Globetrotter747

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You'd never see that today.

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But fans don’t want to admit their fault in the way the game is played today. They want to see in-state players on the field but not if it means losing.

They will take the 5 star game changer from California over the 3-4 star local boy. Teams recruit mercenaries and then complain when they act like mercenaries.

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I still question her casting in Dark Knight. But she can act.

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My only complaint (and perhaps yours too since you said she’s a good actress) is I just don’t think she’s hot enough for Wayne and Dent to both be crazy about her and the Joker calling her beautiful in the middle of committing a crime.

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FL Man claims he built underwater city for dolphins

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Most people around me believe a man who lived 2,000 years ago was born from a virgin impregnated by a deity. He walked on water, rose from the dead, and performed other epic miracles. He also has a kingdom in another dimension waiting for his followers.

Dolphin man is playing minor league ball.

I remember Holtz mostly for pulling off key upsets:

1978 Orange Bowl vs. Oklahoma
1988 vs. Miami
1992 Sugar Bowl vs. Florida
1993 vs. FSU

I was a walk-on at Bama when we played South Carolina in 2000 at BDS. One of only three games we won that year after being preseason #3 and defending SEC champs. I remember seeing him walk out of the tunnel while I was warming up to go over and stand on the sideline.

I was in London a couple of weeks ago. There was a big Happy Ramadan sign up in Piccadilly Circus, the Times Square of London.

The biggest threat to the USA and the sacrifices of the people who worked, fought, and died to make it great is is not bullets and missiles. It is naive citizens (mostly young people, especially women) who have had too many years of comfort to recognize an enemy and are allowing them to infiltrate our borders and gain political power.

NYC having a Muslim mayor 25 years after 9/11 is insane.

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I always thought the phrase was "It's not the X's and O's, it's the Jimmy's and Joe's" meaning the players are more important than the scheme.

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This is the correct meaning, and it’s true.

Coaching matters but players matter more. A great high school staff could take a typical Georgia or Ohio State roster and beat the brakes off most teams regardless of who’s coaching them.

There’s a great irony here.

People generally don’t like NIL and how it’s used (for the most part), but people caring so much about winning that the House wants to exempt NIL income from state taxes is why you have NIL in the first place.

I have said before that CFB right now is a Mexican standoff. No one wants to shoot or die but no one trusts anyone else enough to put their gun down. Even Dabo is doing what’s necessary now from an NIL and portal standpoint.

This stuff will never be sane until the fans walk away (unlikely) or someone with skin in the game and millions to earn (an AD, coach, etc.) is willing to accept a disadvantage on principle and likely lose because of it (also unlikely).

I fully support the players being paid (and fairly taxed), but they’re not getting a dime of my money beyond my eyes on a TV screen or a once-a-decade trip to a game. I’m not directly paying shite for anything - NIL, facilities, whatever. Never have.

I’m a Bama alumnus and former walk-on, but the Tide can lose every game from now until the end of time before I give a penny. BUT some more passionate fans are not going to watch the Tide get beat to death year after year and will begrudgingly pay whatever to keep them winning. Other fan bases will do the same.

But I must admit that as someone who doesn’t really care who wins and loses, the NIL and portal drama is entertaining to watch.

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Way too much recency bias. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The Andy Griffith Show, Gunsmoke?

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Agreed.

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I have sailed on 78 cruises in my life

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Wow.

I have been many places but zero cruises. I may take a short one to the Bahamas or someplace just to experience it, for better or worse. But cruising isn’t really something I’m drawn to.

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This cruise is 120 days.

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Good grief. What’s the cost?

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LSU at Ole Miss

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This certainly has to be one regardless of the records going into it, but if both teams are doing well it could be the game of the year from a hype standpoint.