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I sure hope the guy who keeled over at the same time as his teammate, then popped right up when he saw another dude took a dive on the same play, recovered quickly.  Thoughts and prayers for him and his family.

I don't know what you're talking about, but bravo, you've picked ONE out of the SEVEN guys who went down during that game, four of whom couldn't play again for four weeks, two of whom were gimpy following the UT game, ALL of whom got boo'd.

Burnt Orange mofo a-holes.  

I'm sure you think that excuses it.  

Your crowd evidently can't tell a fake cramp from an injury.  Hint:  When guys stay down and don't come back on the field--and bonus by this point...when you can see in hindsight they didn't come back for several games--they probably weren't faking!  

If you want to see what an actual fake looks like, take a look at the Auburn guy in the LSU game....he's fine, gets lined up, looks over at the sideline, falls down very carefully, and then is back the next play.  utee94 said one such play happened in the Texas game.  Fair enough....I've detailed extensively at this point that 7 players went down, only six missed time.  I'm happy to concede the 7th guy was faking, even though it's entirely possibly he cramped up.  God for forbid Texans understood anything about biology or chemistry and the difference in playing in the dry Austin heat compared to what they're used to.  Extra hint:  the team not accustomed to playing in the dry heat is likely to cramp more.  Don't blame me, blame science.  

Doesn't change the point they all got boo'd.  

And since I always would rather err on the side of caution when we're talking about health, I do not pretend to know for sure that the Auburn kid was faking it, and I'm glad that he did not get boo'd by the LSU crowd.  

Booing kids who could even possibly be injured is some bullshit.  

I had long back and forths with my friend TexasBuddy after this game, he was pretty put out by all the faking injuries, no matter what I told him.  Finally he had the stomach to go back and watch the game, after which he called me to say that on a rewatch, it was pretty obvious they weren't faking.  Fans get emotional in the moment and that's normal.  That's why it's good to have some ground rules going into it....like don't boo kids who could be injured.  It's just decent.  

Damn right I do.

I live in Texas and am surrounded by a bunch of idiots who spout this same stupid stuff over and over.  I read ridiculous things about that game and it annoys me.  I expected better here, but whatever.  

Texas had a bunch of guys hurt recently, it wouldn't sit well with you if people had added 100k insults to their injury.  Fortunately that wasn't the case for them.  Getting hurt and having to miss part of their season was plenty enough, I'm sure.  


Austin is not dry heat compared to, say, San Diego.  Compared to BR/NOLA?  It's a desert.  Even I had trouble there at the La. Tech opener, and I previously lived in Austin for many years.  And I wasn't doing anything but sitting in the stands.  

I have no dog in this fight, nor did I watch much of the game, so I don't have an opinion.

But this . . .

Dry heat is much more bearable than swamp heat.

This is true.  Dry heat is, as we humans perceive it, cooler, because you get more evaporative cooling than you get when playing in humid heat.  You do have to keep hydrated, though.

It's almost as if Texas and A&M are still rivals...

Maybe they can play in a bowl game some year and reminisce about old times.