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Nigel Tufnel

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  1. Just checking in here. Carry on.
  2. Not same level, but Butch Davis leaving the University Miami for the Cleveland Browns is best I can remember off the cuff.
  3. Yep. Applications for 2025 freshman admissions at UT up 25% this fall.
  4. Ironically reminds me of this old bit from Steve in the ‘70’s.
  5. Actually he did, your are correct. But only after it had been lied about publicly. By all accounts he is a good kid and team player. Should end up in Miami.
  6. Yeah, that is what the big boosters and fans have said online. But he didn’t. They are looking like the wizard behind the curtain trying to make it look like they have things under control. It’s a mess.
  7. Past two years they had multiple QBs with NIL. He did not and won the job both years. Still didn’t get paid.
  8. North Shore has 2 JV teams and 3 9th grade teams. They have large participation numbers. Westlake has 2 JV teams and 2 9th grade teams.
  9. This discussion is all well and good, but this is nothing more than Wilcox unfortunately being an old school typical defensive oriented head coach that wants to win games 13-3. This will be his 5th OC in 6 years. That’s Narduzzi level churn. It’s unfortunate, because he is a good guy. Internally, that program is being held together by duct tape and chicken wire.
  10. I am not predicting anything here, but OU hired a very HOT name in the biz. Last year, this kid was on a private jet to interview with a P5 school in the Carolinas and received two calls from P5 schools while on the plane.
  11. I have to point out that Lil’ Nigel may deserve some credit here. This kid is a year behind him and at another school. However, they shared a coach in common in HS. At a track meet many months ago, Lil’ Nigel was introduced to Tobi by the coach and they talked for a while. Nigel asked him about football (which he did not play) and talked to him about how beneficial it could be for him to play because it could pay for college. They competed against each other that year (Lil’Nigel 10.4, Tobi 10.8 but he is A LOT LARGER than Nigel). Tobi is a freak athlete who now has an opportunity to not only go to college, but make money in the process. Good story for him so far.
  12. I see it won the National Book Award for fiction. How necessary is reading Huckleberry Finn before?
  13. That was a fun read. Thanks for the link. Stan Lynch was cracking me up and reminding me of the Onion piece from way back “Ask a Former Touring Drummer for the Pointer Sisters.” Many of his answers didn’t have much to do with the question and he just riffed on how uncomfortable he was.
  14. “Lunch with the Coach” was greatness. I was a regular fixture there. There were generally no more than 15-20 students in there. Can you imagine trying to do that now?
  15. I read this recently as well. While this is in no way a plot driven book, it is satire at its finest. It turns our perceptions, discussions, views, etc., of race/racism on their heads. It is laugh out loud funny and it is one of the funniest books that I have read. It is hardcore satire.
  16. Just finished this. It won The Pulitzer Prize along with Demon Copperhead. It is a story (of a Wall Street tycoon) told from four separate perspectives and you have to piece together what “truth” and “history” really are. I thought it was fantastic and like any good book, makes you think about its themes long after you have finished. I loved this line: ”If I am ever wrong, I must make use of all my means and resources to bend and align reality according to my mistake so that it ceases to be a mistake.”
  17. This has been the concern since Dodge left. Would they slowly get worse offensively (but not noticeably affect outcomes at first)? This is what happened to LT. The fear with a defensive minded coach is that offensive production is not the priority. In Texas HS football, offense wins.
  18. Lil’ Nigel was on an unofficial to UT with Johntay a couple of falls back. He was a big personality.
  19. On a bit of a lighter note, I read Where the Crawdads Sing in very short order. It is very fun and engaging and a remarkable first attempt at fiction from the author. It is a bit clunky/inconsistent in spots, but forgivable. I thought the movie did a good job of telling the story as well as you can in 2 hours. It did a very good job of setting the scene very near how I pictured it, which is nice.
  20. Catching up on some reading now that Lil’ Nigel is off at school and we only have one left in the house. I had certainly heard more about All the Light and nothing but good at that. It was fantastic and an enjoyable read. But Demon Copperhead resonated with me longer. It is just remarkable. Then I remembered how much I enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible and I have an even greater respect for Barbara Kinsolver. I need to read her other books.
  21. Damn. That is a “well, I think I am done with this earth for now boys!” moment.
  22. I think Felder’s part is played by Steuart Smith. Gill may be in Frey’s place.
  23. Incentives cut both ways. Rough. Eliminated Pirates DFA veterans Rowdy Tellez, Michael A. Taylor - ESPN
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