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Posts posted by Ghost of LL
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They definitely should’ve gone for 2. Their defense has given up touchdowns on four straight drives.
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Roll Left, baby!
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That was definitely targeting.
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Just now, beer said:
It's always about us, isn't it
We throw down some real main-character energy.
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46 minutes ago, randomhorn said:
“Come early, be loud, stay late, wear
orangeblue.”do you have match tickets yet?
Yeah--it's my birthday, so Mrs.LL sprung for some premium tickets. Something about the locker room--like there's a club in the locker room NFL teams use when they're playing there? I don't exactly know, but whatever.
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Heading to London Town in January to catch the match against Leicester.
This is going to be a fun time. But I don’t know what the fuck I’m doing, and would sure welcome any suggestions.
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15 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:
Considered the Grosvenor? Marriott property. Bond street. Great places to wander and get lost. Never far from excellent random eating.
That's on the list. It's one of the several properties Marriott has in Mayfair. And I guess that's a big question I have: for neighborhoods, should I hang out in Mayfair or should I do the Edition (kind of on the north end of Soho)?
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2 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:
I just got back from London last Friday. I generally stay at the St. Ermin's hotel.
From a location perspective, it is really central. There are also really good tube links (St. James station right on the back of the hotel, and Victoria just down the road), and the staff is fantastic. Granted, I stay there 6-8 weeks a year give or take. It is also a Marriott hotel (I have Titanium status, so that helps too).
I have also recently stayed at the Dixon (Bermondsey, also Marriott) and the W in Soho in the last year or so. W is a nice hotel, but the location, right off Picadilly Circus, is a fucking beating. I like the Dixon a lot. It is quieter, and you are a quick walk to Borough Market.
However, if I were in London just for fun, I would stay at the London Edition. Location cannot be beat, and I am a real fan of Editions in general (stays at Madrid and Singapore in the last two years were most excellent).
On this last trip, I had the fortune of being able to go out to Bibi, Mambow, Mamapen (the only Cambodian place in London), and KOL. All were fantastic, but my favorite was Mambow. Holy shit was that good.
I stayed at the St. Ermin's last time I was in London and really liked it. So that's a plus and minus, right? On the plus side, I'm familiar with it and really liked it. On the downside, it's not new. And I like staying at a different hotel in a city like New York or London each time not just for the hotel, but also to explore the neighborhood a bit.
And thanks for the restaurant recommendations. I don't think I've ever had Cambodian, so that may be something to check out.
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Ok, London people--I need a little help. Mrs.LL and I are thinking about heading over for a long weekend in late January to go to a Tottenham match and maybe a Fulham match that night. Where should we stay (preferably a Marriott property because points). I can do one of the Marriott properties in Mayfair; the one that is across the river from Westminster Palace, the W in Soho or one of the places in the City. Or somewhere else entirely.
Or I could blow off the Marriott properties and stay at the Savoy.
So help a brother out. I'm just not up to speed on the London neighborhoods right now, and need to know where I want to walk around, pop into bars/pubs, and just hang out for a few days around the football matches.
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Pooooor aggy
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I think every SEC game today has had a wonky ineligible downfield receiver call.
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God, I’m so conflicted.
A few more things like this and SMU gets in even with a loss in the CCG.
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What the hell happened to putting your heels on the 10 and not fielding it if it was over your head?
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What the everliving fuck was that SMU returner doing?
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Mr. Pibb is superior to Dr Pepper.
Yeah--I said it. Just because it's from Texas doesn't mean it's superior. Or even good. Actually, many of the things we've come to conclude are "great" just because they're from Texas are, in fact, barely adequate (see, e.g., Blue Bell, Whataburger, Southwest Airlines).
I came to this realization yesterday at the AMC movie theater, which is one of the few places where you get Mr. Pibb because Coca-Cola has a stranglehold on the pouring rights there. But the cherry vanilla Mr. Pibb is fucking sublime.
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8 minutes ago, Armybrat said:
How many times have we seen a big lead in the first half this season vs starting slow?
Big leads in the first half this year?
Texas 35, Florida 0
Texas 21, Oklahoma 3
Texas 28, UL Monroe 3
Texas 28, UTSA 7
Texas 24, Michigan 3
Texas 31, Colorado State 0
So, what--six of our nine wins?
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12 hours ago, LTtxfan said:The Georgia Bulldogs have had issues with the College Football Playoff selection committee rankings. In particular, with how this year’s selection committee has evaluated strength of schedule.
At times, Georgia’s frustrations have extended to Texas, a fellow member of the SEC. It’s rare that one conference member may be critical of another, but as Paul Finebaum explained on The Matt Barrie Show, the Bulldogs have expressed that frustration, and that talk does hold merit.
“For the Georgia people, and I’ve talked to Josh Brooks the athletic director who took a wild haymaker at the committee on Friday on our program and Kirby and all of the things that we’ve talked about,” Finebaum said. “They just looked at not only the schedule, and there was a little bit of talk about the Texas schedule from the Georgia people as well. I know that verboten in the SEC to talk about one of your brothers but I heard plenty of people say that Texas has had the easiest SEC schedule since Tulane was a member in the ’60s and I think you could back that up.”
This is Texas’ first season in the SEC. That expansion has ended divisions and has, seemingly, led to some uneven schedules in terms of difficulty. Georgia, for instance, has to play five games against currently ranked teams, including a non-conference game against Clemson. To this point, Texas’ only ranked opponent is Georgia, a game the Bulldogs won. The Longhorns will also play Texas A&M.
“But it was about that Clemson game,” Finebaum said. “They really are proud that they wrap their arms around playing schools like Oregon and Notre Dame and schools like that, even though last year, if you remember, they had the easiest schedule in the country. But I feel like they have been righted.”
With Georgia’s win over Tennessee, the Bulldogs are, likely, in a comfortable position to make it to the Playoff. Now, the question is about being prepared for that deep run.
“Kirby also talked about planning for the Playoff,” Finebaum said. “I mean, this is in the off-season. He essentially said we knew were going to lose a game or two. We just didn’t know to what degree. He was planning for a 16, 17, 18 game schedule, not the predictable 12 game schedule.”
For the time being, Texas remains the top-ranked team in the SEC. That is unlikely to change without the Longhorns suffering a second loss. However, the next rankings will be revealed on Tuesday night, adding some clarity on how the selection committee views these teams.
But I thought there were no off-weeks in the SEC. I thought an "easy schedule" was impossible in the SEC because every game is a fucking war. Was that not true? Is Finebaum now saying that a trip to Vanderbilt and a trip to Arkansas are, in fact, easy? Because if so, that'd be news to Alabama and Tennessee, respectively.
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I remember when Nebraska at USC would’ve been appointment television.
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Ponies are probably the best team in the state.
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard a network announcer so angry at a missed ref call as in this Pitt game. He stopped just short to calling the game “rigged.”
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19 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:
I have mixed feelings on this. On the one hand, fuck ‘em. On the other hand, education is the only way out of fascism. Further eroding the quality of rural schools will only expand the ignorant mob. And it’s not like these dipshits will ever understand the consequences. Replacing secular curricula with religion, pseudoscience, and ahistorical, performative patriotism is exactly what they want. They’ll be blissfully ignorant.
Theres not much schadenfreude to be had from a bunch of idiots enjoying the fuck out of becoming even worse citizens.
But on the other-other hand, we're going to need a steady supply of low-skill, low-wage workers if Trump is going to undertake his mass deportation. And I can think of few better places to get those workers than rural Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Texas once the federal government cuts their communities off from the federal largesse that keeps them inhabitable.
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Next you're going to tell me that Sinbad didn't star as the genie in Shazaam in the mid-1990s.
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FSV Mainz is at home on January 11. But it looks like Bundesliga takes a break over New Years.
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I do pity an announcer who has to find new insight to communicate past the second or third overtime. But if any announcer can do it, . . . Joe Tessatore is not him.
I mean, Jesus Christ, Joe—can you really not find anything to say other than “good, old-fashioned hate,” 30-game home winning streak,” and “seniors haven’t lost a game at home?” It’s just an unreal lack of talent at the announcer and Georgia QB position tonight.