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Interests:Retirement, bowhunting, crappie fishing
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My team mate had an uncle that was a big booster of a prominent SW Conference team. He would fly us to home games. During the mid 60s, I saw athletes exit the locker room and proceed down a "receiving line" similar to a wedding and each handshake would pass $100 bill. While teaching at an ACC school in the late 80s - early 90s the men's basketball team was living in the most luxurious townhouses in the area and all were driving high end sports cars. I can't assign a dollar value like a salary, but with 41 years experience in sport related higher education, I saw things that seemed implausible.
My team mate had an uncle that was a big booster of a prominent SW Conference team. He would fly us to home games. During the mid 60s, I saw athletes exit the locker room and proceed down a "receiving line" similar to a wedding and each handshake would pass $100 bill. While teaching at an ACC school in the late 80s - early 90s the men's basketball team was living in the most luxurious townhouses in the area and all were driving high end sports cars. I can't assign a dollar value like a salary, but with 41 years experience in sport related higher education, I saw things that seemed implausible.
When NIL first started, there were multiple voices making the case for the argument you have mentioned. The rational was as an "employee", one is not limited simply by the number of years served. I taught in multiple universities and graduation rates are computed on six year averages for federal compliance purposes. As was mentioned in a previous post in this thread, if one condition of employment is being a "student in good academic standing", why should athletic eligibility apply an arbitrary rule that disenfranchises the "student athletes."
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The Gunsmith on Main in Haynesville is legit!
I lived in Magnolia for 10 years before retiring from SAU and moving to Walker's Creek. Very familar with the Village area - stay safe.
I had a good friend that had a processing operation similar to what you are describing. He was in South Carolina. He had a standard rate for skinning, skinning and field dressing, cooler hang time, meat processing, caping for trophies, etc.

He ran a knife through his hand and I volunteered to cover for him while he was absent. It was one of the most discussing things I've ever done. The number of slob hunters that brought in gut shot, poorly field dressed, spoiled carcasses and the hunter was too drunk to know - this list goes on but you get the picture. They are going to blame you for mixing their meat, spoilage, etc. Be prepared to meet "hunters" that you read about but hope to never see.

One last thing, my friend had a very difficult time disposing of the skins, guts, and bones. He had to dig trenches, cover with lime and bury the remains. Those burial sites were inspected regularly by the state.

Just sharing personal experiences. Good luck with your endeavor.
Good evening

I hope you are being careful in this heat. We had an amazing spring with about 10 days of perfect weather when the oak trees were blooming. Until this recent stifling heat wave, we had moderate temps and regular rain.

I walk 4 miles each morning on a wooded country road. Recently, I took my binoculars and every white oak I've observed has been loaded. The few storms we've had, blew down many red oak branches. Though the red oaks are lagging behind the white oaks, every red oak branch I've observed has also been loaded.

I believe we are in for a bountiful acorn crop in Lafayette County, AR. My report is for an area around Lake Erling.

Safe scouting and hunting.
I cringe when I hear "data driven decisions." Like you, I believe it should be, "data informed decisions."
I agree with you. I retired 6 years ago and bought a cheap HD, B&S push mower. I used it weekly to mow multiple lots in a Lake Erling community. I abuse the mower and like it's predecessor, it keeps on ticking.
I agree with you. I retired 6 years ago and bought a cheap HD, B&S push mower. I used it weekly to mow multiple lots in a Lake Erling community. I abuse the mower and like it's predecessor, it keeps on ticking.

re: First LSU game I attended

Posted by Blanding on 7/2/26 at 7:31 pm to
My first game was LSU and Tulane, Nov 25, 1961. A beautiful day and witnessed an ole fashion beat down with my Dad, Mother, two brothers and a sister. We were dressed for Sunday services and sat in the south end zone.

My dad coached in north Louisiana after graduating from LSU. My uncle taught real estate law at LSU. Back then coaches could attend with their coaching card. The train ride from Shreveport to Baton Rouge, staying with my uncle and walking to the games. This thread has generated many fond memories.
I watched Brandon throw every pass at Green Bay. From the time he first stepped on the field to the last interception. I've never seen a person throw a prettier spiral than him. His accuracy was abysmal. The warm up drill where you start 10 yards apart and keep backing up was shocking. The person catching Brandon's passes was getting a cardiovascular workout jumping, chasing those inaccurate throws. During the entire warm up drill process, I never saw an accurate pass.

The video was posted on the final offensive play. You had two recievers. One on the hash and one on the sideline. He threw it to the Wisky defender between them. He hit the Wisky defender perfectly, I think it was intended for one of our recievers and he missed that badly.

re: LSU's HR record is intact

Posted by Blanding on 6/18/26 at 1:25 pm to
I say the home run record is in trouble and will fall. The reason for the hypothesis is BBCOR bats were introduced supposedly as safety measures for the pitchers, corner infielders, and coaches in the boxes.

With the BBCOR introduction, there were multiple years inwhich a batted ball never made it to the warning track between the power allies at Schwab Field. The NCAA started tinkering with the ball by lowering the stitching. This brought the homerun back with "safe" exit velocities. We are now seeing exit velocities like in the 90s. If the ball remains juiced and if the bats stay "hot", the record will fall and safety is no longer an issue.

PS: When they lowered the seams on the ball to reduce wind resistance to generate greater carry, few remember the effect that had on ball movement when pitched. All breaking balls are flatter today than they were before the change, simple physics.
My favorite was when Texas and LSU met at 'Blatt in the thrilling 3 game finals. Our tickets for game three were behind the Texas dugout and we where surrounded by Texas fans. Kinda felt like Travis at the Alamo. The butt whipping was complete and we had the section to ourselves toward the end of the game. We experienced a close up of the championship dog pile and trophy presentation.

We withnessed the beatdown of Florida and the victories over Costal. We left disappointed once at the hands of the gators.
Saw LSU beat Texas (Rosenblatt), Florida and Costal. Saw them lose to Florida.

Unbelievable experience. If you love sports is is a bucket list must do.

ESPN APP Problems/Support Help Needed

Posted by Blanding on 5/16/26 at 6:59 pm
Good afternoon

I'm old and the new technologies drive me up the wall. We have a Samsung Smart TV with a DirectTV Genie. We have ESPN, ESPN +, SEC and SEC +. We have occasionally had to delete our ESPN App and then reload it to make it work. Today, we watched the softball game. After the girls won we wanted to kill our buzz, so we tried to switch to the boys game and the ESPN app would not load. We deleted the app as our usual fix, but when we tried and reload the app, we got a message that the app is busy.

Do you think this is
1. ESPN app related
2. Direct TV
3. User incompetence
4. All of the above?

TIA for any help or suggestions.

PS: We ran a speed test on our network and through the tv and on both tests, the speed was blazing.
Hind sight is always 20/20.

When LSU was, in my opinion, underscored on the floor during the first rotation and OU was inflated or failed to recieve deductions for multiple misses on the vault the die was cast. LSU went to the vault, the same 1/2 steps received much larger deductions than OU. In those two rotations, I believe you're talking at least a .2 swing in total score which would obviously have been the difference. Yes, they took the lead after the 3rd rotation but only by .07. Maybe, those last two roations go differently if there is more pressure on OU.
Hind sight is always 20/20.

When LSU was, in my opinion, underscored on the floor during the first rotation and OU was inflated or failed to recieve deductions for multiple misses on the vault the die was cast. LSU went to the vault, the same 1/2 steps received much larger deductions than OU. In those two rotations, I believe you're talking at least a .2 swing in total score which would obviously have been the difference. Yes, they took the lead after the 3rd rotation but only by .07. Maybe, those last two roations go differently if there is more pressure on OU.