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  1. I think Alabama was the loudest game. (Sat in N. end zone, second deck) Ricky's Run was loudest sustained moment. (Stood on East side, ~ 30 yard line, ~ 20th row.) Ricky's run started loud, and got louder as be broke through the line, and just got louder and louder 'til he scored, like Marty McFly cranking the giant amp to 11. Boom!
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  3. Yes!!! 1977 was my 4th Tex-OU game. Earl Christian Campbell and I were both freshman in 1974 and lived in Jester East; he was a god-like physical specimen of a man, and I was not. Earl was highly recruited and very well known in Austin, having led John Tyler to the High School Championship over Austin Reagan in 1973. Reagan won the prior Championships in '67, '68, & '70. In 1974, time and again, Earl disappeared as he went into the middle of the OU line, just getting swallowed up by OU's defense. OU won 16-13. In 1975, with OU leading 24-17 late in the 4th quarter, OU faced a 3rd & 8 from their own 10. With Texas chomping at the bit, Joe "Smoke through a keyhole" Washington quick-kicked a 76 yard punt down to the Texas 14 yard line, giving OU 5 in a row over Texas, and eventually back to back National Championships. The '74 & '75 OU teams were the best college football teams nobody ever saw, as OU was on probation and banned from TV. OU had a 28 game winning streak, back to back National Championships, 8 All Americans each year, Joe Washington, & the Selmon brothers. In 1976, we had the best seats in the house, ~ 15 rows up right on the 50 yard line, immediately next to 36,000+ Okies, w/ 36,000 Texans at my back. Incredibly intense, hair standing up on the back of my neck. No way we were leaving Dallas without getting in a fight. Game ended in a 6-6 tie. Disappointing season. Darrell Royal's last year at Texas. 1977: Preseason, OU came is as #1 and Texas was unranked. Fred Akers scrapped the Wishbone and put Earl in the "I". Texas started 3-0, winning 44-0, 68-0 and 72-15 v. Rice (Texas was favored by ~59 over Rice, and I was drunk, or course, and hollering for Texas to score at the end of the game to cover my bet). Earl running from the "I" was a gift from the gods. Thank you Fred! The vibe in Austin was already electric. The Armadillo, Mother Earth, The Silver Dollar and Willie & Waylon and the boys and no cover to see Stevie Ray Vaughan. Earl & Texas Football supercharged it. Friday night; for Texas-OU weekend, Dallas would block off 8-10? blocks of Commerce Street for the crush of people in Dallas, and the crowd would move in a long counter-clockwise circle along the sidewalks on either side of the street. Screaming, yelling, no standing, just keep moving, or else. Arrests would number in the hundreds. We (12-14 of us) had a 2 rooms in the Baker Hotel that fronted Commerce Street. Seems like Dallas County was dry back then, but they allowed open containers on the street that night? We'd make a drink, walk the big circle, up to the room for refills, and repeated as necessary. At midnight, maybe 1am?, they lined up big fire engines w/ their water cannons and slowly paraded down the street, washing everything, including the people, off the sidewalks and the streets. I fondly remember watching that from our hotel room, yelling at people below to run! Oh yeah, they also had a football game that weekend. October 8, 1977. #5 Texas v. #2 OU. Damn, my head hurts!!! Earl scored the only TD on a highlight reel 24 yard run right before halftime, leading Texas to a 13-6 win over OU for the first time in 7 years. He finished 23 for 124 yards, 1 TD, (0-1 passing with an interception), accelerating his Heisman Trophy run. Please note All American's Earl Campbell (standing), LB Daryl Hunt (85 ) and NG Reggie Kinlaw (62). Randy McEachern came in off the bench in the 2nd quarter (the first 2 Texas Qb's got knocked out of the game) to guide Texas to a hard fought win, and the #1 ranking. Russell Erxleben kicked 64 & 58 yard field goals and missed one from 69 yards. Johnnie Johnson, Collin's All American DB father, had a key 4th quarter play, stopping the OU QB inches short on 4th down at the Texas 5 yard line. Erxleben had a 69 yard punt w/ 2 1/2 minutes left to seal the game. Points were hard to get back in the day. I only remember part of Fred's quote early in the week, something about expecting a tough, physical game, "... they better have their head gear strapped on tight!" We choose not to linger in Dallas after the game and made a beeline back to Austin to a Mardi Gras-like scene down on the Drag. By far, my most memorable weekend of College Football. Texas Shocks Oklahoma, 13-6 The Rites of Autumn
  4. The Azovstal Defender Mykhailo Dianov
  5. That appears to be a cargo plane and not a Mig, like a RU version of a C-130.
  6. Thanks for all the good info. It seems that UK doesn't really need to "take" Kherson. The city and the RU troops aren't going anywhere, and the RU supplies will decrease day by day without any significant resupply options. Once UK pushes south along the Dnipro to Beryslav and controls the P47 bridge across the river, about 25 miles south of Mylove, it appears to be nothing but open farmland down to Crimea. Game on. The highway's jammed with broken heroes On a last chance power drive Everybody's out on the run tonight But there's no place left to hide... Oh honey, tramps like us Baby, we were born to run
  7. PTINS

    Hudson Card

    First play of the game is a 22 yard catch & run by Bijan. That was also his last reception. At worst, he is always the last option on any passing play when he is on the field, and to not be able to get him the ball is unforgivable. Tied for the worst utilization of talent in the history of football. We scored on 4 of 5 first half possessions, with an interception being the outlier. Quick hitters on short passes worked. We did executed none of that in the second half. That is basic 7 on 7 stuff, pre snap reads, short quick throws. Ball game. In 3 possessions, when moving the ball and running some clock was paramount, Card was 1 for 6 for 0 yards. Speed and athleticism all over the field nets ZERO yards. Beyond pathetic. As Abe Lemons would say, "... you got 1 more yard then a dead man...". Oops! No, you didn't!!! There was a lot of bad coaching and bad plays to go around. 1 for 6 for zero yards doesn't need much context.
  8. Where’s the pressure!!!
  9. Terrible 4 play sequence. Kick out of bounds. Did they take a nap at halftime?
  10. UTSA had 8 returning offensive starters from a 12-2 team (Sr QB and 3 Sr WR w/ 5,000 receiving yards between them). 68 yd, 20 play drive, included a few Texas penalties ... ~ 3 yards/play. UTSA QB was sllppery, and made a lot of good, short throws on the run. Not much you can do about that. Nothing was terrible. Texas game plan was to run the ball, knowing UTSA would stack the box. UTSA started well, used their trick plays, and got their butts kicked. Sark did well. Texas did not play bad. UTSA made some plays. Yes, without our offense and defense we may have got the short end of the stick. Dumbass! UTSA QB is better than the majority of P5 QB's. UTSA is a feeder school for UT Austin. Bingo! Frustrating to watch, but you have to give UTSA credit. UTSA will finishing w/ 10 wins this year, again. Yeah, based on the postings here, we got lotsa of stupid here.
  11. That feeling you get when you know it's coming, and it can't be stopped. We're Texas! Now that's a flyover! "Well the house is a rockin' don't bother knockin'Yeah the house is a rockin' don't bother knockin'Yeah the house is a rockin' don't bother come on in Walkin' up the street you can hear the soundOf some bad honky tonkers really layin' it downThey've seen it all for years and got nothin' to loseSo get down on the floor shimmy 'til you shake sumpin' loose" My favorite pic of the day, I know the kid is from Texas, ... wearing Alabama colors, grandpa? decked out in Crimson, parents in neutral black ... Admirable kid, watched and learned, no complaining, after sitting in the heat & the sun for 4 hours. Him, and his parents stayed for The Eyes of Texas, as did most everybody in the house. Little guy had seen the "Hook 'Em Horns" all day, and was looking around to make sure he did it right. He did. ( I wasn't going to post his face) Only pic I took at the Burnt Ends tailgate; Good times, nice putting faces w/ screen names. Thanks again & again to @immamacand @RGBIIIand to everyone else who helps make all this happen!
  12. Thank you all for your passion and continued input into the most important event in my lifetime. Ukraine standing toe to toe with Russia, and repeatedly pushing their shit is in inflection point in the history of the world. Selfishly, for the US and the free world, it doesn't get any better. Ukraine, with our our substantial, and increasing support, is doing all of the heavy lifting while we cheer them on. God Bless Ukraine!!! Surly, you rock! The amount of information from all the postings and links takes more time to read & digest than most people are awake every day. Donny, who wandered into the middle of a hurricane, ..., sorry, dude. It is hard to boil down the last 6 months into a short answer on the present status. When progress is measured by tiny towns that Google Maps doesn't recognize, 10 miles from small towns nobody has ever heard of, 100 miles from any city that at best is vaguely familiar, it's hard to put the puzzle pieces together to make a picture that you don't even know what it looks like. If one was left to make sense from only the mainstream media, I don't think that's possible. The educations, life experiences and backgrounds you have meld into a combination of factual information and insight that is unique and enlightening. Ironic that it's hosted on a college football message platform, where those same inputs lead to such drastic outputs. I'm glad I played Risk as teen, and more glad that I played it with my kids. If you know nothing of history, the game teaches you of the pitfalls of attacking asia. How a beaten Russia comes out of this, and what scorched earth they inflict along the way, are hard things to project. That is where we, and Ukraine, end up. Onward, thru the fog!
  13. Most of this is cultivated farmland, with small/tiny villages scattered here and there. No place to run and no place to hide. Eyes are everywhere.
  14. This. Mac built a small fortune hawking discount furniture. He didn’t have iPhones to sell, or cheap air line tickets, or Disney passes, just furniture and a quirky personality. He’s done many unorthodox things over the past years, and always ended up in a better place. He has endured himself to many people many times over. Along the way, his charitable ventures are off the charts. Offering Super Bowl/World Series bets v.” Free furniture” was a zero sum hedge, but it moved a lot of furniture and earned him a lot of goodwill. He routinely bought a lot of the champion farm animals at the Houston Livestock Show. His relief work for Katrina & Harvey victims was immediate w/o the bureaucratic red tape. I wouldn’t bet against him.
  15. Re: Haynes "Spaceballs" King throwing the "deep" ball. 66 Yd Td was a 31 yd pass and 35 yd run after the catch 63 Yd Td was a 23 yd pass and 40 yd run after the catch 43 Yd Td was a 28 yd pass and 15 yd run after the catch
  16. The University of Texas' mobile earthquake machine is based on the Vibroseis technology developed by Conoco to support oil & gas exploration. One of the meaningless facts that I learned 40+ years ago that I have been waiting for the opportunity to work into a conversation. Thanks! Vibroseis "A seismic vibrator is a truck-mounted or buggy-mounted device that is capable of injecting low-frequency vibrations into the earth. It is one of a number of seismic sources used in reflection seismology. The ‘Vibroseis’ exploration technique (performed with vibrators) was developed by the Continental Oil Company (Conoco) during the 1950s and was a trademark until the company's patent lapsed. Today, seismic vibrators are used to perform about half of all seismic surveys on land."
  17. I like Rod. He knows first hand how hard you have to work and what it takes to compete when others around you are more talented. He has a passion for life and Texas football and thats good enough for me. His takes on Quinn winning the locker room on day 1 were very insightful. It is radio. 3 hours to fill on days when not a lot of sports news is news worthy. Not all of his data and analytics hit the mark, but he offers insight and perspective that is grounded with factual information.
  18. Always liked this pic of the kiddo's on the USS Texas. Pretty sure they had not seen Dr. Strangelove by this time... Fun trip for all. Got to go down in the bowels of the Texas. Hard to imagine working in the engine room on a daily basis. We also did the trip to Corpus Christi for the "Stay Aboard" on the Lexington, complete w/ the SOS for breakfast. Nothing brings the realities of history to life like seeing the artifacts. We went to the Smithsonian and the kids were talking about the attributes of the various weapons in each exhibit. The other people around us thought it was cute at first, and then slowly increased their distance from us.
  19. Texas 56 ULM 13 Bijan 153 rush, 56 rec
  20. Tell them what you're going to say. Say it. Tell them what you said.
  21. My bad on DC. I did not go back and look at the time lines on various coaching hires. I remembered we worked down the DC list past the top few choices and the Stoops fiasco ... and I shot from the hip. I'll take the hit. Not better fan. Just a fan, or not? Binary choice. Better or worse. Good or bad. Positive of Negative. All the decisions on this program are made by others. My choice is to support them, or not. Loyalist? Yes. Blindly? No. I know from this board you have are involved, generally supportive and interested in UT athletics. Thanks for that. "With the utmost respect and reverence, Don @closetojumping. If the first 2 likes you get on a post are from @satyanash and @JFKFC, you may want to look inward and allow a little self doubt to creep in."
  22. "No actual Texas fan wants to see Sarkisian fail so they can claim foresight." That's a Bingo. Your definition of Actual Texas Fan is different than mine. Much different. Tell me how all of the negative posting does anything to help this University. Does your posting make it better or worse? I sense to some posters here that "being right" is more important than Texas winning. Agree to disagree, but that attitude is not far below the surface. "Sarkisian was a terrible hire on paper. Indefensible." Terrible; extremely or distressingly bad or serious, causing or likely to cause terror; sinister. Who or what do you want? Sark has a few coaching attributes that are at the top of the food chain; a brilliant offensive mind and he relates well to players, recruits & parents, and other coaches. He's not the best at everything, but that's a great starting point. Sark's choice for DC was vetoed. I agreed w/ the veto. We ended up w/ a DC who did not know and had not coached with all the assistants. Can't put that all on Sark. Sark is not the same person he was 10 or 20 years ago. He faced adversity and overcame the challenges. Can you not see that fact resonates well with recruits and their parents, the lifeblood of a college program? Is that terrible or indefensible? Top HS players want to play for Sark. He has signed and got commitments from top players that were heavily recruited by the last 3 National Champions, including 2 of the 3 highest rated QB's of all time. Is that terrible or indefensible? Poor decision making and execution by the players on the field is 100% controlled by the players on the field. It's the coaches role to coach and the players role to play. Some of the players last year had the talent, but not the attitude. Sark made a mistake in equating one with the other. Regardless, those were the players he had and the only ones he had to choose from. The culture and character of the Texas team has been suspect for some time. Last year showed what it really was. There wasn't a lot on that team that was symptomatic of a championship level organization. Was it coaching or the players? Based on my 50+ years of watching Texas Football, I think it was the players. The players quit. The program needed to be rebuilt from the ground up. I like Sark. But then again, I'm an actual Texas fan.
  23. The vibe from so many Texas "fans" ...
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