I mean... she's also carrying the team on her back and the photo is after the game-winner against France.
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Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Fueling Sam Ehlinger has to give Herman the tingles...)
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I thought only olds liked Root Beer? Next week can we discuss the best tasting licorices?
Are you kidding me? I watched season one over saturday and sunday also...SO GOOD!
So much to talk about about but I think what I enjoy the most is the banter, mostly between Swearingen and Farnum.
Really was not excited to see the Breaking Bad wife arrive on that stage coach.
HAHA at the idea that a Women's World Cup photo is the sports photo of the year!
That's trying waaaaaayyyy too hard.
That's trying waaaaaayyyy too hard.
I’ve been on here a long time this place is going west coast more and more. I put a patriotic picture on there last night and it got deleted all you have to do is follow the clues. Owners shoving liberal agenda in our faces and you’re not allowed to comment. Sickening
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Yep. I don't disagree with Rapinoe, but good grief, twitter SJW types are so predictable and have never met a hyperbolic click-bait statement that they didn't love.
I tend to find that those arguing with SJWs are far more in love with hyperbole than anything the SJW could ever fathom to mustard.
In this case, this is MY column and MY thread, and you've worn out your welcome in it.
Go find any other thread.
Signed,
West Coast
I agree with Ketch that we may be in a new recruiting era where we don’t dominate...OU, aggy, LSU, Bama and others all have something good to sell recruits. As long as we get our share and don’t get shut out, we’ll be ok.
But really examining recruiting over the past few years vs in Mack’s heyday, it seems the the real difference is aggy getting more blue chippers than in the past. OU, LSU and other out of state powers have always pulled some kids from Texas (I remember FSU pulling dudes when Bowden was there). But we always seemed to outrecruit aggy.
I think the SEC move raised their profile, their facility upgrades were timely, and hiring Jimbo is a big plus. We’re fixing our facilities, thankfully, but Tom’s big challenge for instate recruiting is making UT more desirable than aggy...that’s the core issue to overcome to land the Texas blue chippers.
I'd only heard her singles on the radio. I'm listening to her album and I'm taking a better liking to the songs that have not been released yet. I'd describe her as the dark side of Gwen Stefani's little sister.
Two wrongs don't make a right, both the far left (yourself firmly included) and the far right make twitter/social media a disaster.I tend to find that those arguing with SJWs are far more in love with hyperbole than anything the SJW could ever fathom to mustard.
Perfect explanation. Thanks. I haven't been in a few years but I need to go back. I am partial to Queens, so you are welcome to try that one too if you go back and have an inclination. The owner of Queens is related to an Orangebloods member so there is that reason, too.
I still think that if Texas can win the Big 12 and prove we belong in the national conversation again, that will be the most important factor. If that happens, and A&M can remain solidly behind Bama and LSU in the west for another couple years, the shine will be completely off A&M. They would be 10 years and 2 coaches into the SEC with no results. Pair that with Texas success, and we will start kicking ass in state again.
Recruits want a reason to believe in Texas. We just have to give it to them.
Recruits want a reason to believe in Texas. We just have to give it to them.
Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I think most kids in state still realize that Texas is the flagship university in state and one of the biggest brands in the country, but the program has been mostly irrelevant for the majority of their sports consciousness. I think a lot if kids still get infatuated with the idea of TExas and the Austin vibe, but our lack of success the last decade has made many of them hesitant to come. Win the Big 12, and that changes the narrative I believe.
A&M still has some new car smell on it with the SEC and Jimbo, but if Texas can get back into the national picture before A&M does, I really feel that A&M will fade somewhat in recruiting. It's a race really. We basically have to bury them before Saban retires and makes winning the SEC realistic.
I find that a lot of kids... a LOT... just don't care.
Most of them haven't seen Texas be better than kind of good in their entire lives, or least since they've been watching football and it doesn't matter to them at all if it ever happens.
Then what DOES matter to them? Have they ever seen A&M be successful really? What are they looking for in your opinion? They all can't go to Bama and Clemson.
I agree it's a different world now than when Mack came in and shut down the state. Social media has made the world feel smaller and maybe made kids more comfortable with the idea of leaving home, especially if they know they can transfer easily if it doesn't work. But kids are still kids with families and loved ones, and I believe that if all else is equal, a great majority of them would prefer to stay in state to play for a winner than leave. Their just isn't a real winner in state lately.
But then it begs the question as to whether Texas can get back to winning without stacking elite recruiting classes. If we can, I believe elite recruiting follows If we can't, then what?
Winning at a high level and the NFL, both areas that Texas has limited success in during the lifetimes of the current day prospects.
Think about 1998.
Players from Dallas and Houston weren't waiting for Texas to start winning. They didn't give a shit. Mack had to force them to care.
Tom is in a similar spot, but the competition is more rabid than it was in 1998-99 when Mack arrived.
