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  1. I’ve been dealing with the kooks for six months just sharing my experience. But if you want a high dose vit c IV or high quality supplements you gotta deal. I’m not on either side I’m on the less harsh pharmaceuticals side especially when it’s clear those drugs treat symptoms not the root cause. In the end the 5 top treatments were (1) stellate ganglion block (traditional), (2) EECP (traditional), (3) valerian root, kava, CBD, skull cap all for sleep and mental health (functional or non-traditional), (4) strict anti-inflammatory low histamine diet (non-traditional), and (5) ketamine infusions (quasi-traditional). what helped but hurt just as much was prednisone and Xanax. other things that I think helped but aren’t traditional include red light therapy, IV drips especially high dose vit C, and infrared sauna. what failed miserably was albuterol and other steroid inhalers. in the end I avoided long term use of SSRIs - fucked everyone wanted me on these - Z drugs for sleep, gabapentin for nerve pain and low dose naltrexone… all of which would require long term use under the circumstances I was in and/or significant withdrawals upon discontinuation. so in the end some of the kooky shit helped but yeah holy fuck there are some loons in the IV drip rooms.
  2. Which he could at times exploit for 5-7 yards if he so wanted to on a scamper. Quinn self sacks but Friday night the pocket completely collapsed with no openings if he tried to step up into the pocket. He’s not athletic enough to scramble back and outside the pocket around the ends.
  3. Not sure we are disagreeing - Oregon didn’t get the rush? Well they lost too. Alabama 2023 had to defend the whole field, I agree. Our WR were a disappointment this year (injury and attitude) and we expected an improvement. QE didn’t get much better either. I agree arch should help, shit I’m not sure Quinn can’t get those 3rd and 4’s if you scheme for it and give him a shot, sark just does not really like to run his QBs at all. I’m honestly surprised he had an arch run package. I hope that remains. I know arch can scoot off script so that will make a difference. I just think with serviceable backs you need to overpower the DL with a size difference or a numbers mismatch with designed holes so they know where to go, you can teach that easily, you can’t as easily teach the vision to find the hole. And to yours or someone else’s point, against OSU and Georgia you need IZ to work so you can counter act defensive speed to the edge. In the end it’s all interrelated which is why the “it’s all Quinn’s fault” bullshit on the La Jolla thread is so fucking infuriating.
  4. We had some success against OSU running the counter on the right side and inexplicably went away from it. I personally like the counters the best you over load a spot on the DL and create the hole and have a back exploit. If you have talent and weight advantage on the OL that makes the most sense especially when you don’t have the special back with great vision to find a hole.
  5. That’s true but I’m just trying to make the point you need “just enough” on the ground to win if you can do the other things well too. Add punt teams/KO for field position, FGs, good defense and 200 passing with no or inconsequential turnovers. You don’t have to rush for a buck fifty to beat the top teams you just have to do enough on the ground to make it a credible threat. That’s what we lack in big games, anything resembling a credible threat of a running game. Sad. and truth is, if brooks doesn’t go down last year and if Baxter doesn’t go down this year we might be looking at back to back national titles. but then maybe we need to recruit better at RB because it’s one of the top positions for season ending injuries. And with 15 games to win it all I’d say you have to go 3-4 deep with very little drop off to insure you’ve got the horses to win it all. I think how personnel are used throughout the season at that position may be one that changes radically with the new playoffs. I think there is easily room for substantial playing time for at least 3 backs in the season if not 4. Even more so if they eliminate the bye by expanding to 16 which I think they should.
  6. 30 carries for 110 yards, 25 carries for 100 yards, or something like that is enough to beat Georgia and Ohio state especially if you can get that 1-2 yards on the ground when you have to have it and if pass pro is also there. it worked that way in Tuscaloosa. It didn’t against Georgia, Ohio state or ASU and it took heroics on both sides of the ball to squeak out a win against ASU.
  7. troph

    Landman

    I almost lodged my one criticism - he kills animals in his shows for no reason. Wife quit Yellowstone first episode, 5 mins in.
  8. One of my beagles (RIP) ate a full pound of dark chocolate once. We dumped hydrogen peroxide down his throat at the emergency vet’s request before taking him in, Bailey who had 18 lives sure enough tossed it all right back out and lived.
  9. User name and all of that
  10. troph

    Landman

    I don’t get the hate. Show me one lawyer show that’s realistic and it will be the first. Either it’s entertaining or it’s not, he’s not trying to win an academy award for best documentary and he’s not James Cameron trying to make a fictional story based around accurate historical accounts for the backdrop. It’s a dramadey with eye candy for the men and for those who love the idea of Texas, also the allure of big wealth. But bitching about his shows while you watch them because they aren’t something they were never intended to be is silly, it’s like criticizing a greasy slice of New York style pepperoni pizza because it isn’t fine French cuisine.
  11. troph

    Landman

    All the way down to the Bentley.
  12. I use traditional and some functional medicine strategies with a common theme of trying to avoid pharmaceuticals, especially those those that have long term side effects or dependency issues. I still ended up on some but I try to strategize around them. Anyway, I’m getting an IV drip today at the functional medicine clinic and I’m telling the patients about latest Covid protocols from the Covid clinics - basically paxlovid and metformin are the primary meds but then also a few other strategies. Anyway, this woman straight up asked me if the Covid clinics prescribed ivermectin. The nurse straight up asked me if I thought my long covid was from the vaccine. I was like uh no. I had the first vaccine, got Covid a year and a half later and it was no biggie. I had yet to get the second round - frankly I was waiting for the update before a trip to Italy - and I caught the covid and it kicked my ass with 6 months of long covid. I then explained that the vaccine technology isn’t the problem, the problem is the NOVEL corona virus has a spike protein that is the best feature to emulate for a vaccine the problem is no one knew the spike protein would cause so much problems for SOME people because it’s - well - NOVEL. I then said did you know that the covid clinics treat vaccine injury and long covid from the virus exactly the same? The freaking nurse had bought into the bullshit that long covid is a vaccine problem. Sweet Jesus. Look there are people who have micro clots from the vaccine spike protein facsimile but the vaccine isn’t the root cause of all long covid. My god.
  13. July 13th 2024 I tested positive for Covid. January 10th 2025 was my first night of sleep with no pharmaceutical intervention. My last dose of hydroxyzine which was my last dose of any prescription meds for Covid was two nights ago. I’m pretty fucking relieved and I worked my ass off to get better with a full assault on every tract I could think of, I’d say I’m 95-98% recovered from lung, ENT, brain and microvascular injuries, with remaining symptoms of what I would call some neurological reverb - mild vibrations and anxiety - the frequency, duration and intensity of which continue to reduce like a song ending fading on an album. my optimism, dreams, desires, plans, libido, and over all outlook have started coming back strong. I feel like my old self is starting to make an appearance. I can’t tell you how relived and thankful I am. Carry on with the bird flu doomsday, tonight I’m going on a date!
  14. Quitting added sugar completely - which to me is <5 grams a day - side note USDA recommendation is no more than 50 grams added sugar per day el fucking oh el - is really hard. BUT at a month at least for me the food I was eating came alive. Golden potatoes boiled, salted, pepper, then pan sautéed in olive oil and fresh garlic tastes like heaven. I would devour watermelon - eat a whole personal watermelon all at once. Grapes? OMFG! And the yougurt with a berry medley is divine. My banana, peach, spinach peanut butter smoothie was like pure silk. Quitting added sugar is a lot like quitting alcohol. Give it time, the reward is well worth it. i dropped 30 pounds in 10 weeks eating as much as I wanted. Key was limited animal saturated fat and less than 5 grams of added sugar that was the only rule. You can feel lethargic, depressed, etc quitting added sugars and processed food too even if you keep eating natural sugars and carbs.
  15. That’s awesome.
  16. No drinking here … made breakfast tacos on a Saturday morning with my sons, hugged them, turned on some Johnny cash and Willie Nelson signing together on a live album, just finished an IV drip and red light therapy, having lunch with a friend, sitting outside in the sun, exercising my gratitude attitude, hoping to get laid tonight, thinking about a nice dinner tonight too. More to life than football, and my people have indulged me patiently, time to get back to them. Life to live, better get busy living because I’m not up for dying.
  17. Three actually
  18. And they even said that no call on 3rd and 8 was a big deal.
  19. But the true holding that isn’t called can be outcome determinative. I’d rather the game slow down and it be played evenly. Evenly requires you allow holding inside the shoulders straight up but once the DL separates the holding becomes a significant impediment to the DL doing what it is supposed to do, I actually think the even nature of holding when locked up tilts heavily to the OL when the DL is separating and the hold is an outstretched arm. That needs to be called every time until the teams adjust. OLs have to let go once they are beat. To hold like that and not call it is a big reason why we lost last night and that’s on only one play.
  20. That’s not what I’m talking about, once a DL separates an outstretched OL arm tugging on the jersey around the numbers is a holding that should be called.
  21. I meant callable holding.
  22. There were multiple plays with multiple holds. It was insane. That shit needs to be addressed league wide.
  23. I’ve been a Quinn “defender” to a degree though I think I’m quite nuanced about it like just about everything in my life but I’ll say this, I’m ready too. i don’t think he solves all our problems that sark presents but I do think he’s a better fit for sark and I think once the game really slows down he’s going to rake it. I don’t expect to win it all next year but I do think arch will take us home. And I hope from there we stay at the mountain top.
  24. I hope you’re right, but we’ve seen way too many OL whiffs and ridged play calling decisions, situational awareness stupidity for me to believe it’s mostly Quinn. Again, I hope you’re right.
  25. My folks only got along when attending or watching UT sports. I knew it was serious when we lost to Georgia in the cotton bowl on the silent drive home from Dallas. I was indoctrinated too. I’m so thankful.
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