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William Bludworth

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  1. Nah. I was just being hyperbolic. I've seen some beautiful parts. We drove through Newark but didn't stop. We did go through Camden and it was just...nothing. We hit up a few bars, and then booked it. It looked kind of rundown. We went to Atlantic City (I don't gamble so it's not for me, but at night it's beautiful. Same for Las Vegas. I've never been and don'tcare to visit), Cape May, Asbury Park, and took a trip to Princeton to see their campus, which is quite nice. Their architecture is stunning. Obviously I haven't seen the whole state, but as Jimmy Jazz pointed out, apparently the rural parts are beautiful. I wouldn't mind seeing that.
  2. The most beautiful part of Louisiana is actually the LSU campus. We took a tour when we went Marti Gras and it is actually beautiful. They have these oak trees that are incredible. They have tulip trees hanging (I believe that's what they are), and Azaleas. I can hate the state and their sports, but I can't bring myself to hate their campus.
  3. I don't know if it's weird, but the most beautiful state(s) I've ever visited, if we're speaking of rural, are Vermont and Connecticut. Just quite honestly breathtaking.
  4. This man makes worse than decisions than someone lighting fireworks next to a gaspump. Just an endless cavern of stupidity with no echo.
  5. Antonio Brown blah blah blah, but who is this?
  6. Brooklyn is kind of dope af. It was nothing like I expected, but what I expected was something out of Wu-tang lyrics, when it kind of let me down. We drove through Queens and Staten Island. How did you like living in The Bronx? I think it was us, Oregon and Army, correct?
  7. I have, on a few occasions. I have family in NY and I asked to go there. Obviously I was being hyperbolic about the state. We visited Princeton, and we went to Cape May for a few days. Their architecture is beautiful. And we went to Atlantic City, but I don't gamble, so to me that was meh. We took a trip to Asbury Park, and had a great time, even though some people said it could be dangerous, but we didn't see anything I would call a 'red flag'. I will say the worst city we visited was Camden. Really bland and couldn't find anything to do other than hit some bars.
  8. It would almost be worth it to be poor in New York than be rich in NJ. That entire state inhabits the dregs of humanity. It's just basically society's sediment. Fuck that entire state.
  9. Man, I miss the days of Wisconsin having a bad ass running game. I think the last stud from that program is Johnathan Taylor, correct? He's been in the NFL for like 6-7 years. Seems like much longer.
  10. That's what I call tech's field at night. That place is cursed.
  11. If there was ever a moment for Jesus to make his comeback, I'd argue the window is wide open.
  12. Welcome your new Pac-12 overlords to the CFP, Texas State Bobcats!
  13. It's both a blessing and a curse to be great at football. You're now rich, but you have to live in New Jersey.
  14. I don't understand why anyone with any true aspirations for winning would hire James Franklin. I mean, it's James Franklin. He isn't just going to get better at coaching because "different school". If he's cool with coaching at a school who doesn't ever really see themselves as being truly competitive, VT would be a good spot for him. But he thinks more highly of himself than his hardware suggest. Even at a school like Penn State, where they're located in a hotbed for recruiting they hovered around #15 each year, and even #19-#22. That's failure, and I'm being kind. I'm not saying Penn State is some paragon of champions, but they have won a NC when most of y'all were alive, and they have won - 2006: Orange Bowl 2019: Cotton Bowl 2022: Fiesta Bowl 2023: Peach Bowl So isuffice to say their recruiting should be top 10 on location and football fandom with their recruiting being in-state, neighbors with NJ, Ohio, the DC metro area, near Michigan. It's not like they're Rutgers, Temple, or even Syracuse. With the CFP expanding to 12 teams, If both the SEC/B1G get 4 teams each in, it should be Ohio State, Oregon, Indiana (now, I guess?), Michigan and/or Penn State yearly, with Notre Dame being the only independent.
  15. Mostly wishful thinking, but if something isn't working on all cylinders by season 5, one would hope the outcome will be we upgrade. And yes, it's me wishing into the universe it will happen because frankly, I'm sick of 3 star, lazy developmental bullshit, and if we're ever going to win a NC under Sarkisian we will need a dominant line to do so, and where has it been? We can't keep letting QBs come here to die. At some point in the near future, if we've cycled through three top 5 five-star QBs and have nothing to show for it except for the occasional CFP appearances, then we've hit our ceiling and kids aren't going to want to play for a coach who isn't developing them. Since 2019 with a funny, but aloof moron you have Ed Orgeron, Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, Jim Harbaugh, and Ryan Day all winning championships, and you know what they all had in common? Great OL and QB play, and say what you will about JJ McCarthy, he's still a first rd pick. On one game alone we're hoping the OL is modicum at best. Every dude on that line outside of Baker has been here for 3+ years and we are...well, you have eyes. The only shining light that came out of them almost getting our former #1 overall QB killed in the 4th qtr against, and hang with me here, Mississippi State defense, is it built character and somehow made him play better the next game. Will that continue? We're about to find out.
  16. You should see my personal parliament of hopes and dreams
  17. Seriously, tho. You gonna let Kiffin punk you with a kid who was named the backup in game one before their QB1 got hurt?
  18. It's almost that time
  19. The legend of Casey Cain growing faster than pregnancy tits
  20. Defensively, Venebals is better this year (and I believe last year, but don't make me sign a contract on that one), but the issue with Venebals is the same with Sark vs Kirby- it's mental. Without a miracle comeback from Gabriel in 2023, Venebals is also looking down the barrel at 0-4 vs Texas. It's not that he doesn't have talent or he's a shitty DC, it's we commit to slow, grinding pace, quick passes, and focus mainly on short gains to wear them down, which combined with the ability to convert on third downs, we're able to exploit their weakness. Venebals also seems to use a different defensive approach to how he game plans against us. It doesn't help them that they have poor tackling (which could just be a result of our skill players being better overall), and if you watch the game they looked to be missing assignments. All this to say that Smart's defense don't miss assignments often, they play sound defense, they tackle well, and are equally matched in talent O vs D. Whatever the DFEI says, during this game I take it with a grain of salt. Mentally Kirby owns Sark, he already knows what Sark does because he's so predictable, and has been since at least 2023. We can't run IZ because we don't have the linemen for it, which is on Sark/Flood (beating a dead sooner again, but it's apt). We still have a RB room that's decimated because 1. Wisner is our lead back, when he's built to really be a third down back, 2. Baxter just got back from missing 4 games, starting with UTEP where he went out with yet another injury (hamstring), and he's lost almost all of his speed from tearing damn if not all of the ligaments in his knee, but he's a plus on blocking and RPO's, and 3. We just had Gibson transfer (our third leading RB), and we have RS and true frosh, one of whom just came back from an achilles tear, and the other, while extremely talented, tends to run into the back of his linemen frequently. Theri secondary is ranked top 10, and third in the SEC behind on Bama and us, so Arch is going to have to pull up his britches, don't force the ball in triple coverage, hope the line can hold up for at least 2-2.5 seconds, and our WR's need to get separation (man that's going to be something to watch). I know Sark will want to commit to the long ball, but he's playing a dangerous game against them with Bolden back there, Robinson IV is true shit down corner. We do have the talent at WR, and if we can give Wingo some screens, he can house it, or at the very least get us a ton of yards. Then we can commit to using Moseley and Moore for some dig routes, slants, curls, posts, and then use Wingo/Moseley for go routes. But it will be all for nothing if we cannot get a run game going. This is a game where I would get Terry III some handoffs and RPO's. Just a side note: I heard over and over from Gerry that Terry will grow into a TE or some shit, which I think is bullshit. He's built (I'm not saying he's ANYWHERE or ANYTHING remotely close to ability/freakish talent, just H/W) like DK Metcalf (6-4 210), Julio Jones (6-4 215), Dwayne Bowe (6-2 210), AJ Brown (6-2 218), Davante Adams (6-2 210), Jeremiah Smith (6-3 215), Roy Williams (6-4 205) were all tall and big coming out of high school, so I'm not sure where he's getting this ridiculous idea that Terry can't stay at WR and be effective. I'm not, nor has anyone I've seen writing, said he's even in the same wheelhouse as any of the aforementioned, but the idea that he can't play WR at both the college and pro level at his size is absolutely ludicrous. I don't know his 40 time, but I read where he ran a 4.42 his junior year at a camp, but it's unverified. Just something crazy I saw, which is irrelevant to the the game, but Justin Jefferson was a low 3 star coming out of high school, and he's now the best WR in the NFL. That's insane. That's on par with Ed Reed being a 2 star coming out of high school, and being arguably the greatest safety in NFL history.
  21. Rest in peace, Mitch.
  22. Yep. Me too. It was complete heartbreak.
  23. Aggy is in deep shit no matter what. They're fool's gold, we have a much better and more talented roster, and Sark has shown he can bully their DL with Wisner, alone. But this time he has Baxter to help pound them. Let's not forget Wisner, all bu himself, took 3 of their DL that went in the first two rounds to the woodshed. Also, they still have York and their pass defense is absolutely abhorrent. They will get no pressure on Arch and he will have a field day with them. We will show the country who runs the state and why aggy is and always has been a clown. Their current #3 ranking is about to plummet. We are beating their asses with the Fah-Q paddle.
  24. Agree with this 100%. We need a difference maker at RB, and Sark needs to open his fucking eyes and see that. Derek Cooper, as good as he is, is not Adrian Peterson or Leonard Fournette. We need a dude that can make the DL second guess if they want to try and tackle him, or get bodied in the pass game. Saek, of course, because it's Sark, missed out on Justice Haynes when all I did was pine over that we needed that dude in the worst way. Here's his stats - 121/857/10 7.1 ypc. Yeah, I think we would have used him since all we had was Wisner and freshmen either coming off an axhilles tear, true frosh, or Baxter, who has finakly returned after missing 6 games, but he isn't the same. He lost his speed, but he's still a great pass blocker and pass catcher. Haynes would be RB1 for us right now, and will be a 1st rd pick next year. He has everything you want in a RB. He can do it all, and he's a muscular mf'er at 5'10 215 lbs. He's fast af, too. Fuck Sark and Chad Scort/Tashard Choice for not even kicking the tires, and fuck Michigan just because.
  25. Filsaime hasn't played real competition until Vandy. He is a RS-FR, so it's to be expected that he struggled, but he also made some nice plays. No jury should be out on anyone who is a FR to SOPH right now. Give these dudes time to develop and tine against teams with a pulse and the game will slow down for them. Filsaime will be a good SS for us next year.
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