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Jacob McCandles

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  1. 56 minutes ago, honolulu horn said:

    Just read about her. Goddamned American hero. 

    Reading that transcript of her call to the ground...holy shit. 

    Just Googled all of the names from the sign. Powerful stuff. The Sooner/retired military/head of security at Morgan Stanley is credited with saving 2600+ lives by ignoring the Port Authority's direction to stay at your desks in Tower 2 and Building 5 (after Tower 1 was hit). He had actually gamed out the scenario. RIP to all of the heroes and victims from that day.

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  2. 22 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    Ok...

    Hoping it's Fields signing, since it'd be weird to do this for a commit, and it's hard to think of an on-field thing that would justify it.

    Based on the change in background, I am thinking black unis ... 

    Whatever.  Just win.

     

  3. 39 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

    I think this the major sticking point for some. I'm guessing the players and all black people do not agree with you. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe there is some that say the song has evolved since then. But I think the people wanting the song gone do not think the delivery can be separated from the song. You may use any analogy you want to try and separate the two, but I just don't think you're going to convince one side. 

    Other than Mitchell leaving the field prior to The Eyes last season during one game, I am not aware of other complaints/concerns/whatever being raised about the song in the 50 years since Texas had an integrated football team (no time to look up when other sports integrated, but presume about the same time); if anyone knows of other instances, I'd like to hear them. To me, the lack of prior "protests" is some evidence that the song has evolved. Statements from former players, like the one from Brian Jones, are another. Nevertheless, I agree that the side wanting The Eyes gone will never agree with me (and perhaps others) that there is a difference between the song and the delivery, or that the meaning/connotation/purpose of the song might have evolved over the past 117 years.  

  4. 1 hour ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

    The Cowboy's minstrel shows were not the first minstrel shows at Texas.

    I know. I was responding to a poster who asked if "“The Eyes” was exclusively a minstrel/black faced Cowboys application for an extended period of time". It was not, as the song pre-dates the organization by 20 years. As best as I can tell, the facts got blurred when the professor filmed part of his "history of racism at UT" video at the Cowboy Pavilion at the Alumni Center, and noted that the Cowboys organized minstrel shows and The Eyes was first performed at a minstrel show. Perhaps he did not bother to check the actual timeline or ignored the actual timeline in order to help his cause (i.e. it is much easier to garner support by pointing at an organization with a history of suspensions vs. "the Varsity Minstrel Show", which likely has been defunct for 80 years). Once the professor's video hit social media, it ran like wildfire and became "true." That one inaccuracy in the timeline changed the narrative to make it one of modern-day, institutional racism (i.e. The Eyes was first performed at the Cowboy Minstrel Show, which included performers in black-face as late as the 1960's, continued into at least the mid 1980's, and was organized by a University-sponsored spirit organization in existence until 2019).

    Do I think The Eyes is racist? No. Based on my review of the facts, I believe the song was written by students to poke fun at the University president at the time. Like students of all generations, they used then-relevant music and forums to deliver the parody. The delivery does not make the song racist; it makes the delivery racist. If Waylon and Willie sang Luckenbach in black-face, it wouldn't make the song racist; but they'd be cancelled (as the kids say), although Kimmel, Fallon, Behar, Stern, and others have been pardoned, so who knows. I am all for condemning the original delivery. Put a message on the University's Web page about Texas Traditions condemning the delivery and providing links to organizations committed to ending racism. But also announce to everyone that, as others have mentioned, setting aside any debate as to its origins, The Eyes at some point organically morphed into a song/ceremony that serves to unite every graduate and fan of The University of Texas at any sporting event or University program/gathering. 

     

     

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  5. 1 hour ago, Veerbone said:

    Separate note:

    Anyone know if “The Eyes” was exclusively a minstrel/black faced Cowboys application for an extended period of time or was it a one off &/or blended with several scenarios after that original intro?

    The Eyes was written/first performed in 1903. The Cowboys began in 1922. So, The Eyes was performed for at least 19 years before being performed by The Cowboys or at a Cowboys' minstrel show. It is interesting to me that so much of the debate is focused on who might have done what, or what was the intent of college students, more than 117 years ago, with the most cited "evidence" being an Alcalde article published approximately 80 years after the fact. Ultimately, nothing can (or will) ever be proven as an historical fact one way or the other, which means neither side of the argument is likely to budge. 

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  6. Is there any Baylor Law grad that is not a piece of crap?
    One of the attorneys, perhaps the lead, is UT undergrad; UT law. She is, nevertheless, unpleasant to be around.

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  7. 5 minutes ago, Player said:

    So who were the banditos? Not part of the Fring crew or the Salamanca crew?

    How did they know about the drop?

    When the brothers were walking out of the Salamanca vault with the cash, someone's half face and cell phone are seen and that person says something like "i've got something for you".  Someone on the Salamanca crew appears to be a traitor and probably tipped some other crew off as to the cash and Saul.

    Kim's ill-advised meeting with Lalo is going to lead to her leaving voluntarily or getting erased.

    (Hopefully) Saul losing his car leads to him using the $100,000 fee to buy a Caddy and a personalize plate ...

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  8. 44 minutes ago, JimmyHoffa said:

     

    It's battered wife syndrome. She knows it's wrong and she really shouldn't be involved with him anymore but she just can't walk away. She has no clue what she wants. I thought bringing up marriage was a little lame but I am sure things are going to go from bad to worse for ole Kim. 

    Some of both. She can't walk away, even though she knows it is the right thing to do. So if she is going to stay, she is willing to get hitched in order to be protected from testifying against him.

  9. 19 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    There are tons of mouth breathers in Cleveland and Steelers haters and aggy elsewhere who believe him. There can be a piles of social media posts and posts on TexAgs as evidence. And damages don’t need to be exact in this type of case. An expert of some sort can estimate a dollar figure for reputations damages. The jury can award it, or more, or less. And I doubt Garrett’s attorney would argue “but nobody really believes my client” because it would just support the plaintiff if anything.

    fify

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  10. 35 minutes ago, Tylerocks said:

    I didn't wake up but wife did....Montrose here too.

     

    Do any of y'all remember the Salt Dome explosion in the early 90's?  I think it was in Brenham.

    That was 70+ miles away and rattled my windows in West Houston.  Crazy.

    I thought it was more Columbus/Sealy area, but I remember it well. I slept thru the one last night.

  11. 37 minutes ago, CHEF DIESEL said:

    Possible case in Houston area:

    https://www.fox26houston.com/news/brazos-county-investigating-suspected-coronavirus-case-in-patient-who-traveled-from-china

    "patient met the criteria for coronavirus testing and is being kept isolated at home".

    Yeah this worked so well for Dallas with the guy who had Ebola. He went out shopping at Northpark and coughed all over everyone eating at Maggianos and painted/sprayed a stall brown in the Men's restroom 4 feet high coming out of both ends.

    Brazos Co. ≠ Houston area

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  12. 3 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

    I'm sure extending George isn't the logical financial move at this time, but the fanbase deserves to have him see us through the next era.  

    George ain't resigning here w/o AJ

  13. Aren't there stories of the scoreboard clock at the Dome changing the separator between hours and minutes depending on fastball or off-speed?

    If the clock operator saw fastball = 8▪️15

    If the clock operator saw off-speed = 8:15

  14. 13 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

    Here’s how I see it

     

    Infielders (6): José Altuve, Alex Bregman, Carlos Correa, Yuli Gurriel, Aledmys Díaz, Myles Straw

     

    Outfielders (6): Michael Brantley, George Springer, Josh Reddick, Jake Marisnick, Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker

     

    Catchers (2): Robinson Chirinos, Martín Maldonado

     

    Starting pitchers (4): Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole, Zack Greinke, Wade Miley

     

    Relief pitchers (7): Roberto Osuna, Ryan Pressly, Will Harris, Joe Smith, Héctor Rondón, Chris Devenski, Josh James. A heathy Peacock would replace James or Devenski.

     

    I think that is the ALDS roster, subject to Peacock getting healthy or Abreu getting hot.

    I think they will drop a position player in favor or another P when they get to ALCS

     

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