Stix

Hell, let's throw Jerry Moore's name in - maybe he'd want to try again after 30 years (no, I don't think he would).

It's also Ch. 451 on DISH. Curious...

The big question - how early do we need to get there to be one of the first 500?

No, there are no Necessary Roughness clips on youtube, so I guess we'll have to go with... REX KWON DO! PKmUsVeKp1o

The track almost looks like a muddy moat, like it's there to protect the field from the fans in the stands.

TEXAS!!!!!

Of course, this thread can't be complete without: Howard Schnellenberger - Head Coach & Kurt VanValkenburgh - Assistant Head Coach Captain Kangaroo & Mr. Green Jeans!

"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" doesn't qualify because it was intentionally made to be bad/funny. I also don't nominate "Manos", because it is so bad, it's painful, not funny. I nominate From Hell It Came. "A wrongfully accused South Seas prince is executed, and returns as a walking tree stump." For years, the NY Times TV schedule's review was simply: "...and back it should go".

Happy Birthday, Rick!

wow, it works

It's blacked out in Houston. blackout map

Y'all are OK in North Texas, but I'm going "Uh Oh" down here in Houston: blackout map My DISH box's schedule says it's available on Ch 461, but it wouldn't be the first time I was disappointed at the last minute.

I had been looking forward to making the trip to Lafayette since the schedule was announced, but unfortunately it's just not in the cards. The clincher is the weather - the storm system isn't going to clear out of Louisiana until at least the evening. So I guess I'm in - better than PPV at home. I'm just wondering - why a sandwich shop? Do they have a good size screen? Have they promised to show our game? The UT - Colorado game is at the same time... I'm also concerned that we're going to be screwed by the GamePlan blackout rules. I have DISH, and they seem to indicate that it will be available in Houston (ch 461). But the Gameplan blackout map says otherwise: blackout map

fixed. ...no offense, Rick...

A Bowl game created purely for TV. Otherwise, why Yankee Stadium? I could see a bowl game in the new Giants/Jets stadium when it's finished next year. But this is a stadium designed purely for baseball. And the seating/sight lines will be worse than Oakland Coliseum, worse than all of the 1970's circular all-sports stadiums (Philadelphia/Pittsburgh/Cincinnati/St. Louis), worse than - dare I say it? - Fouts Field. Yankee Stadium Football layout They might as well play the game in Javits Center - it would be kind-of like the Kibbie Dome. ... I see Stebo beat me to it...

I'm thinking it's half-full of Katrina "refugees". Yes, 4 years later. My wife & I stayed at a LaQuinta in Jackson, MS on our way home from our vacation this summer which was half-full of them. We chose the motel because it was the first one we would reach from the north, and didn't even think why it was $20/night less than all of the other LaQuintas in Jackson. When we got there, we found a full-time security guard patrolling the property, an interactive Audio/Video surveillance system for the lobby, and regular drive-throughs by the Jackson police. How did we know the "residents" were "refugees"? It wasn't hard to figure out, New Orleans is less than 100 miles away. But the clincher was the box of expired food and unused diapers in a box marked "FDA" sitting next to a trash can. It actually wasn't threatening, but the place was pretty run down, like LaQuinta would have otherwise closed it if it wasn't for the government money. Anyone ever have the guts to stay at "The Pines" motel in Lewisville??? I can't believe it's still standing. It looked bad when I first arrived in Texas 30 years ago. Even Wikipedia's Lewisville entry says You can even buy yourself a hooker at the Pines Motel on the corner of Business 121 and I-35E.

4 reasons I didn't try to set up a game-watching party in Houston for the Alabama game: - until a week ago, I didn't think it would be shown on TV, even on PPV. - Kickoff is at 11:20am, I didn't think anyone would show. This thread pretty well confirms that. - The Fox & Hound on Westheimer is the official Alabama alumni watch party location; I don't think I'd want to be there. Yes, we could go to SRO or somewhere else, but... - Saturday is the Jewish New Year, and myself and several others will be waiting until sundown and then watching the game from my DVR. Don't forget that the game will be on Ch. 55, "The Tube". Is there another away game that will be televised? If so, we'll definitely have watch party. If not, there will be 2 BB games in Houston plus one at A&M we can get together for soon enough!

Looks like we picked the wrong year to play Rice.

This is what amazes me: Celina, Texas Celina (pronounced suh-LYE-nuh) is a city[3] in Collin and Denton County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,861 at the 2000 census. He'll be playing in front of a crowd almost 50 times larger than his hometown! Glad to hear that:

I'll let you answer your own question, Rick: double that... 67 yards in addition to the width of the field! The new stadium will make a huge difference - for cheering, and for the Green Brigade. For those who were on the alumni side - wasn't it great to have the Green Brigade playing in front of you, not 33 1/2 yards away? OK, so they didn't march in the rain...

Great! We'll be able to watch it in the Houston area - Ch. 55 "The Tube". I just set it up on my DVR.

just hope it isn't a

I bought some toothpaste-green cheapo ponchos at Academy for 79 cents each. "One size fits most". In its wrapper, it fits in a shirt pocket. Essentially disposable. I'm expecting they're thinner than the plastic bag I took them home in!

Anyone remember the game against Southern Miss on Oct 24, 1981 at Fouts? I call it the "Flood Bowl". It was raining so hard that day that Denton cable's weather channel "rain gauge" was ticking off 1/100th of an inch every second. There was a rumor that a player almost drowned with all the standing water on the field. At the stadium mixer in Houston last month, I asked RV whether he was in that game, but apparently he had graduated from USM the year before. Never mind the score, that was the Bob Tyler year...