Travis Lofley 🌵

Everyone knows the loud version of Texas. Dallas. Austin. Houston. Glass towers, traffic, heat coming off the concrete, and everything moving faster than it probably needs to. But that’s never been the whole story. The Texas I keep coming back to is quieter. Marfa at sunset. Gruene with music spilling out of an old dance hall. Jefferson with Victorian homes and ghost stories people tell like they’re just part of the town. Wimberley when the water is cold and clear. Terlingua at night, when the sky gets so full of stars you forget what you were going to say. Port Isabel before sunrise, when the shrimp boats are already moving and the town still feels honest. These are the places that remind you Texas is not just big. It’s deep. I wrote about 15 Texas towns that still carry that older, quieter pulse. Places you don’t rush through. Places that stay with you because they were never trying too hard to be noticed. Full newsletter is here. Subscribe if you want more travel stories about the places most people hurry past: thetimelesstraveler.substack.com

@RyanHyattMedia Have to wonder how much he actually contributed alongside Foster this past season. Whether it just wasn't a cultural fit within Tech, working alongside Coach Foster, or something else, it was definitely an arrangement that doesn't seem too common across college baseball.

Like it never happened. . .

@Barsotta I thought he had some flashes of brilliance, but also was inconsistent both hitting and fielding at times. On to the next one.

Welll shit

@AmandaMAtwell It's not just happening downtown but various other neighborhoods around the city as well. People are either J-walking straight into traffic or will be walking down the sidewalk but almost drifting into the street multiple times as they walk. It's getting old. 😵‍💫

I am so glad all of the World Cup visitors are enjoying their time in Dallas but please I beg of you stop walking into the middle of the traffic in downtown near Dealey Plaza. You are playing with your life. There are crosswalks for a reason.

@redraiderman1 Their offense torching Tech repeatedly on the gridiron circa 2011-2015. 😵‍💫

Thoughts when you see this logo?

@nascarman_rr Not quite one-offs, but I remember Mike Skinner and Ken Schrader running some races for Red Bull in cup circa 2007-2009. Always felt like two older guys was very opposite of the image with their drivers they were going for at the time.

What's the most random, one-off NASCAR entry you can think of? I'll go first... Greg Sacks driving for JR Motorsports in 2010.

@rachallison1 All that to say, God knows I need grace in all of this myself.

@rachallison1 ... and by that I mean judgement in terms of their own flaws or hurts, yet at the same time will then have walls that are sky high while having blind spots to their own issues. It's a vicious cycle to watch.

I think people who have dated less seem to have way more fun with it 😅 the longer you’re on the market, the more rules you tend to make for yourself

@DanIsett In continuing with a theme of charity, my only thought is there's some sort of precedent now in the legal world where denying wrongdoing is somehow just as risky legally as admitting it and their athletic comms acted accordingly. But otherwise, I agree that it's a mess.

@TravisLofley I don't disagree. However, what they produced was a word salad instead of flatly denying any wrongdoing. It invites further scrutiny and keeps the story alive. My hunch is that's the opposite of what they wanted.

Is everybody who works in college athletic departments bad at comms?

@pickdegen @ShelbyCHilliard Also, shoutout baseball for putting in some nice work in the portal and the incoming recruiting class that is flying under the radar.

@pickdegen @ShelbyCHilliard If we're talking about who I think we're talking about, there's one or two big names in the euro pipeline that are being heavily linked to Tech. Plus, a certain someone is also linked to a sooner return from injury than initially expected, which changes the whole roster dynamic.

Texas Tech coaches across campus have been putting the WORK in on the recruiting trail. Everyone eating.

@redraidertech @RichOToole DKR would be plenty large, though I'm fairly certain FIFA wants the matches at pro-level stadiums, plus even if the could UT would have to spend a ton of money to reconfigure the field level to fit the dimensions of the pitch.

@RichOToole Stadiums likely not large enough.

Are there no World Cup games being played in Austin or San Antonio?

@KirkLeeNoles @rollin_raiders I was also told college sports are dead. Dang, call off the funeral, I guess.

@rollin_raiders These repercussions are killing TTU

6 Commits 96 Hours ***PERMANENTLY DAMAGED***

@CanesCoachHarv @DoubleT973 We have half of the incoming top 25 recruiting class as pitchers.

@DoubleT973 Need pitching help PLEASE

Red Raider Baseball Adds Former SEC Catcher Out Of The Transfer Portal doublet973.com/teams/texas-te…

@RTB_II I may not survive until kickoff on September 5th, I fear.

Anyone feel particularly “in shambles?”

@rachallison1 @BornAgainBalaky We also begin to seek out people and things that look like an Insta/Tik Tok reel from it rather than actual places and subcultures in the margins where real people and nuance live. So it then feeds a cycle of what we see becoming what we seek. Rinse and repeat.

@TravisLofley @BornAgainBalaky Oh my gosh YES. People see something on social media a couple times and adopt the mindset that all people behave/think that way

I have a question Women who are “I only date 6’ or taller” If the guy hits every or most marks but is shorter than that is it really a deal breaker? Or if he is 5’11 but hits every and most marks is it really a deal breaker?

@rachallison1 @BornAgainBalaky Basically, someone said something along the way that got captured by the algorithm and subliminally fed into the form of a mind virus. One of many things that we've been sold with a message that's the equivalent of "dog food tastes good, you should eat it!" 😅

@rachallison1 @BornAgainBalaky I'm also convinced that dating discourse, male or female, is increasingly if not entirely now driven by groupthink from the repetitive, quick hit/hot take nature of social media. The same platforms existed a decade ago before the algorithm revolution, but the arguments did not.