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  1. Though I have been a critic of QE's fanboys and QE's red zone clutch performance ... I'm not gonna trash and attack QE for that fumble. Of course, it was a huge gaffe (along with Sark's idiotic play-calling with first down at the 1, surely the worst goal line calls in UT history). I really feel for QE. Here's why: I'm in the arena of public art and intellectual life ... flying solo ... doing stuff with my name on it ... in public ... not a faceless cog in a corporation. And I have blown a couple of golden opportunities that I regret to this day. Massive failures ... from arrogance and hubris and just fucking up royally great chances. Embarrassing. Took years to get it all rolling in my career again. And took years to get kinda over it. Still not over it, as this post shows. -- Granted, this is not the stage of college football, but I know how it feels to fail in public. But, I also worked my ass off and had major successes and won legit international awards (albeit in obscure artsy fartsy worlds) Total failures and big successes. I can assure you QE has a sick sick sick sick sick sick feeling. And it will last for years. If not the rest of his days. I truly feel for QE. He tried his best, but it was not enough. He's a real Longhorn. I wish him nothing but the best going forward. Hook'em QE.
  2. 100% spot on. Two clear windows to play for titles (in very winnable matchups). -- Yet, Sark and Quinn could not get it in the end zone from the red zone with 4 plays. Twice: vs Washington and Ohio State. The ending last night was the worst big game ending in Longhorn history. Nothing even close. Quinn's fumble far exceeds Craig Curry's fumble v. Georgia in 1983 that cost us a title. (Like Sark, Akers also to blame: should have told everyone to not touch the ball on the punt.) Two greatest defenses in Longhorn history and no titles. Grrrr....
  3. This is correct. And it is mind-blowing that posters compare passing stats....and cannot appreciate context, significance of games, etc. -- 1969 Texas-Arky was the USC-Texas game of the 1960s! -- Texas-Notre Dame Cotton Bowl that followed was almost equally huge as the Irish decided to play in bowl games for the first time in decades. (They had not played in bowls claiming it harmed amateur status, etc. ... till the TV money got too big to turn down.) -- For the above reasons, both games were in top 2-3 games of the ENTIRE DECADE. Street completed HUGE 4th down passes in final minutes on both games to give Texas the chance to win, which they did. The TV audiences for these games were enormous, far bigger than Texas-USC. Below is a cross-post from the All-Time Texas QB Thread. This applies to any Texas QB in comparison to Street, except VY. There are three points of comparison at play in Quinn vs. Street. 1. Best stats vs. Greatest. Big difference! 2. Points per game... isn't that a key stat for all you stat fanboys? 3. Revolutionary QB. Who was a truly revolutionary QB and who has best flashy stats? ---------------- 1. Best stats vs. Greatest. -- There is a huge difference between best QB with flashy yardage stats .... and greatest QB with fucking titles and undefeated. Biggest difference between Street and Ewers? -- Given 4 shots to win against Washington last year: Street hits a fucking pass to win the game! (Same with VY: we all know he gets UT a score to win game). -- Or Street runs it in himself like he did with first TD vs. Arky in 1969. One of the most epic QB runs in UT history. -- Street was not only undefeated, but won two of the very biggest games of an entire decade. That's the difference -- a playmaker, clutch performer in EPIC games. No losses, no disappearing acts, no sitting on bench looking lost. Cool 60's sideburns, no redneck mullet. Lol. Just a damn fucking big-game winner. Every time. 20-0. That's an all-time great. -------------- 2. Points per game. Sure, QE hit the pass to save this season vs. ASU. Epic play, no doubt. All due credit. -- If QE leads UT to title, he will likely move into #3 spot behind VY and Street. Titles matter for greatness vs. stats. QE vs Colt is another post. -- But QE's also been completely shut down in other big games (TCU 2022, Georgia 2024) leading to key losses on national TV. QE looked utterly lost. That never happened with Street. -- And QE's offense is not scoring any more points per game than Casey and Card! -- If QE is so great, why isn't offense scoring more points than Casey? When Street took over the wishbone, the offense scoring exploded for his two seasons. QE takes over and points/game stays same. --------------- 3. Street was a revolutionary QB. -- Street led an innovative offense that truly revolutionized college football. -- Considered by ESPN to be the most important offense of all-time. And Street showed everyone how to do it. --------------- TLDR: Summary. Street was 20-0, won MNC, won the most EPIC national games of decade, and was the UT QB who showed everyone how to run a revolutionary college offense. Plus, Street had those cool 60's sideburns! For all his stats, QE can't sniff that.
  4. Damn this thread is fucking infuriating. There are three points of comparison at play in QE vs. Street. 1. Best stats vs. Greatest. Big difference! 2. Points per game... isn't that a key stat for all you stat fanboys? 3. Revolutionary QB. Who was a truly revolutionary QB and who has best flashy stats? ---------------- 1. Best stats vs. Greatest. -- There is a huge difference between best QB with flashy yardage stats .... and greatest QB with fucking titles and undefeated. Biggest difference between Street and Ewers? -- Given 4 shots to win against Washington last year: Street hits a fucking pass to win the game! (Same with VY: we all know he gets UT a score to win game). -- Or Street runs it in himself like he did with first TD vs. Arky in 1969. One of the most epic QB runs in UT history. -- Street was not only undefeated, but won two of the very biggest games of an entire decade. That's the difference -- a playmaker, clutch performer in EPIC games. No losses, no disappearing acts, no sitting on bench looking lost. Cool 60's sideburns, no redneck mullet. Lol. Just a damn fucking big-game winner. Every time. 20-0. That's an all-time great. -------------- 2. Points per game. Sure, QE hit the pass to save this season vs. ASU. Epic play, no doubt. All due credit. -- If QE leads UT to title, he will likely move into #3 spot behind VY and Street. Titles matter for greatness vs. stats. QE vs Colt is another post. -- But QE's also been completely shut down in other big games (TCU 2022, Georgia 2024) leading to key losses on national TV. QE looked utterly lost. That never happened with Street. -- And QE's offense is not scoring any more points per game than Casey and Card! -- If QE is so great, why isn't offense scoring more points than Casey? When Street took over the wishbone, the offense scoring exploded for his two seasons. QE takes over and points/game stays same. --------------- 3. Street was a revolutionary QB. -- Street led an innovative offense that truly revolutionized college football. -- Considered by ESPN to be the most important offense of all-time. And Street showed everyone how to do it. --------------- TLDR: Summary. Street was 20-0, won MNC, won the most EPIC national games of decade, and was the UT QB who showed everyone how to run a revolutionary college offense. Plus, Street had those cool 60's sideburns! For all his stats, QE can't sniff that.
  5. Dude, read the post. I didn't say everybody. Or mention you. But, it sure seems to me that the posts about Trump/MAGA grifts ... far outnumber... the posts about Trump/MAGA as fascist, violent Christian theocrats, war mongers, etc. Happy to be proven wrong. Maybe someone can run the stats on the number of posts claiming grifts vs. posts claiming fascism and theocracy.
  6. Just wait till America invades Mexico to stop the migrant caravans and push the Drug War south of the border. I'm not joking ... Lot of y'all in here are delusional thinking Trump and MAGA is little more than a "grift" ... Guess it makes y'all feel better than acknowledging Trump's America is a fascist regime. And it will be repressive and violent. Like all fascist regimes. Count on it.
  7. I never thought I would have to give Jerry credit for anything good on a football field.... But... The way he rolled with the Eagles heckler was pretty damn chill ... like a smooth playa' with billions in his pocket. You could tell the Eagle heckler was laughing with him at the end. Hell, it made me laugh with him ... and I can't stand the total narcissist.
  8. "White Trash Tebow" pretty much sums up the entire Scattebo concept and discourse. With the new 12-team playoffs, there will be many more players like this to come. -- Punk ass players who are good to very good, not great, playing for newbie playoff teams. -- Newbie teams (ASU) playing bluebloods (UT) all claiming "We belong!" ... "We played'em tough"... "We got respect!" .... blah blah blah. Just like March Madness, a newbie playoff team will upset a blueblood and dudes like Scattebo will be all over TV ... until they lose and will be forgotten nationally. Scattebo won't even be a footnote to the 2024-25 playoff saga. Just another dude who had his 15 minutes of fame in a losing game.
  9. Who is a "Blueblood" in college football is a time-dependent concept -- dependent on long stretches of title-winning, winning seasons, bowl winning, big-game winning, high ranking in polls, some Heisman winners, etc. -- In other words, long stretches of generally kicking ass and winning titles, awards, etc. -- Quit winning titles and kicking ass for a couple of decades, teams lose blueblood status. -- Thus, Army, Yale, and Minnesota were once "bluebloods." Obviously, no longer. Of course, teams can win enough to become bluebloods.... but also lose it. -- Nebraska under Devaney and Osborne became a top-shelf blueblood. But, given the past 20 years, they are fading fast. Another 10 like the past 20 and they will no longer be bluebloods. They already may not be a blueblood. -- Miami, Florida, FSU all looked like sure-fire new blueboods in the 1980s-1990s, when they kicked ass. But they are fringe bluebloods, at least FSU and Florida might be. Miami, nope. Texas was good before 1957 ... but not a national "blueblood" until DKR showed up and kicked ass for 20 years -- winning 3 national titles -- ruling the SWC -- winning multiple EPIC FUCKING GAMES ... as in some of the very biggest games of an ENTIRE DECADE! -- deploying revolutionary offense that changed the game -- etc. Despite having some shitty coaches (McWilliams, Strong, and to an extent Herman-Mackovic) since DKR.... Akers, Mack, and now Sark have won enough big games (etc) to keep UT's status as a blueblood intact. -- For that, we Longhorns should be thankful. TLDR: Bottom line, bluebloods are not eternal. They rise and fall over time, just like nations and corporations.
  10. Excellent list of top pass plays, but there is one that most all older Longhorns forget (or younger ones don't know about). The Street to Speyrer pass that I inserted in your list. Speyrer makes diving catch as Street threw ball only where it could be caught and not be tipped by Domer DB. Cotton Bowl win secures the 1969 national title against ALL doubters. Lose this game and Arky win is lessened by a huge factor. Hell, ND would claim a national title, too. Along with Penn State. To be total legend, ya gotta win titles!
  11. Spot on. 100%! No doubt, USC was the rock star team in LA. I have several friends and cousins in the Southern California area: Some are USC fans, some are UCLA fans. I had phone calls with some from both camps before the Texas-USC game. Most agreed that Reggie Bush could have a big game. But all were all wondering just what the hell VY was going to dial up! ESPN was hyping Trojans as possible best ever college team, but UCLA cousins said there was under-the-radar murmuring in So Cal football world about whether USC could stop ... or even slow down VY-Texas offense. -- Trojan cousins admitted they were very fearful of VY factor. Like no other player they faced in the 34-game win streak. They saw what he did in the Rose Bowl the year prior. They saw that 45-13 wipeout of OU (who USC wiped out the year before) and the 70-3 demolition of Colorado in Big 12 title game. So did Pete Carroll and the Trojan defense. Frankly, it seemed like there was some fear (not cowardice) and panic by USC during last two Texas drives. Especially after that 4th down stop by Texas. Fear and panic like: "Oh Shit!!! ... Here comes fucking Vince Young" !?!?!??! The rest is history. "4th and 5. National Championship on the line....He's going for the corner ...."
  12. 100% Spot on. The most hyped game ... by far. Everyone knew Texas and USC were head-and-shoulders-and-torsos above all the other teams. No other teams even close. Plus, something that will never be duplicated is the combined winning streaks of USC and Texas. USA was riding a 34-game streak, while Texas had won 19 straight. A combined 53-game streak! Plus, an entire season of sheer on-field electricity from VY and Reggie Bush, two of the most electric players of all-time. Plus, California and Texas, the two most populous states. Mythologies and stereotypes: Hollywood vs Big Oil, etc. Big-time celebs galore. Guaranteed a massive audience for the title game. That audience size may never be duplicated, for all the reasons above. And what's most amazing ... the game not only lived up to the hype. It FAR exceeded it. Perhaps the greatest college game of all time.
  13. So? I am not defending Willis. If the "legal system" is so great and methodical... then it should have produced someone .... who knows what the fuck they are doing to prosecute Trump for Jan. 6 and try to steal votes in Georgia. Apparently, the system is so fucked up with idiots (Willis), incompetents (Garland, et al), and slow pokes (Jack Smith), that it cannot function properly to safeguard democracy -- WHEN TRUMP IS RECORDED TRYING TO STEAL VOTES. The legal system and the people in it must be fucked up ... since a fascist insurrectionist-election stealer-state secrets stealer is about to take office. Yeah, the 29% of adults who voted for Trump are too blame, too. But Trump should have been on the ballot. He should have been in been in jail. The legal system and the people in it failed.
  14. Wrong. 29% of US adults voted for Trump. Nowhere near "most." According to Wikipedia, Trump got 49.9% of the popular vote. Close, but not a majority there either. Kamala got 48.4% It was a very close race. If a football score was 49-48, it would be called a close game. It is those idiot world red maps... or an antiquated electoral college system .. that give the illusion of a wipeout. They voted for a fascist and fascist party. If they don't realize that, they are, indeed, buffoons. 100% fucking buffoons! And the rest of us are getting fucked ... in one way or another because of it.
  15. No worries! Twice Horn will soon arrive to tell us the US legal system is still working fine ... it just moves slowly ... because of all the rules and procedures in place ... to see that justice is served.
  16. This is Trump's America. When the star QB posts this, then fuck the star QB and his NIL millions. And if the MegaStar Backup QB is a Trumper, then F him, too. How different is this than Aggy? None. Don't make any excuses for Star QBs. Time's up for excuses. If Star QBs do not understand voting for Trump is voting for fascism, misogyny, (etc.), then our university can only be failing in its educational mission. Add on Abbott and Rogan (et al) on the sidelines ... and joining the SEC-confederacy conference ... and wondering how many UT players and UT fans in the stadium are MAGA.... wondering about CDC and other leaders at UT .... makes me wonder why I should give a shit about Longhorns football. Sure, beat OU and Aggy and F the SEC ... but I barely tune in, have not watched a game, just check out the highlights. Feels like my interest is heading toward zero. That's Trump's America.
  17. The CEOS of America ain't doing jackshit against Trump's policies. Not a damn fucking thing of consequence. If they were, they would have already done it before the election. Let the leopards feast in boardrooms across America. Leopards in CEO bedrooms, too, for that matter. Gotta be some dildos of consequences for billionaires and their concubines.
  18. Fetterman is just another faux "authentic" bro. Thinks dressing in hoodie, or sweats, or t-shirt with band/team logo, or baggy shorts down to their calves ... somehow ... makes them more real and authentic and an overall badass butt kicker. It's all laughable .... but it is also part of the decline in manners and rise of vulgarity in civil society. Now, I would never get caught in button down with slacks and coat. Never. Button down, dockers, navy blue jacket = Code for boring dad, corporate clone, and/or possible fascist sympathizer in today's world. I have a black suit in my closet, but I mostly wear my 501s, leather jackets, and funky boots. But then I hang out in artsy-fartsy world. Lulz!
  19. Trump's America will feature empowered fanatical Christians ... all across the land of the free. Massive power, unchecked, with unhinged hate ... all across the home of the brave. Like all fanatical regimes in history (including communists), when fanatical Christians have unchecked political power, they unleash unhinged hate and killing. They are already finding people to hate, to kill in America. Who? The sinners. The infidels. The outsiders. The people not like them. People to hate, such as women who abort or miscarry. Why? To purify, to cleanse, to hurt, to humiliate, to impose Biblical rule through fear and domination. They will kill because they believe their (unseen, fact-free) Creator has their back for eternity. As the article says, life is "created in God's image" is their rationale for executing women who don't carry a fetus to term. And If Christian political power is not stopped, they will kill plenty more. After all, this is the land of the free and home of the brave! ---------- And I'm sure the endless supply of Surly Christian apologists will say I'm wrong. That these are fake Christians, that true Christians don't kill, that these are misguided but still "good people," etc. Or cite some BS verse from the Bible. Go tell that to 400 years of dead Native Americans. Or others slaughtered across the planet in the name of God. Lulz. https://truthout.org/articles/sc-gop-reintroduces-bill-to-punish-people-getting-abortions-with-death-penalty/
  20. The goal is not efficiency, in and of itself. The ultimate goal is to shut down voting by mail -- in the name of efficiency.
  21. Ironic that Heisman winner Roger Staubach (photo above) became a total legend in Dallas. After all, he got his "Captain America" butt kicked all over the Cotton Bowl by DKR and the badass UT defense. 28-6. Total rout (Navy TD came in garbage time late in 4Q). 1963 National Champs!
  22. Lulz. More like the overwhelming majority don't have a problem. Like 98% of Republicans. If they did, Trump would have never been the candidate in the 2024 election. Trump winning to install Project 2025 is their wet dream. Republicans have been gunning for the Constitution since Reagan and Falwell said they were the God Party. And they are busy smashing down the Wall between Church and State. Right before our eyes.
  23. I don't have the economic means to exit America. -- In the end, it may not matter. When America goes full-on fascist and theocratic, it wont matter what state you live in or which country, as the rest of America and world will be in jeopardy. I am a writer, intellectual, and artist who makes a decent living on my work. With a solid rep, including a few legit prestigious awards, albeit very obscure awards in artsy-fartsy worlds. But I am an utterly insignificant speck of dust. (Especially compared to McConaughey levels of acclaim or other alums celebrated by UT.) My career is 100% totally dependent on funding and/or patronage. -- There is no one or no entity to protect me. Few, if any, of the organizations that fund are going to stand up to Trump/MAGA. -- Hell, corporate leaders, university leaders, art world leaders are not uttering a peep. Why? Thoughtcrimes are real and they are here. The editor of Scientific America was forced out because she said the truth about Trump and MAGA: they are fascists, racists, etc. She had to publicly recant. More thoughtcrimes are coming! When the editor of the most prestigious science magazine is toast, who will protect me? No one. Not with my lengthy track record of being a philosophical critic of anti-science, MAGA, Trump, Q, fanaticism, and much more. Not rants hidden behind an avatar. Systematic critiques drawing from philosophy, history, art, technology, pop culture, etc. Showing MAGA is taking America backward into a medievalist hellscape of idiocy, misogyny, racism, state violence, and religious fanaticism. Going back to 2006. On the record. In public. With my real name! I was writing long before Project 2025 showed up. My gf is very worried I could be doxxed and harassed. So, out of sheer naked self-interest and career survival, I have scrubbed from the internet what I could scrub at various sites. . -- A dozen lengthy essays that systematically critiqued the philosophy and various cultural ramifications of Trump/MAGA/Q. -- Some essays got a few thousand reads, some in the dozens. So, nowhere near a huge following. -- I have other stuff in books and anthologies that cannot be scrubbed. My interests are science, art, philosophy, not politics. But, I know what I see with MAGA. At least I was out there. In public. Fucking trying to make a difference. And failing. TL/DR: Some days I feel like a coward. Other days I don't give a shit. Why? Because there is no one to protect me and my career. -------- I am sure the Surly MAGA bros will show up to laugh, tell me to suck it up, to pull up my bootstraps. Have at it you fascist fuckers. Some day, somehow, you or family members will feel the pain of the coming MAGA medievalism you now celebrate.
  24. And before anyone chimes in that "no one saw fascism coming after W." Full Stop. -- There were plenty who did at UT even when he became governor.... those outside of McCombs, Engineering, and the future corporate lawyers at the Law School ... and 98% of the rest of society. -- Good ole American Exceptionalism, post-9/11 patriotism, and 24/7 sane-washing from the media succeeded in marginalizing any serious resistance. But, in my artsy fartsy worlds and philosophy degreed crowd, almost everyone knew W was big trouble: -- As in fascism lite, general idiocy, and providing Christian Nationalism's seat at the table. A very BIG seat!
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