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Park Gothic

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  1. I honestly don't give a shit about Bear Alexander news. All of it is bullshit. If he actually transfers to Texas then I'll start thinking about it, but until that happens it's just a massive waste of bandwidth.
  2. Is this a reference to a 20-year-old Jack in the Box commercial? Really?
  3. I would try to make a long weekend of it, if you can. It's a really fun party of the country and there's more to do than just football. Especially if you make it up to Louisville, which is only an hour away. Keenland is great if you like the ponies. Bardstown is dangerous for your liver. I have poor self control when it comes to "tastings" and I almost died the last time we made that trip.
  4. Agreed - but to steer this conversation in a productive direction, who do y'all think will be in the 2-deep by the end of Spring? Leaving potential incoming transfers out of it for now. Alfred Collins is a lock to start. Then there's Savea, Broughton, Aaron Bryant, Bledsoe, Mitchell, Swanson, and January. I think Swanson and Mitchell are prime portal candidates, and January is a true freshman, so I doubt any of them are realistically making the cut. Out of the remaining guys, I think Savea is the other starter. They've been talking him up all Spring and said he's the best at anchoring against the run. Broughton is the veteran and the staff seems to like him fine. Personally I'm down on Broughton - he gets pushed around too much. But he seems likely to make the 2-deep. That leaves Bledsoe and Bryant, and I think Bledsoe probably gets the nod. But in all honesty, I'd rather see Broughton split snaps with Bryant and see if he can develop. I think we've seen Broughton's ceiling and it's pretty low. To recap: 1st team - Collins and Savea 2nd team - Bledsoe and Broughton (Bryant) 3rd team - January and Bryant (Broughton)
  5. I lived in Louisville for a year. Went down to Lexington / Versailles as often as I could. That part of the country is beautiful, the fall weather is amazing, the the town itself is super fun. /csb But I had a buddy from Louisville come down to visit me in Houston this past season. He and his son were gifted some nice tickets to the Steelers' game against the Texans, which was the same weekend that we played Kansas. They came over to my house and watched the game with my family. His son is 11 and mine is only 5, so the boy didn't have much to do except watch football with the old men. Apparently he's a big football fan and we were talking about the move to the SEC, how weird Aggies are, etc. As I was talking to his dad, I noticed the boy seemed to be rooting for Kansas. I said "You know, coming from Kentucky I would not expect you to be such a big Kansas fan." He said, "I'm not, it's just....you know." "What, that they're playing Texas?" "Well yeah, gotta root against Texas." I looked at his father, shook my head, and said "In my own damn house." We had a pretty good chuckle about. So even random children from Kentucky are being raised to root against Texas.
  6. Man, I would be so happy for Jordan if he could get drafted. I know he'll almost certainly go UDFA, but the dude deserves to have good things happen to him.
  7. I’m taking the Akana tidbit from @FreeHorn’s post above. Maybe I’m misreading it and he did, in fact, mean to refer to Duane Akina.
  8. So it sounds like our most like transfers are: DL Swanson Tapp Mitchell LB Burrell is already gone Akana DB Austin Jordan Are we worried about anyone else? Gilbeau? RB Red WR Niblett TE Juan Davis (sorry Imma) OL Kirkland Cojoe Connor Robertson Do any of these cause real pain? I know we don't want to lose these guys, but do any of them meaningfully impact our odds of winning a title?
  9. Right, but what I'm saying is I think it had zero impact whatsoever. I doubt it was even a thought in his mind. Of course neither of us can know something like that. I'm just thinking out loud.
  10. I would be pretty surprised if Sydir Mitchell's mother had any impact on Bo's decision to leave for LSU.
  11. I know you've mentioned in the past that your connection to the program is (was) through Davis and the assistant DL coaches. Are any of those guys still around?
  12. Sark was talking up Bryant recently, and it sounds like Baker likes him too. He's also one of the biggest bodies on the DL who isn't a lollygagger. Seems like the staff will work to retain him.
  13. At least half this site Excuse you. We prefer the term "sea cow"
  14. Talking to USC fans on reddit, their opinion is that he is a good player but runs hot and cold. He shows up on Saturday more often than not, however. Dumb penalties are the chief gripe.
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