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boilerhorn

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  1. Pregame talking heads, esp. Rex Ryan, are talking up Anthony Lynn and Deion Sanders for Dallas. Rex believes Lynn is a really good coach and will be able to handle Dallas. Ryan also thinks Ben Johnson is young Bill Walsh. Neither Johnson nor Glenn are being mentioned for the Dallas job.
  2. The perceived preferential treatment has become more profound recently, esp. after Kelce started dating Taylor Swift and she started to attend games. She's really good for business, and the NFL is all about the almighty buck. Last night, Caitlyn Clark sat with Swift. Even better for business. Looking at the Texans penalties yesterday: 1st: 15:00 - Boyd 15- yard unsportsmanlike - Legit/deserved penalty 1st: 7:00 - KC Ball - 3rd-8 at KC 33 - roughing the passer on incomplete pass - drive continues (FG on drive) :: 6-3 KC 2nd: 0:33 - HOU Ball - 3rd-13 at KC - holding on 12-yard scramble by Stroud - drive results in HOU FG and no opportunity for 4th-1 :: 13-6 KC First drive of 3rd Q for HOU - 10:24 drive for TD - 13-12 KC - missed XP 3rd: 15:00 - HOU Holding on kick return 3rd: 11:37 - HOU false Start, 1st-10 at HOU 45 3rd: 7:33 - HOU 5 yard gain on 1st-10 at KC 24. OPI on HOU 3rd: 5:46 - HOU illegal motion on 3rd-1 at KC 11. 3rd: 1:52 - 1st-10 at KC 35. Mahomes scrambles. HOU unnecessary roughness. (TD on drive) :: 20-12 KC 8 penalties for 82 yards. 5 when HOU on offense, 2 on HOU defense (both when Mahomes is Mahomes-ing), 1 on Boyd. When Mahomes scrambles, I see defensive players becoming tentative. They know that touching him can be called a penalty. I hate to complain about officiating, but top-tier mobile QBs get preferential treatment. And Mahomes is at a different level there. They are protecting the shield. I believe KC is the better team, but the thumb is on the scale in their favor.
  3. You probably know this, but... There are tons of forums that compare/contrast all the variants of sprinter van, etc. In all of my reading, I conclude: the Mercedes ones are a little better and break down less. However, when the break down, it's a giant PITA, as the MB repair shops tend to be near larger towns and cities. Dodges - while lower in reliability - can be serviced just about anywhere. The above was largely from groups of folks who are using the Sprinters for travel, off-grid camping, etc.
  4. She survived overeating at Pluckers but not her murderous husband. Probably a different Laci, come to think of it.
  5. Upon leaving Washington, Johntay got another tattoo:
  6. DOH! Delete thread, ban user. Son asked me, "Who did you use to replace your windshield a while back?' Uh. ProGlass. They were awesome.
  7. Thanks. Safelite immediately came to mind, but their reputation is so-so. Service and glass quality. That said, it is passenger side, so could be OK.
  8. Son is out of town, but lives nearby. His truck (GMC Sierra) was broken into on Sunday night and it needs a new front passenger window. Any recommendations? Son does not want to use insurance (he's concerned about rate changes - but may be confused). Called Covert to ask - person there was clueless. Any recommendations in the Austin area? Prefer if they come to where truck is.
  9. I do not think they are dogshit. They ran into a good team that is healthy: The Rams. Rams were 8-4 in games Kupp played (2-3 with him out). They were 8-3 in games w/ Nacua. 8-3 when they both played. The Rams are a team that had beaten them earlier in the season. Rams were 1-3 against the NFC North, the lone win coming against Minnesota. Losses to Chicago and GB: both Kupp and Nacua were out. Lost to Lions in OT. 2 bad losses: 40-10 to Az - oof. 37-20 to Philly (Barkley had 255). The Rams final regular season game saw them sit 8 starting offensive players and lose 30-25 to Seattle. After starting 1-4, the Rams went 9-3 in their final 12 games.
  10. (1) 4-2: vs NFC North: Lions swept them. They swept Chicago, Green Bay. (2) 4-0: NFC North drew AFC South as their cross-conference schedule (NFC north was 14-2 against the AFC South) AFC South was 25-43. (3) 3-1: NFC North played NFC West (Az, SF, Sea, Rams) - loss to Rams. (Lions: 4-0; Bears: 1-3; Packers: 4-0); NFC West was 34-34. (3) 2-0: 3rd place 2023 finish allowed them to draw 2 games against the other 3rd finishers from last year's NFC (NYG, Atl) (4) 1-0: Jets Basically, they drew a relatively easy schedule and were 9-1 in 1-score games.
  11. Wealthiest in what ways? Willingness of alumni and/or fans to legally use NIL? Perhaps, but Oregon and others are in that game, too (already mentioned) Willingness of alumni and adjacencies to skirt the rules to incentivize player? Maybe, but Texas was not in that game. Alumni wealth? Perhaps, but there are others in this space. School endowment. tosu is not even in the top-20. Vandy, Emory, and Cornell have larger endowments than tosu, for example. I will concede I am picking nits and possibly being pedantic here, but MOST of the schools are financially separated from football programs and/or athletics departments, for the most part. Especially the blue bloods.
  12. Steelers started 7-2, then 10-3, closing out the regular season with 4 losses to end at 10-7. Their schedule strength was back-loaded, but 1 win in the final 4 games (Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs, Bengals) may have shown *some* signs for optimism. In 3 of those games, they were totally outclassed. As they were last night. The Steelers are in a real bind, in that they seem to be stuck at 8-10 wins (only 1 season over 10 wins since 2017 - and they lost in the wild-card round). It's not a bad place to be, but there are NO signs it could get better before it gets worse. The DL and LB are aging and they've always had problems at DB. The OL struggles to run block and the RB room is just "ok." Their best WR - George Pickens - seems to be a moron and has largely been neutralized in the past 5 games - and he's had a case of the drops. Moreover, he said he was not optimistic about the offense going forward - in a post-game interview YESTERDAY. At QB, both Wilson and Fields are free agents. Wilson has looked good at times, and I think he's still getting paid by Denver, so he could be an option. But that just kicks the can down the road. Tomlin is a good coach and I think he gets more wins out of his rosters than most other coaches could. However, his coordinator hires have been suspect. DC Teryl Austin (yes, the same guy who was the supposed DC for Urban Meyer, if Meyer arrived here) looks like he gets out-coached. Arthur Smith is just OK, but his system is predicated on effective rushing. Don't think you can fire Tomlin, but something needs to improve. Time of possession last night: 40 to 20 in favor of Baltimore. 20 to 10 in both halves and 299 yards rushing for Baltimore. Hard to win a game like that.
  13. For time immemorial, QB2 is the Texas fan favorite of many. Will not change when Manning becomes QB1. smh.
  14. I think Arch was concussed. It would have irresponsible to use Arch in those circumstances and the staff knows it. Let's just hope that was his knee-jerk reaction to the play getting blown up and that he backtracks later. That said, players win games, coaches lose games. Regardless of emotions, Sark *should* have said, "Defense made a play," and moved on.
  15. Quoting myself, but pointing out there were 3 (!!!) holds on that play that were "missed" here's a screen-cap of the youtube link posted earlier.
  16. Big12 ACC officials with thumbs on the scale - again? Perhaps they confused the red jerseys for OU and f-ed Texas over again
  17. I know. I concede I am being an internet reactionary jerk w/ what I posted.
  18. redacted b/c I was an emotional fool - my post is quoted later. sigh - were were VERY close. 1st and goal from the 1 should be a TD.
  19. 2004 tOSU at Purdue. Bought tickets when both teams were 3-0. By the time we got there, tosu was 6-3, Purdue was 5-4, and Kyle Orton was injured. Because we bought tickets at 3-0, my brother was only able to score endzone seats, among many traveling tOSU fans. Went with brother, his wife, and my dad. People in the endzone were "ok" as they were (1) graduates of tOSU and (2) 40+ years in age. We exchanged reasonable banter and jabs - never felt at risk. Hell, it was a Purdue home game, so why should I feel at risk. Purdue went up 17-3 at half with backup QB Brandon Kirsch. The defense kept a tOSU team with Troy Smith, Santonio Holmes, Ted Ginn, and Antonio Pittman in check. tOSU ties the game with 3:50 left. Enter Kyle Orton. He goes 7-8 for 54 yards and a TD on a drive that lasts around 2 mins to put Purdue up 24-17. Purdue intercepts Smith for a 3rd time with 2:00 left to seal the win. The older fans became a little less friendly, but no real risk. As we walked back to my brother's house in West Lafayette, at least 2 groups of tOSU fans attempted to fight us. We just kept walking and ignored them. However, they continued to engage and challenge Purdue fans as they walked away from the stadium. Seems like a fanbase with a problem. I am aware of what happened in 2006 in the UT Social Work building, but did not experience it firsthand.
  20. A hill in Arlington is actually an overpass.
  21. csb Buddy of mine grew up in Miami. Went to Miami and his first job was in Boca. He was transferred to Burlington, VT, and was convinced that he'd never miss work because of snow. So, he bought a truck with a plow, and backed it into his driveway. On the first big snow, he was undeterred. He shoveled his way out of his house to the truck. He started up the truck, attempting to plow his way to work. After about 20 feet of travel in his driveway, he had covered the top of his truck with snow and was stuck and could not see. He turned off the truck and walked back inside. He had never practiced snow plowing before. /csb
  22. Time to pull this baby out of storage...
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