Even the prettiest girls, if they do the wrong drugs, start to look worn down.
Number-fudging is as American as apple pie.
“Yeah, I’m like five minutes away,” you tell your buddy as you’re whipping out of bed just about to get your jeans on.
“Pick up a six pack. I don’t have that many left to get us through the game,” when really you have about 24 — you’re just trying to be cautious.
In Texas, depending on what side you’re on, numbers are everything. Yet, they still need to be fudged. They’re also a harbinger of a sudden requiem for arguably college football’s proudest program.
The numbers aren’t pretty, and they’re being fudged to make them unpretty at the expense of otherwise just being flat out horrific.
They read of over 10,000 season ticket holders not renewing their packages this year; they read of 25 to a staggering 50 percent increase for long-time season ticket holders; on the other end, they show that Longhorn football was worth a reported $131 million in 2014, tops among all programs; they fudged just over 86,000 in attendance this past weekend against Rice … when apparently that wasn’t even close to being the case.
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