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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:02 pm
Posted by TrNabs
Austin
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:02 pm
I'll be in Tuscaloosa next year for the Texas game. Three questions.

1) Where's the go-to place around campus, bbq preferably?

2) Who will be your starting QB?

3) Will this team be better or worse than the one you brought to Austin last year?
This post was edited on 1/21/23 at 12:39 pm
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:08 pm to
quote:

2) Who will be your starting QB?

3) Will this team be better or worse than the one you brought to Austin last year?



Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:08 pm to
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1) Where's the go-to place around campus, bbq preferably?


Archibald’s in Northport for Ribs. We don’t do brisket because beef isn’t BBQ.



ETA: I’ve eaten at no fewer than 5 or 6 BBQ restaurants in central Texas that are better than anything Alabama has to offer. Archibald’s and Dreamland have a big following, but Texas BBQ is better. Don’t get your hopes up.



quote:

2) Who will be your starting QB?


We don’t know. Sorry.

quote:

3) Will this team be better or worse than the one you brought to Austin last year?


It will be better coached, with a few major question marks at key positions. There is potential for it to be a better overall team for sure, despite the few major losses.
This post was edited on 1/21/23 at 12:11 pm
Posted by tgrmeat
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:14 pm to
How about places to avoid? I’ll start. The strip.
Posted by EastTXHorn
Houston
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:15 pm to
I think both teams come in slightly improved. Bama has to be dramatically better in the trenches or we beat that liver spotted hag by 10 points.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:16 pm to
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How about places to avoid? I’ll start. The strip.


The Strip is a calm utopia compared to 6th Street in Austin, which I’m assuming the OP is intimately familiar with.
Posted by TrNabs
Austin
Member since Oct 2019
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:18 pm to
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6th Street in Austin


That's a tourist trap, we avoid that place like the plague.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:22 pm to
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That's a tourist trap, we avoid that place like the plague.


That’s Austin’s much larger, busier equivalent of “The Strip” in Tuscaloosa, is my only point. The fella told you to avoid The Strip, inferring that it’s dangerous. It’s pretty mild compared to what you guys deal with in downtown every weekend. No reason to avoid it.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:28 pm to
Stay off the strip after night
Athletes have armed possee rolling with them
Posted by Silverback
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:28 pm to
Sonic
Posted by SOBMarcus
Boerne TX
Member since Apr 2020
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:37 pm to
That’s not a “quick question”. Post is shite
Posted by TrNabs
Austin
Member since Oct 2019
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:41 pm to
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That’s not a “quick question”. Post is shite


I mean I changed the title to (questions), I don't understand why that made you so mad lol. Go take your Midol, put your tampon, and chill.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:42 pm to
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Stay off the strip after night Athletes have armed possee rolling with them


I understand you’re attempting to troll. I understand you’re 1.b to LSUstephen17’s 1.a. But Austin’s “strip” has an exponentially higher rate of gun violence, including a mass shooting in recent history. Telling someone from Austin to stay away from the strip is pretty silly. The strip is child’s play.
Posted by jb4
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 12:47 pm to
4) will Derek Dooley be the next OC
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 1:30 pm to
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Where's the go-to place around campus, bbq preferably?


Twenty years ago I would have put Tuscaloosa's barbecue scene up against any city in the country and felt confident. But time and, unfortunately, tornadoes have eroded it to a shell of its former self. A lot of people swear by Archibald's but I've never been a huge fan. The Pottery Grill would be my recommendation.
Posted by BIGJLAW
Member since Mar 2013
8687 posts
Posted on 1/21/23 at 1:34 pm to
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Stay off the strip after night Athletes have armed possee rolling with them

Yeah, that bastion of class called Baton Rouge is so inviting.
OP , just make sure you bring your ID if coming thru LA as it’s turned into a third world country.
Posted by Marktastic86
Pismo Beach, CA
Member since Dec 2020
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 1:39 pm to
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Texas BBQ is better

Lived in Austin for 3 years.

No. No, it's not.
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
30812 posts
Posted on 1/21/23 at 2:12 pm to
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Yeah, that bastion of class called Baton Rouge is so inviting.
OP , just make sure you bring your ID if coming thru LA as it’s turned into a third world country.
"With a crime rate of 56 per one thousand residents, Baton Rouge has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes- from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 18."
This post was edited on 1/21/23 at 2:13 pm
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
79432 posts
Posted on 1/21/23 at 2:13 pm to
I live in Texas right now.

Texas BBQ is straight up shite.
Posted by thatthang
Member since Jan 2012
7426 posts
Posted on 1/21/23 at 2:22 pm to
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Twenty years ago I would have put Tuscaloosa's barbecue scene up against any city in the country and felt confident.


Serious question as I’ve been eating BBQ in Tuscaloosa my whole life. What establishments are you referring to in this early 2000s list?
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