I Like Texas........

[DeltaEtaKP]

I was born in Texas, but my parents moved when I was three. I want to go back and see where I was born! Anyway, I have a lot of that Native Texan love in my heart

[FHwku]

ESPN Poll: Texas

Note: If you are not a resident of TEXAS or never have lived in the hot, humid Southwest, you may not understand the weight of this blessing!
Bless this house, oh Lord, we cry.
Please keep it cool in mid-July.
Bless the walls where termites dine,
While ants and roaches march in time.
Bless our yard where spiders pass
Fire ant castles in the grass.
Bless the garage, a home to please
Carpenter beetles, ticks and fleas.
Bless the love bugs, two by two,
The gnats and mosquitoes that feed on you.
Millions of creatures that fly or crawl,
in TEXAS, Lord, you've put them all!!
But this is home, and here we'll stay,
So thank you Lord, for insect spray.

HOLD IT.............there's more....................
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YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN TEXAS IN JULY WHEN. . . .

The birds have to use potholders to pull worms out of the ground.
The trees are whistling for the dogs.
The best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
Hot water now comes out of both taps.
You can make sun tea instantly.
You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron!
The temperature drops below 95 and you feel a little chilly.
You discover that in July it only takes 2 fingers to steer your car.
You discover that you can get sunburned through your car window.
You actually burn your hand opening the car door.
You break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m.
Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"
You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.
The potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one out and add butter, salt and pepper.
Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying boiled eggs.
The cows are giving evaporated milk. Ah, what a place to call home.
God Bless Our State of TEXAS

Originally posted by FHwku
ESPN Poll: Texas

i just took this poll...it was fun, i guess

[BigCityStripper]

1) Most memorable sports moment?


48.6% Dallas Cowboys beats Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XXX, fifth overall and third in four years (1996)

31.4% Houston Rockets win Games 6 and 7 vs. Knicks to win NBA Finals and city's first title in any sport (1994)

4.3% Nolan Ryan extends own record with seventh no-hitter, at age 44 for the Rangers (1991)

3.7% Nolan Ryan sets strikeout record, passing Walter Johnson with 3,509 (1983)

2.1% Darrell Royal's Univ. of Texas football wins undisputed college football title, school's last (1969)

1.4% San Antonio Spurs beat Knicks in NBA Finals, earning first title for a former ABA team (1999)

1.4% Houston Astros' Mike Scott throws no-hitter to clinch NL West title (1986)

1.3% Dallas Stars win Stanley Cup on Brett Hull's goal in third overtime of Game 6 vs. Buffalo (1999)

1.3% Dallas Cowboys trade Herschel Walker to Minnesota for picks and players (1992)

1.3% Univ. of Houston upset by NC State for NCAA basketball title on Lorenzo Charles' dunk (1983)

1.1% Univ. of Houston upsets UCLA in front of 52,693 fans and first nationally-televised game (1968)

0.8% Rice wins College World Series for school's first title in any sport (2003)

0.5% Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in ''Battle of the Sexes'' at Astrodome (1973)

0.4% Ben Hogan wins 1950 U.S. Open, 18 months after serious car accident (1950)

0.2% Houston Astros lose NLCS to Mets in six games, blowing three-run, ninth-inning lead in Game 6 (1986)


2) Favorite sport?


85.1% Football

8.6% Baseball

4.1% Basketball

0.7% Hockey

0.6% Soccer

0.4% Auto racing

0.3% Golf

0.2% Fishing


3) Favorite pro team?


49.2% Dallas Cowboys

23.6% Houston Texans

11.5% Houston Rockets

8.6% Houston Astros

3.7% San Antonio Spurs

1.4% Dallas Mavericks

1.3% Texas Rangers

0.8% Dallas Stars


4) Favorite college team?


55.3% Texas A&M (football)

39.9% Univ. of Texas (football)

1.5% Texas Tech (football)

1.3% Baylor Univ. (women's basketball)

1.1% Univ. of Texas (baseball)

0.9% Univ. of Texas (basketball)


5) Best rivalry?


76.0% Univ. of Texas vs. Texas A&M (football)

18.0% Univ. of Texas vs. Oklahoma Univ. (football)

4.2% Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Redskins

1.1% Univ. of Texas vs. Oklahoma Univ. (basketball)

0.8% Dallas Mavericks vs. San Antonio Spurs


6) Best homegrown product?


53.8% Babe Didrikson Zaharias (track, golf)

15.2% Nolan Ryan (baseball)

15.1% Lance Armstrong (cycling)

4.7% Roger Clemens (baseball)

4.4% Earl Campbell (football)

1.7% Shaquille O'Neal (basketball)

1.3% George Foreman (boxing)

0.5% Michael Johnson (track and field)

0.5% Mia Hamm (soccer)

0.4% A.J. Foyt (auto racing)

0.4% Doak Walker (football)

0.4% Ben Hogan (golf)

0.3% Cat Osterman (softball)

0.3% Sheryl Swoopes (basketball)

0.2% Eric Dickerson (football)

0.2% Byron Nelson (golf)

0.2% Sammy Baugh (football)

0.2% Jack Johnson (boxing)

0.2% Ernie Banks (baseball)

0.1% Rogers Hornsby (baseball)

0.0% Tris Speaker (baseball)


7) Best in-state pro career?


46.6% Emmitt Smith, Dallas Cowboys

29.0% Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets

7.5% Nolan Ryan, Houston Astros and Texas Rangers

4.2% Craig Biggio, Houston Astros

4.2% Jeff Bagwell, Houston Astros

2.4% Troy Aikman, Dallas Cowboys

1.9% Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs

1.2% Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys

0.9% Earl Campbell, Houston Oilers

0.9% David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs

0.3% Mike Modano, Dallas Stars

0.2% Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets

0.2% Tony Dorsett, Dallas Cowboys

0.2% Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks

0.1% Warren Moon, Houston Oilers


8) Best place to watch an event?


56.3% Kyle Field (Texas A&M football)

29.8% Texas Memorial Stadium (Univ. of Texas football)

2.8% Reliant Stadium (Houston Texans)

2.5% Texas Stadium (Dallas Cowboys)

2.1% Minute Maid Park (Houston Astros)

1.8% Ballpark at Arlington (Texas Rangers)

1.8% Cotton Bowl (college football)

1.4% American Airlines Arena (Dallas Mavericks)

0.9% SBC Center (San Antonio Spurs)

0.4% Texas Motor Speedway

0.3% Rice Stadium (Rice football, Super Bowl VIII)


9) Favorite personality or historical figure?


41.7% Buddy Holly (musician)

25.7% Willie Nelson (musician)

15.1% George W. Bush (politician)

4.7% Dwight Eisnehower (general, politician)

4.6% Dixie Chicks (musical group)

2.6% Howard Hughes (entrepeneur)

1.4% Matthew McConaughey (actor)

1.4% Tommy Lee Jones (actor)

0.7% Janis Joplin (musician)

0.7% Dan Rather (newscaster)

0.7% Lyndon Johnson (politician)

0.5% Ross Perot (politician)

0.2% Sandra Day O'Connor (jurist)

0.1% Joan Crawford (actress)


10) Have you been to Texas?


97.9% Yes

2.1% No


Total Votes: 185,358

I'm really surprised that aTm is ahead of UT in those categories. Maybe its because there's not a whole lot to do there in College STation.

[aggieAXO]

Whoop! gotta love that poll! There is no place like Kyle field.

[Lindz928]

Originally posted by BigCityStripper
I'm really surprised that aTm is ahead of UT in those categories. Maybe its because there's not a whole lot to do there in College STation.

I think it's more because Aggies feel a stonger tie to their school than some other places do.

And I'll echo that WHOOP for A&M and Kyle Field!!!

[Stef the Pef]

I don't know...our Baylor women's basketball team owns all, hands down, and my most memorable sports moment of the year was watching the Aggies get beat by us in football with that niiiice two-pointer at the end. (If all else fails in the random acts of school rivalry, we've got the "we were here first" defense...)

Call me a masochist, but I can't wait for August. Enough of this wimpy eighty-something Seattle stuff...I kinda miss being able to roll out of bed and stick to stuff in the summer, LOL, and I kind of chuckle when some dude called 87 "hotter than hell" this afternoon. Question being: what the hell? That kind of weather's pretty pleasant! Anyway, regardless of the weather, I can't wait to get back to a place where folks are nice and it's not Seattle (no offense to everyone else who's here at the moment--once a Texan, always a Texan, and I belong down there).

Artist/Band: Strait George
Lyrics for Song: Texas
Lyrics for Album: Somewhere Down in Texas

There wouldn't be no alamo
No cowboys in the superbowl
No lonesome dove, No yellow rose

I wouldn't be a willy fan
Nobody would swim the Rio Grand
I wouldn't be an American
If it weren't for Texas

Fort Worth would never cross my mind
There'd be no Austin City Limit sign
No Lonestar Of Etiquan
if it wasnt for texas

I'd never gone to tennesee to sing my songs and chase my dreams,
Only heaven knows where'd i'd be. If it wasn't for texas.

Fort Worth would never cross my mind
There'd be no Austin City Limit sign
No Lonestar Of Etiquan
If it wasn't for Texas

it made me the man i am,
thank god for my old stomping ground
I wouldnt be standing right here right now
If it wasn't for texas, if it wasnt for Texas.

[lifesaver]

Cant believe no one has posted this yet. Its on the radio about every 7 minutes.

Artist: Bowling for Soup Lyrics
Song: Ohio (Come Back To Texas) Lyrics

She said she needed a break
A little time to think
But then she went to Cleveland
With some guy named Leland
That she met at the bank.
Theres nothing wrong with Ohio
Except the snow and the rain.
I really like Drew Carey
And i'd love to see
The Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.

So when youre done
Doing whatever
And when you're through
Doing whoever
0You know Denton county
Will be right here waiting for you.

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same
Since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about
The Lonestar state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And i've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks
North of here anyway.

I think I made a mistake
It's not that easy to take
She went to make a deposit
Then she cleaned out her closet
Guess i'll sit here and wait
For her to come back home
(I wish she'd come back)
It shouldnt take very long
(So long, so long)
I bet she misses the sunrise
and Mrs. Baird's fruit pies
(but I could be wrong)

So when youre done
Doing whatever
And when you're through
Doing whoever
You know Denton county
Will be right here waiting for you.

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same
Since you went away
I bet you missed your exit
And drove right on through the Lonestar state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And i've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks north of here anyway

Troy Aikmen wants you back
Willie Nelson wants you back
NASA wants you back
And the Bush twins want you back
And Pantera wants you back
And Bluebell wants you back

I got a premonition
I'm taking a petition
And the whole states gonna sign

<group of people sing to a single guitar>
Come back to Texas
It's just not the same
Since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about
The Lonestar state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And i've got every slow dance saved
</end group singing>

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same
Since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about
The Lonestar state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And i've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks
North of here anyway.
Besides the Mexican food sucks
North of here anyway
Besides the Mexican food sucks
North of here anyway, yeah.

[Lindz928]

Originally posted by lifesaver
Cant believe no one has posted this yet. Its on the radio about every 7 minutes.

Artist: Bowling for Soup Lyrics
Song: Ohio (Come Back To Texas) Lyrics

She said she needed a break
A little time to think
But then she went to Cleveland
With some guy named Leland
That she met at the bank.
Theres nothing wrong with Ohio
Except the snow and the rain.
I really like Drew Carey
And i'd love to see
The Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.

So when youre done
Doing whatever
And when you're through
Doing whoever
0You know Denton county
Will be right here waiting for you.

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same
Since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about
The Lonestar state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And i've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks
North of here anyway.

I think I made a mistake
It's not that easy to take
She went to make a deposit
Then she cleaned out her closet
Guess i'll sit here and wait
For her to come back home
(I wish she'd come back)
It shouldnt take very long
(So long, so long)
I bet she misses the sunrise
and Mrs. Baird's fruit pies
(but I could be wrong)

So when youre done
Doing whatever
And when you're through
Doing whoever
You know Denton county
Will be right here waiting for you.

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same
Since you went away
I bet you missed your exit
And drove right on through the Lonestar state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And i've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks north of here anyway

Troy Aikmen wants you back
Willie Nelson wants you back
NASA wants you back
And the Bush twins want you back
And Pantera wants you back
And Bluebell wants you back

I got a premonition
I'm taking a petition
And the whole states gonna sign

<group of people sing to a single guitar>
Come back to Texas
It's just not the same
Since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about
The Lonestar state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And i've got every slow dance saved
</end group singing>

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same
Since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about
The Lonestar state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And i've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks
North of here anyway.
Besides the Mexican food sucks
North of here anyway
Besides the Mexican food sucks
North of here anyway, yeah.

I sent that song to a friend of mine who goes to school (went actually- he graduated) in New York but is from Houston. Every time I heard it I thought of him and how he needed to come back to Texas. He liked it.

[dzandiloo]

CMT's doing a poll of favorite city songs...it would be a travesty if this one didn't win. Go here and click "take poll." Street's of Bakersfield is currently winning...

[Lindz928]

I voted!

[lifesaver]

I discivered this weekend that my sister actually lives in Denton County. She thought the song (Come back to texas) was great. She thought it was a lot more impressive when she found out that its a song thats actually played on the radio. lol.

[Lindz928]

I actually first heard about them my senior year of high school (99)... they used to play all over in Dallas before they got big.