Jc Dobbs

I hit 72 last month. Follow the late Satchel Page's advice and never look back! Hook 'Em!

I just saw this story on the ESPN YouTube page and I stopped, double clutched, and went back and read it carefully. Gerry has been mentioning this subject on Coffee and Football... but just in a "what if" sorta way. Well, it didn't take long! I guess the NBA was a bit more challenging than was expected...so now this player thinks he needs to repeat the third grade...or whatever. As college sports eligibility becomes more of a case by case matter, it's going to be interesting to see how long it goes until the NCAA comes up with some rules...or if eligibility becomes a Case Law matter for the Courts to decide. Geez.

Yeah, put it on T-shirts and Bumper Stickers, Ags... because after all, it's a "Tradition" isn't it?! (It's a "Tradition" if any Aggy or "Former Student" says it is!) Hook 'Em!

The World is upside-down! Best wishes to Oz... I've always wanted to visit. The Internet is as close as I will ever get. About 20 years ago I lived in Dallas and my neighbor across the street was from Sydney. He ended up selling Mercedes Benz automobiles in Texas...a great guy who was very " Aussie." Hook 'Em!

Research/Google/YouTube the song "Nobody Ever Died for Dear Old Rutgers," sung by the late Phil Silvers. The lyrics are about Rutgers football vs Princeton. Rutgers... Silvers sings he "Owes a Debt" to Dear Old Rutgers. The song takes you back to what college football was in the early 1950s. Hook 'Em!

Indiana thinks more highly of Hoover than Parker Livingstone did! Time will tell, but the temptation of playing in Norman was just too much for the defending National Championship team to overcome in recruiting Portal WRs like Livingstone!

My thoughts regarding the South End Zone... indeed, it can appear that there are empty seats there, but as I understand, the revenue from the End Zone is counted and in CDC's lockbox. Second thought... when the South End Zone was re-done, I immediately understood that the Burnt Orange addition was an artsy stylized Longhorn Head. But I've been surprised at how many of my friends and family have asked me "What is that 'thang' in the End Zone?" It's just not obvious to folks. Perhaps they don't see Bevo's head everywhere like I do. Final thought... I'm more than ready for the field at DKR to return to the grass surface. My reason is that I really don't like the brown-ish paint color on the current artificial turf. People complained that the previous artificial turf field color was Orange, but too bright. So the new turf came in and they over-corrected and it's closer to Brown than Burnt Orange... to my eye. I'm hoping the end zones and Midfield will be closer to Official Orange. This is what my late grandfather said was "Pickin' the fly stuff outta the pepper." Hook 'Em!

I really enjoyed the Watch With Us. So much so that I didn't listen to the TV color and play by play guys. Realizing that you can't synch up with the TV feed, some games I felt as much as 5-7 seconds ahead of the OTF guys but I enjoyed the OTF guys so much that it didn't really matter very much. Thanks and Hook 'Em!

I really enjoyed the interview with Ffrench. Too bad he interviewed better than he played WR.

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!

Looks suspiciously like Southlake Russia! Out here in SW Ft Worth about 40 mi away, we got a dusting on the shores of Benbrook Lake... Oh Well, Hook 'Em!

OK, well you are now! That's good enough and close enough for me!!! That was a great Moment! Hook 'Em! And best wishes to you from frigid DFW!

Or maybe Vonlane.... PS, I remember a Longhorns player making a great fumble recovery in a big game at the Cotton Bowl Stadium. I was sitting by former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk on a VIP (not me!) bus back to Downtown after the game. Ron Kirk ( a UT Law grad I think) said it was "perfect that a player named 'Bubba' won the game for Texas!" Hook 'Em!

The current CFB season format just doesn't feel like it's the best college football could offer. Mainly the Championship game happens too late after a long season and the conference championship games seem to only be important to the teams that need to win those games or miss out on the playoffs. Given the current "leadership" of CFB and the demands of the BIG Ten, I'm not optimistic that we'll see significant changes in the near term future.

RIP James Street. On the national TV broadcast of the game at #2 Arkansas on ABC, the late Chris Schenkel called him "Jimmy Street," and made him sound like a junior high kid. He was an outstanding Senior QB and Pitcher for the University of Texas. Some media types called him James "Slick" Street because of his ball handling skills as UT's Wishbone QB and his super confident demeanor. Street played an outstanding game in Fayetteville in December, 1969, leading the #1 Longhorns to the National Championship over the Razorbacks in what was called "The Big Shootout." I was a high school freshman on a losing football team and although I was already a Longhorns fan, after watching that game on TV with my late father, I told him I wanted to go to Texas. Knowing I couldn't play college football at the Southwest Conference level, I just wanted to sit in the Student Section at Memorial Stadium and cheer for Texas and players like James Street. Hook 'Em OTF!

My youngest child was born in the last year the Dallas Cowboys won the Super Bowl. She graduated from UT in '17 and will be 31 this year. I grew up in the 1960s and was a big Cowboys fan. My father took me to see them play the Browns in the Cotton Bowl Stadium and Bob Lilly and Jim Brown got tossed for fighting that day. As a high school senior, I saved from working after school and summer jobs and went to SBVI in NOLA. Cowboys 24 Dolphins 6. End zone ticket cost me $55. When the Cowboys were a total No-Show at home against Green Bay in the playoffs...I declared the end of my Dallas Cowboys fandom. I haven't watched a single snap since and from what I can gather, I haven't missed anything. But I started with the Longhorns in 1968, graduated in '76 and '78 and I will never leave Horns. Hook 'Em!

Commit and stick with it unless you are treated unfairly or someone else offers significantly more compensation.

To me, there's a significant "enjoyment of Life" value to spending a year as Arch Manning's buddy and to ride the train looking to improve and play for Championships while being paid reasonably well. But, if you measure everything in Life by Dollar Signs... you take the money, I suppose. And I have always heard that the biggest ego on a football team belongs to the WR.

I was at that Cotton Bowl game in 1984 and had a great (?!) view of Craig Curry's muffed punt return. Tight, tense, close game. Curry dropped the punt and the wind left the Longhorns' sails. Couple of plays later and Georgia scored on a running play off Right Tackle that the Texas Defense had been stopping for 3.5 quarters. That loss cost us the National Championship. Hook 'Em! Forever! PS... I was also at the 1991 game and it was a No-Show for Texas, much like the '25 game in Gainesville.

Rumor circulating that Cody Campbell saw the A$M "Inside Information" was $100-$200/month. The New "Cody's Pipeline" is $1k/month and all the proceeds go to the Techsters NIL fund. Guardrails? CFB Commissioner? Or perhaps fans would like to see the Congress pass the "SCORE Act" or whatever Cody and friends are calling it now?!

Bobby... You are correct and I hit the "Sad" icon because it just strikes me as sad. Maybe a Psychologist could explain the mindset of someone who could make up stuff and put it on social media for kicks. Or maybe it's the Aggy IT Department... Hook 'Em! And Merry Christmas to everyone at OTF!

I have thought the same thing about him recently. Take his weight and add in the stress of being the Head Aggy and a big deal in the Cult that worships a Collie and it can't be good for his health. Makes me wonder if the team physician has ever spoken to him. If Coach Saban had the same attitude at Alabama, Sark might not be walking the sideline at DKR these days. Saban insisted that the team physicians give the entire coaching staff annual exams and periodic checkups. They caught Sark's heart problem early and saved him with surgery. I've posted snarky things here about Elko, but I am human. He doesn't look healthy to me but I am not a doctor. I really hope he takes the steps necessary to live a long time so the Aggys can continue their mediocrity.

Even better than the best blended Scotch whisky!

If reports are true that Color Me Elko is despondent after losing to Miami... He might not eat for an entire hour. Hook 'Em!

Speaking of Ole' Spyin' Barry Switzer... I saw him on the TV coverage of the Alabama game last night and wow, Barry's got a lotta miles on him. I almost tuned out at 17-0 because I said "I'm not gonna watch this"... glad I hung in because I enjoyed watching zero U getting worse with each passing minute. You are correct about a portion of the Mobilehoma fans...saw them again last night on the broadcast... they have a certain kind of look about 'em!