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Bullneck

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  1. Doesn't ISU also have Farmageddon and Riot Bowl? That's lot of named football games . . .
  2. Watching MSNBC - The Beat with Melber and Katyal. Mark Meadow's attempt to move to Federal court (from State) just got nuked by the judge.
  3. Probably not. We pick up our share of t-shirt fans, which don't have anything against so long as they don't embarrass us.
  4. Looks like he has some pretty lucid thoughts these days:
  5. I remember that, but I can't remember the guys name. I wish I could find it. Found this instead (looks like O'Keefe was pissing away the Koch Brother's money, so I'm cool with it): Project Veritas, a hybrid of an opposition research shop and a ranting YouTube channel, has taken pride in its ability to deceive since its creation in 2010. With conservative backers like Peter Thiel, the Koch brothers, and the Trump Foundation, the group and its founder James O’Keefe have worked relentlessly to target and malign individuals at institutions they deem leftist, whether it’s Planned Parenthood (reportedly targeted by O’Keefe posing as a young teen’s 23-year-old boyfriend), George Soros (the progressive philanthropist whose professional circle Veritas tried and spectacularly failed to infiltrate), or the Washington Post (whose reporter was offered a fake story on Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore). O’Keefe has long attempted to position himself in the context of dogged, daring, traditional journalism, describing Veritas’s efforts as “investigative” reporting executed by “undercover journalists.” But his efforts are often executed by what the New Yorker has called “amateurish spies” — their efforts against the Post and Soros resembled a Three Stooges bit — and packaged with mendacious editing, duplicitous production, and outright lying, making Veritas’s audience as much a victim of its productions as the subjects. Debates over who or what is to be considered “real journalism” are almost always counterproductive and contrived, but Veritas stands out for the shamelessness with which it pursues nakedly partisan ends.
  6. I hate to say it but if you struggle with Rice for a half you're probably not going to do well against Bama. I hope I'm wrong.
  7. Hopefully the prosecutors that are suing to have some of these short sentences reviewed will win.
  8. Belongs in the Most Punchable Faces thread.
  9. That actually looks kind of cool. 😃
  10. They did! I actually thought of you when they made the announcement; wondered if you were at the game.
  11. Memo to self: TX/OU game only from now on.
  12. I've already forgotten what it was, but this guy said something incredibly stupid or tonedeaf about two weeks after he announced his candidacy. There was never any way he'd get any attention except as a "story" or oddity. Some people . . .
  13. The Romans called it a "velarium." Once the sun went behind the lights on the west side stands the game became tolerable. East side must have been brutal.
  14. Seemed like whatever issues getting people into certain sections (it seemed to be a problem a couple of years back) have been solved. There's so many concessions (food, drinks, merch) on the upper deck concourse you can hardly move around at halftime.
  15. I guess Nikki has decided it's now or never: Nikki Haley Says She Is Confident Americans Won't Vote For A Convicted Felon The 2024 GOP presidential candidate previously said she would back Donald Trump as the party's nominee even if he was found guilty of crimes. By Marita Vlachou Sep 4, 2023, 06:08 AM EDT |Updated 5 hours ago
  16. I guess AC/DC is the unofficial State of Texas sports motivational music provider. If we import anything else from Australia can it be one of those Kangaroo Jack School of Punting guys?
  17. I searched and saw there were multipage 2021 and 2022 versions but not this year UNTIL NOW!!!!!! We have our first data point: the Rice game. Here are some observations: Personal comfort: Someone forgot to turn on the A/C at the stadium. Gotdamn it was hot. I realize revenue is our God and all, but CDC has to tell the networks that that Aug/Sept games have to start at 7pm. End of story. Personal comfort: For the first time I can remember (I think ever), I left before the "Eyes." Was it the heat that drove me out? No, it was relentless, rock concert level volume "THIRD DOWN, GET LOUD!!!!" announcements. I'm not sacrificing what's left of my hearing for this garbage. Old Man Yells at Cloud: Some fat, short grey haired man two rows ahead of me decided to be the only person in Section 104 to stand at odd times in the first half. I know he was short because at one point he stood tired of just standing and stepped up on the aluminum bench in front of him (I realize I'm sailing perilously close to a TexAgs "Jackass of the Game" thread). Thankfully he left at halftime so there's no viral TikTok of Boomer-on-Boomer violence this morning. Newfangled gadgetry: Parked my rental car on West Avenue at 18th Street in a nice shady spot. Used the ATX parking app (just couldn't figure out what section I was in. I must have guessed right since I didn't get a ticket). As I did I noticed a student walking up to one of those electric scooters, punch some numbers into his phone, and rode off. Immediately I downloaded the app. Used the ticket I downloaded from Seat Geek to my phone to get into the stadium (first time I've done that). There's actually phone reception in the stadium now. If any of this surprises you, just remember I'm from the generation that beta tested all this technology whether we wanted to or not. Traditions Department: Actually heard the LHB play. Not as many songs as THIRD DOWN!!!! announcements, but it was still nice. I guess the bend at the northeast end zone is their permanent home now. Other Stuff: The fireworks after a score were OK, I guess. Might be better at night. At least The Gong and Jet Pack Guy are gone. We had a flyover and then video from the cockpit rebroadcast later in the game (and then the pilots on the field). Big XII Officiating: OK, there's a different thread for that, but damn they took a long time to review an incomplete pass in the 1st quarter. The pace of the game was "Molasses in January" instead of "Molasses in August." (Side note: upon realizing I don't know how to spell "molasses" I had to Google it and saw some photos. It doesn't look like something you would want to put in your mouth).
  18. Caplan is showing them the way. Once the idea of bringing Trump down becomes normalized, every single thing he’s ever done is going to come back to haunt him. ”When the camel falls to his knees, all the daggers come out.”
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