Just let it go already!

Go Tigers. And be safe, sir.

Always good to hear from you. Hope to catch you for hoops season as well.

Hook ’em

But I will never let this go. Especially if OU wins tomorrow.

I like the post. I was talking to someone last night and what he said really hit home even though i heard it before. He said," You know coming into the season if you would have told me We would be 11-1 and beat OU and be in-line for a BCS bowl i would be very happy." He went on to say, “We are in a win-win situation, we are going to a BCS bowl for sure and may even play in the national title game.”

You can’t look at what OU does in one season, regardless of the outcome I will always look back on the ’08 season as the a great season.

While I don’t like how things fell, I knew we could be in for the emotional rollercoaster we have seen the past week and a half. I started prepping myself for this right after the Baylor game. You just cannot predict what the human element can do. Living here in the land of thieves has not made it any easier. Most know here in hell know I keep a level head about my Horns so I don’t get too much crap. I told most it was gona be close and could fall either way. Many of the idiots on the radio here cannot or won’t even try to see our side. They forget about Dallas in October. Even the anti-horn on the radio here (Jim Trabbor for those up here) sees our side.

BUT, as HR says, there are more important things in life than Texas Football. Not many, but there are. You don’t have to be in Iraq to realize you might not see the sunrise tomorrow, or something could happen to a loved one or friend. The season before our MNC, I was big time engrossed in the boys. I went to every home game and a few away games. To make a long story short, my wife left an 80K a year job that traveled 3 of 4 weeks a month to take one for 12K so she could be home with the kids. I only made two games during the MNC run but it was still sweet. I still don’t get to go to the games as much as I would like but my family life is much better.

Look back to last year at this time. We did not even know which way our program was going. In July/August, we hoped to be 8-4 and seeing improvement to build a run for 2009. A BCS bowl is a lot better than going to San Diego or San Antonio. Hell, Tech is only going to be going to the Cotton (That is only if Mizzo or ou doesn’t get it after Saturday). While I don’t see it happening, there is a small chance of getting to MNC. We have lots to be thankful for. Hell, who knows, we might get to see the land of thieves get their asses kicked AGAIN (win for us).

HR, stay safe and keep warm. I was there in 90 – 91 and did not know you could freeze you ass off in the Middle East.

Peace

But this is BON…a site built for this precise verbal onslaught…a site to vent…a site to rejoice…and a site to hold voters accountable for their ineptness.

BTW, thank you very much for serving and may God bless and protect you and yours.

What we’re all really mad about is OU going to the big dance yet again. We went 3 years ago and want to go back. We’re mad we’re not there (pending Mizzou’s outcome), and especially that OU is the bunch that kept us out, particularly since we beat them.

But for One missed interception, One missed tackle, or One less second go we.

The answer is Beat EVeryOne. BEVO has spoken.

As much as I hate the fact that we’re out of the money here…I must be getting old.

All I can say is “If you don’t like it…you should’ve made a play”

I am embarassed that my coach is a laughing stock as he grovels for votes.

It’s football. Maybe they shouldn’t have snapped the ball on the go-ahead drive vs Tech with so much time left on the play clock. Maybe Gideon should hold onto the ball. Maybe Brown should actually defend the pass or (gasp) tackle Crabtree. Maybe Earl Thomas should run between Crabtree and the goal line to help out rather than just running toward the bench as a spectator.

Sorry guys. I’m upset too but I’m over it. We controlled our own destiny and we blew it.

Don’t like it? Make a friqqin’ PLAY and we’re not having any of this conversation.

I appreciate you are fighting for my rights which enables me to have the freedoms I do have. However, I choose to make Longhorns sports a part of my life. My wife and I chose not to have kids so we can enjoy things like Saturday afternoon football without the responsibilities of taking care of kiddos. Someday we might change our minds, until then I am going to be pissed about our situation because I feel a disservice has been done to a group of young men and their coaches that worked their tails off. I can’t reasonably tell you your priorities are wrong because they differ from mine. They are just different, and I can appreciate that.

I doubt there is anyone here who does not realize that football is a game and there are more important things. But you can’t help feeling the way you do and having someone tell you that you aren’t entitled to your emotions does not make things better.

I am not telling you not to be mad about what has happened to the Longhorns. God knows I am still upset about it. Even more, so watching the “Land Thieves” hold the Big 12 trophy again. I was just trying to tell people that were still complaining about the BCS standings a week later to put it behind them and move on. There is nothing you or I can change, it is what it is.

Yes it sucks a million times more due to the fact it was lost to the hated state from the north, but it still is what it is. If I set anyone off or offended anybody, I am sorry that was never my intention. I was just trying to make everyone feel better and put it into perspective that’s all.

I know you were just trying to help. But like everything else in life, people will move on at their own time and in their own way. The best thing you can do is say how you dealt with things yourself, and that was the good part of your post.

This is where you are wrong!

You said, “I was trying to tell people that were still complaining about the BCS standings a week later to put it behind them and move on. There is nothing you or I can change, it is what it is.”

You of all people should know that’s not true. I’m not comparing this to war by any means but the only way to stop injustice is to STAND UP AND FIGHT! If we don’t state our case to the Beebe, the BCS and the nation, who will?

Don’t ever get over it! Our kids and coaches busted their tails for years and years to get to this point and it was stolen. True fans will forever be PISSED!!!!!

Be safe. May God bless you and protect you.

I remember watching Longhorns games as the sun came up in Tikrit back in ‘03. We had one television in my entire company, since we were basically living in old concrete hangers we had blown up during the invasion. Anyway, I was the only one willing to sacrifice two nights of sleep (’Horns on Sunday morning, Chiefs on Monday morning) most weeks to watch my favorite teams play, so I was lucky to have the chance to watch the games. Too bad the season didn’t go that well, and that I missed out on getting to use the KSU@UT tickets wifey had bought me for my birthday that season. But I did get to watch UNT@UT earlier in the season when I was back at Ft. Hood for two weeks.

Anyway, I’m glad I’m not over there now, but my prayers are with those who are. I lost a few buddies, and I of about 60 married people in my platoon, more than half ended up getting divorced as a result of the deployment. Since our battalion had to go into Iraq at the same time as the first brigade in and left the same time as the last brigade out, one guy I know missed his kid’s birth AND first birthday, and of course never got to take his 2wks. leave, so he met his son for the first time when the kid was more than a year old. Others in my battalion (but not my company) committed suicide, some in my company attempted to do so, and a number mutilated themselves in attempts to get sent home. This is all much more serious and important than college football, and we all know that. I have a number of buddies over there now, and while it’s a lot better now than it was then, not having to eat MREs every mealtime and not sleeping in a humvee shelter doesn’t make Thanksgiving or Christmas much better.

That said, this is a site for Longhorns sports and discussion thereof, so it’s absolutely appropriate to ignore proper perspective and gripe about the injustices of sports. I think we all know that, in proper perspective, sports are isignificant compared to life-and-death matters.