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  1. Why I made my own damn icing for the cinnamon rolls, and was perfectly happy to have my daughter steal the last one.
  2. You were probably a little subtle on that one, and your handle probably didn't help (although "BeerSwiller69" probably wouldn't do it either). If a single beer does the job, you're more resilient than most of us on this one. Bourbon sales are probably strong in Texas today. My initial response was gonna be to invite you over to the "Wives and the stupid shit they say/do" thread in Lulz, where I would hold court regarding homemade cinnamon rolls with no damn icing on 'em.
  3. Maybe we need a new name for the penalty that helps emphasize when it ought to be called, then. Because the term has now moved into polite discourse regarding air travel and other stuff, I nominate "rawdogging." (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/style/rawdog-flights-term.html -- sorry for folks who can't access, but the word now gets plenty of other media attention) I think "giving him the business" has already been taken.
  4. Yep, that one. But, as you said, I'm also not going back any more. Going back to the first-half play is probably obsessive-compulsive enough. Probably a good time to get started on the live-action part of the day, because it's definitely too late to take back that eight-yard loss that got us into the mess in the first place.
  5. I'm sure we got away with some, and it definitely wasn't as one-sided as other crucial games have felt. Haven't even looked at the stats but think OSU got called more often. At the same time, there were multiple plays when I thought, "Oh, FFS."
  6. It was Blue's first score, and Wingo wasn't circled, but regardless of the "Kirk's Clicker" intent, the view did highlight Wingo being wrapped up about 10 yards downfield (ball was snapped around the 18) when the ball is already in the air. The view shows Ewers would have been unwise to go for Wingo and Blue did score anyway, but the point remains that there was a lot of wrestling going on. It worked well for OSU. The one place where I'd really second-guess the play-calling was the two PIs in the end zone at the end of the game (and a third potential one where our receiver was complaining). Should have just run a sneak from the 1 -- again and again -- after the second penalty. The Buckeyes were clearly going to do everything possible to make it tough on our receivers.
  7. Can't remember if it was on Blue's first touchdown, but the field-cam view on the replay first highlighted what looked like Wingo being wrapped up well downfield while heading for the post. Wingo was circled and the replay reversed once to emphasize that, then forwarded again. Then the highlight came off of him as it went to the other Texas receiver heading down the left sideline. Even from a distance and behind Ewers, it looked pretty clearly like Wingo was practically being pulled over backward. And of course we saw a couple of replays where his shirt was clearly being pulled away from his body. It was frustrating, as was the tackle of Simmons (I think) on OSU's last touchdown drive when Howard should have been sacked. I think someone already created a what-if thread for today, but this is separate enough and frustrating enough to be its own thread. Trying to avoid saying it was inequitable officiating, but it sure felt like OSU got away with too much.
  8. Well, I'm in the Midwest right now, and I'm here to report that on the whole, there are probably cheaper ways to report on better talent than going to Atlanta on the 20th -- or even my going downtown to see if any of our Midwestern gals are back in town for the new semester. But if y'all want to crowdsource a reporting grant for me, I'll gladly head downtown. Grant might need to include some divorce-court funds, though.
  9. Point well taken, but I think there's some room for interpretation. To me, it's nowhere near the same as a ball in the face, given the varied usages of the finger-point. We'll just have to accept whatever the officials' interpretation is of whatever is going on between guys the whole game, but that's not easy to do sometimes, and this is one of those times.
  10. Maybe it's not that plain and simple and shouldn't be viewed that way. Among teammates it's a sign of appreciation -- and, likely, sometimes among opponents. Kind of a grudging respect -- "good job" or even "Yeah, got you that time, but let's go again." I've seen it done that way, and a lot of times it's easy to tell that it's respectful. I realize it's got to be difficult for refs to interpret those things, but Helm hasn't been the kind of guy to demonstrate antagonism and disrespect. Cameras and TVs are good enough now to show us guys yapping at opponents and refs getting into the middle of it after multiple plays each drive, and when I see refs do that multiple times with the same guys, I wonder why they don't just throw a flag. I haven't been seeing that kind of crap with Helm.
  11. That was among the cheapest-ass unsportsmanlike conduct penalties I've seen since the sport started consistently allowing more celebration and showboating. Not sure why a finger-pointing is any different than the jawboning and staring-down crap, the bowing up and chest-bumping opponents and whatnot. And ... while I'm not one of the panty-wadders here ... the Horns down. I'm generally in the "live rent-free" crowd on that one, but it might be the closest equivalent to what Helm did if he wasn't intending to be indicating the direction Texas was moving. He should have been given the benefit of the doubt on that one.
  12. Great pictures and great times. When you bump this thread in five years, it'll be a little different. Even better in 10 years. These are memories that will only get better. My kids aren't football fans and we're too far from Texas for them to really get into the culture of UT football without almost forcing it on them. I'm not going to do that, even though I have at times been very closely involved with the program from the journalistic side (or maybe because of that; it has made life as a fan more complicated). But they're lucky enough to be part of a sports program where we live that's quite remarkable at the state level and occasionally on a national level. My son could barely sniff the middle of JV as a senior, but the stuff that he took with him has helped him be an accomplished athlete in college -- at a national but not intercollegiate level, opening doors for him socially and professionally and in impressive ways. My daughter's a junior and been to two state track meets, but has missed out on some other opportunities when both the team and she fell short, but I can see even now how those lessons are shaping her success, day by day. There's been some pain along the way, but lord, does she treasure her sports friendships and she grows visibly with her experiences. Cherish these times. We don't win every one of them, and it's been too long since 2006, but it's not a bad day at all to count our blessings.
  13. Good move to post your resolution and give follow-ups. There are probably a few folks scoffing at what seems like a small daily number, but anything is big when persistence over the long term is the way. Keep it up. Got my right knee replaced Dec. 4, so I'm curious as to when I'll be able to do a single damn pushup. Did my left knee the previous year at the same time and I started doing pushups again around May if I remember correctly. The pain in my knee was substantial at the time but not unbearable -- and a good reminder as to how much of your body you use on a pushup. Five weeks in as of yesterday and can drive short distances without issue, walk a half-mile to work, take stairs if needed. Lots of seemingly trivial and repetitive exercises, mostly laying down, in that time. They get tiresome. Did my first squats (assisted by straps on the wall) with no issue at PT today. Probably should have been doing them sooner. I'm ahead of the curve, especially considering the state both of both knees when replaced. Fell two degrees short of the goal of 120-degree bend on Tuesday and took a perverse pleasure in having my therapist push down on my knee to bring it to complete flatness during inclined leg presses the same day. Hurts when she does it (no pics, rules I know mumble mumble), but when it makes the day-long stiffness and soreness noticeably diminish later on, it's a lot easier to take. Ran across this piece yesterday and it's got me thinking that pushups, sit-ups and other floor exercises need to be on my agenda sooner rather than later, but it may still be weeks rather than days. Just getting onto and off of the floor will be major accomplishments with reconstructed knees and disproportionately long legs. https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/knees-over-toes-guy-legit/
  14. Then there was that little game in Columbus in 2005, and that trip to the Big House just a couple of months ago.
  15. I'll do 20, 25. But I reserve the right to do like immamac and put a zero, at the end. The rest of the year, punctuation upkeep will be my priority.
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