs, walks off and doesn’t come back. Show was over. 
 

Came on at 9, was off by 9:08, and by 9:15 when they came over the house PA and said show was over, time to get out, I thought that place was going down. 
 

Fuck that piece of shit. 

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17 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

Comes to play a little theater bar setup, bout 1k capacity. Floor standing only, with balcony seating type venue. 1k may be generous. 

Tickets were 85+.

House band plays 1hr 20m for a warm up. Ok, no biggie.

Coe comes out, plays a medley of about 30 seconds from 15 different songs, walks off and doesn’t come back. Show was over. 
Came on at 9, was off by 9:08, and by 9:15 when they came over the house PA and said show was over, time to get out, I thought that place was going down. 
Fuck that piece of shit. 

Awwwww...

Hey, you know what? You're right, he is a POS! But it's his schtick and it has been for, what, 50-odd years? It hasn't changed at all, and you fell for it. Dubya knew how handle that shit.

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1 hour ago, thunderlounge said:


Comes to play a little theater bar setup, bout 1k capacity. Floor standing only, with balcony seating type venue. 1k may be generous. 
 

Tickets were 85+.

 

House band plays 1hr 20m for a warm up. Ok, no biggie.

Coe comes out, plays a medley of about 30 seconds from 15 different songs, walks off and doesn’t come back. Show was over. 
 

Came on at 9, was off by 9:08, and by 9:15 when they came over the house PA and said show was over, time to get out, I thought that place was going down. 
 

Fuck that piece of shit. 

I wouldn’t pay 85 to see him but honesty I would prefer a 15-minute cliff note set from him in place of a full concert.

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Alabama’s last loss to Non power 5 was to ULM in 2007.  We have just defeated the same War Eagles last week.  Our only loss to Bama was in the 2010 national championship game. We all know how it has gone since that fateful day for both teams. The universe is realigning itself.   UT 38-Alabama 35 through a Auburn field goal.   
Believe it. 
 
 
Lol, the "Auburn field goal" part might permanently break the psyche of some bammer fans
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Alabama and Texas met in 1922 as both programs were beginning a period of dominance. In Austin, things got moving when Athletic Director, L. Theo Bellmont tapped acting intramurals director Berry M. Whitaker to lead the football team in 1920.

It proved to be a shrewd choice as the unassuming coach proceeded to guide the Longhorns to a 9-0 record and the Southwest Conference Championship. Going into the 1922 season, the team looked ready to pick up where they left off the year before.

Alabama’s president George Denny made a similar unorthodox selection when he chose a sportswriter from Cincinnati, Xen Scott, as the Crimson Tide head coach. Despite his regular vocation, Scott had a decade of experience coaching at schools across Ohio before The Capstone called. He had earned a reputation as an offensive guru well versed in the open style of Midwest ball.

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Arriving in Tuscaloosa, Scott wasted no time molding the team into a powerhouse. The 1919 team racked up an 8-1 record - the best in school history - and outscored opponents a staggering 280-22. The next year saw Alabama achieve its first 10-win season and the whole school "had gone football mad."

Riding that wave of goodwill, Scott was heralded as "the best and brainiest coach in the South" by the Crimson White but the tune changed after a rough 1921 campaign.

A mediocre 5-4-2 record earned the season that never pleasant label "rebuilding year" and if not for a Thanksgiving Day upset win over Tulane, it was likely Scott would have been dismissed.

The 1922 season got off to an explosive start as Alabama positively annihilated Marion Institute 110-0 -- a score that still stands in the Alabama record book as the largest margin of victory and points scored in a single game.
 

But the Crimson Tide came down to earth on Oct. 14 when they traveled to Atlanta to face Georgia Tech. The Golden Tornadoes, as Tech was commonly known in that era, delivered a 33-7 beatdown on the Crimson Tide. A week later Alabama had it's hands full with Sewanee and escaped with a 7-7 draw.

Then began a grueling 2,885 mile two-game road trip that started with the contest against the Longhorns in Austin. Scott did his best to make sure his team was ready and his staff boasted W.T. "Bully" Van de Graff who had personal experience with the Longhorns after playing on the 1915 squad.

The Texans were still stinging from a 20-0 loss to Vanderbilt in Dallas Texas the week prior. When the Crimson Tide arrived at Clark Field in Austin on Oct. 28, the idea of another Southern school beating them in the Lone Star State didn't sit well at all.

Alabama started the game strong with Charles Bartlett intercepting a pass on the Texas 33-yard-line two minutes into the contest. Three plays later he grabbed a pass from W.C. Baty and scored - the first time the Crimson Tide had managed to cross the goal line in the history of the series.

Fate turned cruel later in the first period as Baty fumbled a punt and Texas recovered on the Alabama 30-yard-line. The Longhorns made it on fourth down and, on the next play, Ivan Robertson completed a pass to George Gardere for the score.

Later in the second period Texas capitalized on a short punt and drove to the one-foot-line. Culp took the hand-off and blasted into the end zone giving the Orange and White the lead.

Alabama's hard luck continued after halftime as the first drive stalled and they turned the ball over on downs at the Texas 33-yard-line. While the Crimson Tide defense was able to hold on following a 30-yard-gallop by Robertson, the Longhorns added a field goal to their tally.

Alabama threatened to score one final time in the fourth quarter but a pass from Bartlet to end Al Clemens failed by inches and they had to settle for a field goal. The final score was 19-10.

In the end, the Crimson Tide couldn't overcome it's own mistakes, fumbling the ball seven times during the game with Texas recovering the ball no less than five times.

For Texas, the game would be one of the highlights of the season. The Longhorns would finish with a 7-2 record including an ignominious loss to arch-rival Texas A&M on Thanksgiving Day.

That contest would serve as the final game for Whitaker who stepped down as head coach with a 22-3-1 record. He returned to his duties as the school’s intramural director – a post he held for the next 40 years. He was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor in 1977.

Alabama left Austin and traveled to Pittsburgh to face the powerful University of Pennsylvania coached by the legendary John W. Heisman. Scott’s charges beat the Quakers 9-7 in a stunning upset. It was the Crimson Tide’s first victory over a nationally recognized football program. Thousands of fans greeted the victors at the Tuscaloosa Train Depot when the team arrived back home.

Scott stepped down as coach at the end of the season due to health problems that would claim his life two years later. But the foundations he established in the Alabama program would allow his successor, Wallace Wade, to go onto claim the school’s first national championship in the 1926 Rose Bowl.

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8 hours ago, Bamboozled73 said:

Alabama’s last loss to Non power 5 was to ULM in 2007.  We have just defeated the same War Eagles last week.  Our only loss to Bama was in the 2010 national championship game. We all know how it has gone since that fateful day for both teams. The universe is realigning itself.   UT 38-Alabama 35 through a Auburn field goal.   

Believe it. 
 

 

Wut? 

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Saban is scared. This is the type of game they lose. True away game that they have had a hard time with. I expect Sark to come out like we did against OU last year. Hopefully our D is a little bit better this year and we can overcome the bama surge in the 2nd qtr. if we do, its a done deal. 35-30 good guys. 

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15 minutes ago, T-shirt Sip said:

Saban is scared. This is the type of game they lose. True away game that they have had a hard time with. I expect Sark to come out like we did against OU last year. Hopefully our D is a little bit better this year and we can overcome the bama surge in the 2nd qtr. if we do, its a done deal. 35-30 good guys. 

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4 minutes ago, MaverickHorn said:

Yes. Their defense is nasty. Sark needs to call the game of his life for us to win. I’m hopeful but I see this being worse than our Arkansas game last year.

We got bitch slapped by an average Arkansas team. Bama crushing us will not be as bad. 

Plus, we won't have the RGBIII and Immamac Bang Bus check-ins. 

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We got bitch slapped by an average Arkansas team. Bama crushing us will not be as bad. 
Plus, we won't have the RGBIII and Immamac Bang Bus check-ins. 

Now there’s a true fan.

Arkie wasn’t average. They got better coaching. And the qb room was a joke.

Got Quinn. Let’s see what happens. He may lose but hope he learns. Game 2 for him
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54 minutes ago, Deej said:

Remember when we were 21 point underdogs against Nebraska in the inaugural Big 12 title game?

Shit can happen. 

 

As an outsider that roots y’all on, especially against OU, that’s where I’m at.  I think the line is reflective of objective reasoning and the general public’s expectations, but I see a few opportunities…mostly rehashing old shit but I wanted to participate here:

DKR will be an absolute madhouse, and yeah the ‘that’s every Saturday in the SEC bro’ folks may disagree but this is a once per generation event here in Austin.  I’ve been there when it’s full tilt boogie time, and expect it to be 1.5x that at kick. 
 

Sark won’t be intimidated and has inside knowledge.  If he doesn’t out-clever himself with a freshman QB and keeps the troops focused, the chess game should be fascinating.  Hopefully he’s comfortable with risk taking on 4th/short, potential fake punts, baiting a flea flicker with Bijan, etc.  Got nothing to lose and fortune favors the bold. 
 

Sanders.  Huge advantage to have a flex TE like that with good hands that can play into all kinds of scenarios that offset their DL pressure.  You’ve gotta mix him in unexpected places like a PA fake with Bijan or put him in as hybrid FB, and not just on 3rd down.  
 

Everyone knows they’re going to key on Bijan but your RB room is such an embarrassment of riches I hope to see some 21 personnel or diamond.  Keep complex RPO plays out of your freshman QB but focus on getting the ball to proven players quickly outside of the box.  Give the same basic look with a pop pass to Xavier or someone on a slant to put them in space.  
 

Defense has to have the ball bounce their way.  ULM seemed to insist on running up the gut for 1-2yds a pop for half their plays though so not sure what was learned.  Alabama will get theirs, so I guess your D needs to be Johnny on the spot for a lucky TO and otherwise tackle well to keep it manageable.  Loved Overshown’s nose for the ball.  

Who knows about Ewers, my gut says that ‘settle in’ shit won’t work to start with Alabama like it did ULM.  Theoretically you’ve got horses to stretch the field in both dimensions with RB, TE and WR…just hoping he can connect on a few bombs early on to make them adjust.   Big time players make big time plays in big time games.  

Overall I’m jealous of the opportunity laid in front of you.  Young players tend to let the moment get too big for them…but you’re at home, you’ve worked your whole career for this moment, and it’s time to lay it all on the table.  Take it seriously as a measuring stick and maybe you surprise the nation.  Rooting for y’all.  

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3 hours ago, Tex Long said:

Awwwww...

Hey, you know what? You're right, he is a POS! But it's his schtick and it has been for, what, 50-odd years? It hasn't changed at all, and you fell for it. Dubya knew how handle that shit.

Sounds like something a chicken fucker would say. 

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2 hours ago, T-shirt Sip said:

Saban is scared. This is the type of game they lose. True away game that they have had a hard time with.

the sample size is extremely small, see prior posts; they won the last 2 they've played, but it's been 10 years; they never play true non-con roadies, 3 in the last 20 years, 4 if you count saturday

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