Recruiting Forum Off Topic Thread III

[Russdaddy2027]

Their cheerleaders are better than ours.....

If I would've had any talent worthy of D1 attention, Oregon would have to had beeen on the short list....

 

[tnhunter 10]

@oregoncheer • Instagram photos and videos

All a sudden, I may just make an Oregon cheer competition.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Them and USC. They both know how to pick cheerleaders.

I'm sure they're going to Oregon becau$e it's beautiful.

 

[CAVPUT]

Them and USC. They both know how to pick cheerleaders.

I'm sure we have some beautiful girls on our squad. Haven't really cared enough to look, but I do know the uniforms and cheer routines are just a tad different. Much like the POTS band. Those uniforms are tradition. The music and routines are tradition. Don't see them changing.

 

[CAVPUT]

I'm sure they're going to Oregon becau$e it's beautiful.

Well, it is pretty spectacular scenery. Washington state as well. If it weren't for the culture, politics and taxes, I'd love to live in the pacific NW. Gorgeous country.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

Sad but true

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Their cheerleaders are better than almost everyone else

we have to upgrade immediately before NSD so we can land Sewell.

 

[Weezer]

I'm sure we have some beautiful girls on our squad. Haven't really cared enough to look, but I do know the uniforms and cheer routines are just a tad different. Much like the POTS band. Those uniforms are tradition. The music and routines are tradition. Don't see them changing.

Oregon and UT recruit different types of girls for their squads. Oregon cheerleaders have more curves. UT cheerleaders are smaller in stature to make stunting easier.

 

[85SugarVol]

Their cheerleaders are better than almost everyone else

 

[kemotoe]

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[Volosaurus rex]

Well, it is pretty spectacular scenery. Washington state as well. If it weren't for the culture, politics and taxes, I'd love to live in the pacific NW. Gorgeous country.

It sounds like Montana, where we currently live, would be your cup of tea then. The only pockets of political liberalism are, predictably, in college towns. Traditional American values, so far as I can tell, still reign supreme here; Montana has one of the highest rates of current/former military service in the country. We have NO, I repeat, NO sales tax here. And, having been to both Washington and Oregon, I would say that Montana has much more spectacular country. Solitude certainly can be found more readily in the backcountry here due to the low population base. We barely have one million residents spread out over roughly 150,000 square miles. If you like to hike, hunt, fish or just photograph wildlife, you can't beat Montana in the lower 48.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Well, it is pretty spectacular scenery. Washington state as well. If it weren't for the culture, politics and taxes, I'd love to live in the pacific NW. Gorgeous country.

I love the American west in general..the scenery and geography of the American west is just so dramatic and majestic.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

It sounds like Montana, where we currently live, would be your cup of tea then. The only pockets of political liberalism are, predictably, in college towns. Traditional American values, so far as I can tell, still reign supreme here; Montana has one of the highest rates of current/former military service in the country. We have NO, I repeat, NO sales tax here. And, having been to both Washington and Oregon, I would say that Montana has much more spectacular country. Solitude certainly can be found more readily in the backcountry here due to the low population base. We barely have one million residents spread out over roughly 150,000 square miles. If you like to hike, hunt, fish or just photograph wildlife, you can't beat Montana in the lower 48.

I am soo jealous..till winter anyway.

 

[CAVPUT]

It sounds like Montana, where we currently live, would be your cup of tea then. The only pockets of political liberalism are, predictably, in college towns. Traditional American values, so far as I can tell, still reign supreme here; Montana has one of the highest rates of current/former military service in the country. We have NO, I repeat, NO sales tax here. And, having been to both Washington and Oregon, I would say that Montana has much more spectacular country. Solitude certainly can be found more readily in the backcountry here due to the low population base. We barely have one million residents spread out over roughly 150,000 square miles. If you like to hike, hunt, fish or just photograph wildlife, you can't beat Montana in the lower 48.

I've been skiing at Big Sky numerous times. Love Montana as well as Wyoming.

 

[CAVPUT]

Oregon and UT recruit different types of girls for their squads. Oregon cheerleaders have more curves. UT cheerleaders are smaller in stature to make stunting easier.

Or is it that the Oregon gals show more of theirs? Inquiring minds and all....

 

[Fatman Photos]

My God - Daughter lives in Washington. So beautiful out there.

 

[Volosaurus rex]

I've been skiing at Big Sky numerous times. Love Montana as well as Wyoming.

Yes, Wyoming has a lot to offer. The Tetons, of course, and the Wind River Range, which contains some of the most rugged and remote country in the lower 48, are particularly spectacular destinations.

 

[Volosaurus rex]

I am soo jealous..till winter anyway.

We like to think that Montana winters keep the riff-raff out.

Besides, how many places in the lower 48 can you see bald eagles and wolves from the interstate? I saw both within, perhaps, a five-mile stretch of I-90 east of Billings last January. I presume that they were both attracted by carrion that was out of view.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

So cool

 

[Geaux_Vols]

We like to think that Montana winters keep the riff-raff out.

Besides, how many places in the lower 48 can you see bald eagles and wolves from the interstate? I saw both within, perhaps, a five-mile stretch of I-90 east of Billings last January. I presume that they were both attracted by carrion that was out of view.

don't know about wolves but, oddly, there's a locally-famous bald eagles' nest in a cypress tree in the swamp outside of new orleans that I10 passes heading into the city from baton rouge. its massive; i swear its got to be about the size of a hottub up in that tree. totally random spot for it, but it's pretty badass.

 

[Volosaurus rex]

Ulysses, we had planned on visiting Glacier during the last week of September for fall foliage. That is, until I logged in to the Weather Service Facebook page on 9/24 and encountered this jaw-dropping forecast from the Great Falls office:

“Winter Storm Watch for Northern Rocky Mountain Front, Montana, [effective 6:00 pm MDT, Friday, September 27 until 6:00 pm MDT, Sunday, September 29. . . Blizzard Conditions Possible. Total snow accumulations of 18 to 36 inches, with locally higher amounts in the mountains. Record or near-record cold temperatures in the teens and 20s with wind chills zero to 15 above zero. North to northeast winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts as high as 40 mph. . . Extreme impacts possible. This early-season winter storm and/or blizzard has the potential to set a new benchmark for snow accumulations, cold temperatures, and resulting impacts for parts of the Northern Rockies and the Rocky Mountain Front. A similar storm in 1934 produced prolific amounts of snow in late September over North Central Montana.

Confidence level was described as high “on accumulations, winds, and expected impacts, [but] low to moderate on the timing of onset and end of this winter storm event.”

A subsequent high wind watch was issued later that evening by the Great Falls Weather Service office for Thursday, September 26, for the “Rocky Mountain Front and eastern Glacier County, with West winds 40 to 50 mph, with gusts up to 80 mph possible.” Our original itinerary called for us to be driving north from Great Falls to Glacier National Park on the 26th and spend the 27th on the east side of Glacier before heading to West Glacier. Faced with the prospect of dangerously high winds for travel along the Rocky Mountain Front, the onset of an early-winter storm of historic magnitude, extremely heavy snowfall, widespread power outages and the possibility of literally being stranded at the St. Mary KOA for several days before travel would be possible, we had no alternative but to scrap our original itinerary and, in the short term, formulate a new itinerary consisting of day trips from our home base in Billings until we could more accurately project how widespread the impact of this system would have on other destinations in the northern Rockies that are farther to the south.

As it turned out, snowfall projections were actually underestimated. St. Mary and East Glacier Park received 48 inches of snow from that system. Babb, Montana, which is a tiny little community located just east of the turnoff to Many Glacier valley, took home the grand prize, tallying 52 inches of snow. Such storms are rare this early, even for Montana, but they are the stuff of which Montana’s legendary reputation for winter weather is forged.

 

[Volosaurus rex]

don't know about wolves but, oddly, there's a locally-famous bald eagles' nest in a cypress tree in the swamp outside of new orleans that I10 passes heading into the city from baton rouge. its massive; i swear its got to be about the size of a hottub up in that tree. totally random spot for it, but it's pretty badass.

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That’s pretty typical for an eagle’s nest; they build massive structures. The two eagles that I saw were at ground level, literally no more than 10-15 yards from the shoulder of the interstate. It is quite impressive to view an eagle riding the wind but, until you have the privilege of seeing them at such close proximity, you don’t realize how tall and regal they truly are.

 

[DaddyChad]

Them and USC. They both know how to pick cheerleaders.

UCLA and both major Arizona schools used to be amazing as well. Haven’t cared to look lately.

 

[WilliamDuVOL]

That’s pretty typical for an eagle’s nest; they build massive structures. The two eagles that I saw were at ground level, literally no more than 10-15 yards from the shoulder of the interstate. It is quite impressive to view an eagle riding the wind but, until you have the privilege of seeing them at such close proximity, you don’t realize how tall and regal they truly are.

When we were in glacier last, we saw several eagles up close and watched them fishing. We saw both bald and golden eagles. Really cool animals.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Ulysses, we had planned on visiting Glacier during the last week of September for fall foliage. That is, until I logged in to the Weather Service Facebook page on 9/24 and encountered this jaw-dropping forecast from the Great Falls office:

“Winter Storm Watch for Northern Rocky Mountain Front, Montana, [effective 6:00 pm MDT, Friday, September 27 until 6:00 pm MDT, Sunday, September 29. . . Blizzard Conditions Possible. Total snow accumulations of 18 to 36 inches, with locally higher amounts in the mountains. Record or near-record cold temperatures in the teens and 20s with wind chills zero to 15 above zero. North to northeast winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts as high as 40 mph. . . Extreme impacts possible. This early-season winter storm and/or blizzard has the potential to set a new benchmark for snow accumulations, cold temperatures, and resulting impacts for parts of the Northern Rockies and the Rocky Mountain Front. A similar storm in 1934 produced prolific amounts of snow in late September over North Central Montana.

Confidence level was described as high “on accumulations, winds, and expected impacts, [but] low to moderate on the timing of onset and end of this winter storm event.”

A subsequent high wind watch was issued later that evening by the Great Falls Weather Service office for Thursday, September 26, for the “Rocky Mountain Front and eastern Glacier County, with West winds 40 to 50 mph, with gusts up to 80 mph possible.” Our original itinerary called for us to be driving north from Great Falls to Glacier National Park on the 26th and spend the 27th on the east side of Glacier before heading to West Glacier. Faced with the prospect of dangerously high winds for travel along the Rocky Mountain Front, the onset of an early-winter storm of historic magnitude, extremely heavy snowfall, widespread power outages and the possibility of literally being stranded at the St. Mary KOA for several days before travel would be possible, we had no alternative but to scrap our original itinerary and, in the short term, formulate a new itinerary consisting of day trips from our home base in Billings until we could more accurately project how widespread the impact of this system would have on other destinations in the northern Rockies that are farther to the south.

As it turned out, snowfall projections were actually underestimated. St. Mary and East Glacier Park received 48 inches of snow from that system. Babb, Montana, which is a tiny little community located just east of the turnoff to Many Glacier valley, took home the grand prize, tallying 52 inches of snow. Such storms are rare this early, even for Montana, but they are the stuff of which Montana’s legendary reputation for winter weather is forged.

I saw footage...that was a monster indeed. My girl and SiL were out there on a 15 day trip in mid September. We were all going originally, but they wanted it to be the honemoon they didn't get to take, so we went on a 7 day cruise in June with my mom, sisters and their families instead, which now I am so thankful we did because Moms cancer had spread and now I will probably never get the chance to go with her again...barring a miracle.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

That’s pretty typical for an eagle’s nest; they build massive structures. The two eagles that I saw were at ground level, literally no more than 10-15 yards from the shoulder of the interstate. It is quite impressive to view an eagle riding the wind but, until you have the privilege of seeing them at such close proximity, you don’t realize how tall and regal they truly are.

There aren't too many around here where we live, at least for most if the year, but strangely the closest I have ever been to a wild Bald Eagle was right on the shoulder of US 25 between Tazewell and Morristown last year. It was picking at a deer carcass.