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Texas Longhorns offer letter is not that ‘prestigous’

By Jonathan Bass

Nov 1, 2014; Lubbock, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns head coach Charlie Strong on the sidelines during the game with the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Jones AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 1, 2014; Lubbock, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns head coach Charlie Strong on the sidelines during the game with the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Jones AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Texas Longhorns made a little booboo on their recruiting offer sheets.

I hate pointing out the spelling, grammar, diction, syntax, etc. errors of any national publication or public figure. For one, it’s a real snobby, Internet elitist move. I also think it’s bad karma and will come back to bite me. That there will be some hawk eye who nails me to the wall for screwing up its/it’s on a hastily-written, self-edited 7 a.m. piece. That much is inevitable.

That said, it’s all part of the blog game, and I’m bound by contract to bring this stuff up. So when, say, the Texas Longhorns misspell “prestigious” as “prestigous” in their offer letter to recruits it must be posted. Check out the second paragraph and second sentence below.

Again, I’m not going to harp on it too much. But really, of all the words to narf on, the one that means highly regarded and acclaimed really hurts. Then again, maybe it’s a major humblebrag. Like, we’re so “prestigous” that we’ve just started spelling words however the hell we want. There’s no “I” in Texas.

At least the Longhorns aren’t like this humble writer’s alma mater, which misspelled the name of one of the program’s all-time greats on its offer letter. Who is this Collingsworth fellow they speak of?

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