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  1. Was drinking some Pappy 15 over the weekend up in NYC.  After finishing the bottle had to switch to Blantons, and it tasted like crap compared to the Pappy and I love Blantons. 

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  2. 1 minute ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Florida will be more in play than usual. There is going to be an abortion referendum on the ballot and that's shown to help Dems in other states.

    My guess is that Trump and the FL GOP will work overtime to not have that referendum on the ballot this year.

    I don’t see it unfortunately.  I grew up in FL and that is Red state now.  It was blue mostly because of the olds in South Florida but as they have died off over the years the Republicans in the panhandle, influx of Republicans from other states and the republican Cubans in Dade county have made that state Red going forward.  Similar to Ohio.  It’s not a swing state.  

    Biden should spend almost all of his time in PA, MI, WI and then do a little in AZ, NV, GA, CO.  

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  3. 6 minutes ago, oldhorn2 said:

    scared of DeBoer????..all he needed was two lost fumbles, a dropped TD pass strange calls from the refs and he STILL was one pass from the 12 yd line away from losing that game anyway.....notice I didnt mention the 24 yr old QB....is that the guy you are terrified of?......say it aint so!

    You forgot that the 6th year senior QB had the game of his life.  Not sure many QBs will be facing a Texas team with that bad of a secondary and lack of an edge pass rush for years to come fortunately.  

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  4. 1 minute ago, Brothahorn said:
    3 hours ago, Underdog said:
    I know Coaches are wound differently but just hang it up, Bill.  You’ve had a hell of a run and why risk the legacy.
     

    It's probably because Brady went to TB and won. He can't let it go .

    Actually, he wants Don Shula's wins record and that is what he is really after.  Another Super Bowl would be gravy.

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  5. Long response and my avatar pretty much tells my view on this but there is an awful lot of idiocy in this thread.  Guy was one of if not the best head coaches ever and was an amazing GM for most of those 24 years.     Belichick went all in for the last 4 years of Brady's time in New England knowing they would have some issues with the salary cap and player talent going forward.  That lead to super bowls in 3 of those 4 years.  When Brady left the team was stuck with aging players, no cap space, etc... but Bill did that to maximize what he thought was the end of Brady's playing days (Bill was off on that by a few years just like most sane people were).  Brady was smart to leave just like the Patriots were smart to part ways at that time because they weren't going to win any more Super Bowls with that team whether Brady stayed or left.  Brady picked the Bucs because they were loaded with everything except a QB and that is why they were able to win the SB.  Yeah, Brady is the GOAT and of course my favorite player but if he goes to a team with no talent he would have struggled.  It is similar to when Lebron left Cleveland to a loaded team with Miami and then when Miami was on the way down due to injuries, age and cap issues he jumped to a loaded team back in Cleveland.  Back to Belichick, he did mess up GM wise these last few years.  Most of his moves did not pan out but that happens to pretty much every GM.  He missed in the draft and Free Agency but most importantly, he missed on finding an average at best QB.  This year's team was decimated by injuries which is why they ended up with 4 wins versus what probably should have been 8-9 wins (still not great but the team lacks talent based on Bill the GM not Bill the coach).  Lastly, as great as Brady was, many of those Super Bowls were won by the defense, especially the first 3 when Brady was more of a game manager.  Even later on, the Rams super bowl a few years ago was really the defense that won that game.   

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  6. Just now, Rickylovesweed said:

    Based on CTJ's comments, Nahlin, and a couple other 9.95ers it seems pretty obvious something is going to happen at WR that we aren't expecting. 

    I'm not expecting Marvin Harrison Jr., to give up being a Top 3 pick in the NFL draft because he wants to win a college national championship before he goes to the NFL and figures UT is his best chance so he portals here so maybe it's that.

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  7. 35 minutes ago, Gucci_Suit said:

    Well- as the SEC and Big 10 transition out of the NCAA, we will likely have professional refs that are paid by both conferences (or by more than 2). Conference affiliations and biases are real, so the easy solution is to remove the affiliations. 

    Professional refs like the NFL has?  That doesn't work so well either.

  8. The "fade" at the goal line is the dumbest call you can make, and Sark should have never called that.  As a Pats fan, I have watched Tom Brady throw the fade to Gronk for years and even with two of the greatest ever, it is a dumb call because it works at such a low percentage.  There is an old article on ESPN that talks about the low stats of completing a fade route in the end zone versus all other throws.  

    So long, goal-line fade - Why one of the NFL's least efficient passing plays is disappearing - ESPN

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  9. 3 minutes ago, BevoAbyss said:

    The football gods lined up the stars for Sark, Ewers, and Company. Sadly, they blew it at the end. 

    1. Title game in Houston, making it like a de facto home game. The UT crowd energy would have been through the roof after a miraculous comeback.

    2. Bama chokes, meaning Horns don't have to beat Saban twice in a season (not impossible, but surely a tall task).

    3. Washington's massive gaffes on last drive literally gift us a chance to snatch the game.

    4. The football gods then give us two epic completions, followed by 4 shots from inside the 15. None even close to being a score. Mind-boggling bad calls from Sark, bad passes from Ewers. We all saw it.

    -- If we score a TD pass, Sark/Ewers are instant eternal Longhorn legends. If we score, I think the title game would be in the bag vs. Harbaugh's crap offense.

    That's why this game had a f*cking catastrophic ending! 

    The ending of this game will trigger misery for Longhorns for decades. I think this game exceeds the Simms collapse/Colorado loss in 2001 Big 12 title game, when the stars lined up for a title chance and Mack/Simms blew it. 

    It is what it is. A lost chance to play for CFP title in Houston. 

    And a chance to inflict apocalyptic Aggy misery! 

    I agree with a lot of this, and it seemed like the football gods actually threw us a bone in this game and we fucked it up at the end. It definitely exceeds 2001 because we would have gotten rolled by Miami in 2001 if we did win.  That Miami team was one of the most talented teams in college football history.  If we win last night, I think we match up very well with Michigan.  Unfortunately, Washington or Oregon would have been the worst match ups for us because our secondary is so bad, and those teams can throw the ball really well and it played out that way last night. It was a team loss last night with almost everyone screwing up just a little bit at different times.  You add up the mistakes by Sark, Ewers, fumbles, penalties (the refs did screw us also) and how good Penix and their WR's were it was a miracle we had a chance to win.  

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  10. Got a call from the local liquor store that I was one of the allocated winners.  The best thing left was a Thomas H. Handy Rye.  I don’t usually drink Rye but any idea if this is good stuff?  I never win these things so when I finally did I was hoping for any of the other antique collection stuff or even Pappy.  

  11. 18 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

    Grounds won't be as beautiful in winter, so I'd skip Versailles. Also, skip Brussels.  You have under a week I'm Paris.  Stay in Paris.

    I like the area around Palais Royal, so that is also a very central place to stay.  The Marais and the Haut Marais are also good.  The second is central, and if you can get a place near Pantagruel on Rue du Sentier, do it.  

    What kinds of restaurants etc..are you looking at?  I.e. prix fix, michelin stars, casual bistros, etc...

    Your advice is too late.  Wife already booked Versailles and a trip to Brussels since my kid really wants to go.  For restaurants something cheaper as my family doesn’t need to eat fancy.  Trying to find something open on Christmas Day and Christmas Eve.

  12. Bumping this thread as I am deciding to take the family (wife and son) to Paris for 6 days this Christmas.  I believe the weather could suck and be cold but not sure if walking around Paris at the end of December will be a miserable idea or not.  Could use some recs on where to stay, what to do, where to eat as for some reason Paris is one of the cities I have never been to.  We plan on landing in Paris on the Friday before Christmas and leaving on the Thursday after Christmas.  My son really wants to take the high-speed train to Brussels for a day trip but not sure if we will or not.  Also, want to do a day trip out to Versailles.  Eifel tower tours to the top are already booked so not sure if it's worth waiting in line the day of for that.  We also plan on doing the Louvre.  Looking at an Air BnB in the 2nd Arr (whatever that is) near Les Halles (whatever that is).  Anyone know if this area is a good place as a base for the first time in Paris?  Lastly, what to do Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  Does Paris close down with nothing to do or restaurants to eat at?   What else am I missing or any other recs for stuff to not miss or places to eat would be much appreciated.  Need to have a nice vacation before coming back to watch the Horns beat the shit out of Washington in the Sugar Bowl. 

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