A little rant here..... I graduated UT in 1982. I grew up poor. Lived in a trailer as a child. I worked every summer to earn money for college. While at UT, I took 15 hours a semester and worked 40-60 hours a week to pay for my classes, book and I lived in Breckenridge Dorm, 4th Floor. No AC. No elevators. But Cheap. I had to pay my own way. Now, we have kids who, because they are fast or big, get a FREE education. Why? To play football. That is it. They play football, they get a free education. In my opinion, any kid who opts out of ANY game...give back your scholarship and pay for college. Here endeth the rant.
Preaching to the choir here. Preaching to the choir. My question is, how long before seniors in high school start opting out the playoffs and/or their senior seasons?
I tend to agree. Not sure why they get to keep taking classes for free since probably 80%+ of the football player enrollment is 100% predicated on them being a good athlete and not because they earned anything academically. You quit football, you quit school.
It is with a sad heart that I am opting out for the remainder of the 2020 season and 2021. I’ll decide on 2022 based upon whether TH and CDC are still employed with the university.
I think most of us are not happy campers about this. Dion needs you to stay and keep the new HornFans coming in. You also post good stuff here so, just saying!
Oh I’m fully committed to HF. Just not the University at this point. It’s an embarrassment to be part of this woke dumpster fire.
The only way to change it is to keep speaking up. With whatever means/talents we have at our disposal.
Yeah, you have to think the Mullet is saying “I gave up a million in salary to appease some RB who was the invisible man in key games, then quits before the end of the season?” As a coach, you should never let threats from player affect your decisions. They’re turds who will soon be flushed away for one reason or another.
The pattern is real: the loudest complainers are the first to bail. That's why I'm pumped about our youth movement. A lot of these young men have been waiting patiently for their chance. They're hungry. And they want to put UT back on top of the CFB world.
Gotta disagree with your optimism. Texas was supposed to win this year from all the returning players and experience. Now the narrative is that “ahh well we’re young, give them another year under Mad / Fat Dog (oops, wrong coaching staff) and watch out”? And all this from the KSU game, a team beaten 45-0 the previous game? Head coach will be the same plus an unproven and as yet undecided QB. Four losses seams reasonable to expect.
Typically, experience and returning players are a good thing. But I would argue that the script flipped in June. B/C many of those veterans placed more focus on off-field priorities than the game itself. The KSU game made something very obvious. The players stuck on the bench this season played with a fire and hunger that was missing from many of the starters. I think we'll continue to see that next season. Most people use youth as an excuse. I'm making the exact opposite point: the youth want to play football and have fun. The passion is clearly there. Not for social causes or draft positioning. But to make UT great again. This will serve us well in 2021.
I’m hoping you’re correct Major. Really hoping cause I think the ‘woke’ issues played a role in this years big mess. I don’t know if the young ones are free of that or not but I’m hoping anyone staying and any new ones coming in are not in the same mindset.
SMU for JQJ, I think We get their games on TV a lot here, so at least we will be able to see what we missed
We are pretty desperate Exceptions may have to be made The new DA in Los Angeles County would not have even charged him with anything
