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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
statsman replied to texifornia's topic in š¤«$9.95š¤«
You played it right. It just doesnāt go as well with the nice guys. Horn: āMan, that Sherrill may have been a good coach, but he was one creepy dude, wasnāt he?ā Nice old Ag: āI named my daughter, Jackie, after himā. -
I pretty much but, in hardcopy, any grownup (and some kids) book about Longhorn football. I was going to ask if anyone could recommend the Unlang coffee table book, āTexas is Backā, but, who am I kidding? Iām going to buy it. Anyway- categories and recommendations: Books by era: Sarkisian: the Umlang book, and the book the AAS issued last year to recap the Big XII years. Herman: unaware of any books Strong: Mac Engel wrote a book covering one weekend of HS, college and pro football in DFW. That TCU prick fully expected OU to drill Texas that one Fall Saturday in 2015. Ha! Brown: Probably the Brown/Little (mostly Little) āOne Heartbeatā. Mackovic: there is a coffee table book āTexas Longhorn Football Todayā, heavy on pictures. Thatās about it. McWilliams: āBleeding Orangeā by Bohls/Maher. Akers: āThe Courtship of Marcus DuPreeā by Willie Morris is the best we have. Short on real Longhorn info, heavy on literary quality. Royal: a ton of books. The best two were ghostwritten by Blackie Sherrod- āDarrell Royal Talks Footballā and āI Play to Winā (Freddie Steinmark). (I bought Dave Campbellās copy of the former from his estate sale- the Sherrod quip by his signature is āThis was a real ālabor of lootāā. Price: nada Cherry: he wrote an article in the Saturday Evening Post, called āWhy I Quit Footballā with more insight (and bitching) than most books. Bible: āChampionship Footballā by DX Bible- a hard slog.
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I think a true āHail Maryā is a long pass (think Staubach to Pearsonā against the Vikings in 1976) that wins the game at the very end. Phillips to Speyrer against UCLA in 1970 may be closest (even though UCLA had a few seconds at the end, and this happened before the first official āHail Maryā, see above). Stanford to Jones against Arky wasnāt too long, but it did end the game. It was a lot of fun, too, because the favored Hogs had led the whole way and really expected to win.
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
statsman replied to texifornia's topic in š¤«$9.95š¤«
Itās a shame they havenāt played any games where a play call going different could affect a championship, since Rice in 1957. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
statsman replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
Sure. In a similar situation, 20 years earlier, in an ESPN gameday bout with peak KSU, RS freshman VY came in and did just enough to lead the Horns to victory (along with an excellent defense). I was there- Texas didnāt light up the scoreboard, but the offense was clearly better with VY in than with Mock at QB, even though it was clearly a more limited offense. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
statsman replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
Posted before, but Klattās podcast on the UGA game, right after, said (paraphrase) āThere are two reasons to pull a quarterback- to replace him, or to give him a chance to collect himself. Sarkās pulling of Ewers was the latter, butā¦each of Sark, Ewers and Manning knew that if Manning played well, Ewers wasnāt going back in.ā -
Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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Itās hard to decide between Ryan Williams and Jeremiah Smith -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
statsman replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
I should have known. Thatās why this site is so down on Ewers. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
statsman replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
What does this even mean? -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
statsman replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
-he has excellent ball placement (position and velocity) on short and intermediate throws -he can make nice throws on the move or off balance -excellent fakes -good locker room guy -
Senior Citizen Issues - Assisting Your Parents
statsman replied to ROFL BOX's topic in Can You Help Me With This?
I will share a more positive senior story. My dad enlisted in the army at 16, in 1952, going full active duty after graduating HS. At the time, the army said that if you enlisted, and retired, you would have healthcare for life at no cost. Not for spouses, just the soldiers. Of course, years later, Uncle Sam tried to claw that back. A MOH winner sued, and won: https://www.military.com/militaryadvantage/2012/05/is-there-a-promise-of-free-health-care-for-life?amp Retirees who enlisted before 1958 get free healthcare for life. It doesnāt have to be from VA system. When a doctor tells him he should go to the ER, Dad says, āCall an ambulanceā. Everything is paid for. In an argument with him, my sister threatened to ignore his medical DNR preference and keep him plugged into machines forever, keeping those retirement checks coming while he is comatose (she was joking, ⦠I think). He has a unique situation and we are grateful for it. -
Senior Citizen Issues - Assisting Your Parents
statsman replied to ROFL BOX's topic in Can You Help Me With This?
Wow. I think you know- that is quite a commitment that you have taken on. You didnāt ask for advice, but Iām going to offer some (and it occurs to me, I need to start discussing this with my wife, about my MIL)- You mention not wanting to move her into assisted living, for fear that will accelerate the inevitable decline. I get that. There are different stages of decline, and different levels of assisted living to correspond: Medical help available Regular medical care provided Memory care My recommendation is that you decide now, while she doesnāt need to go into assisted living, at what point she will have to go. If you decide now, while there is no pressure bearing down, it might be easier to act on it later, when needed. And maybe your choice is that she never goes into assisted living. Itās your choice, after all (I assume you have POA). Good luck and God bless. -
Senior Citizen Issues - Assisting Your Parents
statsman replied to ROFL BOX's topic in Can You Help Me With This?
MIL, as I mentioned, is almost 90. She lives 5-10 minutes away, by herself. We think itās probably about time she stop driving. When we brought the topic up, she was not thrilled with the idea (plus, it will be a huge pain in the ass for us to drive her around. Iām not sure how she would take to Uber, but Iām not optimistic). At some point, she may need to move in with us. She is adamant about not wanting to move to a ārest homeā, plus her income is about $5k per month short of what is needed for a decent one. She has some savings, but two years in a home will take care of that. (She has two other children. They are too finely attuned to their own livesā needs to help). All of this is shared just to get to- āThanks for this thread. It helps to see how others handle things.ā -
Over 25 years ago, we all posted on the Austin360 board, with forums for Texas, TAMU and OU (a couple others), until each fanbase kind of peeled off on their own. On the Ag forum, there was this long form parable about how new Texas coach Mack Brownās success could be likened to a new cheater moving into the neighborhood, taking away the honest earnings of a good kid (this would be Slocum), and how good would inevitably triumph over evil. It was hilarious. Especially if you knew that Slocum was the bag man for Ag recruiting in the ā80s.
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Senior Citizen Issues - Assisting Your Parents
statsman replied to ROFL BOX's topic in Can You Help Me With This?
My MIL is near 90. She lives in a newish house we bought for her, about ten minutes away. Nicest, sweetest lady in the world. She needed a new mounted microwave, so I ordered it and was there for the Home Depot installation. She just stood there and stared at those guys the entire time they were installing it, never looking or walking away. It was the damndest thing. I figured it was something her parents must have taught her about handymen or tradespeople many decades ago? I wanted to tell her that this did not have to be an adversarial relationship -
ā¦ehhhh, Iām not 100% sure that itās always a good thing if a player met you before and remembers you laterā¦
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
statsman replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
What pick 6 in the CB? The stadium or the CB game? Do you even watch the games? Bond spent the last few games giving up on routes and not blocking. Again, Sark deserves the criticism for not moving on from him, although we donāt know what was being said and done behind the scenes. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
statsman replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
Quinn gave us his best. I would criticize him for one thing only- if (and it is āifā, because none of us know) before the 2024 OU game, he overstated his health and readiness to play to Sark. That was the biggest decision to seal him as the 2024 QB, over Arch, but Sark was the one that made it. And I donāt really fault Sark. OU only had one loss, and you knew Venables was going to bring some crazy defensive looks, to take advantage of a freshman starter in a high pressure situation. At the time, we didnāt appreciate yet how awful OUās offense was with Hawkins at QB (he was undefeated, 1-0, in conference). I understand why he would want to start the experienced guy in that situation. The next major decision point was the UGA game. We all know how disastrous that started. Klatt described it well- Ewers was rattled and Sark pulled him, to give him a chance to collect himself, but also knowing (as did Arch and Quinn) that if Arch played well, Quinn wasnāt going back in. Arch didnāt play well, and Quinn played a little better when he came back for the second half. At that point, Texas was 6-1, and needed to finish strong and make the CFP. No changes would be made unless there were injury or Ewersā play falling off a cliff. A lot of people seem to be upset with Quinn for Sarkās decisions. I donāt blame anyone; theyāre games and all I ask of players and coaches is that they do their best. Why arenāt more people upset that Bond kept his starting job so long after he stopped making good plays and effort? That, arguably, cost us the SEC CG and Cotton Bowl. -
We cried the tears We shed the fears
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Dude, Todd Dodge was picked up as an UDFA.
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It will be j treating to see if the games happen as planned. So often, the major programs asks for a change of venue, to a bigger stadium, closer to recruits, like Ole Miss (not sure they count as a big program) playing TT at NRG Stadium in Houston. (I think Tech was happy to play in front of Houston recruits, too)
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That was in 2023, but,ā¦Oregon⦠I donāt know,ā¦what are they without Knight propping them up?
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TCU is scheduled to host UNC in 2026. It was just announced that the TCU home game will be played in Ireland, as part of the kick off weekend. TCU fans have mixed feelings, but I see why theyāre doing this- the league needs a unique time slot and to have the nation tune in. TCU has āhostedā a couple of major power non-conference games over the last dozen years- LSU and tOSU- with each game played in Arlington. Those teams want to play games in front of their fans and DFW recruits more than they want to experience Frog Alley. I got curious about other IR8 teams- how many major, national programs do they get to host, in non-conference? I looked at the last 50 years- 1. ISU: none 2. KU: none 3. KSU: Miami, USC (20-25 years ago) 4. TCU: none, unless you count the Arlington games 5. Baylor: Auburn (50 years ago), USC (40 years ago) 6. UH: they would play some, over 25 years ago when they played in the Astrodome 7. TT: UW (45 years ago), Miami (35 years ago), USC (30 years ago) 8. OSU:, UGA, UW Before, these schools could argue that they didnāt need to schedule major powers for home-and-home, because their league schedule was tough enough (plus, they typically had Texas and Oklahoma visiting in alternate years). Now, their league schedules are impressive, and they need to give home viewers a reason to dial in. Any big name visitor Iād uninterested with getting ten percent of a 48k stadium. I really donāt see many solutions for them.
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Itās coming together for Dallas to take Sandwrs, isnāt it?
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Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
statsman replied to closetojumping's topic in š¤«$9.95š¤«
What does this mean? Is he saying that after no one else can enter the portal (presumably, any Longhorns would be in), Texas will address its needs in the few days left? Or that Texas will address its needs its needs after the portal period is over (How?)?
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