This is a clip from a high school dance in the early nineties. What you won’t see are kids looking at their smartphones or taking selfies, which I’m sure you’ll see from today’s youth.
“Yes they can control the weather,” the Georgia lawmaker and staunch Donald Trump ally wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday night. “Anyone who says they don’t, or makes fun of this, is lying to you. By the way, the people know it and hate all of you who try to cover it up.”
Watching The Manning Cast on Monday Night Football is fun, and you hear some very insightful stuff, especially when they have Bill Belichick on. With apologies to Joe and Troy, I enjoy hearing something different than the traditional broadcast team. Speaking of the retired coach, he looks like he enjoys spending time with his 24-year-old former cheerleader girlfriend. As you see, she even talked him into wearing a Taylor Swift sweater. I hope she doesn’t read the comments left on her Instagram account; people are brutal.
The Mannings had their father as a guest, and they talked about how the NFL had tear-away jerseys for a season. Man, that’s like finding out Mickle Mantle had a corked bat. It takes a lot of the awesomeness of that famed Earl Campbell run.
September 24, 1978
The #Rams are in Texas to play the #Oilers
This clip has perhaps the greatest Football highlight ever.
Earl Campbell gets the ball runs through Isiah Robertson, and then has his jersey ripped off.
“…left L.A. defenders strewn in his wake”- Harry Kalas pic.twitter.com/KXbeyi8VtQ
I don’t listen to Dan and Jake, formerly of The Ticket, as much as I’d like. But from the sound of things, Jake has been battling alcoholism. The man has been through a rough several years.
Texas vs. Georgia on Oct. 19 will kick off at 6:30 PM CT on ABC. At 6:00 PM that day, my 30th high school reunion is scheduled. At one point, I really wanted to attend, like I did for my 20th proudly showing off my wife and two young children. Right now, I feel too embarrassed to participate. As for the Red River Rivalry this weekend, this is the first time since 1984 that the Longhorns will enter the Red River Rivalry as the top-ranked team in the nation. That team played No. 2 OU in a 15-15 tie. The Texas quarterback was Todd Dodge.
I’ve read a lot of interpretations of what CeeDee Lamb said to Dak. My guess is “Sub par throw. Sub par, Dak.”
That was a good win by the Cowboys in some very unfavorable conditions.
A giant kid was in my confirmation class this morning. Classmates talked to him about how he would be going to Oklahoma next year to offensive tackle. Someone familiar with him asked what his ranking was because they forgot, and he said 9th. I thought that was cool—9th ranked offensive tackle in Texas. Then I looked him up. He’s actually ranked the 9th best high school football player in the nation (as of August). He’s the second-highest-ranked offensive tackle in the country. It’s funny having someone 6’6, 300 lbs calling me sir. Great kid. NIL is expected to be a little over $900,00 annually. I’m trying to imagine what it would be like as a high school freshman making high six figures. It will be neat rooting for him but against his team when I watch him in next year’s Red River Rivalry.
I don’t often read the daily emails I get from the Nextdoor app, but I peeked inside one recently and remembered why I typically stay away. One neighbor said, “Copperhead trap is working well. I had it sitting near a stonewall near the hot tub. 5th one this year caught like this. And this is not a catch-and-release. It’s a catch and disposal.” One man laid into him, thinking the snake wouldn’t be killed, and wrote several paragraphs about how the world is turning too touchy-feely and the bleeding heart is killing society and irrational. I think the author was clear that this snake was not going to be kept alive, and the other guy misinterpreted the intended message and is the type who is always looking for something to argue over.
Who was worst at their peak, Marjorie Taylor Greene or Strom Thurmon?
A criticism I have of Biden is that he doesn’t do enough press conferences. That’s why you hear an audible gasp when you see him enter the briefing room on Friday. I’m surprised the reporters didn’t immediately stand out of decorum. But it didn’t seem like Biden even noticed or minded.
Bob Sturm, “The sequence of beating Georgia and losing to Vanderbilt in seven days would be peak college footballing.”
It was great seeing Vanderbilt beat Alabama. I can’t decide if I liked or hated the poor sportsmanship of this one Bama player at the end. But unlike most football fans, I detest it when students storm the field and take down the goalposts. Due to that game, the end of this game was sadly overlooked.
If you’re watching Vandy and Bama, you likely just missed the end of Temple @ UConn… pic.twitter.com/t5k8oMuVJm
Little Brother A&M had the greatest punt of the season. What does it say about a fanbase that instead of rooting for your underdog team to beat the ninth-ranked team in the nation, you are too focused on trying to throw a dig at your rival? The Longhorns live rent-free in their minds and display their insecurity.
The Tower at the University of Texas is undergoing a major renovation. If you told that blogging lawyer in Decature that a Charles Whitman memorial plaque is part of it, he’d no doubt donate money to the cause.
I recently discovered Sharon McMahon, who feels comfortable labeling herself America’s Government Teacher. Her book currently tops the NY Times Best Sellers Hardcover Nonfiction list. What I think is the most prestigious category. I think she’s the real deal; she’s very earnest and non-partisan, though she comes across as a bit annoying for my personal taste. I like how she states that a lot of Americans confuse bias for being unfactual. Here’s a recent article on her from Time.
McMahon’s content offers no inside information or breaking news. She says nothing any mildly motivated voter couldn’t find on Wikipedia, or in a government textbook. But there’s something reassuring and refreshing about her midwestern earnestness, her crisp grasp of the subject matter, and the fact that it’s not easy to tell who she’d vote for. “I decided, rather than arguing with people who were confidently wrong on the internet, that I would just start making some very short explainer nonpartisan videos,” she says. “Not telling you who to vote for, not telling you why this candidate was better than that candidate, but helping you obtain the information you needed to be able to make an educated decision for yourself.” One popular recent post compared the economic plans from the Trump and Harris teams; another is a blow-by-blow dismantling of the saying that “the U.S. is a republic, not a democracy.”
Some rightful justice was handed down yesterday. She was convicted of state crimes, so even if Trump is re-elected, it’s out of his jurisdiction, and he can’t pardon her. Only the Governor of Colorado would have the power to pardon or commute her sentence for these state convictions, and he’ll be in office for at least two more years.
Tina Peters is an American former County Clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, and the first election official in the U.S. convicted of criminal charges related to stolen election conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 United States presidential election.
She’s definitely eating some humble pie after laughing at the notion of being convicted and saying she would be on a beach.
In March, I asked Tina Peters whether she and/or Donald Trump would be in prison in a year or two. She laughed and said if she thought she was going to prison she’d be relaxing on a beach somewhere. Today, she was taken into custody to begin a 9-year sentence. #copoliticspic.twitter.com/gm3GOBmJg2
If Trump loses the election, get your popcorn ready. The amount of civil unrest and legal proceedings we’ll see until inauguration day may put the 2000 election to shame.
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The Astros won as many playoff games this season as the Rangers. Speaking of baseball, one of the all-time greats, the person with the most hits in their history, didn’t get a moment of silence or any recognition like you usually see when other greats, like Willie Mayes or Hank Aaron died. Come on, the guy gambled; he didn’t kill anyone. But hey, at least MLB and the Hall of Fame tweeted about it.
I was driving BoyGeeding to a friend’s house Sunday evening, and we passed the College Gameday trailer on I35 in Lewisville. I knew they were just in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and from what I found online, they were heading to Berkeley, California. I thought it would be odd for them to travel on I35, which goes south to north. But I plugged the two cities into Google Maps, and traveling through Lewisville, TX, on I35 is one of the preferred routes. Speaking of I35, this is what it’s like when you cross the border into Oklahoma from Kansas. One of those states doesn’t invest in taking care of their road.
I thought I knew the late John Amos well, but until yesterday, I wasn’t unaware he recorded a country album. Yup, you read that right. In 2009, he released We Were Hippies, an album of original country songs by Gene (cousin of Johnny) and Eric Cash. Here’s one of the music videos. His repeating “hip” at the start of 3:08 was stuck in my head all day.
Interesting that these two significant athletes are gone.
That is a painful strikeout, physically and on the ego. Not only did he swing and strike out, but he got hit by the pitch he struck out on. Has that happened before? I guess that’s the only time a batter can get hit by a pitch but not take a base.
Here’s an article if you’re interested.
