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  1. Thank God none of you watched the ‘99 KSU game. We had an OC trying run an offense that he understood as well as Jimbo Fisher understood what he was trying to do, and you’re blaming the QBs.
  2. Simms was a terrific QB. What kind of idiot says otherwise?
  3. Yes. And you’re horndfl?
  4. The Lord is incredibly generous and wise. He has given His children what they most need, and in great abundance. He has given us an entire world full of people to care about and for, emotionally, spiritually and materially.
  5. Naw, man. In 1996, they believed they were in top. They had gone to the Cotton Bowl three years in a row (‘91-‘93), won the conference four in a row, and believed their ‘95 loss to Texas was a total fluke after beating UT 10 out of 11 from ‘84 to ‘94. They were a total smug bunch. They hadn’t done shit, nationally, but they were beating Texas and that was mattered the most.
  6. I discovered the Austin360 board, back in ‘96, on Netscape. The AAS had message boards for all the major Texas and B12 programs. The Longhorn bbs was the most trafficked, and it was real easy to view the others. The TT board on Austin360 was interesting. The small community was in harmony about: Texas had nothing over TT TT fans were better fans than Longhorn fans. The Texas fans were jerks TT had overtaken Texas, as a program, if people would just pay attention, and was in process of surpassing the Horns. It’s funny how much time can pass without things changing at all.
  7. Au contraire. Sure, those schools all voted for unequal revenue shares in the B12, while they were members. Each one claimed to be for equal revenue on the way out.
  8. Why did Ott come to OU for $200K less than Cal offered him to stay?
  9. Seriously- Fasusi was in ice one week ago, and then hooked up to IVs. Is he practicing? What is the standard of care, post heat episode?
  10. Is Fasusi back at practice this week?
  11. I’ve got a feeling we’re in for more photos of Donny Anderson
  12. Bible: 2-0 vs TT Cherry: 3-0 Price: 0-1 Royal: 14-4 Akers: 8-2 McWilliams: 3-2 Mackovic: 3-3 Brown: 13-3 Strong: 2-1 Herman: 3-1 Sarkisian: 2-1 I won’t disagree that Price was a shitty coach. I know. Maths are hard.
  13. Have you ever wondered why TT hires such shitty coaches? Have you ever thought that maybe it’s because coaches have agents, who know which employers are good and which aren’t? That Tech claiming SI may have hurt it, in future hiring? If a court told Texas it had to pay Beard, Texas would have paid, and not claimed SI. For two reasons: Texas has the money, and CDC is smart enough to know he will be hiring other basketball coaches in the future, and he wants Texas to be the preferred destination.
  14. For those upset about the direction of college football, bemoaning the loss of parity between institutions, check out this 50 year old Texas Monthly article: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-southwest-conference/ To set the stage, in the mid ‘70s, like today, the main sources of AD revenue were ticket sales and media payouts. There were three major TV networks, and they contracted with the NCAA for games. The NCAA, being a democracy, placed limits on how many games per season any team could have (max of three per season and five every two years). There was also radio, but although appreciated, the income was much smaller. Ticket sales were the biggest source, and the programs we lovingly call the IR8 struggled there, to the point they weren’t competitive. (Fun aside- check out the OOC slates that the SWC smaller schools had in the ‘60s and ‘70s. They almost exclusively played P4 teams, and usually on the road, because 40% of an East Lansing gate was greater than 60% of a Waco gate). 1984: UGA and OU win lawsuit against NCAA over media rights. There are now more networks, and the conferences do the negotiating. Being in a conference with Texas is now more valuable than before. Teams can follow the KSU example and schedule patsies OOC without it hurting the bottom line. The point of all this- current trends are just the next step in a constantly evolving competitive landscape. The big universities with large, enthusiastic (and hopefully well heeled) fanbases have always had an advantage and probably always will.
  15. We are so fortunate, on this board, to have Red Raiders like Fontana and Iceman to explain to us how our program works or would act in different situations
  16. …and there is that TT education we have learned to appreciate and shield our children from.
  17. Let’s see a show of hands from those who care what Fontana thinks.
  18. They’ve got that Tom Herman thing going, where, for example, we had a room full of WRs that were highly rated recruits, with none distinguishing themselves, and say, “we’re deep at that position”. Sark came in, fresh from his Alabama roster, and said, “Why do I have 18 WRs on scholarship, and none that can play?”
  19. I’ve been reading SoonerScoop. They believe they have the nation’s best DL. Reason- it’s their deepest position, with the fewest concerns, so…it has to be the nation’s best? I mean- you’d think they might take a look at a couple other team’s DLs, like Georgia or Ohio State? For comparison?
  20. Yeah. In a way, it was the MNC that exposed all the flaws in “loss column bias”, setting the stage for Alkiance Bowls, BCS and CFP. The egregious ones are those claimed by Auburn and SMU (among others) for years where we all remember nobody thought they were champs.
  21. Really fucking stupid. Like the Mannings, of all people, wouldn’t have already considered that?
  22. Cool, just as long as you understand- the point t of this thread isn’t to provide a hangout for the handful (five or less) of Tech fans. It’s to provide a place for the tens of thousands of Longhorn fans to mock and deride Tech. https://www.theunticket.com/the-texas-tech-elite-doll/
  23. I’m talking about real NCs.
  24. My take when I saw the game on live TV- if the official on the field called it bad, it wouldn’t have been reversed under review (it wasn’t) and if it had been called good on the field, it wouldn’t have been reversed under review. A crazy call that really could have legitimately gone either way.
  25. It cracks me up that you think the “Left Behind…” thread is for treating former conference members with respect. That it upsets you when we don’t. Here is a fun thought- how do you think the BU AD office conversations go when they discuss trying to set up a home and home with UT?😂
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