In the end, oSu--like every other school--will use their own criteria to justify Coach I'mAMan's being "deserving" of a statue. The admin and alumni may look on it as a deserving tribute and a source of pride, and those on the outside may laugh and scoff at their low standards. It's their money.
It's absolutely their best song ever depending upon the moment you hear it. One of my go to songs when sitting around my Solo Stove late at night with a good glass of Irish whiskey.
Again, the statue won't represent achievement as much as it will be a symbolic gesture & reminder of their halcyon days. A decade from now they'll use it as part of a fundraising drive. There will be plenty of former students from those days that will fondly remember winning seasons & bowl game upsets (beating Andrew Luck's Stanford team has to be a highlight) that the admin will be keen to get on board.
He made them relevant for twenty years during a time when college football was experiencing unprecedented growth in popularity and constant change. Without Gundy--even with T. Boone's $--they likely would have been replacing HCs every 3-5 years and would have been less than an afterthought.
He got them within a missed FG of possibly playing for a BCS championship. If anyone doesn't think that will be the highlight of their program's history a decade or two from now (and LOL at the 1945 or whatever championship they decided to claim & plaster all over their endzone 15 years ago) then they're crazy. They're not built to compete in this new era.
Bruce turned 76 today. My grampa would've been 118. Fun shared birthday.
I'm gonna put the o/u on new Bruce albums--not including the Nebraska '82 release in a few weeks--before he turns 80 at five.
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All kinds of subtle and not so subtle items. I also picked up the 'big fan of human rights' ball cap.
I've always thought 'Slipping Away' from Steel Wheels has been criminally overlooked. Keef brought that song to the recording sessions essentially finished (it might've been an outtake from Talk is Cheap) and Mick had 'Mixed Emotions' and a couple rockers in the bag. That's when they knew it was worth another go.
Shit, I'd argue that 'Thru and Thru' off Voodoo Lounge is worth a regular rotation on anyone's playlist. When Charlie comes in half way through and Keith finds that deep, down below the earth riff...that's the good stuff.
Dead Flowers, Girl with the Far Away Eyes, Waiting on a Friend...
Can't keep track of the times I've heard and/or sang along to any of those songs (to name a few) and thought "fuck, this moment in time is perfect."
Impossible task because it can change depending upon the time of day, mood, environment, etc.
Moonlight Mile is one of the greatest final tracks on any album ever, and it might not make the top 5 tracks on Sticky Fingers.
All of our discussions w/ our financial advisor up until this year have been built upon us leaving Texas when we retire for one of 4 areas: the PNW, Santa Fe, Fort Collins, or Stillwater/eastern 'burbs of the Twin Cities. Going forward our focus will change to options outside of the US.
We don't have kids and our family obligations are nothing that couldn't be met via technology or international flights. Unfortunately we're probably looking at 8 more years before we can retire & escape. The longer MAGA metastasizes, the less I like our odds.
In that video of the Bengals fans fighting you can almost hear the wheezing while they attempt to throw hands. I don't think a single person in the video weighed less than 250 lbs. Old fat slobs.