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  1. 24 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

    Tennessee is interesting because they essentially turned themselves in once they realized their coach sucked in order to fire him for cause (and get out of paying him), and then the portal opened up. One could never imagine such a thing happening at a place like A&M.

    And wasn’t it saban that turned ole miss in?   Don’t fuck with saban

  2. 1 minute ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

    I'm curious to see if the fact that aggy has gone so far over the top this year causes Saban to pull some strings. I can't imagine he's too thrilled with all of this and he seems to be the puppet master of the SEC

    I read an article a while back where the SEC teams have a gentleman's agreement on what to pay prospective recruits, like "you can pay X for OOS recruits and Y for in state recruits."  If aggy is violating that it may be an issue.  Not sure why anyone is shocked that they're cheating.  They've been cheating since Jackie right?

  3. Just now, BurntOrange&White said:

    You seem mad? You should have doubled downed and said $2000!

    Nah not at all.  Just trying to figure out where you're coming from.  Am I supposed to come over the top and say "2,000.00 doesn't mean shit to me either?"  Not sure what a fun bet has to do with anything.  

  4. 13 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Given your recent betting history at this time I won't be taking any considerations you may have with regards to things such as this and other endeavors seriously.

    Is that supposed to be an insult?  Am I supposed to  come over the top and say "1,000.00 doesn't mean shit to me?"  I'm one of ten posters that takes you seriously here and you go this route?  Alrighty then.  

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  5. 14 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    I wish I could share the same optimism as you with regards to NIL putting an end to the uncle, personal trainer, and bagman thing. Maybe long term once big boy college football becomes an officialy minor league system with structure it will. I think both will coincide short term to maybe even mid-term, especially for those athletes that come from poverty stricken areas and immediate cash could highly influence their decision making process vs waiting to arrive on a campus and getting NIL money. If your family really needs a the money they'll do whatever it takes to obtain, especially if that number continues to escalate. 

     

    I think will continue to co-exist somehow but we don't have the under the table stuff setup well enough to compete there. 

    I was with you but I think they will be minimized.  It'll be like a job now and I don't need an uncle to tell me which company to work for.

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  6. 1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:


    That short of a sprint is won by who can start faster and get to speed quicker. A longer stride won’t help him over 40y. It’s why Usain Bolt never bothered with the indoor 60m. He would’ve gotten smoked by dozens of sprinters who are more built for that race. If he’s carrying 90 pounds more than you, on paper you should have a much faster start. Even if you both have the same top end speed, you could just work on your start and acceleration and beat him easily.

    Crap

  7. 10 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:

    Both times I’ve quit a job and had the company counter, they’ve matched at basically the same compensation as the new offer. Is there a corporate rule book to only offer the bare minimum to try to retain employees that might prefer the comfort of staying with what they know? I moved on to the new opportunity both times out of principle, if they were unwilling to pay me close to my market worth and then immediately show that they could/would have paid me more all along if I had been in a better negotiating position. 

    My bigger worry is they may keep you while searching for your replacement 

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  8. 1 hour ago, Blotto said:

    Well see, there ain't a lotta money in getting your ass beat, and that's what this is obviously all about. If he was interested in boxing as a career he would be fighting, you know......other boxers. I give him credit for creating the media hype that makes him a lot of money. He's just another hustler/scammer/douche doing what they do. We all know he wont be boxing real boxers or fighting MMA fighters using MMA rules, but I have no doubt the show will go on as long as he can milk it. And then he'll find a new hustle.

    https://www.inputmag.com/culture/jake-paul-financial-freedom-movement-scam-pyramid-scheme

    Yep, him and his brother are winning. The suckers paying, thinking it's a real fight, are the losers.  

     

    I haven't seen a punch that clean since......well.....since he knocked out Ben Askren

  9. 1 hour ago, next2naus said:

    I accepted an offer, gave my notice and was ready to leave for the new gig and my employer countered. I;m happy to stay as I don't want to be out there "pounding the pavement" as it were with Covid and two young kids that are not old enough to be vaxxed but I regret staying. I'm back out again as soon as I can get my kids squared away, at least I get to collect a retention bonus in July. 

    I've been told to never accept a counter but absolutes don't apply in every situation.  Good going.

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  10. 30 minutes ago, NorLa Horns said:

    FWIW Roach answered a question on a podcast he was doing when E.J. was still around. 

    He said he was a Longhorn fan. Had a Longhorn room even . But that he took his job seriously.  And tried to be as impartial as he could. 

    He does seem pretty weak when taking a position. But hes not Lucci. 

    Hes not the best by any means. Bland and inoffensive. Which to a rabit fan, is pretty offensive 

    I think Roach USA decent dude which is rare in 9.95 land.  I bitch about Nahlin too but he’s a fan unlike Ketch who has publically stated that he’s in it for the money and doesn’t care at all

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  11. 9 hours ago, pantone159 said:

    You should keep it to 400 m. If the original challenge was football speed then 400 m is more appropriate than longer. But it sound like you have the fitness advantage. Your rival is lying that he won't work out of course. If you don't run much at all, I wouldn't wait until March to do something. Forget about pushing things right away but let your body adjust to running. Hills are great, I would extra not worry about sprinting up at first. Later, you can sprint a few hills (easy to hurt yourself) and be ready to run 400 m all out and smoke this doubter, and claim your $1000.

    Yea the original distance was 40 but I figured with his long as legs I may actually lose that. His long legs may help in the 400 too but he’ll be carrying 90 pounds more than me

  12. 11 hours ago, longhornmatt said:

    It occurs to me that William Zabka, despite being universally recognizable as that guy who played the douchebag in every 80s movie, was:

    1. Actually only in 4 movies that anyone has ever heard of, with all of them being released around the same time in the mid 80s;

    2. Did nothing for 25 years; and

    3. Had a “resurgence” that is really just a few cameos making fun of his 80s notoriety, and then Cobra Kai.

    I’m sure he is like the poster boy in the modern era for getting typecast, but it still seems weird how brief his career actually was.  

    Nobody thought bill Zanjan would make it big.  Too one dimensional.   Same with biff tannen 

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