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sooner n houston

8/27/2007, 11:29 AM

In honor of Lady Bird.

Too funny! :D

SeattleOUstudent

8/27/2007, 11:44 AM

Um. Thats weird. I could understand Michigan doing someting in honor of Ford....but the first lady? Hmmm....

any pics?

Partial Qualifier

8/27/2007, 11:48 AM

An 11-post thread halfway down the first page is "meltdown mode" ?

Doesn't sound like a big deal to me.

Paperclip

8/27/2007, 11:54 AM

Yeah, sounds kinda classy actually.

sooner n houston

8/27/2007, 11:55 AM

An 11-post thread halfway down the first page is "meltdown mode" ?

Doesn't sound like a big deal to me.

When I first saw i it took about 5 min for the page to load. I assumed it was only going to get worse. It has not so far.

Look at the "press confrence" thread as well.

soonerinabilene

8/27/2007, 11:57 AM

When I first saw i it took about 5 min for the page to load. I assumed it was only going to get worse. It has not so far.

Look at the "press confrence" thread as well.

The hamster running their server probably fell off the wheel.

stoopified

8/27/2007, 12:41 PM

What sounds better? Lillyhorns or daisyhorns? :D

tfoolry

8/27/2007, 12:47 PM

Panzyhorns

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!

8/27/2007, 12:52 PM

PanzyhornsWhorticultural Genius!

SeattleOUstudent

8/27/2007, 12:55 PM

When I first saw i it took about 5 min for the page to load. I assumed it was only going to get worse. It has not so far.

Look at the "press confrence" thread as well.

Maybe try to paste when you can...its down for me. :rolleyes:

sooner n houston

8/27/2007, 01:08 PM

Maybe try to paste when you can...its down for me. :rolleyes:

Yep, seems to have crashed now!:eek: :D

TheHumanAlphabet

8/27/2007, 01:21 PM

Worthless without a pic...

Seamus

8/27/2007, 01:26 PM

Whorticultural Genius!

Heh. Bovinia fellatii

SoCal

8/27/2007, 02:14 PM

The Longhorns’ helmets will feature a wildflower decal on the back, Mack Brown announced Monday.

The decal is a tribute to former first lady and UT graduate Lady Bird Johnson.

The wildflower is the brainchild of equipment manager Chip Robertson, Brown said.

Brown cited Mrs. Johnson’s work for wildflowers and the environment and her husband’s interest in Longhorn football and his work for civil rights as reasons that he thought it was a “great idea.”

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!

8/27/2007, 02:26 PM

It IS a great idea. I'm darned glad the whorns are doing it.

crawfish

8/27/2007, 02:28 PM

I think that's a really, really sweet thing to do.

stoopified

8/27/2007, 02:32 PM

PanzyhornsThat was my first thought but we've been calling them panseys for years.

picasso

8/27/2007, 05:21 PM

sooner n houston

8/27/2007, 05:55 PM

Can't someone do a fark of the horns helmet with some flowers? :D

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!

8/27/2007, 06:01 PM

Can't someone do a fark of the horns helmet with some flowers? :DI'll be glad when a photo of the genuine drawing is avaliable.

Jason White's Third Knee

8/27/2007, 06:23 PM

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/109/uthelmetprojectcg7.jpg

Through the years...

Seamus

8/27/2007, 07:07 PM

Brown cited Mrs. Johnson’s work for wildflowers and the environment and her husband’s interest in Longhorn football and his work for civil rights as reasons that he thought it was a “great idea.”

Ironic, considering Saxet was the last all-white national champion and didn't integrate until after 1970.

Jason White's Third Knee

8/27/2007, 07:10 PM

Ironic, considering Saxet was the last all-white national champion and didn't integrate until after 1970.

You count that NC?

goodonya

8/27/2007, 08:23 PM

Oh, come on. Are none of you really going to say it? It's LadyHorns.

sooner n houston

8/27/2007, 08:34 PM

Here is the real deal!

http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/image_lib/bluebonnet_decal_082707_300.jpg

jk the sooner fan

8/27/2007, 09:27 PM

i dont see anything wrong with it and think its a fitting tribute

goingoneight

8/27/2007, 09:31 PM

IndianJack

8/27/2007, 09:35 PM

What position did she play?

utex74

8/27/2007, 10:58 PM

Maybe you could... I don't know... name something after her... honor her before a game? Seems nice, I guess. We didn't put anything on OUr helmets after a terrorist bombed an OKC building and killed 168 people, did we? Not laughing, seriously asking. I only made one game in 95 and it was against Okie Light.

We already named something after her. Town Lake, which is formed from the Colorado River as it runs through downtown Austin, was renamed Lady Bird Lake by the city council.

But I think the tribute is fitting. We owe so much of the beauty of Town Lake, the hike and bike trail, Zilker Park, etc to her. Her husband's presidential library is on campus. She was a UT alum and a member of the board of regents. Even in the 70's there are stories of her eating lunch in the dorm cafeterias to get away and just visit with and listen to students, who probably didn't appreciate who they were talking with. She had requested, and got, the Longhorn band to close her funeral services with the Eyes of Texas. (a great video if you haven't seen it) The East side upper deck was built after she waved the height requirement that the State capitol be visible from the LBJ Library. In her last years she was the driving force behind the Lady Bird wildflower center in South Austin. Just a few of the things Austin and UT are in her debt for. She was the matriarch of possibly the most influential family Central Texas has known in the past century.

And finally, while she was alive she repeatedly refused efforts to rename Town Lake for her. I kind of have second thoughts about the council doing it after her death. But a small bluebonent, the State flower and most known wild flower, is very appropriate.

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!

8/28/2007, 12:26 AM

i dont see anything wrong with it and think its a fitting tributeYou're WAY too serious about those flowers. They are BEGGING for frivolous treatment, and the surface has barely been scratched.

Octavian

8/28/2007, 12:30 AM

http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/image_lib/bluebonnet_decal_082707_300.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5623/poorvinceto9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

goingoneight

8/28/2007, 12:30 AM

Let's just hope we put Colt's rose on the grass where it belongs. :D

sanantoniosooner

8/28/2007, 12:35 AM

Colt has put on some muscle mass this year so the additional weight of the flower sticker shouldn't set him back much.

goingoneight

8/28/2007, 12:44 AM

Maybe it will weigh him down... :D

KantoSooner

8/28/2007, 01:03 AM

C'mon, now, Lady Bird was a very cool person and a little posy on the helmet is a nice tribute to a person who came from right around there.

(Though I'd opt for the 'this is your brain on drugs' helmet in the medley at the top of page 2. Takes one back to the seventies......Better Karma)

goingoneight

8/28/2007, 01:09 AM

R.I.P. Lady Bird... oh, yeah... Hook 'em.

:D

crawfish

8/28/2007, 08:42 AM

i dont see anything wrong with it and think its a fitting tribute

Killjoy. :mad:

jk the sooner fan

8/28/2007, 08:45 AM

sorry, dont mean to be a kill joy

but she was a classy lady, she did alot for the state of texas, on the highways, she did even more for the university

i think its fitting

UTisLousy

8/28/2007, 09:04 AM

Is this one of those Jedi mindtricks they are resorting to now? Put a nice little cutsy flower on their helmet to make them look all feminine then suprise you with their toughness. I hear Mack's going to wear a dress against TCU because they are a bit worried.

MamaMia

8/28/2007, 09:22 AM

I think its nice. Ladybird really enjoyed watching the Oklahoma Sooners. She loved us dearly. When the longhorns honor her, they are honoring us. :)

stoopified

8/28/2007, 09:46 AM

UT can honor their people any way they see fit,I don't care.Flowers are for sissies,women,and Bonghorns.

TexasLidig8r

8/28/2007, 10:12 AM

UT can honor their people any way they see fit,I don't care.Flowers are for sissies,women,and Bonghorns.

Then imagine how embarrassing it will be to lose to a team with a flower on its helmet!! :D

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!

8/28/2007, 10:42 AM

Then imagine how embarrassing it will be to lose to a team with a flower on its helmet!! :DSo, the flower is psychological warfare, meant to soften up the opponent, while pi*sing off the longwhorn players and making them fighting mad.
It's a shot. Glad they did it now, instead of waiting til before the OU game.

colleyvillesooner

8/28/2007, 10:43 AM

Then imagine how embarrassing it will be to lose to a team with a flower on its helmet!! :D

Yeah. Mental note to ask both aggies how that feels. :D

The Maestro

8/28/2007, 11:02 AM

UT can honor their people any way they see fit,I don't care.Flowers are for sissies,women,and Bonghorns.

I could NOT agree more! Why does the freaking football team need to honor her? Did she play football? I mean, the university can honor her, they can hand out flowers to ladies in the stands entering the stadium, do a moment of silence in her behalf and all that...but why would you put flowers on the football team's helmets? How "Austin" of them!

Jim J. Bullock thinks this is kind of queer.

tru2ou

8/28/2007, 01:10 PM

Texas Football Helmets

...Bluebonnets on the outside, pansies on the inside.

- tru

tfoolry

8/28/2007, 02:09 PM

Here is the real deal!

http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/image_lib/bluebonnet_decal_082707_300.jpg

http://student.acu.edu/~hck04b/grapes.jpg

MextheBulldog

8/28/2007, 03:20 PM

kevpks

8/28/2007, 03:25 PM

If you're playing in Austin, Texas, make sure to wear some flowers on your helmet. If you're going to Austin, Texas, you're gonna meet some pansies when you're there.

utex74

8/28/2007, 05:48 PM

Football + Flowers = ??? - not sure a helmet sticker fits this memorial. All due respect to Mrs. Johnson, but i can hear the cackles of tu opponents right now...

Can't wait to see what they do when W kicks it. Anyone have a 'clearing brush in Crawford' logo?

I predict nothing being done when George "kicks it". He doesn't like Austin and we don't particularly like him. No location in the State of Texas wants his presidential library. The best suggestion i've seen is to put it into a bookmobile type vehicle so it can keep moving and be out of town by sundown.

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!

8/28/2007, 06:26 PM

I predict nothing being done when George "kicks it". He doesn't like Austin and we don't particularly like him. No location in the State of Texas wants his presidential library. The best suggestion i've seen is to put it into a bookmobile type vehicle so it can keep moving and be out of town by sundown.yeah he musta got elected governor because his daddy willed it....good logic, whorn.

Boomerfreakinsooner

8/28/2007, 06:54 PM

I think to REALLY honor her, they should add pink facemasks as well. They're doing this thing half-assed.

meoveryouxinfinity

8/28/2007, 07:08 PM

Look like grapes.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fUCxza768sw&mode=related&search=

stoopified

8/28/2007, 07:46 PM

Yeah. Mental note to ask both aggies how that feels. :D:D:D

hookem31

8/28/2007, 10:02 PM

Football + Flowers = ??? - not sure a helmet sticker fits this memorial. All due respect to Mrs. Johnson, but i can hear the cackles of tu opponents right now...

Actually, the flowers are a perfect fit for a tribute to her. Everyone knows about her drive to clean up Texas highways and plant wildflowers. But her main push with that program was bluebonnets.

She is the reason why thousands of people drive down our highways each spring, see those acres and acres of beautiful flowers, then stop, get out of their cars, and ruin them so little Becky can have her Easter picture taken.

goingoneight

8/28/2007, 10:06 PM

Then imagine how embarrassing it will be to lose to a team with a flower on its helmet!! :D

Probably not as bad as losing to a team with a flaming 'OSU' or 'aTm' on the helmet. Man, that sucks. :mad: Aggies are still trying to remind us of their most recent wins four freaking years ago. :twinkies:

utex74

8/28/2007, 10:11 PM

yeah he musta got elected governor because his daddy willed it....good logic, whorn.

I said "Austin". Bush has never carried Austin or Travis County in any election. Now West Texas and a lot of the rest of the State, that is Bush country. But it's dwindling.

goingoneight

8/28/2007, 10:11 PM

Actually, the flowers are a perfect fit for a tribute to her. Everyone knows about her drive to clean up Texas highways and plant wildflowers. But her main push with that program was bluebonnets.

She is the reason why thousands of people drive down our highways each spring, see those acres and acres of beautiful flowers, then stop, get out of their cars, and ruin them so little Becky can have her Easter picture taken.

Either that or they're just watering them... you know... on the side of the road, strategically behind the car door.

hookem31

8/28/2007, 10:11 PM

Probably not as bad as losing to a team with a flaming 'OSU' or 'aTm' on the helmet. Man, that sucks. :mad: Aggies are still trying to remind us of their most recent wins four freaking years ago. :twinkies:

12-7!

Sorry, I've heard it so much for the last year, I just blurt it out every now and then. :mad:

picasso

8/29/2007, 11:25 AM

Actually, the flowers are a perfect fit for a tribute to her. Everyone knows about her drive to clean up Texas highways and plant wildflowers. But her main push with that program was bluebonnets.

She is the reason why thousands of people drive down our highways each spring, see those acres and acres of beautiful flowers, then stop, get out of their cars, and ruin them so little Becky can have her Easter picture taken.
I personally enjoy the view of all of the porn shops along I-35.

josh09

8/29/2007, 08:42 PM

Good tribute i think. Its just a bluebonnet, not some pink girly flower.

BHud

8/29/2007, 09:07 PM

I predict nothing being done when George "kicks it". He doesn't like Austin and we don't particularly like him. No location in the State of Texas wants his presidential library. The best suggestion i've seen is to put it into a bookmobile type vehicle so it can keep moving and be out of town by sundown.

What a load. There isnt a place in the state that wouldn't LOVE to have it. SMU is all over it, minus a few leftist socialist elitists.

BHud

8/29/2007, 09:15 PM

I said "Austin". Bush has never carried Austin or Travis County in any election. Now West Texas and a lot of the rest of the State, that is Bush country. But it's dwindling.

Yes because the CITY of Austin is a mecca of political common sense. Gimme a break. I loved my years on The 40 Acres, but I'm glad I stayed with my people in West Campus. The university is more conservative than most think, but the idiots in Austin proper make the rest of the nation think the university must be that way too.

And to take it a step further, only PARTS on Austin have the extremists. North Austin and West Austin are both very conservative. Central, and East....not so much. South is hit or miss.

This other claim that somehow Texas is no longer Bush country......what, is it Hillary country now?

Gimme a break.

hookem31

8/29/2007, 11:42 PM

What a load. There isnt a place in the state that wouldn't LOVE to have it. SMU is all over it, minus a few leftist socialist elitists.

That's an even bigger load.

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!

8/30/2007, 12:03 AM

That's an even bigger load.Destined for happiness=being both a whorn and a liberal.

BASSooner

8/30/2007, 12:07 AM

We're doomed

Jason White's Third Knee

9/4/2007, 10:45 AM

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/4839/bluebonnetfieldcs9.jpg.

Jason White's Third Knee

9/4/2007, 10:45 AM

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/4839/bluebonnetfieldcs9.jpg.

Jason White's Third Knee

9/4/2007, 10:47 AM

I think that was my first double post.

Very cool.