Shoulda, woulda, coulda. Completely agree. We armchair coaches can look, and say, if you woulda done this, or that, or our guy closed on the ball more quickly, woulda changed the game. Missed shot, turnover, rebound, whatever. Hindsight's always 100%.

Where's 'Son of Nuge?'

3074326 said:

This is a late gripe

I was on 70 in the fall, driving in my lane and going the speed limit. Dude in front of me slams on the brakes because he missed his exit. I got rear-ended. Dude drove off into the sunset like he didn't even know what happened. But I know he did.. he ended up passing the exit. I'll see you in hell motherfucker

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Bucklion said:

Fucker did that to me too, asshat slammed brakes on because reasons and I got blasted from behind. Wasn’t the guy behind me fault either, but we got fucked for our troubles. AssHolds in front just drove away.

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Similar, but not quite the same story:
2001.... somewhere in southern Ohio. I was driving west toward Cincinnati on some back-country roads. 55mph speed limit. And in those days if the speed limit was 55, I was going 70. But something told me that there's going to be a speed trap coming up. Somewhere, there's going to be a small town with 1 police officer and he's looking for out-of-towners to catch. So I was watching my speed.
For a thousand miles, though, there was some dork-diggler right on my ass. You can pass on my left... just do it. I was way over to the right side of my lane. You can see around me. Go! He wouldn't go. He stayed right on my bumper. But I didn't go over 55.
Then, sure enough, we get to a small town. The speed limit ahead is going to drop to 25mph. I let off the gas and coast into town. I didn't slow down quickly enough because the cop got me still over 30 in a 25. The guy on my ass? He sped away at probably 40+ when the cop pulled out. I still think that they were working together to catch nerds like me.

Geez, these kids look younger and younger each year....

Am guessing that until the Oregon benefactor passes, Oregon will be a player in the NIL game. Maybe he leaves a ton of cash in a trust to be doled out as necessary to secure Oregon players? Wouldn't be surprised. Anyway, always seems like Oregon gets 'close' but never has that impetus to get over the top. Will be watching to see how many of these 'NIL babies' transfer when they don't get the minutes they want/need.

I just wanted to say that I'm like my pic. Some people call the eye a birth defect but I'm over 70 and can still read a newspaper from the 20 yard line.

TDunk said:

Does this mean we have to hear from Tila Tequila again?

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Yes and no

Can't wait to see how much he progresses from FR to SO. Much of his success is going to depend on the depth of the O line so that he gets adequate protection in the final games of the year, but the majority will depend on his development iro some of the issues noted earlier in this thread. I am a big fan.

This situation is absolutely absurd. Alabama trying to make this happen is not in the spirit of amateur athletics.

pnuts34 said:

So if Jeremiah drops a ball or Sayin overthrows a player thats Hartlines fault? If Styles misses a tackle thats Walts fault?

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For the record, Sonny would like to make it clear that he does NOT miss tackles and this is clearly a far-fetched hypothetical unless, of course, it is intended to reference his brother.

Ryan needs an experienced play caller and someone who knows how to establish the run. And an adult in the booth to suggest varying the snap count. This hire should help nicely in those areas.

No one thought that was Brian, but the alternative was to lose the best wr recruiter in the history of the game, so he was promoted with those limitations.

Ryan does not need any help with passing schemes, other than possibly getting back to a wr rotation and perimeter blocking. Versus indiana and Miami, they schemed wrs open plenty often, the young QB simply was fleeing too often (in reality or out of fear of what had just happened).


Brian had his flaws, but overall still unleashed an absurdly talented pair of WRs, with KDW, Henry and Guilford coming in, and brown up next. His inevitable departure only cost them a few backups and a west Coast wr always flirting with usc.

In the end, it was likely the ol recruiting/development that was the true achilles heel. Whatever the schematic flaws, or Julian's youth, or the depth issues at wr, they narrowly lost to the two championship game participants. It almost worked.

P.s. if we are fixating on single seasons, steer clear of chip in San fran.

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BuckeyeNation27 said:

Right, but that's besides the point for a second. I need you to admit saying the Steelers won the division and made the playoffs as a feather in Smith's cap was.....misleading.

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But did he win the division? Where did I mislead?
If you want to admit you misled by cherry picking stats because you didn't like the hire

Bucklion said:

Holy crap does Peacock fucking suck. The quality of this feed is awful, and it’s so dark they look like they’re playing in a basement. The Cavs channel or whatever it is locally is 10,000 times better.

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It’s possible you were watching I’m 4K which can result in a “darker” picture depending on your TV settings. Per Google AI:

Your 4K TV is dark because of settings like Energy Saving, HDR (High Dynamic Range)'s intended dark scenes, Picture Modes (Cinema/Filmmaker), backlight settings, or the content itself, but you can fix it by adjusting backlight/brightness, disabling eco modes, using brighter picture presets (like Vivid), or ensuring your HDMI cable supports HDR. Sometimes, a TV's hardware simply can't reproduce HDR's full brightness range, making content seem murky

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Oregon is viewed as the early favorites for him and Dan Lemming and the Ducks have been doing their best job at keeping him out West. Especially knowing that losing him could result in him going to fellow Big Ten schools USC, Washington or Ohio State, who appears to be Oregon’s biggest competition for Molden right now.

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Ohio State has been recruiting Whitley for some time now and officially offered him in June. He will likely schedule official visits with all five of his finalists but until then, no school will likely separate itself from the pack. If there is a favorite, home-state school LSU may be have a slight edge, but it is minimal at most.