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Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (X is better than you think?

Dean Dillon wrote “Tennessee Whiskey” and over 50 of George Strait’s charted songs. Obviously the Stapleton version (2015) was great but it was a cover version of the David Allan Coe (1981) and the George Jones (1983) versions. Also extremely well done by those two legends over 40 years ago.

Among my favorite songs he wrote for Strait were “Easy Come, Easy Go”, “Marina del Rey”, “Ocean Front Property” and “The Chair”.

And one of my favorites or all time “Empty Glass” for Gary Stewart as well as Vern Gosdin’s “Set em Up Joe”

An amazing Hall of Fame song writer.
did not know he wrote Empty Glass. Thanks for the knowledge.
 
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It’s “Blake”

No.1 - OT - Kelvin Banks - So.

When it's all said and done, we're going to be talking about him in the rarified air of Leonard Davis, Mike Williams and Brock Brockermeyer as arguably the best tackles in the last three decades of Texas football.
Duh. My bad.
 
You can blindly pick a top 10 for Stapleton and make an argument that it’s appropriate.

That said - I have Midnight Train to Memphis, If It Hadn’t Been For Love, and Outlaw State of Mind in my version of his Top 10.

What's your full top 10 look like?
 
Worthy #2 😂😂😂 and you busted my balls about Flood & Banks ? LOL Worthy is #9 at BEST! Rumor on the street is Worthy is in a bad place right now. @Ketchum
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I tried to tell you that Jacoby Jones was a loss on the defense his last year when he got hurt, but you said he was just a jag. No he wasn't all world, but we missed him.
He's still just a guy.
 
I always look forward to TTFTW. Thanks.
Been a big UT baseball fan for decades. I've seen us start out great and collapse, and seen us start out terribly and pick up momentum. Whatever happens this season, I'll roll with it. If it's ugly, I still won't post negative comments.
Chris Stapleton is awesome. I'm still considering-and maybe you and others should-traveling to Nashville July 28-29 to see him perform with George Strait and Little Big Town.
Damn, that sounds like a great show.
 
Reading the top 25 makes me sad. I left the section thinking we just don’t have much that is proven at all.
 
Reading the top 25 makes me sad. I left the section thinking we just don’t have much that is proven at all.
Those guys have all played a lot of football, just not at an elite level.
 
Never. Didn’t visually recognize him and then when he was announced, the name didn’t ring a bell either. I Googled him and that didn’t really help. And I listened to your linked videos above and I’ve never heard any of those songs. Yes I suppose neither music nor pop culture is much of a priority for me haha… the fog of raising 2 kids and starting a new career these last however many years I guess.
 
They need to cancel the dunk contest. When you have to bring up a G league guy to make it exciting it's over. I miss the days of the NBA players making a contest of it..
 
Never. Didn’t visually recognize him and then when he was announced, the name didn’t ring a bell either. I Googled him and that didn’t really help. And I listened to your linked videos above and I’ve never heard any of those songs. Yes I suppose neither music nor pop culture is much of a priority for me haha… the fog of raising 2 kids and starting a new career these last however many years I guess.
Damn kids! Always getting in the way. haha
 
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Damn kids! Always getting in the way. haha
I’d never seen nor heard of Bruno Mars a few years ago either. Nobody at the SB party I was attending believed me.

Last year with Snoop and Dre and Eminem and those guys - definitely yes at least. My musical growth stalled out around the time those dudes were big time on the scene, obviously.
 
I’d never seen nor heard of Bruno Mars a few years ago either. Nobody at the SB party I was attending believed me.

Last year with Snoop and Dre and Eminem and those guys - definitely yes at least. My musical growth stalled out around the time those dudes were big time on the scene, obviously.
This is why you have to watch the Grammys every year, just to keep in touch with the music of the day. ;)
 
I do trust my eyes. I also trust what I know. I also know that first in every category is first in every category. I also know that no one else in school history has ever had the raw numbers... regardless of eras.
Passing today is fundamentally different than those eras, which makes the numbers fundamentally incomparable.
 
Passing today is fundamentally different than those eras, which makes the numbers fundamentally incomparable.
He's No.1 in his own era receptions, yards and touchdowns.

Has Texas ever had anyone in their own era that you could say that about?
 
He's No.1 in his own era receptions, yards and touchdowns.

Has Texas ever had anyone in their own era that you could say that about?
Worthy is like the baseball player who puts up big back-of-the-card stats but has a WAR around zero. He's going to have counting numbers if you throw him the ball a ton, but that doesn't mean he's actually helping the offense.

You've become fixated with remedial counting statistics and have really dug yourself in on Worthy, in particular. I think it's time to put away the shovel.
 
Worthy is like the baseball player who puts up big back-of-the-card stats but has a WAR around zero. He's going to have counting numbers if you throw him the ball a ton, but that doesn't mean he's actually helping the offense.

You've become fixated with remedial counting statistics and have really dug yourself in on Worthy, in particular. I think it's time to put away the shovel.
I guess the answer to the question I asked you is no.

Since you completely avoided answering it.
 
I do trust my eyes. I also trust what I know. I also know that first in every category is first in every category. I also know that no one else in school history has ever had the raw numbers... regardless of eras.
This is what happens when you are targeted 10 times a game because we do not have a secondary wide out two consecutive years. My biggest concern with this team and what shows up in your list is lack of interior OL.
 
Here's my only problem with the top 25 list. I'm on the record saying this (and I believe you are on the record suggesting the same thing?), that Cedric Baxter will be the best/most talented RB on the roster this fall. Your list today suggests that Baxter is the 3rd best RB on the team this fall.

Therefore, I'd have Baxter ranked ahead of both Keilan Robinson and Jonathan Brooks, even if that puts him ahead of Arch, Anthony Hill, and Ewers.

So you are on the record today saying that you think Robinson and Brooks are both better running backs than Baxter?
 
This is what happens when you are targeted 10 times a game because we do not have a secondary wide out two consecutive years. My biggest concern with this team and what shows up in your list is lack of interior OL.
Great players get targeted 10 times per game. It would be a crime if he didn't.

The types of targets were the issue last season IMO.
 
Here's my only problem with the top 25 list. I'm on the record saying this (and I believe you are on the record suggesting the same thing?), that Cedric Baxter will be the best/most talented RB on the roster this fall. Your list today suggests that Baxter is the 3rd best RB on the team this fall.

Therefore, I'd have Baxter ranked ahead of both Keilan Robinson and Jonathan Brooks, even if that puts him ahead of Arch, Anthony Hill, and Ewers.

So you are on the record today saying that you think Robinson and Brooks are both better running backs than Baxter?
At this moment in time, yes.

That could change in two months. Or six.

I completely understand where you are coming from, though.
 
I guess the answer to the question I asked you is no.

Since you completely avoided answering it.
It's an irrelevant question, as I've said. How many players had more home runs than Ryan Howard from 2004-2016, when he put up a cumulative WAR of 14.7?

Counting stats are of very little value, but you've latched on to them as if they have a great deal.
 
Great players get targeted 10 times per game. It would be a crime if he didn't.

The types of targets were the issue last season IMO.
First, Worthy is not a great player. Second, his quitting on the deep targets was probably the biggest issue with the offense last season. Third, it was a crime that we continued to target him as much as we need in light of the first and second points.
 
First, Worthy is not a great player. Second, his quitting on the deep targets was probably the biggest issue with the offense last season. Third, it was a crime that we continued to target him as much as we need in light of the first and second points.

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I wonder the impact of 2020-COVID-, has had on the development of this upcoming recruiting class in Texas. Will there more late bloomers? @Ketchum
 
I’ve been pretty spot on when it comes to eyeing talent on the team before people jump on the player’s bandwagon. My hits have been Brooks and Banks. My miss has been Gunnar Helms. With that said, I think Tapp will be in the Top 25 at some point this season.
 
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