Foster

2003TexasGrad said:
To the one who pooped my post, think about it. Dude turns his back on his team because he's selfish, but is back the next day with them? He's not a freshman. He's supposed to be a team leader, and he failed, miserably. Speaks volumes about his character, or lack thereof.
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A. [popcorn] on this thread. :)
B. Toughen up. Almost every thread I post on gets pooped on.
C. I agree with you. He needs to go. Hold his hand, get him a transfer to a great landing spot like Barry did Aikman, but, he needs to move on down the road.
 
NRHorn said:
No, it didn’t call him out. Said he was intense if I recall.
The book was written by a UT player in the early 60s who ended up quitting the team, and it didn’t paint a great picture of UT
The book also talked about Pat Culpepper a linebacker for UT that ended up being a coach.

About 15 years ago I was calling on a customer and in walks his buddy Pat Culpepper, I had a really good talk with Pat, a really super nice guy. I worked up the courage to ask him about Gary Shaw, the author that wrote the book and he said that he really didn’t remember much about Gary only that his father was really hard on Gary.
The author passed away homeless in Denton several years ago, sad story
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Gary Shaw's book was / is: Meat on the Hoof . I read it years ago but don't think I still have the book.
 
Chinstrap said:
Not sure of the implication. Two things for sure. The expectations were that you played hurt and if you could not play you did not lay on the field. You got off of the field on your own.
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I think the players are coached to lay down in order to allow rest/ proper substitutions.
 
Saw a video on LHN on the 63 Natl Cham team and the quotes from the living team members said that the Captains wrote weekly letters during the summer to encourage their teammates to get in shape at home.

Said many players played both ways - offense, defense, special teams as long as they were healthy and had to be in good shape to play 4 quarters.

Offense was much different with much less scoring and more emphasis on defense in their day.

Said todays players had 60+ lbs on them and the speed was a big difference vs todays game.

Interesting to compare the player stats of the 63 team vs the 2020 for the starters. Impossible to compare two different eras but the size, speed, number of specialists and tempo of the 2020 team/game is much different.
 
PecosBill said:
Saw a video on LHN on the 63 Natl Cham team and the quotes from the living team members said that the Captains wrote weekly letters during the summer to encourage their teammates to get in shape at home.

Said many players played both ways - offense, defense, special teams as long as they were healthy and had to be in good shape to play 4 quarters.

Offense was much different with much less scoring and more emphasis on defense in their day.

Said todays players had 60+ lbs on them and the speed was a big difference vs todays game.

Interesting to compare the player stats of the 63 team vs the 2020 for the starters. Impossible to compare two different eras but the size, speed, number of specialists and tempo of the 2020 team/game is much different.
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I had little league coaches in Fort Worth in the 70s who called us panty waists. 8-10 year old kids. Had one coach who made you run a lap around the track, quarter mile, full pads, in the August heat, if you weren't hitting hard enough. He'd say "Hook 'em" and point. Surprised I became such a big Longhorn fan after that. Found out in the last couple years he was a huge Longhorn fan. Go figure.

Anyway, the players today would probably cry if called panty waists and told to run a lap in the heat.
 
This thread epitomizes the state of Longhorn football. I love Fosters intensity. Reminds me of Bryant Westbrook. But the fact he quit the team in the middle of a game, then is back on the next day tells me Herman is a joke. Be a coach, be a man. Fire this cancer before he destroys Texas Football forever.
 
EDT said:
ou bubba, I respect that you are a sponsor, reluctant, bullied and pooped on and you even pay for the experience. I will never go to a blow/u site because I just don't care what they think or say.:hookem:
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He is a sponsor. I got his back....to an extent.
 
EDT said:
ou bubba, I respect that you are a sponsor, reluctant, bullied and pooped on and you even pay for the experience. I will never go to a blow/u site because I just don't care what they think or say.:hookem:
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I like debating and discussing things with people that I disagree with. This is a target rich environment for that. I've been posting here since about 2002. OU boards are SO boring. "what's the first play out of halftime?" "Who's the back up 3 technique?" "Riley: visor or not?".

I really enjoyed West Mall but needed to take a break as it was getting a little too consuming. But a thread about a UT quitter? I'm in. :)
 
nashhorn said:
Ya know OU sometimes you’re alright,
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Thanks!
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Ahh OU Bubba is a good guy. Gotta like someone who picks a photo of Barry when he's looking as slack jawed as ever, and with some silly hat with the name of his rival on it.

All his posts updated with the proper comment.
 
OUBubba said:
You're the bully. :)

Also, previously, I would have been respectful and not put that picture of Barry as my avatar. I figure I paid for the disrespect to do it now.
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Oh yes, lying, cheating, pay the player, buy the player a car Barry. Now I remember him.
 
OUBubba said:
You're the bully. :)

Also, previously, I would have been respectful and not put that picture of Barry as my avatar. I figure I paid for the disrespect to do it now.
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You know I couldn’t stand Barry when he was the OU coach, but he came to coach the Cowboys and I loved the guy. (and not because he was the coach of the Cowboys) but he used to do a weekly radio show here in Dallas.

Hands-down Barry Switzer is one of the best storytellers I’ve ever listened to. I would take the long way home from work just to hear his show on the radio absolute pure genius really super funny guy
 
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