We Ain't Got No F'n Pads On, Man!

Calvin Howell

Truck, I really hope you’re right.

Hell of a player on the 40. If memory serves, wasn’t he recruited on the offensive side? Fullback or Tight End prospect, no?

Don’t ever link me to the SF Chronicle again, k, thanks.

I’m trying to figure out his timeline there. I would have thought he was too young for Chili Davis. I’m 32, that’s my era. He left out some players of note: Dan Gladden, Jeffrey Leonard, Jose Uribe, Candy Maldonado, and of course the corner infielders. Fat ass Rick Reuschel and who could ever forget poor Dave Dravecky and his horrific broken arm after coming back from cancer? Blast from the past.

Lamarr is a gamer, and I think end in a 3-4 should suit him fine.

One observance I’ve made concerning our DT’s, I’m not sure Tevin Mims ever grows into one. He’s got a thin waste. Dude is ripped, doesn’t look like he’ll ever posess enough size. Anybody see different?

Slap me silly! Gotta mention Kevin Mitchell and his bare handed snag. I was vacuuming (slave labor, imo) and watching the game at the same time. I immediately ran and got my step-dad (divorced parents, fyi) to make him watch it.

Let this be a lesson, anytime someone posts about the Cowboys, I will battle to the death with random and useless Bay Area sports knowledge. You don’t want me to go Terry Teagle Golden State Warrior on you.

Maybe we can get Kevin Mitchell to help Tevin Mims with his, ummm, training regimen. Voila, instant defensive tackle.

One of the best best 10 DTs in Texas history.
 
I don’t think people appreciate how much he will be missed.

His favorite movie is Rock-A-Doodle?

I was lucky enough to see Houston in high school and he simply dominated his competition. He played both ways at RB and LB and simply over powered everyone. Was my favorite player the moment he set foot on campus. If he doesn’t get injured against OU his junior season then we have even a better year in 2008.

Hopefully Al Davis’ vortex of suck skips him.

Narrow waste? Tevin Mims looks huge to me but he hasn’t gained as I had hoped. We’ll see if he takes the Poehlmann route or if he ends up adding some striation to those glutes.

I guess ‘narrow waste’ is relative. To the waifish whoopspat he looks huge, to me he looks like a DE, or a TE. I’ve had more qualified eyes on it than mine, and they seem to think the same. He’s not going to be a DT, or if he is, it’ll be forced.

I too enjoyed Rock-a-Doodle. Chanticleer was a pussy for most of the movie though.

Anyone notice that Kriegel is up to 270 though?

Houston was very good. The stat about runs directed his way was pretty telling. I’m not sure if it was the extra weight, training, or better health in his senior year but no one was really running on Lamarr last year. He dominated OU, again, and absolutely destroyed most everything even Alabama sent his way. I think that fairly well ended any question regarding whether he was just a Big 12 defensive tackle or a universally great linemen for any league at any level.

I know we’ll miss him and likely won’t have a tackle as good this season, but even Vince Young we were able to move on from with hope and optimism and were rewarded. Embarrassment of riches.

His favorite movie is Rock-A-Doodle. I love it. I recently watched that movie in a fit of childhood nostalgia and I think it is commendable that Lamarr is who he is and he owns it.

“Got no pads.” The way the Raiders have played the past few season I think they never have put on the pads all season. Perhaps, this year that will change with good drafts such as Lamar Houston. Good for him.

Magnus,

Don’t forget Robby Thompson, Bob Brenley, Mike Krukow and Will Clark

brandyon, mentioned Clark when I said guys on the corners. He and Matt Williams were the shit.

Mike Krukow is a nice name drop. Can’t remember the damn catcher, and I refuse to Google-ize. The A’s had Mke Heath, then Ron Haase, and Terry Steinbach. The Giants cather is evading me still.

So the questions becomes…is Texas DT University…maybe DL University in general? But we’ve had so many good DBs, so maybe that is what we should be known for. DEF Univeristy? Team Badass? Team America?

Mag,
Count of Montefusco?

Loved the Raiders in my banishment years in the East Bay, 70’s. It’s good to be in Austin now. I’d like to see Oakland back to playing .500 ball.