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  1. 40 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

    On a flight yesterday, an old dude sitting in front of me was talking with the guy across the aisle. Within 30 seconds of introducing himself, he said he was an aggy. WTF is up with these guys. No one gives a shit. I don’t think I’ve ever said “I’m a Longhorn” unless the conversation was about college or college sports.

    Is all part of the mystical aggy network. Young couple moved in across the street a couple months ago. My wife (no pics) went over to greet them and leave some cookies or something. Next day, the girl comes over to thank us, I open the door, she introduces herself and mentions her husbands name. Second sentence out of her mouth is *we went to A&M". I'm thinking wtf, I hadn't even said my name yet. 

  2. 40 minutes ago, TheBryMan81 said:

    NC State Wolfpack

    Stanford Cardinal (triggered)

    North Texas Mean Green

    Marshall Thundering Herd 

    Harvard Crimson 

    Alabama Crimson Tide

    Tulane... Green Wave?

    Northern Illinois Wolfpack?

    Syracuse Orange

    Nevada Wolfpack

    North Dakota State Bison 

     

    That's what I got off the top of my head... what did I miss?

    Irish & Illini

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  3. The lack of reviews of the game clinching review-able ones are the most egregious in my opinion. However, one that I haven't seen mentioned here is the false start in one of the OTs, where Williams stepped forward before the snap, then took the handoff over the left side for a nice gain. On showing the replay, even the announcers said that aggy "got away with one there."

  4. 1 hour ago, JimmyJames said:

    The “Don’t stop believing” and “livin on a prayer” moments were great last night. Because they were totally unscripted and spontaneous, and because it was the students who led both of it. It was really fun to watch and great to see in person. The internet poster olds and cynical gen x’rs need to take a time out. I think it inspired the team even more, not that they really needed it. 

    Someone mentioned it upstream I believe, but they would totally screw it up next year if Bob Cole gets on there and says something scripted like  "Alright Longhorn fans, get your phones out and hook-ems up, it's time to sing"......

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  5. 23 minutes ago, Hooky Hornstein said:

    I like the stadium experience and ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ is cool but since there are millions of songs, thousands of Texas artists and hundreds of songs about Texas, I sometimes wonder why we can’t tap into a more unique selection of songs that are bit less like the same songs played at so many other stadiums and more personal to Austin, Texas.

    Back in the day, before Jerry built the death star, they'd play Willie's "mommas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys" at Texas Stadium, and that always was a hit with the crowd.

  6. Watching the game in person has become as annoying as watching an NBA game these days, where the PA announcer is over the top and talking way too much. Bob Cole is probably a nice guy, and has the  baritone pipes to do PA, but someone must have told him to add the gravelly exclamations to every call, which is now in my head and disallowing me to enjoy the atmosphere. Too much info and talking during play -- we don't need "herrrre weeee gooo" while the kicker is approaching the tee on kickoff.

  7. Kevin Sherringon opinion article on this topic today in Dallas Morning News -- top story on front page of Dallas Morning News SportsDay:

    Spoiler

    The Longhorns used to have NFL talent all over the roster. What happened?

    Among the great mysteries of this young season is how Texas could lose to a team without its head coach and barely hold off Tulsa, not to mention we can't seem to find that cake Charlie Strong baked.

    And don't even get us started on the difference between this week's Texas-USC game and the one for the ages.

    But it's really not so hard to figure what's up. Tom Herman told us as much this summer.

    Asked at Big 12 media days how many difference-makers he had, he stalled, then said, "Some."

    Better answer: Not nearly as many as Texas used to have. And it's not hard to see what happened to them.

    Recruiting experts may disagree, but the best way to judge talent is to see what the NFL thinks. Generally speaking, a College Football Playoff appearance is followed by a boom in the draft. And that's not because the NFL likes trophies. It's because talent usually wins.

    For instance: Forty-five Texas players who competed in the aughts, a decade Mack Brown remembers fondly, were drafted from 2002-11. A dozen were first-rounders.

    For an idea of how far Texas has fallen, from the '12 draft through last spring, 17 Texas players have been drafted. Only two were first-rounders.

    So what happened to all those great players Texas once produced? Did they go to Oklahoma, which still competes for the CFP regularly? Not really. The NFL selected 49 Sooners in 2002-11 drafts. Since then, the pros have taken 36, which puts Oklahoma pretty much on schedule for the rest of this decade, though they're behind on first-rounders, 11-2.

    The real difference is spread out among Texas' former Southwest Conference pals here in the Lone Star State.

    With the exception of Texas Tech, which definitely feels the post-Mike Leach effect, the rest of the old SWC guard from Texas is doing better in the draft. Some significantly better.

    Probably your first thought was that TCU must be way up in draft picks this decade. Just the other day, an anonymous former Big 12 coach told ESPN there were "four, maybe five guys at Texas who could play for TCU."

    Let that sink in: Not even a half-dozen Longhorns could play regularly for Gary Patterson.

    But, really, Gary is just doing what Gary does. The talent may be better in Fort Worth these days, but the results are the same in the draft. Twenty-three Frogs were picked from 2002-11. The number since? Sixteen and counting.

    The single-biggest reason in Texas or Oklahoma for the talent drain in Austin is just up the road in Waco, where Baylor has had 20 players taken since the '11 draft. That's three more than Texas and eight more than the Bears had from 2002-11. Baylor also leads Texas in first-rounders, 3-2.

    Now you know why so many Baylor fans were sorry to see Art Briles go.

    Houston, Rice, SMU and Texas A&M have already matched or exceeded their number of NFL picks from 2002-11. SMU (10) has twice as many, which accounts for the fact that Chad Morris works at Arkansas now.

    On the other hand, no coach in Texas or Oklahoma has produced more first-round picks since '11 than Kevin Sumlin, with eight. His total of 25 picks overall beats the 23 that A&M produced from 2002-11, also.

    Yet, with the exception of the Johnny Football Era, the Aggies couldn't rise past mediocre under Sumlin.

    Among the possible conclusions:

    1.) Sumlin was in over his head, which might explain his 0-2 start at Arizona, including a 45-18 loss to Houston.

    2.) The SEC is a tough place to play.

    3.) Jimbo Fisher was left more than we reckoned, explaining how he came so close to beating Clemson.

    Whatever you make of what's happening in College Station, it appears far more promising than the situation in Austin. Texas fans simply weren't accustomed to this sort of thing back in Mack's heyday.

    Not only were they used to seeing Longhorns drafted, they expected to see them play on Sundays.

    Besides the dozen first-rounders from 2002-11, Texas also had six taken in the second round, nine in the third and six in the fourth. All those totals exceed what they've done in each round since.

    Of course, I suppose it's possible that Herman can still catch up. Simply needs to average nine picks in each of the next three drafts.

    Or one draft like 1984, when the NFL picked 18 Longhorns. That's right. Eighteen. You could look it up.

    Also explains how Fred Akers came within a muffed punt of winning a national title in '83.

    Chances seem pretty good that Herman is not going to beat Fred's single-season record on draft picks. Unless he can start reversing state-wide trends, he's going to have to coach 'em up a little better. Maybe a lot.

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