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Gandalfish

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  1. Did you watch the actual video? Biden called Trump supporters garbage. Did he mean to? Uh, who knows? Speaking was never his strong suit, and his speech has rapidly gone downhill over the past four years. Will this move the needle? I doubt it. America takes being talked down to better from a man.
  2. I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I think modern life is failing people in many ways. It's not just the rules we play by, it's the very structure of our lives. Fairly or not, people blame our leaders. Trump is promising people he will burn it all the fuck down. And they believe him. They know he's a liar and a degenerate scumbag, but they don't care. They want to see it burn. Do I agree with this viewpoint? No. Is it wise or constructive IMO? No. This is just what I keep coming back to when I try to understand what the non-super-partisan Trump voters are thinking.
  3. Brought to you by the party of personal responsibility (unless you can blame the liberal media)
  4. From unincorporated Harris county, F I G H T !!!
  5. Dear Sir, If you mean to imply the good folks at Surly have a tendency to get overly excited about good results and panic too much over bad results, then I am offended.
  6. Why not? Should it be some kind of secret? I'm not trying to be argumentative here, I really want to know why he couldn't.
  7. Texas 49 Vandy 10 Texas Passing 276 yards
  8. This. If this team is anywhere as good as we thought it was on October 18, 2024 then they should be taking out some frustration on an over-matched team.
  9. Who is the player? (I'm just curious)
  10. Quinn has set a very high standard for himself by playing REALLY well in some big games. (Both Alabama games, Michigan, B12 Championship & 49-0) He hasn't lived up to that standard over the last two games. Not close. You know it, Sark knows it, he knows it. Everyone fucking knows it. The story isn't written on his career yet. No one will care about any of this if he wins the national championship this year. I can totally understand being skeptical of his ability to bounce back from this, but Quinn seems like a good kid and I hope he gets his body & his head right and turns this thing around for us. Let's fucking go Horns! Shake it the fuck off, we're still in this thing. 🤘
  11. First off, I’m with you. 🤘 I didn’t intend to foster a defeatist mindset in this thread. Dealing with losses is just an important part of being a fan. I have no idea how the rest of the season will play out, and neither does anyone else. I think our team last year was excellent, and I suspect this year they are even better. The team didn’t play up to its own standard, but shit happens. Hopefully that’s motivation for them to improve the rest of the way.
  12. Hope springs eternal with each new college season. Every year we have dreams dancing in our head, "If we could only get to that Nth win" -- "If we could just win the conference" -- "If we could just make the playoff" -- "If we could win the national championship". Some years these dreams are more realistic than others. More years than not, reality does come a knocking. It's that time of year, our first loss of the season. In the 132nd season of Texas football, it's only NOT happened 9 times. (2005, 1969, 1963, 1920, 1918, 1914, 1900, 1895 & 1893) In six seasons, our first loss came the last game of the season! (2009, 1983, 1977, 1970, 1913 & 1894) This pain is visceral, like a punch to the gut or a bad burrito. I felt it when we were down 23-0 at half time. I felt it again when we failed to hold them on 3rd and 10 backed up against their own end zone late in the third quarter. The crowd was electric, deafening at that moment. The air just got sucked out of the stadium with the 21 yard completion. It hit hard and with finality when Quinn Ewer's 4th down completion stopped 2 yards shy of the first down with 5 minutes left to go. We lost. We got humiliated at home. One of the biggest losses by a #1 team, at home, in history. I'm not going to tell you that loss shouldn't hurt. In fact, I'm celebrating the hurt. It hurts because we love the game. We love the spectacle, the poetry and the brutality. We love Texas Longhorn Football. We share the pain of thousands of fans before us felt the 123 other times that first loss of the season tarnished our dreams. So, if you like, share some of those painful memories of games you attended or just have stuck in your mind over the years. Keep dreaming big. Hook 'em Horns 🤘
  13. The wings worked out pretty well! That was me and @elfenix thanks for an amazing tailgate!
  14. IMG_7172.mov *sizzle*
  15. Georgia 13 Texas 45 Georgia with 252 yards of total offense. 🤘
  16. In this hypothetical match-up, Russian air defense would be 95% destroyed in two weeks and then we would be absolutely mauling them from the air. Yes, NATO would have to dramatically ramp up arms production, but you are talking about World War 3, so assuming the nukes don't fly, I think they could pull that off.
  17. He really didn't look like himself that game. I suspect he is still dealing with pain. Hopefully will continue to heal this week and be 100% for Georgia.
  18. Worth watching again. (and again)
  19. Bijan had himself a nice game with 95 yards on 15 carries with 2 touchdowns. 🤘
  20. Let Kirby coach, it matters not. We are going to handle those dawgs next weekend. I don't want the SEC complaining about how they would have beat us if they only had Kirby at the helm.
  21. But still not as much as OU sucks.
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