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Interesting article from ESPN (I know, sorry) on the success Texas kids have in football beyond high school...

4 months ago Tiny utexas87 3 comments

Sounds like the young man has parents who have tried to put football in its proper perspective...

7 months ago Tiny utexas87 0 comments

Thought the big man was done! With free time to pursue his real passion, playing bass in a heavy metal band (Free Reign). Guess that the NFL gig still probably pays a little better. Welcome to another "Big D" Mr. Davis...

7 months ago Tiny utexas87 1 comment

Ok, Roy needs a little help. A taped marriage proposal, an expensive engagement ring that was mailed, a bold "I'm not like a lot of people, I don't need the ring back" followed by an insurance claim to recover the value (so the girl wouldn't find out that he was like a lot of people and he DID want the ring back). Like no one was going to find out?

11 months ago Tiny utexas87 5 comments

The article confirms that he suffered from CTE. I guess it's no surprise but reading of the effect the disease had on his wife and kids really brings home how serious and tragic it is. I loved this guy as a player, sounds like he was a hell of father and husband as well.

about 1 year ago Tiny utexas87 1 comment

Ok, I've always loved this guy. And I understand it's not the first time that he's gotten sideways with a sideline reporter or even a female sideline reporter...but this? After the network promoted the Adam James show last year? Perhaps if I were female, I would feel differently about this outcome but I'd like to think that I wouldn't.

over 1 year ago Tiny utexas87 51 comments 1 recs

Burnt Orange Nation How many of us are getting "punked" for Christmas this year?

So I'm sitting at home, minding my own business today when the doorbell rings.  I step outside to see a UPS guy waving, as he's walking away in the snow, and I look down to see that Santa has sent me another gift.  Noting the address, I already have a good idea which of his elves has been hard at work and "can't wait" to open it.  Well, it's a really nice (Douglas Lyon - silk) burnt orange shirt with monochromatic longhorns superimposed throughout.  The accompanying note?  "Will (Muschamp) was going through his closet, said he wouldn't need this anymore and that we should give it to you.  Then he muttered something like "He still believes!" or something like that.   - Merry Christmas"

I should point out that this "gift" came from some friends of mine...a husband and wife, University of Michigan/Notre Dame couple...and, in retrospect, I probably started it last year when I sent them a Christmas care package.  The package consisted of Longhorn blankets, caps, shirts, mugs, glassware, Christmas ornaments, etc.   You know it's not often that neither UM nor ND are in a bowl game and, if I can remember this far back, I think Texas was playing for the MNC.  Through my gift, I was merely inviting them to adopt the Longhorns as their team for the bowl game and giving them all the tools they would need to immerse themselves in the spirit of the season.  Hey, I had faithfully cheered in their stadiums for their teams over the past couple of years, occasionally wearing their team gear (topped with a Longhorn hat, of course) and otherwise showed my support for their teams over these tough years.  I thought they could use some cheering up!  In fact this year, I was half expecting to get pictures of the family in front of a tree adorned with Longhorn ornaments.  And then I get the shirt...

Anyone else getting Christmas reminders of the way our season went?

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When asked why the regents would want to get involved in who Brown hires for assistant coaches, board spokesman Anthony de Bruyn said "it's their prerogative."

over 1 year ago Tiny utexas87 5 comments

Wow. The city was hoping to get at least $13 million for it.

over 2 years ago Tiny utexas87 5 comments

Brian Orakpo: Ready For The Combine

over 3 years ago Tiny utexas87 2 comments