Tornado Alley

re: Who is your mens basketball all time starting 5?

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/11/26 at 1:47 pm to Wishbone85

Ole Miss

G: Marshall Henderson
G: Marshall Henderson
G: Marshall Henderson
G: Marshall Henderson
G: Marshall Henderson

SEC Rant

re: Bacchus/Endymion

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/10/26 at 4:53 pm to Akit1

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Endymion riders have a significantly higher completion %

Not even close. Drew Brees was King of Bacchus and is riding with the Krewe again on Sunday.

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re: Bacchus/Endymion

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/10/26 at 4:34 pm to Girth Donor

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I know 2 that graduated from LSU (1 an engineer and the other a Lawyer).

I bet they look like this.

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re: Bacchus/Endymion

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/10/26 at 4:27 pm to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss

Be honest - have y'all ever met an Endymion member who had a college degree from an SEC school, much less an elite institution? The answer is no. It's really no different than the truck parades, but they add a bunch of flashing lights on the floats and put it on a different route.

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re: Bacchus/Endymion

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/10/26 at 4:26 pm to Optimism

Endymion is for guys from Lutcher, LA, who went to community college to play baseball but dropped out because the coach was "out to get them."

They have thin linebeards and sound like they're from Marrero.

It's disgusting.

re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/10/26 at 12:37 pm to AyyyBaw

Oh, as in some sort of hardening off period?

Home & Garden

re: Bill Self has aged a ton

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/10/26 at 12:14 pm to TexasTiger08

We all look older after 23 years of life, bro.

re: 2026 Indycar Season Thread

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/9/26 at 2:11 pm to AtlantaThrashers

I listed to Pruett's podcast from yesterday. Sounds like even he doesn't know who'll drive for Coyne this season. He also thinks Prema could return for a limited schedule beginning at the Long Beach Grand Prix weekend.

re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/9/26 at 2:09 pm to RetiredSaintsLsuFan

When is the ideal time to start tabasco seeds to transplant in late March/early April?

Home & Garden

re: 2026 Indycar Season Thread

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/3/26 at 11:50 am to 1999

I'm not sure what you mean, but TWG purchased Andretti Global in 2024.

re: Mardi Gras route question

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/3/26 at 11:47 am to AwgustaDawg

quote:

Related question...we are coming to New Orleans during masters week to see a play at the Saenger- not sure which play but that is the reason we are going. My daughter is ATE up with busking. I am also a big fan of any street performer, even kids beating up 5 gallon buckets for about 10 minutes (after 72 hours of it I am not fond of it LOL). We are staying on Bourbon Street, 3 blocks from Canal. The last few times I have been to New Orleans the street musicians were pretty hard to find...I was told last year that they had to have a permit and play in designated areas and it was actually being enforced. I know the Jackson Square area used to have a bunch but last year during the Sugar Bowl they weren't any other than the kids and the buckets. Anyone have any idea where she and I are likely to find street musicians? If they are being forced to play in designated areas it seems like someone ought to publish those locations, no? Thanks in advance. We are going to go so the "yall are gonna be killed" comments are noted in advance....

Royal Street and the Pontalba.

re: Post Malone and Jelly Roll in Tiger Stadium May 23 — Tickets on Sale Friday at 10

Posted by Tornado Alley on 2/3/26 at 9:12 am to TigerDat

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but Jelly Roll is an inspiration.

This is a guy that we doomed to live a life of poverty

Jelly Roll preaches personal accountability, but I guess you missed that part of his message. :lol:

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re: 2026 Indycar Season Thread

Posted by Tornado Alley on 1/30/26 at 1:09 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82

I like Malukas and I think Scotty Mac is cool. I'm pretty neutral about Josef.

I think everyone would like to see Power have a great season, and, yes, I agree about Palou's domination.

Lundgaard really took a step forward in terms of consistency last season. He didn't have a DNF. But he still seems to be struggling to find much consistency on the ovals.

Speaking of ovals, how awesome was Rasmussen's win at Milwaukee last season? He was driving like a man possessed! I hope we see some more fire from him, and Santino too, on those short ovals.

Daly is trying to find a seat. That's all I know. I haven't listened to his podcast in a while.

Yeah, Dixon is the fuel-saving master. Pato is awesome too. He is such a marketable driver and he seems like "one of the guys." Rossi once said the three things Pato loves are "jets, sushi, and boobies." I think we all like those three things. I'm sure we'll have a race in Mexico City one day because of him.

re: 2026 Indycar Season Thread

Posted by Tornado Alley on 1/30/26 at 12:44 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82

I also love the way the schedule has moved around to not be so heavy on one type of race.

Look at this beauty:
Street
Oval
Street (2)
Road
Street (3)
Road (2)
Superspeedway
Street (4)
Oval (2)
Road (3)
Road (4)
Oval (3)
Road (5)
Street (5)
Street (6)
Oval (4)
Oval (5) (potentially being canceled)
Road (6)

re: 2026 Indycar Season Thread

Posted by Tornado Alley on 1/30/26 at 12:41 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82

I'm so pumped up for this season.

I'm excited for the DC race too. I really hope the Capitol and area surrounding it aren't cheapened with ads though.

Losing Herta to F2/F1 stinks. But I'm now fully onboard behind our 'Murican Chili's Bro Kyle Kirkwood! Maybe he can keep getting better on the ovals.

I am expecting a major bounceback season from Scotty Mac and the Thirsty Threes. I would not be surprised if he pushes Palou to win it all. He took some of Power's crew and some of my favorite Indycar podcasters say he's really focused.

Speaking of Power, it is going to be really interesting to see him at Andretti and not constrained by Penske's PR department.

I also expect Lundgaard to make another jump forward to the front of the pack.

I would like to see Rossi do the same, but I am not certain the ECR car has the pace.

re: FBD - Mancation

Posted by Tornado Alley on 1/23/26 at 12:51 pm to holygrale

Keep going big fella.

Food and Drink

re: FBD - Mancation

Posted by Tornado Alley on 1/23/26 at 8:39 am to holygrale

Food and Drink

Rolex 24 at Daytona - qualifying, Jan. 22, 3:05 PM - green flag, Jan. 24, 12:40 PM

Posted by Tornado Alley on 1/21/26 at 2:54 pm

Who else is pumped for America's iconic 24-hour endurance race?

Qualifying is tomorrow at 3:05 PM CST. The green flag drops at 12:40 PM CST on Saturday.

There are some notable non-IMSA drivers I'll identify in the OP to garner wider interest.

Colton Herta, of Indycar fame and now the reserve driver for Cadillac's F1 team, is driving the #40 Cadillac in the GTP class for Wayne Taylor Racing.

AJ Allmendinger, a three-time NASCAR race winner, is driving the #60 Acura in the GTP class for Meyer Shank Racing.

Three-time Indycar champion and Indy 500 winner Alex Palou is driving the #93 Acura in the GTP class for Meyer Shank Racing.

Logan Sargeant, a former F1 driver, is driving the #18 in the LMP2 class for Era Motorsport.

Christian Rasmussen, an Indycar race winner, is driving the #99 in the LMP2 class for AO Racing (Spike!).

Nolan Siegel, an Indycar driver, is driving the #343 in the LMP2 class for Inter Europol Competition.

Kyle Kirkwood, an Indycar race winner, is driving the #14 Lexus in the GTD Pro class for Vasser Sullivan Racing.

Juri Vips, a former Indycar driver, is driving the #59 McLaren in the GTD Pro class for Rahal Letterman Lanigan.

Will Power, a two-time Indycar champ and winner of the Indy 500, is driving the #75 Mercedes in the GTD Pro class for 75 Express.

Former Indycar and F1 star Romain Grosjean is driving the #16 Ford Mustang for Myers Riley Motorsport in the GTD class.