Can We Just Opt Out

After the sh!t show with the Eyes and Herman’s comments, I began to opt myself out by not watching or caring what happened to this team who does not care about our University. The announcement of keeping Herman has led to more quitters and recruits going elsewhere. People seem to have faith in CDC, but I am losing confidence by the day. I never wanted Charlie here and he was the worst coach we have ever had by far. I said before we hired him, that we should have gone after Dabo. This was before he won championships. I was fooled by Herman and wanted us to hire him. He is better than Charlie but not by much.

It is time to clean house and gut the program. Either players and coaches get on board with our traditions and work hard for their salaries and scholarships or get the h@ll out of here.

I would rather lose every game next year with lower rated players and a no name coach who love this University and what we stand for than to sit back and appease these cry babies and support an a$$ of a coach who disrespects us daily.

I for one will opt myself out next year if we keep this guy after all he has done to tear down our University and its traditions. If CDC has a plan then he needs to get after it.

 

I opted out this year. Will opt out next year as well if TH is the coach.

 

Be interesting to see how many of us there are who will. I have lived and breathed UT football since I on the field at 4 yrs old with a helmet from the co-op thinking I was in heaven. After what was allowed to transpire this year, I blame TH, CDC, and the players for not doing what they were either paid in the case of TH and CDC or expected from a scholarship in the case of the players. What a mockery of all that was built before these appeasers and panderers.

 

Yeah, I must admit I watched the Tech game because Run Pincher dragged me to a sports bar that day lol. But, I am a fan since the late 70s. But no longer as long as TH is at the helm.

 

Herm needs the bowl so he can hit his made up, pathetic goal of a .700 winning %

 

Never cared that much for Th but will never opt out. Season tickets for 30 plus years.

been a fan since 58 and plan to die that way.

 

I can't "opt out" since I sent both my kids to UT, I am tied to Texas forever. I lived and breathed UT sports for 60 years and the ******** Herman pulled and the players turning their backs on the university has me totally apathetic. I want Herman gone no matter what, and players who don't love this school enough to put their horns up for The Eyes of Texas can go to hell or Oklahoma. I can't support them.

 

Not renewing LF donation, cancelling tickets, cancelled LHN, and this is the first year I know of ever that both my parents, sister and her family, nor my kids will be getting or buying any UT merch for Christmas.... Cabella's says thank you CDC...

Since I can't really opt out 100%. Still hoping Price can turn around baseball this year... Maybe I'll buy a UT Swimming or Softball shirt. God Bless Eddie Reese....

 

KSU opted out of a bowl because of too many players with coved. Thanks for giving it to our team.

 

I will never opt out on the Longhorns. I opted out of the season because of Covid, but I still care. I still watched. I plan to get my season-ticket next year.

I still root for the Longhorns, and I always will.

I’ve been a Longhorn since 1957. Nothing is going to change that.

 

In 2020, TX Athletics gave LHF and Season tix holders the option to opt out, rollover or request tickets.
For those who choose to "opt out" for 2021 does that mean quit as a season ticket holder?

 

I wish CDC would grow a pair since Herman must have lost his in his wife’s purse since she is his guardian tweeter.

Maybe CDC could line up all scholarship players in the hall in and call them in one by one and tell them it’s either the Eyes and full commitment to the University or they can pack their sh!t and roll out.

I would rather have hard working committed one star recruits than the lazy prima donnas who love nothing but themselves.

 

Don’t know if CDC will do that but I have to say the new commits have my respect assuming they are all in with the Eyes, etc. may be my new favs.

 

Those who opt out give the foundation the ability to sell their rights for much higher prices to all the younger fans who want good tickets. I’m still paying the same price per annum I did in 83 when I first bought in. Lots higher now for the newly arrived

 

Yep hui, that’s another reason I keep mine. Not as grandfathered as you but still lower (would say cheaper but ain’t cheap).

 

I have been a Texas fan since 1956 when my late older brother went to UT. My older sister went there but when it was my turn due to finances being tighter it was practical for me to go local. I will always be a fan in rough years and good years. I am in my 70s so I don't have a lifetime to look ahead. I will admit that after our NC years in 1969-70 that if I had been told it would be 35 years before another NC I would have thought they were out of their minds. I thought so again in 2005 but now I am not so sure but I will be a fan. I have probably seen our last NC in my lifetime. Nevertheless Hook 'em!

 

Remember the band also refused to sing the song. This is not just a issue with the football players.

 

So, if you have been called a racist by the head coach, the traditions have been attacked, the coach and team suck, etc., you should continue to contribute so they don't raise the prices for new morons who want to support this train wreck of a coach and program? Okay...that makes sense.

 

I am and always will be a Longhorn. I just can’t support or get behind the team until something changes. I was in school during the Mackovic years and saw A&M beat us while I was in high school and then in college. I remember wondering if we could ever be good again. Then Mack came along and off we went. I was the championship game when Colt got hurt. I was pissed that Mack didn’t play Chiles or Harris in the zone read to confuse Alabama and let our speed beat them. Even after that I still felt Mack was better than a lot of coaches.

Since he left the last two coaches have torn down this University and divided the fans and players. In state recruiting has gone to sh!t and no signs of improvement.

I opt out not as a Longhorn, that I will always be, but as a supporter or someone who cares what happens. At least until we have kids who want to be here and play with pride. At least until we have a coach who is steadfast in his support for the traditions of our great University. I will always be a Longhorn, but like I have boycotted the NFL due to their cr@p I will have to do the same now on principle until we get back to being The University.

 

About 1958 is when I became a fan too. DKR's son David was in my first grade class and most of the way through school. As ticked as I am about the situation which just seems to keep going downhill, I can't turn away. I make noise and thump my chest about opting out, but I always find myself turning on the game and pulling hard for us to win. I was very disappointed that the KU game got canceled. I really wanted to see another game. Whatever crackerjack bowl we end up in, I will be watching.

 

Agree. We might not have enough guys to field a punt team, but we will rebuild form there. In reality, the players don't have as much power as they think they do unless the coaches and the AD allow them to.

 

That's true. So, do we really need a band? Is it an essential element of football? How many of them are on scholarship and only came to Texas to play at sporting events?

 

P.S. I've opted out for next year as well. Herman's insulting remarks soured me on him, along with the players actions since the summer. Well, except for one...Sam. I still have that picture, ingrained in my mind, of him standing alone on the field, horns up, singing The Eyes. The rest of those twerps were in the tunnel some we laughing and cutting up. TH and the rest are a disgrace and embarrassment to the athletic programs, to the student body, the fans, alumni, and the entire University.

 

I agree with this 100%. I started in 1961. The 60's was a good time to become indoctrinated into Longhorn nation. My entire family went to UT. My dad was a big wig in some Longhorn Club something or other, so got to go into the locker room after games occasionally, coaches came by the house occasionally when Texas played in Ft. Worth. My dad had no perspective on the Horns, and for better or worse, passed it on to his sons. We lived and died with every victory or defeat.
And there have been some heartbreakers along the way. Few too many highs, but enough. The Eddie Phillips to Cotton Speyrer 45 yard TD pass with 12 seconds left to beat UCLA and keep our winning streak in tact. I don't know that I've ever seen DKR-Memorial Stadium goes as nuts. Until that play, we were all stunned that we were going to lose. These scores are part of my DNA: 15-14; 28-6; 21-17; 41-38 and many. many others.
Older now, I don't cry when we lose. But I'll never turn my back on the Horns. Individual players? Maybe. But never the team.
And by God, I'll be singing the Eyes of Texas til the day I die.

 

0855 -
It's amazing that you mentioned that Eddie to Cotton pass. It was my freshman year and I had drawn a horrible ticket for that game. I was in the open end of the horseshoe, very end seat on the 3rd row east side. I could barely see any thing because i was so close to ground level and well behind the end zone. It was also hot as the hinges of hell that day. I think Happy Feller kicked a 55 yarder that day as well.
When Eddie and Cotton made that connection Speyer broke into the open right in front of me! I couldn't even see Phillips because he was behind a mass of players. I saw the ball come out of that mass and it was like it was coming right at me and I just knew Cotton was going to catch it.
I lived at home most of my years at UT and when I pulled into the driveway, my parents were out talking to a neighbor. When I got out of the car, I was smiling ear to ear and so was my dad. When I opened my mouth to say something, only a croak came out. My voice was shot!

 

The other game that I really enjoyed that same year was the blowout of the piggies. They came into Austin with revenge on their minds and hearts. The Goodyear blimp was there. I had a much better ticket for that game. We traded TD's with them to start the game and then they drove the field and had 1st and goal at the one. Our D stopped them on four consecutive plays and we took over at the one. We drove 99 yds and scored. It was over after that. The outcome was never in doubt, only the score. It ended up 42-7. One of the most dominating thrashing of a really good team I have ever seen.

 

I’ve written this many times before but for the UCLA game, I was very fortunate to work for SN Director Jones Ramsey as a Press Box runner. Basically I was sort of a personal assistant. (How I got that “job” is another story.)

For that game and season they used a temporary Press Box on the student side of the stadium while the main PB on the west side was being upgraded.

At the end of the game it was a morgue. Everyone knew that our long winning streak was about to end, and it was about as close as I have ever witnessed to being able to hear a pin drop in a stadium packed with about 80,000.

That pass was the most electric, spontaneous and unexpected play I have ever observed, and that includes Vince’s run that I observed in person as well.

Jones Ramsey was somewhat obsessed about maintaining decorum in the Press Box but when Speyer caught the pass between three Bruins, pandemonium broke out (in the PB) and there was no stopping it. I had never seen or heard anything like that before, or since. Even now I get goose bumps.

Start at 2:25:

 

I almost mentioned the Arkanas game because it was so cathartic. After barely beatig them the year before it was nice to just beat the hell out of them the next year. I was there. It was a gorgeous day, exactly the opposite of the year before in Fayetteville. I also remember the goal line stand, which Arkansas used two pass interference calls to get down there. And the subsequent 99 yard drive, which we basically crammed right down their throat. It was a beautiful thing!