Game Week 10, Texas at Arkansas

[DFW Horn 6123]

1 minute ago, LTtxfan said:

I'm totally cool with Texas not playing piggy every year...  🤘

Okay, so who do we replace Arky with if we've got 3 "protected rivalries"?

[Jkwellborn 6686]

The first game I ever saw in person at DKR was 2003 Arkansas. Texas was #5 and a 16.5 point favorite.  Final score was 38-28 Arky, and included this memorable play in the 3rd quarter:

3rd & 30 at ARK 3

(2:50 - 3rd) Matt Jones (ARK) pass left side complete to George Wilson (ARK) for 54 yards.
 
Yep. Third and 30 from their own 3 and they converted. The silver lining was that VY was watching from the sidelines and taking notes for '04 and '05.
 

Matt Jones was a beast. A coke head, but a beast too.

[LTtxfan 49141]

1 minute ago, texifornia said:

We should play our rivals, it's half the point of college football 

blOU & aggy are enough...  no need to play arky every year

[Jkwellborn 6686]

we owe these cocksuckers a borderline erotic beatdown. hopefully hero quinn makes the trip and not evil quinn.

Saw this on tv the other day. Hits close to home.

[ousux 5595]

Okay, so who do we replace Arky with if we've got 3 "protected rivalries"?

Pig was our dad's and grandad's rivalry, and these days it's pretty one sided in that older hogs get up for this game way more than older Longhorns for whatever reason.

I'd be fine with only playing them every four years or so, we don't need 3 true rivalry games every season.

[LTtxfan 49141]

6 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

Okay, so who do we replace Arky with if we've got 3 "protected rivalries"?

Add Notre Dame to SEC, and play only 2  "protected rivalries" a year.

2+7 format  😎

[LTtxfan 49141]

1 minute ago, ousux said:

Pig was our dad's and grandad's rivalry, and these days it's pretty one sided in that older hogs get up for this game way more than older Longhorns for whatever reason.
I'd be fine with only playing them every four years or so, we don't need 3 true rivalry games every season.

 

[BurdineBandit 815]

Maybe they change my mind this weekend, but all year I've been hearing this and that about Àrkansas away, old rivals, throw out the spread..... I'm maybe in the minority but I don't really care about them. They were my dad's rivals and had a lot of 90s history in a conference I never knew. The first big game I remember watching was James Brown beating Nebraska. To me Arkansas is all stories and someone else's memories.

Can't imagine any of the undergrads or players give any more of a shit about hating us than any other school. They'll throw the horns down because that's what everybody does. Stomp their shit and move on. I don't want to rekindle a rivalry from 30+ years ago unless they're going to be contenders again. We already have a little brother that hates our ass.

[jw4381 3069]

2 hours ago, Funk Doctor Spock said:

We gonna murder these hillbillies and use their moonshine soaked skin to make a duvet to wrap the dead in. 

 

58 minutes ago, Horndog said:

I've been to 3 games vs. Arkansas.

1. 2003 at DKR (38-28 Arky)

2. 2014 Alamo Bowl (31-7 Arky; 59 yards total offense)

3. 2021 at Fayetteville (40-21 Arky)

I'm staying away this week. 

This is the way.

19 minutes ago, ousux said:

Pig was our dad's and grandad's rivalry, and these days it's pretty one sided in that older hogs get up for this game way more than older Longhorns for whatever reason.

I'd be fine with only playing them every four years or so, we don't need 3 true rivalry games every season.

How old are you? Well get off my lawn then. Fuck them piggies.

[Hornsome 212]

31 minutes ago, ousux said:

Pig was our dad's and grandad's rivalry, and these days it's pretty one sided in that older hogs get up for this game way more than older Longhorns for whatever reason.

I'd be fine with only playing them every four years or so, we don't need 3 true rivalry games every season.

I love how you young bucks talk about how we are blue blood program but totally ignore one of the biggest rivalries in our history. 
 

The piggies hate is strong and we can't play contenders every week. 

[Knoxtnhorn 5971]

41 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

Saw this on tv the other day. Hits close to home.

Lulz.  My mom took my brothers and I to see this movie at the dollar theater.  She got so pissed that there was an "evil" Superman, that we had to leave the movie early.  I remember not understanding the issue.  Come to think of it, I'm still not quite sure what her deal was.

[DFW Horn 6123]

2 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Lulz.  My mom took my brothers and I to see this movie at the dollar theater.  She got so pissed that there was an "evil" Superman, that we had to leave the movie early.  I remember not understanding the issue.  Come to think of it, I'm still not quite sure what her deal was.

Reads like mom had the hots for Christopher Reeve which is okay since Lynda Carter was the inspiration for many in my generation's first hard-on.

[ztejas 43411]

3 hours ago, The Ace of Aces said:

pig is the 2nd best team we’ve played this year. Will be a war I think. 

There's not really anything to back that up. They're behind both OU and UF in FPI and Sagarin. They haven't played on a materially different level than Michigan or Vandy this season. 

[LTtxfan 49141]

23 minutes ago, Hornsome said:

totally ignore one of the biggest rivalries in our history. The piggies hate is strong and we can't play contenders every week. 

 

If you want more hate, have Texas play Tennessee every year instead of Arky  😎

[TxTower 650]

 
 

This quote drove me crazy at the time and still does. It’s like they need to give a UT football history lesson to new coaches to explain why teams hate our guts. In Arky’s case, even though they left the SEC and we hadn’t played them much, it doesn’t freaking matter. It’s a generational hatred, passed down from Arky parents to their children because of what we did to them in ‘69.

To be unaware of this as a Texas coach is unacceptable. Sark needs to push their stool in and deliver a message this time around.

[InkaUtexas 25855]

Fuck Arkansas. Stupid ass state.

[Hank_Hill 18787]

1 hour ago, DFW Horn said:

Okay, so who do we replace Arky with if we've got 3 "protected rivalries"?

Maryland 

[John Coctostan 591]

On 11/10/2024 at 4:52 PM, TxEx84 said:

Weather looks good. Was worried about cold rain which NW Ark can have this time of year. Nice weather, early start, we smoke them by 3 TDs.

 

Nothing lasts forever. Not even cold November rain. 

[LTtxfan 49141]

1 hour ago, John Coctostan said:

Nothing lasts forever. Not even cold November rain. 

 

[ousux 5595]

Maybe they change my mind this weekend, but all year I've been hearing this and that about Àrkansas away, old rivals, throw out the spread..... I'm maybe in the minority but I don't really care about them. They were my dad's rivals and had a lot of 90s history in a conference I never knew. The first big game I remember watching was James Brown beating Nebraska. To me Arkansas is all stories and someone else's memories.
Can't imagine any of the undergrads or players give any more of a shit about hating us than any other school. They'll throw the horns down because that's what everybody does. Stomp their shit and move on. I don't want to rekindle a rivalry from 30+ years ago unless they're going to be contenders again. We already have a little brother that hates our ass.

Titboss' (arky coach) pre-game presser came up on my YT feed today so I watched it earlier..

He actually had the team watch '64, '69 and '91 games in an effort to get the team to give a shit about this "rivalry". It's not a question we have fans on both sides who cherish the memories, but to the players on both sides this is pretty much just a conference game.

The OU game isn't like that, and most of our players were old enough to remember aggy on T-day, and even if they don't there is the natural rivalry because the players know each other and many were recruited by both schools.

Here's my thought exercise to the olds of which I am quickly becoming myself:

aggy, pig, sooner...you can only choose two of those to play yearly, what are your choices?

[F250 28761]

3 hours ago, texifornia said:

We should play our rivals, it's half the point of college football 

This. Arkansas is usually ass anyway. Might as well beat them down every year in honor of that old SWC hate.

[F250 28761]

2 minutes ago, ousux said:

aggy, pig, sooner...you can only choose two of those to play yearly, what are your choices?

We are Texas, we are not foced to choose anything.

[LTtxfan 49141]

5 minutes ago, ousux said:

Here's my thought exercise to the olds:
aggy, pig, sooner...you can only choose two of those to play yearly, what are your choices?

1. blOU 
2. aggy

 

Edited November 12 by LTtxfan

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

7 minutes ago, ousux said:

Titboss' (arky coach) pre-game presser came up on my YT feed today so I watched it earlier..

He actually had the team watch '64, '69 and '91 games in an effort to get the team to give a shit about this "rivalry". It's not a question we have fans on both sides who cherish the memories, but to the players on both sides this is pretty much just a conference game.

The OU game isn't like that, and most of our players were old enough to remember aggy on T-day, and even if they don't there is the natural rivalry because the players know each other and many were recruited by both schools.

Here's my thought exercise to the olds of which I am quickly becoming myself:

aggy, pig, sooner...you can only choose two of those to play yearly, what are your choices?

fair park only

aggy and pig home and away every 8 years in a 9-game rotation or however it works out

 

[LTtxfan 49141]

Saturday kickoff early weather forecast...

[LTtxfan 49141]

Just now, Hagbard Celine said:

fair park only

aggy and pig home and away every 8 years in a 9-game rotation or however it works out

 

Nice!!!

Yeah I'm cool with only blOU every year.

1+8 with a 9 game schedule -- means aggy and arky only 2 times every 4 years and it would be great if they were in opposite years.

[Steel Shank 9421]

There's two things I like doing:

- Chewing gum

- Laying pipe

- Beating Arkansas

[jw4381 3069]

12 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

There's two things I like doing:

- Chewing gum

- Laying pipe

- Beating Arkansas

 

don't you also like eating awesome sandwiches and stuff?

[Steel Shank 9421]

#3 (depending)

[BigHornedLurker 1931]

51 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

There's two things I like doing:

- Chewing gum

- Laying pipe

- Beating Arkansas

[Steel Shank 9421]

7 hours ago, BigHornedLurker said:

I'm all out of gum.

[SimkinsMan 4385]

14 hours ago, The Ace of Aces said:

pig is the 2nd best team we’ve played this year. Will be a war I think. 

According to Massey, pig is the 5th best team we've played this year. However, they are definitely within the same tier as Michigan, Oklahoma, and Florida. 

[Longboard Horn 40284]

23 hours ago, Revolution512 said:

You were frustrated up 42-0?

Maybe he was frustrated at Bert missing the FG and we weren't up 45-0

[South Austin 52431]

I miss the Big XII where we were everyone's rival.

[TxEx84 396]

31 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I miss the Big XII SWC where we were everyone's rival.

Yes I'm old. The SWC was fun in the 60's and early 70's. But TV changed the landscape of college football.

Oh, and fuck the piggies.  Lots of hate reserved for them.

[Codaxx 5716]

9 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

There's two things I like doing:

- Chewing gum

- Laying pipe

- Beating Arkansas

not shocking math is not on the list

[Tonesky 932]

41 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I miss the Big XII where we were everyone's rival.

Patience 

[GreenspointTexas 9598]

Line now down to Texas -13

[InkaUtexas 25855]

52 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I miss the Big XII where we were everyone's rival.

We will get there in the SEC. Pretty soon according to aggy everyone will hate us.

Edited November 12 by InkaUtexas
Fixed it for South Austin....

[South Austin 52431]

5 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

We will get their in the SEC. Pretty soon according to aggy everyone will hate us.

We'll get their what?

[InkaUtexas 25855]

2 minutes ago, South Austin said:

We'll get their what?

womenz, monies, you name it.

It is early. I am sorry G-Nazi.

[Skipper 6127]

10 hours ago, F250 said:

This. Arkansas is usually ass anyway. Might as well beat them down every year in honor of that old SWC hate.

Hard pass playing Arkie every year.   It's Texas Tech all over again.  One sided hate with no upside.  The mutual disdain from the 60's and 70's when both teams were elite is never coming back.

[LTtxfan 49141]

Just now, Skipper said:

Hard pass playing Arkie every year.   It's Texas Tech all over again.  One sided hate with no upside.  The mutual disdain from the 60's and 70's when both teams were elite is never coming back.

 

[ztejas 43411]

8 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Hard pass playing Arkie every year.   It's Texas Tech all over again.  One sided hate with no upside.  The mutual disdain from the 60's and 70's when both teams were elite is never coming back.

Exactly. "They're usually bad" is a reason to NOT play them. Makes it worse whenever you lose and changes how each team prepares going in. 

[Fud 9551]

Some Arkansas statistical rankings in the FBS (lower is worse)

#118 opponent yards per passing attempt

#110 in penalty yards per game 

#107 opponent completion percentage

#98 in field position

#97 red zone scoring percentage

#93 turnover margin per game

This team loses at the margins and at defending the pass

**

What are they good at?

#39 on offensive 3rd down conversion rates, #7 in offensive rushing success rate, #13 in passing offensive success rate, and #38 in defensive yards per rushing attempt. So they move the ball really well on offense, and are solid against the run on defense, although they struggle to score once they get into the red zone

[texifornia 56851]

 

[Lat22 4010]

11 hours ago, ousux said:

Can't imagine any of the undergrads or players give any more of a shit about hating us than any other school.

They were printing up Horns Down T shirts and caps before ou and aggy did.  And they never stopped making them even after we parted ways.  They hate us.  Go to a game in Fayetteville and tell me it isn't a rivalry game for them.  They will be more fired up than we will be and we better be ready for it.

[hookemATL 11700]

3 minutes ago, texifornia said:

 

Very excited about this guy🤘

[South Austin 52431]

6 minutes ago, hookemATL said:

Very excited about this guy🤘

Same.  I had tempered expectations for him, and glad to see he's gotten some great experience as a true freshman.  Our long national nightmare at the LB position looks to be over.

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

47 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Hard pass playing Arkie every year.   It's Texas Tech all over again.  One sided hate with no upside.  The mutual disdain from the 60's and 70's when both teams were elite is never coming back.

1 permanent annual game + 8 makes so much sense but uga bama tenn lsu have at least 2 they say are immovable objects

if we have 2 perms we end up with aggy which sucks

the only way out of biannual pyle hellhole trips is 1 perm