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CTC2

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  1. I stand by seeing him with the Commodores was one of the best concerts I have ever seen.
  2. I remember quite fondly just walking up and getting a front row ticket. There were so few people there that the players and refs could actually hear what you were yelling at them. Good times.
  3. Ok, so maybe he's not the worst coach but he's in the bottom quarter. Yeah, whomever could not put a talented team together after finishing in EE last year sure screwed Terry over.
  4. I have had two kids get in. They went to a large competitive public high school. It’s my suspicion that admissions has a preference for these schools. At least when they got in, UT gave applicants two scores. One, being scholalastic (test score, GPA, class rank) and the other being holistic (essay, resume, references etc). These are some things I learned: Get someone to help the kid with their essays. If nothing else it keeps them on task so it’s not all crammed in and rushed. It should be a process and written over time which allows for further thought and just a better overall presentation. Get some work experience in the field that you are applying for a major in. Does not have to be a 9-5 job. Maybe it was just an unpaid internship during the summer. Or, ask someone in the field if they can shadow them for a couple of weeks and call it an internship. They seem to like kids who show some interest in their field by actually going out and learning something about it. My kids actually started a small business selling some things that they were making. Had them in some stores locally. Not a huge deal but it did make their resume tie into their proposed major. Encourage your kid to try for a leadership position in any student group they are in. You should also prepare them for people that they know who appear to be less qualified academically to get in. It really all comes down to how competitive their major is. Comparing the average stats needed to get into business vs social work is really apples vs oranges. Letters of recommendation are worthless unless they come from a teacher who has greater than normal insight into the student and can offer some unique perspective.
  5. As I recall, Rotton.com was the first website I ever saw.
  6. I let my kids live in West Campus. They are graduating in May. Our house is 20 min from campus. It was better for them that they were independent and not living at home. Quite frankly, I didn’t want to take away the whole college experience by making them live at home. It would have made it far less enjoyable for them.
  7. I get it. I mean if it did, I don’t think a ton of people would be surprised. But you just seem especially eager to have it happen. Almost like it would be pleasing to you. Just an observation.
  8. Ok. Thanks for explaining. I was totally wrong. We are so much better. Can’t believe I missed that. Upon further review situationally our offense is so much better than last year. Sorry for offending you.
  9. So what? If you are really going to make the suggestion that this is better than I can’t argue with delusion.
  10. I’m not disagreeing but Haith is responsible for the offense which I think is just shit-tastic.
  11. Fair take. Effort was good tonight. But there were several times coming out of time outs at end of regulation and especially near the end of overtime that it looked like we had absolutely no plan on the offensive possession. In light of the effort by the players it was just maddening. I don’t underestimate Haith being one of the issues with this team.
  12. Win a couple of national championships in volleyball and you too can have a wife like that.
  13. What is the difference this year with the offense where Disu was in position to do that moon shot that was so effective last year? He seems out of position for that playing up for the pick and roll and that shot has all but disappeared.
  14. Pretty good explanation of it. He grew up I think in the Unitarian Church with all that power of positive thinking crap that he just takes to the extreme. What I don’t understand is how his flock thinks of him as a strong man when he is constantly portraying himself as a victim of others who are logically stronger and more powerful than him. Have you ever seen a public figure who is more victimized than him according to his own response to every situation? Everything is always “unfair”.
  15. No shit. The new thread title should be something like “Chris Beard: The way we were” or “Chris Beard: Could have been us”.
  16. I say if his shot is off that’s up to the coaches to help work that out. If he is getting called for cheap fouls, maybe the coaches should work with him on it. Every time he gets called for one he looks shocked. We have this thing called video tape and teaching. Isn’t one of the jobs of a coach to teach, develop and correct mistakes? I see plenty of instances of players changing their game or correcting things at the direction of coaching staff. Look, I get that you have some affinity for RT and want to give him three or four years to figure things out. That’s cool. But, some of us are of a different opinion. I’m not trying to change yours. You aren’t going to change mine. The thing is that I really enjoy Texas basketball and I have since 1986. I’m old and don’t have the patience of Jobe anymore. When Sark went 5-7 I knew that his team had no depth, no size on the lines etc. I could at least see what he was trying to do and that he did not have the pieces to do it. It was obviously going to take him a few recruiting cycles to get the players he needed. Here, I don’t share the same optimism.
  17. Schecter Saturn. Most of the production ones were made in Dallas with the Fender style headstock. I still haven’t seen one in the wild but I hope to buy one at some point.
  18. I used to have this poster in my room so I’ve always wanted one like this.
  19. Listening to RT’s postgame. He’s such a loser.
  20. Despite there being no doubt that they will be back next year I’ve seen enough of Terry and Haith. What needs to be done eventually should probably be done immediately.
  21. Someone should ask around about why Hot Wheels stopped sending busses to Portland.
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