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Vince is actually becoming very good on TV/radio. I have seen a lot of his analysis on YT this week going into the game, and I have been impressed.

Women's basketball is going to be great if the players in college and high school coming up meets their potential. I can't wait for both highschool and college games. 😂 I laugh when people say the world has caught up because USA has a close game and now are capable of being beat on off nights. The USA brings has a team full of all stars sitting on the bench with Olivia, Madison, Mikayla, and JuJu up next. No other country can boast that.

all good stuff. Thanks for sharing

Thank you too for your service sir!

The thing I remember most was the phone call from my daughter. She was in class at UT and very upset, asking me what to do. I told her to stay in class and do whatever they said. And then I added, "Stay away from the Capitol building and the tower."

Thank you for the analysis, good stuff. One area where I would push back is the coaching favorite. If Texas rolls OSU like I expect (34-17) and the offensive play calling is a couple of ticks above recent Texas game history, the question will become: how much time WAS Sark having to spend with the defensive side of the ball? My reading of the teas leaves is that he was more frustrated than was ever publicly conveyed. I think the offensive side of the ball gets a much deeper and better engaged Sarkisian than we've known in some time. And that will be a problem for the Buckeyes. My two cents, if worth that. Hook 'em

I was 28 years old and stationed at RAF Mildenhall. I was on the flight line at the 29 Localizer with a special maintenance team when my wife called the shelter and told me a plane had hit the towers. The team was sent home a few days later and my attitude in the Air Force changed. A few weeks later I was deployed for 3 months to ( I sh!t you not) Moron, Spain just outside of Sevilla.

I was a student at UT. I lived on Riverside and for some reason I don’t remember was driving to class that day listening to Bucky and @Erin Hogan. They were talking about a plane having hit a building and starting a fire. I thought I’d be able to see it as I got close to I35, but of course there was no smoke, and right around that time they said it looked like a second plane hit the WTC. I knew that meant something big was happening so I turned around and went home and ended up glued to the TV and computer watching everything that happened until I had to go to work that night. I’ve tried to explain to my daughter the shock of that day going from not really knowing what was going on to both buildings falling, the pentagon hit, the other plane down, and all the other wild rumors and speculation that got reported. It’s impossible to convey. I think that day changed us all and our country in ways we are still reckoning with.

I was 19 and a sophomore at Arkansas. I vividly remember that day it was an absolutely gorgeous day in NW Arkansas it was cool and crisp on my walk to my comparative anatomy class with Dr. Walker from my house. My friend Sammie came into class and told me that she heard a plane had hit the WTC and we were joking thinking it was a small plane “how do you miss that”. Then Dr. Walker came in and told us what was going on and it was like a bomb went off. He told everyone we were free to go and check on folks if needed but he’d like us to stay and discuss what was going on. We had a discussion about the goal of terrorism being to disrupt and disrupt trust in society and our responsibility is to unite and over come that together. My dad was working at UT then and my mom at the Presbyterian seminary so I was very worried about an attack on the largest university in the country, the capital city in Bush’s state, and the possibility that there would be some religious attacks as well. Thankfully that was not the case. A day I won’t ever forget!

27-20 Texas

Thank you for sharing and your service! Truly a hero alongside so many others who have valiantly served our country. I agree that it is unfortunate that we’re so polarized in this country now in so many ways.

Ohio State wins, 31-27.

I pray for this country. We are all from God and made in His image (Genesis 1:26-27) and we need to treat each other like it. On that day we all came together and prayed or hugged or cried or some combination. We should do that more often and remember how blessed we are to live in this country. Every gift is from God (James 1:17).

I don’t know if I agree with Sayin vs Manning. Sayin had more playmakers last year than Manning, and he didn’t really have to make plays. I buy a tie, but not Sayin over Manning. the rest, I can buy their analysis.

Like others, I grew up in a community affected by 9/11, with untold folks who commuted in and out of the WTC every day, worked in the towers, etc. Family members have their stories about what they saw, what they heard, what the experienced - the mail sent from the towers that they received after 9/11 from people who perished in the meantime. I am proud to have grown up in a community near where Todd Beamer raised his family and, by chance, am now raising a family in the town where he grew up halfway across the country. Every 9/11 has remained a somber occasion since, but in the years that have passed, there has been remarkable clarity about two things - our shared humanity and, stripped of politics, the historical greatness of this country and its people. Every firefighter who worked in the NY fire department deserves our thanks, not only for rushing into the towers to experience certain death, but for the men, women, and dogs who worked what became known as the "pile" at Ground Zero after, searching for every human remain and scrap, and treating it all with dignity and care. But, as the years have passed, we have learned more about the non-uniformed folks on the upper floors who gave their lives in service of their fellow man. The security guy for Morgan Stanley who, contrary to tower security, told all of his people to evacuate down the stairs and refused to leave until all under his care had left. He lost his life. And for our football fans, spend the time to watch Tom Rinaldi's vignette on Welles Crowther, the trader who dreamed of becoming a firefighter (linked below). Crowther went up and down the upper floors multiple times to direct folks to safety. His family would learn how Crowther perished by reading a NY Times story months later about a man with a red bandana, which he carried around wherever he went. May we continue to remember all of these people for who they were - heroes.

now the question is if he plays bad/average against the only team with a pulse they play do the heisman voters realize he is playing local high schools and thats why his stats are so padded?

I remember being promoted to SGT/E-5 on September 1. Man I was so proud, I felt as if I was one step closer to my goal of becoming a Drill Sergeant. Weird, but growing up I always wanted to be a teacher, a mentor, a coach, and now my dreams were becoming a reality. So after PT, as it's said if you're on time you're late, so I headed to the motor pool. Feeling the responsibility of the weight of the rank on my shoulders, as a 21 y/o I felt the need I had to prove I was worthy. So I get to the motor pool to make sure all things are ready, plans and roles for the day are in order, and I'm ready to lead. I sat in the motor pool for almost an hour by myself. Now I'm mad, I did all of this preparation and my whole squad hasn't shown up. This is before today where everyone has a computer in their hands, so I had no idea what was going on. My girlfriend at the time called our office and told me I needed to get to Squadron. The irony of me thinking everyone was wrong, but I was the one incorrect. We were briefed and shortly after locked everything down, drew weapons, and started guarding assigned areas. I can't speak for the other branches, but in the Army nothing makes sense, you're briefed on severity based on position and duty somehow it all kind of works out. I remember thinking to myself, we were attacked from above; what is this M-4 and 5.56 gonna do? Depending on what kind of soldier you are, you either leave basic training with a hero/God complex or you just want to ride your time and fulfill your contract. After the lockdown was lifted, because I was from Port Arthur and I was stationed at Ft Polk, LA, I made the hour and half drive home and told my mom that if anyone from my division gets deployed that I would volunteer if they asked(and I did). 9/11, changed everything, I grew up that day. I never became that Drill Sergeant, I never got to train future soldiers, I now had a more important mission. I have to prepare our nation's greatest asset for the unknown and bring them home. I don't go out much nowadays, I remember how unified and connected we were back then. I don't know if the division is real or if it's an online thing but it hurts all the same to see. I miss those days and would give anything to have a unified country again❤️🇺🇸

44-23. Texas

I was 18 going on 19. I was asleep, and the next thing I knew, my older sister wakes me up screaming and saying “we’re going to war”! We went to the living room and I saw what happened on TV and my heart sank. It was terrifying. In 2017, I went to NYC, and I saw the memorial and it was one of the most chilling experiences of my life. Never forget 🙏

100%. Just calling out the efficiency he’s playing with is a step up from last year for him. 41/45 for 652 yards and 8 touchdowns. It might be awhile until they play a team with a pulse. Mensah’s stat line is going to be off the charts.

well yeah i didnt say them hahah but really if we played an FCS school it would be just as ugly if Sark wanted it too.

My last semester at Texas. Couldn’t process hearing on radio those towers fell. Remember all the bad info coming out. A car bomb at the state department per abc radio. Watching that night on tv and a police car driving down there and it looking like it was snowing from the ash. All those lives lost. All the heroes. My one I always remember. Todd Beamer. Jeremy Glick. “Let’s roll”

If they could beat Stanford too that would be impressive

there are high school teams that would beat FAMU.