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  1. F-35C was the one in the opening scene. The Death Star trench run design of the big challenge ruined it all for me. You can still make a movie about old school pilotage and teamwork yada yada with some close in dogfighting and ground striking without crafting a scenario where the use of manned conventional (non stealth) aircraft is the WORST approach and least likely to succeed. The cruise missiles, particularly tomahawks, would themselves fly roughly the same speed as the Hornets and would be subject to the same anti aircraft dangers as the rest of the flyers. If it's going to be CGI anyway, make them JASSMs at least. And use some Growlers and show that side of the engagement, detection, jamming, it can still be a movie! You CAN adapt to the times just a little bit, it will still be fun Old Top Gun and new Top Gun alike many times made ejection a central theme and made it clear it's a dangerous thing in its own right, except we just started the movie with a Mach 10 RUD at 200k feet agl and cut to Mav walking into a diner asking for some water. Same with the G forces, it's relevant only after Maverick and Rooster do a death spiral 90 degrees to the ground. Typical movie stuff, but having just a modicum of respect for the subject matter would go a long way. Agreed on Hondo, he went from black project testing leader or what have you, to useless but loveable and chubby sidekick status in an instant. The maneuver of choice time and time again to gain the upper hand in their crafted dogfights is the cobra, renowned the world over as an airshow gimmick, and utterly useless in combat. Not to mention the Hornet and especially Tomcat can't do it, but yes, here it works vs an opponent with thrust vectoring. There's other ways to do this that doesn't result in nonsense. I guess I'm in the minority but the technical side of this movie struck well below average even for Hollywood action, and that's saying something
  2. He had a bad tipped ball off his hands for an int even before the scrimmage, hardly any pressure, he's not a D1 receiver imo
  3. Why the fuck are you arguing this point? Negative recruiting hits on all the broken shit
  4. Because there's dozens of schools that could entice him with an RB1 spot, and he's solidly 5th here
  5. Warren, Liebrock, Garth, J Davis, Hookfin, Abiara, Jordon Thomas, Broughton, Dorbah, Richardson, Hullaby, Blue, Harrison, Coffey, Omeire, Ibraheem, Guilbeau, Dixon, Washington, Alexis, Collins, Richardson, one out of Card/Murphy/Ewers 20 could be easy to reach
  6. And the rest go to Sam Houston State. Not crazy to me at all, these guys all sucked
  7. Good shit, I think all your points are spot on from my impressions
  8. So, do these guys seriously think Worthy wouldn't burn Jamier Johnson when in single coverage? Only a large, long, AND fast corner has a prayer against a player like Worthy in that situation, only guy we have like that is Watts. Or a really long LB getting a lucky swat on the pass, which very nearly occured.
  9. Some observations from in person viewing. Safeties look improved over last year, addition by subtraction, and some actual addition. Allen looked great, and Crawford had one play to the flat that he overran badly, but his reaction time and speed are nice and overall looked great as well. Watts dominated Dixon, no contest at all. Watts vs Neyor was a much better battle and I like what I saw from both of these guys. Helm is hands down the best blocker and will see a lot of the field this season because of it. God help us if we ever have to field Washington, Dixon, and Harrison together in a real game. In person Ewers was underwhelming, but the few times he was given a not complete ass OL and WR targets he made good reads and good throws. Card exhibited the sharpest arm and footwork, but since he can't hit the deep ball he's practically useless long term in a sark offense Throw most everything else out regarding the offense, there really needs to be a lot more 1s v 1s in practice sessions This hardly needs repeating but fuck Herb Hand
  10. What I want to know is why the fuck is 1s vs 2s even a thing?
  11. Fine I should have specified on the defense, I don't think an RB no matter how impressive will have much to say to a DL or DE about how to go about their jobs. Or do you think he should be yelling at his OL? An RB ain't shit by himself and Bijan is smart enough to know that. Every guy on the DL and OL is playing like a jag because they're not holding each other accountable to the standard of a championship unit. Bo Davis and Kyle Flood likely do not disagree
  12. Are you suggesting there is a sure fire day one pick Junior on the team? Or that only sure fire day one picks have the right to call out teammate work ethic?
  13. The NLAW is making the biggest splash here so far, Saab stock is going to soar. Offensive tech is far outpacing defensive tech and the Russian army is wholly unprepared for modern guerilla warfare. I'm guessing this conflict will spell the end of heavy armor, defensive systems are extremely costly in the face of the options available to defeat them
  14. Who left the A-10 hangars unlocked??
  15. In what way are they running the same playbook as the USSR?
  16. I mean, you gotta assume the area is flooded with Kubs and Buks on both sides no? Again, it's more a moot point since the debris is clearly not from a missile, but an aircraft of some sort.
  17. While they're meant to dodge and be unpredictable in the the terminal phase, cruise missiles are definitely not impossible to take out. Both the Kalibr and Tomahawk are vulnerable to modern air defense. Anyway, I think the burning wreck is not a cruise missile, it's falling from way too high and with too much material mass to be a missile being downed. Beyond that it's hard to say, it could be anything from a large drone to a Tupolev strategic bomber. But most likely a fighter, imo.
  18. They travel at subsonic speeds, so yes, any method of anti-air can bring down a cruise missile if they have the proper guidance
  19. They might not have wanted to initially. The more Ukraine resists then the more Russia will throw at them
  20. Russia is way scarier on the defense than on the offense. Striking into Moscow would be incredibly difficult, hence the Cold part of the Cold War. There is hardly a scenario where US and Russia would meet in a conventional land war. Any serious conflict would necessitate endgame weapons and that's pretty much a no win scenario. Same for China, perhaps doubly so, which is why hypersonics are all the rage right now
  21. ??? The Antonov cargo craft are absolutely nothing like any western designs.
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