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  1. 6 hours ago, hullabelew said:

    Holy shit.   Didn't realize Chris Tompkins co-wrote this one.  Good for him.   He grew up with Isbell and has been country songwriter of the year a time or too.  Been having mostly bro-country cuts lately.  He is a really great guy.  

     

    That's a fantastic cut, especially with Isbell's intro. I wish the sound on the chorus was a little better.

  2. I also got a little unlucky with the first few songs of hers that I heard. I'm well aware of my own musical tastes; I prefer some pace, some volume, and some movement to my music. The breathy, trying-to-be-super-emotional stuff doesn't get it done for me. A few of her lower-key songs were what I heard early, and it just didn't click. Imagine my surprise to hear Raise Hell or Hard Way Home. Then during the middle of the whole "migrant crisis" (sarcastic emphasis mine), The Joke made it clear that I'd made a mistake, as I hurriedly returned to explore more of her discography. So fucking good ...

  3. 1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Damn, that Fleetwood Mac cover is nails.  I'm not much of a Maren Morris fan, either, but she fit right in.  Those voices blend really well.  The kick drum (box) and acoustic bass were a nice touch, too.  Was that Brandi's bandmates along with Isbell?

    Every time I watch a Highwomen clip, I come away more and more impressed with Brandi Carlile. I know I"m a little late to this game with her, but no what the arrangement is or how the harmony is structured, I hear her voice first. She just carries that group of four ultra-accomplished women. That's not a slight to the other three, just taking notice of something.

  4. Arrowhead might be the most fun I've ever had on a golf course. I have a picture of my dad and I on what I think is the teebox of the hole AFTER the one in your second pic, PH. That golf course was absolutely stunning, and in great shape, AND at altitude. I love seeing post pictures - it's clearly unmistakable. I really need to go back out there ...

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  5. On 8/7/2019 at 7:35 PM, Lurch said:

    Rewatched some older TopSpeedGolf videos and Clay talked about flattening at the top by slightly rotating left (front) humorous clockwise leading front elbow to go from pointing down to pointing out and wrist turning door knob clockwise, and matching that with the right humorous, elbow (out to down) and wrist turning clockwise as well.

    Took that to the course today and was blistering my drives and irons were dead on target. I think I have recently been too steep and somehow compensating to get good results.

    I get so focused on hands and hips, I forget about arm action sometimes.

    I love you man, but you think too much :). (miss you in Austin BTW).

  6. 3 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

    My buddy and I talked with a guy who is in the golf business who volunteered his help to the Kinsers. He said that the new folks want to put in a music/putt putt area where 8 and 9 are, then reconfigure 1-7 into a 9 hole par three. He said the new guys aren't going to do anything the first four months, let things "quiet down", then start making the changes. It'll be around Christmas time when folks are busy and aren't thinking about Butler.

    I certainly can't speak for anyone else, but trying to squeeze 9 holes out of 1-7 is screwing it up. It'll be a cluster fuck on the south side of the course.If people want putt putt, i"m sure there's one close by somewhere. Maybe something that's been around a while.

     

    But hey - C3! They're cool!

    Hahahahahahahahaha ... hey @chitwood I fucking told you so.  Fuck, I just want Butler to stay the same, because changes to that place remind me that I'm getting older. Progress is inevitable. First they came for Armadillo World Headquarters, but I was too young. Then the Black Cat burned down, but I didn't go to 6th all that often. But Butler Park is a step too far.

    8 and 9 are the best holes out there. Burn down that shittastic 3rd hole if you want - the back corner of that lot will hold a food truck pavilion and music lounge, and you can insert another 60-yard hold between 8 tee and the putting green, or even just do away with the putting green and use the space for another hole.

    But. It doesn't matter. In two years, the new operators are going to complain to the city that the current configuration of land (i.e. golf course) is too difficult to run profitably, and recommend that the city investigate other ways to use the property. And two years after that, we'll have more condos.

    I LIKE condos. Our urban density is still shit, even after the 10-year boom. We can't magically make more space for highways and we refuse to put light rail to the university or to the airport (you know, where people actually GO), so our traffic is going to continue to suck. Making the urban core more dense is our biggest remaining weapon. But does it have to be THIS LOT that we put more condos on?

  7. 1 hour ago, Vic Mackey said:
    20 hours ago, markstanco said:
    Good point. I can't recall KM getting rocked a bunch of times though. He seems to pass and miss the big hits, ducks down and take the L, or runs out of bounds.

    I never got why so many on here criticized him for this. I mean I guess because this is Texas board and he's at OU. But I don't want my QB to go out there and start taking unnecessary hits. Fuck that. This is a QBs game. You don't win without one so I want mine standing up to play. I also want one smart enough to know this and to avoid them when possible.

    After the noisy yellers and downright idiots are filtered out, most of us here are pretty complimentary of Kyler's skill set and achievements. He clearly wins, and he's clearly freakishly talented. He didn't start well with us 6 years ago, and he deserves some shit for that, but his on-field results speak for themselves.

    Mayfield chokes on cock by choice. Fuck him.

  8. 20 hours ago, markstanco said:
    On 7/28/2019 at 12:35 PM, capnamerca said:
    First throw was off the back foot and largely luck that he got it out in front of the LB to his man; If I'm an AZ fan I'm worried about that throwing mentality, but gunslingers gonna gunsling I guess. The last throw was really damn nice, dime down the sideline. Props for that one. In balance, in rhythm, on target and on time.

    Now analyze him if he played for texas.

    Ready?

    First throw was off the back foot and largely luck that he got it out in front of the LB to his man; If I'm an TX fan I'm worried about that throwing mentality, but gunslingers gonna gunsling I guess. The last throw was really damn nice, dime down the sideline. Props for that one. In balance, in rhythm, on target and on time.

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  9. 14 minutes ago, Drew said:

    WE probably said the same about a bunch of Mahomes throws early last year too.

     

    Let's face it, the dude can play. He throws and runs his ass off.  I'm still concerned(or not really) about his size, and when he finally takes a big hit he could be done.  But until he does, he'll probably be pretty good...provided he can see over the DL.

    Totally agree with this entire post. He and Mayfield seem to be jackass peas in a pod, but I can't deny the talent.

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  10. First throw was off the back foot and largely luck that he got it out in front of the LB to his man; If I'm an AZ fan I'm worried about that throwing mentality, but gunslingers gonna gunsling I guess. The last throw was really damn nice, dime down the sideline. Props for that one. In balance, in rhythm, on target and on time.

  11. God it's fun when you play good golf. Played Plum Creek this morning, 35-39/74. Birdied 7-8-9, and lipped out two others on the back. Couple of lazy bogeys to finish, but just a real solid round. Met three great guys, sun was out, just perfect.

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  12. 3 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

    I know she's talking about FIFA lately because of the World Cup, but the USWNT's bitching was at the US federation and got really loud when they were still making a lot less than the men even after multiple years of bringing in significantly more revenue than the men. And that is 100% valid.

    I swear facts are hard for some people. Thank you for typing this out. I don't care about the ENG-SWE match or what their players get paid (well, actually I do but I'm just a softie liberal who cares about equal opportunity), but on this point there's no factual reason why the USMNT should be paid more than the USWNT. Our Men's team sucks ass, and our women's team are playing for two WCs in three attempts, plus a four of the six gold medals ever awarded in Women's soccer in the Olympics. The Men are bumbling chucklefucks that can't posses a goddamn ball (not you CP,  you're awesome), and the women define their sport.

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  13. On 6/16/2019 at 1:43 PM, Pam Cummings said:

    I've seen sets that were adjusted to 2 deg flat yet were an inch over standard length and pondered at how fucking goofy looking the guy that needed those must be.

    The arms, they're so long. Dragging knuckles on the ground.

  14. Damn this is topical. Our 7mo ridgeback starting doing the same shit about two weeks ago. She's only ever taken a crap on one specific tier in our front yard, as the backyard is all torn up (pool install), and the fence isn't secure. So literally from the time she was a puppy and didn't know how to climb stairs (so we had to carry her into the yard), until now, never anywhere else save walks. Now? She won't even venture in that area unless you drag/push/bribe her. And I hate doing that, because there's clearly SOME reason why she doesn't want to go. Vet said to re-train her with lots of high-value treats. She apparently uses the bathroom fine on another one of the yard tiers, so we'll be switching to that for the time being, but what a beating.

  15. On 4/30/2019 at 7:43 AM, miguelito said:

    Forget hitting those, I don't know how the catchers even catch those.

    The one from Jordan Hicks, I guarantee you it ROASTED that catchers thumb. I caught a couple of D1 prospects in high school, and day after games my left thumb was just a black and blue, half-numb mess, because of that late downward movement. The ball enters the glove low on the pocket, and there's nothing you can do about it. And they weren't doing it at a hundo, either.

  16. 2 hours ago, cochamps said:

    He really just seemed to always “nibble” with his pitches.  Did not seem to have conviction to throw strikes with any of his pitches.

    Good luck to him.

     

    I'm not on the "Fire Pierce" train yet, but this is 100% coaching. Or some combination of coaching and recruit identification. If it's coaching, Pierce failed this kid. If it's recruit identification, Pierce's recruits this year better not struggle in this area.

  17. Man. After his freshman campaign, I thought Nico was going to be one of those invaluable four-year starters, eating up incredible innings, Tuesday guy, tournament 4th starter, and by his Sr year maybe hitting a growth spurt and turning into a monster. Bummed about this one, tbh.

  18. 57 minutes ago, torre said:

    I don't have access to Perfect Game ratings but...    

     

    https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/profiles/TX/Austin-Wallace-6287930145-4836172059   (stats breakdown)

     

    Personal: Son of Danny Wallace and Julie Holliman…has two sisters, Abby and Kayla, and a brother, Garrett…Julie threw discus and javelin at Baylor (1992-95) while Danny was a baseball walk-on at Texas from 1986-87.

    High school: Lettered and started in each of his seasons at Flower Mound under his head coach (and father) Danny Wallace…was named second team All-District as a junior and first team All-District as a sophomore…represented Texas at the Area Code Underclass Games in 2017. 

    I chose Texas because: "…I grew up a huge fan, always wanted to wear the burnt orange and play in Omaha for a national title."

    Allen on Wallace: "Austin is a very big and strong two-way player that should contribute both ways right away. Austin has quality stuff that will only continue to get better while on campus. His best pitch is an 86-90 mph fastball that has plus-life to it. He will develop into a low 90s power type lefty. As a hitter, he has shown the ability to square balls up consistently while at Flower Mound." 

    Pierce on Wallace: "Austin is another lefty with a high ceiling. He's touched 90 and we project him to be a potential power guy with feel for his secondary pitches. Danny Wallace is not only Austin's high school coach, but his dad that has produce multiple players at Flower Mound High School. We expect the trend to continue with his own son. Austin can hit as well and will compete as a two-way player for us."

    https://texassports.com/news/2018/11/14/baseball-inks-15-to-national-letters-of-intent.aspx

     

     

     

     

       

    Only thing I don't like here is the right arm flying backwards as he releases the ball. It should be working back in front of him.  Here's a good example.ap_rockies_dodgers_baseball_85475308.jpg

  19. On 5/22/2019 at 12:49 PM, Buzzrock said:

    There are other streaming services that have LHN. But YTTV definitely has ESPN.

    Cutting the cord has been incredibly liberating in terms of TV placement. It’s nice to only need a power outlet and WiFi signal. And you can have as many as you want (and smart TVs are so cheap right now).

    Right now I'm thinking you're right. Not ready to cut the cord yet inside, but outside I think streaming to a WiFi enabled TV for the content I want directly is the answer. I can't get the full Google TV feed, but I can stream the golf channel app, ESPN app, etc. Gonna grab an iPad Mini and a lifeProof case. Connect the mini to the TV and to a pair of outdoor rated Bluetooth speakers, job done. I'm not gonna watch Game of Thrones outside, but I will watch football games - this will work for that, and keeps things dead simple. My parents might still struggle with it, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

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