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22 minutes ago, texifornia said:

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4 minutes ago, Drifterwood said:

Honestly, the ongoing Livingstone hype/resistance is doing a lot of work for me in terms of getting to 8/23. It’s a gift that keeps on giving right now and adds a really fun layer to the season regardless of how it plays out.

 

I honestly appreciate CTJ playing the part of the heel. It has been a fun dynamic on the board. And while I understand it's largely a joke, I am really going to enjoy everyone crowing at him whenever Livingstone does anything of note. 

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Posted
3 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Bobby also has us starting 3-2. If that occurs, this place will be in full on panic mode. 

This place? It won't be anything of the sort because it will be nuked. No chance "this place" stays online if we are 3-2. The crash would happen before the final whistle in Gainesville.

 

3 hours ago, closetojumping said:

While I mostly agree with your post, I don’t want the narrative to become that I hate Jaggy. He’s a longhorn, in any event. 

Say what now?

Just one that shouldn't have a scholarship, let alone see the field. Amirite?

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Posted
31 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

Turn The Page, Fred.

It was a godsend switching from the wishbone to the I-formation in Earl Campbell's senior year. I can't believe the series of events that had to transpire to make that happen. Running Earl as the fullback in the wishbone was a crime against nature. No offense to Coach Royal.

………

Just glad I got to live long enough to see the program where it is right now. 

Just out of curiosity, what was criminal about it?

 

There are elements of the here and now college football world I don’t like, but it’s opened up the potential of the University of Texas.  I’m going to say Sark ends it as the most accomplished football coach at Texas.

Posted
1 hour ago, UncleSonny said:

A large contingent of the fan base sure does seem invested in Livingston being great, but for the life of me I just can’t figure out why that is. 

I thought Jake Smith was going to be a world beater.  Oops.

Posted
58 minutes ago, texifornia said:

I wasn't a Disney kid, I was much happier just going to the beach or the mountains, but my little brother wanted to go to Disneyland so we went once. It was fun, there wasn't any family drama, and I don't have any keen desire to go back. Drinking around the world at Epcot sounds fun if I have the deep misfortune to be in Orlando for some reason.

Sounds like it was the Crucible for all y'all though.

I can’t speak for all of these malcontents, but we’ve taken our kids to Disneyland or DisneyWorld every spring break for a decade through 2023. We’ve had fun every time.

Although, I lost it on two different trips with strollers while being rushed to get on a bus. I tried to hammerthrow both into a lake. One wound up stuck in a tree and the other one landed perfectly upright, 3 feet from the water. Greg Davis 3rd Down graphic guy got the one by the water and broke it down and brought it onto the bus for me while I kicked dirt and then did the walk of shame with people murmuring and darting out of my way on the bus. The time it got stuck in a tree, my Kentucky football buddy climbed up and got it down for me. My wife and kids and his wife and kids took a different bus. I’m convinced to this day that strollers are designed by angry women who want to make dads look like fucking idiots. 

Both times I remember, while spinning with the stroller and ultimately letting it fly off into the air, thinking “this isn’t going to end well”.

26 minutes ago, Had Enough said:

FYI, I like the 12-0 thought.  My biggest reservation is the difficulty getting up every week and a slip will occur somewhere along the line.

I do think PFF is reasonably reliable.  I’ve spent time trying to understand their approach and believe that to be reasonable. Their NFL work seems to be their bread and butter with a smaller pool of games so it’s likely better but would lean towards their CFB work as improving.  Their processes are very similar between the NFL and college.  It’s certainly not perfect but comparisons by position or stats should be pretty solid.  Within that, you cannot remove all the subjectivity.

I use PFF a lot and pay the sub. I will say, they’re weakest in their analysis with the secondary. Probably a function of access to footage or something. 

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Posted (edited)

Ctj thought we were getting Garrett Gray or Jake Oliver 3.0. I’m not sure if he realized Livingstone is a 6’4 actual track star. He’s an athletic freak, hard to imagine him becoming a jag. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, BachelorTrek said:

If Sark runs the Akers' 1-2-3-Punt predictable non-offense on the opening series, I'll be pissed.

 

For the young-uns on the board, this was Texas Coach Fred Akers' offense:

1st Down: Badly-blocked Run into the center of the line -- stuffed/TFL
2nd Down: Repeat of the Badly-blocked Run into the center of the line -- stuffed/TFL
3rd Down: QB does a 7-step drop to setup to pass, gets sacked/crunched by a jailbreak defensive blitz 
4th Down: Punt

 

If you saw it for years from the stands in Memorial Stadium like I did, you'd never forget it, too.

Fortunately this was not the case in 1977.

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

You left out "Danny Akers in at QB, drops back to pass, center steps on his feet and Akers self sacks".

RIP Danny.  Been almost ten years now.

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, texifornia said:

I wasn't a Disney kid, I was much happier just going to the beach or the mountains, but my little brother wanted to go to Disneyland so we went once. It was fun, there wasn't any family drama, and I don't have any keen desire to go back. Drinking around the world at Epcot sounds fun if I have the deep misfortune to be in Orlando for some reason.

Sounds like it was the Crucible for all y'all though.

Agree, even though "The Wonderful World of Disney" show on NBC was really the only thing halfway entertaining to watch on Sunday nights in the 70s, and I visited Disneyland in '84.

Space Mountain/whatever-haunted-holograms rides were the most memorable, the "It's a small world after all!" ride was the Torture-machine--nightmares.  Lulz.

 

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Posted
2 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Pretty much all Disney animated movies involve a murder either just prior to the beginning of the story, or at the beginning of the story. 

 

Bambi and Fox & the Hound say hello. 

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Posted
20 minutes ago, Js1 said:

It is officially 'bash Texas' season

(In regards to the "Texas is the new Alabama" article that was hilariously stupid) 

https://www.on3.com/college/texas-longhorns/news/colin-cowherd-questions-texas-ability-to-physically-dominate-in-2025-nobodys-afraid-of-the-prom-king/

Colin Cowherd questions Texas' ability to physically dominate in 2025: 'Nobody's afraid of the prom king'

I love that this is an "argument" entirely manufactured by talking heads who have nothing to do with Texas. Just top-tier clickfarming by masters of the art. And fucking morons nationwide will eat it up because it feeds their need to feel outraged and vindicated in their outrage. 

Cowherd can kick rocks but I used to respect Russo. 

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Posted
6 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

I love that this is an "argument" entirely manufactured by talking heads who have nothing to do with Texas. Just top-tier clickfarming by masters of the art. And fucking morons nationwide will eat it up because it feeds their need to feel outraged and vindicated in their outrage. 

Cowherd can kick rocks but I used to respect Russo. 

I love that actually. More of those articles need to find their way to the players

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Posted
53 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Greg Davis 3rd Down graphic guy got the one by the water and broke it down and brought it onto the bus for me while I kicked dirt and then did the walk of shame with people murmuring and darting out of my way on the bus.

Did you toss it like a midget?

Posted (edited)
46 minutes ago, Js1 said:

It is officially 'bash Texas' season

(In regards to the "Texas is the new Alabama" article that was hilariously stupid) 

https://www.on3.com/college/texas-longhorns/news/colin-cowherd-questions-texas-ability-to-physically-dominate-in-2025-nobodys-afraid-of-the-prom-king/

Colin Cowherd questions Texas' ability to physically dominate in 2025: 'Nobody's afraid of the prom king'

I mean fuck Cowherd, but isn't the Prom King, like, famously stereotyped as the best football player?  Weird analogy.

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Posted
48 minutes ago, Js1 said:

It is officially 'bash Texas' season

(In regards to the "Texas is the new Alabama" article that was hilariously stupid) 

https://www.on3.com/college/texas-longhorns/news/colin-cowherd-questions-texas-ability-to-physically-dominate-in-2025-nobodys-afraid-of-the-prom-king/

Colin Cowherd questions Texas' ability to physically dominate in 2025: 'Nobody's afraid of the prom king'

can you let him know Texas has put DTs in the NFL draft and has had a defense that has pretty much owened the LOS the last 3 years. 

Posted
1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

I can’t speak for all of these malcontents, but we’ve taken our kids to Disneyland or DisneyWorld every spring break for a decade through 2023. We’ve had fun every time.

Although, I lost it on two different trips with strollers while being rushed to get on a bus. I tried to hammerthrow both into a lake. One wound up stuck in a tree and the other one landed perfectly upright, 3 feet from the water. Greg Davis 3rd Down graphic guy got the one by the water and broke it down and brought it onto the bus for me while I kicked dirt and then did the walk of shame with people murmuring and darting out of my way on the bus. The time it got stuck in a tree, my Kentucky football buddy climbed up and got it down for me. My wife and kids and his wife and kids took a different bus. I’m convinced to this day that strollers are designed by angry women who want to make dads look like fucking idiots. 

Both times I remember, while spinning with the stroller and ultimately letting it fly off into the air, thinking “this isn’t going to end well”.

I use PFF a lot and pay the sub. I will say, they’re weakest in their analysis with the secondary. Probably a function of access to footage or something. 

Didn't one of the other guys on the bus yell "he stuck the landing!" for the one that landed upright? 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Had Enough said:

Just out of curiosity, what was criminal about it?

It was a huge waste of Earl Campbell's talent. Instead of lining him up 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage with a lead blocker allowing him to get a full head of steam, he was lined up a yard or two behind the quarterback and sent into the interior of the line. 

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Posted
5 hours ago, Codaxx said:

Bobby has Texas losing to OSU and Florida and runnign the table after that. He kept saying he thinks Texas will be a much different team later in the year. 

Well, he's right that we'll be a different team later in the year, depending on improvements and injuries.

Posted (edited)

I'm at a casino in Michigan just killing time until I head to Columbus and there are an inordinate amount of dwarves running around here.  Must be some convention going on. I haven't seen any of them throw a stroller though... Yet.

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Posted
3 hours ago, UncleSonny said:

A large contingent of the fan base sure does seem invested in Livingston being great, but for the life of me I just can’t figure out why that is. 

because he's likely a starting receiver for us and performing well will lead us to more and better wins 

 

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Posted
4 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

Yeah yeah, I'm sure that 10 year old looked at you with watery, pleading eyes and said "Pappa, Pappa, will you please wear a 'Grumpy' dwarf shirt for my Snow White themed Magic Kingdom Birthday Party? It's all I want in the WORLD" and your three-sizes too small heart just burst and you said "Of course son, I will grant your VERY specific wish for a Magic Kingdom themed birthday party group, and not because it was totally my idea in the first place."
 

I've been to Disney World several times. My daughter is a cheerleader and my wife likes going so it's pretty much an annual thing. I have never once worn anything Disney related. Fortunately my wife never asked me to so I guess I avoided that difficult conversation, but as an adult male you cannot wear themed up Disney gear. Never go full retard.

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Posted
2 hours ago, DigDug said:

The hanging mouthpieces have been going on for the last 3 years.  How are you people just now seeing this?

I loved Disney as a kid. I have NO idea how my parents afforded it. I’m likely never taking my kids again (they’ve been thrice)

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Just now, lilMAC25 said:

I loved Disney as a kid. I have NO idea how my parents afforded it. I’m likely never taking my kids again (they’ve been thrice)

I'm guessing it didn't cost this much back in the day, but that's just a guess. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, BachelorTrek said:

Agree, even though "The Wonderful World of Disney" show on NBC was really the only thing halfway entertaining to watch on Sunday nights in the 70s, and I visited Disneyland in '84.

Space Mountain/whatever-haunted-holograms rides were the most memorable, the "It's a small world after all!" ride was the Torture-machine--nightmares.  Lulz.

 

When I was a kid I lived at Astroworld. I'd get a season pass and then a bunch of Moms would take turns carpooling about 4 of us before the theme park opened and then pick us up after it closed. I didn't go every day, but I went a bunch. There's only so many times you can ride the same rides, and pretend like you're picking up girls who live on the other side of Houston that you will never see again, before a bit of hijinks ensues.

I had several favorite pranks I'd pull. There were two sets of cars on their own tracks on opposite sides of the theme park. You rode them around on a cement track with a metal guard rail in the middle so you couldn't drive it off the track. There was one pedal, which you pressed to make it go, but if you let your foot off completely it didn't coast to a stop. It braked. It's amazing to me those things basically burned fuel all day long because they were never turned off, but different time. One set was a convertible sports coup. The other was a model T style.

In any case, we'd get in one of the cars, drive about midway around the track, jump out and clamber over the chainlink fence. Then we'd run around a corner and peek back. Invariably, people would see us get out of the car and jump over the fence, but they wouldn't know what to do about it. So they'd sit there. Over a short period of time the cars would stack up not going anywhere behind the vehicle we abandoned. Eventually one of the underpaid teenagers manning the ride would wonder why isn't anyone going? Look around, see the abandoned car in the middle of the track, and have to run over there to drive it around so everyone else could enjoy the ride. I would laugh my ass off that no one would get out of their car and just go drive it around themselves because they didn't want to break the rules.

There was also a fake mountain in the middle of the theme park. The idea of it was to have something that sort of emulated the famous Disney castle, that would be a landmark for the theme park as a whole. Only, Astroworld didn't have as much capital to spend as Disney, of course, so it was done on the cheap. There was a ride inside called the Alpine Sleigh Ride, which was ostensibly a roller coaster, but not really. They had some cheap animatronics that were few and far between that you could look at as the ride lazily went around the mountain. The appeal wasn't the ride, which was terrible. The appeal was the supercharged air conditioning in an attempt to emulate a swiss mountain. So people would ride it to get a break from the overwhelming Houston heat. 

Well, since the ride wasn't exactly dangerous, and wasn't really all that popular other than the aforementioned reason, security could be a bit lax. You weren't exactly fastened in. So we'd clamber out of the car halfway through the ride, and spend the next little bit jumping out from behind corners to scare the ever living shit out of people who were on the ride. Then we'd get into an empty car and ride it back down. You'd think we would have gotten caught after dozens of times doing this, but worker morale wasn't exactly top notch. They just didn't seem to care as long as we didn't hurt anyone.

Fast forward a decade later. I'm serving in the Navy in San Diego. I convince some other sailors that it would be fun to go to Disneyland. I don't know how I did it necessarily, but I convinced 3 other guys to take the road trip to Los Angeles. While I understood the dynamics of Disneyland as a business venture, and that Disney had made a mistake in announcing the project so that third party developers bought all the land around Disneyland and locked it into a smaller footprint, I didn't really get what that meant. Disney didn't have enough land to keep adding rides. Any new ride they installed, they had to take one out. What this meant eventually is that they had to focus on a demographic, and the demographic they chose was the pre teens, It's a Small World animatronic type rides. We had smuggled a lot of booze in to the park and then mixed it with coke, so we were pretty sloshed and bored out of our minds. This is before the movies came out, so I had to convince my sailor buddies about this iconic ride we had to go on called Pirates of the Caribbean. It's still more of the same, but midway through I decide I'd relive my Astroworld glory days, and clamber out on the stage and start drunkenly dancing among all the robots. 

In case you weren't aware, even back in the 90s Disney's security protocols are a mite more stringent than Astroworlds. 

I immediately hear this voice of God cracking down on me, "Get back in the boat!" I scurried over properly chastened and leaped back into my seat. My friends and I were looking at each other thinking, "we're cooked now." As the ride is coming out of the tunnel heading towards the exit, I can see a phalanx of security personnel waiting. I have a feeling they might be there for me. So I look around at my friends and tell them, "See you guys later," climb over the brick wall next to us, and take off. 

A short while later I see my friends running around the corner laughing, "They thought it was the people ahead of us! They were excitedly pointing at us and we just ran!"

Ah, different times. Can't get away with that kind of stuff any more, that's for sure. 

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Posted
3 hours ago, UncleSonny said:

A large contingent of the fan base sure does seem invested in Livingston being great, but for the life of me I just can’t figure out why that is. 

Probably a larger contingent of the fan base thinks he can't possibly be any good for the exact same reason.

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Posted
1 hour ago, tokamak said:

Second team:

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Not one single player on offense. Doomed.

Two starting RBs and no NB on both teams is stupid 

Posted
1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

I'm guessing it didn't cost this much back in the day, but that's just a guess. 

 

Shits damn ridiculous now, and they’re sucking it in quicker than south austin’s mom.

I checked year before last when my wife thought it might be fun to take kids/grandkids. For 4 adults and 2 kids it was insane (2 rooms, non-budget level resort.)

Yeah, you can nickel and dime out everything you can, but what’s the fun in that? Who wants to stay off property, fight the traffic, and be even more miserable?

But for the same amount, I could take the wife anywhere in europe for a couple weeks and come out ahead. 

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