Game Week Thread Week 3, 2024: UTSA @ Texas

[Park Gothic 4979]

2 minutes ago, brojangles2 said:

Cool. I attended Wyoming and Washington. Been there plenty. I just don't give a fuck about these streaks or blue ribbons of fandom anymore. Its a chore and there's plenty to be excited about come 9/28. Ultimately, there is no consequence either way, internet stranger. 

[South Austin 52144]

12 minutes ago, brojangles2 said:

Ultimately, there is no consequence either way, internet stranger. 

If we don't cover the spread in the next two games, it's your fault and we're coming after you.

[brojangles2 781]

10 minutes ago, South Austin said:

If we don't cover the spread in the next two games, it's your fault and we're coming after you.

I completely understand, and from the very jump I just simply meant that I may not attend in person. I have not simply just not watched a game since middle school, no matter the opponent. But frankly, after all is said and done and I leave the office on this spectacular day, I will likely be pulling into the purple garage by noon tomorrow. Cheers.

[South Austin 52144]

2 minutes ago, brojangles2 said:

I completely understand, and from the very jump I just simply meant that I may not attend in person. I have not simply just not watched a game since middle school, no matter the opponent. But frankly, after all is said and done and I leave the office on this spectacular day, I will likely be pulling into the purple garage by noon tomorrow. Cheers.

Edit: And understand about the road trip.  Eight hours driving on a Saturday is a tall order.

Edited September 13 by South Austin

[Texas Wahoo 3383]

58 minutes ago, brojangles2 said:

I can't get excited for the next two weeks, no matter how hard I try. I am very ho-hum and even considering staying the fuck home, which is wild for me. I am 4 hours away and have missed less than 5 home games since around 2012. Maybe things change once the work week is wrapped up and beers flow. 

This is important information and I am glad you are sharing it with everyone.  Please continue to provide updates each week about your level of excitement about Texas football.

[brojangles2 781]

3 minutes ago, Texas Wahoo said:

This is important information and I am glad you are sharing it with everyone.  Please continue to provide updates each week about your level of excitement about Texas football.

Weird how message boards work, right? I'll email the SOP sheet to you for a refresh. 

[83Horn 1638]

51 minutes ago, brojangles2 said:

I can't do much about the time frame, amigo. I walked the stage in 2009 and this is simply what I've been dealt. I understand the sentiment though and understand the joke. If I wanted to watch ULM and UTSA I could just go to a Lamar game 10 mins from my driveway. Its a chore, as many many others have been. 

I'd think you're not going to watch ULM or UTSA, but rather you're going to watch Texas.  You only get 6 or 7 of these opportunities a year, then you have to wait about 8 months before the opportunity comes around again.  Cherish all of them.

[sidis 9754]

1 hour ago, brojangles2 said:

I can't get excited for the next two weeks, no matter how hard I try. I am very ho-hum and even considering staying the fuck home, which is wild for me. I am 4 hours away and have missed less than 5 home games since around 2012. Maybe things change once the work week is wrapped up and beers flow. 

 

while i primarily share others' responses of "why are you giving us updates on your ambivalence to attending home games," i would say that i can totally empathize with the decision to avoid 8 hours of driving the next two weekends for these two rent-a-victim games...BUT, i also share the wtf response to the fact that you have apparently made said 8 hour drives happily to watch tyrone swoopes, dylan haynes, and kai money play football coached by shawn watson and now you can't be bothered to show up to watch a real football team coached by real football coaches execute at high levels? sounds like maybe you're just getting old (something else i empathize with).

good opportunity to give your tickets to kids or people less fortunate to go enjoy themselves though.

[South Austin 52144]

3 minutes ago, sidis said:

 to watch tyrone swoopes, dylan haynes, and kai money play football coached by shawn watson 

Kai Money was Herman era.  

Goddamit, why did you make me type that?

Edited September 13 by South Austin

[brojangles2 781]

8 minutes ago, sidis said:

 

while i primarily share others' responses of "why are you giving us updates on your ambivalence to attending home games," i would say that i can totally empathize with the decision to avoid 8 hours of driving the next two weekends for these two rent-a-victim games...BUT, i also share the wtf response to the fact that you have apparently made said 8 hour drives happily to watch tyrone swoopes, dylan haynes, and kai money play football coached by shawn watson and now you can't be bothered to show up to watch a real football team coached by real football coaches execute at high levels? sounds like maybe you're just getting old (something else i empathize with).

good opportunity to give your tickets to kids or people less fortunate to go enjoy themselves though.

There is no question, the football itself is much less of a chore lately. My sentiments were certainly towards travel and I did not get my rumblings out the way that was intended. I used to carry the same insane reverence towards "never leave before The Eyes." Getting over that silly shit was freeing. I was testing the waters with sharing my fatigue towards some game day ritual, not in any way dampening excitement for the overall cause. Have a great afternoon, all. I'm going to play golf and drink on this great day. 

[South Austin 52144]

It's all good, brojangles2.  It wouldn't be Surly if we didn't give you shit just because we can.  

[chainsaw 9838]

No look passes and shovel passes and lots of fun hype reel moments.

[BERT 4351]

2 hours ago, brojangles2 said:

I can't get excited for the next two weeks, no matter how hard I try. I am very ho-hum and even considering staying the fuck home, which is wild for me. I am 4 hours away and have missed less than 5 home games since around 2012. Maybe things change once the work week is wrapped up and beers flow. 

[sidis 9754]

20 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Kai Money was Herman era.  

Goddamit, why did you make me type that?

there is no need for pedantry (says the guy dropping "fewer" memes) for anything that covers the period from 2010 to 2022 in texas football. the fact that swoopes, haines, money, watson, herman, etc.. all were associated with he school at all is enough to just say other than the 13 ou, 18 ou, 18 uga, and 22 ou games, the entire portion of our lives should just be forgotten for the perpetual nightmare it truly was.

eta: oh, and 2010 nebraska/2011 agro just for the lulz.

Edited September 13 by sidis

[ztejas 43266]

1 minute ago, sidis said:

other than the 13 ou, 18 ou, 18 uga, and 22 ou games, the entire portion of our lives should just be forgotten for the perpetual nightmare it truly was.

eta: oh, and 2010 nebraska/2011 agro just for the lulz.

Ahem.

[South Austin 52144]

1 minute ago, sidis said:

there is no need for pedantry 

[brojangles2 781]

2 minutes ago, sidis said:

there is no need for pedantry (says the guy dropping "fewer" memes) for anything that covers the period from 2010 to 2022 in texas football. the fact that swoopes, haines, money, watson, herman, etc.. all were associated with he school at all is enough to just say other than the 13 ou, 18 ou, 18 uga, and 22 ou games, the entire portion of our lives should just be forgotten for the perpetual nightmare it truly was.

Outside of the few endearing times you already listed, I will add that the amount of green open seats at choosing time every March was amazing, and I am pretty much set forever on seats because of it. Also, we got our tailgate spot that we had envied for years, but is now ours for 8 years or so. 

[ztejas 43266]

9 minutes ago, South Austin said:

It's all good, brojangles2.  It wouldn't be Surly if we didn't give you shit just because we can.  

Yeah. He's a real, sick, twisted son of a bitch. An individual that should never see the light of day or be allowed in public. 

But fortunately for him there's a lot of grace and tolerance here. And we'll just have to put up with it best we can. 

[ousux 5587]

For those in the know: With the directv ESPN situation, what are my options to see the game? I have the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle but not sure if that will allow me to watch it. Thanks in advance!

At this point I think everyone should just get fed up with all the bullshit and go the peg leg/parrot on shoulder route. I legitimately had LHN for only about 5 1/2 years of its more than a decade long run, and it wasn't because I wasn't willing to pay for it. Same for this DirecTV vs the Mouse nonsense, consumers are the only losers of that slap fight.

[sidis 9754]

Just now, ztejas said:

Ahem.

i suppose that could go in the lulz category with 10 corn/11 agro but it wasn't as satisfying as the other three where we beat their asses or played a crazy great game. being 1-4 and losing 50-7 to "no damned tcu" the week before made it difficult to enjoy other than it was bitch ass baker losing.

[closetojumping 62247]

Regarding Niblack, since I'm catching up here, he's struggling with the playbook. He's not unwilling to block and such. Dude needs to be able to be relied upon to block the right guys and run the right routes. They want him out there.

[ztejas 43266]

1 minute ago, sidis said:

i suppose that could go in the lulz category with 10 corn/11 agro but it wasn't as satisfying as the other three where we beat their asses or played a crazy great game. being 1-4 and losing 50-7 to "no damned tcu" the week before made it difficult to enjoy other than it was bitch ass baker losing.

Yeah I'm okay with erasing 2014-2016 off the books entirely. 

Think we also upset Baylor once or twice under Chuck which I enjoyed. 

[ousux 5587]

In my experience, because they’re old, watch almost exclusively linear tv, and like to be able to tune to channels with numbers they know rather than scroll a guide. 

TSRH, my parents are resistant to streaming so I got them hooked up with Hulu+ that simulates the old cable experience with live channels and such. Even so it took them a long time to realize part of it is live cable, part on demand tv and movies, but the entire thing is streamed through their cable company wifi.

[ousux 5587]

Yeah def gonna be hotter this weekend than 2 weeks ago. 95 at kickoff vs 91 in early sept

And no conditioning advantage playing a team from SA. Not that we're likely to need an edge, but the heat won't be a shock to any of the players.

[ztejas 43266]

Just now, ousux said:

On 9/12/2024 at 7:37 AM, GreenspointTexas said:

Yeah def gonna be hotter this weekend than 2 weeks ago. 95 at kickoff vs 91 in early sept

And no conditioning advantage playing a team from SA. Not that we're likely to need an edge, but the heat won't be a shock to any of the players.

I would seriously hope that the 2nd ranked Texas fucking Longhorns have a conditioning advantage over UTSA - who is likely one of the worst teams in the country. If not then someone needs to be fired.

We probably don't have a heat tolerance advantage. 

[ousux 5587]

I can see arch and our second string playing a full half. And yet still put up 35 points. 

I hope so, but Sark may let Quinn pad stats for a run at the Heisman. It would be cool to get a third Heisman, but that award seemed much cooler 20 years ago.

[ousux 5587]

I would seriously hope that the 2nd ranked Texas fucking Longhorns have a conditioning advantage over UTSA - who is likely one of the worst teams in the country. If not then someone needs to be fired.
We probably don't have a heat tolerance advantage. 

I meant the heat, not actual S&C, but yeah.

[ztejas 43266]

Just now, ousux said:

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I would seriously hope that the 2nd ranked Texas fucking Longhorns have a conditioning advantage over UTSA - who is likely one of the worst teams in the country. If not then someone needs to be fired.
We probably don't have a heat tolerance advantage. 

I meant the heat, not actual S&C, but yeah.

I know. Just being pedantic.

[BERT 4351]

10 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Yeah I'm okay with erasing 2014-2016 off the books entirely. 

Think we also upset Baylor once or twice under Chuck which I enjoyed. 

D’Shawn Jamison (??) fight gif 

[LTtxfan 48979]

12 minutes ago, BERT said:

D’Shawn Jamison (??) fight gif 

 

Wasn't it DeShon Elliott???

 

[JBJ 3649]

52 minutes ago, brojangles2 said:

There is no question, the football itself is much less of a chore lately. My sentiments were certainly towards travel and I did not get my rumblings out the way that was intended. I used to carry the same insane reverence towards "never leave before The Eyes." Getting over that silly shit was freeing. I was testing the waters with sharing my fatigue towards some game day ritual, not in any way dampening excitement for the overall cause. Have a great afternoon, all. I'm going to play golf and drink on this great day. 

Could be worse:

[BERT 4351]

16 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

 

Wasn't it DeShon Elliott???

 

Yeah that guy. Would explain why I couldn’t find the gif

[chainsaw 9838]

53 minutes ago, ztejas said:

[ztejas 43266]

16 minutes ago, JBJ said:

Could be worse:

Don't worry. We'll play in Atlanta in December. 

[sith_horn 2370]

On 9/12/2024 at 3:33 AM, TexasMan said:

Anyone remember back to the game in 2022 Sark and Traylor having a long, not friendly conversation after the game at midfield? It wasn't a Harbaugh/Schwarz situation, but it didn't look pleasant. Did that ever get asked about by the media? 

I do recall Traylor was upset about the stadium noise. Not actual crowd noise, but all the other stadium generated noise. Not saying that's what they discussed though. I'm curious myself.

[ousux 5587]

Too soon

Way too soon for shit I have been trying to mindwipe for years now.

[Brandywine 1313]

On 9/12/2024 at 6:48 AM, Brandywine said:

For those in the know: With the directv ESPN situation, what are my options to see the game? I have the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle but not sure if that will allow me to watch it. Thanks in advance!

FYI, thanks for the information and feedback. It was very helpful.  I would not have known about any of these options had it not been for you guys.

Directv gave me $30 credit for the missing channels for one month, and I ordered Sling for $30 the first month. (Orange with ESPN channels) $10 off their regular rate. Hopefully Directv and Disney will get their sh*t together but this could take some time.

Thanks again!!!!! Hook 'Em!!!!

[Darth Tron 1122]

5 hours ago, brojangles2 said:

I can't get excited for the next two weeks, no matter how hard I try. I am very ho-hum and even considering staying the fuck home, which is wild for me. I am 4 hours away and have missed less than 5 home games since around 2012. Maybe things change once the work week is wrapped up and beers flow. 

I'm poor.  Can I have your tickets?

[jetsfan76 701]

I just met my bio dad about 4 years ago (long story.) About a die hard fan as you can come across. We both went to UT, well before we knew each other. He lives in Florida now, and we've hung out a bunch since then. I sit right now, by his bedside, as he succumbs to liver cancer. I'm making it a point for us to watch the game tomorrow, as it'll be our first, and last, game to ever watch together. 

[Biff Tannen 45497]

5 hours ago, texifornia said:

 

Small sample size for that, but certainly seems like he has massive potential.

[Biff Tannen 45497]

3 hours ago, chainsaw said:

[texifornia 56526]

 

[Ignatius 4002]

4 hours ago, JBJ said:

Could be worse:

You live at Taco Mac?

Edited September 14 by Ignatius

[StassneyHorn 6540]

1 hour ago, jetsfan76 said:

I just met my bio dad about 4 years ago (long story.) About a die hard fan as you can come across. We both went to UT, well before we knew each other. He lives in Florida now, and we've hung out a bunch since then. I sit right now, by his bedside, as he succumbs to liver cancer. I'm making it a point for us to watch the game tomorrow, as it'll be our first, and last, game to ever watch together. 

This makes me want to reach out to my baby momma and say I’m ready. I’m not going to, but thanks for this.

[Paul Wesley 3277]

9 hours ago, South Austin said:

Kai Money was Herman era.  

Just an aside here, but that example speaks to the absolute transformation of our roster under Sark.  

Under Herman, how many 1-score struggles were we in with the Baylors, Iowa States, and KUs of the conference, and we'd have a critical 4th-quarter possession, and we're running out there with a scrappy walk-on at one WR, and on the other side, we've got Epps?

In 2024, if we have a 2nd-half possession and (for whatever reason) we wanted to rest our starters, we'd be rolling out there with some combo of Wingo, Golden, or Bolden.  

The talent level and depth of some of these position groups is just crazy... RB the last couple years, WR this year.... you're talking about a room full of guys where the 4th-man-up has NFL potential. 

It's Alabamesque.

Edited September 14 by Paul Wesley

[Huckleberry 32703]

11 hours ago, brojangles2 said:

I can't get excited for the next two weeks, no matter how hard I try. I am very ho-hum and even considering staying the fuck home, which is wild for me. I am 4 hours away and have missed less than 5 home games since around 2012. Maybe things change once the work week is wrapped up and beers flow. 

 

11 hours ago, brojangles2 said:

80% of us will be going through the motions the next two weeks. You are not going to convince me otherwise. 

 

11 hours ago, brojangles2 said:

I can't do much about the time frame, amigo. I walked the stage in 2009 and this is simply what I've been dealt. I understand the sentiment though and understand the joke. If I wanted to watch ULM and UTSA I could just go to a Lamar game 10 mins from my driveway. Its a chore, as many many others have been. 

 

11 hours ago, brojangles2 said:

They still do every one of those things on a TV broadcast while I sit on my ass waiting for conf play. 

 

11 hours ago, brojangles2 said:

Cool. I attended Wyoming and Washington. Been there plenty. I just don't give a fuck about these streaks or blue ribbons of fandom anymore. Its a chore and there's plenty to be excited about come 9/28. Ultimately, there is no consequence either way, internet stranger. 

 

10 hours ago, brojangles2 said:

I completely understand, and from the very jump I just simply meant that I may not attend in person. I have not simply just not watched a game since middle school, no matter the opponent. But frankly, after all is said and done and I leave the office on this spectacular day, I will likely be pulling into the purple garage by noon tomorrow. Cheers.

 

10 hours ago, brojangles2 said:

Weird how message boards work, right? I'll email the SOP sheet to you for a refresh. 

 

9 hours ago, brojangles2 said:

There is no question, the football itself is much less of a chore lately. My sentiments were certainly towards travel and I did not get my rumblings out the way that was intended. I used to carry the same insane reverence towards "never leave before The Eyes." Getting over that silly shit was freeing. I was testing the waters with sharing my fatigue towards some game day ritual, not in any way dampening excitement for the overall cause. Have a great afternoon, all. I'm going to play golf and drink on this great day. 

 

9 hours ago, brojangles2 said:

Outside of the few endearing times you already listed, I will add that the amount of green open seats at choosing time every March was amazing, and I am pretty much set forever on seats because of it. Also, we got our tailgate spot that we had envied for years, but is now ours for 8 years or so. 

Man I was looking forward to your 10th post about how you can't bring yourself to care but it never came.

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13010]

11 hours ago, texifornia said:

You've missed 4 home games since 2012 and THIS is the season you're like "eh, can't be bothered"?

Maybe this is @satyanash’s sock and kicking ass just doesn’t interest him?

[Gidnik 3251]

It’s game day bitch tits lets fucking go!

[HenryJames 65890]

First!

[LTtxfan 48979]

messed up

Edited September 14 by LTtxfan