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ever see the movie "Necessary Roughness"

maybe its time for the Horns to get crazy

The combination of Tom Herman and Iowa State is a sore spot.  

I won't root for the meteor per se, but maybe for some small hail that conks people on the noggin and makes them uncomfortable.  

Might be, but Texas A&M had first dibs on the name "Texas State" and turned it down.

only an aggie would know that
caught ya

There's no real Texas fan out there who would take the blender-birds lightly. They're a consistently above average team that loves to take it to Texas. Given all the intangibles in the atmosphere (read: playing on the road on Thursday), Texas is sure to be in for a fight.

If you would have told me that Texas was going to have 4 turnovers against USC, I'd have braced for a 55-7 laugher. The Texas defense played violent, assignment football where everyone did the job they were recruited to do. I love Sam, and he has a wide open future. However, if he's more careful with the ball, Texas wins that game. 

If the offense is not going to feature the QB run (or threat thereof), then Shane is by far the more accurate passer. If he's healed, he's the guy.

Any Texas fan who understands football would not take this game lightly.  But if you just survey Texas fans walking down the street, 3 out of 4 couldn't tell you the Iowa State mascot (team name), and that same 3 out of 4 would not consider Iowa St to be a worthy opponent.

But you used the word "real" fan, which to me is someone who understands football, and not just Longhorn apparel.

Still yet, it's going to be rocky for CTH if Texas loses this game.

(Disclaimer: there is something in the above post that is intended to provoke)

I think there's an important distinction between the idea of a "worthy opponent" and the thought of "someone I'm excited to see my team play."  

Beyond that, as decent or worthy as Iowa State might be, they're still a team that Texas must beat, in order to return to being the kind of football team that competes for conference and national championships.  Texas fans are going to use this game as a litmus test, and if Texas doesn't win it, they're going to believe that nothing (or at least, not enough) has changed from last year to this year.  This coaching staff already failed their first such test against Maryland, in miserable fashion.  Texas fans aren't going to, and shouldn't, accept bad coaching decisions and bad player development.

So although I understand what you're saying, I actually don't agree.  Nobody should take Iowa State lightly.  And yet Texas absolutely must win the game, for many fans-- including me-- to believe this coaching staff has any hope of moving in the required direction.

You can lump me in with the t-shirts if you like, but you'd be absolutely wrong in doing so.

I'm going through a wardrobe crisis.  

For the last 30 years or so, I wore loose fitting comfortable solid color soft knit cotton polos to work with khakis and loafers, while wearing cargo shorts and a t-shirt at home evenings and weekends.  

Nowadays, I'm wearing slim-fit dark colored dress shirts and slacks with more upscale loafers.  Meanwhile at home I'm wearing more fitted shorts and less random, more dignified t-shirts.

I'm not as comfortable as I used to be, but I get a lot more compliments from a lot younger women, so I've got that going for me - because as I'm sure all of you men understand, we are hardwired to preserve the species.  One always has to make oneself presentable and appealing to young women of child-bearing age so that in the event of a nuclear holocaust we will be able to hook up in the aftermath.

It's a solemn duty that should always be in the back of our subconscious mind.  

Still... I kind of miss the big ass pockets of my old cargo pants where I could spend my weekends with the contents of my tackle box in my right pocket and a complete socket set and six wrenches in my left pocket.

we are hardwired to preserve the species.  One always has to make oneself presentable and appealing to young women of child-bearing age so that in the event of a nuclear holocaust we will be able to hook up in the aftermath.

It's a solemn duty that should always be in the back of our subconscious mind.  

And here I was torturing myself wondering if I would ever grow out of my horndog tendencies.  Alas, there is nothing wrong with me after all.