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So take that...

I love this little ditty from the Athletic Department's PR team...

http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=40&url_article_id=2975&am p;url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2

Apparently in the 2006/07 academic year, UT is the only school to have a football team with 10 wins, basketball team with 25 wins, and baseball team with 40 wins.

I know I should read this with pride as it is a nice accomplishment, but I have to laugh at the the thinly veiled attempt to block and bridge the disappointment most Longhorn fans feel right now due to unrealized post season expectations for our 3 major sports teams.

It reminds me of the speech the stats nerd Ogilvy gives after the Bad News Bears got taken behind the woodshed for like the fifth straight time..."Hey, come on guys, we only had six errors which is 3 less than our usual, and while we didn't have any hits, we had 16 foul tips. Plus four of our hitters almost reached first base."

Perhaps Longhorns fans have developed unrealistic expectations due to the overwhelming success of the past few years, but I still don't think I would have gone public with this one. Let's just focus on next year, the summer is long enough as it is...

"Look at the bright side Miss Rhode Island, maybe you did come in 49th and forget the name of your state capital, but hey, you smiled the whole time, yeah, never frowned once, not once, and sang almost two-thirds of 'My Heart Will Go On' in the right key."

Some people look at a glass of beer and say it's half empty. But not me,  I've never seen a half empty beer because I never stop drinking until it's all gone.

Write that down.

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