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Magus Ossis

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  1. Pre-tensioning is definitely a risk factor for a tear. Bursts are the classic event for achilles, so a hard court does less to mitigate the suddenness. Playing the same sport year-round increases the risk for kids for things like TJ. Have to go work. May type more later.
  2. Based on supposedly correct pronunciation
  3. believe it or not, we sometimes leave an "internal brace" to reinforce some ligament surgeries we do, though they look nothing like the braces a normal person would imagine
  4. No. We are trying to let very large humans stop, start, and twist very fast and very hard while crashing into each other. Stretching a ligament a few mm too far blows it out. Braces can only do so much, as they are on skin which has subcutaneous fat and muscle between them and the bones they are to brace.
  5. There isn't really even clear evidence that those huge braces make a real difference, sadly. One key reason is apparently that rotational stresses are frequently a major if not the major factor in failure of the ACL.
  6. Take the Mack hagiography conflict to the Mack thread and leave us to remember Ced here, please.
  7. If Baxter is cutting in a brace, his surgeon has most likely assessed that: 1. His ligamentous reconstruction was successful and has matured all that it needs 2. His brace wear is likely primarily for his confidence on the knee 3. He is medically safe to do everything he can push himself to do
  8. The cast of this show knew that octopodes was always the Latin (nominative) plural of octopus.
  9. If this was not already in the Surly lexicon, usable either as a compliment or mockery, it should be henceforth IMO.
  10. The affective side of CFB, from recruiting, through development and gameplay, and even into post-career association, strikes me as a major difference wrt the NFL. Teenagers and their parents respond to coaches in ways that 22-YOs frequently do not. The GM over HC model appears to overlook the importance of the distinction much to their detriment. Football Dad is demoted to boss.
  11. It feels like we are one surprise break-out WR away from being a true juggernaut.
  12. I believe aggy's quality loss to ND will be a fantastic springboard for them. As long as it is a margin that can be explained by one play, say 31 points or closer, it will show what championship material has coalesced in the station.
  13. College, namely a 4-year degree from an accredited institution, is required for some career paths and helpful for others. For some, it is an unnecessary and irrecoverable waste of 4 years of one's life and the cause of a serious financial burden. If one does not know what he wants to do in life but is pretty sure he wants it to be at a desk in someone else's employ, a solid degree is a wise starting point. If he does not know at all what he wants, he should just work for a few years and get an idea before spending 6 figures worth of his or someone else's money on something that may be useless. Our society has grown to treat college as de rigeur 13th grade.
  14. Aggy, apart, and greatness: words aptly used together
  15. If/when their season doesn't go as hoped, their org chart is going to make for an entertaining and above-average game of it's-his-fault-not-mine.
  16. No worries: we just kill another conference and move on to the B1G.
  17. I hope they stink up the league and that Nagy 'helps' them hire a low-budget coach that is even worse.
  18. Straight-D chess: leaves room open for game breakers to transfer in later
  19. His $76M payout, if my bev-nap math is not too bad, weighs most of a ton in 100-dollar bills edit 0s were way off -- $100M literally weighs a metric ton
  20. Aggy will always have their June recruiting (second runner-up) championship to remember. Sleeping. Giant.
  21. They hated that he didn't suck up and used his drinking and related habits as their behind-closed-doors way of telling themselves that they "had no choice." That is literally the language they used with one another.
  22. You are right that it was not 84. It might have been 85 though. I think that was right after their MNC. Though of course we did not pull the trigger on Akers until 86.
  23. Mumme started as a Texas HS coach and claimed to have been influenced by LaVell Edwards, who supposedly was offered the UT job in '84, and who retired 4 years after one of his last great quarterbacks graduated, that QB heading to the CFL. Before making UT the theventh different program of his coaching career, he was Saskatchewan Steve. The more you know.
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