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BurdineBandit

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  1. I don't have anything else to bitch about right now, so consider me officially worried about the corner position. I don't like that I'm hearing that these corners can cover but are having ball-skill trouble. Yes, I imagine it's an incredibly difficult position to learn, but if that's the case these guys sure could've used a redshirt. Boyd and Davis were constantly turned around on deep balls and mistiming jumps and PBUs in the endzone. Both guys were thrown in the fire as Freshmen, had two INTs their junior years, and finished their "stellar" senior years with one whopping interception. If ball skills can be learned at the corner position, these guys sure didn't seem to do it, and I hope Washington can teach Cook/Jamison/Green/Boyce to play the ball in the air or we might be in for some more Conference-level corners that don't match up with Big 12 Conference-level receivers. Hopefully we're lucky enough to not have to face Murray/Grier level play this year either. Don't get me wrong, we're still going 12-0 this year and 12-0 next year, but this is disgruntling.
  2. I have not either, but did get a courtesy email on Saturday that they had been mailed and would be here in 2-3 business days. Soon.
  3. Those inner-city Houston boys weren't going to your shithole of a town. Neither was a kid from Angleton, the pipeline trickles but it's ours.
  4. Finished it last night, surprised so many on this board are singing praises. I gave it a B-, it felt like a good soap opera. Better than average, but not great. Everything is so dramatic, the stakes are so high, typical teenagers. I do wonder how my viewing of this show would change if I was a. A parent myself or b. Had lived this in high school. I feel out of the loop, went to a big public high school, we partied a bit, but nothing was this crazy. This is soap opera level shit. Then again every character in this "crew" has a fucked up home life of some sort, they aren't showing the stable homes, nor the split homes where both parents are still involved and providing support/love. Rue's dad died, Cassie's dad is a crack-head and mom's an alchie, Maddie's parents hate each other in the same home 24/7, Nate's dad likes underage trans kids, Jules' mom is MIA, etc. etc. The only semi-normal home seemed to be Kat's and I never saw a dad in hers. The only couple of "good & normal" kids seemed to be the dude that sat next to Kat and fell in love with her and Cassie's little sister (who grew up in the same household but is completely different). Everybody else was the most dramatic character they could muster.
  5. Thinking about it? What are you some kind of cot-damned philosopher commie? It's 2019, you watch it once, react immediately (classic or trash?) and the proclaim how much you hated it or loved it to whoever you know, loudly, and never think about it again. Deej had a pretty good/succinct write-up, kudos.
  6. Even though after hour 2 I "felt" that it was taking a long time, there was no point where I was "bored". I can't blame a director for my attention span.
  7. Derrick White apparently graduated from the Select (JV) team to the varsity Team USA before the World Cup, in only a few days of practice. JVG singing his praises. I am gruntled.
  8. Fans tweeting at Del Conte about a grass field. He says he's a fan but it's the coaches decision. Can anyone explain this? I don't see what the shit of a difference it would make to a fan. The 55-year old white dude who tweeted Del Conte sure as shit ain't gonna be lacing 'em up on Saturdays so what difference would it make to him? Is it some nostalgia/purist shit or what?
  9. This one annoys me for sure. I feel like if he hasn't learned to move his damn feet in pass pro by now he sure ain't gonna learn it, but I'll trust some Herb Hand instruction. Same as the rest though, we'll know pretty soon whether he blew his last offseason to become a tackle or not.
  10. It was the 4th day of practice and from this page alone there's been Duvernay getting beat out of his job (on the 4th day of practice) so Herman moved him inside so a Senior could see playing time, and Anthony Cook likely has off-the-field issues now (first any of us has heard of a problem) because apparently Jamison, the other highly-touted 4-star athlete, can't be better than him. It's week 1, Herman is tinkering. He used Collin in the slot, why not ask whether Epps beat him out too? We won't know shit about shit until the end of next week at the earliest. Just like last year, Calvin Anderson was a waste of a roster spot and a joke of a talent from a joke of a conference by day 4.
  11. About time they cut that waste of a draft pick. Years wasted marvelling at his height daydreaming about what a weapon he could be if he knew how to fucking play the game of football. I was tired of the bullshit around him last training camp. This isn't Madden 2020, this is the NFL, either he can play or he can't.
  12. Yes, they are generally accurate estimates. Most tips are $2-$3, but half the riders don't even tip. Probably a millenial thing. I don't know. But for the distance you're taking I'd think $4-$5 is a "good" tip that would make a driver give a surprised nod when the notice pops up on their phone. I drive part-time, in my free time that's not my 8-5.
  13. Reggie Bush got his taken away for free. At least Ricky cashed out. And his name will always be in the actual books.
  14. You may be right, and obviously we're hoping you're not, but I also hope La. Tech comes to play Week 1 and throws the ball a bunch to put these guys to the fire early. I won't mind giving up 21-28 in a comfortable win (and to an experienced QB/offense) if it means we get the young corners some experience against a Big 12 style wide-open offense. I know LSU is supposed to have revamped their O or whatever but we can't count on them to actually open it up with Burrow. And Rice, well......
  15. Well it appears that back in your day people may have actually believed when they prayed to, Christ. Guess what? That day has been replaced by a populace that worships their false idols (and that's not even partisan). And these here false idols in politics worship the only almighty, the dollar. And with that comes the worship of the NRA and the fueling of a racist fire, all because that's what's their base wants to hear (and that's how to get donations) and that's what will get them re-elected. Whether they believe in the racism or not. That's secondary to the dollar. Asking for more prayer in schools is a nice little gesture or whatever, but your God has been replaced by what they really worship these days, and it's not holiness.
  16. Yeah I have "CreditWise" through CapitalOne. And we all get 1 free report yearly. But Equifax's option has a price tag on it so it must be "worth" more apparently....
  17. Pretty sure the total settlement will just be divided, so everybody is getting .94 cent checks. Their stupid claim that credit monitoring is "worth" more really pisses me off too. Fucking scammers. There isn't a finite amount of "credit monitors" that affect the supply/demand of credit monitoring, the worth is just what those crooks judge it to be worth. Basically what people will pay for it. And plenty of people don't (and won't choose the option), because it's being monitored by the company who already fucked up security in the first place. I'm sure it's already been posted, I started on page 3, but I read yesterday that the "3rd party" vendor that they refer all the credit monitoring option people to still has to pay Equifax to access the credit reports for each person. Equifax is still making back a small percentage of every person that passes on the $125 and opts for monitoring. Aside from the fact that the worth of the monitoring is made up bullshit.
  18. If the only position battles this summer are going to be listed as "Player 1 OR Player 2" then your stupid ass article isn't a projection, it's a rehash of what we've heard all summer.
  19. Not sure if he's more important than LBs, but I am placing a pretty heavy bet on him providing some strong production. I have high hopes. And almost as high hope that Wilbon will break out just some of how Chris Nelson did as a Senior. Having a strong interior line can make a huge difference in football, and our defenses with Poona, Hassan, Malcom, and to a lesser degree Nelson last year, were all so much better for it. I just looked up the Big 12 championship game last night to remind myself how we lost that game, and I forgot about Kris Boyd's 3 penalties (2 face mask and 1 interference I think) in the first half. He also saved a TD (that if IIRC they were only in position bc of his mistakes anyway), but I could do without his boom or bust play and would love Cook and Green to bring us back to just a solid, high-level floor with some big play ability. I don't even care if they only pick off only one or two passes each this year, just be solid. And don't get me started on Breckyn Hager. There's no damn way Graham isn't at LEAST matching the production a senior Hager brought last year.
  20. Agree with pretty much everything in the og post. This is also one of my shameless pleasure shows. If it's on I'm likely stopping by for an episode if I'm just flipping channels. Remini is definitely my style, and yeah that chemistry is kinda odd, but her and Kevin James really have it. They writers seemed willing to give a lot of the supporting cast some shine too. I vaguely remember some episodes revolving around Stiller/Dog-Walker, Stiller/Deacon, Kevin James/Deacon, etc. There's enough shenanigans to go around.
  21. This is really cool. I loved that he called it the 1st annual too. If he has his breakout season this year I think he'll find a way to give out way more than 300 next year.
  22. And the proper response is "Goddammit you assholes, I'm a dumbass, delete thread, ban user..." but I still haven't seen that. That would defeat the real purpose of the thread.
  23. Went to try Kerlin's BBQ yesterday for lunch and was disappointed. Brisket was 5.5/10, kinda dry. Peppery rub was good, bark was good, but dry? C'mon mann..... Sausage Kolache was off the charts though, I did enjoy that, 9/10. Hopefully I caught them on a bad day, I've seen it recommended a couple times for good BBQ on the east side without the wait of Franklin or even La BBQ, but I'd gladly wait for LA if this is the alternative on Cesar Chavez.
  24. "Consistently good" is pretty much why I kept going back to Black's & Smitty's. LCM seemed to be a notch above that earlier this month, I enjoyed it. Related: I went to a BBQ festival in Tyler in May that was pretty damn great, Pinkerton's, Snow's, Leroy & Lewis, Brotherton's were all there (every booth made a sample-sized entree and sides, some had desserts. I thought many were great, but by far the only booth with a "line" was Black's BBQ. Every other booth had maybe 3-4 people waiting at most, Black's had 15-20. There was tons of booths and it wasn't completely packed, so it wasn't bc of a lack of options or anything. They definitely have achieved a legend status at this point, even if I don't see how they're necessarily better than any of the other spots that I listed.
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