I read up on that a little bit. Totally bizarre story. Apparently the deceased was at the controls for a very hard bounced landing that damaged the gear. The other guy took the controls and climbed it back out, assessed the situation, declared an emergency, and planned to come back and land it himself with the damaged gear. The other guy must’ve been fretting over the bounced landing and probably pondering what it did to his career or his self esteem or whatever. At some point he just said something like, “I’m sorry man.” And calmly walked out the back ramp where the skydivers exit.
Awful story.
I’m going for the industrial look with mine. Concrete in various shades of gray with accents of oil stain, paint splatters, and some saw dust sprinkled in the corners.
Survey says... No.
Buechle y'all. First true freshman to start Game 1 at Texas since Bobby Layne. His first drive went for 75 yards, going 4-5 capped off with one of the most beautiful strikes ever for the TD. Notre Dame was #10 at the time. Overall our team sucked that year but Shane would end up with a solid career overall even it all of it wasn't here. Currently third on the depth chart in Kansas City.
It might be a little harsh to expect that a guy who enrolled in school 2 weeks before the first game to significantly challenge for the starting spot. We might be getting a glimpse at what kind of QB he can become now, but his time at OSU is completely irrelevant.
I'm referring to the one that started game 1 of his true freshman year, enjoyed a fairly successful college career with nearly 11,600 yards and 87 TDs and is currently on a NFL depth chart.
You think Arch would be scared of competition with a guy that might not be able to beat out Card at the moment? And Ewers won't play here 3 years. If he's good enough to play on Sundays he'll go do that and if he isn't he'll be backing up Arch, Card, Malik, or whoever.
If it’s the guy you want he’s mobile, if it’s the guy you don’t he’s playing scared. The guy you don’t like is a statue while the other guy gets praised for at least standing tall in the pocket. It’s all about how you apply your favorite clichés.
The context is a rebuttal to cth who said our fans wouldn't shit on Ewers because he's the savior. I'm a longtime Simms fan but he's a good example of a quarterback going from savior to being shit all over for the next 20+ years. It was more a statement of our fanbase than Simms. And yes, the quarterbacks we've had since 2003 that I'd take over Simms is a very short list.
Chris Simms was once our savior and the rhetoric when he arrived on campus was pretty similar to what we are hearing now. I'm not saying Quinn is Simms, just that we don't know shit until at least a few Saturdays are under his belt. If Quinn ends up being a pick machine he will undoubtedly be shit on.
It’s laughable that people think a decision can be made based on one 7-7 and one 11-11 drill. How many times were those drills run that we didn’t get to see and how did they play out? Nobody knows shit. Probably each guy has looked like a rock star at times and like dogshit at others. This open practice meant nothing in the grand scheme of things.
The only sure thing is that who ever starts will get completely shit on by every message board out there.
I've always wondered just why people give him so much credibility about football. Best I can tell he's some dude that used to post a lot on the early days of message boards and parlayed it into columns, radio spots, etc... Maybe he has some football cred beyond message board poster/average fan but it's doesn't seem like it most of the time. A couple of the local afternoon radio douchebags trip all over themselves about him though.