OT: Texas makes a lot of statues (funniest thread ever!)

Submitted by bigmc6000 on

I got this sent to me by an Aggie - apparently the University of Texas has decided to make a ton of statues of the greats of all their sports.  That sounds great - only problem is they look completely ridiculous...

 

Vince Young be scared...

 

Check out the UT thread for some hilarious photoshops (you've gotta go through a few pages but they are well worth it - Colt McCoy gets some great PS jobs).

 

http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/showthread.php/75135-UT-Football-Basketball-Baseball-amp-Golf-statues-behind-Co-op

Hemlock Philosopher

November 3rd, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^

Not only do the "replicas" of our sports heroes conjour up images of "blackface", Al Jolson and lawn jockeys, but they in no way truly represent the spirit of our University. Perhaps we can have our black athletes do a little soft-shoe jig as a warm-up before games.

Wow.  Just wow. 

Ben from SF

November 3rd, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^

Is it just me, or do both of the statues look like they are running for their lives?  Didn't know that Texas' OL is THAT bad.

mgokev

November 3rd, 2010 at 12:16 PM ^

Best comment:

I for one welcome our giant Chinese UT athlete statue overlords.

Love it.  Those things look hideous.  Imagine if we put in something like that.  There would be an enormous backlash.  Hell, a lot of people didn't even want to add the new boxes, let alone terrifying (and terrified?) looking statues.

Tater

November 3rd, 2010 at 1:07 PM ^

1.  This thread is almost as funny as it would be here if OSU or sparty had statues like this.

2.  I tried to give one of the commenters an mgopoint until I remembered whose blog I was reading.

Omega

November 3rd, 2010 at 5:08 PM ^

I should've known right away that trying to read this at work without laughing would be an exercise in futility.  In fact, I did know it.  Still, that did nothing to stop me from coming back over and over.  Thanks for ruining my productivity today *laughs*