calibuck said:

Certainly not as learned as most, but would seem to be easier to go up a level, than go down a weight class. Even in a weight class, this is the time of life when a body grows, gains size/weight etc naturally. Certainly as one does weight training, pounds are added, and if memory serves, adding a pound of muscle requires losing, what, eight pounds of fat? Am sure others have better numbs, but can only lose so many pounds of fat, no?

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It definitely is easier to go up and wrestling closer to your natural weight is trending in a good way. Unfortunately sometimes the cut is necessary when roster openings dictate it. I had to cut a lot until my senior year because I had a roster of future All Americans to beat out for a starting spot. But my senior year I wrestled 152 and was destroying kids because of all the energy and strength I had.

Bucklion said:

It's Phily, you know what you're going to get...I was actually pleasantly surprised that it wasn't a lot worse than it was in the coverage I saw. I thought the crowd was actually much more well-behaved than the nicest weekend crowd at that mess of a tournament in Phoenix every year. Rory usually lets a lot of crap go, so if he felt the need to clap back, it was probably egregious. But there wasn't nearly as much of that as I was afraid there might be.

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I actually don’t think it was objectively egregious as it wasn’t obscene or personal or done pre- or during Rory’s swing, but it was right after Rory lost any shot at winning so it was a bit classless. At another time, I’m sure Rory would have ignored him per usual, but he caught him at a moment of peak frustration. The Waste Management crowd lives up to the name of the tournament, and somehow it’s become their signature there kind of like Bills fans jumping through tables in terms of idiotic douchiness.

Lemon jello???

BuckBackHome said:

The kids are starting to show their stuff. Heck, Bazzana is up to .290 for his batting average and I think he started like 0 for 12.

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I didn't realize he was so fast and a demon on the base paths. The lineup is actually balanced and can set the table (also love that they moved JRam up to the 2 hole....if Kwan and Rocchio keep doing what they're doing, watch out).

Also saw Ralphy Velazquez made it to Columbus at 20 years old. Boy, he could be the 40 HR bat we need in the lineup. Clippers lineup is so insanely loaded with Watson, Ralphy, Ingle, Huff, Kayfus, etc...probably the most encouraging the current and future offensive production has looked in a looong, long time.

With Armstrong and Walters set to get back to the pen, this team can somehow get a nice division lead early....didn't see that coming but I say that every year it seems.

pnuts34 said:

Thanks for the correction.
Did Johnson get arrested for speeding too

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NOT YET!
He’s a late bloomer

Time for a thread name change;-)

Dub, great lookin tacos. Also appreciate your upgraded plating!

Taco Tuesday

https://www.on3.com/rivals/dane-weber-250180/

New QB name to follow. His game reminds me of a young Johnny Manziel


Per Tony Gerdeman:

Reached out to a west coast personnel source. He told me "He's my favorite QB in the 2027 class." Hearing it's Cal vs. UCLA.

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Per LR poster:

The west coast On3 folks said Fessler was at his school today and will be back on Wednesday. Probably on the verge of an offer

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NJ-Buckeye said:

Mark Fuhrman, detective in OJ Simpson trial, dies at 74​

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Shame how they slandered him.

Bucklion said:

Are we talking current or former? There were some weird-assed ones in the 70s. And Major League or also Minor League, because Minor League baseball has some doozies. Personally, I might go with the Jazz, which is a great name for New Orleans but they should have changed it when they left because the Utah Jazz makes about as much sense as...the Los Angeles Lakers does.

But for just dumbfuck names? How about the Phillies? Isn't that like calling us the Cleveland Clevies? Like you couldn't come up with something better than that?

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calibuck said:

It seems Edmunds is still saying the right things. Could be a ploy for more $, dunno. But from my experience in life, if there's smoke, then there's fire. Totally get the kid protecting himself from 'the talk'. We read about the recruit signing with someone else late in the game, but not as much about the school telling the kid there's no room in the inn for him when it's too late to find another place. Writers talk about the glitz and glamor of recruiting, but there's an ugly underside as well.

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I don't think Edmunds has the leverage to pull such a ploy. I feel like if he were to do that, they would tell him to hit the road. The way they're pursuing other QBs it seems like they're content settling for him in the class but they want someone else