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ARLINGTON — In its final year as a member of the Big 12, Texas won its first conference championship since 2009. The Longhorns defeated Oklahoma State 49-21 on Saturday afternoon in the league championship game.

“I couldn’t be more proud of these guys and more happy for them,” Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said. “And couldn’t be happier for Longhorn Nation. I know it’s been a long time coming. I know everybody’s starving for this championship. So to get it on our final game in the Big 12, I hope everybody enjoys this as much as we do.”

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Quarterback Quinn Ewers had his best game as a Longhorn, going 35-of-46 for 452 yards, four touchdowns and one interception. Running back Keilan Robinson led all rushers with 75 yards, while tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders and wide receiver Adonai Mitchell both had more than 100 receiving yards.

While Texas’ (12-1) status in the College Football Playoff is still uncertain, what is clear is that Sarkisian has brought the program back to a level that it has not been at since the Mack Brown era ended in 2013.

Here are other takeaways from Texas’ Big 12 championship win:

Recent history against Oklahoma State

Before Saturday’s game, Sarkisian was 0-2 against Oklahoma State as Texas head coach. Both losses to the Cowboys featured blown leads and an inability to finish games. Texas had double-digit leads in both of those games, only for Oklahoma State to make a comeback.

“I thought back during this week to what happened last year (against Oklahoma State),” Ewers said. “I didn’t play my best game. I threw three interceptions. To come out here against the same group of characters was awesome to go out there and play what I believe is my true game.”

Establishing the culture

Sarkisian gave a lot of credit to Robinson for doing the little things that set up the culture of his program. Robinson transferred from Alabama to Texas in time for Sarkisian’s first season as head coach.

“I think he was a big component to kind of show the way of how important special teams is, how important the little things are to developing kind of the mindset of our team,” Sarkisian said. “And he hasn’t changed. It’s three years later and he’s scoring a touchdown and then covering the kickoff. That’s what we expect from our guys. That’s the standard in which we play.”

Robinson was at Alabama when Sarkisian was the offensive coordinator for the Crimson Tide. At Alabama, Robinson played in eight games as a freshman in 2019 before redshirting in 2020.

In Sarkisian’s first year at Texas, Robinson played a big role in showing the other Longhorns how their new head coach operated.

“The way that he wants to do things, this is how we’re going to practice, this is what this week is going to be like, this is what this bowl game week is going to be like, just stuff like that. (I was) just showing these guys like his style and just the expectations,” Robinson said.

Against Oklahoma State, Robinson ran for 75 yards and two touchdowns on four carries. His longest touchdown run of the day was 57 yards.

Yormark’s comments

In Texas’ 57-7 win over Texas Tech in the regular-season finale against Texas Tech, the big screen played a video clip of Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark’s comments from a Red Raiders event over the summer.

Yormark told Texas Tech to “take care of business in Austin.” Last season, the Red Raiders upset the Longhorns in Lubbock with a 37-34 overtime win.

The Big 12 commissioner, who was in Austin for the game last week, addressed the situation before Saturday’s conference game.

“I never go backwards,” Yormark said to reporters. “I never go back. I enjoyed my time in Austin. I was there with my son. I embrace the moment. The fans were great. One thing I love about the fans in college sports because as you know, I’ve only been in it for 16 months, (I) love the passion and they’re showing their passion. And I love it.”

Offensive powerhouse

Multiple Texas offensive players reached milestones in Saturday’s win. Ewers set new career highs in completions and passing yards, as well as setting a record for most passing yards in a Big 12 championship game.

Mitchell became the eighth receiver in program history to have at least 10 touchdowns in a single season.

Wide receiver Xavier Worthy has an active streak of 38 consecutive games with a reception, which is the third-longest in program history.

Sanders notched 105 receiving yards Saturday, bringing him to 1,220 career receiving yards, which is the second-most in program history.

It was an image which hinted that the future was truly here. As per recent social media posts from SpaceX watchers at Starbase, Texas, a Tesla Cybertruck has been spotted towing a Raptor rocket engine.

Videos taken during the day suggested that the feat was likely done as part of Tesla’s marketing efforts for the all-electric pickup truck. Marketing or not, however, one cannot deny the fact that the image of a Cybertruck towing a Starship Raptor engine is something that would not look out of place in a sci-fi novel.

Tesla Cybertruck towed a raptor vac around starbase tonight. pic.twitter.com/6AR5SbeGpF

— Sean Doherty (@SeanKD_Photos) October 4, 2023

While the image of the Cybertruck towing a Raptor engine is definitely impressive, the all-electric pickup truck probably did not break a sweat during the feat. The Cybertruck, after all, was initially announced with a towing capacity of 14,000 pounds. Starship’s Raptor engine has a dry weight of 3,500 pounds.

Tesla seems to be preparing a number of special videos about the Cybertruck. Back in August, social media posts indicated that Tesla was filming a Cybertruck going through some icy puddles of a glacier in Iceland. One could argue, of course, that while scenes of the Cybertruck driving around in a glacier are cool, the image of a Cybertruck towing an engine for the world’s most ambitious rocket is nothing short of incredible, if not inspiring.

Tesla Cybertruck definitely fits in perfectly for Starbase operations. @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/B2P9qhXEnU

— Sean Doherty (@SeanKD_Photos) October 3, 2023

Back in Tesla’s Q1 2023 earnings call, Elon Musk noted that the company will be aiming to hold a Cybertruck handover event at the end of the third quarter. This target was not achieved by Tesla, as Q3 ended without the Cybertruck’s first delivery event being held. Considering the frequency of Cybertruck sightings in recent weeks, however, expectations are high that the all-electric pickup truck’s delivery event will be held sometime this month.

Watch a video of the Tesla Cybertruck towing a SpaceX Starship Raptor engine below.

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Texas is the state most in need of “pro-consumer towing reforms,” and Dallas ranked second in on a list of U.S. cities with the most “hostile towing market” for consumers, according to a new national survey by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).

“The survey found that ‘creative’ billing practices such as levying fees and charges simply to increase the bill and establishing high daily storage rates were the worst problems consumers and insurers face when dealing with towing companies,” PCI noted in a news release.

“When a shady towing company gets a vehicle on its hook, the owner and insurer may be facing staggering bills and confusing rules to reclaim the vehicle,” Robert Passmore, PCI assistant vice president, said in the news release.

PCI did not respond to an NBC DFW inquiry that requested clarification of whether ‘Dallas’ refers to the City or the region.

In Dallas, the maximum amount that can be charged for what is called the “private property, light duty, non-consent towing fee” is $121. That is the flat fee that will be assessed on someone whose vehicle is towed from a private lot within the Dallas city limits.

By the time a towing company adds on its own charges, including a daily storage rate, the amount that someone must pay in order to claim their car is typically around $165, according to a representative of a prominent auto towing business that operates in the City of Dallas.

By comparison, many other cities in North Texas allow for towing companies to charge $250 for the private property, light duty, non-consent towing fee. That is the maximum amount allowed by state law, according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

After the addition of other fees, the charge for someone who is towed from many North Texas cities is nearly $300.

That is what Susan Allen had to pay last Friday morning to reclaim her car after it was towed from her own apartment building’s parking garage.

According to Allen, she pays for a parking permit but the permit had apparently fallen off of her rearview mirror because she found it on the passenger seat floor once she was back in her car.

“I was really shocked at the price,” Allen said. “I live there…and for them to have told me the amount they charged was outrageous.”

“It is a very big inconvenience and a bad way to start your day, because I didn’t do anything wrong. I didn’t park where it said not to,” Allen said.

The representative for the unidentified towing company, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that what happened to Susan Allen would not have happened if her apartment complex was one that was monitored by their company.

They have access to a list of the license plate numbers of every vehicle that is authorized to be in the parking lots they patrol, the towing company representative said, so even if the parking permit had fallen down the license plate would have checked out.

Consumers with questions about towing laws or ways to dispute a tow, go here.

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To The Leader

The USS ORLECK Naval Museum’s (USSONM) scheduled tow to dry dock in Port Arthur TX has been moved up a week and is now scheduled to depart its Lake Charles berth on North Enterprise Blvd. as early as March 17th, weather permitting. The tow by Smith Maritime’s Elsbeth 3 out of Morgan City LA will take approximately 16 hours. The planned schedule: March 15th tug arrives; March 16th ship is prepped for tow; March 17th ORLECK departs under tow from N. Enterprise Blvd berth; March 18th ORLECK arrives at Gulf Copper Central Yard in Port Arthur TX.

The historic 75-year old ex-US Navy Destroyer DD-886 will undergo inspection, repairs, application of preservation products, and painted before tow to Jacksonville FL to reopen as the flag ship of the Jacksonville Naval Museum (JNM) in down-town Jacksonville on the St. John River. The tow from Port Arthur to Jacksonville will take about a week, depending on weather conditions. The work is being performed at Gulf Copper Manufacturing Corp’s Port Arthur Central Yard on Proctor Street.

The schedule changed due to earlier availability of Gulf Copper’s WW2-era floating dry dock that began its life as a floating dry dock for the United States Navy in 1942. Ex-USS AFDM-2 (YFD-4), renamed Mr. Morris, is an auxiliary floating dry dock built in Mobile AL by Alabama Ship Building and Dry Dock Company. It was operated by Todd Shipyards of New Orleans to repair ships during WW2. It has a long history of service during war and peace, as did USS ORLECK DD-886. In 2013, USS LST-325 (USS LST Ship Memorial, Evansville IN) underwent repairs in this dry dock.

The museum was closed for tours on March 2nd so volunteers and workers can prepare the ship for tow. This includes packing, storing, and securing museum artifacts, documents, and equipment. Local packing and moving company “Two Cajuns and a Truck” augmented volunteer efforts. Some items will be removed from the ship for protection and separate transport. Pumps, alarms, generators, lighting and other items are being positioned and tested as required by the trip-in-tow survey and tow plan. The US Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit (MSU) – Lake Charles has been working with the ship’s Marine Surveyor to ensure all tow plan tasks are complete before departure, which is standard operating procedure for such tows. Two individuals from the Jacksonville organization are in Lake Charles assisting with the preparations.

The Boards of Directors and volunteers of both the USS ORLECK Naval Museum and the Jacksonville Historic Naval Association thank supporters who have partnered with the two non-profits to preserve the ship as a museum and education plat

form to honor the service and sacrifice of those who have served our nation. Continued support is greatly needed to get the ship to its new home!

ORLECK Museum memberships remain valid during the transition and will be transferred to JNM when the ship reopens at its new home at a commensurate level for the duration of the existing membership. It is a great time to renew memberships or join as a member as the Museum participates in the Individual Member Admission Exchange as a Fleet Member of the Historic Naval Ship Association (HNSA) that permits cardholding members free or reduced admission to other Fleet Member ships. See list of museums at https//hnsa.org. Renew or join the ORLECK Museum or make donation by calling the ship office at 337-314-SHIP, email us at [email protected], or going on-line at https://orleck.org. Donations can also be made to the Go Fund Me tow fund (https://www.jaxnavalmuseum.org).