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  1. feather in the cap for the strength/conditioning and sports science folks at Texas. Congrats to Worthy. He has had a pro mentality to maximize his talent from the very first day he stepped on campus.
  2. Brock does himself no favors with crap like this.
  3. Some movies hit you over the head with an anvil. Some use a scalpel. Some movies like to preach at you and some like to ask questions and invite reflection and examination. Most people are either plot driven, character driven, or vibe/setting driven. I'm a character guy myself, but ultimately you like what you like. No shame in that. Sure - Zone of Interest wasn't introducing a brand new concept. But what I liked about the film is how it went about showing its point. The sounds of Auschwitz were going on constantly - did you key in on them, or did you eventually find yourself adapting and tuning them out? We know Nazis are evil - but that evil is presented in a different way. The family is otherwise ordinary, but for the absolutely confounding fact that they seem totally unfazed by what is happening all around them. Grandma only lasts a few days before having to bail, so we know that the awfulness of what is happening is perceptible to others. So why are these people so immune? Dad is consumed with advancing his career. He wants recognition for his work, more titles, more respect, more worth. Mom is invested in her kids and is willing to go to great lengths to ensure they have the best environment to live in, according to her eyes. Wouldn't you agree that the pursuit of professional success, and the way parents get myopic and absorbed by what they perceive to be the best for their children, transcend Nazi Germany and would be in operation today? If so, what are some things that your are absorbed in? What is distracting you from the presence of evil around you? I get why this film might not be liked or leave someone feeling it is lacking in plot, but to reduce it "banality of evil, I get it" is to do a great disservice to what makes the film worthwhile.
  4. those were my two favorites as well, though I liked Nine-Five Senses significantly more. Wild Summon was so strange - I didn't particularly like it or not like it, but it was certainly memorable. I thought War Is Over was insipid and only nominated because it is backed by John Lennon's name. I'm already annoyed it is probably going to win.
  5. Semis and finals are 3 games. NY6 is, obviously, 6 games. What do you do with the other 3 bowl games in the year they are not part of the playoff? With the top 16 teams off the board, who is going to play in the other NY6 games? Is the Rose Bowl really going to be played between 4 loss teams? Are the NY6 bowls only going to be played the year they are part of the playoff? Do bowls go away entirely with the playoff?
  6. you could see how frustrated she was with her first serve - I don't think she got a single first serve in for one of those games she served for the match. Missed that wide open volley too. Tough way to lose, but onward and upward.
  7. haha, that's fair. She pretty much started tanking when I watched. She went lost the first 6 points of the tie break, and lost 11 of the last 14 points once she was up 6-5. Look forward to the rematch in conference play.
  8. serving for the match ...and double faults the game away. 5-5 in the 3rd set. Chavatipon shows some guts, breaks back. Serving for the match again. ...and Chavatipon misses another chance to close out the match. 6-6, heading to a tiebreak.
  9. it's closer to 15 pounds, but yes, still freaky.
  10. it is legit - not based on any UA measurements.
  11. he was a senior this past season.
  12. 2023 - Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall, Zone of Interest 2022 - EEAAO, Banshees, Tar, Master Gardner 2021 - Nine Days, The Green Knight, The Card Counter 2020 - Sound of Metal, The Killing of Two Lovers, Promising Young Woman 2019 - A Hidden Life, Parasite, Knives Out, The Two Popes, Ad Astra 2018 - Phantom Thread, First Reformed, Ash is the Purest White, Leave No Trace 2017 - Florida Project, Dunkirk, A Ghost Story 2016 - La La Land, Manchester By the Sea, Silence 2015 - Ex Machina, Mad Max Fury Road, Inside Out 2014 - Whiplash, Force Majeure, Leviathan, Two Days One Night, The Lego Movie 2013 - Her, Locke, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis
  13. The claim that Worthy milked injuries or somehow was soft and "injured" a lot is one of the ridiculous things I have read on this site in a long time. Worthy came in as a freshman uncommonly focused - he was a tenacious worker from day 1 and is the furthest thing from soft. Marion was an awful hire and was more concerned with being the cool big brother than actually running his room - but even in the midst of all that, Worthy's toughness, work ethic, and heart should never be questioned.
  14. Very good post - I'm not adding much except to say that we tend to focus on learning scheme, adjusting to speed, getting stronger when it comes to freshman adjustments. Those are all true and important, but there is so much more - especially on the mental side - that isn't as appreciated in conventional fan wisdom but is very much part of the growth, maturation, and development of player.
  15. Bledsoe is 290 - he's plenty big enough for the position.
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