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mininghorn88

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  1. Does anyone happen to have the playlists from past minstrel shows performed at UT? May as well clean the whole docket while we are at it. SMDH....
  2. As I suggested in the TX/OU game thread: If the team wins they can leave for the lockers. They lose, they stay for the Eyes.
  3. If you do not think that the song is not racist then by what logic can you support a group of people that think that it is racist? I am talking about facts, logic, and not the "feels".
  4. Your screen name says it all. You should just quit the team. You are not worth even cutting.
  5. As a paying fan/parent/alumni attending games, do I assume that the music played is only for the players? As an attendee can I not say it (other songs, not The Eyes) is offensive?
  6. Not talking about the players specifically. Read in context. And, you know the answer.
  7. It is OK and prudent to ask these questions but the first time that you disagree on something, well....
  8. Make a deal with the team; You win, you do not have to sing the "Eyes". You lose, you stand out there and sing it with gusto. I bet they would not lose again.
  9. Welp. I am settled in for 3 plus hours of nail biting now. So much for a strong start.
  10. It is gameday! Firmly planted in front of the tv! TEXAS!!!!
  11. This right here and some other recent posts are spot on. Herd mentality takes over and people protest for the sake of protesting and do not do their own research or they only live in the moment and do not even know what their end game is. Logic is being defied. I don’t understand how the knowledge of this song was only known to, or at least promoted, to a certain group of people? I was on campus in the mid-80’s and never heard as such. What is next in the pipeline?
  12. Might as well do away with the Pom Squad as well as I am sure that many see that as sexual exploitation. Ol' Smoky the Cannon should go away too so that those that are opposed to "guns" are appeased. Let's also do away with Bevo on the sideline too so that PETA will be happy. Probably should ousts the cheerleaders too although they are a diverse group; we certainly do not want a small group of kids telling the masses to stand up and cheer against their will.
  13. Just watched the end of the 1969 Texas/OU game on ESPN. Chris Schenkle, the ABC broadcaster, said the following statement on TV after witnessing the singing of the "Eyes of Texas": "Well, I think you have to admit, that if that doesn't grab you, well, you don't, don't only have an ear for music, you do not have much emotion."
  14. IMO the band and other school related "traditions" are key elements that separates the college football gameday experience from the pros.
  15. mininghorn88

    Hate Week

    Here for roll call... and OU sucks
  16. There is only one answer: The Texas/OU game.
  17. Of course. It is an honor to get a degree from the great University of Texas!
  18. Texas has standards.....academic standards
  19. Texas-OU Weekend T-shirts from when I was on the 40 Acres in the mid-to-late '80's. They no longer fit me....
  20. Similar experience; My wife and I were at Parent Orientation in 2010 as my daughter was an entering freshman in the School of Natural Sciences. The Dean was addressing the parents and scaring the crap out of most of the parents. I graduated from UT in 1988 and I was even scared of what he was saying! He told the parents to look to their left and to their right. He then said that chances are those parent's kids would not graduate from UT. He went on to tell some funny and scary antics of what some students do in school concerning grades. He mentioned that one of the reasons that there is security at graduation is because of family fights. Some students say they are graduating when in fact they had been lying and actually will not walk. Some students have been telling their parents they are graduating with honors when actually they are barely graduating. The law is there to prevent severe repercussions! For the record, my daughter graduated from UT in 2014.
  21. Enjoying the tranquility of a nice, Fall, country, Northeast Texas day outside.... TEXAS!!!!
  22. With more faster and bigger people chasing me I would be faster too! Maybe he is as fast as he needs to be.
  23. I run into Brando from time to time flying into and out of the Shreveport Airport. We have exchanged pleasantries and minor small talk in the past. After his latest display of disdain for the Horns we will have a more pointed conversation next time.
  24. You see all of that blubber and sweat over there; scares you to death.
  25. A win is a win is a win. -Fred Akers
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