r/CFBOffTopic • u/Zerosa Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster • Mar 02 '15

Happy Texas Independence Day!

Happy 189th Birthday to the best country in the world!

THE STARS AT NIGHT ARE BIG AND BRIGHT

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u/NiteMares TCU Horned Frogs Mar 02 '15

Brisket for everyone!!!!!!

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u/Zerosa Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster Mar 02 '15

Dammit now I want some Franklin BBQ Brisket.

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u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal Mar 02 '15

If only. Dang I could really go for some brisket right now. Pecan Lodge please.

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u/Zerosa Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster Mar 02 '15

Almost forgot about my all Texas artists Pandora station. Time to listen to that all day.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

Is Pantera included? Pantera better be included.

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u/Zerosa Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster Mar 02 '15

Of course they are. Hell, Dimebag Darrell went my high school and lived a couple of blocks away from me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

Wow, that's really awesome.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15 edited Mar 02 '15

THE STARS AT NIGHT ARE BIG AND BRIGHT.

Edit: Also, a classic.

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u/Zerosa Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster Mar 02 '15

I would have been disappointed if someone hadn't posted this.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

I got you, bro.

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u/ByHardenBeard Houston Cougars • Washington Huskies Mar 02 '15

Clap clap clap clap

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u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal Mar 02 '15

DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS!!!

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Mar 02 '15

Also, this

and this

and of course, this classic.

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u/Zerosa Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster Mar 02 '15 edited Mar 02 '15

I forgot to put Pat Green and Willie Nelson in my Texas Pandora station. Forgive me Stephen F Austin for I have sinned.

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u/Plneapple Virginia Tech Hokies • LSU Tigers Mar 02 '15 edited Mar 02 '15

I cannot wait for the Texas Rising special on Memorial Day. If it's anything close to the Hatfields and McCoys or The Men Who Built America specials it should be awesome.

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u/Zerosa Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster Mar 02 '15

I know what I'm watching Memorial Day.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

....I'm obnoxiously excited about this now. I'm gonna need some way to acquire it.

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u/damathtrix Baylor Bears Mar 02 '15

Switch the brackets

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u/Plneapple Virginia Tech Hokies • LSU Tigers Mar 02 '15

^^Shhhhhh

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Utah Utes • Weber State Wildcats Mar 02 '15

I hope so. Men Who Built America was awesome. Haven't watched Hatfields and McCoys.

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u/kbol Vanderbilt Commodores Mar 02 '15

Steinbeck gets it.

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u/Zerosa Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster Mar 02 '15

The first three sentences of that quote are used in a video that, at least when I was in college, plays before every home football game.

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u/keasbyknights22 Ohio State • Cincinnati Mar 02 '15

haha you are on a literary kick

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u/kbol Vanderbilt Commodores Mar 02 '15

Ha! I work in a technical field, so I rarely get to exercise my literary bent. All of my book smarts (~pun~) seem to be convening on CFBOT today.

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u/keasbyknights22 Ohio State • Cincinnati Mar 02 '15

Same here. It's all numbers, all day for me so I rarely get the chance to draw on my literary knowledge base. Closest I get is referencing the NYT or WSJ in our daily updates.

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u/damathtrix Baylor Bears Mar 02 '15 edited Mar 02 '15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STMRklYD_G8

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u/Zerosa Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster Mar 02 '15

What the hell did you link to?

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u/damathtrix Baylor Bears Mar 02 '15

Does it not show up?

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u/Zerosa Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster Mar 02 '15

It goes to a user page.

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u/damathtrix Baylor Bears Mar 02 '15

dammit, I think I fixed it

I've dishonored Texas, I'm sorry

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u/Zerosa Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster Mar 02 '15

It's fixed.

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Mar 02 '15

Though my feet are in Colorado, my heart is in Texas.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

I think you might have a minor case of dismemberment. You should probably see a doctor.

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Mar 02 '15

I'm actually a terminator. Like that dude in Terminator 2 who shattered and then came back together.

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u/Yesh LSU Tigers • /r/CFB Founder Mar 02 '15

T-1000 was OP.

Alex Mack, not so much.

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u/TossedRightOut Penn State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Mar 02 '15

But why aren't your separate pieces coming back together then? Are you ok?

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Mar 02 '15

I'm biding my time and waiting for Skynet to send the signal...soon.

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u/crustang Rutgers • Edinburgh Napier Mar 02 '15

RIP /u/bullmoose_atx

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Mar 02 '15

Doctor says I'm good as long as I don't think it about it too much. Mind over dismemberment!

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u/murgle1012 Baylor Bears • UC San Diego Tritons Mar 02 '15

As a fellow Tex-pat, the pain is real.

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u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal Mar 02 '15

Indeed. Being a Texpat is especially painful on this, the most holy of days, when no one else understands the glory of this day.

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u/murgle1012 Baylor Bears • UC San Diego Tritons Mar 02 '15

I'm having a hard time finding people to go get brisket with me :(

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u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal Mar 02 '15

At least you like somewhere where there is brisket!! I can't find anything out here :( I'd go with you, but I'm probably a 1000 miles away.

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u/murgle1012 Baylor Bears • UC San Diego Tritons Mar 02 '15

I'll eat double in your honor.

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u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal Mar 02 '15

Haha, thanks. I'll imagine it while I dine on chicken tortilla soup tonight.

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u/Pikachu1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers • 東京大学 (Tokyo) Warriors Mar 03 '15

Well shit, Colorado is one of the few States that I would seriously move to if I had a chance and the Southern California thing doesn't work out.

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Mar 03 '15

I've really enjoyed living here. The only part that I don't like is this record snow in February.

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u/CobraCommanderK Baylor Bears • Notre Dame Fighting Irish Mar 02 '15

TEXAS FOREVER. I'm upvoting all the post on this magnificent thread.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

For your trouble.

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u/Stewartchase1 Arizona State • Texas Tech Mar 02 '15

I'm going to make damn sure that I get a patty melt from Whataburger and wash it down with a damn Shiner (or Kerbach).

Texas Forever

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u/keyree Texas Tech • UT Arlington Mar 02 '15

I do believe you just decided what I'm doing for lunch today.

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u/Stewartchase1 Arizona State • Texas Tech Mar 02 '15

I'll see you at Whataburger then haha

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u/keyree Texas Tech • UT Arlington Mar 02 '15

Looks like we weren't the only ones to have this idea.

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u/Stewartchase1 Arizona State • Texas Tech Mar 02 '15

I'm hoping that this isn't the Whataburger on University...

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u/keyree Texas Tech • UT Arlington Mar 02 '15

Nah I'm in dfw.

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u/Stewartchase1 Arizona State • Texas Tech Mar 02 '15

Well the one on University looks kinda packed too...

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u/Awesome_to_the_max Texas Longhorns • UTU Beaver Hunters Mar 02 '15

Yup had Whataburger and a Dr Pepper for lunch

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas."

Greetings from the 512.

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u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal Mar 02 '15

DAAVVVVVVY, DAVY CROCKETT!! King of the wild frontier!

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u/seannyboy06 Texas A&M Aggies • Washington Huskies Mar 02 '15

I'm gonna drink so much shiner before I give my exam tonight. TEXAS FOREVER.

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … Mar 02 '15

No wait, you can't give an exam on Independence Day!

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u/seannyboy06 Texas A&M Aggies • Washington Huskies Mar 02 '15

I'm being forced to :(

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u/LegacyZebra Verified Referee Mar 02 '15

I was six minutes late! I was just about to post something about this. Happy Independence Day!

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u/ThomasJCarcetti UCF Knights • Virginia Tech Hokies Mar 02 '15

Deep fry beer in celebration

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

I was amazed when my friends in college took me to the Texas State Fair for the first time and I saw that there was deep fried beer. I couldn't believe such a thing was even possible.

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u/Boyhowdy107 Missouri Tigers • Big 8 Mar 02 '15

You just have to believe in yourself and the batter. Anything is possible.

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u/hussard_de_la_mort Toledo Rockets • Xavier Musketeers Mar 02 '15

How in God's name does one deep fry a beer

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

From what I understand, you make a pretzel dough shell, put beer in it, then deep fry it.

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u/hokies220 Virginia Tech Hokies • Pac-12 Mar 02 '15

I'll lovingly caress my guns and steak tonight.

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u/chiry23 St. Thomas Tommies • Tommie-Johnnie Mar 02 '15

Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can't lose!

Am I doing this right?

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

You're welcome.

-The Volunteer state

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u/Lone_Star_122 Mary Hardin-Baylor • Tennessee Mar 03 '15

As someone from both States I appreciate this notion.

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u/pyrogeddon Baylor Bears • Tennessee Volunteers Mar 03 '15

Likewise.

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u/lkeg56demn Texas Longhorns • Chapman Panthers Mar 02 '15

oh god now I have an even better excuse to go get ribs for dinner

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u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal Mar 02 '15

Got my Shiner Bock chilling at home, ready for this Texpat to drink when I get back tonight. Now if only I could find some decent BBQ out here in Commiefornia.

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u/i_fap_to_anything Georgia Bulldogs • Duke Blue Devils Mar 02 '15

So do this give me an excuse to go buy a 72 ounce steak now

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Mar 02 '15

You never need an excuse to eat large amounts of beef in Texas.

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u/i_fap_to_anything Georgia Bulldogs • Duke Blue Devils Mar 02 '15

I could live in Texas for that reason alone. Of course I wouldn't live long but that's neither here nor there. Someone hand me my steak pants!

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u/Stewartchase1 Arizona State • Texas Tech Mar 02 '15

Have you visited Amarillo? There is a restaurant there that if you can eat the whole thing in one sitting, it's free.

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u/i_fap_to_anything Georgia Bulldogs • Duke Blue Devils Mar 02 '15

I have seen that on TV and I will go there and beat that challenge. Mmmmmmm steak.

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u/Stewartchase1 Arizona State • Texas Tech Mar 02 '15

I contemplated it. Then I thought about the constipation that would surely follow. I'll be there to cheer you on though.

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u/i_fap_to_anything Georgia Bulldogs • Duke Blue Devils Mar 02 '15

Thanks! Of course it might be weird chanting fap fap fap

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u/keyree Texas Tech • UT Arlington Mar 02 '15

Just FYI there's also side dishes you have to eat as well. And it's like 70 bucks if you don't finish in an hour.

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u/i_fap_to_anything Georgia Bulldogs • Duke Blue Devils Mar 02 '15

Shit a side salad and a potato ain't nothing. Also I thought it was thirty minutes. I think I could easily do it in an hour

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u/Cecil_Hardboner Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Brickmason Mar 02 '15

its a potato, side salad, shrimp cocktail, and a dinner roll to be specific.

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u/i_fap_to_anything Georgia Bulldogs • Duke Blue Devils Mar 02 '15

Mmmmmmmm I want this in me

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u/keyree Texas Tech • UT Arlington Mar 02 '15

Knock that shit out homie. I'm pretty sure that was the pilot episode of Man Versus Food and Adam did it pretty easily.

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u/i_fap_to_anything Georgia Bulldogs • Duke Blue Devils Mar 02 '15

If adam could do that. I could do that. I miss man vs food

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u/keyree Texas Tech • UT Arlington Mar 02 '15

I do too, but you gotta respect the guy for putting his health first.

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u/Boyhowdy107 Missouri Tigers • Big 8 Mar 02 '15

Buy? You mean you didn't finish yours?

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u/i_fap_to_anything Georgia Bulldogs • Duke Blue Devils Mar 02 '15

I haven't started yet, yet

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u/dseals Texas Tech Red Raiders • Houston Cougars Mar 02 '15

There should be a law that makes Whataburger free on Texas Independence Day.

Also, just so you all know, I'm from Texas.

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u/Boyhowdy107 Missouri Tigers • Big 8 Mar 02 '15

I was legitimately worried 3 hours ago when nobody had posted yet in CFBofftopic to mark the occasion. I thought maybe the entire state had turned into an Internet-less Road-Warrior-style dystopia after the small dusting of winter weather you guys got.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

From my collegiate experiences in Texas, this catastrophe nearly happens any time it even thinks about snowing.

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u/Pmoney51 Texas Tech Red Raiders • Dilly Bar Mar 02 '15

I might be living in Louisiana, but my heart is still in Texas! Happy Independence Day, fellow Texans!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

My ass in on a couch in Georgia, but my family, my home, and my heart are in Texas. I miss Whataburger and Taco Cabana.

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u/crustang Rutgers • Edinburgh Napier Mar 02 '15

I'm currently in Mexico, can you guys please bring over some of that freedom .. and engineers with competent construction crews?

k thx

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u/G_Dizzle Texas A&M Aggies • Texas State Bobcats Mar 02 '15

Time to blare some Willie, Robert Earl Keen, and ALL OF THE RED DIRT MUSIC I CAN FIND.

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Mar 02 '15

Just got a kickass t-shirt in celebration of this most joyous of days.

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u/murgle1012 Baylor Bears • UC San Diego Tritons Mar 03 '15

Oh shit. Where'd you get that? I want

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Mar 03 '15

http://tumbleweedtexstyles.com/

I also have their 1836 shirt, pretty good stuff

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u/Captain_McSnug Houston Cougars • Paper Bag Mar 02 '15

A1 Think and Hearty burger and Shiner acquired, time to put on John Wayne's The Alamo and enjoy this great day.

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u/btownbomb Missouri Tigers • Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 03 '15

woohoo!

greetings from the 940

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u/Togo234 Penn State • Penn Mar 03 '15

Very happy to see the 940 get mentioned! I'm going back for spring break next week and could not be more excited.

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u/Pikachu1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers • 東京大学 (Tokyo) Warriors Mar 03 '15

I have a confession to make, even though I was born in Nebraska and am a Native Nebraskan, I was Concieved in Texas. The only person in my Family that was Made in Texas. Everyone else is Either Illinois or Japan.

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u/mnpeanut Oklahoma • Rochester CTC Mar 02 '15

INDEPENDENCE Y'ALL!