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Uncle Nate

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  1. I am not someone who entertains conspiracy theories...I think Oswald shot JFK, I think we landed on the moon, I think 9/11 was the result of terrorists crashing planes into buildings, and I don't believe in UFO's (well, I don't believe in aliens from outer space visiting Earth).

    But the fact that this Op-Ed was published in the NYT on the same day, just a couple of hours after the reports of the Clinton and Obama bombs, does make me scratch my head:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/opinion/george-soros-mailbox-bomb.html

     

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  2. 2 minutes ago, Stella Link said:

    Damn!  This is just like Michael killing off the heads of the five families.....

    No, not really.  Michael wasn't this incompetent.

    It would be more like Fredo trying to kill off the heads of the five families.

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  3. 2 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

    Supposedly the trailer has the ability to defend itself as well.

    Picture of said trailer:   [CRAP...didn't see LoneStarBiker's post before I posted this.  His is better.]

    1*PnSi2cDkDf7jUd0gGlLCrA.jpeg

  4. 5 minutes ago, slorch said:

    Gurley, Hunt, Diggs, Tyreek, and Allen?

    4 team league?

    8 team league.

    I had the #1 draft pick.  Took Gurley #1, and then waited around for my two back-to-back at the end of the 2nd and start of the 3rd rounds.  Took Hunt & Diggs with those two picks.  Got Hill and Allen at end of 4th and start of 5th rounds.  Guys in my league weren't sold on the KC skill players with a new, young QB.  I took advantage of it.

  5. Yesterday started off really slow and really bad. Diggs caught next to nothing and Alex Smith cannot connect with Jordan Reed to save his life.  Then then first half of last night's game happened, and I thought I was done for.

    It got better:

    QB Patrick Mahomes, KC QBnews_breaking.png
    @NE
    L 40-43   23/36 352 4 2   2 9 0   0 0 0 0   0 0 0   42
    RB Todd Gurley II, LAR RBnews_breaking.png W 23-20   0/0 0 0 0   28 208 2   2 17 0 5   0 0 0   34
    RB Kareem Hunt, KC RBnews_breaking.png
    @NE
    L 40-43   0/0 0 0 0   10 80 0   5 105 1 6   0 0 0   31.5
    WR Keenan Allen, LAC WRnews_breaking.png W 38-14   0/0 0 0 0   4 41 0   4 62 0 6   0 0 0   12
    WR Tyreek Hill, KC WRnews_breaking.png
    @NE
    L 40-43   0/0 0 0 0   1 0 0   7 142 3 12   0 0 0   40.5
    TE Jordan Reed, Wsh TEnews_breaking.png
    Car
    W 23-17   0/0 0 0 0   0 0 0   5 36 0 9   0 0 0   5.5
    FLEX Stefon Diggs, Min WRnews_breaking.png
    Ari
    W 27-17   0/0 0 0 0   1 9 0   3 33 0 5   0 0 0   4.5
    STARTERS: KICKERS WK 6   KICKING   TOTAL
    SLOT PLAYER, TEAM POS OPP STATUS ET   1-39 40-49 50+ TOT XP   PTS
    K Matt Bryant, Atl K  Qnews_breaking.png
    TB
    W 34-29   0/0 1/1 1/1 2/2 4/4   13
    STARTERS: TEAM D/ST WK 6   TEAM DEFENSE / SPECIAL TEAMS   TOTAL
    SLOT PLAYER, TEAM POS OPP STATUS ET   TD INT FR SCK SFTY BLK PA   PTS
    D/ST Cowboys D/ST D/ST
    Jax
    W 40-7   0 1 1 3 0 0 7   12
    195
  6. 35 minutes ago, slorch said:

    It's extremely complicated when it comes to execution.  That's why it requires the massive amount of reps.

     

    It matters not as Leach's place in football history as an innovator and  influence of the game is cemented already.  It's just frustrating when people, either ignorantly or with amnesia; seem to downplay his contributions.  

    It's not malicious or anything, it's just a bit puzzling.  

    To be clear, I was not downplaying his contributions.  He changed high school football in Texas forever.

    My only point was that his schemes were not complicated, but the execution of them was a thing of beauty.  People at the time called it a gadget or gimmick offense, and in all honestly it was anything but.  It was just masterfully executed.

  7. I just came here to say "Fuck Baylor".

    UT better not let off the gas tomorrow.  Baylor needs to be destroyed completely.  UT needs to go in dry and then carve #MeToo on the forehead of each player and coach (ala swastikas on the foreheads of nazis in "Inglorious Bastards").

  8. 1 minute ago, slorch said:

    This is wrong...and correct at the same time.

    Leach’s scheme allowed for ‘creativity’ or interpretation from the QB in the form of reads by both the QB and WRs. The OL schemes and sets were absolutely innovative, or ‘creative.’

    CKK is a little more flexible, for sure.  I was definitely in disagreement with how much ‘ interpretation’ he was allowing Duffy to make in the first half.  It looked like his reads and processing were going through mollasses...and then he was getting hurried/ sacked before he could react.  Part of the success of the Air Raid through the years has been quick reads and getting the ball out of the QB’s hands.  I still don’t understand some of that crap from the first half last night. It was putting Duffy in the worst possible situations for success.

     

    His scheme was innovative, to be sure.  But when I attended Leach Fantasy Camp and had Lincoln Riley & Seth Littrell break it down for us in film studies and then later on the field, it really is quite simple and yet genius at the same time.  

  9. 3 minutes ago, Augustus said:

    Kliff's no different in that respect, when it comes to repetition.

    But I think he's better at adapting a gameplan to a QB's strengths/weaknesses, both in preparation and as the game unfolds.  He's not as rigid as Leach, and that's an asset.

     

    Agree with you 100%.  Leach's stubbornness that allowed his offensive success ironically was also what kept him from being more successful.  Your use of the word "rigid" hits the nail on the head perfectly.  He sometimes refused to adjust his scheme when it was needed because he refused to give up on his philosophy of execution over adjustment.

    I loved Leach...but I also got very frustrated with his stubbornness...which ultimately proved to be his downfall.  I think he has become less rigid at WAZZU.  

    Watching Kliff change his offensive approach last night to fit the personnel he had on the field as well as to counter what TCU was doing was a beautiful sight to behold.  

  10. 3 minutes ago, Augustus said:

    I think Kliff is more creative offensively than Leach.  And if, as you say, he can build some consistently good defenses, I believe he could surpass what Leach accomplished, i.e. winning the Big 12.

    Threre's no reason he couldn't accomplish what Gundy has.

     

    Leach's success wasn't due to creativity...it was due to repetition.  They had very simple sets and formations they worked from, but they did it over and over and over.  It was very much like Vince Lombardi's approach.  Practice the same play over and over with a goal of perfection.

    I think at the college level that approach is what works.  Don't overthink it.  Don't get too cute and creative.  Do what you do, and work to perfect it.  

  11. 13 minutes ago, WBT said:

    How about getting rid of replay?

    I don't think you have to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

    As others have mentioned, I think the NCAA should follow the NFL's model.  Coach gets two challenges, and all TD's and TO's are reviewed automatically...and that's it. And if a penalty isn't called on the field, it should not be called from the press box.  

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