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83Horn

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  1. I was sitting on about the 30 yard line on the east side of DKR for a Monday night game against Arkansas. ABC TV had moved the game to September 1 because they wanted the UT/Ark game to be the first televised game of the new decade. There was great energy on campus in the run up to this game, and anticipation for the new season. We destroyed piggie, in what started out to be a very promising, but ultimately disastrous season. I just realized that we are now exactly the same amount of time removed from that game, as that game was removed from Germany's invasion of Poland. No wonder the youngsters think I'm old...I am old...furk.
  2. Ok...so this one's just kind of hanging out there, waiting for someone to smash it. Any takers?
  3. Maybe it's the Kool-aid talking, but I'm thinking we exceed expectations this year. Turtle Tom could coach this team to 8-9 wins, and with our upgrade in coaching, and presumed upgrade in QB play and greater usage of our running game and overall upgrade in play calling, I'm feeling salty about this year. I don't see a guaranteed loss on our schedule, and I'm not as concerned about TCU, ISU, or OK State as some on here, although I guess any of them could be a loss. Winning can be contagious, and I think we're going into the OU game undefeated. My gut is telling me we don't lose more than 2, and I think we can do better than that. F it, I'm calling 10-1 and a trip to the Big XII title game...then again, PTSD tells me I may be disappointed.
  4. My family moved to Houston in 1970, and my dad worked in the then brand-new One Shell. We were all very proud of the fact that dad worked in "the tallest building west of the Mississippi".
  5. To think, I've been waiting 9 months to watch this.
  6. I can't see this GIF without seeing Charlie Strong, Vance Bedford and Wickline...and chuckling.
  7. Mr. Bowlsby, Please provide one example, just one, of these lies that our leaders and top coaches told you. You don't have to identify the source of this lie. Since you spoke to so many people over such an extended period of time, you won't be outing anybody, and you should have numerous examples to share. Just one specific example of a lie would suffice. Otherwise, shut the fuck up, and go fuck yourself, you worthless sack of shit. Thank you. Respectfully, Surly.
  8. It's a long time ago now, but shortly after his death, I remember watching an episode of Tony re-visiting his old haunts in NYC; places he lived, worked, and hang out. I don't know if this was the last complete episode he shot, or just one of the last, but he said something in it that stuck with me. He was visiting with an old friend of his, who was lamenting the fact that all of the old buildings from the neighborhood were being demolished and replaced with shiny new condos. Tony immediately said something along the lines of, "As the owner of one of those condos, am I part of the problem?" I have since wondered if part of Tony's depression stemmed from the belief that he had become that which he spent a large part of his adulthood and professional life despising and ridiculing; a very big, very famous, and very rich celebrity out of touch with common people? I believe he had a genuine love for common people, and it's too bad he couldn't see that so many people felt the same way towards him.
  9. I usually find RJ Young kind of tedious to listen to, as he tends to wander off topic, but occasionally, he makes a good point. Here he takes issue with the notion that Texas and OU are going to find out out it's like to play "real" football once they join the SEC, and he's right...I think those goobers in our new neighborhood have no clue what's about to hit them in the face once we move in.
  10. Isn't John Saunders the guy who was crapping all over Texas all that season, pushing Virginia Tech as more worthy of matching up with USC? They guy's dead now, so I'll refrain from saying, "Fuck that guy."
  11. It is going to be so freakin' LOUD in there.
  12. The answer to life's ultimate question
  13. Hmmm...seems a bit light. You're saying that in no game will he gain more than 139 yards? Last year, he never carried the ball more than 16 times, and went for 172 and 183 in his last two games. If Sark is going to give him the ball between 18-22 times a game, and maybe as many as 30 time a game, I can see Bijan getting much closer to 2K yards this season.
  14. There's a reason not much was going on where you were: From Wiki: "The event took place on Winston Farm, just west of Saugerties, New York, about 100 miles (160 km) north of New York City and 70 miles (110 km) northeast of the original 1969 festival site near Bethel, which had 12,000 on hand to celebrate the silver anniversary.."
  15. I kind of miss Danger Snax...whatever happened to that guy?
  16. They're Nazis, Dude?
  17. Not a fan of the Redskins WFT, but glad to see this: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/ron-rivera-is-impressed-with-samuel-cosmi-after-first-practice-in-pads/ar-AAMW3x0?ocid=hplocalnews
  18. Paging Mr. Phlem...Mr. Phlem to the white courtesy phone. It has never been the Red River Shootout/Showdown, etc. That name was manufactured by the TV networks to try to hype a game that needs no additional hype. It is the Texas/OU game. That name says it all.
  19. First game as a student, or as a fan? Student - 1979, Rice, first time in DKR, night game, crowd larger than I had ever seen and louder than I had ever heard, and I was in awe of it all. Fan - 1978 @ Rice, my sister, who was a junior at the time, (no pics) got a ticket for me. First memory is of the Longhorn Band entering Rice Stadium, it seemed like it would never end..there were so many of them. Also remember the first time they played Texas Fight, as my high school used the same tune for their fight song, but it never sounded so loud, and impressive as it did at that game. LHB also played it much faster than my high school. Good times.
  20. Absolutely this. The ability to watch every Longhorn home game, with Zeke and Keith calling, more than made up for any other shortcomings of the LHN. I'm going to miss it, especially with the move to the SEC.
  21. Are they tits, or it is ass my dude?
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