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  1. Guys like Satriana, Vai, Malmsteen, etc. are "huge" and iconic, IMO. But not EVH huge, of course. I guess I am splitting hairs here, as most of the "huge" guitar players among the laymen have some sort of band-level connection for them. We all know about Page, Gilmour, Rhodes, Slash, Gibbons, Schon, etc. because of their band affiliation first and not their virtuosity. Of course, there's Hendrix, Beck, Clapton, SRV, etc. who were solo guys, which may be an exception, but Beck and Clapton got their starts in bands. SRV was not really nationally recognized until 10+ years after he moved to Austin. Heck most folks did not even know that he played guitar on most of Bowie's Let's Dance. Not sure what my point is here, but that Van Halen - and its evolution after adding DLR - helped EVH become a huge sensation almost immediately upon the release of their first record. Slight thread derail: Similarly, we probably are not as aware of Neal Schon w/o Steve Perry. Before Perry, Journey was a "self-indulgent" (using Schon's words) jam band. Schon joined Santana at age 17 and formed Journey at age 19 in 1973. Perry joined in 1978 and they printed money through around 1986.
  2. Nic Scourton played at Purdue for 2 years before transferring to aTm. Edited to add: Scourton is from Bryan. He was part of the 2022 class, #22 DL recruit overall. At the time, Aggy had Nolen (1) , Stewart (3), Bronlow-Dindy (4), Overton (6), Lucas (8) in the class. Scourton became more interesting to Aggy once the transfer out began.
  3. Thanks for the clarification on the special assistant, stuff, @closetojumping My bad. Was the "raging asshole" piece from all of the players also part of the character assault? He has a reputation for being aloof. Former subordinate of mine played with him at BSU and noted that he was extremely focused (which can also be misinterpreted for aloof).
  4. When they are *this* TV, you only need 2.
  5. Missed this thread altogether until today... Stream of consciousness. @Rimbo, Sammy claims that his Ferrari was in the shop and Ed saw it. The mechanic said that Ed should call Sammy to get him in the band. Templeton was probably right that time could heal the wounds, but Ed called Sammy and they hit it off. Of course, that's Sammy's version of things. Moved to Austin in 1978 - 4th grade. Guy across the street from me was a little older and had a vast record collection. One would characterize him as a country-boy or "kicker" at the time, but he introduced me to VH1. I'd never heard anything like it before. Parents raised me on pop, Elvis, and BeeGees. Think back to the first time you ever heard "Running With the Devil". Oh my! Missed the VH 1984 tour - I am sure I did something stupid and parents said, "Nah - no need for you to go." Saw VH supporting the 5150 tour at FEC in 1986. Was on 4th row floor - near stage left. It was a fantastic show. Ed's beer cup was near there. I have never seen anyone drink so much Schlitz Malt Liquor before in my life. Or since. Again, the show was fantastic. 5150 was far more "pop" than anything they had done before. My favorites: Summer Nights and 5150. CSB Roth played Stubbs quite a few years back. Before the show, I went to the restroom. While I was standing & peeing, a guy kept coming in and walking out. After the 3rd time, I said, "everything OK?" and he said, "Dave needs to use the restroom." I said, "Let Dave use the restroom, I will leave him alone." I leave and the same guy says, "Hey, can you watch the door until Dave comes out?" Sure. Dave comes out, says "Thanks man" and proceeds to return to his pregaming w/o inviting me. Show was awesome. Favorite part was his guitar and bass player hiding behind amp stacks as Dave started spinning/twirling a large metal staff. /CSB.
  6. Funny how you can see both Ed and Val in his smile. As you might expect Wolf is uber-talented. And hard working. Love how he got the double-kick in it a few times... And the open hi-hat. He's also very sensitive to the band who wrote it. He does not want to mess it up. His instincts are fantastic - the fills ending the chorus are impeccable.
  7. NSIAP - Alex Van Halen with Anderson Cooper. Interesting personal interlude by Billy Bob Thornton - about the loss of his own brother - around 6:45 Around 12:00 mark: Cooper: so your dad struggled with alcohol. Al: He didn't struggle with it. He loved it. My grandfather died from it. My dad's brothers died from it. My dad died from it. I came very close. And Ed battled with it his whole life. Al says it was Dave's idea to have Jan Van Halen play clarinet on Diver Down's Big Bad Bill (is sweet William now). He thanks Dave for the idea.
  8. This bears repeating. 100% agree.
  9. Yeah, but *she* had a different role than Petersen would for Wilcox. I think. Harsin was also regaled as a raging asshole to the Auburn players. Which is wild, given given their previous staff included Malzahn, Steele, and Chad Morris. Of course, a couple of hundred dollar handshakes from Yellawood Man could make any player say just about anything.
  10. Perhaps he did not care if he got caught. If the reports of a manifesto are true, then he likely wants his message shared more broadly.
  11. 2023: $23mm Anonymous gift for Cal Golf. $10mm Rogers family commitment to rowing Just need a billionaire or two to step up for football
  12. Thanks - fixed it. The narrative is silly. Media fixated on stupid stats. Texas lost the CCG for myriad reasons. Texas won the other 3 games, so who cares? I guess some want to use it to portend doom.
  13. DFEI, Points for Clemson opponents. The only team with a top-50 DFEI that they scored more than 25 on was SMU. 14 of the points in the first quarter were TD drives of 33 and 28 yards.
  14. 3 of the 4. Only Aggy did we receive. Here is a summary of 3rd Q offense drives: Ark: FG, Punt UK: Punt, fumble, fumble returned for TD Aggy: Punt, Pick-6, Fumble UGA: Punt, Missed FG (TD was early in 4th - drive started late 3rd) Net actual points: for offense: -11. Defense in 3Q: Ark: Defense surrendered TD UK: defense held them to 0 Aggy: defense held to 0 UGA: TD + FG
  15. Herb Hand. Ha. Every fan base cheers when Herb Hand leaves their program. That's what we did. That's what the Auburn fans told us. That's what the Auburn fans told us that the Penn State fans told them.
  16. Thanks. I had forgotten both of those details about him, esp. the histrionics. I guess my original comment of "could have done worse" is true, "but not much" should be added. Damning with faint praise, I guess. "That seems like a good/great hire" never crossed my mind...
  17. The selection itself, or the way Gundy has been treated in the past week? Please elaborate, if you do not mind.
  18. Gundy could have done worse. DC for Petrino 3 years at Louisville. DC for Mullen 1 year at MSU DC for Mullen all 4 years at Florida. Was offered DC of Bengals in 2019, chose to stay w/ Mullen at UF. Was fired 9 games into the 2021 season. Mullen was fired 2 games later. 2022 Analyst for Saban. 2023/2024 - D Line coach for Saints.
  19. Sagarin predictor has been a decent proxy for setting initial lines. Using that and a 3-pt home-field benefit, Sagarin predicts (to the nearest 1/2 point) Texas: -11.5 UND: -11 tOSU: -7.5 PSU: -6 Texas and tOSU lines are reasonable, if you trust the predictor. PSU getting 2 more points because of shitty weather. UND derate makes little sense, other than (1) Mark Cuban dropping huge $$ on Indiana (doubt) or (2) uncertainty about how good either of these teams really are.
  20. Tomlin has beaten every NFL team except Pittsburgh. Some will argue he's had a hand in beating Pittsburgh in the past. He's 27-9-1 total against Cleveland, 6-5 in the past 5 years. Pittsburgh played Cleveland 3x in 2020 and lost 2x. Cleveland was 11-5 (Mayfield was the QB) and beat Pittsburgh 48-37 in Cleveland. That was the game where Roethlisberger had 4 turnovers in the first half and the Steelers trailed 35-10 at half.
  21. Official on Purdue's site. The "boiler" part of my handle is optimistic. https://purduesports.com/news/2024/12/8/football-barry-odom-named-head-coach-of-the-purdue-boilermakers
  22. I've seen that for about a week. I think Choice was also on the list. I think Marion can earn more as an OC for Purdue than as HC for SHSU (by looking at Harrell's and Keeler's deals respectively), but he might want to be HC ASAP.
  23. Congrats! All 3 of my daughters (no pics) performed in drill teams throughout their HS experience. They loved it.
  24. No kidding. Byes have huge value in football: rest and reduced chance of injuries. That said, I wonder if UGA would have preferred no CCG and landed w/ the 5 seed. BYE would have essentially been yesterday, but Beck and Thorson would not have been injured.
  25. They scored a boatload of points against crappy defenses, as they should have... Notre Dame points vs. DFEI Here's Texas, by comparison.
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