Bill from NYC

Interesting.

I don't miss the funky attitudes And I don't miss the fights I lie on the couch 'til suppertime And hunker down and read the Post And that's when I remember the things I miss the most The talk The sex Somebody to trust The Audi TT The house on the Vineyard The house on the Gulf Coast These are the things I miss the most

Buffalo Bills and Crimson Tide. This combo consists of pain and pleasure. The thing is, it makes it tough on Diana in terms of going anywhere during football season. She gets annoyed when she asks me to go somewhere and I have to check schedules to see if one of the teams has a bye week, and/or what time the games are. She starts out patient but I can tell that she is annoyed by this time of the season. Truthfully, I can't blame her. I DID take her to Tuscaloosa for the Arkansas game and she really did enjoy it. Next season I want to take her to Buffalo to see the Bills (we love Williamsville) and another Alabama game. Life is good.

Whatever you do, do NOT stay at the Tropicana!!!!! I stayed there last year and it was actually my first trip to Vegas. I unknowingly went on draft week (you know, the one in which we took Elam). I chose The Trop because it is owned by Hilton. I'm an honors member and I have lots of points and never had one bad experience at any Hilton owned place. Well, the hotel was filthy, and the air conditioner was blowing hot air. We complained and a guy came up and changed the filter and left black s%$t all over the carpet. When I got home I complained so much that they gave me 50,000 points. Other than breakfast, the food sucked. Now the good news. I liked the MGM and New York, New York (same owner). There is a Gallagher's Steak House in NY, NY. It was the best Rib Eye I have ever tasted. It is one of the oldest steak houses in NYC and it is superb. I told the manager how much I enjoyed it and he gave us each a complimentary piece of GREAT cheese cake. One night we wanted Mexican. A cab driver in front of the hotel recommended a place and it was very good. It is called Bonito Michoacan, located on 3715 South Decatur Blvd., off the strip but not in a bad neighborhood. The food was very good and the portions were huge. I ordered 1 beer and it was so big that I couldn't finish it. I would go back there if I ever return to Vegas. Hth.

Sometimes I think it's a shame When I get feeling better, when I'm feeling no pain Sundown, you better take care If I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs Sundown, you better take care If I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs Sometimes I think it's a sin When I feel like I'm winning, when I'm losing again

Oh well. It's time for Walter Nolen to come to Alabama. I thought we had him this year until Jimbo bought him out.

Excellent post. The only things I will add is that if we had better receivers after Diggs, they would get more attention from defenses and this would help the running game. Also, a previous poster mentioned how insufficient resources were devoted to the offensive line. This certainly hinders running and passing, but that is what we got and will continue to get with McDermott running the show.

They ARE good but their pansy ass schedule doesn't really hurt them either, dontcha think?

Belated Happy Birthday!

I feel so lonely night and day I can't get your love, I must stay away Well, I need you girl, by my side Oh little girl, would you like to take a ride now? I can't get your love, I can't get satisfaction Oh little girl, psychotic reaction

There should be a voting choice for simply McDermott imo.

How about McDermott? Pegula seems to be fully brainwashed by him and I doubt that it will happen, but do you think that he should be fired after the season?

We can expect this and more of it as long as McDermott is in charge on and off the field, but; there is good news on the horizon....... The 2024 draft looks to be chock full of safeties for McDermott to trade up for.

Take it In your hand All the sirens and the band Get to bendin' my ear How Was I to know About the warm Soulful secret You been keepin' for years I got the news Slow down I'll tell you when I may never walk again

Despite giving up 28 points, the Alabama defense is freaking great. LSU has a fine offense and their QB borders on sensational. The HUGE offensive line looks like it may have come around as well. The LSU defense was gassed by the 4th quarter. You could plainly see this. The best news of the game was that they finally allowed Milroe to run. He is an average passer with a very good deep arm but he is a GREAT runner and he needs to utilize this running ability to open up the pass. When the game slows down for him and he makes faster decisions, he will be VERY hard to stop. If Saban can keep this team moving in the right direction, we just might face Georgia in the SEC Title Game. ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This makes sense.

What would happen to customers who tip in cash? I'm going to assume for the sake of this conversation that drivers would have to pay tax on credit card tips, and would prefer cash tips. Am I missing something?

I don't doubt that the percentage of teachers doing this is extremely low, but the bolded above would seem to have to be inaccurate. I am sure that some offenders do this several times before getting caught, and that some others just get away with it. It's the same with police officers. Some cops slip through the cracks and are criminals. I hate to say this but it is true. But, when a crooked cop gets caught, the public thinks that most, if not all cops do this and it just isn't true. That said, I suppose a few can slip through the cracks and get away with crimes, at least for a while.

This is 100% true and has been for years. I know of several women who as students, were taken advantage of by male teachers, and they all came from broken, unstable homes. Sexual predators are good at spotting their potential victims.

I am obviously not woke but imo it would be 100x worse. The very nature of the act alone would make it worse imo. I had a gorgeous young art teacher in 9th grade. She was also very nice. Every kid in my class wanted to do her, including me. I was 15 which is young but my guess is that I would have been OK. The difference is that I think that acts of this nature were quite rare in those days, despite the fact that women did constitute a MUCH higher percentage of teachers than they do today. What I can't figure out is why many teachers now do it, despite the fact that so many were caught, fired, and jailed. Then again, I still read about the occasional police officer taking a bribe from or guarding drug dealers, this after seeing other cops get fired, lose their great pension, lose their families, and get sent to prison for doing so. Wrt police officers, my guess is that a big majority of those committing these crimes have heavy substance and/or gambling issues. As for female teachers, it would seem like a psychiatric condition (although substance thrown in would not surprise me). For male teachers.....pure degeneracy. I hope that the above doesn't offend anyone. It was not meant to. These comments are jmo.

Well, when the pick for Mahomes was traded away (for a sub-par return imo) and a cornerback was drafted , Beane wasn't there. It was a portend of things to come. The following season (2018) they traded up to take Tremaine Edwards in round 0ne. It took @BADOLBILZ4 or 5 years to convince most of this board that he was not worth re-signing. In 2019 they used a #9 on DT Ed Oliver. In 2020 and 2021, both of their top draft selections (a 1st and a 2nd) were used on defensive players. In 2022, they of course traded UP once again for CB Elam. Wonderful. McDermott started this trend of idiocy. We have a QB with generational talent and continued to use our best draft picks for defense, this in a now clearly offense oriented NFL. McDermott is the defense oriented coach. And when his resource filled defense failed in the clutch he was able to blame and fire Frazier. Beane seems to be much more of an administrator than a football man. McDermott is certainly the man behind the curtain. That said, I truly do appreciate your posts, especially wrt the draft. You are a HUGE asset to TBD imo. There is zero hostility in this post. It's just that I have repeatedly tried and just keep failing to understand how you can possibly blame Beane more than McDermott. http://www.drafthistory.com/index.php/teams/bills

Correct me if I am misquoting you but many times you have posted that Beane and McDermott have "equal say" wrt personnel. Once you even said that you think that McDermott could override Beane (a comment with which I fully agree). Given this, why is it suddenly "on Brandon Beane?" It would seem that you are absolving McDermott from any blame, whereas imo he deserves the majority of it.

Now if you feel that you can't go on (Can't go on) Because all of your hope is gone (All your hope is gone) And your life is filled with much confusion (Much confusion) Until happiness is just an illusion (Happiness is just an illusion) And your world around is crumbling down, darlin' (Reach out) Come on, girl, reach on out for me (Reach out) Reach out for me Hah, I'll be there with a love that will shelter you I'll be there with a love that will see you through

Give her some funked up muzak, she treats you nice Feed her some hungry reggae, she'll love you twice The girls don't seem to care tonight As long as the mood is right No static at all (no static, no static at all) FM (no static at all)

Perhaps you are right. Maybe I am just burned out from McDermott trading away draft picks.