Augie

I generally agree with you, but last Christmas was weird as empty nesters. No kids, no grandkids, we visited my mother at the nursing home then sat around the house. By Christmas afternoon my wife was fighting the urge to go up to her office and work. She lost. We were both bored and I could have watched a bunch of football. You get to an age where Christmas Day isn’t always on Dec 25th. You just do the best you can as families go in all different directions. I have zero complaints, in fact, it sort of extends the spirit of the season a bit.

Geez, first response. Beat me to it by a country mile! 😂

I think that @HOUSE Could have signed him for an ashtray less. .

Classic formula, it almost seems too obvious. 🤷‍♂️

Why recruit and project with HS kids when you can wait and see what they become? Who grew 5”? There are few Cooper Flagg’s in the world, and I’m glad I got to see a bit before he left for the NBA. EDIT: I do NOT watch the NBA, and I change channels if they talk about it. I used to love the Braves, but it’s all gone to hell. .

This is like pick up play at the Y for mercenaries. Xavier had a nice guard they brought in this year who did well, now he’s on the market for $1.5-$2mil. I don’t know about others, but as my interests wanes so does my revenue stream. I’m not paying MORE for NIL, I’m just going to care less. That means I quit making trips for games, buying gear and adding to viewership, therefore hurting TV revenue.

……and the worst contract structure ever by Town Idiot Haslam. Will the other owners sit with him at the meetings? Or are they like billionaire middle schoolers? 😂

Well, she didn’t get past Marshawn Lynch!

No, I’m afraid I’ve never delivered a package that got that kind of response. 😢

I went to Harvard. I almost bought something in the bookstore.

I heard it was quite the kerfuffle! I like to work that in when I can. 😊

I saw an interesting clip with Greg Cosell (which is probably in this thread) where he said he really liked him coming out of college and he likes his game…..he just can’t explain the lack of greater production. It made me curious if it was the player, the scheme or something else. 🤷‍♂️

Jay Wright had plenty of success at Villanova as well, but decided he didn’t want to play by the new rules, and I don’t blame him one bit. The new rules kinda look like no rules.

We flew into Salt Lake City with the young boys and needed a meal asap. Downtown was empty and what might have been former restaurants were boarded up. We finally found a Hilton or something and figured they must have a restaurant. A town without much of a pulse, from what we saw. But they are the home of the JAZZ! 😂 Was nobody paying attention?

I’m almost afraid to ask what it is the state has to offer that you are thinking about. In Utah. 😊

The big guy for Auburn looks like Kramer’s little brother against the karate class in the alley.

Tennessee is currently 0-14 from 3 point land. It’s hard to win a basketball game like THAT.

Utah does have some crazy liquor laws as I mentioned above. SC used to require using the mini-bottles for liquor. I remember people trying to order Long Island Iced Teas and being warned that it would be very big, and VERY expensive with a bottle each of vodka, gin, rum and tequila. EDIT: Just thinking about that makes me want to puke. 😂 .

She’s made about $17Mil just in prize money, and endorsements are huge in tennis. We know people who use a service like NetJets just because it makes them more efficient. It doesn’t have to be Mommy and Daddy’s plane, though it may be. It’s not uncommon for professional athletes to travel this way, though it did not end well for Payne Stewart.

That’s interesting. I’ve never heard it put quite that way, and it makes some sense. I left after the French Connection, then lost track of them. It was too hard to keep up back then, and I guess I didn’t miss much. My SIL worked in the major donor field at PSU. She knew who Terry Pegula was!

OK, Jerruh. 😊 It’s a gamble, and I was half thinking they would wait until early next season, but the team has more leverage now. I’m mostly worried about concussions, so how they structured things is important.

So…..you just let him walk? It’s a gamble, but the Jerry Jones Way would be to wait until his cost dramatically increases. You trust your medical people, and pray for the best IMO. I’m more concerned about concussions than a pulled hammy or a broken hand. If he went full-Tua it could be a HUGE albatross. CB is a position that is supposed to create contact rather than do everything possible to avoid it, so…. I think we got a deal, but I haven’t seen the details and where some out’s might be built in.

I just stumbled on this article, and I love her more than ever! Not only did she do a good deed for others, but the video clip of her is awesome. She may travel by private jet, but she loves the metro! https://talksport.com/tennis/2983531/jessica-pegula-indian-wells-wta-private-jet/

It sure beats the Jerry Jones method of waiting for the market to go thru the roof before finally pulling the trigger.

So you’re one of the better losers! 😊 I wonder if Edna from accounting still has the leading bracket based upon friendly looking mascots.