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I gave up on the Cowboys when Jerry Jones sacked Tom Landry and others {not that he fired them, but the disrespectful way he did it). I gave up on the rest of pro sports when they became so mercenary. College sports seem to be headed the same direction. I just hope we can win an NC in the next few years while it’s still worth caring about.

That your dog ?

And the key factor for Arch: he can get away from one rusher, it’s only when multiple guys get through that he has a problem. So even if the LG gets beat, if the other guys hold up, we’ll be fine.

Good morning OTF from an apparently frozen Longview, Tx. Currently 20.7 degrees.

10 hour later…..

Remember, Arch has wheels and moves well within the pocket, plus the running backs are not dancers. They are darters! Big difference.

You’re not wrong. As a rabid lifetime Texas fan it’s hard to even fathom not being “all-in” Saturdays in the fall. But the reality is right now these are mercenary players and no one has any loyalty or patience to grow and develop. Football is quickly devolving into what basketball has become and the product will degrade and suffer at every level as a result. I’m not ready to give up Texas but I’ve given up the rest of college football and all other sports just in the last 3 years because of how little the leagues think of the fans. All the ads, the endless TV timeouts, the horrid announcers, worsening officiating, and outrageous prices for tickets/concessions at the games made it easy for me to spend my time and money elsewhere.

Via con dios, my friend. Stay safe.

Second that! Would love to beat IU and keep them from repeating in next year’s national championship game! 🫡

Let my 2 out this AM; they did their business, but the Boxer turned to me and seemed to be saying, 'can you clean this crap up, and turn up the thermostat? We cold!'. 😆

Amen, Joe. Aint no fun atall. Level 1.

The snow has arrived in Austin. I have warned my dog, that if she wants to play around in 18 degree weather she will be left outside 😂. If she knows what's best she'll take care of her business, and come back inside to 75 degrees.

It seems like the basketball team is only playing well when big time recruits are watching. They are definitely also all in on football 😆

I quit the Dallas Cowboys after they were a no-show at home vs the Packers and their rookie QB. And I had been a Cowboys fan since childhood. I was turned off by the NFL's venture into Wokeness and I haven't watched Pro football since I stopped caring about the Cowboys. I tried to watch but discovered I no longer cared. I haven't watched an NBA game in many years after following the League since I was a youngster. Same for MLB... last game I recall watching was when the Texas Rangers were one strike away from winning the World Series. So CFB and the Longhorns have been my refuge. I still watch Nowhere State play Whattsamotta U on TV. Some of the things about the new landscape of CFB bother me but so far I am still caring. I'm retired now and I realize I'm no longer in the target audience for Pro sports but as College sports moves more and more into the professional mode I will hang in as long as I still enjoy the College games and I'm a Texas Ex, so I will always love the Longhorns. Hook 'Em!

12 is not enough in a sport with such large disparities in schedule difficulty across teams and conferences. Selection committee is unable to adequately balance strength of schedule with win/loss record resulting in their rankings being based mostly on number of losses. This means a 10-2 Notre Dame, Texas tech or byu team with very easy schedules next year, will get in the playoffs over a hypothetical 9-3 Texas with a much more difficult schedule even though they’ll likely end up with more top tier wins than those teams but will be penalized for having 1 more loss. just look at the committees final rankings for 2025 which had Notre dame and byu ranked ahead of Texas despite Texas having more top 15 wins than those two teams combined and having played more top 15 teams during the season (5) than any team in the playoffs

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What a fight card that was. Next week we got Volk vs Lopes. Also Benoit saint Denis vs Dan hooker.

Ted Cruz?

Also, this is the most action we’ve ever had in a UFC thread. May be time to just start a running one with all our new members.

It’s going to be so tough to top that. we get another UFC number next week that’s incredible Also, Sean Strickland fighting in Houston next month!

Early favorite for FOTY, damn that was good! Reminds me of that war Robbie Lawler and Rory Macdonald had back in the day.

Great fight, all comes down to 1st round imo

Both are some of the toughest SOBs on the planet. I think you could tell Paddy was stunned by how hard Justin hits. Love both of those dudes but JG is one of my all times faves. Freaking phenomenal fight.

THAT. WAS. EPIC.