Everything posted by Knoxtnhorn
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Surly kids applying / attending UT
Ok. Looking for some advice. My son is dead set on getting in to Texas. The problem is that he attends an IB school in an open district (Garland). So every kid with a brain, for the most part, chooses GHS due to IB. This is a district of over 300,000 because it includes Rowlett and Sachse, so lots of smartypantses. My son currently sits at exactly 7%. He has a 3.85 GPA on a 4.0 scale, scored a 1370 on the SAT, and has all kinds of positive references, clubs, etc... We took an official tour over the summer and heard much of the same stuff that has been mentioned on this thread - that is the importance of the essay and extracurricular activities. I'm having a hard time determining if he's screwed or not by not being inside the cutoff. Assuming he does well on the essay, any idea what our odds are? I get that TX has high standards and lots and lots of applications, but it seems shitty that he would be adversely affected because he attends an extremely competitive (academically, definitely not football) school. Poor kid. When I attended Garland, I had a 3.1 GPA and finished in the Top 5% due to IB showing up the year after I graduated. I don't recall even writing an essay.
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
I damn near got in a fist fight with one of my best friends (Vol grad) who accused TX of running up the score. If TX wanted to run up the score, they would have scored 100.
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Survivor 47
Rule #1 of Survivor - Shut your effing mouth.
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
It is pretty crazy how often they've missed at WR. We were pretty bummed (at the time) to not get a handful of those guys.
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Dallas Cowboys 2024 Season Thread -- Jerrah the Asshat Rides Again
I'm just so thankful for where Texas is at, I don't get as mad.
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Tennessee @ Oklahoma
He was very complimentary of Texas in whatever documentary I watched him in a few years ago. He also flipped me off on 635 when I was like 10 years old. I had given him a Hook 'Em.
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Texas vs. ULM - 7pm on SEC Network +
Well.... About that.
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Texas vs. ULM - 7pm on SEC Network +
He said, "Booty pressure".
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Tennessee @ Oklahoma
I have past of flipping burgers at Braums, so this hits close to home.
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Tennessee @ Oklahoma
I know rivalry game and all, but Good Lord we should curb stomp ou this year.
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Tennessee @ Oklahoma
Lol. Casey Thompson should starts.
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Week 4, 2024; ULM at Texas
Thanks man. I found it
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Week 4, 2024; ULM at Texas
Sorry. Out of the loop. What is "here"?
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2024 Texas High School Football
I probably know him then. Class of '91.
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So excited to go to the SEC with these Tennessee assholes
Oh hell yeah. I want to hear how the Ironman goes. Good luck.
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2024 Texas High School Football
I know my posts are random and nobody cares about the trials and tribulations of Garland High. That being said, I just need to vent a sec. Last night, Garland had the ball at midfield, a 3 point lead, 3rd and 5, 48 seconds on the clock. South Garland did not have a timeout left. If you do absolutely nothing - i.e. kneel, the worst case scenario is that South gets the ball with about 3 seconds at midfield. Simple, yes? Not for the wonderfucks in charge of my team. They try a fucking trick play and fumble. South ends up getting a FG chance (~35) on the last play of the game. The ball hits the crossbar and bounces over. Wouldn't have mattered because these dumbshits made an illegal substitution on the FG attempt. Garland wins in OT, with several on the team running to the opposite sideline to yell and talk shit. Just disgusting. South has won like 3 games in the last 7 years, and routinely loses games like 56-0.
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So excited to go to the SEC with these Tennessee assholes
My wife was supposed to go to this game. A couple of her friends flaked, so we're going to the Arkansas/Tenn game in 2 weeks. Props to you, my wife, and several of my best friends if y'all win. Most of the rest of the Vols can f off.
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Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
I can't imagine how pissed if be right now if I was a UNC guy. How embarrassing.
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2024 Random Games thread
JMU breaks it's record for most points scored against a P4 team with 8 mins left in the 2nd. And that was before the last TD. Wow. Just, wow.
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Dallas Cowboys 2024 Season Thread -- Jerrah the Asshat Rides Again
I used to have Jerry Jones' business card because he stopped by my very gay uncle's house one time. The "official" word was that Jerry's driver and my uncle were friends. /JLaw ok gif
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So excited to go to the SEC with these Tennessee assholes
Brown's UNC team is currently down 11 pts, at home, at the end of the 1st qtr, against James Madison despite gaining 251 yards.
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So excited to go to the SEC with these Tennessee assholes
Dear God. Imagine having to hear Rocky Top and Boomer Sooner on repeat for an entire game.
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Prediction Contest 2024, Week 4, ULM @ Texas
Texas 35 ULM 10 Arch: 308
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Naked and Afraid
I wonder if something - weather, permits, or else - was at play here. If you consider the episodes were all 2 hours, there was an elimination about once every episode. Then, essentially 5 in the finale. Even the fire/arrow in the lake thing seemed really rushed. The producers couldn't have been under the impression that it would take more than a few minutes to complete. I don't know. It just seemed very rushed and off.
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Naked and Afraid
That last challenge - not a fan. Bring some embers; shoot an arrow? Kind of lame.