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  1. Caveat - "we" meaning a club team my kid used to play for. They had a girl commit there. Not someone in the family.....;)
  2. Take the money. Undergrad these days is less and less important sans a very specific degree path. There's always grad school where he'll have many more opportunities. And I get it. We had a class of '25 girl at UIW. It's a pretty campus, but a preferred walk-on is a BIG leap of faith. It's like dating. Quit trying to bang the prom queen. Find someone like yourself that likes and respects who you are for you. Our future coach was so genuinely excited to have our girl on his program and the girls all love him. I need someone I can trust to look after her when I'm not there. Go where you feel the most wanted. Of course there's always the portal as well. Put together some good tape, prove you are more that just a contributor, but an undeniable difference maker and the heavens will open up to him in terms of other school options.
  3. That's exactly what we did. Try not to reveal too much, but it's a small, academically robust school. Same thing. Big fish in a smaller pond. She doesn't have delusions of playing pro, but still loves the game and has used to it to get into a school that otherwise would be very difficult to get in to. Another thing at the larger school girls/athletes in general don't always consider is your major. Labs and games don't mix. Pre med? Veterinary medicine? Engineering, etc? yeah. No...... That was our first question. She wants to go pre-med. Don't tell us what we want to hear. Give us the names of a few players on the team that are pre-med and can we meet them and get their candid feedback on the balance. On the overnight coach put her with a few, and after shopping, tours, etc the girls were like..."we have to study". Ironically, that was what sealed the deal.
  4. I can tell you, it's wild out there right now for soccer girls. It's not injuries we have to worry about, it's turnover. For example, just our club team noticeable commits who are now stressing: Girl committed to Ol Miss. Coach fired a few weeks back. New coach will come in, about half the current commits will get the boot (pun intended) Two committed to UNT. He just announced he's retiring after next year La Tech - their coach just got fired A&M - also retiring next season We had an offer in hand from Wofford in SC. Just didn't "feel" right. He's a new coach. Last I checked there are 9 girls on the current team in the portal. Dodged a bullet there possibly. Obviously Texas soccer coach after 14 seasons got shitcanned. Then you have overcommitting. Girls are "encouraged" to enroll early. That's also when coaches can cut their rosters back. Tech did this last year. AR does it ever year. These are tryouts. Not commitments. Girls graduate early, over the moon excited. Show up. Weeks later told to find another school.
  5. Soccer. The ACL destroyer sport. Honestly, glad she's better. The rehab now is amazing. Less than a year and they're back at it. For soccer, it's the "boots" and turf fields. Piece of advice for all you soccer parents. When you buy your kids new boots, check the spikes. Speed vs. comfort - no, it's a torn ACL or a healthy season. Those "blades" on the left don't give in grass or turf. They bite in and the momentum of the body is wrecking players.
  6. Probably. That's what happened to my daughter. She committed last year, but just signed a few weeks ago. She's a '26 class, and the '27's are almost full. It's moving so fast these days, and the portal isn't helping.
  7. Few pics I took when I was in HK back in 2012-ish. Not sure if same place as burned, but looks like it.
  8. The older Sigs were/are pieces of art. The beforementioned P210 is just a amazing pistol all around. Again, not truck guns. Not meant to be.
  9. And pop-a-bitch, we might be related. I'm 1/16 from the venerable slap-a-hoe tribe.
  10. All of it. Every last bit. It's amazing. I'm sure they'll cover why it's in NE, but it was Andrew Higgins and his amazing flat-bottomed, shallow draft Higgins boats that many credit for giving the US & Allies a decisive edge in winning the war....especially the Pacific campaigns.
  11. Hammerli MIGHT just be the sexiest, best pistol ever made. This and the P210.
  12. Yep. "underemployment" is the term. When I was in India years back I had an entire entourage. I had like 6-7 people. Carrying bags. Holding doors. Unpacking clothes. Checking you in to your room in the actual room. The hotels were as opulent as I've ever stayed in. Get a few hundred yards from the hotel, and there's a dude with no legs begging for scraps.
  13. Tracks that a frito pie from GM would be one of the best things on their menu.....;)
  14. AL lost their D coordinator to Ol Piss
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