Everything posted by JGrayDBU
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2025 Thread of the Rains
With Lake Travis now about 670 feet, is there any problem with the lake going above 681? It has been at 700 before, correct?
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Pettis Norman died...need link
That makes sense and coincidentally enough, I taught school in a far north Dallas area, which was served by Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. This was much later than Pettis Norm's influence of course, from 2001 to 2010. Our school consisted of a strange combination of high-end homes, regular apartments, and one very unusual apartment that was right across the street from school, government housing. My last week at that school, a power greater than us was telling me it was indeed a good decision to leave that school at that time. Within the week we had a. school vandalism over the weekend b. a bomb threat before school and everybody did a fantastic job evacuating the building, to the very rear of the property. and c. Mother against the other woman violence in the parking lot, and Dallas police had to be called to the scene.
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Pettis Norman died...need link
I don't. What is the story?
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Pettis Norman died...need link
I read online that Pettis Norman died the other day at age 86. A Dallas Cowboy in the 1960s, I remembered that my dad once told me a story about meeting Pettis during National Guard activities, in the mid 1960s. My dad is 89, and no longer drives so when I visit, I drive him to the grocery store, dr visits. We were driving the other day and I mentioned Pettis dying and he remembered the Annual Training in the Guard in the 60s when he put 6 Dallas Cowboys through the gas chamber. It was my dad's first Annual Training with the 36th Infantry Division and he was the chemical officer in charge of the gas chamber and other things. My dad is mentally very sharp and also talked about spending five days in flamethrower training. He said that was one of the summers when they put everybody in the entire division through the gas chamber. Anyway so we're talking and Dad remembered Pettis as a tight end and remarked that he remembered one other Dallas Cowboy, but not his name. Dad said he was that "really fast guy". "Bob Hayes?" I asked. "You put Bob Hayes through the gas chamber?" "Yes, Bob had a little bit of trouble, didn't put the mask on correctly". Got me to thinking, wondering how many old Dallas Cowboys are left from the 1960s. Obvious two big ones are Roger Staubach and Bob Lilly. .
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PGA Tour 2025
and we have a two man playoff. Curious how many times PGA tour has had playoffs in back-to-back weeks.
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PGA Tour 2025
Totally different cash of characters and totally different result wrt getting the ball to the hole on the putts. This weekend's heroes have no problems getting the ball to the hole. Very refreshing change. And it looks like we are headed to another playoff, 2 or possibly 3 man playoff. Good stuff.
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PGA Tour 2025
a few observations from today, without reading any of today's posts 1. I don't remember the last time I saw such great accuracy on the drives from the top contenders. wow. 2. As awesome as these guys are, NONE of them can come remotely close to holding Jack Nicklaus' putting glove, especially wrt getting the ball to the hole on a putt. It was almost comical at a couple of points. Ironically the man who did the best job of the three at getting the ball to the hole did not win. Greyserman. 3. I like the sudden death playoff, but why the strange choice of holes? I say start on a number, either 15 or 16, and go from there to 18, and most playoffs will be done by then. Today was the exception of course. After 15 through 18 for example, then go back one, 14 through 18. etc. Has the PGA ever been in such great shape before? I don't think so.
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2025 College World Series
how much slack do they give him? Will be interesting if the first batter gets on.
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2025 College World Series
alright coastal, if it's gonna happen, it needs to happen now. Pitcher is running out of steam.
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2025 College World Series
no doubt one team looks incredibly nervous, and the other team looks like they've been there before and expect to win.
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2025 College World Series
working out pretty good. It looks good for CC for Arkansas to win tonight, and then the Ark/LSU winner tomorrow has depleted their pitching staff by playing one more game than cC. CC wins in two games this weekend.
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2025 College World Series
hmm, an assumption on my part about Arkansas being the favorite because their entire pitching staff took yesterday off save for Wood. True or not?
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2025 College World Series
So, Arkansas is the favorite to win, because of their deeper pitching staff available, then whichever team wins will have played one more game than Coastal, which will hopefully finish off that other team in their bracket soon. Then the LSU/Arky winner will have less pitching available than Costal for the three game championship series, and if it is Arky, the no-hitter pitcher Wood is available Sunday or Monday. Sound about right? Would like to see Wood pitch for the championship, see if he can come within shouting distance of yesterday's performance.
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2025 College World Series
guessing 2+ inches of rain, on a natural surface field, with 2.5+ games to be played in one day? What could go wrong? Especially in the last game, I can see some catastrophic error in the field due to slipping and falling. Maybe this is a super marvel of a draining system? I think we will find out for sure.
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
I feel like this game is an analogy from John Madden who used to say "whichever team can run the ball and defend against the run better wins the game". Here it is whichever team can drive to the hoop and defend against driving to the hoop better wins the game.
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
oops, guess I jinxed that one. Four point play coming up for Knicks.
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
Pacers are looking alive, finally. No guarantees, but very possible this will be a 8 point or less game at start of fourth quarter.
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
I don't know anything about the team on the other side of the bracket, but to me this Indy team has to be the most difficult team to prepare for. Literally almost any of the top 5 or 6 can be the star on any given night. I think it does help the pacers to close it out in 5. A little rest, and extra time for scouting could be the difference in the finals.
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
so far I don't see that Pacers have tried to dribble on floor and go right at Brunson. Ineteresting. and, just like that Towns gets his 4th.
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
mostly because of the foul situation, I can quote the famous Billy Packer, "This game is ovah!"
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
that lady is doing some serious coaching.
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
and OT is still a possibility.
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
..and they have one of the best coaches in the league at this point to instill all of that. Rick was the perfect fit for Dallas back in the day, and he's doing it again.
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
feels like Rick has the coaching advantage. Also, feels like OT again.
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
This game has to go down as one of the classic playoff games. Historic for the amount of points scored at the end of regulation and overtime for the Pacers, possibly the best 4th quarter comeback ever? as well as the back of the rim straight up, copycat shot from Don Nelson - 1969. My favorite all-time OT playoff game was when I was a kid and stayed up late to watch the Boston Celtics play against the Phoenix Suns, Triple OT game. Like last night I had no dog in the hunt, and was pleasantly surprised at a great game. That game back in the day kept going, going, going, until about 2:00 a.m. if memory serves correctly. That game must have started at about 9:00 p.m. Central time, because the game was played at Phoenix. Five hours does seem like a stretch, so maybe the game ended at 1:00 a.m. something. Edited, AI says the 1976 game was tape delayed so that explains the late night. The game would have started after the late local news, so 10:30 p.m. to whatever time. Also, wiki says the game was in Boston.