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Burt Macklin

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  1. 18 minutes ago, wood said:

    Yep, and not only track limits violations. If they have gravel and/or grass in the right places, a whole lot of things that now need policing would be handled automatically by the track design. With a gravel trap on the inside of that turn in Miami, KMag wouldn't have even tried the move on Sargent that ended his race.

    Yeah, since F1 has this shitty rule where you're allowed to drive the other guy completely off the track if you were slightly ahead at the apex (even if you braked crazy late and never had a chance at actually making the apex), the best way to handle this is gravel right on the edge of the track so drivers work it out on track instead of relying on stewards making shitty, inconsistent decisions race to race. 

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  2. On 5/6/2024 at 7:38 PM, mwaadeeb said:

    I always laugh at the changing the throwing motion bullshit. How many big players have totally changed their throwing motion and made a leap? Reminds me of my best friend growing up, who was the number one junior golfer in America. He went to the best college golf program at the time and they changed his swing and he never recovered. You don't grow up your whole life throwing a ball one way then change it and improve.

     

    2 hours ago, mwaadeeb said:

    Technically, sure. My point is obvious style changes, totally different planes. Mechanical tweaks, to me, are everything from footwork to rotation to pointing your elbow more etc. Not going from Quinn Ewers to Drew Brees.

    I mean this just shows you have no clue what you're talking about. Aaron Rodgers completely changed his throwing motion from college to the NFL and that's what made him a HOFer. He wouldn't be anywhere near the same QB without changing his throwing motion.  Tom Brady and Drew Brees also made significant changes to their throwing mechanics that propelled them to being all-time greats at QB. None of them would've reached those heights without their mechanical changes.  Josh Allen is another example of a guy who changed his mechanics and made a huge stride in his accuracy. Jordan Love spent his three years as a backup overhauling his throwing mechanics and now looks like a perennial Pro Bowler. There are tons of other examples too. 

    3 hours ago, mwaadeeb said:

    I didn't see anything changed, looked exactly the same to me. But I ain't no QB whisperer. I'm not talking about mechanical tweaks, I'm talking about changing the way someone throws, a different style.

    Again, Quinn throws the ball from a ton of different arm angles and that's been a huge issue for him because it's led to a ton of inaccuracy, especially with controlling the distance of his deep throws. He became much more consistent with his throwing motion last season.  I'm not sure how someone could miss that if they're watching all his games. 

    So your inability to notice changes in mechanics and throwing motions is not the same thing as changes to throwing mechanics never working.

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  3. 4 minutes ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

    lol. That was absolutely not the consensus on this board 12 months ago. The consensus was that Bo was knocking it out of the park with underrated gems like Sydir Mitchell, Jaray Bledsoe, Aaron Bryant, Kris Ross and others, and that any gnashing of teeth about our future DT depth chart was nothing but histrionics. It's fine, it's what fans of college football recruiting do. 

    Nah. People have pretty consistently complained about his recruiting, as evidenced by the fact that we've taken 2 portal DTs and DT is still considered a need position. No one's saying we're happy he left, but his recruiting was a weak point at Texas with top-level NIL. Now if he's at LSU with no NIL and a HC who's one of the worst recruiting HCs in the country, it could be a real problem for LSU moving forward. 

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  4. 8 hours ago, Js1 said:

    Yeah Baylor looks stacked and Drew can coach. If you don’t care about the money, it’s not a bad place to end up 

    Exactly. With some hard work and a little bit of luck, they just might make it past the second round of the tournament for the first time in 3 years. 

  5. 3 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said:

    McLaren out here bringing a new damn car.

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    Yeah, that’s a massive upgrade. Good on them. It will be really interesting to see what kind of jump they make, then what kind of response Ferrari will have when they bring their big update in Imola, and then where the two of them end up in relation to RBR. Hopefully they can get close enough to steal some more wins and at least often beat Checo on pure pace.
     

    It would be nice to see at least a couple non-RBR wins when Max has a normal weekend. That never happened last year. We almost had it with Leclerc in Vegas, but then the Safety Car came out at the wrong time and it was over. 

  6. 1 minute ago, Yesh said:

    I'm all in favor of bringing in a guy or two, for depth or even to start ahead of Holmes and the freshmen.  Of course we should take any opportunity to improve.  I just wouldn't expect it to be significant.  You could put Stingley on last year's team and opponents would still just throw to whoever Thompson or Crawford were covering.  I'm assuming better safety play and pass rush will make more of a difference.

    It’s not like we had good CB play last year.  Watts and Brooks were getting burned plenty too. Having a 2nd year Muhammad and Cole as our starters would be a meaningful improvement, and like you admitted, we’ve improved at safety so getting better CB play is more important this year. 

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  7. 7 minutes ago, Yesh said:

    Do you think our inability to cover would be fixed by bringing in a CB of the talent level found in the portal?  Is talent level even the issue?

    lol wut. We’ve never had great talent at CB. Coaching and talent are both issues. If we bring in a better CB than what we currently have, like the San Jose State kid, then our coverage would improve. Plus we need depth at CB. We don’t have much besides the true freshmen, who may or may not be ready to play by the Fall. 

  8. 36 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Neither of those guys are of the level of player that Damonic is though. 


    So we have 1 over the nose guy in Norton that can eat up blocks, Savea who is a good anchor guy, the hope that Collins shows out, and Broughton as of now who was improved last season but still leaves a lot to be desired from the position. 

    Me reacting to the idea that BOW has any fucking clue about the actual level of play of Savea, Norton, or Williams. 
     

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  9. 1 hour ago, faps said:

    The RB Miami livery

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    Good Lord. That is butt ass ugly. Way too many colors going on there. 

    21 minutes ago, Dutch said:

    That or Newey goes to Ferrari, nails the 2026 regs and designs a rocketship for Charles and Lewis that enables them to both routinely routinely finish ahead of Max.

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  10. 6 hours ago, HookEm said:

    I would definitely like another big, but it is possible to win at the college level without having big interior players as long as the team plays good team defense.  Houston had the #2 defense in CBB last year and their starting bigs were 6'7 J'Wan Roberts and 6'8 Ja'Vier Francis. We made the Elite Eight with 6'9 Disu and 6'7 Christian Bishop.  

    If the season started today, we would have 6'11 Shedrick getting probably 25 min, 6'8 Onyema getting 10 maybe 6'9 Nicholas Codie getting 5 min.  Given the team makeup, I'm going to assume we almost never play with two "bigs" and instead play with a lead guard, 3 rangy guard/forwards and then a center. This wouldn't be a bad lineup:

    • 6'3 Julian Larry
    • 6'5 Tremon Mark
    • 6'6 Tre Johnson
    • 6'7 Jason Kent
    • 6'11 Kaden Shedrick  

    Or swap out 6'2 Jordan Pope for Julian Larry.  We have really good size now at the guard spots and it opens up a lot of options that we have missed in recent years.

    You’re way off here. That’s fine as a starting lineup, but Onyema being the only other guy on the roster over 6’7 is completely unacceptable. Terry has to add another quality big, or it’s a massive, inexcusable failure on his part. 

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  11. 3 minutes ago, Helobious said:

    I’m hoping he flips to Florida. They’re my 2nd favorite team and need all the help they can get, anf we’re already loaded at WR. Plus seeing Lagway with a weapon like that would be awesome. 

    Good stuff, Helobious. I completely agree with you. This guy flipping to UF for the next 4 months until Sunbelt Billy is fired would be a huge jolt for the program. 

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  12. Just now, DixonHur said:

    Well then I suck...I only got 7 of the Top 10.  

    But to be fair, my last Mock was before the combine and a few major FA moves.

    I was happiest that I got Byron Murphy and X right.  

    Not saying anything about your mock, just that this draft went more expected than usual, so I’d guess the number right was probably higher this year across the board. 
     

    Murphy was a good pick if you got that one. 

  13. 19 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

    Has anyone checked on the accuracy of the Mock drafts?

    I was pretty happy, I got 10 picks right in the 1st round.  Interested to see how that fairs against the pros.

    I mean 9 out of the first 10 picks were pretty much chalk, so I would guess most people got a lot right this year. 1-5 especially were pretty much guaranteed if there weren’t trades. 

  14. 4 hours ago, 6th Street said:

    Pearsall was a huge reach for the Niners. He is a day 2 pick. Kyle Shanahan YAC guy but horrible value there. 

    Niners pass defense is ass, and guys like Cooper DeJean or Kool Aid could have immediately helped shore things up. 

    I think they wanted Guyton from OU or Wiggins from Clemson then panicked when they went off the board.

     

    4 hours ago, 6th Street said:

    Nailed it, always making the contrarian pick. Resulted in busts like Trey Lance and Javon Kinlaw

     

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  15. 43 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

    I would have guessed football character concerns for a receiver would be taking plays off and not wanting to block or go across the middle, not off the field stuff.

    Uhhh, did you watch him play this year? He’s a terrible blocker for his size and doesn’t put in enough effort. 

  16. Just now, tx 3 putt said:


    cb was a deeper pool at that pick

    imo

    I was talking about people who say a guy would’ve been available later in the draft. It’s impossible to know, and it’s not like Morgan was way off where some draft guys had him rated. 

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