RolltidePA

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I hope we get away from nike

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What's wild is that Penn State is going to Adidas starting next year. They were one of the earliest Nike schools. They started with using Nike cleats exclusively in 1983 and went in on full apparel with them in 1993.

It looks like Adidas is trying to get aggressive and go bigger now that Nike losing marketshare and has earnings decline nearly 20% over the last few years.

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Reposted from OT. EV's have become political and a questionable investment since the tax credit expired.

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Toyota has always been skeptical about EVs. Their leadership has spoken several times about their evaluations showing the only pathway that delivers on emissions, environmental and efficiency targets is through hybrids, especially if an EV battery ever needs to be replaced.

Interesting that Toyota has moved some of their battery production to the US. They just opened a new 14 billion dollar plant in Liberty NC this month to product hybrid batteries. This is their first battery plant outside of Japan and will employ over 5,000 people.

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The 6.6L GM V8 doesn't have cylinder deactivation BTW.

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True. Which explains it's solid history of reliability and makes it a really good choice.

Seems like Zeldin at the EPA is championing getting rid of things like stop-start and cylinder deactivation. Which is a win for consumers because of the litany of issues that these systems create.

2500 doing light towing is kind of overkill, especially with the massive hit you'll take with efficiency. Either one of these vehicles you're looking at mileage in the low teens. Might need some definition on what you're considering light towing.

That said, both the 6.4 and the 6.6 are generally reliable. They'll both have some isolated issues that are common to either.

The 6.4 can get the lifter failure or "Hemi Tick", but Stellantis changed suppliers for the lifters around 2019 and this isn't a much of a problem anymore. Really, it was never much of a problem for folks that changed their oil every 5,000 miles or less and didn't idle the engine for long periods of time.

The GM gas 6.6 is a pretty solid engine, but can have issues with the fueling, injection and electrical systems.

End of the day, if possible deactivate the AFM / cylinder deactivation systems if at all possible. Those are at the source of many of the core issues around these engines.

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Dude can recruit with the best of them as well.

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Coaches don't matter as much in recruiting anymore.

It's GMs and Benjamin Franklin.

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I think Ty’s problems are three fold. First, I think he’s really beat up and it shows.

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I keep saying it, but he really hasn’t looked right since that one big hit at Missouri where his throwing shoulder got driven into the turf.

He has been off a bit ever since then.

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Hate always putting air in the 22s

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Probably not the wheel sizer doing this

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and the way they ride

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Something smaller with more sidewall will be a much nicer ride and less thrashy.

The vehicle and details would help. I have 20's on a Ram 1500 there is abundant sidewall, they ride fine. I also have 20's in a Mazda CX-50, you almost feel every pebble on the road and every bump is obvious. That vehicle would be better suited with 18's.

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The conference doesn't want you to win? The refs will make sure of that.

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Then why would he go to Penn State? Ohio State hasn’t had a holding penalty called on them in two years of B1G play. He’d be going from bad to worse.

There were Bama fans that wanted DeBoer fired after his first press conference. So, probably about that long.

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We secured our spot in the playoff last night

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Sorry, but a 3 loss team is always going to be walking a razors edge with the most likely scenario of missing out. Especially with Florida State now being an absolutely atrocious loss.

I'd say we've had the most difficult path to navigate, playing multiple ranked teams in succession with most of them coming off bye weeks. That said, the committees have shown a preference to ignore strength of schedule.