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Could be worse 😂 we could be UNC

Looking like a close finish. A lot to play out over the next few months!

Sean Miller loves his quarter zip

Since you mentioned Bosh, I’ve been remembering that 2001-02 Dallas Lincoln basketball team that went 40-0 and won the state championship. I went to watch the 4A championship game between Lincoln and Beaumont Ozen—Chris Bosh vs. Kendrick Perkins. That 2002 Texas high school basketball class had a lot of star power—Bosh, Perkins, Bracey Wright, Daniel Horton.

The World Baseball Classic final and our play-in game were a nice distraction from whatever the heck happened after Tunney’s bomb. Bc that was brutal. On to Auburn

Chris Bosh'ish with a little difference offensive strengths if he maximizes IMO. Texas will be right there. NIL could be way up there.

You ain't by yourself. I don't put much in stats like this. History isn't a predictor only a guide.

As possibly the only Duke basketball fan here on OTF I'll just say that I've been watching them since the 1960's and seemingly every freaking year that they lose starters to injury just before the NCAA tournament they inevitably disappoint and lose early. With everyone healthy they looked like one of the top 3 favorites to win it all. When the PG broke his foot I figured they'd be lucky to make it to the Final Four. The replacement PG (Cayden Boozer) is probably as good as the starter but then there's a big drop off to PG 3. When the starting center got hurt all bets are off, the sub big man is good on defense but there's no one behind him except an undersized freshman. I know the starter is supposed to come back in maybe the Sweet 16 but ... Then I just saw this from ESPN - doesn't look good for # 1 seeds who play close openers with # 16 seeds.

For those of you who seriously watches CBB, what does AJ do well besides scoring the basket? Last year Cooper showed the ability to do everything, for a player that warrants so much attention on the offensive end one would think he would average more assists a game.

I'm with Schloss. I hope the team takes the Tarleton State loss and moves forward with a renewed sense of urgency. The alternative would be less than ideal.

AUSTIN, Texas — When Texas coach Jim Schlossnagle analyzes fifth-ranked Auburn ahead of the second-ranked Longhorns’ three-game weekend road series against the Tigers, he sees a lot of similarities to the squad he coaches every day. “Auburn has an awesome team,” Schlossnagle said on Thursday before departing UFCU-Disch Falk Field for the airport. “They actually remind me a lot of our team and some of the best teams we've had — that I've coached.” It starts on the mound, where Texas (18-2, 2-1 SEC) and Auburn (18-2, 3-0) rank among the nation’s leaders in team ERA (the Tigers are second with a 2.26 while the Longhorns are fourth with a 2.67) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (Auburn’s 5.34 leads Division I while Texas is currently ninth with a 3.63). Ruger Riojas (4-0, 2.05 ERA) and Jake Marciano (3-0, 0.93) square off in Friday’s series opener, pitting two of the nation’s top starting pitchers against each other. “He throws a boatload of strikes with multiple pitches,” Schlossnagle said of Marciano, who has only walked two batters in 29 innings while firing 42 strikeouts, 13 of which have been looking (the third-most in the SEC). “He's got a really, kind of loose body, loose arm. The fastball — it's not like some super high-velocity fastball — it gets on you. It's relentless strikes.” Schlossnagle said Marciano, a sophomore lefty who went 4-2 with a 6.08 ERA in 15 appearances as a freshman at Virginia Tech last season, controls the running game so well that it’s tough to envision the Longhorns doing a lot of damage with men on base. Even though Texas enters the series boasting one of the most productive offenses in the country (12th with a .560 team slugging percentage, 15th with an average of 1.8 home runs per game, 17th with a .324 team batting average, 18th with a .442 team on-base percentage and 19th with an average of 9.5 runs scored per game), Schlossnagle wants to see how the bats bounce back against the Tiger arms after a forgettable performance in Tuesday’s 6-1 loss at to Tarleton State, one Schlossnagle described as “beyond brutal.” A first-inning solo home run by Carson Tinney and a two-out single to right field by Josh Livingston in the bottom of the ninth were the only hits Texas scratched out. The Longhorns struck out 12 times, left nine runners on base and went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position. “The at-bats were horrific,” Schlossnagle said. “They pitched well. Ethan Mendoza, yesterday, said the one right-hander for them — I think the third pitcher — that's the best pitcher we've seen all season. At least he felt. When a guy in the box is saying that. The guy was going 95, 96 (mph) with two breaking balls. I think he had walked like nine guys in 11 innings. Our plan was to make him throw strikes and he threw nothing but strikes. “We didn't do a really good job with the right-handers they threw out there,” he added. “We kept chasing balls on the first-base side of home plate, pulling off the breaking balls. It's more about, as a team, sticking with our approach that we've had all year of using the whole field to hit.” After taking Wednesday to reflect on what happened Tuesday, and making a trip to Round Rock to get some infield work on the dirt and grass at Dell Diamond, Schlossnagle would like to think the loss to Tarleton State will ensure Texas is locked in when facing an Auburn club that’s a “national championship-caliber team that's playing well and playing with a lot of confidence" after opening SEC play with a road sweep of Missouri and recording a 9-2 rout of No. 3 Georgia Tech at home on Tuesday. “Everything in life happens for you, not to you,” Schlossnagle said. “Maybe we'll look back on that and say, 'Wow, what an experience that was,' and we learned from it and got better. Or the opposite. “Hopefully, it's not the opposite.” View full news story

I’m horrible with names - my mind will go blank. A perfect example, in college I introduced one of my closest friends (of about 10 yrs) to a blind date with the wrong name - she knew me & just reintroduced herself; didn’t tell me about until the next day. The worst was when I went to introduce my boyfriend (future spouse) of 3 yrs to someone and all I could remember was his last name (which is what his friends called him) - he had to introduce himself. It’s like the pressure of remembering a name makes me freeze and forget. What makes it worse is I have a very unique name that people tend to remember 😵‍💫

does anyone else pick their brackets based on how much they hate a given school? 🤣 admittedly, not the best strategy for winning, but it makes me feel good... 🤷‍♂️ 🤘

Leonard Davis is the largest human I’ve been next too. Probably not a fair comparison since it was many years later, but he was larger than T Sweat. Maybe not weight-wise but just massive person.

He looks good! Gladewater fella. One of my first favorite players

The play that made Stonie Clark a legendary lifetime Longhorn:

https://stoniesteacakes.com/

Stoney Clark. Thirty years ago. Where is Stoney? Love to hear about him.

Not yet.

He was 370 pounds of granite. That's the best way I could describe him to those who aren't familiar with him. Just a rare body type.

Leonard Davis was chiseled. He didn't have that typical lineman belly. My then 12 year old daughter and I met him at the facility and he was kind enough for a pic. He was massive!

I know Sark and Kyle Flood have touted wanting big humans, but Leonard Davis and Mike Williams were big, talented and could move people. Those two were prime examples of the copycat nature of football, as they came along at a time when everyone was trying to recreate the second version of the "Great Wall of Dallas" that helped the Cowboys win Super Bowl XXX. I found this graphic that shows how massive the group that helped pave the way for Emmitt Smith to become the NFL's all-time rushing leader was when the Cowboys played the Steelers at the end of the 1995 season:

...Scottie Pippen. Both are long, athletic, lanky and quick! Man, I hope he comes to Texas when it is time. Granted, he will be a one and done, but so what?! The kid is a baller. His baseline moves are second to none. Jerry, what are our chances in signing him?

As we celebrate big Longhorns, an honorable mention goes to Keondre Coburn, who was listed at 348 pounds on the 2020 roster (he was down to 322 by the 2023 combine). Also, a shoutout to Chris Nelson is warranted. He wasn't the heaviest Longhorn ever (played right around 300 pounds during his career), but he made the belly rub a fan favorite celebration in 2018.