Sam Ehlinger on Texas at 7-5: "Rome wasn't built in a day. If you had told Texas fans three years ago that we would have seven wins and headed to a bowl game and had a chance to win eight, I think people would be pretty happy ... Overall, we did a great job."
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On the day
@GregAbbott_TX
issues new order banning vaccine mandates, Texas hits 13,928 COVID patients in hospitals and 233 newly reported deaths. Here's the chart ..
Outside family reunification center, a man walked out of the building sobbing “she is gone” into his phone. Behind the building, by herself a woman is talking/screaming into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet
Tom Herman may rip off 100 wins in a row after today, but 6-5 in year 3 is a perfect example of why a school doesn’t need to give a contract extension after year 2. Texas is a destination job. It could have waited ...
Graham Harrell to Texas as OC? You know who had really good special teams in 2019? Houston:
#1
in blocked kicks, 0 blocked kicks allowed,
#1
in blocked punts, 0 blocked punts allowed,
#17
KO return defense,
#2
net punting ... special teams coordinator ... Blake Gideon.
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Texas Gov was once so suspicious of US military maneuvers in Texas, he sent Texas State Guard to monitor the situation and “protect” citizens back in 2015.
#JadeHelm
This is the most offensive thing I've ever heard.
No one should ever question the loyalty or professionalism of the Texas National Guard.
@TexasGuard
I authorized more than 1,000 to go to DC.
I'll never do it again if they are disrespected like this.
2 Texas COVID trends going in wrong direction: Today's 1,878 hospitalizations are 2nd highest in 1 day. The 7-day positivity rate has surged from 4.27% on 5/26 to 7.55% Saturday, highest rate since April 23. Those are 2 key metrics in
@GregAbbott_TX
's reopening
Everything about this police response compared to Uvalde is stunning: From the cops entering the building and confronting a shooter who was carrying assault rifles, to the quick release of video footage. It didn't take 77 minutes to act, or months to release video
One thing I’ve learned in 25 years covering college football: every team has the toughest, most innovative, most demanding and motivating strength and conditioning coach in the sport.
After nearly 17 years, we said goodbye today to Baxter. He’s off to finally learn Spanish and eat the whole wheel of cheese. He was so wise, like a miniature Buddha covered in hair …
No. 19 Texas men add Villanova to the schedule on Dec. 6. That means Shaka Smart and the Longhorns will face the No. 3 Wildcats and No. 2 Baylor in a 7-day stretch.
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Texas regents give their blessing to plans for new campus basketball arena. Also, Matthew McConaughey will be the arena's "Minister of Culture." Seriously.
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JARED KUSHNER: "The notion of the federal stockpile was it's supposed to be our stockpile. It's not supposed to be states stockpiles that they then use."
Leaving Uvalde today to make way for other
@AP
journalists, who continue to report this story of horror and heartbreak with respect and compassion for families, and with grit and determination for the facts of what happened.
Texas reporting 50 new COVID deaths, the highest single day so far, just as the the state preps for slow opening Friday. New cases hit 1,033, first day over 1k since April 10.
Is the Texas Tribune, which constantly asks the public for $, going to publicly address its layoffs? Did I miss it? Two hours ago they retweeted a story by one of the laid off reporters.
A few thoughts on Ken Riley, Hall of Famer: First, he was my coach in college at Florida A&M. That should explain a lot as to why this was so personal for me that he be enshrined
Today we have heard the head of a power company and the head of the PUC both say they warned Gov. Abbott's office, Lt. Gov Patrick's office and others that the storm barreling toward the state was gonna cause problems and blackouts
#txlege
Texas Department of Public Safety now referring all questions about Uvalde shooting investigation to District Attorney Christina Mitchell Busbee. She declined comment when reached by the
@AP
Every time we start moving in the right direction the Governor steps in and sets us back and makes all of our jobs harder. He minimizes the sacrifices of people and businesses. I just don’t get it. st
Art Briles attorney Ernest Cannon to AP: McCaw “validates what Art has been trying to say from the first day. Baylor had a campus-wide problem. It was not unique to the athletic department ... Baylor needed two things: A bus and someone to throw under it."
Texas COVID-19 Chronicles: testing positivity rate rockets over 21%. Hospitalizations nearly 4,000 (that’s the number to watch in the coming days, to see how many people are getting really sick or not).
Former FAMU football coach Rudy Hubbard goes into the College Football Hall of Fame tonight. I wish former Rattler coach Ken Riley was still with us. Can we get Riley in the Pro Football Hall of Fame for his family?
@FAMUAthletics
@FAMU_1887
@FAMU_FB
Be kind out there today, as you don't always know what others you encounter might be going through. Cashier in store just told me today is 7th anniversary of her daughter's death. Her day will be a struggle.
Riley changed my life with a surprise scholarship offer to FAMU that sent me along pathways I may have never explored, while opening the door to a career that has taken me halfway around the world. He was a man of excellence, dignity and class. I will miss him.
If Texas really is considering about $20 million in buyouts amid the economic crisis of the pandemic, did anyone offer to write a check to save dozens of staff jobs, furloughs and salary cuts in Oct?
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says that a month of the key COVID-19 metrics trends moving rapidly in the wrong direction does not warrant new statewide restrictions. If it happens for another month, it probably will.
Univ of Texas official confirms first reported by
@thedailytexan
that students, faculty and staff will be required to wear masks in campus buildings and indoor classes in the fall. Those who don't could face code of conduct disciplinary measures.
My Dad loves to send me old newspaper clips of my college football days, which I love. He sent one this weekend of a 58-7 win over NCA&T in '88. "FAMU's only miscues came on special teams as kicker Jimmy Vertuno missed two field goals." Thanks Dad, for sending that one.
Texas fans will like they got Big 12’s only bowl win ... then remember they lost to losing bowl teams Baylor, Iowa State and Oklahoma (and TCU) in the regular season
Texas regents also to approve defensive coordinator Todd Orlando salary of $1.7M (plus a car, because who can afford one on that salary?) and OL coach Herb Hand $640k plus a car.
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Even if one insists the “slow down the tests” was a joke, it ain’t no joke in Texas where testing is not rising while new cases, daily hospitalizations and infection rate are. Rapidly.
Texas pays tribute to USC running back C.R. Roberts, who torched Texas in this stadium in 1956 while withstanding fierce racism from the crowd. Roberts is on the field
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#FightOn
New Texas COVID-19 numbers: 5,551 new cases (new record), 29 new deaths, 4,389 total hospitalizations (new record and 1-day spike of nearly 300), and 7-day positives rate jumps to 10.42 percent (highest since April 17). This is what
@GregAbbott_TX
means by "massive outbreak."
News release from Austin-Travis County: From now through May 1, events with 2,500 or more people are prohibited unless organizers are able to assure Austin Public Health (APH) that mitigation plans for infectious diseases are in place. Each event will be evaluated case-by-case.
Yeesh. Texas sets a new high in COVID hospitalizations for 3rd straight day. Now at 2,153. State health officials will note still more than 13k hospital beds and 1,500 ICU beds avail.
Univ of Texas regents agenda this week shows 1-year contract extensions for football assistants Banks, Davis, Gideon, Joseph, Milwee, Becton and Choate
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Have done a lot of complaining and joking. But glad to still have gas to cook with, a car to charge a battery and a family to lean on. Many others have it worse ...