Arksulli

Damn folks. We are starting to get to pathetic levels of desperation to avoid having to say this is a really good Indiana team.

Yes, teams tend to have certain plays they script for the opening drive. As someone mentioned, easy to complete throws to the flat are quite popular. The danger with a throw to the flat, or a screen play, is that any INT is heading to the endzone unless the CB trips.

Why Petrino was so dangerous as an OC is that he varied up his script to start a game. But an OC that has some real tendencies on opening drives and doesn't get away from them, those guys you can set a trap for.

The problem isn't that Indiana is cheating (that I know of), its that OCs have gotten predictable scripting out their first drives. As the old pro wrestling announcers (back when wrestling didn't stink on ice) were fond of saying... "Went to the well once too often."

Good to see you back. :cheers:

Lingerie stores carry it. That is also where they tend to buy their stage outfits and shoes.

Strippers who don't use body glitter loathe it. It gets on everything and everywhere. A lot of smaller clubs have informal no glitter rules because it is such a pain to clean up.

With the talent they have Kentucky should not be getting the results they are getting. I'm not going to knock them because I've seen that happen to us in the past.

He isn't great but being at Alabama will cover that up for a while.

Until it doesn't.

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1610
Galileo Galilei discovers the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa & Ganymede

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It is wide spread historical knowledge that he was under house arrest in his old age for heliocentrism, the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun. The truth is... a bit more complicated.

Yes, heliocentrism was a wee bit controversial. However, among the educated elite of the Catholic Church it was also pretty well accepted as truth. The problem was that in 1610 most of the population was so poorly educated that... well... they'd be mistaken for US citizens today. So the Church, which funded a great deal of Gal's research, was fine with his discoveries, they just didn't want him making a fuss about it.

There was only one issue with this. Galileo was vastly more talented at being a complete a-hole than a scientist. His writings pointed the finger directly at the Pope for any problems he was having and, well, Galileo was not shy about aligning with political interests opposed to the Catholic Church. In Italy. In 1610.

Almost everything Galileo gets credit for had already been observed by other astronomers so he's in the position of being a martyr for science despite being more the wrong guy in the right place to get attention.

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The Arkansas Cabal, (BOT for you youngins) would never allow that shite

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Oh I know, but the thought of that particular bit of chaos is to entertaining to not think about.

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1975--The Khmer Rouge launches its newest assault in its five-year war in Phnom Penh. The war in Cambodia would go on until the spring of 1975.

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Arguably the worst regime of the last century. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Churchill might have racked up more deaths (Churchill didn't plan to starve millions to death, he just didn't do much to prevent it) but in terms of damage done to a country's population the Rouge take the gold medal.

Their attempt at "collectivizing" agriculture was an even worse failure than China's or the Soviets. And that is saying something. They refused to import medicine, leading to hundreds of thousands of people dying from preventable diseases, committed genocide on ethnic minorities, and "purged" society of countless people. 25% of the Cambodian population died in just 4 years.

It got so bad that neighboring Vietnam, despite being a fellow Communist country and technically an ally, invaded Cambodia and annihilated the Khmer Rouge in a blitz campaign. A decision the Vietnamese would pay a price for.

China was a great supporter of the Rouge, after all the Khmer Rouge were doing everything China had done... just more thoroughly. Taking advantage of Vietnam's best units being tied down in Cambodia the Chinese launched a massive invasion of Vietnam. While greatly out numbered the Vietnamese had learned a few things fighting the US in the Vietnam War however and fought the Chinese to a standstill. How bad was the fighting? Vietnam lost more soldiers and civilians in a war that lasted a few months then they had in the entirety of the Vietnam War.

China couldn't keep up the offensive long, particularly at the casualty rate the Viets were inflicting on them, and eventually withdrew. Which, oddly enough, caused Vietnam to realize they desperately needed a major ally. The Soviets hadn't lifted a finger to help so for the next several decades Vietnam would devote itself to improving relations with the United States. Successfully I might add. Well, until the latest trade war nipped that in the bud.

As for Cambodia? It still hasn't recovered from the Khmer Rouge. 50 years later and they are still struggling to rebuild their country.

Taylen Green doesn't seem stupid in interviews... but there is on field IQ and coachability. Green, bless him, was not gifted with either of those two skills.

Hence his tendency to throw into triple coverage, wave the ball around like a maestro conducting an orchestra, and generally make the worst possible decision on the football field.

Granted, Petrino's decision that Green's tremendous gifts more than made up for his silly mistakes probably didn't help matters any.

You need players who want to be coached and coaches that will coach them up.

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They remind me of the pre-Tua era Bama teams. Will simply kick your teeth in and expose every weakness.

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They have more talent than we thought and have solid fundamentals. Doing what you are supposed to do on the field will win you a lot of games.

As a conference we got away from being really sound across the board and started relying on talent. Well now other conferences can buy talent too. Time to work on the basics.

Work hard but smart, you don't want to push your rehab too fast or you run the risk of pulling a Charlotte Flair who reinjured her knee and had to take another half year or so off before wrestling again.

Glad to hear you are sleeping better. Lack of sleep is a killer, particularly at our age.