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  1. Just now, Kilgorehorn said:

    We were proud of the fact that we only lost one bomber during my time and it was a pilot error crash on a low-level bombing run on a training mission.

    That's a great thing to be proud of, indeed. Thank you for your service, Kilgorehorn. It's incredible to think that that enormous plane is still in service 66 years after its introduction. 

    My father and my wife's father were both proud Air Force pilots and both flew combat missions.

  2. 19 hours ago, Randolph Duke said:

    aggy culture produces graduates with well defined weaknesses in their educations. Their obsessiveness toward their perceived importance of bonding social capital discourages aggys from questioning authority. aggys are taught to be obsequious, submissive and to accept all teachings as fact. As a result they lack intellectual curiosity and an ability to perform basic critical thinking.

    This defect is not as much a hindrance in areas where rote learning is employed. aggys do well as engineering disciplines where memorizing formulas and code rules. Where aggy suck is when they are called on to determine if the facts they have been given are correct, or in situations where they need to process incomplete information and arrive at a reasoned conclusion. 

    They struggle when they have to deal with other cultures, when creatively is needed or when independent thought is required. 

    In those narrow areas such as simple application of hard sciences, an aggy can be quite capable. But when intellectual thought is required, the aggy culture and aggy as a school produces some of the most useless individuals to every be granted a diploma. 

    aggy is pretty much a technical trade school for mid to lower level white collar professionals, and for higher trained blue collar professionals in select industries. People wanting a broad, intellectual education do not even consider aggy. Those who want a degree that gives them a shot at making $100k some day without having to use their brains flock to aggy. 

    Like everywhere else, they are home to some terrific individuals, as well as losers. 

  3. 18 minutes ago, Kilgorehorn said:

    I was on the flight line  on Okinawa recovering B52s when this game was played. It was the middle of the night on Okinawa and I was driving a panel truck coordinating maintenance on several bombers. I had a pocket-sized transistor radio hanging near my head so I could listen to the game on Armed Forces Radio. AFR lost their phone connection with Texas trailing 14-8 and didn't get it restored until 2 hours after the game was over. I spent that 2 hours convinced that Texas had lost and went absolutely apeshit when they finally relayed the final score.
     

    That finally solves the long-standing mystery of the B52 that crashed and dropped four H-bombs into the ocean. 

  4. On 6/19/2018 at 2:56 PM, Caver60 said:

    When I was about 12, I was home for the summer and watching PBS. They had a fund drive going, and they showed this game in its entirety.

    I’d always been a Texas fan. My mom got three degrees from Texas and I watched Earl as a younger kid. But I’d never really known anything about this game other than that we won the 1969 National Championship.

    So watching the game, knowing the outcome but not the story, was magical. The way the game was going, I just couldn’t see how Texas would ultimately win. And then that pass to Peschel! I’m not sure I celebrated any harder 20 years later when I watched Vince run it in.

    If you haven’t watched this game, find a way. Thanks, ctj. Great post.

    Insanely, I also first saw the game on a PBS fund-drive broadcast. We lived in San Antonio at the time. 

  5. On 6/20/2018 at 8:36 PM, Longhorn94 said:

    i dont know about yall but, call me crazy, i know this will surprise most of you, but Card looks pretty good to me!

     

    So Longhorn94, are you the LT guy?  Guessing from this comment, you quite possible are. For some reason, I thought it was Lawnghorn.

  6. 11 hours ago, RowdyVic said:

    ^^Gotta pay off that gambling debt somehow.

    I wouldnt piss on the cocksucker if he was on fire.


     

    Just IM him at his rehab center if you change your mind. 

  7. 16 hours ago, Gigglebush said:

    Remember when Shane Buchele broke Colt Mccoy's school record for most passing yards by a freshman with 2,958 passing yards and 21 passing touchdowns? I member.

    I'm glad he accomplished that.  

  8. 4 minutes ago, Eggo said:

    Calm down. I was responding to @TreatyOak's assertion that Thompson was unsure of his throwing in HS. I'm saying it's pretty hard to judge based on lesser competition. All this being said, we're talking about long term, overall career success, and I still think he can become the better of the two in college. 

    I may also be guilty of bias. Watching Thompson, I assumed he was a prototypical dual-threat QB, whereas Rising seems more a like a traditional pocket QB and that Rising is a better pure passer. As Lawnghorn stated, it's too early to judge either but it sure makes the off-season a whole lot more bearable.  

  9. 5 minutes ago, Eggo said:

    Yeah Thompson wasn't tossing a lot in high school because he probably knew he could make more plays with his feet against inferior opponents. In the spring game with a very limited playbook, some of his throws looked like money...some not so much, but there's definitely room to work. I understand these are HIGHlights and not his bad plays, but cmon...Heard never threw with that kind of touch. 

    P.S. Mack Brown doesn't like Kansas on Thanksgiving. 

     

     

    Heard should starts. 
    VY should starts in Hamilton. 
    Who would want to face 70,000 screaming Kansas fans at Thanksgiving?

  10. 19 minutes ago, UT Lawnghorn said:

    I'd tentatively pick Rising over Thompson. 

    I'd much more confidently pick Sam over Shane, although I think both will be relied on this year.  If Sam can cut down his turnovers/bone head plays even just by half this year, he'll be a significantly better option than Shane.  Sam moved the ball much better than Shane did last year.  Also, Sam fits what the staff wants to run better and Herman/Beck showed last year they're not very willing to adjust what they want to do.

    Lawnghorn, I am looking forward to when your LT QB Card gets here. That boy can ball, and this is coming from a Westlake homer. 

  11. 8 minutes ago, UT Lawnghorn said:

    I'd tentatively pick Rising over Thompson. 

    I'd much more confidently pick Sam over Shane, although I think both will be relied on this year.  If Sam can cut down his turnovers/bone head plays even just by half this year, he'll be a significantly better option than Shane.  Sam moved the ball much better than Shane did last year.  Also, Sam fits what the staff wants to run better and Herman/Beck showed last year they're not very willing to adjust what they want to do.

    Great post. I'd also pick Rising over Thompson simply because Thompson looked less sure throwing the ball in HS.  Of course, it's hard to say how they will develop and Thompson looked like he had an extra gear in the Spring game. (which can come in handy knowing our line, lulz)  

    I also prefer Sam, but I am biased, having watched him develop since Pop Warner. I am hoping he cuts down on his turnovers, but as it has been noted on this site, Favre, whom is his idol, never entirely eliminated his mistakes. Sam is a gambler by nature and will pull off incredible plays, but his style will always have risk associated with it. IMHO, it IS fair to compare Sam to VY or Colt, simply because he is the first QB since Colt that has exhibited the same kind of moxie.

    Has there ever been an era of such forgettable QB in UT history since Colt has left?  

    Is there anyone else here besides me who thinks that Colt's greatest play was his tackle of the OU DB who picked off his pass and preserved our victory?   

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