On paper, this is a pretty fine looking football team.

I agree that the health of the OL is the major concern going in. Health matters everywhere, of course, but that is where one injury will hurt the most. Multiple injuries in any unit…and that’s that. But OL is where they just can’t have it.

Beyond that…their starters look pretty damn good.

Ah…now, that’s just awful. I’m very sorry to hear that. I’ve always respected Jim, not only because of his valuable football insight, but just because he always came across as a decent man, with integrity and honor. And I hope he continues to make the best of an already magnificent life.

So…I’m thinking…Dickerson?….Faulk?…Hirsch?….

Marie Antoinette passed through my mind, too. That’s pretty funny.

Did you read Taibi’s bit on this? I agree with him. I think the whole thing is despicable, really. It compromises the media. These rich assholes go to a swanky dinner, and suck up to power. Their desire to be “insiders” compromises their objectivity. Like Taibi said, they are courtiers to power instead of adversaries who challenge it.

And it is telling that all the whining about Wolf’s speech has to do with HOW she said it, not WHAT she said. If it had been false, that’s what they would complain about. But what she said is true. And that’s why they’re pissed.

Yes, the odds of landing players is increased the more picks one has. I think this was smart strategy…whether or not it works this particular time.

I don’t really trust rankings at this point, anyway. I think the guys in the Top 100 are pretty well looked at, but after that, my guess is most of these sites are kind of throwing darts based on statistics and combine numbers rather than actual football play.

I have no reason at this point to seriously question the Les Snead Senior Bowl. Looks to me like his method has worked pretty well, better than average.

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nittany ram wrote:

Zooey wrote:

Well, this is the same god who turned a woman into a statue of salt just because she felt remorse at seeing the city of her childhood burned to the ground.

Whenever I hear the story of Lot’s wife I am reminded of this exchange on ‘All in the Family’…

Archie: Oh, shut up! You atheist you! The Bible is filled miracles, no magic. God didn’t fool around with no magic.
Mike: What about Sodom and Gomorrah? When Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt?
Archie: That’s because when she was running away from them two dirty cities, she stopped to take a look at her behind.

A stunned Mike slams his head against the table.

It is possibly the worst story in the bible. Certainly Top Ten.

Well, this is the same god who turned a woman into a statue of salt just because she felt remorse at seeing the city of her childhood burned to the ground.

I heard part of this story on NPR yesterday…the part where his church split, and started a new church somewhere else…where they could continue believing that they were special, and other people would burn in hell. And I had heard enough.

It’s tough. I’m sorry.

I don’t know what’s REALLY going on. I read somewhere that Europe wants an gas pipeline from the Middle East as an alternative to the Russian gas pipeline, and it would have to go through Syria. That could be part of it. I’m sure there is much more to it than that.

The problem is that there really are too many catastrophes to keep up on.

Boston doesn’t belong in the Top 100, let alone the Top 10.

The White Album seems overrated to me, too. There was some crap on that album. There is an awful lot of good stuff, but there is some crap. And a Top 10 album should be crap-free.

That list is interesting. It has Sweet – Desolation Blvd well above Prince – Purple Rain. And I don’t know how Bob Seger gets rated. Nirvana clocks in at 407 – well back of Journey, and Heart, and Pat Benatar, and Kansas, and Joan Jett, FFS.

Could go on all day with that list, I guess.