HTX Horn
| Favorite team: | Texas  |
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| Registered on: | 7/28/2021 |
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re: Sark knows what we all know - Neyland is the loudest stadium in the country
Posted by HTX Horn on 9/25/26 at 4:03 pm to Billy Mays
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Sucks you guys got saddled with the Big Noon kickoff time slot because TV demands LSU get every night game
Well this year there’s something that people hate more than Texas and that’s Lane Kiffin. TV execs know people watch the teams they love and the teams they hate.
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re: I can’t stop laughing
Posted by HTX Horn on 9/24/26 at 10:48 pm to Giantkiller
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Do you ever notice that when anyone posts weird yell leader shite on this board, no Aggie fans respond. I don't know if you all just acknowledge this is weird as shite and you can't defend it. Or maybe you just don't know about it..
No, believe me they know about it. How would you like having to live next door to this?
re: Texas travels well. Already showing up in Knoxville
Posted by HTX Horn on 9/24/26 at 11:44 am to Smoky Mountain Reign
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It wasn’t just Crockett, 30k Volunteers came to save you from the Mexican army.. Tennesseans are the men you came running to when your alligator mouths wrote checks your tadpole asses couldn’t cash.
To be honest I've always felt there's a special connection between Texas and Tennessee due to Tenn volunteers at the Alamo. The connection continues today w music, culture, etc.
But with due respect, Tennessee didn't send 30K volunteers to Texas. Maybe 30K "settlers" after the war was won. If in fact they had sent 30K volunteers to Texas then (a) we would have had a 5:1 advantage over the Mexican army and the Alamo, Goliad, San Jacinto would never have happened, and (b) after crushing them at the Rio Grande we could've kept rolling into Mexico City.
This said, many of us in Texas do recognize and appreciate the contributions by those from Tennessee. But Davy Crockett could only have dreamed of having 30K volunteers for the military from Tennessee there with him.
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funny how that works for big time Texas road games
We’ve played Bama, A&M, and Georgia at night, and will likely have LSU at night in BR.
Too bad we can’t go play in Norman at night and watch all the whiny Sooners like you cry boo hoo!
re: Texas at Tennessee (Preview & Prediction)
Posted by HTX Horn on 9/23/26 at 6:43 pm to tennfanatic
Thanks for posting the link.
I haven’t seen a lot of Tennessee yet this year but if this guy is right and they throw a lot of blitz packages at our OL I’m not sure they’ll be able to keep up. Arch is mobile but anytime he’s taken out of rhythm it turns into 3-and-outs.
Also this guy said Texas may have the best receiver room in college football. That might be true if they could reliably catch the ball.
My prediction is that Sark will be Sark and do all his high tech crap for about 2.5 quarters that is generally ineffective, maybe we eek out 10-13 points.
I do think our defense will at least keep us in the game but hope they aren’t gassed in the 4th quarter due to the 3-and-outs by Sark.
I expect a 24-21 type of game either way.
I wish I could go, would be awesome to see a game in Knoxville.
I haven’t seen a lot of Tennessee yet this year but if this guy is right and they throw a lot of blitz packages at our OL I’m not sure they’ll be able to keep up. Arch is mobile but anytime he’s taken out of rhythm it turns into 3-and-outs.
Also this guy said Texas may have the best receiver room in college football. That might be true if they could reliably catch the ball.
My prediction is that Sark will be Sark and do all his high tech crap for about 2.5 quarters that is generally ineffective, maybe we eek out 10-13 points.
I do think our defense will at least keep us in the game but hope they aren’t gassed in the 4th quarter due to the 3-and-outs by Sark.
I expect a 24-21 type of game either way.
I wish I could go, would be awesome to see a game in Knoxville.
re: AP Poll is out - Texas 1, Georgia 2, Ole Miss 4, Alabama 8, LSU 10
Posted by HTX Horn on 9/20/26 at 8:07 pm to Volsfan82169
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No way am l falling for that. A massive win over the previous #1 with a huge road game this week. It was vanilla offense while still hungover. I expect you to be well prepped and ready Saturday.
I was thinking the same thing at first but some of the throws from Arch were just atrocious. I definitely agree with the hangover effect but I never know which Arch is going to show up. He’s had one good quarter out of his last 8. I hope they’re ready for Knoxville.
No way in hell Horns are #1 after the offense I saw last night.
Ole Miss, Tenn, LSU are going to be bears.
Ole Miss, Tenn, LSU are going to be bears.
re: Sarkisian is such a wimp.
Posted by HTX Horn on 9/17/26 at 4:31 pm to Pastor Mike
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I don't get the public outcry for an apology from either the coach or the qb. I really don't
Couldn't agree more. It's such a non-story.
re: Lane is exactly who we thought he was
Posted by HTX Horn on 9/16/26 at 12:01 pm to ManBearSharkReb
Not a fan of Kiffin but sounds like he had some real a-hole teammates
re: Why is Texas getting so much hate for their stadium atmosphere
Posted by HTX Horn on 9/15/26 at 4:15 pm to dallastiger55
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stadium atmosphere changed when CDC took over.
The stadium atmosphere used to suck. My only criticism now is I don’t care for all the pumped in music and crap on the Jumbotron. For example I’m pretty sure every stadium in the country now does that “o-o-o-o, oooo” before the kickoff. Geez do something different.
But yeah since they closed it off it’s a lot louder and like you said the tailgating is top level
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Leaving SWC.
Honest this (from outside looking in). They’ve just never been the same since they left SWC where they were a feared program.
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We are too high, we have to learn how to start better or we wont be there long
These polls are such crap and the Coach's is probably the worst. I doubt even half of them stayed up to watch the whole Texas game or thought any of this through. If they did they wouldn't have Texas at #1.
Anyway polls shouldn't even come out until October 1
Thank you, good game and expect to see y'all again in the playoffs.
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Ridiculous that a public institution would not prioritize American citizens over foreign nationals. It's not unique to UT Austin, and it's a national disgrace, in my opinion.
I hope the sports teams win all the games but f- the libs running that university. No way I'll pay for my daughter to marinate in that crap for 4 years.
She probably wouldn't get in anyway. Daughter of some good friends graduated in top 10% of her class in one of the most academically-rigorous Catholic prep schools here in Houston grew up wanting to go to Texas but couldn't get in there or A&M. LSU, Arkansas, and OU all gave her full scholarships and she went to OU.
Of course she's white which isn't the right color. But yeah something is screwed up with admissions. If Texas state schools have room for all these foreign students then they have room for the smart kids down the road.
Anyway I hate the idea of my daughter going out of state but sadly she'll probably get better opportunities there than here.
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He’s a disgrace the the conference for sure. Has no clue how to treat people
bullshite. ESPN was having tech issues at the interview times. It’s all over social media.
Got bitch about something else.
re: OSU kicker choked
Posted by HTX Horn on 9/13/26 at 10:55 am to PalletJack
45 yards isnt a given but yeah that would’ve iced it.
Bigger choke to me was Sark’s play calling in first half. Way too many moving parts. In 4th they went north-south and wore down the defense.
I also think Arch was rattled a bit by the two quick turnovers. One kinda on him a bit and the other a total fluke, but 2 turnovers in 5 plays followed by some atrocious playcalling… At halftime he reset though and played to his capabilities.
Biggest positive (other than the W) is that the experience will help if we’re down in Baton Rouge, Knoxville, etc.
Bigger choke to me was Sark’s play calling in first half. Way too many moving parts. In 4th they went north-south and wore down the defense.
I also think Arch was rattled a bit by the two quick turnovers. One kinda on him a bit and the other a total fluke, but 2 turnovers in 5 plays followed by some atrocious playcalling… At halftime he reset though and played to his capabilities.
Biggest positive (other than the W) is that the experience will help if we’re down in Baton Rouge, Knoxville, etc.
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So, yeah, great and completely unforeseen win.
Was definitely unforeseen by me at halftime.
I still don’t like Sark’s offense in the sense that it’s just too high tech, too many moving parts and points of failure. Pretty amazing what’s capable when they just decided to go north-south and wear down the defense.
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Those three 12+ play TD drives in the 4th …….Texas (not Utrans for the day) won that game not an OSU choke job
That and OSU melting in the Texas heat!
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It doesn't look at "Sark vs Day", it looks at Sark vs the spread (in his career) and compares that to Day vs the spread (in his career). Get what I'm saying? But it looks at more than that. The model is really high on Texas' roster, even though Ohio State is good too. These are marginal differences though. It has Texas as #1 and Ohio State as #3 in power ratings. Texas being 3 points higher on a neutral field. It's very marginal, as with most models you see.
Yeah all that makes sense. And like you said the model will tighten up after a few weeks once there’s more data. Regardless good stuff and thanks for posting.
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I am actually under a 6 confident. Until he beats Ryan Day and Kirby, I have pause. Also, Ohio State is very good.
Same here. Sark has a good record but not great against top 10 and very poor against these coaches.
Interesting stuff, thanks for posting.
Seems odd though that Texas would get -7.5 on the model based on criteria you listed (prior coaching, recruiting, etc). Sark has lost to Day twice in last 2 years (not to mention Kirby). Both teams are stacked w talent. Would just expect the model to be closer based on that data.
Seems odd though that Texas would get -7.5 on the model based on criteria you listed (prior coaching, recruiting, etc). Sark has lost to Day twice in last 2 years (not to mention Kirby). Both teams are stacked w talent. Would just expect the model to be closer based on that data.
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