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  1. MarkInAustin
    Thanks for posting this video. I have to wonder what his visit to Ohio State was like. Is there a video of that, as well?
  2. MarkInAustin
    Agreed. Gerry has repeatedly told us that Royal is open and honest. The young man should investigate all his opportunities. This is a lifetime affecting decision for him, as it would be even for a non-athlete. He is not public property because he runs 10.17, he is a someone's son, a human being with choices to explore at an exciting time in his life. I can only add that if he has an agent I hope the agent sees himself or herself as the servant of the principal, not the master. In other words, as Royal is deciding what college best fits his life now and in the future the agent should honor that in seeking a deal. There are some agents, perhaps most, who count their commissions as more important that the life choices of their principals. The agent only gets a cut of the initial signing, not a percentage of the student-athlete's lifetime earnings. That can make for selfish short-sightedness on the part of that agent. I wish Royal the best, but hope he notes that his family name is on the stadium in Austin!
  3. MarkInAustin
    Hank Gathers died, Gary Payton was the star, Derrick Coleman played in some All Star Games. I don't recall who was further down in that draft but I think Chicago secured Kukoc. It wasn't deep, as you suggest.
  4. MarkInAustin
    Thinking Texas Football every summer since 2014.
  5. MarkInAustin
    I agree. Our minor league franchises have done well with fans and my granddaughters always want to go. Success would be pretty likely from day one.
  6. MarkInAustin
    Go wish CJV a Happy Birthday - it will make you feel better.
  7. MarkInAustin
    Not only do you deserve a Happy Birthday you deserve to have all of us really wishing you the best. And go ahead and spoil the hell out of yourself!
  8. MarkInAustin
    I saw them all too. At one time I thought Dan Neil was the best I had seen, but later I thought it was Blalock. I keep hoping for another Blalock. Without regard to the number on his back or the fact that we remember him as a MLB, in the 1960s the best OL I saw, live, at Texas was Nobis. In fact, I thought he would be an OG in the NFL.
  9. MarkInAustin
    Aiden Robbins?
  10. MarkInAustin
    Sales' arm length looks like plastic man [a good thing, btw].
  11. MarkInAustin
    Took the words from me, and wrote it better than I would have.
  12. MarkInAustin
    They may try to kill the two geese that lay golden eggs but there are so many ways for it to backfire . One.has to wonder how stupid this is.
  13. MarkInAustin
    It is easier to kill a bill than to pass one.
  14. MarkInAustin
    Crowder was half of the pair of best Edges ever at UT, and one would be hard pressed to find better than Tim and B-Rob anywhere. They were a Natty pair. Tim gets my vote.
  15. MarkInAustin
    First, it is good that Sorsby will not suit up for a college team this season. Second, it was good that he went into rehab - and we can all wish him success in fighting his addiction, one day at a time. Beyond that, nothing else has changed, and the rest has been ugly.
  16. MarkInAustin
    The Big 12 could couch its response as discipline of its other members. It could say that no conference team can take the field against TT if Sorsby has suited up. Give TT the "wins". Nobody will count those forfeitures against the conference foes, nor take TT's "undefeated" record seriously.
  17. MarkInAustin
    i have alluded to this before. TT had been in the process of gradually building its academic rep over the last decade. It had moved into the top fifth of engineering schools and was attracting National Merit Finalists with full rides. It had done this, quite surprisingly, in Lubbock, Texas. ---- Wealthy donors have done magic for UT and so they could have for TT. I fear Campbell's agenda may send the academic reputation of TT back into the darkness. The State and even the nation really need more first class research institutions that are attractive to top STEM students. Instead, the public and brutal embrace of dishonesty in TT athletics will tar the entire school. Sad.
  18. MarkInAustin
    The NCAA as a party is not a Texas resident. I ask anyone currently practicing trial work why this case was not removed to Federal Court and why venue was properly in Lubbock at all.
  19. MarkInAustin
    I suppose the NCAA could rule that any game he plays in outside the judicial district of that Lubbock trial court will be a forfeiture by TT if Sorsby is suited up.
  20. MarkInAustin
    I hope Volantis settles down.
  21. MarkInAustin
    How many final two inning sets did Kavan pitch in CWS games? Or is this a two season total, all games?
  22. MarkInAustin
    We were at a performance at Bass Concert Hall last night, so the moment it was over I headed for the door in order to look to my right at the Tower. All lit in Burnt Orange...I knew. Watched the abbreviated replay on YouTube when I got home. You realize that a 70 mph pitch from 42' is on you in .4 sec., quicker than a 92 MPH pitch from 60'? Great game, great team. Hook 'em!
  23. MarkInAustin
    The Spurs passing game was a glimpse into the past. The individual highlights other than Wemby's were many and significant, although Wemby deserved the MVP award that was his alone.. His backup made a key block in crunch time. Harper made a sensational putback in crunch time. Champagne hit key threes and he, Castle, Harper, Devin, and Fox all played harassing D. Vassell put a 7'1" "star" in a box and kept him there. Fox controlled pace late in the game and made his shots as well. Keldon Johnson contributed tough minutes. Hat tip to SGA: I hate his perfection of the Harden Flop for the 21st century, but he carried his team and never quit.
  24. MarkInAustin
    https://www.texastech.edu/board-of-regents/bio-heath.php This is the kind of student TT has been trying to attract. As for his role as the student on the Board of Regents it expires tomorrow, or I would have written to him and asked for his vote to end this self immolation, which, of course, is the stepchild of the Board Chair.
  25. MarkInAustin
    TT has been upgrading its academic rep. For example, it has been attracting national merit finalists with full ride scholarships. But now, with this corrupt tail wagging the dog the school has suffered a blow to its reputation that may set back its image for a decade. This is a damned shame. America and Texas need more reputable and affordable engineering schools. Football wasn't ever going to add to TT's quietly improving reputation but it didn't have to sully it, which it has. I think TT's President deserves to be fired, immediately.
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