Mark80

I went to Cornell. I passed classes that I attended less than 5 times and studied for maybe one day for mid terms and finals when they came up. I also took classes such as Gamelan where I got 3 credit hours and an easy A for playing gongs. I mean, our final project was a concert on a gorgeous May day in Ithaca sitting Indian style on one of the quads. I had great professors, I had bad professors. Some classes were tougher than others, but overall, if you were just concerned with passing with a decent GPA, you didn't really have to do much, at least I didn't. I imagine its not much different from most well run Universities. This is probably very true. I got into a much better law school than I should have based on my GPA. I'm sure this and a good LSAT were the reason.

I think the consensus has been more like mid/late 1st or early 2nd.

Someone mentioned Keb Mo a few posts ago. He does a lot of stuff with Taj. Love this little tune. Blues / Reggae / Zydeco sound. Also, check out Keb and Taj doing Corinna, f it, i'll just post that too (if i haven't already). I mean how can you go wrong with lyrics like "got a rainbow round my shoulder, shine like silver, baby look like klondike gold" Epitome of coolness.

Front end load some deals. Get the talent as early money is more attractive and keep yourself set up nicely for the future. This is a win-win IMO. Also could re-sign some guys early, again with front loaded deals.

Could never get through the last season of Deadwood. Tried at least 3 times. First season is amazing, second season was good, then it lost me.

Some comedies / sitcoms: Freaks and Geaks War at Home Happy Endings The Grinder

Just picked up some Counter Culture Coffee - Big Trouble. It's so good that it inspired me find this thread and post about it. Loving it. Other recent tries: Teasia Coffee - Ethiopia Yirgacheffe: to me, this kind of smells and taste like tea. Unique for sure. Not a daily drinker, but i make some like once a week. Jamaican Blue Mountain - got some 100% authentic (or so they claim), non-blend. It's good, no doubt, but it didn't blow me away or anything. I wouldn't buy myself, but getting as a gift is nice. I prefer the Counter Culture Coffee one over it.

Looked like a totally different player this year than last year. That's scary to me. But then again, in 3/4/5 range, are you going to get much better?

What about at 5'10 1/8? Some people here (in other threads I think) were saying he was 5'7". Knew that was laughable. This guy is going #1 overall. I'm telling ya.

Curious, how did this guys work on analytics work out for the Dolphins? Seems to me the Dolphins have been pretty crappy since 2015. There is a difference between understanding / creating analytics and actually applying them effectively to an organization.

Drafting for need has one major issue in my opinion. A team could potentially take a player way too early by drafting for need and not optimize the picks value. The best case scenario would be to trade back and acquire more assets while still filling the position of need after the trade down. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work like that. You never know when someone is going to take them and you don't always have an acceptable trade offer to get you to that spot. If I'm a GM, I'm rating all my players 0-100 scale. I'm doing the same with all the prospects. If I'm replacing someone I rate as a 60 (looking at you Oline), with someone I have rated as an 85 (gain of 25 points), I'm doing that over improving my safety position from a 85 to a 90. So, I'm taking the 85 rated OLine instead of the BPA, a 90 S since I already have two pretty good ones. It's not all cut and dry though. It depends on how big the gap is, what the contract status is of current players (more likely to draft replacements on expiring contracts or cut candidates), and the relative importance of the position. I don't think there is any organization that simply selects BPA or position of need. Its all fluid based on the situation.

Me neither. And I just did. It's good, damn good. I can see why it's Hunter's favorite ever. Fits his personality perfectly. Herbie Mann also has the creepiest album cover of all time for Push Push. The song Push Push features a pretty well known guitarist that died way too young, Duane Allman. It's a fun little jam.

Didn't read the facts of the case to know there was that set limit. Agree completely that 10x that statutory limit is excessive. Legislature needs to raise that number.

Kind of surprised this wasn't settled law already, seems like a no brainer that would have been challenged in the past. Not sure I actually agree with this particular case, though. One could argue that $400 worth of heroin is plenty enough to cause someones death, especially if laced with anything. $40k is not an excessive fine with that in mind. Want to stop heroin / meth and other hard drugs? Make the penalties harsh. After all, being a bad behavior deterrent is one of the main reasons for a legal system in the first place. Agree with the SC ruling, disagree that this case was excessive.

Mostly rarity. You get to a certain point with bourbon (and any alcohol really) where the quality levels off and they are all really damn good. But what makes things like this crazy expensive is how small the available quantities are. This distillery was bought by Buffalo Trace some years back in order to handle more production. It will be interesting to see what the prices will be after those barrels have aged and are ready for sale.

Arby's Curly Q's are my go to. Dip them in the Polynesian sauce and you'll change your tune on the fries.

Watched a few Missouri games this year. He was underwhelming every single time. I don't see him being a successful top end QB at all.

Peyton Hillis

He bought ownership into the league with that $250M. Its not the amount used to pay for payroll. Its a cash infusion. Potentially missing payroll may have prompted the search for additional funding, but it has nothing to do with what that figure of $250M represents. Its just the number they negotiated for whatever % ownership in the league he gets.

I was all for Brown with our pick in the first....until now. He was projected to run high 4.2 to low 4.3 as well. Certain things you don't mess with....feet, hamstrings, groin. Those always seem to lead to repeat injuries down the road. Not even considering him before the 3rd anymore.

There is a cow mutation that makes super muscular cows. They are called "double-muscled cattle." Not sure if bodacious had it or not. Typically when they have it, the muscles are so big and cumbersome that they cannot move around very well. He obviously could. So maybe he had a less severe version of it or something.

I think he goes #1 overall. He is much better, IMO, than any other QB prospect in this years draft. Smaller QBs having so much success recently will help a lot. Some team will become enamored with him and trade up to #1 to take him and rightfully so in my mind, unless he's like 5'6" or something or the Cardinals fall in love with someone like Bosa and don't think they can get him where they can trade down.

Seriously, in what world is 52.3% completion, 9.2% INT rate, 3 TD, 12 INT, 4.2 Yards per Attempt and a 32.5 rating over 130 passes better than 58.3% COMP% / 2.7% INT% / 19TD / 15INT / 6.4YPA 77.5 over 547? I don't care if he is throwing it like 50 Cent throwing out a first pitch, he's still better than Peterman.

There is absolutely zero reason whatsoever why this should impact their desire / need to draft a QB early....well, except for Elway's ego thinking he can get by with such a bad QB because he is just so much smarter than everyone (in his mind at least). Are you really comparing Peyton and Flacco? Please tell me this is sarcasm and i just missed it.

....So....he just gets to keep $201k for stiffing the A's? That is some B.S.