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Hondo

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  1. This is the way “Women are made to be loved, not understood.” - Oscar Wilde
  2. I like how he specifically listed each day of the week, Forrest Gump style, and I picture Aggies counting each one out on their fingers then having the moment of realization when they got to 7.
  3. You could always try to have sex with her. That usually gets wives to go away, and if it fails...sex.
  4. You've already shown your stub (it certainly does explain some of your angsty and internet-tough behavior), but I'll politely decline. You don't get to bray like a jackass and then start making demands. What do the numbers look like? 26 or so more posts for me to reply to so you can click the "fuck you" button on each? It'll be quicker if you rallied the rest of the gang and worked in a little pack.
  5. My season tickets and one of my diplomas would disagree. I'll add a license plate bracket if that'll help my case. Does being a "true" Texas fan require having the same opinion as yours? Do you need company so you feel safe and secure within the herd, your opinion validated by the group? (It's okay that you're a leaf-eater. No judgment from me.) Or is it okay to venture out alone, form an independent thought based on personal experience and observation, then use that thought to formulate an opinion of one's very own and stand by it even thought it may not be popularly held by the herd animals? What are the rules? Enlighten me.
  6. Only thing missing is him sitting in a Lincoln.
  7. I know you must be confounded when someone turns aside your boorish behavior without engaging in it themselves. You're likely used to a bunch of empty talk and then having backup swoop in when you can't finish the job yourself. It makes you look silly, but thankfully it's just internet username Deej and not the real you - although I suspect the real you feels a little bit inadequate deep down. So...do you have anything Texas Longhorns Football related that you'd like to discuss, debate, comment on? That's what I thought the message board was for, no?
  8. Have you ever sat there at dinner, disinterested in the substandard food on your plate, so you just kind of push it around with your fork, not really caring if the waiter comes and takes it away before you can eat it, and wondering if maybe the next course will be edible? Your posts and all the others that attack the person instead of refuting the opinion/point with one of your own are kind of like if the Brussels sprouts could talk.
  9. Quote the post where I “started shit.” It articulating my opinion, which is obviously not the popular one here (even though it’s hardly controversial if one actually reads what I wrote), and turning aside juvenile jackassery constitutes “starting shit”, then I’d suggest it’s a poor reflection on you. But I don’t suppose people who regress to emotional “fuck yous” and “cunts” because they lack the intellect and vocabulary to articulate a valid point/opinion have the ability to engage in self-reflection, so they neither know nor care how it makes them look. So you worry about yourself and I’ll worry about me. Thanks.
  10. These are the takes that brought me to the forum. Very informative and a wonderful representation of the University and its fan base. Thank you.
  11. I can see how using complete sentences and attempting to articulate a point might seem high-brow in comparison to groupthink, strawman fallacies, and referring to those with opposing opinions as "cunts" (from safely behind a keyboard), etc. I get it. I'm the outlier here. Y'all do your thing. Go 'Horns. Hook 'em. Clearly.
  12. I'm torn between wanting to enjoy the final Big 12 season and wanting to skip ahead to '24.
  13. These must be references to the internet version of "I can't handle this 1-on-1/directly, so go round up all the fellas." Perhaps making a valid argument in lieu of calling people "cunts", "pussies", and "-fucks/fuckers" is too much to ask? I'm guessing so since the board has a built in feature making it easy/convenient to say "fuck you" with a click of a button. It's lazy, but hey, some of you need things dumbed down as much a possible. Have your internet fun, whatever that may be. At the next tailgate, wear a shirt with your username on it, so you can stand behind your discourteous behavior face-to-face.
  14. Is your "poor listening skills" claim based on what I've actually posted or what others have claimed I've posted? Nobody can quote a post of mine where I've said "Texas will get their asses kicked in the SEC." All I've ever said and the only point I've ever made is that 7-1 or 6-2 in SEC play in 2024 is overly optimistic unless Texas adapts itself to suit SEC-style football. That's it. Somehow that spurred all kinds of emotional and nonsensical reactions, and a ton os straw man fallacies. The strongest rebuttals have been to claims I haven't even made. Talk about poor listening (reading) skills... The SEC isn't my conference (well, I guess it will be in 2024). I have plenty of paper and hardware that says "The University of Texas at Austin" on it and none from any SEC school...certainly not Texas A&M. I simply don't think it'll be as easy as people think; not that I don't want it to happen or that it can't happen. I just think success is conditional on a few things, namely a shift away from the old Big 12 Texas. Last year's game against Alabama was pretty damn promising and if we stay on that trajectory, we'll be in good shape.
  15. I don’t want to assume, so asking for clarification… What do you mean when you say the overall level of competition will step up? What do you mean by selling recruits on a second tier league? Are you suggesting moving to the SEC is a step up for Texas?
  16. No dishonor in disengaging/breaking contact when you’re getting your ass handed to you. The manner in which you did it is mildly amusing though.
  17. Please quote the post where I said that. You can’t…meaning you should apply the rest of your post (arguing against what you heard vs. against what was actually said) to yourself. Your lack of comprehension is absolutely stunning. Aggie-like even. I posted 27 years’ worth of winning percentage vs. the SEC. Unlike your drivel, numbers are unemotional. They just sit there.
  18. I'd love to see that interview. Alabama has a 67% winning percentage against the Big 12. "We need to get smaller to be more like the teams we've been dominating in order to compete with them" is pretty illogical and Saban doesn't seem like an illogical guy. Not saying it didn't happen, but I'd need to see that one for myself.
  19. Have you read this thread and the SEC schedule thread? Quite a few 7-1, 6-2 predictions, "we should do XYZ with that schedule", etc. Swing and a miss. You're sitting 0-1. "We're Texas" isn't a literal reason I'm giving for people assuming we're going to be successful in the SEC. It's a placeholder summarization of the expectation of winning without anything of much substance backing up the expectation. We ARE Texas. We ARE a college football blue blood. We ARE one of the most recognizable brands on the planet. It's cool as hell to be a part of it. But that's not enough and hasn't been enough for quite awhile now. Call it a foul ball, still 0-1. Texas not being competitive without some wholesale changes is backed up by the numbers. Unemotional...numbers. The only way it equates to "you're not SEC ready" is if the changes have not been made. I haven't made an argument that the changes have not been made and that we're not ready - actually, I've specifically stated that it seems Sark has been recruiting in preparation for the move. If so, then we could certainly be SEC ready. Strike 2 looking. 0-2. Calling me an Aggie gets a 100mph fastball right in your ear hole, but you swung at it so it's strike 3.
  20. There's 27 years of data in the post right above yours. You'll have to read/comprehend/process vs. feeling/reacting, but it's there for your consumption if you're willing to put the effort into it. No, we haven't been kicking ass in the Big 12 (I think we're actually 70% or so in Big 12, but not a ton of recent success)...which hasn't been kicking ass against the SEC...yet it's apparently insane to suggest that we might not waltz in there and dominate without changing some things about ourselves.
  21. The bolded part is the only part of your post that I disagree with, and why that's such a contentious point of view (not just with you, in general) is beyond me. Hell, I've even stipulated that on a game-by-game basis anything can happen. But as the sample size gets larger and larger, the average of the outcomes/results tends to revert to the expected (law of large numbers and all that jazz). In 27 years, the Big 12 has had 6 winning seasons against the SEC. The Big 12 is 42% against the SEC, 38% in bowl games. Texas is 48% against the SEC, slightly better than the conference as a whole. In the and 2000s and 2010s, when most of the games were played, the Big 12 was 41%. In the 90s, 40%. In the 2020s, 55% (small sample size - 11 games, 6-5 record). The entire Big 12 as a whole has a losing (or even) record against: -Alabama (33%) -Arkansas (32%) -Auburn (25%) -Florida (50%) -Georgia (27.3%) -LSU (25%) -Ole Miss (47%) -Texas A&M (25%) -Vanderbilt (50%) The entire Big 12 as a whole has a winning record against: -Mississippi State (63%) -Missouri (67%) -South Carolina (100%) -Tennessee (75%) My argument has always been that "Big 12 Texas" will have a difficult time in the SEC. Not "Texas will get crushed", but rather "if it's the same old Texas from the last 15 years, 7-1 or 6-2 in the SEC is overly optimistic and 4-4 wouldn't be surprising." Any other argument attributed to me is a straw man - debate/refute it if one wants, but it won't be against any argument I've made. A new and improved Texas, built for the SEC, might have great success. But it will take some wholesale changes to recruiting, style, mentality, etc. It appears a lot of that is taking place, which is a good thing. We'll see.
  22. You're pointing to exceptions (1 successful season by Texas A&M when they had a historic player - first freshman to win the Heisman - and 2 seasons by Missouri) to disprove the rule? All good. You have your opinion and I have mine. We'll find out soon enough, beginning next year. After 5 years, we'll have enough of a trend to see what's what. Nothing will tell the story like an aggregate Win/Loss record. I'm pumped to see games like Texas - Florida/Georgia/A&M/Arkansas/LSU regularly. If I'm wrong and we kick everybody's ass, then that'll be icing on the cake. I hope we do.
  23. Get the discourteous language out of your system from the safety of your keyboard, amigo. Just don't let it develop into a habitual thing to the point where your tongue creates trouble for the rest of your body in real life. Such behavior may be the norm in your little bubble, but eventually you're going to run across someone who'll smile and call you "sir" while turning your ass inside out and making you wear it like a hat. As for the Texas Longhorns football team, I'll be rooting for them regardless of who we're playing or what conference we're playing in. It's not going to be a cakewalk in the SEC simply because "we're Texas." We may have great success, and I hope we do, but it's not guaranteed. If you actually read what I've posted, you'll see that I've never said we're going fail, only that success isn't quite the guarantee some people seem to think it will be. That's all. Baylor and Kansas State have exactly as many Big 12 titles as we do, 3. To suggest that we're somehow going to roll into the SEC and be instantly competitive absent some wholesale changes (which I certainly hope we've made and/or are making) is a little overly optimistic. Enjoy the rest of your day, sir.
  24. Another reading fail. Tiresome. I acknowledged that it appears we're headed in the right direction. I don't know Coach Sarkisian personally, so I can't make declarative statements about what he's doing/not doing, but it certainly looks like they're on the right track to get us competitive. (And, if you think about it, the fact that it's taking "building", "changing', etc. to prepare for the SEC only proves my point that there's a big difference. Otherwise, we could just be the same ol Big 12 Texas that couldn't even win the Big 12 regularly, roll into the SEC and compete without changing a thing, no?) I also never said we're going to get our shit kicked in. I said 7-1 or 6-2 is overly optimistic given what we know today. AND I've said over and over, it's conditional on whether or not we adapt or stay as we have been for the last decade+. Big 12 Texas will be lucky to go 5-3 with that schedule. A Texas-built-for-SEC football could go 7-1, 6-2, or hell 8-0. My entire point is that the current Texas won't cut it. That's all. Not that we can't adapt and compete. Not that we won't adapt and compete. Simply that we have to adapt to compete.
  25. No, I have eyeballs and a little thing called objectivity. I'm a UT homer as much as anyone; I just don't let it blind me. I've said several times that I myself scoffed at the idea until I saw it with my own eyes over a 10-year period of getting a closeup look. You'll see soon enough. We couldn't dominate the Big 12 and we're going to be middle of the road in the SEC unless there's a fundamental shift in how we recruit and play football. 12 team playoff will help us sneak in once in awhile, but under the current system, we wouldn't sniff a CFP playing in the SEC.
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