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His evaluation process is very good. I heard him (in an interview) basically go through their criteria of selecting transfers. It's very Saban like and methodical. He is very high on "high IQ" players, personality types, and a lot of non football related criteria.

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His process is very Saban like in evaluation, because he was the guy doing the evaluations at Bama for the first 5 years Saban was at Alabama. All the guys who came into the program from 2007-2011 were evaluated by Cignetti and he was the recruiting coordinator.

Saban’s process for eval was his and vice versa.

Totally makes sense why Indiana looks and plays like a circa 2011 Bama team.

This is kind on wild, I was just in Florence on December 20th through the 22nd. I didn't even see any Africans there. They must have rolled in after the holidays.

Let’s not go off the deep end. We all remember the Golding experience.

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Bama can't stop the run either. So bad weather is definitely not an advantage for bama.

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28th nationally against the run. Definitely not elite, and have given up some big plays. but also not fair to say Bama can’t stop the run.

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Oh yeah, that'll go well.

"I said suck it, not chew it up!"

"You're absolutely right! I should not have chewed your dong into mush!"

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There are risks with early adoption. The desire of a desperate man having his dick sucked will be much stronger that the fear of having it chewed on.

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Let me know when AI can suck and frick my dick.

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Trust me, they’re working on it.

The ones who figure this out will be the world’s first multi-trillionaires.

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Someone close to me has been talking about moving to NYC after college. It’s that early- to mid-20s “let’s go try to make it” kind of move. And by make it, I mean actually being able to live there and build a life…..not just scrape by for a few months.

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I spent some of my mid 20's in New York after I got back from being deployed post 9/11. I was in the advertising business and got an offer from Y&R to be an Art Director. Different time and New York was a different place then, but I have some recommendations and some warnings.

First, is that even though it's changed, New York is a world capital and if she's never really done the "big city" thing, it'll definitely be very exciting and likely rewarding, just from the experience alone.

If she has the itch to do it and doesn't, she'll regret her entire lifetime never taking the chance. It's better to have failed than to have never made the effort.

If she wants to get into production work, my strong recommendation is for her to find a small role where she is locally for the next six months or so, even if it's unpaid. Go work production at a local theater, or TV studio, etc. they are always looking for free/cheap help. Going to one of the media centers of the planet without any experience is going to be very tough sledding. The firms there are always chewing through people and the industry is very transient, so there is opportunity, but she'll need at least some introduction into the business before and would be better if she had some sort of specialization.

My warning is that you can't just roll into NYC without a bankroll. Small jobs and are harder and harder to find and the NYC economy isn't as strong as it was 20-25 years ago. To say it will be a struggle is a massive understatement. It will be straight-up poverty. If she grew up middle class or better, it's a lifestyle that will wear thin really quickly, especially considering the neighborhoods that she'll be forced to live in.

End of it all, even if it's short lived, if it's something that she's really wants and if there's any chance of long-term regret, she simply needs to give it a shot.

Wife and I gifted ourselves a 10 day trip to Italy without the kids. Felt like we were in our 20's again.

Got back on the 23rd just in time for the family events, which naturally turned into a giant drama dump. Made me appreciate the trip even more.

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It's not real. It's a parody.

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Is it though?

At this point reality is likely more absurd than whatever the Bee produces.

The NFL is so fluid it's hard to project. That said the Colts are in great shape regarding the cap over the next three years. They'll have something like $35 million + in free space next year and even more the two following. They also only have $2 million in dead money (for reference the Jets have $71 million in dead money). Say what you will about Carly Irsay, she and her front office are great at managing and working the cap.

If they make a couple of solid draft decisions, have players come back healthy and sign some key free agents, they'll be in great shape. They definitely have a lot more flexibility than most teams.