re: Can’t frickin wait for UT and OU to get to the SEC.

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Bad enough to go fight an army of Mexicans where they were outnumbered 100 to 1..And, they only beat the Mexicans because they got too drunk the night before the big battle to put up a fight.

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You are a moron

#1 Most of those who fought the Mexican army were mountain people from VA, NC, WVA, KY, and TN. They left their homes to fight for Texas because they were Americans the same way my Old man fought in WWII and his daddy fought in WWI.

#2 The Alamo is a joke historically and became the media darling over time but the real issue in Texas independence was the Goliad Massacre. The guys in the Alamo were outnumbered and probably did drink heavily as they came from places well known for making liquor. This is not why they fought to the death tho, they fought to the death because they could not leave and Santa Anna was the Saddam Hussein of his era in that he shot captured soldiers rather than deal with the living and/or wounded. The Goliad Massacre was fresh in their minds of what Santa Anna would do to them if they survived and were captured.

Like the 4th flight on 9/11, if you know you will be killed by your captor, you try and take the plane because the other option ism known.