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pyrohornIII

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  1. I haven't seen much on the kickers. Does it look like Sanborn at P, Auburn at FG and Stone for kickoffs still?
  2. They keep trying to sell this as a normal type of friendship, where Crow likes Clarence and Ginni so much he just keeps giving them stuff asking nothing in return. Do you really think those two are the life of any dinner party worth going to? I know if I had a friend who gifted me something, then somehow I'm going to figure out a way to gift back. It's how friendships work, a display of mutual respect. So with Thomas accepting all these gifts, then either he repays them somehow, or he's the scummiest friend out there and has no shame in repeatedly accepting such largesse without returning any. The idea Crow kept doling out the gifts getting nothing in return just doesn't add up. MD beat me to it.
  3. Toth and Cain are using this as a lever to get rid of Slaton because he's a loose cannon and is always mucking things up with a lot of 'look at me' amendments and bills. This way they can rid themselves of a moronic maverick and try to maintain the GQP holds some sort of moral high ground. At least that's the takeaway I had after reading the TM article.
  4. Yeah, we saw this in Texas when they cut mental health care funding for k-12 schools.
  5. I would guess the RNC money is down too, due to people not liking the way the party was transformed and eventually compromised by Trump and his con. So they've lost money to TFG and because of him.
  6. I wonder how much of what he has raised would not have been raised by the RNC to begin with. Would be an interesting study to see how many of his contributors were regular RNC donors, or are they mainly rubes who've fallen for his schtick. Either way, when he fails to win in 2024, they will blame the RNC, and in a way they won't understand, they'd be right.
  7. This is a good point. I know Carroll Robinson is thinking of running for her seat if she wins the mayoral race. He's been very active in Houston politics for a while now and currently heads the Democratic Black Caucus of Texas.
  8. No more than a section of our country that erects statues to leaders of the Confederacy all over the place.
  9. I agree with Pancho. I like that shirt. I found one similar, but the swoosh is under Bevo. https://www.rallyhouse.com/Nike-Texas-Longhorns-Mens-Burnt-Orange-Collegiate-DriFIT-Alternate-Short-Sleeve-Polo-12557549?gclid=Cj0KCQjw27mhBhC9ARIsAIFsETGOK1rIYhkqwzHLmv1QnEy_M-VOtArF9ydxzsybbK2yV4eL53uC9jMaApxAEALw_wcB&variant_id=128014 Maybe some of you other gear gurus know where that one is from?
  10. Kim Mulkey is trash and a bully. Her teams mistakenly think they are showing strong defiance, but really it's just poor sportsmanship. She is truly unlikeable and no matter her records, she gets no respect from me.
  11. I hope that several of those 34 come so far out of left field that no one saw them coming, but they hold lots of water. Just to catch Trump and all his lawyers off guard.
  12. I didn't see this posted yet:
  13. So this ran in the Battalion last week. And while this guy heaps the current problems on Jimbo, they still can't seem to grasp the bulk of their problem is their insistence on their traditions being respected and envied. They can't see the problem because they are too close to it, and people think they are just off a bit, try to hard. And that fucks with their recruiting and then the athletes once they hit campus. There has always been a choke mentality to that school. So yeah, while Jimbo sucks, he's just the latest in a long line of coaches that couldn't bring success to that school. They have no tradition of actually winning much beyond moral victories and the occasional upset. They do have a tradition of overvaluing themselves. Self awareness is not ever a feature. I thought maybe this article would address that, but it didn't. They cite BOMC often, but it's really battered aggie syndrome.
  14. All those work differently and have different purposes and regulations. It's not as simple as one brand vs the other like Chevy vs Lexus. It's more about how they work, what they do, like a 4 door 2wd sedan vs a 1-ton dually or a CJ-5. And they all have different codes of conduct. TT is probably one of the strictest on nudity, hate speech, etc.
  15. Rand Paul is taking a stand against it. Not for the fact it could impinge 1A, but he's scared the youth might never forgive the Rs for it. And there is something to that. My son told me its quite the topic on campus, the students are riled up about it. I've been using TT for over a year and really enjoy it. There's some shitty content, but also a lot of good stuff. And it's not just kids either. There are some pretty sharp folks on there. There's more to this than fear of Chinese influences. I think its more a fear of common people (particularly youth) having an unadulterated platform to spread information.
  16. Yes. I had read somewhere here before the B12 tourney he was most likely going to join Beard on his new staff. At that point the source felt he would be the only one to follow CB.
  17. Just a list of thoughts concerning RT up to this point. 1) RT has shown he can keep things on track and moving forward even when things get screwy. 2) I wish he had more of the Beard showmaster/carnival barker in him that went so far to reignite the fire in UT basketball with promotions and ideas like Greg Gym night. Maybe he has those skills but hasn't been given a green light, or maybe he's just been too busy. 3) He has a good staff around him, one that Beard assembled, and I am sure they assisted in putting this group of players together. Can they keep doing that, or was Beard somehow the master configurer? And from what I hear just a few are joining Beard. 4) Like Hermanator said, Austin offers him a whole lot of recruiting advantages he didn't have at UTEP or Fresno. And certainly his rapport with the current team will work to his advantage. Apparently his staying wouldn't run off any recruits already committed. 5) He seems like a pretty solid non-slimy fellow and a good ambassador for UT. But then we are entering a conference that pays little respect to how slimy a coach is as long as he has a winning record. 6) Maybe he hasn't brought the two freshmen along as quickly as he could have, but they haven't really regressed either. Mitchell and Morris both have shown flashes, just not consistently. At the same time they have bought into being part of a team, and not individuals like Tre Mitchell and others in the recent past. I can see the arguments not to keep him, but at the same time I can see some pretty good upside to keeping him too. This team has a great chemistry, and bringing in a new staff and players would put us back at square 1, much less with the smears that would come from not keeping a successful guy at the helm. The question is is this RT's team, or is it Beard's team since he was at the helm when it was assembled? Has it morphed into RT's team or is there too much of Beard's imprint still on it?
  18. We're saying the same thing. Religion has been used as a cover for centuries to justify taking what someone else already has. The tactics have changed, but the mission remains the same. The extended luxury of one group at the expense of other groups. Then the struggle to hold onto that advantage.
  19. I forewent the last of the game to watch live the aggy newscast. They talked about how aggy started strong for like 2 minutes, then "but in the end they were overpowered." That's it, nothing more. Immediate switch to Arkansas and other Alabama winning. "We lost but SEC! SEC! SEC!" Same as it is in everything else.
  20. Its in the education thread
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