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Showing content with the highest reputation on 04/01/19 in Posts

  1. Here we go. Per TFLoss, Rivals says Johnny Wilson is working on setting up a visit to Texas this weekend.
    19 points
  2. True story. At lunch today an older aggy was sharing the news about Jimbo's latest recruiting bit. TexAgs ran a bit today about an 18 year old sumo wrestler from Japan, 6'8 and 500 lbs who runs a 4.8 forty and benches 850# was in college station for a recruiting visit. Old aggy was about to jizz himself as he kept reading more and more out loud, showing a pic of the sumo in his stance. When he got to the part about jimbo not being sure if he was going to play on either line but quite possibly as a TE I had to tell him to check today's date. He turned bright red (maroon, even) as the rest of the guys busted out in laughter. April fools must be so devastatingly difficult for aggy.
    16 points
  3. Most of Trump's supporters think a 600 year old man named Noah built a giant boat into which he put 2 of every animal on earth so they could all ride out the entire world being flooded for 40 days. I think it's absolutely possible they think no wind = no tv.
    11 points
  4. The good news is that it's EXTREMELY easy to cancel a $9.95 subscription.
    10 points
  5. Updated! Pooooooooooor aggy!
    9 points
  6. Fillet, grilled over mesquite. With some asparagus for HouTex.
    9 points
  7. That bothers you? People who just make stuff up bother you? You find that to be an abhorrent personality trait? This is irredeemable to you?
    9 points
  8. My dad wrote this piece for Barking Carnival a couple of days ago. Enjoy: https://www.barkingcarnival.com/platform/amp/2019/3/29/18287331/1978-nit-abe-lemons-texas-take-manhattan I haven’t paid much attention to any NIT game that didn’t have Texas in it, but I must admit I did watch the North Carolina St. – Lipscomb contest. I was pulling for N.C. State since a Wolfpack win might have given us a “Time is a Flat Circle” ending for this year’s tournament. 41 years ago, Texas ran past N.C. State 101-93 to win the 1978 NIT Championship. It was a big deal back then, and it was an entertaining run, thanks to an iconic coach and a grab bag group of players who loved playing for him. Leon Black, as decent a man as you will find, was the coach for Texas in the mid-70’s. He got tired of programs playing fast and loose with the rules. When he turned in Texas A&M for recruiting violations, he was outed (he readily admitted to it) and was vilified as a snitch. Black decided that he would quit coaching and let Darrell Royal hire someone to take Texas into the next phase of the program as the new Erwin Center was close to completion. Royal hired Abe Lemons, known for winning at smaller programs and for being the most quotable coach in the game. Abe danced to the beat of his own drummer. Lemons was coaching down in Edinburg at Pan-American when Royal called to offer the job. Abe returned the call from a truck stop in Oklahoma. Lemons first road game as the Texas coach was another example of his style. The Horns were visiting Mississippi State. The host Bulldogs were given a technical foul for a player dunking during warm-ups. Abe hated the rule, so instructed Jim Krivacs – a 90% free throw shooter, to try them with his back to the basket. Texas lost 91-89. “Where? In the State?” (Abe when asked if his 2nd team had Top 20 potential) Texas ended that first season with a 13-13 mark, but Leon Black left Abe 3 players he believed in and Abe added two more to head into the 1977-78 campaign. It was an interesting mix of players. They consisted of a true NBA point guard, a 6-7 center and three guys who looked like they made the wrong turn on their way to a YMCA 3-on-3 tournament. Johnny Moore, Jr. Guard – Moore arrived on campus as a skinny 17-year old from Altoona PA. He was headed to Providence when Black saw him at the Dapper Dan Classic and offered. Moore grew 2 inches and gained 15 pounds his first year on campus as he started every game of his 4-year career. Abe turned him into a point guard (Moore was reluctant at first) and he was a five-tool player. He and T.J. Ford are the two best guards I have ever seen in the burnt orange & white. Jim Krivacs, Jr. Guard – Krivacs transferred in from Auburn with 3 years of eligibility. An Indiana HS gym rat, Krivacs was in “go mode” stepping across mid-court, and that was just fine with Abe. Krivacs scored 1,673 points at Texas and there is little doubt that if the 3-point line had been in place he would at or near the top of all-time scorers for the program. Krivacs, a Southport Ind. native, in is the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Gary Goodner, Sr. Center – 6-7 enforcer, looked like a TE/H-back of today and was just as physical. Abe would post him out well above the circle to screen and pass to other players. Great rebounder. Abe brought in a couple of players from California, who didn’t exactly look the part. Ron Baxter, Soph. Forward – Ron, listed at 6-5, 205 ( a weight he had last seen about the age of 14) was from Los Angeles (Dorsey HS). Baxter used his frame to punish inside (916 rebound) and averaged double figures in points each of his 4 seasons. He was a helluva lot quicker than his size would predict and was a terror on the press. Tyrone Branyan, Jr. Forward – A 6-7, 220 transfer from Cali with the name of Tyrone might conjure up an image that did not fit reality. Lemons offered him a schollie sight unseen. He had been recommended by a former college teammate of Royal’s. Abe contacted Branyan’s JC Coach who gave him a glowing report. Only after offering did Abe send Asst. Coach Barry Dowd out to see him play. Dowd called in and Abe said, “Well?” Dowd responded. “Picture a pasty-faced kid with a roll of baby fat who looks like he has never seen the sun. He can’t run. He can’t jump. He releases his shot at chest level.” Abe had a few choice words and then Dowd responded, “Now picture him with 24 points, 17 rebounds and the MVP trophy from the championship game.” Branyan shows up and Dowd was true to his word. It took Tyrone all of pre-season and several games to into “game” shape. I was Sports Director at KTBC-TV and had season tickets. My then-child bride was a big basketball fan and while I was on press row, she was getting an earful from a loud fan behind her who thought Tyrone had broken several “truth in advertising” laws. Every time Ty would make a mistake, he would bellow his displeasure. Betsy had enough. When Tyrone finally made a play, she stood up, cheered, turn around, glared at the offending fan and said, “He’s my brother1” “I play my regulars; the only way a guy gets off the floor is if he dies.” Funny Line. Only Abe wasn’t kidding. That team averaged 84 points a game, and the starting five accounted for 75. They shot 49% from the field and 79% from the line. After an opening loss at Southern Cal, the Horns won 16 out of their next 17 games with the one loss being to #5 Marquette. They split with #2 Arkansas and tied with the Razorbacks for the title with 14-2 marks. Back then the SWC post-season really mattered, since the NCAA only took 32 teams into the tournament. ”It was the toughest seven-man zone we faced all year.” The SWC was expected to get only two teams into the NCAA’s. Arkansas, a Top 10 team all season, was a lock. Texas needed to at least get to the finals against Arkansas to seal up a bid. They faced Houston in the semis, and it was a bitter contest that believe it or not, had both coaches bitching at the refs about calls. Finally, Abe had enough. As the head ref passed the bench, he gave him the universal choke sign, and he was tossed. Houston won 92-90 and got the automatic berth. Houston was blown out by Notre Dame 100-77 in the first round of the NCAA’s. After Texas won the NIT Lemons joked that maybe he should send the ref from the SWC tournament game a basket of fruit to thank him for not sending Texas to that fate. “When the other team sees our guys, they’re so busy giggling they can’t play,” The video of the championship game against N.C. State is posted below. It is worth the look for so many reasons, not the least of which are the commercials. But take a look at the introduction of the starting lineups. The Wolfpack players look the part, and Texas, well, looked like Texas. I saw this repeated time after time that year. Teams would come out for the tip, take a look at Texas and you could see wheels spinning in their minds. “We got this.” Until the ball went up. Texas cruised through the first two rounds of the NIT with home wins over Temple and Nebraska by a combined 33 points. Then it was on to New York where the Horns would play Rutgers while Georgetown and North Carolina State met in the other semifinal. ”We were living on $15 a day in New York, if you can believe that. Two eggs a la carte were $6.95. Nothing with them. So, I called the waiter over and asked to see the chicken. ‘What for?’ he asks. I told him I wanted to see the chicken that lays $6.95 eggs.” (Abe on the high cost of living in the big city) Over 18,500 were in Madison Square Garden for the Semis. Clyde Austin hit a 35-foot desperation heave at the buzzer in overtime to moved N.C. State past Georgetown 86-85. Texas meanwhile manhandled Rutgers 96-76. Krivacs & Baxter combined to hit 14-18 from the field in the first half as the Horns shot 57% for the game. In the championship contest, that duo combined for 59 points as Texas was never really challenged after jumping out to a 14-5 lead. As you may have noticed I haven’t spent a lot of time on particular games from this season. Didn’t see the point, since the team was so much more interesting. One final story. The four squads were going through media day/practice in Madison Square Garden. Georgetown’s John Thompson was standing with Abe, watching Texas go through some drills. Thompson (pointing at Baxter): “Who’s the fat kid?” Lemons: “My best player.” Thompson: “I assumed it was either that or he is your bastard son.” “Finish last in your league and they call you an idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you Doctor.” Winning is good. You keep score for a reason. But the older I get, scores fade into the background. Plays and players stand out. Memories matter. Relationship matters. I saw Ron Baxter just last week at the Johnny “Lam” Jones memorial service. I have to say Ron is closer to his playing weight than 90% of those in attendance. We didn’t spend more than 2 or 3 minutes talking but both of us were smiling the whole time. We don’t see each other except in an occasional social situation. But there is an instant connection just because of shared experiences, and isn’t that what sports is all about?
    6 points
  9. The hell he will. Trump's got a two day head-start on him, which is more than he needs. Trump's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan. He speaks a dozen languages and knows every local custom. He'll blend in, disappear and Pete willl never see him again. With any luck he's got the grail already.
    6 points
  10. To convince people that bad shit happens isn’t difficult. To convince me that it is statistically significant is. I have dropped my wallet, phone, and had it returned with the money. I have taken Uber rides before without issue. I have staggered home drunk before no issue. I wrecked a motorcycle and got help from strangers who were less concerned about me bleeding than I was. I have fixed a few cars on the side of the road before, given rides to random folks and refused payment. I haven given back wallets, called a credit card company when I found a card, and returned over $1500 in cash when I was 19 and broke and no one would have known if I had taken the money. It was 3 Puerto Rican dudes who helped me push my car to a gas station and offered me money to fill it up... then they left. I barely had time to thank them, but I remember them 25 years later. I have had a few items stolen, including an inch worm when I was a little kid, and professional assholes (insurance, lawyers) have done me more financial harm than any stranger did.
    6 points
  11. Person 1: (says a bunch of lies) Person 2: “hey those were all lies.” Person 1: “lol!! You’re so triggered!!”
    6 points
  12. When Trump or his base say something ignorant, it's not because they're ignorant, they are just trolling you. If they say something smart, it's because they're smart. It's like if Texas beats Georgia, it's because Georgia wasn't trying, If Georgia beats Texas, it's because they are better. It's a great philosophy. As long as it's applied to you, you're infallible.
    6 points
  13. 1:46:30 - 2:06:45 Looch goes on a great aggy propaganda rant, talking about how Buzz Williams will be one of the best hires in history, that he's talk with inside sources at Alabama and Saban has admitted that he is scared of Jimbo and aggy, that they're pretty much a top 4 SEC program (if not the best already). And of course, has to to shit about Texas somehow. This time, it's about how CDC tried to make everything about himself, as opposed to Scott Woodward who just kicks his feet up and makes great hires quietly. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TexAgsRadio/~5/mJ5LbrzLf84/0115257-yszc.mp3
    6 points
  14. I forgot to update this thread. Will post pics of the success. @Dr Fear for 100qt boil (30lbs at a time) I used: 50qt of water 2 spice pouches of zatarains boil in a bag (it's whole spice kernels and stuff) https://www.mccormick.com/zatarains/products/spices-and-seasonings/seafood-boils/crawfish-shrimp-and-crab-boil-in-a-bag 1 "sack pack" of SwampFire boil mix https://oakgrovemix.webs.com/products.htm 1/4 gallon of your favorite boil concentrate (they are all basically the same) 1/4 lb of 100k heat unit cayenne (only add this if you want it to be cajun level spicy) 30lbs of mudbugs 5lbs of sausage 5lbs of mushrooms 5lbs of corn 5lbs of red potatoes quartered 3 lemons squeezed 3 heads of garlic halved 2 sticks of butter Brought to rolling boil, squeezed in lemons, threw in everything but the mudbugs, then wait for it to start rolling again put in 30lbs of rinsed/purged/strained crawfish - 15 minutes boiling then kill heat add butter and cool it off using 10lb bag of ice or hosing down the outside and stirring as fast as you can to as close to 150 and let it soak for 15 (soak phase is key to spice) repeat as many times as you need to to get through all the crawfish - we did 106lbs in 3 batches and it was some good shit. Blacklabs daughter probably killed 10lbs herself
    6 points
  15. If any of this is true, it should be easy for you to find hours of evidence of the exact same behavior from the dozens and dozens of Congressmen of Biden's similar age and experience. But it's not true, and you know it. #MeToo is now a Republican movement. Seriously, though, for a massive chunk of libs, #MeToo only mattered when it was taking out conservatives. Gillibrand is being punished to this day for calling out Franken and Dems were furious because Monica Lewinsky started talking again as #MeToo crested. We see that re-establishing itself now. The solution is very simple and very proper: Eliminate creepy male candidates. You don't have to shoot them. You don't have to set them on fire. You don't have to write books excoriating them. You just forcefully tell them, "I'm sure your intentions were not terrible, but it doesn't matter, you don't get to be the most powerful person in the world and the leader of our party." Stop playing scared. The reaction from libs and Dems to Biden being (rightly) criticized for being a decades-established creep is eerily similar to Lindsay Graham's crying fit because Kavanaugh was almost going to be denied his right as a white man to be on the Supreme Court because some WOMAN said something. And what are you guys even worried about? Is Biden some dynamic young firebrand whose profound message is going to unite and heal the nation? Is he a bold and visionary thinker whose policies will innovate us past our troubles? Is he universally lauded and respected as a noble leader with a long list of impressive accomplishments?
    6 points
  16. hillary's campaign mgr was on cnn just now and given the opportunity to pile on pete's comments, instead gave him a pretty positive reaction. agreed that hillary's "promises to the country and specific issues didn't penetrate through, for whatever reason" (paraphrasing) and that the 2016 election "became about other things". he also agreed that this is not the time to relitigate what happened in 2016, and that the reason pete is doing well is because he's a forward looking candidate with good ideas for this country. pretty favorable interview from someone who really could've attacked out of spite.
    6 points
  17. Lulz, say aggy, aggy boy. Poooooooor aaaagggggyyyyyy
    6 points
  18. Siap..... Saw this from Machinator in another thread. Wanted to be sure folks on Football thread have seen it... Great job by CDC 🤘
    6 points
  19. You have to elect the Republicans before you can find out what's in their health plan.
    5 points
  20. Great idea. I'd ask him what the fuck he found with Prevezon https://thefederalist.com/2019/03/28/campaign-colluded-russians-2016-hillary-clintons/
    5 points
  21. Just to help everyone keep it straight, here's a running list of all $9.95ers that aren't dipshits:
    5 points
  22. classic splett response to selina when she said they should send a thank you note to the mass shooter in phx. "well, he actually shot himself, but i'll see if we can send something to his wife. oh no, wait, he shot her first."
    5 points
  23. That's pretty good but it doesn't beat this: LBJ: (Nixon's) White House economic policies were “the worst thing that’s happened to this country since pantyhose ruined finger-fucking.”
    5 points
  24. One of my all-time favorites -- "Temple of Low Men" makes my desert island top 10 discs, and that's a list that the Beatles couldn't crack. (Not that my list matters, just sayin'.) I told it years ago on the old site, but for the young'uns: I was right up front when Crowded House played Austin Opera House at their peak, maybe 1990. They were tremendous. At some point they asked if anyone in the crowd would be willing to come up and sing a cover song, to which some drunk yelled "Brown Eyed Girl". In a moment of dread, the guys in the band looked at each other, shrugged, and said "OK come sing it". The drunkard hopped on stage and reached for Neil Finn's guitar, which he reluctantly gave up, saw the dude start the song, and then just decided to jump in the crowd. Next some other drunk yelled "I can play bass" so Nick Seymour was like, "OK, fucker come give it a go". He jumps into the crowd. Paul Hester (RIP) then says "fuck it, anyone play drums?" and a 3rd drunk (ironically, none of them me) says "sure!" and before I know it I'm standing with Crowded House watching a trio of utter fucktards butcher Van Morrison. It was glorious. Did I mention RIP Paul Hester? He was such a funny, gentle dude. You just never know what's happening behind the scenes . . .
    5 points
  25. Yes, what a wonderful leader. Her government has an official position called Chief Censor. Her government is threatening anyone with the shooter's manifesto on their hard drive with ten years in prison. Her government is threatening anyone who posts the manifesto on the internet with fourteen years in prison. Just last year her government was promoting legislation forcing visitors to New Zealand to give their cell phone passwords to customs officials as a condition to enter the country. She just finished taking guns out of thousands of gun owners hands who had done nothing illegal with them simply because one nut job did something illegal with theirs. What a wonderful beacon for individual freedom and freedom of expression. You jackasses deserve the dictator you are begging for. None of you leftists understand that the more power you give government the more ability you give government to misuse and abuse that power and the less power you have to do anything about it.
    5 points
  26. Nobody knows more about sports than my dad. Nobody. I know that everybody has someone in their life who they think that about, but my dad is actually that guy. He has a freaky brain, a photographic memory, and he spent more than three decades covering or working in high level sports, mostly NCAA football and basketball. There are many people here and within the UT interweb universe who know him and can attest to this fact. Every single day that I spend time with him I hear three new stories that I've never heard before. The last time I saw him before today he was regaling to me in great detail several stories about a Texas vs Georgia game from 1958 or something and he said, "I remember it like it was yesterday", telling me all about Fran Tarkenton's contentious relationship with his HC, not to mention stories about the Texas team as well. The man is a walking encyclopedia. Today he and I met for dinner at El Patio and then headed over to the NIT game, and between those two places he just did what he always does- paint pictures of the past with his words. It's amazing. My dad worked with and knew Lam Jones, and today at El Patio he was telling me stories about Lam, including his opinion that Lam, Earl, and Vince are the three guys at Texas who made every defense they played completely change their normal game plan to focus on him alone. As he put it they were the three most "feared" offensive weapons we've had at Texas in his time covering or working with the team. Then later at the basketball game we just happened to be sitting amongst a whole slew of people who he knew and used to work with, including John Bianco, who as I understand it more or less replaced my dad when he left UT. The reminiscing on Lam continued, and as always I just sat back and listened and soaked it in. Now i'm no professional, but i am passionate about photography and film, and every single day of my life i am constantly photographing or recording anything i deem worthy of it. I like to put together film and photography projects, I went to school for that type of thing, and my dad obviously did it for a living for a while as well. So anybody who knows me at all is used to me taking candid photos and videos of our daily lives, even mid conversation. Most people think it's weird at first, but they always end up appreciating it. And I know I do too. Today was no different, and as you're about to see I took some candid video of my dad talking about Lam (I say candid, you say "creeper", tomato/tomato), and I've now uploaded those two clips to youtube. The first clip is at dinner, and he's telling me about a game Texas had in 1978 against someone important, some rival/important team, maybe U of H or TCU, and we ended up losing the game by three, essentially because of a blown play where the entire opposing defense focused on Lam who was merely a decoy. He said that when they watched the film that Fred Akers ran the play back 5 or 6 times just so that everyone could see how intently the D was focused on Lam. The second clip is of my dad talking with Bianco about how when Lam returned from the 1976 Olympics, the athletic department (or maybe his news station? couldn't hear it all) had my dad fly out to Lampasas with a crew to pick him up and film him (or bring him back to UT? again I couldn't quite hear it all), and how there were people from Lampasas on the runway chasing his jet as it took off from the air strip. Getting to be a fly on the wall for these types of conversations is always something I've treasured about my dad, and the truth is that I don't want to wait for him to get sick or die before I make a thread about him. He wasn't always in my life; our relationship wasn't always good; but he has been in my life for quite a while now, and I really appreciate that, as well as the wealth of knowledge he's given me on so many subjects that i'm passionate about. Not many people got to grow up around/knowing their heroes like I did, and not many people have a dad who happens to be the world's expert on their favorite subjects. So this one's for my dad, and all the other dads out there who are loved and appreciated by their sons. Thanks dad.
    4 points
  27. 4 points
  28. Honestly the less I know about this story the better.
    4 points
  29. look, i know you are new around here, but you got to just let phlegm be phlegm.
    4 points
  30. What temperature is it when archer is pitching?
    4 points
  31. Fuck Hugo I generally liked you as a poster, but you're bordering on straight up obsession recently. Mueller is working with Barr to go over the report and remove information. It appears on its face that they are following the process that has been laid out for this type of stuff. Twice and triple are pretty much laying it out so even an aggy could potentially understand. I have few issues with the way this is progressing and look forward to reading the report or a summary. You on the other hand are crying conspiracy in every reply. Relax man
    4 points
  32. This fucking moron is wrong again. What a shock.
    4 points
  33. I'll just go ahead and state that I don't want Texas to land Omeire. I'd like to see them go all out on Wilson, take Johnston, and land either Mookie Cooper or Emmitt Smith's son. Take the Sullivan guy ahead of Omeire as well.
    4 points
  34. exactly. i crush my kids in all competition, because they need to understand how the world actually works.
    4 points
  35. Probably not the one who has the power of 1 out of 435 versus POTUS. But you knew that. You're just an idiot.
    4 points
  36. Obviously a retired schoolteacher or government bureaucrat.
    4 points
  37. Perhaps he found her insides were a rocky place where his seed could find no purchase?
    4 points
  38. K, cloak room is gonna be like I'd pee in her butt now. There's no reason for new registered users to talk politics. 100 posts and 50 rep minimum to post in CR. Existing members will be grandfathered.
    4 points
  39. Probably had a lot of balls flying at her face over the years.
    4 points
  40. . Caught this on our private pond yesterday. Been working on getting some quality fish in here for years. I cull from the pond from time to time to keep the little fish from overpopulating. Caught 2 over 6 yesterday. This was the biggest 23.33 inches. I didn't have my scale with me and wanted to get him back in the water. He was healthy. I hope to see him again next year.
    4 points
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