Longhorn Foosball

LSUFreek,

from one Shaggster to another, nice work

Best of luck to the Tigers - Outside of my allegiances I have a couple fun bets with my LSU buds running on this series.

This is what its all about - Texas and LSU, national powerhouses and undefeated contenders in Omaha. Best scenario for college baseball, I expect to hear quite a bit about the ratings records. I am real nervous, maybe too much for being jsut a fan. Between my anxiety and the US Open finish, my work day is essentially shot.

I am also very sorry to see such a poor image some of you have for my fanbase, I know the worst of it as any of you do I'm sure, but don't let a couple idiots ruin it for the rest of us

Play ball!

Appreciated.

Few fans in this country could understand the feelings we have for OU.

I think an SEC football fan probably knows that feeling better than I do, towards others.

So beating them is way more important to me than being #1, but I like icing, too.

quote:

---

But don't tell me OU's offense is unimpressive

---

In no way shape or form did I even want to make an attempt to suggest that.

When I said "I was every bit impressed" I was referring to the Sooners, on both sides of the ball.

Their D isn't what I'm used to seeing from them, but their offense is Top 5 in the country IMO

In case Kirk Failstreet didn't beat it into your brain every day last week, we start 3 Fresh/Sophs in the secondary.

We are young, but OU was that good on O IMO.

I was every bit impressed with them as people told me I would be.

It just turned out that Colt and our D were better.

quote:

---

Why would he want to go to Tehas?

---

His mother mentioned academics as being most important to her.

Not to dog yall or Oklahoma, but we are the #1 choice in that respect.

If I were him, I'd look at yalls recent DT exploits in college and their pro translations, but unless youre just hating to hate, Texas is a great option for any football player.

I will say without quesiton that the SEC is the best football conference in the country, but the O-Lines in the Big 12 are every bit as good as in the SEC, and fewer run-first teams would make this guy a much more powerful performer at Texas. Plus, he would come in and start 4 years with us.

Would he also start 4 years at LSU? WHat is yalls D-Line situation for the future?

i ddint want to read the whole thread, but i am sure "Shoal Creek Saloon" has already been mentioned. owners are big time New Orleans fans and Louisiana homers, and damn do they ever make some serious grub. if you visit Austin, check it out. Lamar street between about 10th and 15th, cant remember exactly where.

they have a 'dinner special' every weeknight, we used to go all the time as students. fried seafood is my favorite, and Thurs ngiht i think was the combo platter special. catfish, crawfish, and skrimps pleeeeeeeeease!!!

quote:

---

Big Les is coming.

---

then tell your mom to grab a towel

:pimp:

im not trying to make Mack out to be nails in the recruiting game, his class rankings say quite enough. but im just syaing, im going to be realistic about my bashes on him

i think you guys made a great point that he shys away from recuriting controversy, and maybe cant pull middle-of-the-road recruits when up against reigning national champions. but he also keeps incredible talent away from reigning national champions and keeps em coming to Texas

the guy may have adjusted his recruiting strategy to favor guys who will make for easy commits, but i dont think he is lazy, or comfortable as is. and there is now way people actually think he isnt earning these classes and rnakings in recruiting.

quote:

---

Overall, Mack has just gotten very lazy & comfortable with his ability to win 10 games a year without trying very hard. He's lost his competitive edge.

---

we have barely snuck into 10 win seasons the last two, needing bowl games to do it. it hasnt come easy, and Mack works very hard in the recruiting field. its nice that people think that of us. but the truth is no one just shows up and reels in classes like ours or yours without a GREAT deal of effort. if you dont like Mack/Texas, than i understand the post, but i dont think this is the case.

a lot of recruits we get are hook, line, and sinker(guys who want to be Longhorns), but like Garrett Gilbert, our 5 star QB for next year's class, it only looks easy. Mack busted his arse to ensure we locked this kid up early. i wouldve loved Shpeherd to be a Longhorn, but he wants to be a QB, and we wouldve been taking two 5 star ones in the same class, which wouldve served no purpose but to create a controversy. i hate two QB systems, they never work out like Leak/Tebow did.

as a fan who follows the team pretty closely, i would disagree that Mack has lost his competetive edge at all, i never saw it more fervent than against Arizona State last year. for the first time we are starting guys who arent the seniors, and have opened up the coaching to our assistants, Muschamp and Greg Davis(OC) having much more control now than in the past.

Lazy. this word does not describe Mack in any facet of his life. the guy is up at 6 everyday and he works hard. you can say a lot of negative things about him as a coach, but this is not a fair detraction IMO

i was also under the impression he was talking about Pool. since Shep still has the chance to take his visit/commit to Texas, that sentence would make no sense