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Spectrum dad to the greatest son ever (yes, he's really No. 1). Writer. Lawyer. Dedicated Seamhead. Prior lives in sports journalism and politics. #HookEm

Mount Thunder, Texas
Joined June 2010
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
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Wait until A&M finds out that it's been moved to Longview.
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She’s perfect
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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.
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Name a better sporting venue ever to exist. I’ll wait.
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Ah, yes. When A&M went 37-76-5 against Texas. Good old days they were. #HookEm
@AggieGossip
Aggie Gossip
7 years
Remember the good old days when we played and beat t.u. on Thanksgiving?
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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. #HookEm
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There hasn’t been that much white powder at Kyle Field since Johnny Manziel broke in and hosted a party there.
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I've seen bigger crowds at a Texas basketball game in November.
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5 years
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." #HookEm #HateWeek #TexasOU #TexasFight
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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. #HookEm
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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
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@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.
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I couldn't be happier for this man. #TexasFight #HookEm
@TexasFootball
Texas Football
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Turn us up @CoachSark ! 🤘
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Roses have stems Violets are blue Who gives a shit about A&M? Fuck OU. #HookEm
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5 years
Aww, I see where Baker Mayfield threw 3 picks today and looked like a bag of dicks. Too bad, asshole.
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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. #HookEm
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Edith Royal is once and forever The First Lady of Texas Football. May angels guide her flight to a happy reunion with DKR. She will be missed. #HookEm
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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. #HookEm
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Texas is out of the rebuilding phase and into the reloading phase. #HookEm
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7 years
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.
@MizzouSportsPod
Missouri Sports Podcast
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Here is Texas coach, Tom Herman and QB Sam Ehlinger mocking Drew Lock's touchdown celebration from earlier in the game. Absolute trash.
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Stick a fork in the Dallas #Cowboys . 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.
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6 years
National Championships: Vince Young 1 Johnny Manziel 0 And there ends the lesson. #HookEm
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4 years
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.
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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."
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Without question among the ugliest uniforms I've ever seen.
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Karbach Round Rock Classic ⚾️
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Pins again. 😎😍 #GigEm
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FELLOW TEXANS (or anybody, really): Just wear the damn mask. It's basic respect for human life while we're dealing with this shit.
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5 years
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. #HookEm
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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. #HookEm
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Tyler Feldman
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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." #HookEm | @KVUE
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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. #HookEm
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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. #HookEm
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That's the WR Sark was waiting on.
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5 years
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.
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Super B-Day to Earl Campbell. If something is standing in your way in life just put your head down and run harder.
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75 hours and 7 minutes. #HookEm #BeatOU
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7 years
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. #HookEm
@InsideTexas
Inside Texas
7 years
Thinking of pulling for Oklahoma in the playoff? Scipio Tex explains why that’s not a good idea (FREE): #HookEm
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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. #HookEm
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First remember this as we write the Strong era obits -- Charlie Strong is a good man who represented The University well.
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You're a good man, Charlie Strong. May success follow your flag. Farewell. #HookEm
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Texas just traded Bru back to USC for two Mater Dei players to be named later and cash. I like the deal.
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4 years
Here's how obviously stupid Herman's paltry usage of Bijan Robinson is: Jesse Palmer realizes how fucking dumb it is. #HookEm
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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. #HookEm #TexasFight
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Our Texas Longhorns opened a cold case of whipass. I'll be damned. #HookEm
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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.
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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. #HookEm
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Corso picked LSU. It's official. Texas will beat the shit out of 'em. #HookEm
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Look at the reflection and tell me what you see. When you figure it out, it transcends bad ass. #HookEm
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Nah. You just lost to Liberty at home instead.
It sure is comforting to know that in a rebuilding season, our worst in decades, we still didn’t lose to Kansas in Lawrence in football.
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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.
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Let’s call it like it is. The anti-vaxers are criminally stupid.
@CNN
CNN
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At least 107 measles cases have been confirmed across more than 20 states
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I told myself for decades after decades that I'd see this someday. So you'll pardon me if I let my eyes leak for a minute.
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It’s a banner day in Rangers history.
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3 years
My, my. A bit sensitive north of the Red. #HookEm
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I say we turn #Bevo loose inside PETA headquarters. Who's with me? #HookEm
@TheSportsHernia
Tim Ryan🦤
6 years
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.
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Darren Rovell, a moron of ill-repute, knows as much about Texas law and the principles of statutory construction as a goddamn snail.
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6 years
BUT THE CASITAS ... WHO'S GONNA LOOK AFTER THE CASITAS NOW? #HookEm
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7 years
Assholes waving swastikas/doing Hitler salutes are shitting on the legacy and graves of every American who fought in WW2 to stop that shit.
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5 years
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.
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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. #HookEm
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OHIO STATE SOURCE: It was Tom Herman that ordered the Code Red. #HookEm
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6 years
ACTIVATE THE HATE MACHINE. #BeatOU #Hookem
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All I can say is this. The going rate to buy your way in to OU or A&M must be a box of wine and a Fleshlight.
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I can't remember the last time I saw one. This is nuts.
@PitchingNinja
Rob Friedman
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Brent Honeywell, Screwball. 🪛😯 Not a Strike, but I love seeing Screwballs in the Wild.
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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.
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How restaurants can end the soft sexism of “ladies first” service
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A week after getting throttled by the Texas defense, Iowa State goes into Norman, puts up 38 and upsets OU. Wow. #HookEm
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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.
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All this fuss. He was never going to end up in Lubbock.
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4 years
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.
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Props to @EricNahlin at @InsideTexas . He had the Arch story pegged all the way -- long before anyone else. And he called it in March.
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@MarkAGunnels This guy:
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6 years
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. #Rangers
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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
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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. #HookEm
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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 #HookEm
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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. #HookEm
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On the Texas OC and DC search, no news is good news. Might mean a decent vetting process is underway. #HookEm
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Get behind Sark. I'm pulling for him for obvious personal reasons, but he nevertheless deserves the shot. #HookEm
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Gimme Vince Young, Jamal Charles and Limas Sweed and I'll beat the hell out of all you bastards. #HookEm
@TheDraftNetwork
The Draft Network
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You get $12 QB (1) RB (1) WR (2) Who’s your squad?
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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. #HookEm
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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.
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Oh my God I'm bawling.
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2 years
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. #HookEm
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Texas is the all-time #CollegeWorldSeries leader in appearances (36) and wins (85). 6 National Championships, made title game 13x. #HookEm
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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.
@BarrettSallee
Barrett Sallee 🇺🇸
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TV on @CBSSportsHQ : What grade does the Big 12 get during bowl season? A giant F. Here’s why:
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Shaka is a great guy. I'm sorry it didn't work out here, but I wish him nothing but the best. #HookEm
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5 years
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.
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4th & goal, and game on the line? WE GOT THIS DAD, NO PROB he said. And he was right! #HookEm
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First day of freshman year -- Westlake class of 2028. Go get 'em son!
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8 years
Many of us have maintained unwavering faith in Charlie Strong. We're getting a tiny taste of the reward right now. Abundance to come. #Texas
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8 years
Thus far, Charlie Strong is handling this very painful exercise with dignity and class. Very impressive. #HookEm
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7 years
Baylor. Natural order restored.
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5 years
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. #Cowboys
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4 years
Anthony Fauci sounds like a guy who just had a 500-pound boulder lifted off his back.
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6 years
Oh, look. It's Miss Oklahoma.
@nerdist
Nerdist
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Scientists recreated the face of a 9,000-year-old Greek teenage girl:
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Are you out of your mind? Dallas doesn't have the jail capacity for that.
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3 years
Good luck Baylor. America now wants you to lose.
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3 years
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. #HookEm
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5 years
I don't know if Lane Kiffin deserves the Ole Miss job. But I do know that all of us deserve Lane Kiffin getting the Ole Miss job. Harrumph!
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7 years
I rarely say this sort of thing, because it's almost always a shitty homer excuse. But Texas is getting fucked by the officials. #HookEm
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5 years
I'm trying to remember if anyone has become a Texas Football folk hero faster than Roschon Johnson, and I'm drawing a blank. BALLER. #HookEm
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Count your blessings. You could be sheltering in place in Norman.
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