Say something good about Texas

[TUSKtimes]

Just looking at their state flag, It looks like they are still leaving all their options open.

Is it true they still refuse to pay federal tax?

 

[Giant Squid]

In my experience, you never have to ask anyone if they are from Texas. They'll let you know.

 

[ABamaManNTX]

Nice beaches in Galveston?????????? Well, my wife says there are a few, but you really have to look for them. Nope, it will make you appreciate our Gulf Coast more.

Houston stinks, literally. Austin is full of left-wing commie pinko weirdo types. They even have a slogan "Keep Austin Strange", or something like that.

The gals are only pretty because they spend more money making themselves look that way. And boy, do they spend money in Dallas.

And it is too close to Oklahoma. And Lousy-anna.

Other than that, I love this place!

Galveston's beaches don't even compare when it comes to beaches like in the Destin area. Now, I do like to eat seafood in Galveston. Esp. at Gaido's!

P.S. The best thing I can say about Texas is that my family lives here, but I am CRIMSON TIDE to the bone. My blood is CRIMSON. My outlook on life is CRIMSON. My favorite state in the U.S.A. is ALABAMA! My favorite singing group is Alabama! I just wish they'd get together for a comeback!

I do wish that I could say that my current "Home's in Alabama". But I guess you could say "My Home's in Alabama" no matter where I lay my head, 'cause that's where I was born.

The southeast part of Texas is just too boring! It's flatter than a flitter and I don't know what that is. There's NOT a hill to be found. If you want to see mountains, you had better go to another part of the state or another part of the country or world.

Now, I have to admit that George Strait is a good singer and one of my favorites.

 

[cuda.1973]

I guess that I know what your favorite battleship is, as well.

 

[Dartigan]

 

[Bama1993]

I dated a girl from Tyler. She was...ummm...talented.

 

[sweet diane]

They have some nice waterways cept for the Houston ship channel gets kind of hairy at times. Nice beaches in Galveston and Corpus, Good times along the mexican border, prettiest gals ever in Dallas and the next to the best football team in the nation according to the BCS.

I must disagree about the beaches thing. I never went to Courpus, but I grew up going to Galveston AND Gulf Shores (my grandpa's beach house)... the joke back then was, wear a white bathing suit to Galveston and it'll come out brown! I grew up in Spring TX, so a good thing about TX is I grew up there!

My sis and bro in law are on their way here from TX today They spent NYE at his mom's house in Galveston! They thought about wearing Longhorn gear, but they don't follow football and didn't want to look like barners (or Longbarns) anyway.

 

[BamaNation]

I have a few great friends from/in Texas. Also, two my first cousins (who are like my brothers - and both are 'Bama alums) live there.

 

[RobQuig]

A lot of Texas envy here. We understand.

To clear some things up:

Texas barbecue is hands-down the best in the nation. Pork is not barbecue, no matter how much you want it to be. And barbecue sauce and iced tea should never be sweetened.

Tex-Mex is the best food in the world. I'd miss fajitas and queso (done right) more than anything else if I ever had to move away.

That is the pom squad in that picture. And yes, they're hot.

Galveston does not have a good beach, though South Padre Island is on par with the best Florida beaches.

The border towns are not safe these days thanks to the border drug problems.

To the guy who said, "Just be glad we didn't leave you to the Mexicans": Texans fought the Mexicans themselves (remember the Alamo?) and won, and Texas joined the U.S. 10 years later.

Austin's motto is "Keep Austin Weird." We are proud of not being like other big cities, and have plenty of interesting characters. Austin is a great city, with a perfect mix of Texas' laid-back attitude and high-tech businesses. It's the best city in Texas (I have lived in several other parts of the state), and one of the best cities in the country.

 

[Austin_Horn]

They aint Southern and they dont know BBQ,..... that's all I got.

We aren't Southern?????

On campus our main building faces south. Not a single building on campus has a main entrance that faces north.

On the main Mall we have bronze statues of Jefferson Davis, General Lee and Stonewall Jackson. We are about to have off for Confederate Heroes day. (Robert E. Lee's birthday)

There is no need to be insulting and offensive !

 

[TexasBamaGirl]

We aren't Southern?????

On campus our main building faces south. Not a single building on campus has a main entrance that faces north.

On the main Mall we have bronze statues of Jefferson Davis, General Lee and Stonewall Jackson. We just had off for Confederate Heroes day.

There is no need to be insulting and offensive !

I haven't looked on UT fan boards to check for myself, but Austin Horn, I'm sure you can assure me and all the other Tide fans that there most certainly, definitely is a "Say some nice about Bama" thread with pages and pages of replies. . . Right? :wink:

 

[TexasBama]

A lot of Texas envy here. We understand.

To clear some things up:

Texas barbecue is hands-down the best in the nation. Pork is not barbecue, no matter how much you want it to be. And barbecue sauce and iced tea should never be sweetened.

Tex-Mex is the best food in the world. I'd miss fajitas and queso (done right) more than anything else if I ever had to move away.

That is the pom squad in that picture. And yes, they're hot.

Galveston does not have a good beach, though South Padre Island is on par with the best Florida beaches.

The border towns are not safe these days thanks to the border drug problems.

To the guy who said, "Just be glad we didn't leave you to the Mexicans": Texans fought the Mexicans themselves (remember the Alamo?) and won, and Texas joined the U.S. 10 years later.

Austin's motto is "Keep Austin Weird." We are proud of not being like other big cities, and have plenty of interesting characters. Austin is a great city, with a perfect mix of Texas' laid-back attitude and high-tech businesses. It's the best city in Texas (I have lived in several other parts of the state), and one of the best cities in the country.

There's some good barbecue in Lockhart, Elgin, and Lexington. But there's not decent piece of pork in the whole state. And yes, grasshopper, pork is barbecue.

South Padre is nice, but not on par with the Florida panhandle.

I lived in Austin and found the people not laid-back, but pretentious. Still a nice town. Houston's got a lot more going for it.

For those who don't think Texas southern - Albert Sidney Johnston is buried at the state cemetary, a few block from the capitol.

PS - good things about Texas

Gruene Hall

Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner

 

[RobQuig]

Houston's got a lot more going for it.

OMG, hahahahaha, you're killing me.

 

[lukethadrifter]

Say something good about Texas part 1 - The Music!

Country Music - Bob Wills, Lefty Frizzell, Buck Owens, Ray Price, Jim Reeves, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kenny Rogers, Clint Black, George Strait, Jerry Jeff Walker, Mark Chesnutt, Tracy Byrd, Clay Walker, Mac Davis, Tex Ritter, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, Robert Earl Keen, Earnest Tubb, Gary P. Nunn, Leanne Rimes, Lee Ann Womack, Dixie Chicks, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Miranda Lambert

Blues Music - The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, T-Bone Walker

Rock Music - Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Janis Joplin, ZZ Top, Don Henley of the Eagles, Delbert McClinton, Steve Miller of the Steve Miller Band, Drowning Pool, The Big Bopper

Punk Rock Music - The Degenerates, The Judy's

Heavy Metal Music - Pantera

Alternative Rock Music - Toadies, Tripping Daisy

Tejano Music - Freddy Fender, Selena, Los Lonely Boys

Hip-Hop Music - Chamillionaire, Geto Boys, Vanilla Ice

Modern Pop Music - Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce Knowles, The original members of Destiny's Child, Norah Jones

 

[Austin_Horn]

For those who don't think Texas southern - Albert Sidney Johnston is buried at the state cemetary, a few block from the capitol.

And yes, we have a statue honoring ASJ on the South Mall on campus.

 

[TexasBama]

And yes, we have a statue honoring ASJ on the South Mall on campus.

There you go.

I've asked this on another thread - does Leslie still hang out at 6th and Congress?
He ran for mayor when I lived there.

 

[CrimsonTusk]

We aren't Southern?????

On campus our main building faces south. Not a single building on campus has a main entrance that faces north.

On the main Mall we have bronze statues of Jefferson Davis, General Lee and Stonewall Jackson. We are about to have off for Confederate Heroes day. (Robert E. Lee's birthday)

There is no need to be insulting and offensive !

I stand by my statement... you guys aint Southern... In the South pork bbq is king served with sweet tea.... man you guys are touchy.... lol

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Such a thread would not even occur to most of us.

I can certainly believe that. However, if you don't think it would occur to Texans to say something bad about Alabama, I can certainly provide you with ample links, in case you're not a member of any UT boards...

 

[First Sergeant]

A lot of Texas envy here. We understand.

To clear some things up:

Texas barbecue is hands-down the best in the nation. Pork is not barbecue, no matter how much you want it to be. And barbecue sauce and iced tea should never be sweetened.

Tex-Mex is the best food in the world. I'd miss fajitas and queso (done right) more than anything else if I ever had to move away.

That is the pom squad in that picture. And yes, they're hot.

Galveston does not have a good beach, though South Padre Island is on par with the best Florida beaches.

The border towns are not safe these days thanks to the border drug problems.

To the guy who said, "Just be glad we didn't leave you to the Mexicans": Texans fought the Mexicans themselves (remember the Alamo?) and won, and Texas joined the U.S. 10 years later.

Austin's motto is "Keep Austin Weird." We are proud of not being like other big cities, and have plenty of interesting characters. Austin is a great city, with a perfect mix of Texas' laid-back attitude and high-tech businesses. It's the best city in Texas (I have lived in several other parts of the state), and one of the best cities in the country.

Yankee. is that you? lol:biggrin:

You probably like sugar in your grits too...huh?


Roll Tide, my non-southern tider!

 

[RammerJammer14]

Such a thread would not even occur to most of us. There would be no reason to have any "bad" to say about Alabama so why ask for good? Asking for "something good" is implying that "good" is the exception, as it did here. No offense taken.

Not really. We have had a "say something good about so-and-so" thread for every game of the season. For the most part it is genuine, with some sarcasm thrown in. Don't feel like we are gunning for texas or anything...