Game Week Thread Game week 13, 2024, Texas at aggy

[Pancho 45021]

Where’s the best spot to watch in D/FW?

[Drew 2534]

2 hours ago, TexasGolf said:

Had a dream we won 20-3

"And I woke up kind of sad...but then I cheered right up.  Cause I know we'll be aggy by WAY more than that!"

[n64ra 1090]

On 11/26/2024 at 11:09 AM, Longboard Horn said:

Liucci Jr is at it again 

In that case, I hope we win 13 - 0 so he can have Bevo tatted on.

[thunderlounge 7941]

6 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Where’s the best spot to watch in D/FW?

 

https://cosm.com/dallas/events/ncaa_texas_texasam_gsc_2024_11_30_tbd

[DFW Horn 6221]

4 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

 

https://cosm.com/dallas/events/ncaa_texas_texasam_gsc_2024_11_30_tbd

Half of that crowd will be aggy - no thanks

[MuellerHorn 4359]

God, I love C.J. Baxter. Also, what Sark has done to the culture at Texas is incredible when you compare it to even three years ago.

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/cj-baxter-ncaa-football-texas-longhorns

We are back to where we belong. Playing for all the marbles. 

The Blueprint is there. 

Now it’s time to execute. 

Go out there and get one for your brother.

Sincerely, 

CJ

Article below:

Spoiler

To the Texas Brotherhood

CJ Baxter

University of Texas

Nov 27, 2024

Everybody knows my mindset. I’m a simple guy. 

When I’m lined up in the backfield — no matter what the situation or how high the stakes are — my mind is usually pretty clear. I’m only ever thinking about three things: 

My alignment. My assignment. Executing the play. 

I’ve been playing football my entire life, so whenever I’m on the field, there’s never any fear or hesitation. I just feel like I’m where I belong. 

That was the case last August when I lined up to take a random snap during a preseason practice, and my whole life changed in a split-second.

Honestly, at that moment, I was probably as confident as I’d ever been playing football. I came to Texas as the No. 1 running back in the nation out of high school. I learned the ropes from future NFL draft picks. And now, this season was going to be my turn. I was ready to be the next great Longhorns running back.

When I got the ball, I hit the left B-gap, same as I have literally thousands of times throughout my life. But when I got tackled, I knew something was wrong. And it wasn’t the pain that scared me — I don’t even remember the pain that much. 

It was the sound.

A pop. 

I’d heard about “the pop” many times — the sound a ligament makes when it snaps — but had never experienced it myself. 

I knew right away that all of the plans I had before I was handed the ball were out the window. 

One moment, I felt ready to take on the world. But as soon as I heard that sound — that pop — all I felt was fear. 

If the sound wasn’t enough of a hint, I knew things were bad when Coach Sark stopped practice. You have to understand, this program runs like a well-oiled machine. Every minute of practice is used up with specific intention — and nothing stops that, not even injuries. 

As a million thoughts went through my head, I heard one voice clearly — Coach Choice’s.

“Breathe. Just breathe. It’s going to be OK.”

I’ve never wanted to believe something so badly in my life. 

 

Coach Choice was a big reason I decided to move away from Florida and attend UT. 

I’d been recruited since I was in 9th grade and had heard just about every pitch imaginable from different coaches. They are nice for stroking your ego, but my mom raised me to value genuineness over everything. And there was no other coach my family connected with on a genuine human level better than Coach Choice. His general approach to life and football is something that I immediately wanted to emulate. He’d played in college and the NFL, but that wasn’t what stuck out with me. I could tell he really cared about developing his players as people, and that really influenced my recruitment. 

And I mean, my visits to Austin didn’t hurt either. 

Bijan Robinson was there for all of my visits to the school, and one of the things I admired most was watching how he operated as a person. He was the best player on the team (maybe just the best football player ever?), a surefire first round pick — and he was also everyone’s favorite person to be around. Walking around campus, he always had a smile for you no matter who you were — not just for other players but literally every person he encountered. 

That was my first exposure to Texas’s culture, but it wasn’t until I enrolled my freshman year that I was given The Blueprint. 

I don’t think that’s the official term, but it’s the only name that fits. One day during lunch, Jordan Whittington — Whitt — sat down with me for a talk. He’s another player I looked up to — a Five-star recruit who battled through injuries and is now playing out there on Sundays. When I first came to Texas, Whitt let me take the number 4 from him so I could honor my cousin Greg Bryant — a great running back himself at Notre Dame, who tragically passed away a couple of years ago. We’ve always been cool since then. 

What Whitt broke down for me was essentially all of the things that usually go unspoken, but that make the difference between a team competing for a national championship and missing a bowl game entirely. He’d experienced both sides of it since he’d been at Texas. He told me from the jump what I did in high school didn’t matter anymore. Everybody at Texas balled out in high school — that’s why they’re a Longhorn. For a lot of players, it means sitting on the bench for the first time in your life. Lesson 1: Don’t complain and poison the locker room. Earn your spot on the depth chart. That ego hit can ultimately be too much for some guys. And if it is? There’s the door. 

Beyond that, as a Texas football player, the person you are matters. Lesson 2: You have a huge microscope on you all the time, and how you act around others leaves an impression. If how you represent yourself and the team doesn’t mean anything to you? There’s the door.

There were more lessons to come. It was lessons on lessons, every day. 

But I think of all the things Whitt told me, the most impactful aspect of the blueprint was that it was another player delivering the message. Of course you never want to disappoint the fans or your coaches. But what elevates a team to the next level is when all of the players go all-out and sacrifice for each other. Not worrying about the outside noise, or the haters, because you already hold each other to the highest standard possible. 

The difference in these past few years came down to a change in culture. Of course, everybody in college football talks about “culture.” But are they walking the walk? Are they backing it up on tape? 

Everything Whitt told me during lunch that day was perfectly encapsulated by one play last season against TCU. 

You can check it out here. 

It was early in the game against a team we’d struggled with in recent years, and Quinn threw a pick. It’s the type of mistake that might have snowballed into other mistakes in past years. But on this play, Whitt decided that wasn’t happening. 

He hustled back and tackled the defender returning the pick, and he ended up causing a fumble that Xavier Worthy recovered. 

Lesson 3: Never quit on a play. Never quit on anything. 

That play is everything — sick athleticism, unreal effort and just having your teammates’ back. When two of the best players — not just on the team but in the entire country — are going that hard, what’s your excuse? 

The next deep ball Quinn threw was a perfect pass to Xavier, and we won that game. 

If you want to know what makes a winning team, there’s your blueprint. 

 

When I was named a team captain heading into this season, I took to heart what that really meant. 

Maintaining a winning culture, laying out the blueprint for the new guys coming in, that was on me now. And I was so excited about it. 

Until I heard that pop. When that happened, I was just filled with fear. 

By the time I made it back to my locker to let my parents know I was hurt, my phone had more messages on it than I’d ever seen before. It was clear news travels fast in Texas, even when you’re just at practice, and by now pretty much the whole state knew about it. 

One of the very first people who hit me up was Jonathan Brooks. We became really close when we shared the backfield last year, and he also happened to suffer a season-ending injury. So if anybody in the world understood how I was feeling, it was him. He told me I had a right to feel mad and frustrated — and also that it was important to let myself feel those emotions rather than bottle them up. 

I think all the attention kind of took my mind off of what happened because I was interacting with so many people. It was in the days and weeks later, after my surgery, when the messages kind of died down and I had a lot of time to myself, that I think the weight of everything hit. It’s a crazy thing to go from being a starting running back to having to learn how to walk and run again at age 19.

There were a lot of days early on during rehab that it was tough to get out of bed. Both physically tough, but also mentally draining. Because playing running back, that was always something that came completely natural to me. Now I’m literally back at square one — doing these exercises moving my leg with the goal of increasing the range of motion just a few centimeters. That wasn’t natural at all. That was just pain. 

I think the biggest thought that consumed me was, “What if I’m not the same player?” 

One day in the facility, when I was doing my rehab, I got approached by Coach Gideon — our secondary coach. He’s a Texas Ex himself and always has an upbeat message. He recommended that I read this story in the bible, the Book of Job. 

It’s the story of a man who is given the ultimate test of faith. He has everything he values stripped from him: Friends, family, material wealth— I mean everything. Despite having all of these things stripped away, Job maintains his faith — the only thing that couldn’t be taken from him. 

It definitely hit me in a certain kind of way, at a time when I really needed it. Sometimes there isn’t a good explanation for why bad things happen, but what’s in your control is how you react. Even when your body is hurt, you can always lean on your faith. 

 

I’ve tried my best to look at my injury through the most positive lens that I can.

All of my goals in life are still very much ahead of me. Next season, I know that I can still be the best running back in the country. I can still be drafted to play in the NFL and play alongside Jonathan, Bijan, Roschon and all the other amazing running backs this school has produced. And I’m going to be able to approach it all from a place of gratitude. Just loving football more than I ever have before — because I know what it’s like have it taken away.

But right now, my goal is to be the best teammate I’ve ever been. Because even if I can’t be out there on the field against A&M, I know my voice holds weight. Whether it’s giving advice to the younger players or just keeping a positive vibe when things are tense, there’s power in taking ownership of the ways you’re able to contribute to the culture — even when you’re hurting. 

I’m so excited to watch my guys do their thing on Saturday. 

There’s a phrase that gets tossed around the building a lot….

“Culture + Talent = Dangerous” 

This school has always had the talent part down. Anyone who’s ever been to Austin understands why talented people kind of naturally want to be here. But now that we have a culture to match it, I mean, that’s just really, really bad news for every other team in the nation. 

We are back to where we belong. Playing for all the marbles. 

The Blueprint is there. 

Now it’s time to execute. 

Go out there and get one for your brother.

Sincerely, 

CJ

 

Edited 5 hours ago by MuellerHorn

[Hagbard Celine 10929]

13 hours ago, immamac said:

lol, I'm gonna call bobby tomorrow and be like wtf were you thinking having that idiot on the show.

ask him to get pat on zoom and record it

[Hagbard Celine 10929]

just checked in on pat

no rankings

just copium

@immamac do you know the aggy 247 people?

i want them to produce that fucker on live video for an interview - we go to the tree rat forum and cook up the questions list - then you do the interview with the RV road trip crew

posted in the wrong thread

+++

the stacks of speakers will be visible on national television - i hope we take video of decibel meters and have baseline hearing test metrics for our entire program that will be on the sidelines, and if there is hearing loss after the game, we class-action individuals beginning with talkiebird (john sharpE)

if they are prepared to attempt physical impairment of our staff, players and administration they need to suffer criminal penalties

[Drew 2534]

He can't even think of a way to twist his rankings where Texas is behind aggy now.  Or not even top 5.  So he's just not gonna do them.

After this weeken, if Aggy wins, he'll produce no less than 5 "I told you about Texas all year" articles.

[Enchubben 5512]

What's even the point of the extra speakers? Are those going to be sitting on the sideline behind our team directed at our bench? If they're pointing towards the crowd then who gives a shit; I'd love to understand the placement of those. 

And i believe the rule is that you can't pump in artificial noise while the team is lining up preparing to snap the ball on offense. This is the only thing in the rules I could find quickly and I'm not sure this is even accurate:

"Artificial crowd noise, by conference policy or mutual consent of the institutions, is allowed. The noise level must be consistent throughout the game for both teams. However, all current rules remain in effect dealing with bands, music and other sounds. When the snap is imminent, the band/music must stop playing. As with all administrative rules, the referee may stop the game and direct game management to adjust."

[campcrunk 2510]

5 minutes ago, Enchubben said:

What's even the point of the extra speakers? Are those going to be sitting on the sideline behind our team directed at our bench? If they're pointing towards the crowd then who gives a shit; I'd love to understand the placement of those. 

And i believe the rule is that you can't pump in artificial noise while the team is lining up preparing to snap the ball on offense. This is the only thing in the rules I could find quickly and I'm not sure this is even accurate:

"Artificial crowd noise, by conference policy or mutual consent of the institutions, is allowed. The noise level must be consistent throughout the game for both teams. However, all current rules remain in effect dealing with bands, music and other sounds. When the snap is imminent, the band/music must stop playing. As with all administrative rules, the referee may stop the game and direct game management to adjust."

I sincerely hope someone is monitoring and, if necessary, disabling those speakers. We all know they're going to cheat like hell

[SHOOTER12 8832]

On 11/25/2024 at 3:19 PM, Rimbo said:

if game is that close I'll probably have a heart attack

Same here...

[SHOOTER12 8832]

On 11/25/2024 at 3:16 PM, Rimbo said:

This isn't a story.

This is a FUCKING LEGEND.

hook em @immamac 🤘😁🤘

I always wondered how immamac worked all that out never did seem like aggy to me....about the hair, are you Bert Auburns daddy?

[UTexasFight 9536]

This is fantastic. NSIAP
https://watch.longhornnetwork.com/video/725291

 

Getting me fired up.
Like unlocking an entire part of my brain that had forgotten about all of this

Worth the watch before Saturday when you have 30

I had never heard the part about _iaz reading an email to the defense from a fan/booster saying to key off of Tannehill’s feet to determine whether a pass or run was coming. 

 

[BabaYaga 15324]

15 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

This is fantastic. NSIAP
https://watch.longhornnetwork.com/video/725291

 

Getting me fired up.
Like unlocking an entire part of my brain that had forgotten about all of this

Worth the watch before Saturday when you have 30

I had never heard the part about _iaz reading an email to the defense from a fan/booster saying to key off of Tannehill’s feet to determine whether a pass or run was coming. 

 

LFG!!!!!

[Zeus 6149]

2 hours ago, Pancho said:

Where’s the best spot to watch in D/FW?

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBG696jPHci/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

Also, JRE reppin' Texas with Mike Rowe right now

[Roofle 284]

10 minutes ago, Zeus said:

Also, JRE reppin' Texas with Mike Rowe right now

 

Sad to see this thunderdouche wearing our colors.

[Zeus 6149]

6 minutes ago, Roofle said:

Sad to see this thunderdouche wearing our colors.

[salonghorn 206]

Mostly I want to stomp aggy in the ground .  But it might be fun to again kick a game winning field goal as time runs out.

[wood 11272]

1 hour ago, Enchubben said:

What's even the point of the extra speakers? Are those going to be sitting on the sideline behind our team directed at our bench? If they're pointing towards the crowd then who gives a shit; I'd love to understand the placement of those. 

And i believe the rule is that you can't pump in artificial noise while the team is lining up preparing to snap the ball on offense. This is the only thing in the rules I could find quickly and I'm not sure this is even accurate:

"Artificial crowd noise, by conference policy or mutual consent of the institutions, is allowed. The noise level must be consistent throughout the game for both teams. However, all current rules remain in effect dealing with bands, music and other sounds. When the snap is imminent, the band/music must stop playing. As with all administrative rules, the referee may stop the game and direct game management to adjust."

Yeah we've all heard that they pipe in noise, and I believe it, but is there more info / details out there about this? My apologies if it's already been posted in the thread, but there's no way I'm going back through the whole thing. 

And I wonder, like the earlier poster who asked "how is this even legal".

Don't make a shit though. We're gonna mudhole the dirty sheepfuckers.

Edited 2 hours ago by wood

[nbmishoid 963]

12 minutes ago, Roofle said:

Sad to see this thunderdouche wearing our colors.

You are aware that Texas Football attracts fans across many diverse spectrums.  Got to roll with it

[Skipper 6206]

Had to sign up for 12th man whatever to download my tix for Saturday and just got an email with schedule of events for Friday and Gameday.  At the end in all bold/maroon there is a note reminding all fans not to rush the field.    FAFO Fuckers.  Maybe I should plan on recreating my 15 year old self in 1995 and rushing their field after we beat their ass.

[wood 11272]

14 minutes ago, Roofle said:

Sad to see this thunderdouche wearing our colors.

Yeah, fuck that POS.

[DFW Horn 6221]

49 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

This is fantastic. NSIAP
https://watch.longhornnetwork.com/video/725291

 

Would've been better without Kurt Bowels and Chris Plonsky, but worth watching anyway.

[Zeus 6149]

4 minutes ago, wood said:

Yeah, fuck that POS.

[UTexasFight 9536]

Note that kickoff is officially set for 6:49pm

[Zeus 6149]

 

Holy shit these mother fuckers are more funny looking than the male cheerleaders

[Rockethorn1978 6105]

1 hour ago, campcrunk said:

I sincerely hope someone is monitoring and, if necessary, disabling those speakers. We all know they're going to cheat like hell

[Pancho 45021]

1 hour ago, Zeus said:

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBG696jPHci/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

Also, JRE reppin' Texas with Mike Rowe right now

[UTexasFight 9536]

2 hours ago, Enchubben said:

What's even the point of the extra speakers? Are those going to be sitting on the sideline behind our team directed at our bench? If they're pointing towards the crowd then who gives a shit; I'd love to understand the placement of those. 

And i believe the rule is that you can't pump in artificial noise while the team is lining up preparing to snap the ball on offense. This is the only thing in the rules I could find quickly and I'm not sure this is even accurate:

"Artificial crowd noise, by conference policy or mutual consent of the institutions, is allowed. The noise level must be consistent throughout the game for both teams. However, all current rules remain in effect dealing with bands, music and other sounds. When the snap is imminent, the band/music must stop playing. As with all administrative rules, the referee may stop the game and direct game management to adjust."

This is correct.

amplifying the band primarily (same thing we’ve done in the past)

If they don’t turn it off /band doesn’t stop playing when Majors has his hand on the ball, refs should stop play/warn/penalize

[SHOOTER12 8832]

59 minutes ago, salonghorn said:

Mostly I want to stomp aggy in the ground .  But it might be fun to again kick a game winning field goal as time runs out.

NO!! 77-0 MINIMUM!!

[Pancho 45021]

So….The consensus on why A&M will win Saturday isn’t really about A&M’s team but rather the belief Texas won’t be able to handle the fans and the noise they’ll make because A&M has been waiting for this night for 13 years.

 

[DFW Horn 6221]

Just now, Pancho said:

So….The consensus on why A&M will win Saturday isn’t really about A&M’s team but rather the belief Texas won’t be able to handle the fans and the noise they’ll make because A&M has been waiting for this night for 13 years.

I've asked before, but at what position group is aggy stronger? ST and kicking games?

Somebody responded with DL, but the stats don't really back that up much. Not after watching the USCe and Auburn games. 

10 minutes ago, SHOOTER12 said:

NO!! 77-0 MINIMUM!!

[immamac 43121]

That video is extremely well done. 

[utee94 15865]

11 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

I've asked before, but at what position group is aggy stronger? ST and kicking games?

The ags are far superior at goose-stepping, sheep-humping, nut-squeezing, and jizz-jar-filling.  And if you don't understand how that's an advantage, then you don't understand much of anything ya stoopid sip!

 

[NOOBSDUDE 592]

The closer this game gets to kickoff the more and more confident I feel about Texas beating a&m. We hit our stride at this exact time last year against tech and ok st and I feel like we are about to do that again. Sark gave Elko a wedgie last time his offense faced Elko’s defense and Elko remembers that. He will fold under the pressure. 34-17 Texas. 

[Surly Bevo 25166]

16 minutes ago, Pancho said:

So….The consensus on why A&M will win Saturday isn’t really about A&M’s team but rather the belief Texas won’t be able to handle the fans and the noise they’ll make because A&M has been waiting for this night for 13 years.

 

Which is why we need to go out firing on all cylinders and let all that pressure come crashing down around their sideline.  Fan intensity can be a tremendous ally or a tremendous burden.

[General Specific 3271]

How is that even legal?

Simple,

[ztejas 43542]

I'm guessing the aggys - for the most part - are big Rogan fans. Or should I say were big Rogan fans? You just know some of those goofballs are going to get in their feelings over him rocking the Horns. 

Although I'm not sure how I feel about Texas starting to get a little early 2000s SC with the celeb shit. 

[ztejas 43542]

16 minutes ago, NOOBSDUDE said:

The closer this game gets to kickoff the more and more confident I feel about Texas beating a&m. We hit our stride at this exact time last year against tech and ok st and I feel like we are about to do that again. Sark gave Elko a wedgie last time his offense faced Elko’s defense and Elko remembers that. He will fold under the pressure. 34-17 Texas. 

We were also on our way to sticking UK's face in a pile of shit before QE got gimpy and everyone dipped their hands in a bucket of massage oil. 

aggy will need to play maybe their best game of the season and i think Texas just needs to play... good.

[Reynolds Woodcock 4802]

27 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

I've asked before, but at what position group is aggy stronger? ST and kicking games?

Somebody responded with DL, but the stats don't really back that up much. Not after watching the USCe and Auburn games. 

 

For me it’s more about their defensive strengths matching up well against some of our offensive weaknesses. They are generally good at staying on schedule on defense, allowing them to get pressure on obvious passing situations. Their weakness is being prone to explosive plays. We don’t need to rehash the Quinn thread, but needless to say his strengths do not include handling pressure or throwing downfield. 

On the other hand, I’ll be really surprised if they score more than 14-17 points unless our offense totally fucks over our defense like the first half against Georgia. 

[Biff Tannen 45745]

2 hours ago, Zeus said:

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBG696jPHci/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

Also, JRE reppin' Texas with Mike Rowe right now

[BrazilHorn 6634]

1 hour ago, DFW Horn said:

Would've been better without Kurt Bowels and Chris Plonsky, but worth watching anyway.

I turned it off when Plonsky started talking. Adding Bowels to mix is just bad form. He is rooting for Aggy

[UTexasFight 9536]

15 minutes ago, ztejas said:

 

Although I'm not sure how I feel about Texas starting to get a little early 2000s SC with the celeb shit. 

Bring it on.

the more the merrier. These celebs don’t follow garbage….

and the early 2000s SC teams are not a bad time in the history of college football to be emulating 

[nbmishoid 963]

8 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Bring it on.

the more the merrier. These celebs don’t follow garbage….

and the early 2000s SC teams are not a bad time in the history of college football to be emulating 

Preach.

[Hagbard Celine 10929]

shame on belmont for letting bowels have a taste of relevance in an LHN production

plonsky really didn't have any reason to be included either but whatevs

way too nice of a video even if the production was robust

totally softpedaled the '07-'11 time period and aggy behavior

and totally skipped over all of their bullshit the last 8 years

this isn't the reyjkavik summit or nixon going to china

they divorced, wanted to continue to fuck, we said no

they went to the lege to bitch and moan - that was mentioned in the video

not said was that aggy wailed and moaned and cried

they couldn't believe we were not going to cancel our noncons on our dime for them

when we cleared out our noncon obligations cdc offered to hatefuck

by then they were too scared to get naked and be exposed as frauds

they have never done shit before or after the divorce - they wasted a 12-year head start

we didn't join the sec to re-establish marital relations with this virus, this infestation

we didn't join to recast a shadow over their massiveness

but here we are

time to tango

[Pancho 45021]

1 minute ago, Hagbard Celine said:

shame on belmont for letting bowels have a taste of relevance in an LHN production

plonsky really didn't have any reason to be included either but whatevs

way too nice of a video even if the production was robust

totally softpedaled the '07-'11 time period and aggy behavior

and totally skipped over all of their bullshit the last 8 years

this isn't the reyjkavik summit or nixon going to china

they divorced, wanted to continue to fuck, we said no

they went to the lege to bitch and moan - that was mentioned in the video

not said was that aggy wailed and moaned and cried

they couldn't believe we were not going to cancel our noncons on our dime for them

when we cleared out our noncon obligations cdc offered to hatefuck

by then they were too scared to get naked and be exposed as frauds

they have never done shit before or after the divorce - they wasted a 12-year head start

we didn't join the sec to re-establish marital relations with this virus, this infestation

we didn't join to recast a shadow over their massiveness

but here we are

time to tango

[ztejas 43542]

34 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

I turned it off when Plonsky started talking. Adding Bowels to mix is just bad form. He is rooting for Aggy

Oh cmon. There's too much Kurt but it's worth the watch. 

Even Manny Acho is likeable in his appearances.

[tbone_ 14167]

The dude claiming he’s going to get the score tattoo if they win is the definition of a giant aggy pussy.

You want to throw down the gauntlet tough guy? Promise to get the score tattooed no mater who wins. If you’re gonna be hardcore man be hardcore. Jack ass.