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Reynolds Woodcock

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  1. 3 hours ago, Llogg said:

    I was watching the Spurs-Thunder last night and realized the Thunder have come out of the whole Paul George-Westbrook debacle pretty nice. SGA is going to be a bad man very soon. He's a great on-ball defender and has suddenness and smoothness to his offensive game. Chris Paul is their only bad contract. Danilo is the only piece they need to work on re-signing for next year. At 31 letting him walk wouldn't really be a back breaker since he doesn't really fit the window of SGA's development. A sign and trade with him, or dumping Chris Paul's contract on somebody for draft picks and/or younger wings could really set them up nicely. They have a couple first round picks this year (if they hold onto their own by sliding into a top 20 pick), which could let them trade up to get a real early impact player.

    Presti has had a very odd tenure.

    • He drafts Durant, Westbrook, and Harden. Great.
    • He trades the second best of the three future MVPs for very little in return (a pick that later became Steven Adams, along with a few mediocre players). Quite possibly the worst trade in NBA history, considering the ramifications. 
    • He then loses one of the 20 greatest players of all time in free agency. Very, very bad.
    • He trades Ibaka for Oladip, Sabonis and Ilyasova, who would later be traded for Paul George. On the whole, pretty good.
    • He then re-signs George when everyone assumed there was no chance that would happen. Good
    • He's then forced to trade George to LAC, but extracts SGA and a boat load of picks. He then trades the third MVP on the down slope of his career with a monstrosity of a contract, and gets more picks and an apparently not-washed-up Chris Paul in return. 

    On the whole, it's hard to say that he isn't one of the best GMs in the league, which is bizarre to say about a guy who had 3 future MVPs (plus young Ibaka) and managed to only win a single conference championship. 

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  2. 7 hours ago, Napoleon said:

    If I'm an OL who is going to red shirt and then sit for 2 more years, I am NOT going to miss my 2nd semester of senior year of high school.

    Everyone else... okay.

    These OLs might be playing for another coach by the time they have developed collegiate bodies and adjust to the speed of the college game.

    But whatever, good for them. I hope that they get bigger, stronger, faster.

     

    2 hours ago, Scholz said:

    College chicks

     

    2 hours ago, Bevo14 said:

    I would've skipped my entire senior year if it was an option. What a waste of time.

     

    2 hours ago, texifornia said:

    The monumental difference in the amount of fun freshman year of college is vs any point in high school is one good reason.

    Seriously, what high school did Napoleon attend? I would have given anything to swap a year of high school for another year or semester at UT. 

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  3. 31 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

    If you're looking for things to do too then definitely hit up The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Sunday. It's half church and half market on Sundays with tons of families taking their babies to be baptized and what not. I'm not religious and I think I was the only Anglo there that day but I found it to be a lot of fun and very interesting. Teotihuacan was fine but quite the drive and you see some serious poverty on the way out there. I'd rather have done more in town if given the opportunity over driving out there. Also don't plan on doing much on Monday as most places are closed. We flew out late on a Monday and spent most of the day just shopping and looking in Museum windows.

    Thanks, I think given the limited time (land Friday at 11am, fly out Monday at 2pm), we are going to do a few Zocalo sights on Friday, chill around Condesa/Roma and maybe the park on Saturday, then go down to Coyocan and the Frida Khalo museum on Sunday. I'll definitely keep the Basilica on the list in case we have some time on Sunday. I also wanted to do Teotihuacan, Lucha Libre, a bullfight, Xochimilco, etc., but I need time to unwind. 

  4. Bump. Heading down for the first time this Friday through Monday. Pujol's Taco Omakase for dinner Friday night, Contramar for lunch Saturday, and Quintonil for dinner Saturday night. Hoping for street food for all other meals. Staying in Condesa right on Parque Mexico. Anyone have any good cocktail bar suggestions? Basically every guidebook says La Clandestina and Limantour, so I'm expecting both to be overrun.    

  5. 1 hour ago, mdmost said:

    Watched it last night and really enjoyed it. Cinematography was excellent. Need to check out the director’s other films.

    Okja and Snowpiercer both available on Netflix

  6. 1 hour ago, Homercles said:

    I took the class, believe it was 1-2 nights classroom and 2 days on actual 250s.  After that I rode a Rebel 250 which was WAY too small for me, but it helped me really get comfortable and when the battery died I could push start it on level ground lol.  
     

    If you do take the course, pro tip for the dreaded figure-8 test...ride that rear brake like it owes you money, really stabilizes the machine and dampens out inadvertent throttle movements.  Combined with fully committing to looking where you want to go and really throwing your head over your shoulder, I had no problems with it.  I went first, in front of everyone and nailed it.  
     

    Something no one else mentioned that I thought was important about the class...it really let’s you see if you’re cut out to ride without making a serious commitment.  Don’t buy a liter bike, a thousand bucks in gear and ‘ride to live, live to ride’ tat before the class.  
     

    There were two people in my class who had no business on two wheels...great people, just couldn’t get the coordination of both hands/feet it takes...one girl barely ever took her feet off the pegs and that’s a great way to break an ankle.  That rear wheel is a gyroscope, the bikes not going to fall over once it’s rolling and at some point you got to trust it.  I see people still getting up to 15mph with their feet hovering over the ground and I don’t get it.  
     

    I can’t remember the guys name but my instructor was awesome.  I fell once when my boot laces caught in the shifter peg when I came to a stop.  He calmly walked over, asked what happened and said ‘what did you just learn’.  Forever after that my laces were tucked into my boots.  
     

    I miss it sometimes, but I always told people I’d always get out when I had young kids.  Maybe someday. Still go to ROT though 

    Thanks man, appreciate the feedback. I’ve wanted to ride (and specifically for some reason have lusted after a Triumph Bonneville), for several years. But I will definitely take the class first.

  7. 19 hours ago, texifornia said:

    Boy, that quote's never backfired on anyone ever

    It's hilarious, in a sadistic sort of way, to think back to the articles I read in 2009 and the offseason before 2010. Here is a gem from the fraudster himself (and to be fair, 21 year old me lapped up every word).

  8. If we end up taking two pieces of Mrs. Baird's on the defensive line after having Broughton, Princely, Fillinger and Collins (silently) all committed at one point... rage inducing.

    Edit: Ok, just one. Fine.

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  9. 5 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    This class is a fucking letdown, and anyone who says otherwise either doesn't follow this shit very closely or is being willfully ignorant.

     

    Agreed. This class may finish in the Top 10, but it is still a let down and a huge missed opportunity. LB isn't even worth discussing; a complete shit show start to finish.  A year from now we could also be really thin at WR and CB, and we didn't so much as sniff Demas, JSN or Kimber, lost out on Rogers, and allowed Pouncey, Eaton and QJ to flip.  Obviously you would take this QB, DL and RB haul every year, but there are huge gaps considering the projected state of our roster. The disappointment is compounded by the fact that this cycle followed a Sugar Bowl win that should have propelled us to a killer class. 

    What a kick to the balls this program has been for the last 12 months. 

  10. 20 hours ago, pyrohornIII said:

    Watching They Shall Not Grow Old before seeing 1917 made it more enjoyable to me.  The rats, the niches cut into the trench walls for sleeping, the documentary made all that more poignant.    

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    I never got the battalion with transport trucks just showing up after losing his buddy.  Weren't they all under the same general?  Wouldn't the general know they were out there and just have sent  those two to hook up with them before crossing the line?  

    Also, the sniper.  Why was he still there?  Just by himself?  That battalion couldn't have gone that far after he jumped on the bridge.  Seems they would have been watching, given him cover fire when the sniper started.    Also couldn't understand why he insisted on going after the sniper at all.  Just go on around him and eventually get out of range would seem more feasible.

     

     

    Spoiler

    I agree, that was one in a series of events that was a little puzzling to me. First, a plane crashes right in front of them. Ok, I get it, it's a movie. Then, 20 minutes later, an entire fucking battalion strolls in. Fine. Then, as he leaves the battalion, the worst sniper in the history of snipers starts firing away at him in what seems like an otherwise abandoned area (side note, why did he fly backwards down the stairs if he wasn't shot?). Then, several hours later, he wakes up in the middle of an all out fucking battle. Then, he stumbles on to a woman and child?  I don't know, it was a little much for me.  But, the filming was cool.

     

  11. 36 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

    Yeah. I hope we see Jamison at Nickel. He’s pretty much the ideal guy. He can cover the slot 1 on 1, he’ll be a nightmare for QBs to read when he can undercut routes from the flat or drop middle zone, and he has the aggressiveness to tackle runners on the edge. I could see Thompson getting a chance there too, but he’s not quick enough in man vs the slot and not physical enough to be reliable there IMO. If Ash tries to play someone like Foster or Brown at Nickel, it probably won’t be a good sign. 
     

    I do wonder how many 3 backer sets we’ll use. I could see us play an actual 4-3 against KSU and potentially Baylor. Definitely gonna need at least 1 spin down safety for those sets, at minimum. 

    Curious if you think we even need a "traditional" linebacker like Dele or Mitchell in our 4-2-5, or if Foster and Overshown could be the "2" (assuming they are willing to do so).  If so, presumably Brown, Adimora and Owens would fight for reps at the safety opposite of Sterns.

  12. 34 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

    Thats MUCH better. I think JQJ fucked someones mom at Rivals, only explanation

     

    Really wish he would have been able to enroll early if they are set on initially giving him snaps at quarterback. Personally I'd prefer to make him a LB day 1 and roll with Thompson, Card and Milroe in 2021. Now please bookmark this post to throw in my face in a few years.

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  13. 6 minutes ago, satyanash said:

    Will be very interesting to see what he can do with Overshown next year. Hoping he can build on that Alamo Bowl performance in a big way next year.

    FIFY, I hope. 

  14. I think Malcom Brown is one of the very few elite championship level players we’ve had in the last decade.  That guy was incredible and would have been a multi year starter at Alabama, Clemson, Ohio St., etc.  It’s really a shame his time here was wasted on Mack Brown’s shit sandwich of a swan song. 

  15. 1 hour ago, Tylerocks said:

    Got back from over the Holidays.  We're not as fancy as some of you, but some really good food.

    Some highlights that I haven't seen mentioned...  

    Lovely Day- Cool little Thai place in Soho/Nolita area.

    Via Carota- in the W Village.  Amazing Italian..no reservations

    Pastis-  I guess it closed and re-opened in a diff location.  Went for lunch.  The steak sandwich might be my featured dish if I were on "Best thing you ever ate".

    Ricotta cheesecake at Pepolino (between Tribeca and Soho)

    You did well. Via and Pastis are two of the best, and you are 100% spot on re the steak sandwich. I used to live around the corner from Lovely Day and really liked it as well.

    In addition to Via and Pastis, the following were some of my most repeated restaurants of the year: Cafe Altro Paradiso, Buvette (every year), i Sodi, Cervo’s, Wildair, JeJu, and Blue China. 

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