February 29, 20241 yr If Tyler Owens runs the fastest 40 at this year's combine, someone is going to lose their mind and draft him 3 rounds too high. That type of size/speed ratio is unheard of. He isn't a particularly good football player, but he is a freak athlete. Edited February 29, 20241 yr by Vertigo
February 29, 20241 yr I'll never understand someone insisting on displaying their stupidity. Thinking aloud is responsible for much of mankind's misery. -Ben Franklin
February 29, 20241 yr 31 minutes ago, Vertigo said: If Tyler Owens runs the fastest 40 at this year's combine, someone is going to lose their mind and draft him 3 rounds too high. That type of size/speed ratio is unheard of. He isn't a particularly good football player, but he is a freak athlete. Which is the exact reason 247 ranked him a 5 star and a better prospect than Garrett Wilson. The aggy tears when that ranking was released were glorious. Of course, if he is drafted relatively high, it will only serve to reinforce that line of thinking for people ranking recruits. "Hey this guy sucks at all things football but he's big and fast so he'll get drafted."
February 29, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Chuckie Finster said: Quick peek into the mind of someone who leaves Austin for Lubbock. Me after just reading the headlines and forgetting what he looked like because I don’t pay attention to tech players: *please don’t be Black* *please don’t be Black* *please don’t be Black* *please don’t be Black* *please don’t be Black* . . … .
February 29, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Vertigo said: If Tyler Owens runs the fastest 40 at this year's combine, someone is going to lose their mind and draft him 3 rounds too high. That type of size/speed ratio is unheard of. He isn't a particularly good football player, but he is a freak athlete. The guy shouldn't be drafted at all. He's a terrible football player. His measurables are a siren song to many an unwitting evaluator, so I'm sure some idiot in the NFL will draft him, but he's a wasted pick.
February 29, 20241 yr No, Dallas for sure. And probably will trade up in the 1st to get him. And all of us Cowboys fans will be:
March 1, 20241 yr Popular Post Neck beard writing for the Lubbock paper understands the score. Quote Then on the Texas side, the death of the rivalry has been met with a collective yawn. The Longhorns already have a biggest rival, Oklahoma, and the Sooners are joining them in the SEC, so that will remain alive. They consider Baylor, Texas A&M and, to a certain extent, TCU as bigger counterparts. Plus they're trying to keep pace with the Alabamas of the football world and the Kentuckys of the hoops scene. Texas Tech is an afterthought. This can be pointed out by the scenes at both home venues in Texas Tech's two games against Texas. In Austin, the Moody Center — where the concourse looks more like an up-scale wine and cheese bar than a basketball venue — holds 10,763. Playing each other in the first Big 12 game of the season — Tech's last visit to Austin until who knows when — wasn't a sellout. UT fans barely made a peep as the Red Raiders ran away with the win. In Lubbock, students camped out for days to sell out the USA looking for one last chance to throw the Horns Down hand signal in front of the people who get so offended by it. And when things didn't work, a few in the crowd decided to add to Texas' "You'll always be the little brother" mentality by acting just like a little brother: throwing stuff and starting fights, wanting mom and dad to do something about the injustice. It's not fair. You're cheating. The relationship between Texas Tech and Texas sports can be summed up by the one meme from "Mad Men" anybody on the internet knows. Texas Tech: I feel bad for you. Texas: I don't think about you at all. Maybe it's best for these two athletic programs to go their separate ways for a while. There are plenty of other fish (potential conference rivals) in the sea. Now that we're back in the same conference with piggy who doesn't really have a true SEC rival, I expect those hillbillies will crank the hate back up to levels that would make Tech blush. behind a paywall, so I archived it: https://archive.ph/I7Xlc
March 1, 20241 yr 25 minutes ago, Blotto said: to throw the Horns Down hand signal in front of the people who get so offended by it
March 1, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Blotto said: Neck beard writing for the Lubbock paper understands the score. Now that we're back in the same conference with piggy who doesn't really have a true SEC rival, I expect those hillbillies will crank the hate back up to levels that would make Tech blush. behind a paywall, so I archived it: https://archive.ph/I7Xlc He's spot on with the Mad Men reference
March 1, 20241 yr Tech was the only law school to accept me and was generous enough to give me a diploma three years later. I left Lubbock in '91 and have had no desire to return since. It's like that Mac Davis song only without the desire to go back. Fuck 'em
March 1, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, Blotto said: Neck beard writing for the Lubbock paper understands the score. Now that we're back in the same conference with piggy who doesn't really have a true SEC rival, I expect those hillbillies will crank the hate back up to levels that would make Tech blush. behind a paywall, so I archived it: https://archive.ph/I7Xlc Holy neckbeard Batman...tho he aint wrong...
March 1, 20241 yr 35 minutes ago, mr. sunshine said: Tech was the only law school to accept me and was generous enough to give me a diploma three years later. I left Lubbock in '91 and have had no desire to return since. It's like that Mac Davis song only without the desire to go back. Fuck 'em 31 minutes ago, slorch said: so it wasn't like the Mac Davis song... Are people supposed to have a clue as to what the hell “a Mac Davis song” is supposed to mean. I feel like Mac Davis had a head of black curly hair… oh, and he was white. That’s probably more Mac Davis awareness than half of Surly. Anyway, the MadMen quote sounds about right, though I never watched that show because I was out of the country. (I did sit across from Hamm at a wedding reception in Nantucket in 2003, but didn’t know it until about 8 years later when I found out that he was Jennifer Westfeldt’s longtime boyfriend. I didn’t really notice a thing about him other than a guy in a suit was to her side… …which kind of made him like Texas Tech.)
March 1, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, Napoleon said: Are people supposed to have a clue as to what the hell “a Mac Davis song” is supposed to mean. I feel like Mac Davis had a head of black curly hair… oh, and he was white. That’s probably more Mac Davis awareness than half of Surly. Anyway, the MadMen quote sounds about right, though I never watched that show because I was out of the country. (I did sit across from Hamm at a wedding reception in Nantucket in 2003, but didn’t know it until about 8 years later when I found out that he was Jennifer Westfeldt’s longtime boyfriend. I didn’t really notice a thing about him other than a guy in a suit was to her side… …which kind of made him like Texas Tech.) They typically overplay/ misquote the lyric " happiness was Lubbock in my rearview mirror." Here you go, if your google is offline... … I was just fifteen and out of control lost to James Dean and rock and roll I knew down deep in my country soul that I had to get away Hollywood was a lady in red who danced in my dreams as I tossed in bed I knew I?d wind up in jail or dead if I have to stay I thought happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror My mama kept calling me home but I just did not want to hear her And the vision was getting clearer in my dream So I let out one night in June stoned on the glow of the Texas moon Humming an old Buddy Holly tune called Peggy Sue (pretty, pretty Peggy Sue) With my favorite jeans and a cheap guitar I ran off chasing a distant star If Buddy Holly could make it that far then I figured I could too I thought happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror My mama kept calling me home but I just did not want to hear her And the vision was getting clearer in my dream But the Hollywood moon didn't smile the same old smile that I?d grown up with The lady in red just wanted my last dime And I cried myself to sleep at night too dumb to run too scared to fight And too proud to admit it at the time So I got me some gigs on Saturday night not much more than orchestrated fights I?d come home drunk and I tried to write but the words came out all wrong Hell bent and bound for a wasted youth too much gin and not enough vermouth And no one to teach me to seek the truth before I put an end to this song I still thought happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror My mama kept calling me home but I just could not, would not hear her And the vision was getting clearer in my dream Well I thank God each and every day for giving me the music and the words to say I?d never had made it any other way he was my only friend Now I sleep a little better each night and when I look in the mirror in the morning light The man I see was both wrong and right he's going home again I guessed happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror But now happiness was Lubbock Texas growing nearer and dearer And the vision was getting clearer in my dream And I think I finally know just what it means And when I die you can bury me in Lubbock Texas in my jeans
March 1, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, Longboard Horn said: That guy looks 40. 45 minutes ago, mr. sunshine said: Tech was the only law school to accept me and was generous enough to give me a diploma three years later. I left Lubbock in '91 and have had no desire to return since. It's like that Mac Davis song only without the desire to go back. Fuck 'em I grew up in the shadow of Lubbock, as in one of the roads in Lubbock is named after the town I grew up in about 50 minutes south. I very happily left there and only went back for family until family moved away. Hadn't been back in years until my dad died last year and wanted to have his funeral back in that town. Now that he's gone, I'm not sure I'll ever go back, and just the thought of that makes me happy. Mac Davis song - Happiness is Lubbock in my Rear View Mirror - with the appropriate strikeouts for accuracy. … I was just fifteen and out of control lost to James Dean and rock and roll I knew down deep in my country soul that I had to get away Hollywood was a lady in red who danced in my dreams as I tossed in bed I knew I'd wind up in jail or dead if I have to stay I thought happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror My mama kept calling me home but I just did not want to hear her And the vision was getting clearer in my dream So I let out one night in June stoned on the glow of the Texas moon Humming an old Buddy Holly tune called Peggy Sue (pretty, pretty Peggy Sue) With my favorite jeans and a cheap guitar I ran off chasing a distant star If Buddy Holly could make it that far then I figured I could too I thought happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror My mama kept calling me home but I just did not want to hear her And the vision was getting clearer in my dream But the Hollywood moon didn't smile the same old smile that I?d grown up with The lady in red just wanted my last dime And I cried myself to sleep at night too dumb to run too scared to fight And too proud to admit it at the time So I got me some gigs on Saturday night not much more than orchestrated fights I'd come home drunk and I tried to write but the words came out all wrong Hell bent and bound for a wasted youth too much gin and not enough vermouth And no one to teach me to seek the truth before I put an end to this song I still thought happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror My mama kept calling me home but I just could not, would not hear her And the vision was getting clearer in my dream Well I thank God each and every day for giving me the music and the words to say I'd never had made it any other way he was my only friend Now I sleep a little better each night and when I look in the mirror in the morning light The man I see was both wrong and right he's going home again I guessed happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror But now happiness was Lubbock Texas growing nearer and dearer And the vision was getting clearer in my dream And I think I finally know just what it means And when I die you can bury me in Lubbock Texas in my jeans
March 1, 20241 yr 10 minutes ago, Napoleon said: Are people supposed to have a clue as to what the hell “a Mac Davis song” is supposed to mean. I feel like Mac Davis had a head of black curly hair… oh, and he was white. That’s probably more Mac Davis awareness than half of Surly. Anyway, the MadMen quote sounds about right, though I never watched that show because I was out of the country. (I did sit across from Hamm at a wedding reception in Nantucket in 2003, but didn’t know it until about 8 years later when I found out that he was Jennifer Westfeldt’s longtime boyfriend. I didn’t really notice a thing about him other than a guy in a suit was to her side… …which kind of made him like Texas Tech.) Apparently you're borderline regarded
March 1, 20241 yr Your goddamn right. My town gave you your greatest athlete to ever play at Tech, not counting Idalou's own Tracy Saul. I grew up hating Tech (except their band was pretty badass), then started to really love them with Leach, then hated them again for what they did to Leach. Fuck them for that forever.
March 1, 20241 yr 20 minutes ago, NameAlreadyInUse said: Your goddamn right. My town gave you your greatest athlete to ever play at Tech, not counting Idalou's own Tracy Saul. I grew up hating Tech (except their band was pretty badass), then started to really love them with Leach, then hated them again for what they did to Leach. Fuck them for that forever. Tracy Saul lost a ball
March 2, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, NameAlreadyInUse said: Your goddamn right. My town gave you your greatest athlete to ever play at Tech, not counting Idalou's own Tracy Saul. I grew up hating Tech (except their band was pretty badass), then started to really love them with Leach, then hated them again for what they did to Leach. Fuck them for that forever. *You're
March 2, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, NameAlreadyInUse said: Your goddamn right. My town gave you your greatest athlete to ever play at Tech, not counting Idalou's own Tracy Saul. I grew up hating Tech (except their band was pretty badass), then started to really love them with Leach, then hated them again for what they did to Leach. Fuck them for that forever. Sheryl swoopes?
March 2, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, NameAlreadyInUse said: That guy looks 40. I grew up in the shadow of Lubbock, as in one of the roads in Lubbock is named after the town I grew up in about 50 minutes south. I very happily left there and only went back for family until family moved away. Hadn't been back in years until my dad died last year and wanted to have his funeral back in that town. Now that he's gone, I'm not sure I'll ever go back, and just the thought of that makes me happy. Mac Davis song - Happiness is Lubbock in my Rear View Mirror - with the appropriate strikeouts for accuracy. … I was just fifteen and out of control lost to James Dean and rock and roll I knew down deep in my country soul that I had to get away Hollywood was a lady in red who danced in my dreams as I tossed in bed I knew I'd wind up in jail or dead if I have to stay I thought happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror My mama kept calling me home but I just did not want to hear her And the vision was getting clearer in my dream So I let out one night in June stoned on the glow of the Texas moon Humming an old Buddy Holly tune called Peggy Sue (pretty, pretty Peggy Sue) With my favorite jeans and a cheap guitar I ran off chasing a distant star If Buddy Holly could make it that far then I figured I could too I thought happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror My mama kept calling me home but I just did not want to hear her And the vision was getting clearer in my dream But the Hollywood moon didn't smile the same old smile that I?d grown up with The lady in red just wanted my last dime And I cried myself to sleep at night too dumb to run too scared to fight And too proud to admit it at the time So I got me some gigs on Saturday night not much more than orchestrated fights I'd come home drunk and I tried to write but the words came out all wrong Hell bent and bound for a wasted youth too much gin and not enough vermouth And no one to teach me to seek the truth before I put an end to this song I still thought happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror My mama kept calling me home but I just could not, would not hear her And the vision was getting clearer in my dream Well I thank God each and every day for giving me the music and the words to say I'd never had made it any other way he was my only friend Now I sleep a little better each night and when I look in the mirror in the morning light The man I see was both wrong and right he's going home again I guessed happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror But now happiness was Lubbock Texas growing nearer and dearer And the vision was getting clearer in my dream And I think I finally know just what it means And when I die you can bury me in Lubbock Texas in my jeans I was born on the llano estacado. Never cared for Lubbock
March 3, 20241 yr On 3/1/2024 at 4:36 PM, mr. sunshine said: Apparently you're borderline regarded Borderline?
March 3, 20241 yr On 3/1/2024 at 4:31 PM, NameAlreadyInUse said: That guy looks 40. I grew up in the shadow of Lubbock, as in one of the roads in Lubbock is named after the town I grew up in about 50 minutes south. I very happily left there and only went back for family until family moved away. Hadn't been back in years until my dad died last year and wanted to have his funeral back in that town. Now that he's gone, I'm not sure I'll ever go back, and just the thought of that makes me happy. Mac Davis song - Happiness is Lubbock in my Rear View Mirror - with the appropriate strikeouts for accuracy. … I was just fifteen and out of control lost to James Dean and rock and roll I knew down deep in my country soul that I had to get away Hollywood was a lady in red who danced in my dreams as I tossed in bed I knew I'd wind up in jail or dead if I have to stay I thought happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror My mama kept calling me home but I just did not want to hear her And the vision was getting clearer in my dream So I let out one night in June stoned on the glow of the Texas moon Humming an old Buddy Holly tune called Peggy Sue (pretty, pretty Peggy Sue) With my favorite jeans and a cheap guitar I ran off chasing a distant star If Buddy Holly could make it that far then I figured I could too I thought happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror My mama kept calling me home but I just did not want to hear her And the vision was getting clearer in my dream But the Hollywood moon didn't smile the same old smile that I?d grown up with The lady in red just wanted my last dime And I cried myself to sleep at night too dumb to run too scared to fight And too proud to admit it at the time So I got me some gigs on Saturday night not much more than orchestrated fights I'd come home drunk and I tried to write but the words came out all wrong Hell bent and bound for a wasted youth too much gin and not enough vermouth And no one to teach me to seek the truth before I put an end to this song I still thought happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror My mama kept calling me home but I just could not, would not hear her And the vision was getting clearer in my dream Well I thank God each and every day for giving me the music and the words to say I'd never had made it any other way he was my only friend Now I sleep a little better each night and when I look in the mirror in the morning lightThe man I see was both wrong and right he's going home again I guessed happiness was Lubbock Texas in my rearview mirror But now happiness was Lubbock Texas growing nearer and dearer And the vision was getting clearer in my dream And I think I finally know just what it means And when I die you can bury me in Lubbock Texas in my jeans You a Cub?
March 3, 20241 yr On 3/2/2024 at 12:16 AM, Pato del Muerto said: My town gave you your greatest athlete to ever play at Tech Borger?
March 4, 20241 yr On 3/3/2024 at 8:17 AM, Laga4 said: Borger? Who are you thinking of? Lol. Even Donnie Anderson was from Stinnett.
March 5, 20241 yr Question for the Techsters: Who would be Tech's Top 5 All-Time players, giving ZERO consideration to what they may have done in the NFL?
March 5, 20241 yr 50 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said: Question for the Techsters: Who would be Tech's Top 5 All-Time players, giving ZERO consideration to what they may have done in the NFL? I’m not a tech guy but my father is, I’d guess something like: Gray, Z Thomas, Crabtree, Welker, Harrell i really only know their teams from the mid-80s on. I know there was a DT drafted really high in the early 80s whose pro career never happened due to an awful car accident, so maybe him. Donnie Anderson too? Also thought of Hanspard. Tyrone Thurman was a WR/returner from the mid 80s who was awesome and tiny. I don’t know, tech guys can tell me where I’m wrong. Edited March 5, 20241 yr by Hank Chinaski
March 5, 20241 yr 52 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said: I’m not a tech guy but my father is, I’d guess something like: Gray, Z Thomas, Crabtree, Welker, Harrell i really only know their teams from the mid-80s on. I know there was a DT drafted really high in the early 80s whose pro career never happened due to an awful car accident, so maybe him. Donnie Anderson too? Also thought of Hanspard. Tyrone Thurman was a WR/returner from the mid 80s who was awesome and tiny. I don’t know, tech guys can tell me where I’m wrong.
March 5, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, LTtxfan said: Mahomes left off your list "Chinaski" ?? Criteria was NFL performance not considered - i.e., purely based on college performance. So I’m guessing Harrell over him, as he’s the all time passing leader (by a lot in terms of TDs and yards), also had more team success. Edited March 5, 20241 yr by Hank Chinaski
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March 5, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Hank Chinaski said: Criteria was NFL performance not considered - i.e., purely based on college performance. So I’m guessing Harrell over him, as he’s the all time passing leader (by a lot in terms of TDs and yards), also had more team success. Gotcha... Still probably need more than 1 QB in your list imo... All-time stuff is overrated. Mahomes did not play on very good teams, so he had to carry them more.
March 5, 20241 yr I’m not a Techster, but I’d go: Holub Anderson Rivera Z. Thomas Mahomes Every one of them, as Royal would say, “as tough as boarding house steak” Edited March 5, 20241 yr by statsman
March 6, 20241 yr 23 hours ago, TrashMaster G said: Question for the Techsters: Who would be Tech's Top 5 All-Time players, giving ZERO consideration to what they may have done in the NFL? For football I'd say Thomas, Crabtree, Anderson, Rivera, & Welker. Hanspard would be an honorable mention
March 6, 20241 yr On 3/5/2024 at 11:33 AM, TrashMaster G said: Question for the Techsters: Who would be Tech's Top 5 All-Time players, giving ZERO consideration to what they may have done in the NFL? My favorites all time: Tyrone Thurman Tracy Saul( yes really. Same age as I am and loved how a kid from Idalou kicked so much ass) Zach Thomas Wes Welker Michael Crabtree Never saw him play in person, but EJ Holub IS MR Red Raider to me.
March 6, 20241 yr On 3/5/2024 at 1:26 PM, LTtxfan said: Mahomes left off your list "Chinaski" ?? I appreciate what Mahomes did in college, but that defense and O-line were so horrific, I did not get juiced about those teams. He’s not in my Top 5 players I got exited to see. If I made an alltime NFL list, regardless of alma mater; he’d almost certainly be Top 3, if not #1. Edited March 6, 20241 yr by slorch
March 7, 20241 yr On 3/5/2024 at 6:51 PM, statsman said: I’m not a Techster, but I’d go: Holub Anderson Rivera Z. Thomas Mahomes Every one of them, as Royal would say, “as tough as boarding house steak” This is a hard list to argue, but I would have to work Welker in there somewhere. The right guy at the right time to show what the slot receiver could do in Leach's Air Raid offense. Not too mention the punt returns. Little dude was tough as boot leather.
March 7, 20241 yr Author Speaking of Wes Welker... dagger into aggy's heart. The one random Tech guy in front of the corp has always cracked me up. Edited March 7, 20241 yr by Longboard Horn
March 7, 20241 yr 9 hours ago, Longboard Horn said: Speaking of Wes Welker... dagger into aggy's heart. The one random Tech guy in front of the corp has always cracked me up. Fake army guys on the right look like they’re about to wield their swords in a manly defense of Old Army.
March 7, 20241 yr Hanspard and bam Morris also come to mind. Adding qbs is tough with mike leach producing one or two year wonders like symon that had gaudy stats. So let’s go billy Joe tolliver.
March 7, 20241 yr On 3/6/2024 at 11:44 AM, slorch said: My favorites all time Never saw him play in person, but EJ Holub IS MR Red Raider to me. I went to church with EJ many years ago. Nice guy and just a huge dude.
March 8, 20241 yr 17 hours ago, Longboard Horn said: Speaking of Wes Welker... dagger into aggy's heart. The one random Tech guy in front of the corp has always cracked me up. Granny ag in her blue blockers always makes me chortle.
March 8, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, baboso said: Granny ag in her blue blockers always makes me chortle. That's The Beaver's mom. She speaks jive.
March 8, 20241 yr On 3/5/2024 at 1:24 PM, Hank Chinaski said: I’m not a tech guy but my father is, I’d guess something like: Gray, Z Thomas, Crabtree, Welker, Harrell i really only know their teams from the mid-80s on. I know there was a DT drafted really high in the early 80s whose pro career never happened due to an awful car accident, so maybe him. Donnie Anderson too? Also thought of Hanspard. Tyrone Thurman was a WR/returner from the mid 80s who was awesome and tiny. I don’t know, tech guys can tell me where I’m wrong.
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