Texas Players Were Forced to Stay on Field For The Eyes of Texas To Appease Donors
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The controversy surrounding The Eyes of Texas continued on Wednesday, as the Texas Tribune published another troubling story about it and Texas football program. According to the report, Longhorns players were forced to remain on the field during the postgame playing of the song because donors and alumni were upset by athletes leaving the field and refusing to take part in the tradition. University of Texas athletic officials in October told Longhorn football players they had to remain on the field postgame for “The Eyes of Texas” singalong with fans because donors were upset by athletes protesting the game day tradition, two Longhorn football players told The Texas Tribune.
SpaceX s Starship Explodes Shortly After Landing
SpaceX s Starship explodes shortly after landing
SpaceX s Starship successfully took off an landed upright after short test flight on Wednesday. The problem came after the landing when the vehicle exploded in spectacular fashion.
Check out video of the landing below:
That s pretty cool, right? Well, here s what happened next:
Oof. SN10 has decided to join SN8 and SN9.
Still a great advancement with the landing.
An amazing shot of Starship SN10 s post-landing Rapid Unplanned Disassembly (RUD) after Wednesday s test flight.
Starship appeared to land fine but, the landing legs didn t seem to deploy properly. It was leaning slightly and a fire began near the base. Roughly eight minutes after landing the fire hit the fuel tanks and that was all she wrote.