Miyagi-Do Karate

this is awesome. I think I had to upgrade my DTV package a little just to get NBC Sports to watch penguins games (I follow the Pens). But then a lot of times, the games are on random channels that I don’t get, like NHLN.

TNT shows hockey?

finally, some good news from this blasted transfer portal!

this is awesome.

I will say that what I sort of like about Bryson is he has a method to his madness, and is trying to do something revolutionary and unique--which is great for golf.

I can see why people hate Bryson. But Koepka is an even bigger DB in my book, especially with him throwing shade at Dustin Johnson. the reality is that golf has a lot of very good likeable young players— and these “bros” like Koepka and Bryson are not among them.

May just be, but I absolutely despise Koepka.

On your Vision, do you have issues with the seal? That was the one thing that ended up scaring me away from it— from reviews, people had to get some different kind of fabric to fix some issue with the seal not being tight enough.

I think when people talk of continuity it is less about signing about a bunch of new guys. They should gel well enough in camp and preseason. continuity on the line becomes more of an issue when you are hit with injuries in the season and you are shuffling guys all around, playing guys out of natural positions, etc. Thats when your line becomes a potential mess.

This could go down as possibly the dumbest transfer decision in history. He has everything to lose by transferring and nothing to gain. Leaving a program with better national exposure, guaranteed 30-40 minutes, knows the system, coaches love him, and I would expect he would have more freedom to play a little on the outside. Gives all that up for a total unknown in Oregon. Oregon too is stacked at the forward position. When they realize he can’t start at the 3 or play major minutes there, he could end up in a major time share at the 4. I feel bad for him. Just totally boneheaded. He should have just gone pro.

Just how I remembered it--seared into my brain. I can't actually believe this video exists on youtube.

I had the same reaction (maybe because he burned me in fantasy years ago, when he missed so many games with turf toe). But I was looking at his game logs, and he has at least played a lot of games in the last few years (except last year). However, I do feel like even when he has played 16 games, he is hobbled for a lot of them.

I have to think any trade would require him to restructure. I could be wrong, but I believe he is due to make something like $15M in 2021. Also, I would be a little nervous trading anything more than a mid-round pick for an 11th year receiver with a high cap number coming off a season where he missed about 8 games.

it was a clever play call, if you actually have the players to do it. You throw right before the 2-minute warning because the clock will stop anyway. But in that game, Losman was terrible and the line was horrible. You have to know your players. I remember a similar move I think with Jauron against the Broncos. It may have been the game when Elam rushed onto the field as time expired to win. I think we were icing the clock, but then he inexplicably called a deep bomb as a kill shot— which missed terribly, stopped the clock, and allowed the Broncos to get the ball with time and score. you then take these bizarre aggressive play calls, and you pepper in there the numerous times he would punt from the opponent’s 35-yard line or not go for fourth and inches. Jauron was a good coach at coaching up some bad talent into mediocre 7-9 teams. But he didn’t know how to coach to win, or how to take a team to a successful level (except for 1 flukey year in Chicago).

Jauron was weird. He was actually very aggressive in situations that called for caution, and then ultra cautious in situations that called for aggression. For example, I think this was Jauron, but I remember him rolling out JP Losman late in a game with a lead for a pass before the 2-minute warning against the Jets. The cautious and normal approach was to run and kill the clock. Instead, he was weirdly aggressive, and Losman was strip sacked, jets recovered and scored, and we lost.

Good luck. No one is knocking McKenzie off this team. He is like Rasputin.

One of my favorite random movies stars Groden. It’s called “Clifford” and stars Martin Short as a 10-year old kid. I don’t know why, but I just find it to be hilarious.

I started trying to walk a little bit more a few years ago. If I went out to lunch at work and had the time, would suggest places that were a mile or so away. Or would park my car a little further from the office to walk an extra mile in. I then started to get more into golf. I tried to walk 9 holes early in the morning before work and maybe once on the weekend. That is great exercise and you can walk usually about 3-4 miles playing 9. With carrying your bag And swinging a bunch, it ends up being a solid 600 calorie burn. I also got into hiking and will hike with the wife or family a fair amount. Working from home during covid, would try to get out to hike 3-5 miles each day if I could. Yet despite of all this, I put on 20 pounds during covid! 😀

not to derail this pizza thread, but last time I was in Rochester was around 2016. I was surprised at how different that whole Penfield Four Corners was. I went down there to try to find my favorite Chinese restaurant, kam wah (now closed)— and there were a bunch of hipster-type restaurants peppered around there.

haha— same. Would ride down to the village with my friends on our bikes or roller blades. Grab an Italian sub there if I had the money. Go scumming in the canal!

This got me thinking back to when I was growing up. I used to love going to Arrivederci’s in Fairport. Got their pizza occasionally, but mostly got their subs— and loved them. Just looked them up, and looks like they closed!!

haha. That looked like the Carrbbean! Also, if you are already fabricating locations, maybe fabricate the pictures of the rooms while you are at it.

Sign me up to buy insider!!!

that’s true. Now I am worried with this early Wade thread, we won’t see our first meaningful Duke thread until around August.

This is about a month earlier than I would have expected for the first major Christian Wade thread of the season. It usually comes out around late June/early July.