Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (The Women of the SEC)

[UofT]

that piece on bam bam mcmichael was a hard watch…so heartbreaking. als is such a cruel disease. what an injustice to take so long for him to get into the hof. just glad he lived long enough to see it happen. hope and pray he can make it to the ceremony in person.

 

[texasfight!]

Girl from the North Country that Dylan wrote is phenomenal. It's my favorite Jimmy LaFave song that he covered. The guitar to start that song creates some incredible feels.

 

[Ketchum]

Enjoyed write up.

All along the watchtower in my top ten if for no other reason than Hendrix covered it.

Exciting end to a plodding SB

I had it in the top 10 until the very end.

 

[Ketchum]

I can buy the argument that Troy is a better color guy than Romo, but the fact that Troy is teamed with Joe Buck destroys the argument. Buck is awful.

Have you done a top 10 of Toby Keith songs.

No, and I probably won't. I only like a few songs.

 

[Ketchum]

Hurricane is Dylan's #1.

No need to overthink it;

Literally no one other than you think this.

 

[Ketchum]

I would rank Lay Lady Lay as #1. Big difference of opinion on that song.

Number one?!?!

 

[Ketchum]

GREAT Write-up.

 

[Ketchum]

@Ketchum, easy to be critical, but I would probably rank ”A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” in Dylan’s top 5 (personally #2 after “Blowing in the Wind”). It’s an incredible poem of a song. Allen Guthrie, the famous poet, said he cried the first time he heard the song due to its power. Saying that, I like the version sung by Edie Brickell more than Dylan’s.

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I love the song. NO argument from me.

 

[Ketchum]

Watchtower deserves top 10 for its longevity and covers. It’s clay for talent.

It is for Hendrix!

 

[mulligan30]

No, and I probably won't. I only like a few songs.

That’s surprising considering the number of hit songs he has. To each their own.

 

[DimiHorn]

Literally no one other than you think this.

Lots of wrong people in the world. Lol.

 

[Ketchum]

Girl from the North Country that Dylan wrote is phenomenal. It's my favorite Jimmy LaFave song that he covered. The guitar to start that song creates some incredible feels.

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Love the version with him in Cash. Was No.12 or No.13 on my list.

 

[Ketchum]

That’s surprising considering the number of hit songs he has. To each their own.

Just wasn't my jam.

 

[Ketchum]

Lots of wrong people in the world. Lol.

 

[skahtea]

Usher entertained me. There were roller skates, Lil' Jon, lots of sweating, Alicia Keys looking fine in red and songs from my late 20s and early 30s. I give it an 8.5 out of 10.

Ummmm whachoo watching Willis? It was flipping horrible. I would have rather watched Sarah Silverman and Stupid Pet Tricks. I think Usher is great, but that was meh! Maybe it was because it was super similar to his Vegas Residency routine. Or maybe it was all just flat. Only the ending was decent. I am rooting for Taylor to do it next year

 

[Ketchum]

Ummmm whachoo watching Willis? It was flipping horrible. I would have rather watched Sarah Silverman and Stupid Pet Tricks. I think Usher is great, but that was meh! Maybe it was because it was super similar to his Vegas Residency routine. Or maybe it was all just flat. Only the ending was decent. I am rooting for Taylor to do it next year

Most people I know were entertained. 🤷‍♂️

 

[Ketchum]

 

[Beat 5 Horn]

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She Belongs to Me is one of my favorite Dylan songs that doesn't seem to get much love.

 

[Cinco Ranch Horn]

Great thoughts @Ketchum. Some thoughts I have are as follows:

1. Aggy having their highest ranking female being the Administrative Assistant to Elko is laughable. I would bet that every team in the SEC has a female Administrative Assistant to the HC. SMH.

2. How did Mater Dei ever lose a game last year? That program is crazy loaded.

3. I like watching a little of the women's softball team. Reese Atwood went to my HS (Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway) and I like seeing kids from South Texas do well. Unfortunately we don't have may people from TMISD do good things on the big stage.

4. ALS is brutal and McMichael is a literal shell of himself. @RLong68 and myself lost a very good and close friend (UT alum) to ALS last Easter Sunday. My better half lost her mother to ALS 2 years ago tomorrow. ALS is worse than cancer IMO and I lost my father to cancer.

 

[tlcdownunder2]

Romo calls him the Michael Jordan of the sport and he's not wrong.

Tom Brady is the MJ of football. That irked me when Romo said that. Everyone is getting carried away with recency bias. I heard one reporter repeat that Mahomes ceiling was Brady. I’m cool with that. But I’m betting Joe Burrow comes back healthy and swipes a couple SBs from Mahomes.

 

[Uncut Degenerate]

@Ketchum Texas Legend, 4 Horseman, and MFL HOFer. I know men who would kill for that resume.

 

[Uncut Degenerate]

Tom Brady is the MJ of football. That irked me when Romo said that. Everyone is getting carried away with recency bias. I heard one reporter repeat that Mahomes ceiling was Brady. I’m cool with that. But I’m betting Joe Burrow comes back healthy and swipes a couple SBs from Mahomes.

Brady = Kareem

 

[Bugtussle U]

@Ketchum how could leave out Lay Lady Lay?

 

[chastok]

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No. 4 - Mongo Immortalized ...

Earl Campbell. Bobby Dillon. Tom Landry. Bobby Layne.


While Landry was a very good pro player in the 50s, the truth is that he made the NFL primarily for his accomplishes as a coach, which means that McMichael and Dillon are the only two former Texas defensive players to make the HOF for their exploits as a player.

I assume thats a typo? While I love Earl, Bobby Layne is Texas most successful pro player of all time and its not really close (at least of the ones you listed above, if not all).

3 championships. All decade QB. First team all pro twice. When he retired he held the NFL record for basically everything QB related. (He was in the HOF 5 years after he retired. Not sure any of the above did that.)

Is there a doubt? And he was WAY better as a pro than at Texas.

 

[longhornlm]

Some can't. Some women can't.

It's human nature.

 

[Ketchum]

Great thoughts @Ketchum. Some thoughts I have are as follows:

1. Aggy having their highest ranking female being the Administrative Assistant to Elko is laughable. I would bet that every team in the SEC has a female Administrative Assistant to the HC. SMH.

2. How did Mater Dei ever lose a game last year? That program is crazy loaded.

3. I like watching a little of the women's softball team. Reese Atwood went to my HS (Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway) and I like seeing kids from South Texas do well. Unfortunately we don't have may people from TMISD do good things on the big stage.

4. ALS is brutal and McMichael is a literal shell of himself. @RLong68 and myself lost a very good and close friend (UT alum) to ALS last Easter Sunday. My better half lost her mother to ALS 2 years ago tomorrow. ALS is worse than cancer IMO and I lost my father to cancer.

Good stuff.

1. Yeah, OU is the one with the assistant to the coach as the top ranking woman.

2. They win a LOT. It's gotta be like beating the dreAM TEAM TO GET A W OVER THEM.

3. They can mash. Gonna be a fun team. I see a lot of teams getting run ruled.

4. **** ALS.

 

[Ketchum]

Tom Brady is the MJ of football. That irked me when Romo said that. Everyone is getting carried away with recency bias. I heard one reporter repeat that Mahomes ceiling was Brady. I’m cool with that. But I’m betting Joe Burrow comes back healthy and swipes a couple SBs from Mahomes.

Brady is the Bill Russell of football. I never once watched him and marevled over his physical ability like I do with Mahomes,

 

[Cinco Ranch Horn]

1. Yeah, OU is the one with the assistant to the coach as the top ranking woman.

Yep you are right. My bad and thank you for the correction. It's still laughable.

 

[Ketchum]

@Ketchum Texas Legend, 4 Horseman, and MFL HOFer. I know men who would kill for that resume.

No doubt.

 

[Ketchum]

@Ketchum how could leave out Lay Lady Lay?

 

[Bugtussle U]

 

[pdaddy066]

No Knocking on Heaven's Door?...WTH????

 

[GetHooked]

Brady is the Bill Russell of football. I never once watched him and marevled over his physical ability like I do with Mahomes,

Two things: Russell was a physical freak. Extremely quick and incredibly athletic. (Just didn't have a great offensive game.)

You're right about Brady. He was not physically gifted in any way special. His main feature was his brain. He just got it done by always knowing where to go with the ball.

 

[longhornms]

No Knocking on Heaven's Door?...WTH????

Exactly! His best song!

 

[Dave C2]

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And now Steve McMichael.

When talking about the thousands upon thousands of players that have suited up as players for the Texas Longhorns in the program’s history, only five have ever been named to the NFL Hall of Fame. At a time when we've been asking ourselves where T'Vondre Sweat fits among the greats in the program's history, an honor like this for Mongo McMichael means that he's been elevated to a different tier of greatness among the burnt orange giants in the sport.

While Landry was a very good pro player in the 50s, the truth is that he made the NFL primarily for his accomplishes as a coach, which means that McMichael and Dillon are the only two former Texas defensive players to make the HOF for their exploits as a player.

For those unfamiliar with his exploits as a Texas player, McMichael was a unanimous All-American in 1979 on a defense that allowed fewer than nine points per game. When he graduated from Texas, he departed as the UT all-time leader in tackles (369) and sacks (30), while also posting 40 career tackles for loss, 99 quarterback pressures and 11 forced fumbles.

In a lot of ways, he's kind of become a forgotten giant among giants. Those days are over.

It's a bittersweet reality that he didn't make the HOF before a battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) robbed him of the opportunity to truly celebrate the moment the way that he would have wanted to, which includes being able to give his own acceptance speech.

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So proud of Steve McMichael. He was likely the best of an outstanding group of freshmen that DKR brought in in 1976 (which was also my freshman year as a student) I lived in Jester my first two years, so I saw a lot of these guys frequently.

Lam Jones
Johnny Johnson
Ricky Churchman
Mark McBath
Lance Taylor
Derrick Hatchett
Wes Hubert
and Jimmy Johnson @Tug29

Plus several others I cannot remember off the top of my head...feel free anyone to add to this list.

DKR certainly left Fred with a lot of talent to work with.