Game Week Thread Game Week 13: Kentucky at Texas

[Goredho 17380]

On 11/17/2024 at 9:18 AM, Horn Dogg said:

Fuck Kentucky. 

In the spirit that brevity is the soul of wit -- Fucktucky.

[TrashMaster G 17495]

8 minutes ago, mwaadeeb said:

Turkey's can fly like motherfuckers when they want to, up 80 feet into trees.

*Turkeys

 

Smdh...

[Cairn Horn88 8253]

What’s the spread on this game?

[TrashMaster G 17495]

19 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

What’s the spread on this game?

Texas -20.5

[mwaadeeb 1184]

54 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

*Turkeys

 

Smdh...

do you really think that was purposeful? Smdh

[The Original Greaser Bob 2814]

Where're you boys heading?
We'll trap over the fall.
Winter in Can-tuck-ee.
Find a Delaware-speaking woman for Uncas.

[SamMan 1360]

12 hours ago, closetojumping said:

We're hosting a Kentucky couple in our suite this weekend and they're great friends. The guy joining us played for Mumme and Leach at Kentucky and he's buddies with a bunch of guys involved in CFB and the NFL that he played with or got to know through playing for those guys. One of his good friends is Neal Brown, the HC at West Virginia. I've gotten to chat with Brown due to my friend a few times. That dude has dealt with some crazy shit at West Virginia. Anyhow, my buddy is a great source of non-UT CFB information and I present that here in threads when and where relevant. 

As to road trips, we're planning on going to the UK trip next year and making 4 nights of it, with a couple in one of Louisville or Cincinnati, two of the only large US cities that neither my wife or I have ever visited between us. Our friends go and on about Lexington, and we'll be there with them, so I hope it's a blast.

I’m a sucker for HC press conferences. I watch a ton of them. My top two pressers every week are Kenny Dillingham and Neal Brown. I don’t know either of them, but they strike me as more accessible than most HCs, and fairly thorough and direct in their responses to questions. I’m actually surprised at how much hate that man receives in Morgantown constantly. I like the guy, but I also don’t really care if they win or lose. On a side note, Kirby Smart is a total asshole in his pressers, but sometimes I wish Texas fans would watch them and apply what he says about his team and football in general as if he was speaking about the Longhorns.

Lexington and Columbia, SC are the two games I can’t wait to attend. I second the notion that Seattle and Madison are desirable. I have a half sister who lives in Seattle, and her mother is a UW Law grad (huge Warren Moon/Oilers fan which made January 1993 in my family interesting, but that’s a story for another day), so that would be fun, especially if Texas could actually beat them. I wouldn’t mind Bloomington now that they are respectable. I also wouldn’t turn down an opportunity to go to SLC or a return to Provo or Boulder if they showed up on the schedule. I really like Louisville. Went there for the Derby several years ago and had a great time.

Back on the topic of Kentucky, or on Texas this week, at least, I’d like to hear Sark’s assessment of the punt game. Seems like they are ceding a lot of hidden yardage there this year.

[Bevoette 1266]

We just win or  I'm going to lose my shit , not my teeth tho

[ousux 5593]

I may be in the minority, but I'd much rather play a late season game against Kentucky vs something like Kansas or K-State where a win for them would be a season maker and get their coach a raise and extension no matter how shitty the rest of their season was.

That said, Kentucky is looking for bowl eligibility and it would be a nice feather in the cap of the players and bag o' dicks Jr to be the second SEC team to beat Texas. We can't afford to overlook this one, far too many 2 loss SEC teams and some with better wins.

Kinda wish we had gotten this one out of the way earlier in the season and scheduled UTEP or something to rest up for aggy and give some of the restless young players some snaps, but whatever.

[89Horn 1510]

3 hours ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

Where're you boys heading?
We'll trap over the fall.
Winter in Can-tuck-ee.
Find a Delaware-speaking woman for Uncas.

It’s a shame there was only one left, or so we were told.

[texifornia 56667]

6 hours ago, SamMan said:

I’m a sucker for HC press conferences. I watch a ton of them. My top two pressers every week are Kenny Dillingham and Neal Brown. I don’t know either of them, but they strike me as more accessible than most HCs, and fairly thorough and direct in their responses to questions. I’m actually surprised at how much hate that man receives in Morgantown constantly. I like the guy, but I also don’t really care if they win or lose. On a side note, Kirby Smart is a total asshole in his pressers, but sometimes I wish Texas fans would watch them and apply what he says about his team and football in general as if he was speaking about the Longhorns.

Lexington and Columbia, SC are the two games I can’t wait to attend. I second the notion that Seattle and Madison are desirable. I have a half sister who lives in Seattle, and her mother is a UW Law grad (huge Warren Moon/Oilers fan which made January 1993 in my family interesting, but that’s a story for another day), so that would be fun, especially if Texas could actually beat them. I wouldn’t mind Bloomington now that they are respectable. I also wouldn’t turn down an opportunity to go to SLC or a return to Provo or Boulder if they showed up on the schedule. I really like Louisville. Went there for the Derby several years ago and had a great time.

Back on the topic of Kentucky, or on Texas this week, at least, I’d like to hear Sark’s assessment of the punt game. Seems like they are ceding a lot of hidden yardage there this year.

Columbia is not a very exciting city, and you never want an early season game there (a quirk of meteorology means it's always hotter and more humid than the surrounding area. It's football in a sauna).

You can at least check off a national park (Congaree) and go to Greenville or Charleston for an actually cool town.

[Thiefery 4988]

19 hours ago, closetojumping said:

We're hosting a Kentucky couple in our suite this weekend and they're great friends. The guy joining us played for Mumme and Leach at Kentucky and he's buddies with a bunch of guys involved in CFB and the NFL that he played with or got to know through playing for those guys. One of his good friends is Neal Brown, the HC at West Virginia. I've gotten to chat with Brown due to my friend a few times. That dude has dealt with some crazy shit at West Virginia. Anyhow, my buddy is a great source of non-UT CFB information and I present that here in threads when and where relevant. 

As to road trips, we're planning on going to the UK trip next year and making 4 nights of it, with a couple in one of Louisville or Cincinnati, two of the only large US cities that neither my wife or I have ever visited between us. Our friends go and on about Lexington, and we'll be there with them, so I hope it's a blast.

The small college town bit gets kind of old, in my mind. They all start seeming the same - been to Knoxville, Fayetteville (twice), Tuscaloosa, and Ann Arbor over the last 3 years. I was in Fayetteville this past weekend with the wife and BIL (arky alum) and it was fine, and the dinners were great, but it's always the same drill at the bars and restaurants near campus, and the same horns down and SEC shit-talking there and around the tailgates. 

are you still planning to be in Columbus next year?

[South Austin 52339]

11 minutes ago, Thiefery said:

are you still planning to be in Columbus next year?

I'd rather watch a sporting event in Fallujah.

[closetojumping 62370]

11 minutes ago, Thiefery said:

are you still planning to be in Columbus next year?

Nope. Never planned that. I’ve never heard a positive thing about that place for games and I’ve been there for business and found it uninteresting.  Good luck to all who go though. I’ll likely be in Gainesville, Athens and Lexington, however. 

[Alien Octopus 516]

7 hours ago, SamMan said:

I’m a sucker for HC press conferences. I watch a ton of them. My top two pressers every week are Kenny Dillingham and Neal Brown. I don’t know either of them, but they strike me as more accessible than most HCs, and fairly thorough and direct in their responses to questions. I’m actually surprised at how much hate that man receives in Morgantown constantly. I like the guy, but I also don’t really care if they win or lose. On a side note, Kirby Smart is a total asshole in his pressers, but sometimes I wish Texas fans would watch them and apply what he says about his team and football in general as if he was speaking about the Longhorns.

Lexington and Columbia, SC are the two games I can’t wait to attend. I second the notion that Seattle and Madison are desirable. I have a half sister who lives in Seattle, and her mother is a UW Law grad (huge Warren Moon/Oilers fan which made January 1993 in my family interesting, but that’s a story for another day), so that would be fun, especially if Texas could actually beat them. I wouldn’t mind Bloomington now that they are respectable. I also wouldn’t turn down an opportunity to go to SLC or a return to Provo or Boulder if they showed up on the schedule. I really like Louisville. Went there for the Derby several years ago and had a great time.

Back on the topic of Kentucky, or on Texas this week, at least, I’d like to hear Sark’s assessment of the punt game. Seems like they are ceding a lot of hidden yardage there this year.

Would love to hit Oregon and Washington. Daughter goes to Madison. Atmosphere pretty meh. Tailgate is fun.