Recruiting Football Talk VII

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SoilVol said:
Titans aren't adding another WR I don't think. They initially looked at Higgins but I thought they resigned him?

Titans got Tyler Boyd from the Bengals instead.

Tbh the Titans WR room is suddenly pretty deep. Deandre Hopkins, Calvin Ridley, Tyler Boyd, and Treylon Burks. Burks hasn't broken out yet, but there's been a lot of talk this summer about his work and ability. Just needs to stay healthy.
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Bengals franchise tagged Tee
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Our Idiot Margin us even worse...let TV go another year or two without winning and the f'n stupid garbage will be screaming that same load of 🦬💩...look at how the scum talk about the best basketball coach we have ever had.

Heck...sone of them have already been 💩ting all over Tony...and have been since we lost in the Supers 2 years ago.

I absolutely hate idiots...especially idiots that don't understand baseball and basketball
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SoilVol said:
ECU with bases loaded this season: 3-4

They've loaded the bases 4 times this year.

We've hit 12 grand slams
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Annnd...none of that matters in a short series.

We definitely should win...but...short series baseball..

They don't have to beat us 51 out of a 100...they only have to win 2 out of 3....which means anything can happen.
 
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Super Regional picks:

Tennessee over Evansville
Oregon State over Kentucky
Texas A&M over Oregon
North Carolina over West Virginia (Mattresses will burn in Morgantown)
Virginia over Kansas State
Clemson over Florida ( hoping for a meteor around bottom of 9th inning of game 3)
N.C. State over Georgia
Connecticut over Florida State( upset special)
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Super Regional picks:

Tennessee over Evansville
Oregon State over Kentucky
Texas A&M over Oregon
North Carolina over West Virginia (Mattresses will burn in Morgantown)
Virginia over Kansas State
Clemson over Florida ( hoping for a meteor around bottom of 9th inning of game 3)
N.C. State over Georgia
Connecticut over Florida State( upset special)
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I'd really like Kentucky and Texas a&m to go down
 
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June 4, 1942
The Battle of Midway begins. During that morning, after sending planes to attack the U.S. base at Midway, the Japanese carriers Akagi, Kaga and Soryu are fatally damaged by dive bombers from USS Enterprise (CV 6) and USS Yorktown (CV 5). Later in the day, USS Yorktown is abandoned after bomb and torpedo hits by planes from Hiryu. The latter is, in turn, knocked out by U.S. carrier planes. Compelled by their losses to abandon their plans to capture Midway, the Japanese retire westward. The battle is a decisive win for the U.S, bringing an end to Japanese naval superiority in the Pacific.


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peaygolf said:
June 3, 1888

Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
First published by the San Francisco Examiner

The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day:
The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,
A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game.

A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest
Clung to the hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
They thought, "If only Casey could but get a whack at that—
We'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat."

But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,
And the former was a hoodoo, while the latter was a cake;
So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat,
For there seemed but little chance of Casey getting to the bat.

But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all,
And Blake, the much despisèd, tore the cover off the ball;
And when the dust had lifted, and men saw what had occurred,
There was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third.

Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell;
It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
It pounded on the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.

There was ease in Casey's manner as he stepped into his place;
There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile lit Casey's face.
And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,
No stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Casey at the bat.

Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt;
Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt;
Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,
Defiance flashed in Casey's eye, a sneer curled Casey's lip.

And now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling through the air,
And Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped—
"That ain't my style," said Casey. "Strike one!" the umpire said.

From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore;
"Kill him! Kill the umpire!" shouted someone on the stand;
And it's likely they'd have killed him had not Casey raised his hand.

With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage shone;
He stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go on;
He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the dun sphere flew;
But Casey still ignored it and the umpire said, "Strike two!"

"Fraud!" cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered "Fraud!"
But one scornful look from Casey and the audience was awed.
They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain,
And they knew that Casey wouldn't let that ball go by again.

The sneer is gone from Casey's lip, his teeth are clenched in hate,
He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate;
And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go,
And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey's blow.

Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.
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Baseball...I hate it and love it.
 
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RudyVol said:
There's a reason nearly all regulars have stopped coming around. The like system didn't do any favors. You can check the replies to this and find a bunch of "gotcha" replies to get internet points.
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Now we have complaints about likes. My goodness. I take a quick break because of life and come back to this?!? 🤣
 
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