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Hairy Biped

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  1. This team is way too fundamentally unsound to be successful in the post-season. Terrible at bat after terrible at bat after terrible at bat against a mediocre-at-best team. And the shitty baserunning all season long, plus spotty defense are all symptomatic of not being very disciplined. The team has plenty of talent, they just aren't well coached. The fact that they tied for the Big 12 regular season championship is both a miracle and a pretty good indicator the the Big 12 is a paper tiger this year. If it weren't for pitching, we'd be firing Pierce this year.
  2. Against a team that won't qualify for the NCAAs AND is out of FUCKING pitching.
  3. Ballgame.
  4. Horns up for Big Larry. May he RIP.
  5. RD seems really dug in on being wrong about the Top 4 finish thing. I can tell you, as someone who works in the media, the overwhelming majority of sports writers and sports broadcasters who vote in the AP poll, never played a down of organized team football. On top of that, they are also very biased in their opinions about the teams they cover. Nothing about their backgrounds or opinions even reasonably qualifies them to be in a position to determine who the best teams are, or how they stack up with each other. Additionally, it's well known the majority of coaches in FBS Football hate having to deal with voting in the Coaches Poll because, with their busy schedules, they don't have the time to research all of the teams in college football on a weekly basis. That's why they pawn it off on assistants or GAs, and one former coach I know personally (a College Football HOF member) would get his secretary to fill out his poll and then he would "look it over" before submitting it. So no, that poll isn't reliable either. But the real truth is, once it went to a playoff system, the final polls became irrelevant. The top 4 teams are the ones in the playoff. It doesn't take much smarts to figure that out. So in short . . . no, aggy was NOT a top 4 team last year.
  6. Wow! Such sad, heartbreaking and devastating news. You can tell by the tributes that he was well loved among his teammates. His family has had to endure too much. Prayers for Sam, his mom, his sister and all of those who knew and loved him. May they all be comforted by God's grace, love and mercy. RIP Jake.
  7. I'm relived that justice was served, but I don't think there's much to be happy about. Chauvin ended Floyd's life and ruined his own and countless others' lives and nothing will undo that. Hopefully it leads to more accountability in similar situations and better policing in the future, but I have practically no reason to believe it will. Until we reduce the influence of police unions, improve screening and selection processes for applicants/hiring, amend training procedures and end stupid policies like qualified immunity that shield bad cops from being held responsible for their actions, the issue will persist.
  8. Got my 2nd shot of Moderna yesterday morning. After sleeping in this morning, I woke up feeling really tired and sluggish most of the day, and while I didn't have a fever, my body temp was about 1 degree warmer than I usually run. I started feeling better later in the afternoon and aside from a little soreness in the injection arm, I feel normal so far.
  9. Give it a couple years. Lots of catching up to do on other, more pressing fronts.
  10. Sorry for your loss Nicole. You can tell by the pictures Bitty was a great doggo. Good girl Little Bitty.
  11. Me and my brats are sending out prayers and good vibes for Little Bitty. Hoping for the best for your sweet pup.
  12. Cough, cough. Baylor. Cough, cough.
  13. They could have video of UGA and Bama directly paying players and killing people and the SEC, NCAA & ESPN would all look the other way and not do shit. The only thing even remotely as close to being as crooked as the government is the SEC. I mean, pretty much every big time NCAA team is paying players under the table on some level, but the SEC is on a whole different level of cheating. It would almost be fucking impressive how brazen about it they are, if it didn't offend my moral sensibilities.
  14. My mom's was you eat what I'm cooking or you go hungry. Aside from my birthday dinner, she never once asked what I liked or wanted for dinner. Also we never had soft drinks or store bought sweets like cookies, cakes or pies around, except when my dad would go get generic cookies in a white box with the word "cookies" in black printed on it. They were like cardboard, but he'd get them for when he went fishing or something like that. Otherwise we only got cookies or other sweets on special occasions or holidays and they were always homemade. Also, when my mom was alive, if we ate in the formal dining room, we almost always had to be "dressed", which meant shirt with a collar and pants, not t-shirts and shorts. Oh, and don't fart in the car. She wasn't having that either.
  15. Okay, this might be a crazy question, but I've been struggling with it for a while. I have 3 doxies (I posted pics on this thread a little while back), technically 2 are mine and 1 is my niece's, but he's been staying with me for the better part of the past 3 years while she is away at college. Anyway, at the end of the day, once I'm settling in to relax in my recliner, watching TV and surfing the internet on my laptop, the dogs all love to climb into my lap and cuddle, play and eventually sleep. I love it at first, but after a while having between 40 and 50 pounds of dogs sleeping on top of you gets old. I usually let them have some lap time, then send them to sleep somewhere else. They have a sofa, 2 comfy chairs, a dog bed and a large dog pillow that they can sleep on. Problem is, they always and only want in my lap, and I feel guilty about wanting some "me time". Am I out of order here? Am I being selfish or harming them emotionally by sending them away? What do y'all think?
  16. Many years ago I once worked on a video for a self defense specialist who did training for big execs, politicians/diplomats, and celebrities. He was a former Navy SEAL or special forces guy, can't remember. One of the first things he said was never, ever, ever use a urinal or trough if you absolutely don't have to. Always use a stall, preferably with a locking door, especially if you're anywhere slightly sketchy. He said that you would stunned how many people are robbed, attacked or assassinated with their dick in their hand. That was probably 25 years ago now, but I still think about it every time I walk into a public bathroom.
  17. I get that, but he could have done grad at Texas too. I was under the impression that he had 2 more years of eligibility left. I didn't realize that he had already graduated. His dad didn't post anything on his social media about it, which is unusual. Maybe I missed it though. When you get my age shit all just starts to run together.
  18. Really surprising to me. I grew up with his dad Willie. Him playing at Texas was a dream for both Marqez and Willie. I'm guessing that he didn't fit into the new scheme as well. Maybe it had something to do with the EoT thing too. He was the first to Tweet it when the whole thing came out. I've heard through the grapevine that Sark is gonna be a stickler for having the players stay and sing it. Maybe he wasn't on board for that. I do know that in the beginning they were close to Herman and liked him a lot. Maybe that played into it too. Don't know. Not gonna dig. Marqez is a good kid and his family pushes him to be smart and make the right decisions in the big picture. I hope that's what this turns out to be. Best of luck to him.
  19. It could be anything, but usually in the case of my brats, it's because they've eaten grass or frogs or dead birds or bugs or any of the million other things that doxies find and eat when their owners aren't looking. For me, I usually find out by being awakened at 3am to the sounds of one of them trying to puke in the bed. If it's not the bed, it's another piece of furniture. How it is that they know not to go potty on the furniture, but don't know better when it comes to puking is beyond me. I hope you get things figured out and Bitty gets to feeling better.
  20. For a big hunk of meat like a pork shoulder or a brisket, go heavy on the rub. A big piece of meat can take plenty of seasoning and the salt and pepper helps create the bark. That's why you use course salt and pepper. With pulled pork I always do a sauce too. Pork dries out way too fast to not at least have a sauce as an option. Some people mix the sauce into the shredded meat, but I usually add it as needed on my sandwich or taco or however I'm eating it.
  21. For brisket and other beef I do a dry brine that's 2 parts course kosher salt, 1/2 part onion powder and 1/2 part garlic powder. I also make a 3 pepper blend with 2 parts course black pepper, 1/2 part red flake pepper and 1/2 chipotle or cayenne pepper(your preference). When applying, the brine mix goes on first and then the pepper mix, both in equal proportions. They are applied when the meat is first out of the refrigerator and allowed to set up as the internal temp of the meat climbs to as close to room temp as possible before going on the smoker/grill. For pork ribs, pork tenderloin and pulled pork I use a rub consisting of 1/4 cup light brown sugar, 1 tbsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp ground cayenne pepper, 1 tsp chili powder, 1 tbsp kosher salt, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp onion powder and 1/2 tsp ground black pepper. On the ribs, after smoking 2.5 to 3 hours, depending on the bark, I place them in foil, meat side down, on a bed of brown sugar and a half a stick of butter cut up into 4 or 5 chunks and spread out on the sugar. Then wrap tight and smoke another 1.5 to 2 hours wrapped, still meat side down. Then when pretty much done, take them out of the foil and apply a little more of the rub to the meat side and cook them meat side up until the crust reforms. For chicken I use 2 tablespoons paprika, 1 tablespoon kosher salt, 4 teaspoons dark brown sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons granulated garlic, 1 teaspoon celery salt, 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon onion powder, 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme, 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano, 1/2 teaspoons mustard powder, 1/2 teaspoon celery seed and 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper. I usually add one tablespoon of baking powder to help crisp up the skin so it's not rubbery, especially on wings, but you could cook without it too, especially if cooking at 325 or more. Sorry for the novel.
  22. Between the 2 teams they put up over 1200 yards of total offense and almost 900 yards of passing. Crazy.
  23. Good boy Crosby. Sorry for your loss SB.
  24. From what I've heard from some folks who would be in the know, the SE reno is expected to produce the same amount of seats as before, give or take. But the hidden gem is the addition of thousands more SRO. So potentially they can stay even or reduce seating slightly, in exchange for more bells and whistles, and still be able to boost attendance numbers for marquee games. It was suggested to me that perhaps CDC and the gang are keeping mum on actual numbers so they can surprise little brother with higher capacity than that erector set stadium in Hooterville. I don't care what the capacity and attendance trends are, we have to always have a bigger and better stadium than aggy. Stadium size may not matter to us, but it absolutely does matter to 17 & 18 year old recruits. I can't believe we let those goobers pass us in the facilities race and have waited so long to catch up. They should never be allowed to have such an advantage for more than a season or two.
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