Spectrum dad to the greatest son ever (yes, he's really No. 1). Writer. Lawyer. Dedicated Seamhead. Prior lives in sports journalism and politics.
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A&M giving Jimbo Fisher a 10-year deal with $75MM in guaranteed whip-out only to have the NCAA crawl up its ass before Fisher even coaches a game is the most Aggie thing ever.
Steve Sarkisian takes Texas to Tuscaloosa in September and beats Alabama and Nick Saban in their house. Fast forward to January, when Sark not only passes on a chance to succeed Saban, he instead picks over the Tide's roster like a glorified estate sale.
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I was a freshman at Texas when I covered my first Texas-OU game. That morning, The Old Man called me and said "stay professional, but if you see Switzer, tell him I said fuck you."
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#HateWeek
#TexasOU
#TexasFight
I know it's been a rough decade. And I know last Saturday night was bad. But I'm not sick of Texas football. Two degrees; in for life.
But I am sick of our fans.
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I know you were watching, and I can feel you in this space right now. Champions at last, Dad. Champions at last. We love you and miss you.
#GoAndTakeIt
#WorldSeries
@dadopotamus
@FrankMart5135
And I'm crying with you. I have a son on the spectrum, and when he reaches out, it's like a secret window unto their soul opens. Nothing is more precious.
By any measure, the season is a disaster. And I don't want to hear about injuries. This is squarely on Herman's head. At minimum, they need a soup to nuts staff overhaul. And the son of a bitch should be coaching for his job in 2020. He lost his team.
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Watching LSU fans and media go apeshit over the successful debut of a modern spread offense against an FCS team well over a decade after everybody else discovered it is like the French going to the Moon and acting like it's the first time it ever happened.
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After all the sophomoric bullshit we take from everybody we play topped off by a bunch of your players firing off the “Horns down” all week and on the field tonight? I think I can speak for the vast majority of Texas fans by telling you to fuck off. We earned a little give back.
Stick a fork in the Dallas
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. They have nobody to blame but ... the Joneses -- which has been true since 1996. I'll hand this to them, though: they've managed to craft the biggest brand in professional sports in spite of absolutely zero accomplishment to back it up.
This is about as close as you're going to get in terms of a public cue from McConnell to GOP down-ballot candidates to open some distance with the White House and try to save themselves. I can only imagine what the conversations behind closed doors must be like.
MCCONNELL: “I haven’t actually been to the White House since August the 6th. Because my impression was that their approach to how to handle this is different from mine and what I suggested that we do in the Senate, which is to wear a mask and practice social distancing."
It's the night before the biggest home game on The Forty in over a decade, and our AD is on Twitter addressing fan concerns about when they can open tailgates and all sorts of other shit. God bless
@_delconte
. Tell me there's someone better and I'll call you a liar.
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This is asinine. The only other Texas coach I recall who bitched about "Horns down" was Mack Brown, who was rightfully roasted for it. Now Terry is getting rightfully roasted for it. Total bullshit. Don't like it? Win the game.
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Here's what
#Texas
head coach Rodney said happened in the handshake line with
#UCF
:
"About 6 or 7 guys putting the horns down. We don't do that because when you do those kinds of things, it looks very classless."
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I've avoided the gazillion replays of the 2006 Rose Bowl in the last decade, because when you spend that much time looking back, it means you haven't done anything lately. But tonight is different. It's a chance for us to come together over something we hold dear.
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I've mellowed with age, but it's Texas/OU week, and I still hate those bastards with every fiber of my being.
I'll probably say some vile and disgusting things about them through the week, so I apologize in advance for anyone I may offend.
Except them. Fuck 'em.
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Earl Campbell, in his prime, had only one peer: Jim Brown. Earl was the baddest motherfucker to ever carry a football. Fun fact: I'm privileged to know Earl, and he's literally one of the nicest, most caring men on the planet. He left all his anger on the field.
Any Texas alum who has even a passing thought about pulling for Oklahoma in anything, including contributions to world peace, needs to be skinned and stoned.
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I get that Tom is wanting to save some stuff for Dallas next week, but I want to see Texas deliver an Old Testament Beating in Morgantown today. It's time to start annihilating lesser opponents in conference play.
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Jerry Jones is getting the Texas/OU game over our dead bodies. He'd have to blow up the Cotton Bowl and raze the fairgrounds. Both schools know that moving it would ruin it.
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#TexasFight
To all the
#UGA
fans, soak it up at the Rose Bowl. I speak from experience in telling you that it’s one of the most amazing experiences of your sporting lives.
To all the OU fans, I hope you lose and it takes you 4 hours to get back to the Motel 6 in Van Nuys.
There’s a crude female anatomical reference for the segment of our fellow Texas fans who are “worried” about Jimbo. Fuck that. Embrace and relish the competition. Put A&M back on the schedule, confront the Aggies and Fisher head-on, and kick ass.
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Buck O'Neil is getting inducted to the Hall of Fame tomorrow, and if that doesn't bring a smile to your face, you are by definition soulless. Shame it didn't come in his lifetime, but the sun will shine over Cooperstown tomorrow with his inimitable joy.
We are now discussing a “skittish steer” and a “perceived threat” as it relates to CFB teams and their accompanying mascots. As a result,
@PETA
is bravely calling for all live-animal mascots to retire.
Can only imagine Bevo‘s reaction upon learning of such unreasonable demands.
I've always believed that it's up to you to make enough plays to eliminate the chance that the zebras can steal a game from you. The 2015 Texas/OSU game was the exception. It was the most poorly officiated game I've ever seen, and Texas had the game stolen.
I don't know what else we could have wanted from Texas tonight. Limited practice, no spring ball, 2 new coordinators, 7 new assistants. The Horns looked fundamentally sound, crisp, deep, and ready.
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I'm a native Texan. I was raised in the finest tradition of a Texas gentleman. I believe in chivalry. But I also believe that it's not incompatible with equality. So I'll keep opening doors, pulling out chairs, and standing when a lady leaves the table. Until I die.
My blood runs burnt orange more or as much as anybody else's. But the 2005 natty feels like quicksand nowadays. Texas fans just can't quit wallowing in it. We hear about it every damn week. Dial it back and don't ruin the memory. Move the fuck on and focus on the future.
Last I checked, we live in a developed country. There will be immense hell to pay for the power failures in Texas. I'm on day two of no power, and now no water. But I'm a tough old bastard, and I'll be fine. I worry about others who are less fortunate.
Look at what an upstairs closet at my mother’s yielded last week. Discovered it by accident. It belonged to The Old Man. Cried when I found it.
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Thinking of you right now, Dad. I know you'll be watching. We love you and miss you. PS: I'm wearing your cap; promise not to disturb the curve in the bill.
#GoandTakeIt
#Rangers
On the precipice of achieving admission to the SEC, our next task is to get a substantial chunk of our fan base on Twitter to shut the hell up and not make us look like complete assholes on the way in the door.
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Nobody fought harder to preserve The University's standing and sustain (and grow) its core missions than Bill Powers. He stood up to Governor Perry and prevailed. For that and many other reasons, President Powers will be sorely missed. Go easy, Bill. And
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I, for one, do not want to roll into the SEC flexing the size of our endowment or clicking abacus beads about the power of our "brand." To hell with that. Either we fully weaponize, or get ready to absorb all the hate we've got coming and have nothing to say in return.
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Good lick by 60 Minutes last night on our man Justin Tucker. The thing about him is this: he's transcended being a great and consistent kicker. He's a straight-up lethal weapon for your football team.
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Fellow Texans: We're known for our fierce independence. We've been known to take things into our own hands. And now we must do that for each other. Our leadership is weak, so it's up to us. Stay home. If you've gotta go out, mask up and distance. We can do this. Do it for Texas.
Anybody hoping that Spencer Sanders is too hobbled to play against Texas tomorrow is wasting their time. Gundy will bring in Bob Baffert's vet to shoot him up if he has to.
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Texas won. Beyond that, I give negative shits about the Big 12. Conference pride is for suckers. If you don't accomplish it in your own right, it doesn't matter.
I've been seeing this all day and it's rather typical. So, I took a couple of minutes and went back to check. He's tweeted 45 times today, and 41 of them have been about the Texas/OU game. A&M plays Alabama on Saturday, and not a peep about it.
Rent. Free.
Here's the deal. Do I think that Garrett has run his course? Yes. But how much confidence do we have that the Joneses will hire a legit head coach and empower him to hire his own staff and make decisions? Ownership is the problem, and it has been since Jimmy was gone.
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On behalf of my family, with three (including me) alumni of The University of Texas, I'd like to invite Mario Cristobal to our house for Christmas.
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