simba
September 9, 2006, 11:15am
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<p>Texas by 10 ------e$200.</p>
berurah
September 9, 2006, 11:18am
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<p>OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, <em>GO SIMBA</em>!!
TEXAS!!! e$500</p>
<p>Hey, what else would you expect from an Austin gal who did her masters at Texas?? ~berurah</p>
<p>Texas!!! We live in SoCal but are big Longhorn fans. We’re having a taco bar party for the game tonight and our yard flag is up. :p</p>
simba
September 9, 2006, 11:44am
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<p>berurah: lots of e$s…you are loaded.</p>
berurah
September 9, 2006, 11:50am
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ummmm…no, <em>BUT</em>…I’m robbing the kids’ piggy banks even as I type this! :D</p>
<p>
<strong><em>AND YOU DIDN’T INVITE SIMBA AND ME???</em></strong> <em>pout</em> And I make GREAT homemade salsa and guacamole!!! :D</p>
<p>~b.</p>
<p>As a native of the great state of Ohio, e$759 for the Buckeyes, plus I get to get fed at Berurah’s house.</p>
berurah
September 9, 2006, 12:10pm
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YOU’RE GOING TO ROOT FOR OHIO STATE while in the home of a LONGHORN???</p>
<p>Dang, GIRL, you’re just lucky that I <em>LIKE YOU</em> so much!!!</p>
<p>You can come over anytime, and I’ll feed YOU, your D, and anyone else you bring along!!! :D</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
berurah
September 9, 2006, 12:12pm
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<p>late~</p>
<p>oh, and what’s with that odd number, e$759??? ~b.</p>
<p>Not to worry, Berurah, my most precious treasure would be Texas all the way, owing, shall we say, to a certain VERY disappointing result with a certain national championship just a couple of years ago. It’s a very, very good thing that she’s so hopelessly cute, and that I love her so much. :)</p>
<p>759? I always bet weird numbers. I’m telling D we’re flying to Kansas for dinner next week hee hee.</p>
berurah
September 9, 2006, 1:01pm
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Is that a promise??? :D</p>
simba
September 9, 2006, 1:36pm
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<p>e$759, bet rejected…the bookie can’t handle the math.</p>
<p>where is bandit_tx?</p>
<p>marite will be silent on this thread. I guess, I will place be for her.</p>
<p>Um, would the bookie accept e$780, and TWO dinners at Berurah’s house???</p>
<p>Big Ten solidarity bet here - Ohio State (hoping that their egos get super inflated for their ultimate fall against the Wolverines in November).</p>
Tookie
September 9, 2006, 3:55pm
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<p>The eyes of Texas are upon you…Go Longhorns!</p>
<p>Texas by 6</p>
DRJ4
September 9, 2006, 4:11pm
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<p>I think it’s a toss-up between 2 good teams. I’m a UT fan rooting for a good game and no injuries and hoping for some good luck. As Darrell Royal used to say, “You’ve got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.” </p>
<p>Whether the Horns win or lose tonight, I’m proud of Coach Mack Brown for his commitment to good values and good football:</p>
<p>
Dallas Morning News 8/31/06:
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<p>Preaching ‘family atmosphere’</p>
<p>Mack Brown recruits parents. He and his wife, Sally, who is very visible in the recruiting process, tell parents of players that their sons will be cared for as if they were the children of Mack and Sally. “Coach Brown talks about a family atmosphere all the time,” said running back Selvin Young. “And when you get here, that’s what it is.”</p>
<p>Ramonce Taylor, who averaged 6.8 yards per carry, led the team in all-purpose yardage and scored 15 touchdowns last season, worked out voluntarily with the Longhorns over the summer. Taylor tried to get his academics in order. But Brown decided before fall camp started that it was best to part ways and for Taylor to transfer. Other coaches might have decided to give a player such as Taylor a second chance – even after Taylor was charged with possession of four pounds of marijuana in May. But Brown has encouraged other talented players to find a new school after those players failed to follow through on their responsibilities as student-athletes. Taylor joins a list of players such as defensive end Mike Williams, defensive back Edorian McCullough and receiver Robert Timmons who have gotten crossways with Brown. </p>
<p>"We tell them in every meeting, ‘If you knowingly do something wrong, we’re not going to stand for it – no matter who you are,’ " Brown said. “That’s the way we are. That’s the way we’ve been. You want to be fair with chances. But too many breaks for a young person who is not doing things right we feel like sends a bad message to the rest of the team.”</p>
<p>Brown had 22 commitments for the freshman class of 2007 by the middle of the summer. He says he tries to get kids to commit early so that he knows they want to come to Texas for the college and football experience – and nothing else. “People wonder why we get so many kids early,” Brown said. “Usually, if there are rules that are broken, it happens late. We want the guys who want to be here because they want to be here.”
<a href=“http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/preview/football/big12/stories/083106dnspocolfbnatutcover.2685498.html[/url] ”>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/preview/football/big12/stories/083106dnspocolfbnatutcover.2685498.html</a></p> ;
<p>After this article was written, Coach Brown also suspended UT’s first string cornerback - the one who was supposed to cover OSU’s Ted Ginn - for a serious curfew/rules infraction. It may cost UT the game but it was the right thing to do.</p>
berurah
September 9, 2006, 4:14pm
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<p>hey TOOKIE!!! YOU can come to dinner too!!! How much are you betting??</p>
DRJ4
September 9, 2006, 4:57pm
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<p>Go Slippery Rock!
The Rock is popular everywhere, including at UT where for years they announced the Slippery Rock score at every UT football game:</p>
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Once, during a University of Texas game, the public address announcer gave other scores during the halftime break, but omitted The Rock score. When he was finished, someone in the crowd shouted, “What’s the Slippery Rock score?” The cry was taken up at once. A hurried call was placed to Slippery Rock and, soon afterward, came the news that The Rock had won, which caused the crowd to erupt with a mighty cheer.</p>
<p>In 1970, Texas announcer Wally Pryor gave The Rock score and suggested fans might write and congratulate The Rock for its winning season (6-3 final record). One of the letters that followed read:</p>
<p>We, the students of Texas at Austin, wish to congratulate you and your team on a successful season. We keep in touch with your progress each year and are always pleased with your success. As far as we are concerned, we would rather see Slippery Rock in the Cotton Bowl than Notre Dame!</p>
<p>People cheer for Slippery Rock because they think the name sounds funny. That’s why Rock football team has the largest honorary alumni body of any school in the country, with the possible exception of Notre Dame. Sidewalk alumni fan clubs, official and semi-official, have been documented across the nation.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.sru.edu/pages/6488.asp[/url][/quote] ”>http://www.sru.edu/pages/6488.asp
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