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Aqua Buddha

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  1. As a side note, if the OKC ownership group decided to sell if they don't get the arena, they could prolly get around $3B to $4B and they only paid $350M back in the day.
  2. That's fair and accurate. You can make the case that for big shows, the BOK center pulls in from OKC to NWA, whereas I don't know how many people would drive from NWA to OKC for a random show. I do think they'll get more concerts, though.
  3. No, he went to KC, Tulsa, Dallas, Houston, etc. but not OKC. The BOK center in Tulsa gets a ton of shows that OKC doesn't. Neither will ever get big stadium shows but OKC should be getting the next tier down and they don't but Tulsa does for whatever reason.
  4. I fell bad for that wife when she has to divorce her husband when she finds out him and the best man have rekindled their college love affair. Not that there's anything wrong with that......
  5. There is also the issue of concerts. I don't know why but for some reason, OKC's arena doesn't get the acts that Tulsa gets. Both arenas are about the same size so there must be something about the dressing rooms or something. I know Springsteen literally went to every city in the region except Oklahoma City.
  6. Yeah, if you're as old as you and I are, we remember when that part of OKC was a shit hole ghost town after dark and the Spaghetti Warehouse opening was a big deal and even that, that was it for awhile. OKC fascinates me is that it's in the middle of one the most "small government" states in the country (no CR) yet OKC itself has passed tax and spending initiatives over a 25 year period to the point they've done more to improve their central city than maybe any other city in the country and everyone loves the new amenities. Scissortail Park is awesome now that it's 100% complete. The taxing and spending is why they have nice things to the point I read where Tulsa has found themselves behind. (Might be true, might not.)
  7. On #2, that's a really good point. The expansion fee will be huge and every existing franchise gets to pocket that. No one gets anything from a move. While the owners should prolly chip in more, the city owns the arena like it does with the current one. It's not like some of the deals where it's 50/50 and the team owner owns the stadium. (Jerryworld.) Also, it's not really a tax increase, it's just an extension of the current sales/tourist taxes. I suspect it passes because it's just Oklahoma City proper that's voting on this. Also, I don't think the owners would either move or sell. The entire ownership group is from Oklahoma to the point that when some members of the original group sold their shares, it was bought by other people from Oklahoma.
  8. Should be more than that. Within two minutes of the start of the game, dude had another guy in a choke hold and drug him to the ground. Biggest bitch thing about Draymond is he thinks he's some enforcer type but back in the day, he'd have gotten his ass kicked and thrown around like a rag doll.
  9. Freedomwarriormagapatriots can't take an elbow?
  10. Watched a big chunk or Chet v Wemby last night and the best rookie on the floor was Cason Wallace. Dude is a player. Not a project, either. He could be a rotation guy on a title contender right now. Every guy Presti drafts in the middle of the first round is a player. The "redraft" at the end of the season might look interesting.
  11. Nikki Haley was on CNBC this morning for a solid 30 minutes. Just her and the three anchors. Covered a wide range of topics from foreign policy, the markets, domestic issues, etc. Very impressive, actually. She gave informed, detailed answers to everything and didn't just default to "BUT BIDEN!!!!" She also looks the part. She's the only one in the field, including Biden, that would be believable as a senior executive at a Fortune 50 company. Sadly, she's not nearly crazy enough for the average primary voter. They're deranged and want to be entertained.
  12. Then why not just surrender the hospital and ask the IDF for humanitarian aid with the patients?
  13. They've lost 300K troops? You hate to see it:
  14. Finding out: Gaza parliament...
  15. Except that he's not recruiting well at SC. Supposedly, there has been some friction between him and the boosters. He wants more money for NIL and facilities. Monet not a problem for the Ags. However, CS vs the house in the Palisades.....?
  16. Had they done this last year, they might have gotten Matt Rhule, which would have been a really good hire for them.
  17. Calling my shot here. Lincoln Riley. The timing matches up. (Their last game is this Saturday.) Dan Lanning's timeline does not match up. Also, why the abrupt firing now and not the end of the season. LR will take it because it'll be his last big pay day. He can't recruit at SC and he'll figure the NIL Aggy game will help him out there. That'll be $9.95.
  18. Hot take here but now that SMU is in a real conference, they might be better as well. Boosters will money whip whatever you need and you get to live in HP and not CS. Expectations are also a million percent more reasonable.
  19. Also, it's a fake military school with mostly dudes and no black population. Why would an elite player go there other than a bag of NIL money?
  20. The answer is obvious. LR to Aggy on a 10 year guaranteed contract.
  21. All that hate gonna burn her up.....
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