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On 8/5/2025 at 10:01 AM, Herbie Hancock said:
I’m not. I mean, I’m here, just not for him. I am here in hopes of watching him spiral further when it’s finally outed that he is the secret bastard love child of Ketch and Plonsky. So, maybe I am here for him?
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59 minutes ago, Magus Ossis said:
believe it or not, we sometimes leave an "internal brace" to reinforce some ligament surgeries we do, though they look nothing like the braces a normal person would imagine
In baseball known as Tommy John Lite.
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22 minutes ago, texifornia said:
Jesus Christ, just go look at a stats site for yourself. Don't outsource your whole brain.
The Ignore feature works wonders.
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On 7/29/2025 at 8:04 PM, Park Gothic said:
My first Jarmusch movie and I’ve loved him ever since. His movies aren’t always great but I always enjoy them.
I was sophomore at Austin High but a lot my friends had graduated and were freshmen at Texas. We all went to see it at the Dobie one night and as the “little kid” in the group, they all convinced me it was real. In my head I knew they were full of shit, but when the movie started I got completely immersed. I was just old enough to enjoy it but young enough to still be sucked in.
CTJ is right though, people who didn’t see it in the theater won’t understand the effect it had on people. In fact, with the ubiquity of found footage and prevalence of spoilers on the internet, I don’t think any movie will be able to catch people the way the BWP did ever again.
Maybe I was jaded having worked in the motion picture industry, but Blair Witch Project was a bore. Woody Allen's Shadows and Fog was too. Moving a film camera to create a sense of unease isn't special and requires no talent. It's like getting sea sick. The Blair Witch Project only provided interest in the final scene, which despite the many years I won't spoiler. The Haunting is far scarier taking the opposite effect of the camera remaining on a single atmospheric shot and allowing the viewer's imagination to fill in the gaps.
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On 7/29/2025 at 4:46 PM, Bevo said:
Where was the on campus movie theater and what was it called? I never went there sober but I vaguely remember watching Eraserhead and Basket Case there.
I was a student from 1978-82. There was the theatre in the student union, above the rec center. Batts Hall used to show movies on weekends, as did Jester Auditorium semi-regularly. Dobie during that period was two screens, larger than the screen after the renovation. Even rarer was the movie screened in the Burdine Auditorium. The Varsity Theatre was at 24th & Guadalupe, which later and sadder became a Tower Records. On the Drag down between Wallace's Book Store and Quackenbush's (reference point, Quackenbush's wasn't there then) was the Texas Theatre, which showed porn films.
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On 7/29/2025 at 10:20 AM, Bodacious Bevo said:
I fully expect the defense to be elite and have never said otherwise. I opted for brevity in my post above but I can go into detail.
I don’t think we’ll force as many turnovers. 22 INTs last year was the most we’ve had in 15 years (side note: 25 in 14 games in 2009 is absurd). We had 16 twice since then with a typical number being 10-15 (more games now means a slight uptick in expected number of course). Taaffe is the only DB that has shown similar to instincts to Barron and Mukuba, which can be developed but is also something that will often show immediately in the elite guys (like Barron in 2022).
Beyond our personnel, this defense could also be worse statistically without an actual drop in quality due to the step up in QB play we’re likely to see this year. And I don’t mean that to take away anything from last year’s defense. They were awesome. I can’t stress enough that this is not a ‘they ain’t played nobody’ post. We just might not get the same gifts from Sayin and Lagway that we got from literal walk-ons a year ago.
Of course there are reasons for optimism. Atticus mentioned McDonald and Williams. I really like both of them. Williams particularly seems like a guy that creates turnovers, including fumbles. I still remember Sark talking him up as a future first rounder in his ‘23 signing day press conference and he’s been great when he’s played. I’d add Hill and Lefau in there as well. Jaylan Ford led the team in INTs in 2022 because he was so good at pass drops. Hill and Lefau had 1 each last year and could easily combine for a couple more due to continued improvements in drops (Hill) and increased playing time (Lefau).
Point is, we’re going to develop guys and have an awesome defense but I’m expecting the INT number to drop a bit towards the 1/game number, which is still good.
And to the other end of the turnover and field position discussion, our defense stands to benefit from fewer short fields due to our own turnovers, missed field goals, and blocked/fake punts. It was pretty incredible how well the defense held up when put into bad situations last year.
We'll force more turnover because QBs are going to be getting rid of the ball before the play calls for it. And because continued pressure and hits will force fumbles from said QBs. Our DTs are going to be better than last year. We don't have any questionable talents like we did going into last year. Alex January is going to be better (before he's through) than Collins, Broughton and anyone not named Sweat and Murphy. And I'm not positive on that. I shit you not, we're going to terrify offenses this season. The only game I think we might lose is at tOSU, just because it's the first game. And we probably win that one. And then Katie bar the door.
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My parents loaded up the entire brood when I was 5 and took us to see 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and whew boy, that giant squid made my sleep pure torture for several weeks. Seeing Old Yeller for the first time was traumatic too, albeit in a different way.
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People underestimated pretty much everything sans kickoff returns about Golden last year. And to the Whittington work ethic and leadership, OTF has said that Moore is the first one at practice and the last to leave. All I'm saying is, let's see. Jackson seems pretty good at WR development.
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1 hour ago, LTtxfan said:It's more than just a question of the"individual talent" of the 2025 secondary... the way the 2024 unit played together was critical for their success. Having 5 talented players in your secondary doesn't guarantee success if they don't play together, play their assignments and play intelligently.
Barron + Taaffe + Mukuba kept that secondary tight and in the right places/coverages -- gonna be interesting to see how well this year's secondary plays as a unit together.
Taaffe is back. Practice reports say that he isn't allowed to call the signals much of the time so everybody learns to recognize and make those calls. We have several coaches devoted to just the secondary. We have - by my count - 16 scholarship players in the secondary, and those scholarships are hard-earned. They are aggressive, intelligent, coached-up and hungry. Our entire defense is going to be a fucking abattoir. Think '85 Bears.
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3 hours ago, Nope said:
Definitely, but don’t undersell how much it will help to have QB run option, in terms of opening up holes for our backs. There will be added hesitation on every handoff to make sure Arch isn’t about to do a 70 yard dash.
I don't think run blocking is the worry.
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52 minutes ago, Thiefery said:
He gave ou a silent back on his OV... Bet his family realized after the high off that visit wore off.. That long term Texas is the best spot. Still kinda surprised he dropped his dream school, Florida from his list
Maybe they maxed out their DL/EDGE budget on Guervil.
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On 7/25/2025 at 10:18 AM, BurntOrange&White said:
Who is the last obese coach to win a national title? Bowden in 99? Was he even fat in 99?
Bowden wasn't ever what I would call fat for a 70 year-old man. You could fit two of him in that Elko wardrobe. I mean, Elko requires a parade permit just to leave the house.
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12 hours ago, Billy Pilgrim said:
The episode where the guy who loves to read goes into a bank vault to read during his lunch break and survives a nuclear war is greatness. Don’t want to spoil the ending.
Time Enough at Last
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Things have changed somewhat on the Arkie end. Gone are the days of Hillbilly U. They actively recruit good students now. I was there as a 10 year-old in '69 and witness to horrors in addition to being accosted by a grown ass man who cussed me out. That never happened at Kyle Field (the aggies were nice to kids) or even Jones Stadium. But you're correct that Arkie was second in rivalry behind OU. Hell, OU fans at the fair were nicer to me than fucking Arkies were. I just don't think the new generation of Hogs feels the same hatred.
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2 hours ago, SL Xpress said:
Stahp it! I'm not one of those who even engaged in that silly discussion.
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USC is in over its head and will drown. Winfield, Bowman, Wafle come on down. Benjamin, Henderson, Lott, what you want Texas has got. Malakai, Michigan is fine but Austin is better; we've got your ties and your kind of weather.
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9 hours ago, UTEE97 said:
Is this going to be another announcement where the recruit is not seriously considering us but will have fun throwing our hat down?
This is a recruit asking Texas to up their offer.
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You would think after all these years of SEC bagmen and their "Gentlemen's Agreement" (not to be confused with that imaginary covenant that aggies whine about) Georgia fans would have some insight or at least a pragmatic understanding of things, but apparently not. I've never known or met a Georgia fan, unless you count the members of the B52s, whom I got to party with back around 1982. None of them seemed interested in sports.
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2 hours ago, Redneck Mutha said:
Mike Leach laid the foundation for everything to run through Lubbock.
Yeah, but he burned the map on his way to Pullman.
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2 hours ago, Chooky said:
Fades to Xavier Worthy in close games made me want to shave my head and bite into a cocktail glass and chew it like popcorn.
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5 hours ago, kevwun said:
A good rule of thumb for qb recruits is that you are most likely to only sign an elite one every other year. It will be 2028 for us because of Bell. I think Sark talked to Phillip and they concluded our depth chart was a non-starter.
Gerry and Bobby have been saying for a while that they didn't think Philip Rivers would send his kid to a crowded qb room.


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Not the right thread for this, but this morning Bobby and Gerry were hinting at portal news and said they would have an update this afternoon. Anybody know anything? @closetojumping @FreeHorn @someguy?