-
Posts
346 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Store
Downloads
Recruiting - 2020
2019-2020 Football Season
Football
Entertainment
Sports
News and Business
Cloak Room
Transfer Portal
Recruiting
Events
Everything posted by Hairy Biped
-
I think it was $24k plus gratuity for all of the staff and groceries/wine/liquor, but we were there at an off peak time. I think the maximum occupancy is 24 people and we were at or near that. They provided breakfast and dinner everyday and we were on our own for lunch, but they did stock the refrigerator with sandwich stuff, salads and any leftovers from the meals.
-
Man, I'd love to get back to CR. Summer before last we stayed at this place in Manuel Antonio for a week and it was amazing. https://youtu.be/vQ_2BPYlrcQ Fully staffed with 5 star chef, around the clock house keeping, a concierge, and even 24 hour security guards. We did tons of excursions and adventures, but the grounds, jungle around it and semi-private beach alone were enough to keep you occupied. Never had an experience like it. I'm betting with the current state of things, this place would be a lot more affordable now.
-
Time for another ‘my dog is awesome’ thread
Hairy Biped replied to Patricio Swayze's topic in Daily Texan
It was actually your post that prompted me to post these. I was always struck by how much Dobbs looked like my guy Dude and it broke my heart to learn of his passing. Sadly I sometimes take for granted them being around. Seeing your posts reminded me to always appreciate them. They are definitely barkers. In fact I have a joke where I say that dachshund is German for "barks at nothing". But they really are great little dogs, and my 3 enrich my life so much more than I could ever imagine before I got them. -
Time for another ‘my dog is awesome’ thread
Hairy Biped replied to Patricio Swayze's topic in Daily Texan
I guess after years of checking this thread daily, both here and at the old site, it's time I post some pics of my brats. I must be crazy to have 3 doxies, but here I am living the dream. The dapple one is Harlow. He's actually my niece's dog, but he came to live with me when she went away to college. He's 6. The chocolate brown one with the tuxedo markings is my boy Dude. He's 5 and is nothing but personality. He'd be a perfect chick magnet if he didn't act like an attack dog around every stranger he meets. He doesn't have a mean bone in his body and would never hurt a thing, but he sure acts tough sometimes. The tan/red one is Daisy and she's a sweetheart if she knows you, but she lived a rough life before she got to me, so she's very skittish around most folks. I got her from a doxie rescue and best we can tell, she was abused previously before either running away or being dumped somewhere in the Dallas area. She has what looks like cigar or cigarette burns on her, and a huge scar on the back of her neck. Despite all of that, she's still a very loving and well behaved pup. If you discount the occasional trash can raid or climbing onto the table and eating an entire cherry pie at Thanksgiving. The last picture is from a small BBQ we had this past Summer. As is customary around here, my 88 year old dad (UT Class of 57) always gets to go first. The dogs actually got in line behind him like they were gonna be able to get their own plates. Daisy was actually in line too, but she ran off when I went to get my phone to take the pic. My whole life, my dad hasn't been much of a dog guy himself, but the dogs absolutely love him and he loves them to. When he's visiting, nobody else gets attention from them.- 9948 replies
-
- 21
-
-
-
So sorry for your loss. Prayers for Sarah and your family.
-
Announcing that Texas made yet another horrible hire on same day as aggy game is net win for aggy. This isn't just a failure. It's a miserable failure. The guy is 46-35 all time. Never was competitive for a conference title. 2-2 in bowls. The guy we're sending away with $15 million payday has a better resume. Aggy is nothing but giddy with this news.
-
There is zero chance CDC jumped the gun. He didn't write that press release. The people in the University's Marketing/PR department did. It had to go through approval of a process that included lawyers double checking to make sure there was nothing in it that could bring about litigation. There's no way that process excluded the top layers of the administration. Nobody jumped any guns. It looks like a clown show because WE don't know what's going on and THEY want it that way. Make no mistake, neither CDC or the administration is concerned with the views and opinions of the average alumni or fan. If you don't donate 6 figures or more annually, you're gonna sit this one out. Just like they never released anything other than basic illustrations of the designs of both the DKR expansion and The Moody Center prior to beginning the construction. The less you know, the better it is for them. By the time problems arise (if they do) and someone will need to fall on a sword, they will either be gone or on their way out anyway.
-
I once had the chance to knock Brando on his ass. He used to work for the same media company that I do, and he wanted to use our facilities for an interview or something. He was a real piece of shit. Fuck that guy.
-
For fuck's sake, Sark's Head Coaching record is 46-35. That's a fucking terrible resume for a stress-filled, top job like Texas. Add to that, his very questionable past, there is nothing to like about hiring Sark. Who cares what he did as OC at Bama? We're aren't hiring that position yet. The best indicator of future performance is past performance, and Sark's past performance has been horrible. That said, this move is right in line with how Texas handles these things. Got lucky with DKR and Mack and have struck out with every other hire in the modern era. Why should this one be any different? If true, I hate this hire.
-
I hope you are right.
-
Until Meyer either accepts or turns down the offer, this ain't over. We're on his timeline. It's UM or Herman. No one else is in the mix. They won't fire Herman without a deal already being done with Meyer. The opinions of anyone else don't matter. The fact that Meyer hasn't turned it down means he's thinking hard about it, or we haven't made a serious offer yet. If he wasn't interested, we would know already. My guess is that we aren't nearly as far along in the negotiations with him as all of the "insiders" are claiming. Patience is a virtue.
-
I publicly celebrated both events appropriately when they happened.
-
Don't know if this means anything about the events of today, but according to my Facebook memories, it was 10 years ago today that Greg Davis was fired. Also, 7 years ago Gary Kubiak was fired by the Texans. Maybe, just maybe . . .
-
That still doesn't explain how ANYONE lying about knowing what UM is gonna do, is going to help Herman, or stop Meyer from taking the job. It's entirely disconnected.
-
I mean, I guess anything is possible, but that's a bit of a stretch. Herman pretty much burned his bridges with Ohio St. I can't imagine that someone connected with OSU is gonna throw Herman a bone just to keep UM from going to Texas. And secondly, I don't see how anything that goon has said will help Herman or persuade UM not to take the Texas job. He's just grandstanding.
-
You may be right, but what evidence do you have? We just made it through and entire Saturday where every pregame and halftime show at least mentioned the rumors, and we still don't have a public no, or anything close, from Meyer or his camp. Plus NONE of the Texas media types or "insiders" have claimed he's said no yet. I'm pretty skeptical about these situations, but so far this is unfolding like it's gonna happen. It may not. We don't know and won't until we hear a no from UM or see him get off a private jet in a burnt orange jacket.
-
That Barton dude isn't Herman's agent and probably hates Herman like every other Buckeye. He's was apparently on Meyer's staff at Ohio St at one point. That doesn't mean he knows jack shit about what UM is thinking or planning on doing though. And there's zero actual evidence to suggest that he's communicating with Meyer aside from his own claims, which many have easily been dissected and proven erroneous.
-
He's dissembling. He's making shit up to either make himself feel better or to try to make Texas fans feel bad. He has no actual information, and you can tell that because he presents no actual information. Everything he presents "is going to happen" not has happened and here's the proof. If he's exchanging texts or emails with UM, all he has to do to prove his position is post a screen cap. He hasn't been shy about making his claims. It would be super easy to prove them with one little screen cap. He can't say they're secret because he's posting what they allegedly say on the fucking internet.
-
To be fair, Armstrong firing Meyer happened after the scandal and because he wouldn't take his advice how to handle it. He got fed up and ended the relationship. That doesn't mean that they didn't patch things up and resume the relationship. But I've found no evidence to support that either way. It's weird, because it's not usually that difficult to find the name of a big time coach's agent, if they have one. That Barton guy's posts are all supposition. He knows absolutely fucking nothing about what UM is thinking or doing.
-
To me the process is playing out exactly as you would expect. A) Herman fails to meet preset standard for performance that was laid out to him prior to the season by CDC B) Herman is fired for failing to meet that standard C) Texas agrees to terms with Urban Meyer and finalizes contract D) Meyer and his wife and family are introduced as Head Football Coach. We just achieved step A a little more than 2 hours ago. For the sake of stability of the program and the benefit of the players, they may very well wait until after the Kansas game for the rest to play out. Until UM says no, this thing is still moving forward. Despite what any knuckle-dragging Ohio St mouth-breather posts on Twitter or anywhere else. As far as Urban's agent goes, Trace Armstrong fired Urban, and from what I heard and read, it was not an amicable parting. As far as I can tell, currently Meyer only has a Talent Agent, but I can't seem to dig up who it is. His booking agent is publicly available, but his Talent Agent isn't publicly listed. I've put out some feelers to see if some of the people I know in the TV biz know or can get that info, but it's late Saturday early Sunday and this might all play out before I get a response.
-
Shit! I just brought this up too.
-
Ok, so there's something nobody has mentioned about things going dead. Considering that it is well known that UM wants his guys to come with him, and his guys are all currently working at Ohio St, who happens to still be in the hunt for a playoff spot, perhaps he's attempting to provide some cover to his guys as long as he can as a professional courtesy. People asking them about possible future jobs at Texas, while trying to prepare for important games would be a bit of a distraction that nobody wants at this point. If Texas knows that UM is in, Texas can wait however long it takes for everything to play out.
-
So here's my guess: Squid predicts that in 3 days Buckeyes eat crow, Longhorns celebrate. Hook 'Em, Squid. And FTR, as someone who actually works in the TV business, I seriously doubt that Fox is terribly worried about losing UM, and know for certain that his TV contract is nowhere near a coaching contract. Typically in the situation where coaches are filling these kind of positions, their contracts give them "outs" in the event they receive another coaching offer. On top of that, for those kind of expert analyst jobs, they usually give year-by-year contracts anyway, in case chemistry between hosts isn't right or they decide to retool and reformat the show from season to season. It's not like UM is a full time Fox guy covering NCAA Football, NFL, Baseball, Hockey, etc. If he was, that would be different, but he's just a College Football guy.
-
I'm about 65% sure the town on the GPS map is Round Rock.
Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business and Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Subscribe!... Donate!... Advertise... COOKIE MONSTER!