I posted this in another thread, but it got buried. With the various discussions around the Cap program or attending other (far inferior) Texas schools, I want to mention an alternative that worked great for my son.

He got capped at UT. He graduated HS with 6 hours from AP classes, then took 12 hours at ACC over the summer and another 12 hours in the Fall. He applied over Christmas and was accepted into Liberal Arts for the last half of his freshman year. He took all core classes, then transferred into Moody College of Communication for his sophomore year.

I know some kids really want to go straight to a major university, but it's very short-sided thinking. Suck it up, go to ACC and in four months you're at your dream school. Of course there is some risk of not getting accepted, but it turned out to be great motivation to get straight A's his first semester!

Millions of US tax dollars are going to the UN to provide interest & penalty free travel loans to migrants all over the world.

The migrants take these loans & travel to Ecuador because you don't need a Visa to enter Ecuador. They then use the money to make their way to the US border where they claim asylum.

Wtf?

Our government officials need to be drawn & quartered.



Want to apply for a loan? Here you go.

The Biden administration must burn for this. If you vote Dem & support this, you are part of the problem as well.

You can see it in his eyes and hear it in his voice.

Cowboy’s fans have to wonder what could have been had the egos not blown the whole thing up.

I’m a Broncos fan but I always liked and admired Jimmy and when he was run out of Dallas any fandom I had for that organization left with him.

Congrats Coach.

I know super short notice, got jammed up at work. Two tickets to indeed club, 118 and a parking pass if needed. If you live close to campus🤘

The Texas Longhorns under Steve Sarkisian are always very selective with their quarterback offers. Sark and QB coach AJ Milwee usually hand out only a small handful of quarterback scholarships in each recruiting cycle, so when an offer is extended, it’s a newsworthy event.

Last week, Texas issued its first and only two quarterback offers in the 2026 class, with one of those going to San Marcos (CA) Mission Hills standout Troy Huhn. The 6-4, 205-pound Huhn, who has already visited Texas for a camp last summer and a UT home game last fall, said he was thrilled to receive word of the offer.

“My thoughts on getting the Texas offer were all over the place. I am very blessed and grateful to have this opportunity,” Huhn said.

With early offers from places like Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, LSU, Nebraska, Oregon, Penn State, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech and now Texas, Huhn will have no shortage of options when he really starts to five into the recruiting process. Texas figures to be a strong contender for the standout passer.

“Texas will definitely be at the top of my list,” Huhn said. “I really like the system along with the coaches they have. I know that Texas is a school that develops players into great football players and great people.”

Ever since camping at Texas last June, Huhn has struck up a strong relationship with Milwee. Those two stay in close contact and Huhn is looking forward to getting back to Austin in the coming months.

“I really like the staff. I am very close with Coach Milwee and I definitely plan to build it stronger as well as building a strong connection with Coach Sarkisian,” Huhn said. “I talk with Coach Milwee very often, and he is definitely a great person as well as coach.

“I plan on getting back out to Austin for a spring practice, spring visit. I also plan on getting back out there during the summer.”

As a sophomore last year, Huhn threw for 1,623 yards and 16 touchdowns in 10 games.

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Due to the glorious recommendations of the OB brain trust, and the scarlet fever/bubonic plague that sidelined me last Friday I binged watched the first season.
I now officially announce my new spirit animal as:

Sam Loudermilk.

OU football adds recruiting director, general manager, loses J.R. Sandlin, per reports​

Story by Colton Sulley, The Oklahoman • 3h

OU helmets sit on the field as players warm up before a college football game between the Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and South Dakota Coyotes at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019.© NATE BILLINGS, NATE BILLINGS
Brent Venables' staff underwent some changes on Monday.
OU plans to hire Jolie Ale as its next director of on-campus recruiting, per a report from 247Sports. The Sooners are also losing their director of player personnel and recruiting J.R. Sandlin, who had played a major role in Venables' program-building since he was hired ahead of the 2022 season, to SMU, per a report from 247Sports.

OUInsider reported Monday afternoon that former OU linebacker and current S.O.U.L. mission staffer Curtis Lofton is set to become the program's general manager.
Ale replaces Lee Davis who left to become UCF’s assistant athletic director and football executive operations and recruiting in January. Sandlin will serve as the Mustangs' assistant athletic director and general manager, per the report.

Ale joins the Sooners from the Los Angeles Chargers’ community relations department. She previously served as Utah’s director of on-campus recruiting and worked as a USC football recruiting assistant from 2017-20.
Sandlin's loss is a surprising one, but general manager jobs are becoming more and more common in today's college football landscape with head coaches busier than ever. According to the OUInsider report, Lofton, an eight-year NFL veteran, has already been performing GM duties for some time.

As OU transitions to the SEC in 2024, Ale will help usher the program into a new era when recruiting high school athletes and transfer portal players is essential to success.
The Sooners open the 2024 season against Temple on Aug. 31 in Norman.
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: OU football adds recruiting director, general manager, loses J.R. Sandlin, per reports

Hmmmm, must be flawed, 2 teams are missing.

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The wife from Nam & I both have parents that are getting up in age. We live away from them. Mine in South Carolina & hers in Beaumont. They aren’t available to get assistance daily, but aren’t in the best physical shape. They both live alone and have fallen before. Fortunately they have some friends that check on them regularly. However, if they fall and no one is around, does anyone know of any kind of lifts that can help when they are alone? I see a few on Amazon, but just not sure because of the bulkiness.

Anyone ever been to the Grand at Moon Palace in Cancun? My wife from Nam and kids (10 and 12) are going next week. Not a big fan of vacationing in Mexico, but we’re going with another family who goes alot and they assure me that I won’t end up being some cartels drug mule.

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There are not enough Tiff’s Treats bundles Texas fans could deliver to Steve Sarkisian’s home to show their appreciation for his growing list of accomplishments.

Sarkisian deserves several boxes for his team’s success during the 2023 season. He led Texas into Tuscaloosa and delivered one of the worst Alabama home losses in Nick Saban’s history. Sarkisian guided Texas to a Big 12 title, and the Longhorns curb-stomped Oklahoma State during the championship game. Oh, and as a bonus, Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark had to endure the wrath of Longhorn fans for his silly comments in Lubbock before the season. Texas advanced to the four-team college football playoffs for the first time in school history. Texas was defeated in the semifinals by a Washington team that is sending 13 players to the NFL Scouting Combine.

From a recruiting perspective, Sarkisian is on top of his game. Texas has finished third in the recruiting rankings in the past two years. He is consistently landing 5-star players. Sarkisian is also killing it in the transfer portal. Texas acquired positions of need during the recent portal window, and nobody will be surprised if Sarkisian dips his toes into the transfer portal window after the spring game.

Sarkisian also deserves a huge Tiff’s Treats box for delivering something this program has not experienced since the departure of Mack Brown.

Coaching stability.

Sarkisian agreed to receive an extension that will keep him at Texas through the 2030 season.

That means we will not have to track private planes anytime soon. You will miss those posts saying “My friend is a realtor and the wife of (insert head coach’s name) was in town looking for a house.” Longhorn fans will be spectators during head coaching searches in the future.

Your only concern each December should be making hotel reservations for playoff games.

In addition, coordinators Jeff Banks, Pete Kwiatkowski, and Kyle Flood were recently extended through the 2026 season.

This means a Texas coach will not be forced to fly into Tulsa and beg a co-offensive coordinator to lead his offense.

Your favorite Sterlin Gilbert moment?

It is great to praise Sarkisian for developing talent and sending 11 players to the NFL Scouting Combine this year. We are old enough to remember Texas not having a player drafted twice since 2014. Former defensive back Josh Thompson and kicker Cameron Dicker were the only Longhorns invited to the combine in 2022. Sarkisian has successfully reopened Texas’ NFL factory.

More importantly, 26 Longhorns earned All-Big 12 recognition last year. Sarkisian developed players who had a huge impact, and that is just as important as sending guys to the NFL.

However, bringing coaching stability to the 40 Acres might be Sarkisian’s most underappreciated accomplishment.

Do you remember that revolving door of coaches before Sarkisian?

If not, let me give you a quick refresher from an ESPN article that ran on October 2, 2016, which will help you appreciate this current stability.

“On the job for 32 months at Texas, Charlie Strong has employed 17 assistant coaches. Five were fired. Three left. Two of Strong's initial hires remain, including only Brian Jean-Mary from 2014 in the position for which he was hired -- recruiting coordinator and linebackers coach.

“Strong this week demoted third-year defensive coordinator Vance Bedford, also on Strong's original staff, in an effort to fix the Longhorns' ailing defense.

“Asked Monday if he harbored any regrets over staffing decisions, Strong said no.

"You've got to change with the game," he said, "and you've got to do what you think is best for the program. That's what I've been trying to do, is just piece it together and make sure we do what's best."

Then there was Tom Herman.

He overhauled his staff and fired seven coaches after year three.

“After taking time, looking back and evaluating the season in its totality, I am very disappointed in our performance in a number of areas in 2019,” Herman said in a press release. “7-5 will never be our standard at Texas and I take full responsibility for any and all of our shortcomings and know we need to do a better job coaching across the board. With that said, I do believe the future is very bright, have decided to make some changes to our staff as we head into bowl preparation and look to finish strong in the final weeks of fall recruiting.”

Your favorite Mike Yurcich moment?

Fast forward to 2024.

--- Six of Sarkisian’s original hires are still with Texas.

--- There have only been five departures during his tenure (Stan Drayton, Jeff Choate, Andre Coleman, Brennan Marion, and Bo Davis).

--- Drayton and Choate became head coaches, while Marion was promoted from a receivers coach to offensive coordinator.

--- Sarkisian has only dismissed one assistant coach (Coleman).

Here is Sarkisian’s original staff and where they are now:

Jeff Banks, Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends
Jeff Choate, Co-Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers (Nevada’s head coach)
Andre Coleman, Wide Receivers (not listed as a coach on his Twitter account)
Bo Davis, Defensive Line (LSU defensive line coach)
Stan Drayton, Offensive Run Game Coordinator/Running Backs (Temple’s head coach)
Kyle Flood, Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line
Blake Gideon, Safeties
Terry Joseph, Defensive Passing Game Coordinator and Secondary
Pete Kwiatkowski, Defensive Coordinator and Outside Linebackers
AJ Milwee, Quarterbacks

*Torre Becton,
Director of Football Performance is still with the Longhorns.

Welcome to the world of coaching stability.

“One thing we're really proud of here going into year four, I've had the same coordinators on our football team for now going into four straight seasons,” Sarkisian recently said. “Whether it’s Pete Kwiatkowski, Kyle Flood, Jeff Banks. That's critical for stability and continuity on your staff. I've had the same strength coach, Torre Becton, going for four years. I think that's big for our players.”

Your favorite Sarkisian moment?

There is a lot to be thankful for.

Enjoy those Tiff’s Treats, Sarkisian.

Funniest Things You Will See This Week

Warning: You will laugh pretty hard
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If you’re not first, you’re last
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The best marriage advice ever given in a pulpit (bad language alert)
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Gus just said what everyone was thinking (bad language alert)
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1. The question @Ketchum and I received a lot during our show on Saturday centered around when will other Longhorn coaches receive extensions, specifically Tashard Choice. I kicked the tires this weekend and was told other coaches on staff will likely receive extensions in May. In addition, I was told Choice will receive a new contract in 2024.

2. Ketch made an excellent point during that show on Saturday. Pete Kwiatkowski’s raise and extension proves Sarkisian believes in his defensive coordinator and has no plans to find a replacement. That means even if Sarkisian hired Bill Belichick as an analyst in 2024, his job would be to help Kwiatkowski.
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3. Typically, I have not shared @Alex Dunlap 's criticism of PFF.com. However, after PFF.com said Quinn Ewers is the fifth-best quarterback entering the 2024 season, I suddenly felt the need to embrace the term “cockamamie.”

Here are the top five:

CARSON BECK, GEORGIA BULLDOGS
DILLON GABRIEL, OREGON DUCKS
JALEN MILROE, ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
SHEDEUR SANDERS, COLORADO BUFFALOES
QUINN EWERS, TEXAS LONGHORNS

“5. QUINN EWERS, TEXAS LONGHORNS
Texas was finally back in 2023 due to the improvement made by its redshirt sophomore quarterback. Ewers led the Longhorns to a Big 12 title and College Football Playoff berth this past season after losing the mullet and the gunslinger mentality that anchored him in 2022. He cut his turnover-worthy play rate by more than half (1.7% in 2023 compared to 3.6% in 2022) and upgraded his PFF passing grade to an 85.6 mark after earning just a 70.9 PFF passing grade as a redshirt freshman.
Ewers led the Power Five in play-action dropbacks this year (240) and wasn’t nearly as effective without it. His 72.2 PFF grade on non-play action dropbacks was just 83rd in the nation. He’ll also need to shoulder more of the weight of the offense next year as Texas lost its top weapons to the NFL draft: wide receivers Xavier Worthy, Adonai Mitchell, Jordan Whittington, running back Jonathon Brooks and tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders. If Ewers can keep improving like he did this past season though, the Longhorns are serious national championship contenders.
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4. Longhorn athletic director Chris Del Conte wants to move Texas vs. Texas A&M from Saturday to Thursday this year, but that is unnecessary. Sure, that game was traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day but that custom ended when Texas A&M entered the SEC. There is no need to compete against the NFL for viewers when a Saturday game would attract more national attention and become a huge recruiting event before signing day when the game is held in Austin. Plus, there is no need to have a short week of preparation.

5. Texas will be more than a headache in the SEC. The Longhorns will be a migraine that is tough to cure because of the program Sarkisian has built. By the way, hearing SEC folks complain about Texas benefiting in recruiting through NIL is so ironic considering the shady recruiting tactics from that league for years. Cry me a river, fellas.
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6. Well, that was embarrassing
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7. Former Texas Longhorn Jackson Jeffcoat is retiring after playing 10 years in the CFL. Here is a portion of the Winnipeg Sun’s story about his retirement:

“After hearing almost nothing from the Bombers this off-season, Jeffcoat on Friday told me he’s retiring from football, at age 33.

“The range of emotions evident through our 20-minute conversation included surprise, disappointment, feeling disrespected, resignation and, finally, a sense of contentment and peace.

“I’m not mad,” he said. “Because I have opportunities that don’t involve beating my body up and getting paid for cheap, for lack of a better term. I’m pretty at peace.”
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8. Mike Tyson at 57 is the scariest dude with an AARP card
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9. Speaking of AARP cards, this is why people in their 50s should never overexert themselves during any workout. Ego will motivate an older person to prove “I’ve still got it” but the body will remind every elder those days are gone, and a trip to the emergency room will be proof.
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10. One last thing to make you scream “Get off my lawn.”
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The latest from another busy weekend:

He's off to be passing game coordinator with the LA Rams. ISU boards most popular phrase right now, "gut punch". Oh, and Baylor losing their OLine coach to Alabama in same role.

😂 😂 😂

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This is a restaurant owned by a former University of Texas Cheerleader named Jason Carrier.
I had dinner there last night for the first time and it was really good. I just thought I would recommend it since it is owned by a Texas Alum.

About a year and a half ago, I shared my short film Thoughts and Prayers with y’all, my fellow OBers, and you could not have been more excited and supportive. That meant the world to me.

Well, the next step begins tomorrow morning as my writing partner and I start production on our first feature-length film!

And, of all places, we get to do it back home here in Texas!

Yeehaw!

He and I moved out to LA 18 years ago today to pursue this dream and now, after two decades of ups and downs, elation and frustration, we are finally doing the damn thing. And the people who’ve come aboard to do the damn thing with us are a constant reminder of how lucky we are.

My writing partner (who directed the short) is directing again, our crew is top-notch and, I mean, just look at this cast!

Adrianne Palicki
Friday Night Lights, The Orville, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., John Wick
Henry Thomas
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, All the Pretty Horses, Gangs of New York, The Haunting of Hill House, The Fall of the House of Usher
Odette Annable
Walker, Supergirl, Banshee, House M.D., Cloverfield
Matt Lauria
CSI: Vegas, Friday Night Lights, Kingdom, Tell Me a Story, To Leslie
Ciara Bravo
Most Dangerous Game, Small Engine Repair, Cherry, A Teacher, Big Time Rush
Ashley Fink
Glee, Huge, You Again, The Opening Act
Austin Nichols
Walker, John from Cincinnati, One Tree Hill, The Walking Dead, Ray Donovan
Mona Lee Fultz
Dazed and Confused, The Legend of Billie Jean, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Hope Floats, Boyhood

And on top of all that, this is our editor!

Sandra Adair - OSCAR NOMINEE (2015)
Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight, School of Rock, Boyhood, Hit Man

Anyway, I just wanted to share the news with y’all because the love and support I received here was an important part if this road for me, personally.

So, I’ll update this thread as things move along with the shoot, but feel free to also follow along on our film’s IG (duewestfilm), if you’d like.

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Thanks again Orangebloods, and here’s to dreams coming true! 🤘

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Dear SEC, Texas is built to take over everything. Starting now​

Vic and his squad will look to keep pressing the sooners for the Big12 regular season conference title before both depart for the SEC. The Longhorns (23-3, 10-3) have little margin for error - down 2 games with just 5 to go - and will face a Cyclones team (14-9, 8-5) capable of surprising any team not playing at a high level with upsets of #24 WVU, #4 Baylor and Wednesday's double OT win over #7 KSU.

After years of being "The Ashley Joens" show, Iowa State is currently being powered by 2 freshmen: C Audi Crooks and F Addy Brown. Crooks is 6' 3" with an "imposing" build. In conference play, her 19.3 points and 9.1 rebounds per game lead the Cyclones followed by the 6' 2" F Brown (12.7 and 8.0). ISU's 2023 class had 3 players in ESPN's Top 60. Brown, #31, was the highest ranked of the class and a McDonald's All American. Crooks, the lowest ranked of the 3 at #57, has exceeded early expectations.

Crooks has been aided by ISU's outside shooting - the Cyclones hit 36.5% of their 3-pt attempts (198/542) as a team, good enough for #24 nationally. Texas hits 35.8% (29th - 107/299) of their attempts but the Longhorns shoot the fewest 3s of any team in the Top 50 by almost 50. Ranked by 3-pt attempts taken, Texas is #342 of 349.

Having Hadi Faye's physicality in the paint against Crooks would be nice but that won't be the case. The Longhorns will need to be on their game at home - a loss would make even a share of back-to-back regular season titles incredibly unlikely.

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@mln59 @thar0902 @icdb17 @wb3032 @BrownHorn

It’s clear the players don’t want to play in it. 211-186 in a year when the league asked you to make it competitive? That’s a middle finger to the commish. Cancel it and quit wasting people’s time. Have the 3 point contest during halftime of the winter tourney championship since that’s the only thing the entire weekend worth a damn.

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Even more respect for him.

I found myself rooting for the alligator.

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