Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

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Weezer said:
Wrong.




AP seems to think it's what is hurting recruiting the most. When I expressed that opinion, I was told other factors were bigger. Get pissy and start throwing your insults, it just shows you don't have a real argument. I never suggested we were facing severe sanctions, just that the uncertainty allows other coaches to play off of it. What actually happens and the picture that other coaches paint in the minds of recruits are two different things, but that picture that those other coaches are painting matters when recruits buy into the perception. The longer this drags out, the more it hurts our recruiting. Try to get what I said right, rather than acting like those opposing coaches and painting a different picture.
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How is that different from what I said? Other coach are always going to play off narratives and make up truths. They did when the Title IX lawsuits were going on. LONG TERM did it destroy our recruiting? We got a season to show recruits a fun offense to see themselves playing in and a solid defensive scheme in which to be developed. That happens and you’ll be weezing quiet as usual when the class is final. You testosterone deficient drones need to be less chatty when you’ve given up. You never affect anybody who’s followed this program since the 70s.
 
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hotcypress said:
NFTs make sense as the future of collectible trading cards because it makes the process so much easier for collectors. I use NBA TopShot, and it's better than dealing with trading cards in the following ways:
1. no grading - there is no physical wear and tear on the NFTs, so there's no reason to have to pay for an external entity to grade the quality of your collectible. Any hardcore collector knows how expensive and time consuming it is to have a card/comic graded for condition
2. no forgery/high transparency - because NFTs are minted on the blockchain and every transaction of the NFT is recorded there, there is virtually no risk of receiving a forged/fake collectible. You can also view market transactions with transparency to better gauge market action for yourself. There's already websites in place that track this information and provide it to you in digestible formats.
3. 24/7, easy to access marketplace -- you no longer have to deal with eBay (shipping, fees) or going to physical dealers/collector's shows to commercialize your collectibles. You have a dedicated marketplace that allows you to buy and sell in real time. It actually can create a day-trading style market for collectibles, which didn't really exist before.
4. low cost to produce/independence - before you basically couldn't create your own trading cards or collectibles unless you were autographing something already existing. for college players, struggling artists, and musicians, you can monetize your art/work so much easier and for less cost.

I know it seems to dumb to create a limited pressing of a video/pic/gif that already exists, but its the same underlying idea of trading cards. A picture of a dunk on a Jordan card might be available 100 other places, but that's not what defines the value of the trading card.
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Can you put one in your bicycle spokes?
 
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coskramer said:
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Doesn't take much to see the cherrypicking.

This happened to be one of Larry's best statistical seasons at 26.4 PER.

Meanwhile LBJ has had 11 seasons better than that lol. 8 of those with a higher PER than any season Larry ever had. MJ also had 10 seasons better than this season for Larry.

Not that close, in reality. But the haters ain't got time for facts 😅 MJ > LBJ > Errrone
 
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peaygolf said:
Water Snake

Looks like a copperhead, but one big difference.
Dark Markings go from "wide to narrow" on a water snake..............."narrow to wide" on a copper head

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Killed this copper head in my driveway

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You're correct on the distinction between common watersnake and copperhead. Saddles vs hersheys kisses.

However, the snake you killed in your driveway is actually a Northern cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus). Cottonmouths are usually too mud and tannin-stained to see their pattern, but in clearer waters and in young snakes the pattern is evident. Being in the same genus as the copperhead, they have very similar patterns (especially as juveniles). The pixelated kisses and stained colors are indicative of the cottonmouth. If we could see the head clearly, you'd notice a black mask over the eye, whereas the copperhead has a tan mask.
 
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Rishvol said:
Seen plenty in tri cities area
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There's a possibility of Eastern black rats being in tri-cities, or integrates of Eastern black and grey ratsnakes. But the accepted genetic studies have Eastern black rats in the Atlantic coast states.

The difficulty here is that phenotypes aren't necessarily the determination in some species. In other words, a grey ratsnake can be completely black and look like the classic Eastern black rat, but genetically be 100% grey ratsnake. This is also true for Eastern black kingsnakes in West Tennessee looking nearly identical to speckled kingsnakes, but not having speckled kingsnake genetics according to the accepted genetic studies.
 
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Like I mentioned in an earlier comment, I encourage anyone interested to join Tennessee Snake Identification and Education Page on facebook. I'm one of the moderators, and we have a crew of herpetology experts that run the page. Whether to get a quick and accurate ID, learn more about native snakes and how to identify them correctly, or just test your knowledge, you may enjoy it.
 
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SoilVol said:
You're correct on the distinction between common watersnake and copperhead. Saddles vs hersheys kisses.

However, the snake you killed in your driveway is actually a Northern cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus). Cottonmouths are usually too mud and tannin-stained to see their pattern, but in clearer waters and in young snakes the pattern is evident. Being in the same genus as the copperhead, they have very similar patterns (especially as juveniles). The pixelated kisses and stained colors are indicative of the cottonmouth. If we could see the head clearly, you'd notice a black mask over the eye, whereas the copperhead has a tan mask.
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ahhhhh..........I like learning new stuff. Thanks.
Stil. That was one big SOB
 
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