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DanTheHorn

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  1. I have not watched it since they moved it to the 600's on DirectTV. I will never forget the first game I did watch on it though. It was the 1969 Texas vs Arkansas game. It was back in the late 90's. Always saw the highlights with the catch and eventually taking the lead and that was it. So I sat down and looked forward to watching a Texas team win an MNC when they were good not like what I had been seeing from 1984 to 1997. By the 4th / 5th turn over I was throwing a pillow at the TV screaming "These son of bitches (or similar) never made it easy on Longhorn fans". Dammit! even though I knew the outcome I just never heard about the turn overs and how crappy the offense played for most of the game.

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  2. Before the start of baseball Austin Regional in 2018 a group of us that did not know each other struck up a conversation while drinking beer. We talked about the baseball excitement and the upcoming Texas football season and then I mention that only person doing a shit job was Shaka and he should have been fired at the end of the season. One of the folks in the group with basketball season tickets berated me for not knowing what the hell I was talking about when it came to Shaka. I sarcastically responded, So I am one of those Texas Football fans does not know enough about basketball? He said YES!  I left it alone since I do not know enough about basketball but from a layman's point of view I knew that a good basketball coach usually does not suck for 3 years before becoming a good coach. Today, I have a feeling that fan will not be berating anyone, maybe he won't even be in his seats but what do I know I am just one of those Texas Football fans that use to love watching Texas in the tournament every year.

  3. What I could not understand is that these guys could not find better quarterbacks then what I saw in these games. In one game both QBs were 1-6 over their last 7 throws. I know it took us years before we got Ehlinger but can it really be that bad?

  4. 1 hour ago, Fondren & Main said:

    Herman’s been pretty good against ranked teams.  It’s against the shitbags of the world that he has trouble.  I guess he’s 8-9.  Not great, but we do typically play best against upper echelon squads.

    Herman has lost to ranked teams and shitbags alike since he has been here at Texas.

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  5. 15 hours ago, Spider2YBanana said:

    Keep em, dude. Yeah, we suck and shit, but it's Texas football. Always have that love even when we suck. 

    The tailgating (outdoors), the food and the drinking on Saturdays is all great.I have the cheapest tickets because it gets me in and the most enjoyable part comes before the game anyway. Maybe once we start winning the games will also be great and my seats will suck. Right now they are fine and I can always move since so many people don't show up.

  6. 53 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

    Just saw the $63k app...holy loly shit. Either that company is operating at an enormous loss or this thing was cobbled together by two dudes in a couple weeks plus a few days of testing. You’ve got ~1,700 user profiles for the precincts, third party data security app fees, servers/rackspace fees, etc. With all the hard costs, you don’t have enough for any legitimate dev.

    I mean, $63k?!? That would barely cover half the cost of buying Excel for each precinct. If you can’t even afford Excel, you shouldn’t be building an app.

    That being said, I’m pretty happy with the end result. Iowa has way too much influence on the process. They’ve managed to negate that, and the party is better off for it.

    If we believe the reports this guy Gerard Niemira is CEO of Shadow Inc. and you just probably stated having more knowledge about what it takes to develop a successful secure application then he has knowledge with his History major. It looks like he flunked out of Boston University when I see stuff like that on a resume. I like how these guys on TV talk about how little it takes to develop an application. Yea if it is your kid in high school. Developing a secure application is no joke. The ways these things can be attacked is overwhelming.

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerard-niemira-aaa9b73/

     

  7. 2 hours ago, Lonestar88 said:

    This is Jerry Jones grandson isn't it? I assumed they'd all just go to Arkansas.

    Are you saying I will finally be able to go back to my Cowboys once Paxton takes over. I probably won't be around but a Longhorn and Jerry gone would allow me to drink blue kool-aid again. Fuck Jerry!

  8. 1 hour ago, ButtFumble said:

    https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/24/uclas-budget-whammy-the-bruins-are-bleeding-cash-and-require-a-bailout-from-campus/

    The Bruins spent $997,000 on meals in FY17 under Mora. In the first full year under Kelly (FY19), they spent $5.4 million.

    what in the fuck are they eating?

    $5.4 million / 365 = $14800 a damn day / 120 players = $123 per player / 3 meals = $41 dollars per meal per player per day

    under Mora it was $22 dollars a day or $7 per meal

    Mora made sure the athletes were the only ones in the dinning hall after the restrictions were lifted in 2014 (no longer just 3 meals). Chip allows the athletes to take food out to the dorm for all their buddies. Maybe it is a source of income?

  9. Shaka Smart = Dan Hawkins

    Both had success before getting their big chance and both proved to be terrible at their new job. If one takes a deeper look they both had an assistant that was probably the secret of their success. Dan Hawkins had Chris Peterson and Shaka had Will Wade. Last two years at VCU Shaka had a down turn in tournament performance once Will Wade was gone. Both assistants went on to prove they can have success on their own. Who knows if it is true but how else does one explain such as huge drop in performance by these guys?

     

     

     

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