jdhorn92

Yes that is correct. A war weary US populous and Patton's own hubris prevented that, on whole. There were other factors, but the most notably Patton, as popular as he was with his own men, was equally disdained by the Brittish and basically forced into retirement. That is one reason why his death was so eery. Some believe it was a hit, I do not. But he was not well liked and the command and control of that theatre was ready for him to go back to the states.

The only thing remember about Melton's RB career here is the option play at tOSU where he pulled up at the goal line just a tad and kept the buckeyes in it. Of course we got a safety on the next play or two, but GDGD calling an option to our power back at the 1 damn near cost us.

plus practice squad reps to give our D a better back to go against in addition to what you mentioned. Blue, Wisner, Gibson, Davis, another athlete will likely all get meaningful carries first, but doesnt hurt to have this guy in the mix.

TAMU is getting the home game first in all 3 announced HTH matchups. Football, VB and MBB. Wonder if we may can get baseball at home. Of course MBB in January is aok with me as the students will not be on campus, but i know it will still be packed.

No doubt, when all of this started, I did the same based on a rec on this thread. Very telling piece. I had read some on Stalin while reading Patton's book and the ethos of the Russian soldier always intrigued me. For those that have not read it, as @Gatorubet noted, it is a first hand account of what it is like to be in the Russian army, it will blow you away. Louis Gossett Jr making Richard Gere do pullups and pushups in the rain is romper room as a comparison.

My gut tells me they have an A team, B team etc...they put the loyalists together with the good armaments and what little in the way of good supplies they have...they give the scrubs feathered in with the regulars certain assignments. They likely have a couple hundred thousand of the sufficiently trained army men. Then the rest is the scrubs and they give them shit. They use the blocking brigades to keep the worst of the bunch (convicts, scripts, foreigners, ne'er do wells) in place and more or less dont count on them doing much accept cannon fodder, placeholders etc...from what I've been able to ascertain from this thread , and reading One Soldiers War, they mix in plenty of the scrubs with the A team to use as needed for sniffing out the enemy positions and don't need the blocking brigade as the regulars keep them in the front using techniques such as alcohol, threat of torture, bullying and outright beatings. Complete fubar in that entire outfit, like a big neighborhood bully that all it takes in someone to punch them in the face and depants them. Which i pray is happening or will happen.

well that seems good.

No sir, not Christy. Mrs. jdhorn92

Its been awhile since I read The Son, was my description close? Layered story? I read BM based on recommendations on this thread, its a ball-breaker to read and i will likely need to read again as there were many passages that went right over my head.

A little late to the party on this new-to-me phenomenon. Thinking about inking up on these bad boys for a swanky beach-chic (the fuck does that mean?) party coming up in Sept. Anyone own a pair?

The Son, great book about a multi-generational family along the Texas-Mexico border. Combines a modern story with 1900 era cattle/Cowboy feud that bubbles over to the current family saga, very good. Cormac's Blood Meridian is a hard read but its about as western as it gets. If you want an Indian slant, Empire of the Summer Moon is an outstanding Comanche/early Texan oral history.

those are fuckin sweet

Newish Tecovas , really liking them and old faithful luccheses, prior to a recent shine.

Snowmass was awesome this past winter. My first time to Aspen and really enjoyed it. Splurged for an instructor on day 1 to learn the mountain and maximize terrain, minimize lift line. Didnt do Ajax or Highlands, as we had novice skiiers on the trip too.

Lets make sure to get the Gold Medalist Horn Crouser in the building for his recruitment.

Sounds like you had yourself your own billy baroo. The Hancock dude was looking for a Billy ba-blew.

I like your chances if it comes down to which QB can make something happen when the play breaks down. RL is a superp athlete, incredible basketball player in his prep days.

Big fan of Riley Leonard ever since that Clemson win. He had Notre Dame beat too but for one play and then the injury. Re-aggravating it cost them the FSU game otherwise Duke would have had 3 very solid wins last year. Could have those flip flopped. I hear they (Domers) lost their starting LT, so we'll see how they handle that, but Riley Leonard is a great athlete in the vein of Arkansas Matt Jones, super long strider and deceptively fast. Really hope they beat the aggies. Leonard has not played on a stage that big so we'll see how he handles it. Could make himself a lot of money this season. My daughter (no pics) is very good friends with him and his gf, so kind of hits close to home. Rooting for the Domers this year.

Predator II

yeah i agree, it was more of a true freshman playing on big stage for the first time against D1 players (even CSU) and then the following week being on biggest stage of them all. Lot can happen to any player when its game on.

Good news indeed , but whole new ballgame when live ammo starts firing out you. Its the Mike Tyson saying that everyone has a plan until you get hit in the face. Id like to think he'll be ready for what CSU is going to bring, but when the lights come on, the curtain opens, you find out real quick how well you know your lines.

wife's kid

To be fair that wasnt Mack's kid.

carry #5 got him, the 32 yarder. Nada after that vs Rice.

Who is the Ramonce Taylor of this WR corp? He lined up as a back and played both very well before the backpack incident. That would be our answer. Not saying RT ran between tackles much, but if we have a guy like that in the WR depths, we should be fine with Blue, Gibson, TW and then spreading some carries to an athlete or two.