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idigTexas

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  1. You sound Hungary. You need a nice bowl of Chile.
  2. Not a surprise. If you had asked to bet on the first rider to leave the team, he would have been my pick. It will mean less dominance for Jumbo, but more fun for fans of cycling. I'm really curious to see the makeup of the Jumbo teams for next year's GTs.
  3. I agree that the teams all seem likeable so far. We'll see what tolls, if any, the stresses of the race take, but so far so good. I'm not unhappy about the lack of non-elimination legs. Those always seemed coincidentally convenient to keep well liked or hated teams in the race. I was not impressed that some teams struggled for over an hour to solve a fairly simple word scramble. Some of them would still be there if not helped by other teams. I was very impressed by the sisters earning the express pass. I'm pretty sure I would not have done it, but I would still be pissing my pants at the highwire, so it wouldn't have come into play for me. I do miss the old school "make your own travel arrangements" aspect, but as others have noted, it really did create insurmountable gaps. Season 1 is the perfect example, where the 3rd place team finished more than a day behind the winners. Of course they deserved it for being douches who wasted an express pass by taking a spa day before traveling to a pitstop, so it was still enjoyable even if not suspenseful.
  4. What if a team is out of timeouts? Sitting out a half seems harsh for an early half injury that turned out to be something minor. Sitting out the rest of the series would likely be enough of a deterrent.
  5. Texas - 28 OU - 24 Yards - 157
  6. We have plenty of matches to figure out how good we can be. Luckily we don't have to deal with Nebraska, Louisville, or Wisconsin today.
  7. Injury time...so playing for more injuries, duh.
  8. Good. It beats going into the postseason untested every year because the conference sucks.
  9. Vent Bendables thinks Hayden Christensen deserved an Oscar for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker.
  10. I think she recruits well enough to be successful, but it's a shame she can't coach her way out of a wet paper bag.
  11. It ain't cool being no jive turkey so close to Thanksgiving.
  12. The Rice blues would look way better with white helmets instead of the silver.
  13. Lulu is especially bad, but the cast as a whole has fewer people with any measure of athleticism than any season that I can recall. The tribes being so unbalanced likely means we will see some mixing sooner than we otherwise would...unless they just want to see all the Lulus go home.
  14. All of it.
  15. Texas - 44 Kansas - 24 Yards - 402
  16. For me, it fluctuates. Right now it is Tech.
  17. That really sucks, but glad he is alive and that he'll be able to have a normal life.
  18. Sounds close to right for the talent...perhaps a little optimistic for having so many new faces. Not bad for a rebuilding reloading year.
  19. I agree with all of this. The other factor for Primož is age. At 33, he is still in his prime, but the other real GC contenders are younger, with more on the way. If his goal is to collect GC wins, he may have to move when his contract ends to maximize his chances while the window is still open.
  20. I've never been a fan of their standard kit, but I really like the Jumbo jerseys for the final leg. I may have to snag one of those tees. This may be the first time I watched every second of a closing ceremony for a grand tour. The absurdity of what Jumbo accomplished this season is staggering, with what transpired at the Vuelta just being the exclamation point. There have certainly been tours with some intra-team battles, LeMond v Hinault perhaps being the most famous, but I can't imagine that we will every see anything like this again. Jumbo really saved their reputation, and that of their riders, by finally embracing the concept of working for Sepp. I will be very curious to see what team changes occur, if any. Contract status would suggest that we won't see any major shakeups with Jumbo, but you never know. I believe that Sepp is genuinely content being a super domestique on the best team in cycling, and has no aspirations of going elsewhere to be a team leader. I'm not so sure that Primož is happy sharing the spotlight with Jonas, but the media tend to blow things out of proportion, so all could truly be well. We'll see what happens. I'm also interested to see what happens with Remco. I never did see anything definitive about what happened to him on Stage 13. It sounds like it was a nutrition/recovery problem, or for the cynics, he got some bad dope. I don't see how he can avoid riding in Le Tour any longer. Will Soudal build a GC team around him so he has a real shot?
  21. Texas - 34 Baylor - 6 Yards - 267
  22. First win at Everton in 6 years. I wish we were scoring more, but I'll gladly take the three points.
  23. We tend to be on the same side of this argument, and you are making my point for me. No need to crow about R.T. yet, same as there is no need to treat him as a presumed failure. I'm cautiously optimistic, but that's how I roll about most things.
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