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35 minutes ago, Ultimate Failure said:
Holy shit, how long did it take you to type that?
I typed it on my phone and it autocorrected to include the accents. Unlike some buffoons who claim that autocorrect is the accidental destroyer of their grammar and spelling on this site (ahem ... @SydneyCarton ), my autocorrect simply exists to add the chef's kisses to my stunning missives.
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1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:
Bobby:
I don't think Texas was prepared on Williams. That tells me that USC and OU have been working him longer. Seems like a really tough pull.
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5 minutes ago, Hornlover said:
Be sure to have your trigger finger ready to post a screed on why The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles are just terrible, humorless movies.
I saw each once when I was little. I remember naked females in Sixteen Candles and some quotes from both, that's it. I have a buddy who is obsessed with all of those movies, but they didn't get hooks into me. Seem like good stuff for folks of a certain age though.
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37 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:
I think an Aggie source that @closetojumping quoted stated that his ankle is still healing which was raising questions about who might start. In fact, as I think about it, I believe it was the head coach himself who said this. Further, medical professionals on this board described how serious the injury and that you don't know if it will heal all the way until it actually does.
I'm not saying Weigman's prospects are dire, but I don't believe they're as assured as you write.
Based on what they're reporting from post practice interviews with The Elk, this is correct. Apparently he cannot go full speed all of the time and he hasn't separated from the other guys who are able to go full throttle. I viewed it as The Elk trying to prod Weigman out of his perceived goldbricking.
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Boy, the last two posts here sailed right over my head.
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3 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:
I was trying to make a joke about their small portions and high prices.
Then my joke is that I don't think you've eaten at either place with that take or you are a gigantic tub of goo with a shadow that weighs forty-two pounds. Both places put out tacos that are trend from normal to extra large in terms of portions.
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Just saw this thread.
From a site business perspective, I would guess that derka still drives plenty of views and activity when he has something to say. Conversely, MotownHorn is a bandwidth draining troll that has never added a single positive contribution to any thread on this site. His handle is even a troll.
I know derka has his issues, and he cannot control his behavior at times which merits time off. But he has interesting things to say. He provides a fun amount of chaos because many simply can't handle his management of his position coupled with Hyperbolic Personality Disorder-driven rants about himself in relation to perceived affronts. Inside of all of that are usually good points for consideration around whatever the subject matter is.
If you took the 5-6 posters who ride his ass all over this board and permabanned them, no one would even notice. Permabanning derka, however, does diminish the value of the content on this site in some form.
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29 minutes ago, Texasborn91 said:Another trill Carter. We need game busters. Norton fills a role, we need a war daddy up front.
This notion of "need" regarding DT has gotten out of hand across the longhorn netdom and the media it follows. We "need" oxygen. The football team "needs" depth and a standout QB. It would be nice to have another anchor at DT for this season. I hope the plans for one come together and Texas has another excellent option on the roster by the summertime.
That said, all aspects of the defense are going to be better around these spots, and that lessens the urgency that many are espousing. Texas has better depth across the board, better experience at every other spot, and better talent everywhere else. There's also quality talent at the DT positions and that talent can be realized. Texas isn't trotting out Alex Norman and Gerald Wilbon on the interior DL this year irrespective of whether they bring another guy in from the portal or not.
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About every 12 months, I’ll be hungry and looking around and see a Velvet Taco near where I work. “I haven’t had that in a while. Why don’t I go there more often?”
45 minutes later as I’m walking out: “I’m never eating that fucked up shit again.”
I don’t ever even ponder entering a Torchy’s.
10 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:I like Velvet Taco better, but they’re both snacks. Too small to be a meal unless you order 5 a la carte tacos at $5.50 each.
Are you a competitive eater or something? If 5 tacos from either place is how you qualify a meal, you’re either that or posting 4+bills and need two chairs for your seating.
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6 hours ago, Beau Vine said:
There is zero chance Canham leaves.
Dumb take.
5 hours ago, Beau Vine said:I will never root for this program again if Vitello is the coach.
I don’t know how we’d manage.
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I assume Canham isn’t the first choice. That said, Beau Vine wants everyone to know his pursuit is fruitless, guys. No way. Canham cannot be money whipped into a conference with a pulse. Not happening.
GTFO and leave the naïveté to new visitors, dipshit.
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5 minutes ago, FreeHorn said:
LSU surprised a lot of people and took a RB from Alabama last week. Plus the Cali RB is trending Ohio State cause he wants a massive NIL.
perfect storm fir Texas to pivot to Simon
Ohio State going big on Davison is like an NFL team trading up into the first round to draft a TB.
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42 minutes ago, blacklab said:
He's a better poster than you are
31 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:cry more. At least you never had to go out of your way and give me therapy
This man deserves a better handle name. JaggyMcJaggerposter would slam and go hard. He’s earned it many times over.
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I see this has surprisingly devolved into the worst active thread on the board right now. Unsurprisingly, BO&W and SydneyCarton are squarely in the middle of it.
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38 minutes ago, Laxtonto said:
I wasn’t expecting that. Whoever lands him pulled one off.
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2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:
Tulo would be a worse hire than the feel good story of Rodney Terry.
Vaughn at Bama would be a super good recruiter and is a good coach. Canham and Bakich are great too.
I hate the guy but Vitello is a hell of a recruiter but again fuck that guy.
The problem with going after SEC guys is that the financial situation for those schools isn't the same as it is for Oregon State or the ACC schools or freaking ECU. I think Canham and Godwin played at the schools they're currently coaching, but that can still be overcome. Hell, Jonathan Smith is coaching at Michigan State right now because Oregon State is permafucked in the go-forward for major athletic programs. Canham might make the most sense, but I think Bakich could win big at Texas.
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1 hour ago, Wally Pryor said:
It's kind of unbelievable how predictably all of this is unfolding. Deion's arrogance in the notion that he's some sort of magnetic force that will simply attract the best and the brightest due to that was only reinforced by the start early last season and all of the adoration.
That didn't translate at all in recruiting, it's starting to seriously lose its luster with the current roster, and the transfer portal this cycle is shit for them. It may turn out that the HC of a program actually has to, you know, put the work in on recruiting, player relationship management, and portal recruiting. That would blow a lot of minds, not the least of which will be Deion's. Then he'll just blame a bunch of other people and mysterious forces working against him and fuck off elsewhere eventually.
This CU 2024, short of a number of portal hail mary completions, is 2-10/3-9 at best and the roster is all his (un)doing.
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8 minutes ago, texifornia said:
I'm sure we'll eventually learn more, but it certainly appears like Brooks is leveraging Texas' NIL and brand prowess to get what he wants from elsewhere. That's how I'm interpreting comments from folks I trust.
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2 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:
Williams, the LB/pass rusher from Lindale is the one I think might have been a NFL All Pro had he kept his head on straight. He was basically a Von Miller clone. My recollection is he got upset about a girl and just quit going to class and team functions.
Andre Jones is probably a multiple year NFL guy and productive citizen had he not been corrupted by Robert Joseph.
McCullough was like already 21 or something when he got on campus. Think he just was not very academically gifted, to say the least. But he could have been an All American.
Timmons had a very tough upbringing.
That's right on McCullough. I think Turner was the 0.0 guy. Aaron Ross is the mirror image to EM. The NCAA really tried to fuck him on technicalities. Glad he and Texas stuck with it, as he became a longhorn great. Hopefully his kids are as amazing as their bloodline and come play at Texas in whatever sports they're excelling.
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5 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:
Either go away for a while until the dust has settled or buckle up.
I don't think talking about decade+ old recruits and failures is the same as lamenting old losses and stuff. Part of why most of us follow recruiting is that the talent acquisition side of things involves character evaluations and the aftermath reviews of those are interesting.
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12 minutes ago, cafe society said:
I'm curious about this too.
Should be obvious, guys. They promoted several folks and expanded their roles, not the least of whom is Brandon Harris. Sarkisian handled the whole thing in ways that smack of overconfidence in the wrong people on that end. Let's all see how it sorts itself out, but there is real risk on some significant fuck ups that can only be classified as unforced errors.
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18 minutes ago, Aleemay said:
Still hopeful that Zeynalova can play postseason
There's video of her doing cardio on the Instagram page and she's been in the prelim singles lineup for the latest matches only to get switched out after the doubles point (which Texas wins most of the time)
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but where do you guys that follow tennis closely see the Texas women's team landing this year? Are they a national title contender? Or more like a sweet 16 kind of team? I know it was up and down for a while but for those who get to see a lot of tennis, where are they now after stringing wins together and getting healthy-ish?
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4 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:
He turned down USC because that job isn't what it once was, and they are stuck in the Stone Age in several areas, including facilities.
Tulo has told people he wants to be a college head coach. Based on my understanding, even in the "year off" he took last year, he was still around the program and coming up to the Disch to help out. I'm sure part of the thinking for re-joining the staff this year was to make sure he stayed involved and around the game in an official capacity as he looked for his next opportunity.
Tulowitzki over Canham, Bakich, Godwin or Walter would be a legendary fuck up. All 4 of those coaches are at programs that cannot counter a serious Texas offer to the HC. Nitpick any one of those guys, fine, but the holes in Tulo's resume are gaping.
I'd happily sacrifice everyone on this thread to the baseball gods with only the use of my bare hands and a plastic spork for Texas to go out and get Bakich.
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3 minutes ago, crash_davis said:
He prob has grandkids by now.
I swear I think someone did a "where are they now?" follow-up years later on the guy and they actually interviewed him.
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19 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:
Didn’t Pickryl have a disintegrating shoulder which helped sideline his football career? Now he’s a successful hospital admin. The other kid from Oklahoma selling drugs was a washout, don’t recall if that was the end of Mack or Charlie era. Edited to clarify Leitao was early Mensa.
The biggest contributor from Oklahoma from the Mack era through Herman's tenure was probably Adam Doiron. He's from Nacogdoches but grew up in Oklahoma. He was a contributor at Texas on the DL and was a nonsense guy in the locker room. Not sure if I am missing anyone else. We could argue that Thompson, for Sarkisian, played a bigger role. Feel like I'm forgetting someone.
And, of course, the big one that Texas missed on, Wes Sims, who led to one of funniest things I've ever seen in my time online following the horns.
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Toia they were waiting on. I'm not critical of Williams being a surprise, btw. Just never heard anything about that one being on anyone's radar.
Before anyone goes there, if one of the Michigan DTs ever goes in, it really doesn't matter what else Texas pulled in or has on the roster. Grant, I think. Maybe either. One of them has been linked to Texas repeatedly though.