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  1. I feel you but let's reserve meteor for aggy vs. ou or bama v. georgia. This game isn't meteor worthy, it's more of a "I hope they run out of beer and everyone is sad" game
  2. That man on the street interview with the Irish was pretty funny. "What do you think is Kansas State's mascot?" "Probably... a tractor" I mean they're not wrong
  3. LOL I linked the UT coop page where they sell it
  4. There is flat-billed and then there is FLAT billed. For example, some might consider these Nike Texas baseball hats flat billed: ...which they are as compared to a traditional "dad hat" like this: ...but not to a super FLAT billed hat like this: you could press that up to a mirror and not bend the brim.
  5. I'm trying to imagine the persona who signs up for this: Peaked in high school, used to be an athlete and is now bored in their day job and says "man, I just want to recapture that feeling I used to have..." Roid-raging crossfitter wants to go hit someone Napoleon-complex little man whose parents didn't want him playing football and wants to "show everyone"
  6. My flexibility is shit; I had some shoulder issues on my L side a few years ago that continue to linger. I do stretch but could be more regular about it. I do power clean and play basketball often, so explosive force production is something I have some familiarity with, I just have the sequencing out of order for my driver swing. Couples swing is so effortless, it's beautiful. My big issue is sequencing...in all those examples, once he completes the take back in his backswing, there is a slight pause in the club and he transitions his lower body weight to his front foot to start the downswing. I'm relatively good at that in my iron swing but for whatever reason in my driver, I'm not - my body wants to start the swing motion in the club rather than the lower body. As a result I get really "armsy" and disconnected between my upper/lower body as they try to fire together and it warps the swing and robs power at best, at worst it sends the ball careening off to the left or right or tops it. On Sunday my wife and I golfed our "home" course at Avery Ranch (we're not full members there but it's closest to our house). It was like I had never hit a driver before in my life. Eventually I backed off to 50% power on my swing just to try to hit relatively straight-ish. Finally around hole 12 it started to feel right. My irons and chips were great and my putting was improved, I only 3-putted I think twice in 18. Finally on the last hole, it all came together. Decent if short drive, my 2nd approach shot I was about 10 feet behind a 10 foot tall bush with no view of the hole with about 140 yards to go, and I used my 9-iron and got great loft and got it up over the bush and landed about 12 feet from the hole, which I 1-putted for par. Felt really, really good to close out strong. My wife just texted me wanting to go to the range again tonight, she's got the bug! Thanks for the drill, I'll try that out next range session. Maybe one of these times I'll get a recording and someone more knowledgeable here can give me some feedback?
  7. They do have the 2 versions "F" and "V," on the SF002 model, which changes the bounce profile slightly. I got the V's for the 60 and 56 and F for the 50. I was able to hit all three this weekend and my chips were the strongest part of my game, for once, although I still need to practice more getting out of the sand. I believe they are cast, which is fine for where I am in the game. https://takomogolf.com/products/skyforger-002-wedges?srsltid=AfmBOorQw4NyknvmFLsDiAXc6kjMbSdh19Rjb2GcT3V13Wb2GAWd8IPF&variant=44931593437381
  8. I'm sure just a coincidence that they chose Tennessee for this one lol
  9. Oh and while I was out part of my Takomo order arrived, my wedges. Excited to try these tomorrow.
  10. Work trip this week to Portland, ahhh what a great opportunity to golf in some nice PNW weather! I land at PDX and it’s…97 degrees. Fuck. Oh well, got in 18 on Monday. Then got out again on Wednesday for twilight golf, got in another 9. They weren’t doing carts so I walked it which was actually really fun, about 4 miles. Weather in the low 70’s with a slight breeze, so nice. I actually shot my best so far, I was 49 through 9 so on track to crack 100. Back in Austin now and am going out to golf Avery Ranch tomorrow with my wife. Hopefully can keep the good vibes flowing.
  11. That's interesting, thanks. I've heard of Kalshi for the political betting markets but hadn't thought of it for sports (duh). Assume it has all the same funding restrictions as gambling sites, e.g. since I live in Texas I can't easily fund it, have to use crypto, etc?
  12. That tracks because when I try to crush it I end up losing form and shanking. My best shots have been at about 75% power and focused on form.
  13. What one person calls "propping up" or "subsidizing" another calls "investing into." Why do you think the NBA and its owners have and continue to put money into the W? It's not charity I can assure you. They see an investment that will pay off, in fact already is since TV revenue is up 6X and franchise values 25X. Every AI company like OpenAI and Anthropic are running massive losses right now, but they're paying AI engineers tens and hundreds of millions of dollars apiece because that is what those people are worth in the market if you want to keep them. Does that make the investors in OpenAI and other companies idiots or "running a charity?" Nope, they're being smart playing the long game and it will mint many billionaires and probably a trillionaire before that ride is over. The "WNBA operates at a loss" talking point is a red herring. First, no one has seen the books so no one really knows how true that is other than the owners and they aren't talking. They do conveniently let everyone else spread that talking point without correcting it though. 🤔 Second, that talking point comes from the first 20 years of the W, before revenue went up 6X and they signed a TV contract for >$250MM. Third, as @Bozo_Casanova and I pointed out upthread, the W franchises very likely structured to run a loss. One way is that the owners have their own franchises rent facilities (their 2nd biggest cost after payroll) from businesses the owners also own, effectively paying themselves, but showing a loss on paper to harvest "losses" for tax purposes. Owners have legions of accountants to push paper around to do that and love it because of a) money and b) it allows them to cry "poor" in negotiations with players, in negotiations with municipalities on stadium builds, and with smooth brains on the internet who say "herr durr the WNBA runs a massive loss and shouldn't even exist today!" because it makes them look like Dale Carnegie or something patting these poor women on the heads and giving them an opportunity do something they'd never get to do without the billionaire's charity. Give me a break.
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