“But I can hear you screaming at your screen. That offensive line! You’re probably right – it looks horrible on paper. The Rams worst case scenario happened tonight. Flowers and Scherff were gone. La’el Collins? In the middle of a murder investigation. With the top pass rushers, quarterbacks and wide receivers gone, the Rams wouldn’t have found a team wanting to trade up because there wasn’t a player worth trading up for.

So they stood their ground and picked the best player on their board:…”

http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/4/30/8526699/rams-2015-draft-picks-jeff-fisher-is-jeff-fisher-todd-gurley-georgia-top-ten

• This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by nittany ram.
• This reply was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by zn.

I would normally be excited but I’m worried that their lame duck status will be a distraction and impact their play on the field. They likely won’t have much of a home field advantage this season either.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by nittany ram.

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I’ve read Hyperion, Drood and The Terror. I loved all three, especially Drood and The Terror but I agree with PA that they do tend to drag on…

What I like about Collins is how well he transports you to the period in which his novels take place. The Terror and Drood both take place in the 19th century and when you are finished you will truly believe you know what it’s like to live in Victorian England or sail on a mid-19th century icebreaker. He is incredibly thorough with his descriptions but at the same time you won’t feel bogged down with useless details. I was completely engaged the entire time however I have an affection for Victorian England anyway and like PA said, the story continues on perhaps longer than it needs to.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by nittany ram.

Must be a bull shark as they can tolerate fresh water.

PA Ram wrote:

Scientology is just like any other system of power. It exploits those at the bottom for the wealth of those at the top.

Yep, in essence it’s a pyramid scheme. It’s a bigger, badder version of Amway. And having seen my neighbors and parents involved in Amway as a child I can attest to its cult-like qualities.

zn wrote:

Zooey wrote:

There’s a big envelope in the mail on its way to you, but you don’t have to worry about anthrax or anything crazy like that.

I and the other mods just want to remind posters that if one poster openly causes the death of another, it can lead to a 2 week ban and the revoking of all cake privileges…for months.

If anyone needs a reminder on that rule, just go to the rules document and look under the Always Make It Look Like an Accident section.

zn the mother hen. Don’t worry, an anthrax CD is fairly innocuous. They’re loud but I don’t think they ever killed anybody…

• This reply was modified 9 years, 9 months ago by nittany ram.

zn wrote:

Realistically, the Rams probably aren’t going to be able to draft either Winston or Mariota. But a quarterback like Baylor’s Bryce Petty, UCLA’s Brett Hundley or Colorado State’s Garrett Grayson could make sense in the second round. And Foles could make sense as a one-year starter who holds onto the job just until a second-round quarterback is ready to take over.

Which means Foles, who is heading into the final season of his contract, may be changing teams again at this time next year.

If the Rams fix the oline, I think Foles is going to have a very good year in this offense. He’s going to be more than just a bridge from Bradford to Petty or Hundley. I think he could be hard to unseat and give Rams management some tough choices to make.

Jim – When the Oakland Raiders move here after all the dust has settled (I know – unlikely) would it be with Davis as owner or do you think NFL would guide the franchise here to a St. Louis based owner? And, if so, could St. Louis rebrand the franchise as the Stallions?
by EJ Junior 2:30 PM

Call me crazy. Call both of us crazy. I’ve actually thought about that. Rebranding the Raiders franchise as the Stallions in St. Louis. For those of you who may not remember, Stallions was supposed to be the name of the expansion team here in the early ’90s. Overall, as I mentioned before, I’m not ruling out anything when it comes to franchise free agency.
by jthomas 2:33 PM

Would the league go for rebranding such a storied franchise as the Raiders (and can they stop it if they wanted to)? The Oilers were rebranded but they didn’t have a legacy like the Raiders and the original Browns were rebranded when they went to Baltimore but that was contingent on Cleveland’s new team retaining the Browns name and history. If the Raiders leave Oakland, will Oakland be awarded another franchise to call the Raiders? Seems unlikely to me.

Hard to imagine an NFL without the Raiders.

St. Louis Stallions is appealing to the ear but hasn’t the horse genre been done to death? Broncos, Colts, Chargers…

Besides, isn’t it a little sexist? Why not the St. Louis Mares?

• This reply was modified 9 years, 9 months ago by nittany ram.

I’m sorry to hear that, Herzog. There is nothing I can say to make this better but at least know you are not alone in this in that there are people on this board that care about you.

Keith

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

Not sure about how much weight to give the judgement that someone is a better football player than previously thought based on watching him run around in shorts and a tank top.

Posters should have pro days.

Though those would be verbal. It would not matter what they wore.

Example: You’re in the chat room during a game. Rams are down by 4 with a minute to go in the 4th quarter. They’re inside the 3 and it’s 4th down–a TD wins it, a failed play and they lose. The qb fumbles the snap. Which 19th century novelist or philosopher, or Star Trek episode, do you spontaneously quote at that point to fully register the range and complexity of your response?

My answer: none. I go for droll understated irony based on feigned naivety. Like for example, “they still have one more shot, right?”

I would combine my singular wit with a vague historical reference…”that was the worst call since Sir John Franklin decided to forego an extra pair of socks…”

10. Handouts are bankrupting us. In 2012, total welfare funding was 0.47 percent of the federal budget.

That’s the biggest welfare myth out there and it’s perpetuated by Mitt Romney and his ilk with their 47%’er bullshit. Unfortunately, the elite are good at making the middle class believe that the poor are responsible for their tax burden.

It’s snowing here in VT right now but we’ve been spared most of the heavy snowfall this winter. We never had more than 18″ in our back yard at any given time, whereas my friend who lives outside of Boston told me he had 55″ of snow in his front yard and that was a coupla’ storms ago. Most of the real heavy stuff seemed to track below I90 which means northern New England didn’t get hit so hard. The temperature was another matter though. We had our coldest February on record. Days and days of subzero temps made February seem like the longest month of the year.