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Baylor just trying to hang on at the buzzer. A 3 point air ball to tie it saves the day, it appears. Today looks like better games than yesterday. I’ll be on the RMU/Bama game in seconds. EDIT: Though I did love Clemson losing! .

Happy Birthday! Give yourself 10 minutes to watch some hoops today.

Sorry, we seem to be having an issue with the boiler. It’s more like a polar bear plunge.

It’s amusing how so many people think we are the only ones with holes to fill, cap space issues and the occasional whiff in the draft. This is very hard, people, and we are doing better than most. If we can just get the stars to align one time, we can put to rest the “one before I die” stuff.

We still need a quality boundary WR but we have a strong OLine, good if not great TE’s and strong RB room. Would we like one more player, sure. Is Josh doing it all on his own, no.

We went to a fundraiser in Nashville and wound up at a bar afterward with a group of people. It turns out the big guy was Sven Nater, and we kind of hit it off. Alcohol was involved, and somehow I left the hotel that night with a bag full of his personal meat rub in a plastic bag. It must have looked like a drug deal went down! 😂 I recall that he had no conscience. I bet a bunch of his teammates wish he had just taken the hint early that it wasn’t going to be his night.

There used to be a restaurant on Hilton Head Island with a lovely lagoon behind. They had a sign carved in wood that said “Please Not Do Feed The Gators.”

They make it SO easy by knowing you just want to cheer for the guys in the dark jerseys! And they list the games and the stations up top so you can stay informed and hop around. It’s all very well orchestrated. .

Didn’t he basically name his successor? Is it that guy? Or the next guy?

Are they still doing that zone? That was tedious to me.

Yep! I dropped him off at the dorm in Tallahassee and helped him move in as a freshman. When he was doing his graduate year we told him we were meeting friends there for a football game, will you be around? He’s the independent type, we had not been back to Tallahassee since I moved him in 5 years earlier. It was fun to take all his buddies out for dinners and getting to know them. A lot of great stories, and pretty much all the guys in his weddings a few years later.

I’m breathing again….I think….

We took our son on a tour of UGA during “decision time”. He loved it. So did I. It was his first choice, but he didn’t get in. We knew multiple people who got in with lower GPA’s and SAT’s. Plus, he was POY as QB of the football team, all area in every sport, and did a ton of volunteer work. I ran into a guy at a bar who did interviews for acceptance at UGA. He said if my son had checked a box saying he was 50% Lebanese he would have been at the top of the pile for acceptance. My SIL went to Vandy and did admissions there as well as Wharton and Penn State. She says that’s how it works, they have different buckets to fill. Our son went to FSU, and his wife went to UGA. We got it covered! EDIT: My FIL ruled on that decades ago, they would not seek an advantage, even if it meant reducing his own kids tuition. I admired that man.

College football is everything in the South. The people who have been here for generations and have roots have a college team and they own it proudly. The other people are generally here for a career (as we are and our son is), and they come from all over the place. They have no allegiance to any local NFL or NBA team. I think “we’ve” lost hockey twice? On the flip side, the MLS games ROCK! Everybody has fun at those games! I guess it’s high energy and nobody has “a team” already. MLS is its own thing, and very cool. .

McNeese State just has better athletes and basketball players than Clemson. I’m curious to see who they play and how they look in the next game. Or is Clemson (and the ACC) just that weak? Oh my! Apparently not! The good thing is, if it’s not UGA FOOTBALL, it is just a minor sadness…..if the people around here notice at all. At least they are not that NFL Falcon team. It’s extremely rare to see Falcon gear in Atlanta. I mean, yes, it happens, but I’ve also seen a Painted Bunting outside my kitchen.

It just keeps going, and I just keep telling people to ignore him. He’s trying to enflame people. Let him die on the vine.

I enjoyed that thoroughly, as a BE guy. As a Xavier guy, it was even sweeter.

Thank you! I just sighed and asked myself “am I going to have to do this?” But here we are! I always root for the dark color jerseys the first weekend, unless it’s a Xavier game! At the moment, I am LOVING McNeese St taking it to Clemson. My FIL played football for the Gamecocks in the waaaay back, so a long shot beating Clemson would be awesome! BTW - When did they start interviewing players at halftime? I thought that was just a coach thing. I am all BE all day! My peeps! (Please bring in lots of cash.)

….or, he’s just trolling. Either way, it’s just not worth it.

He’s just intentionally ignoring that there is a psychological aspect to rape that goes far beyond the physical. I suggest ignoring him, then maybe he’ll just go away.

….and if you don’t, maybe we know why.

My BIL had his car stolen with everything he owned in it while traveling for medical school interviews. He even had wrapped Christmas presents in there. He laughs about that now. Not the same thing at all.

I wish Rafa Nadal could keep his shorts out of his crack. He did a LOT of fidgeting! Love Rafa, but that was an annoying routine! I think he was worse than Sergio Garcia gripping, then re-griping, then re-griping his club. I think it was Tiger who said “Oh, you just can’t watch. You have to turn away until you hear the ball being struck.” You couldn’t let him pollute the area between your ears.

Somebody should have thought of this sooner!

I’m sure something, some where, some time came in on budget, right? Yeah….probably not and especially if the government was involved in any way.