Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[drvenner]

You know I’ve seen a lot of posts from people sharing how much they achieved in 2024. But in case someone needs to hear this, it’s okay if the only thing you did this past year was just get through it.

 

[you]

For anyone watching the Eagles and Packers, the LB Cooper for the Packers is the player for Texas A&M that Milton destroyed by running through him last year. He was A&M’s leader on defense.

Need a Gif please

 

[JohnnyD1024]

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Do you know what a "Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II" is? I saw one today. The "Cale Yarborough Special". . . there are 2 kinds, the "Cale Yarborough Special" and the "Dan Gurney Special". They look like the same car at first glance, aside from the stripes (one has blue stripes, the other has red), but when you look closer you can see at least 1 difference. The front end on one is shorter. There are probably other differences, but that's the one I notice.

I don't think there are many original Cale Yarborough Specials left around today. I saw an original Dan Gurney Special about a year ago in Townsend. I didn't even realize what I was looking at til I got home and looked it up. Turns out that the Dan Gurney Special I was looking at is thought to be the only "survivor" Cyclone Spoiler II DGS that still exists.

CYS:

DGS

 

[jave36]

Goedert went full king Henry on that GB DB

 

[Vol423]

Goedert went full king Henry on that GB DB

Goedert made Valentine his bitch on that play.

 

[beneVOLence]

That was embarrassing what that TE just did to that CB in the Eagles & Packers game. Just bullied that poor boy.

 

[GiggerVol]

Goedert went full king Henry on that GB DB

Great effort by the TE and poor effort by the defense

 

[SmokinBob]

As a community service, let's all post lessons learned from this most recent snowpocolipse. I'll start:

Don't make snow angels at a dog park.

 

[knoxvol52]

Josh Jacobs carrying the Eagles defenders to the 1/2 yard line..

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Not a good look.

 

[MarcoVol]

Not a good look.

Jan 1 game when everyone is off work vs Jan 9 game

 

[Revived2002]

Not a good look.

I’ve wondered if the average Joe thinks the playoff just stretches on for too long, and if playing at odd times makes people less likely to watch (midweek games).

I might like a tighter schedule and all Friday and Saturday games. Probably tough with so much college basketball.

 

[Orange_Crush]

It’s funny that each generation is ultimately griping about their own ability as parents. Who’s ultimately responsible for teaching and training the next generation? Basically you’re saying I failed as a parent but it’s the lazy kids fault for not figuring it out on their own. The cycle continues.

It may actually have to do with developmental cycle. The Kruger-Dunning effect is a real thing. The less you know, the more you think you know. It's probably just human physiology more than the abilities or investments of the parents. The cure for the Kruger-Dunning effect generally comes as humility and a willingness to listen to others with more experience and wisdom. (Not blaming them.)

 

[Orange_Crush]

It's amazing how much smarter my parents got as I got older.

 

[Weezer]

Pretty good, but could it be better? Perhaps that’s the point when they’re saying he does just the bare minimum. Imagine going full throttle, maybe we’d have 2-3 5*. Just a thought.

We could have had Douglas Utu, but apparently, he had a better relationship with the Oregon OL coach. I won't continue to beat a dead horse. I've made my feelings clear. I doubt Heupel makes a move this offseason. Next season may tell us a lot.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Do you know what a "Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II" is? I saw one today. The "Cale Yarborough Special". . . there are 2 kinds, the "Cale Yarborough Special" and the "Dan Gurney Special". They look like the same car at first glance, aside from the stripes (one has blue stripes, the other has red), but when you look closer you can see at least 1 difference. The front end on one is shorter. There are probably other differences, but that's the one I notice.

I don't think there are many original Cale Yarborough Specials left around today. I saw an original Dan Gurney Special about a year ago in Townsend. I didn't even realize what I was looking at til I got home and looked it up. Turns out that the Dan Gurney Special I was looking at is thought to be the only "survivor" Cyclone Spoiler II DGS that still exists.

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That is one butt-ugly cars.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

That is one butt-ugly cars.

Not very pretty, but pretty very

 

[marcusluvsvols]

You know I’ve seen a lot of posts from people sharing how much they achieved in 2024. But in case someone needs to hear this, it’s okay if the only thing you did this past year was just get through it.

Amen. There were years in the last decade when i buried 3 people from the half dozen that care about me most. Simply living through that, holding down the fort and continuing to be a good man to the wife and kids around me while I felt like a hollow shell of a man was much harder than any goal or accomplishment that I ever strived for. Sometimes just getting out of bed every morning, doing your job and taking care of those around you requires heroic effort when all you really want is to shut down.

Sometimes just getting through a year or a dark time is OK. When it seems like all the cards were stacked against you. I honestly don't know how people who don't have God in their lives get by. If I couldn't lean on Him sometimes, if I didnt have Hope that only comes from Him, I don't know if I would have made it through the last 5 years. Good post Doc. Thank you.

 

[JCVol00]

I’ve wondered if the average Joe thinks the playoff just stretches on for too long, and if playing at odd times makes people less likely to watch (midweek games).

I might like a tighter schedule and all Friday and Saturday games. Probably tough with so much college basketball.

100%, idk why the national championship and some of the better playoff games are on week nights, it makes no sense from a ratings standpoint

 

[tnvols72]

Not for sure if this is a she or he but Belichick has to be questioning himself for taking that job

 

[JMSqb11]

I’ve wondered if the average Joe thinks the playoff just stretches on for too long, and if playing at odd times makes people less likely to watch (midweek games).

I might like a tighter schedule and all Friday and Saturday games. Probably tough with so much college basketball.

I personally think the playoffs went overboard with expansion. If anything, make it 10 teams tops. Sweet spot to me would be 8 teams no byes or 6 teams with 2 byes.

 

[hjeagle1vol]

And all those who had SB for a TD just cried

 

[Ten_Titans]

And older generations will always claim that younger generations are lazy, selfish, misguided, etc.

These cycles have gone on forever.

I believed this when I was younger. Now, unfortunately, I just believe it is because the new generations actually are worse than the ones before them going back 80 years.

The boomers were a markedly less competent generation than their parents. And I think that has basically trended downward from there at varying speeds.

And that is with no interest in playing the blame game. Obviously generations are raised by their parents in the culture built by their grandparents.

I work part time in a University setting. Three 18 year old freshman wanted to talk to me about politics, which is fine. Part way through that discussion I asked them to name as many US presidents they could think of, and the 3 of them came up with 6 names.

The rationalizations I've heard on why that doesn't mean anything and I'm just a crotchety old man now... I find them unconvincing. I'll put it that way.

 

[UTSuave’]