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Topic: 2018 Season Stream of Completely Off-Topic Unconsciousness

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Cincydawg

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1176 on: August 26, 2018, 06:23:54 PM »
The wife and I went back to Stone Mountain today and walked up it.  I'd say half the folks there were African American, or close to it.  There were quite a few Asians and Hispanics also.  Everyone was very friendly.  Nobody seemed upset at all the Confederate stuff around, including a display of Confederate flags just at the base of the walk up.  Most people are sensible I think.

The weather was a touch warm in the sun but not bad.  Nice breeze on top.  It's about 800 feet above the surrounding areas.

We had brunch at a German place in Stone Mountain Village, which is a kind of semi-run down small town there.  The wife really liked it, and I thought it was better than expected.  She's not usually much for German things for various reasons dating back to her Dad's experience in the war, which was bad.

I was rewatching part of the Miss State Alabama game from last year.  MSU blew that one.  Bama seems to get breaks when they need one.

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1177 on: August 26, 2018, 07:02:56 PM »
The wife and I went back to Stone Mountain today and walked up it.  I'd say half the folks there were African American, or close to it.  There were quite a few Asians and Hispanics also.  Everyone was very friendly.  Nobody seemed upset at all the Confederate stuff around, including a display of Confederate flags just at the base of the walk up.  Most people are sensible I think.

lol, this makes me think you don't get it.
Who was suggesting there were minorities stomping around, 24/7 fuming at the confederate stuff at Stone Mtn?  


I simply shared what I did previously because unlike probably 99.9% of people who visit it, I had no idea about the sculpture into the rock or the celebration of "the South" the park has.  I thought it was a geological destination, like the Grand Canyon.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1178 on: August 26, 2018, 07:07:54 PM »
But why do it younger and younger?  Kids aren't kids anymore.
Big-time college football recruiting is already cutthroat.  Then actually playing and being successful.  Then the NFL draft is another step up.  Then trying to carve out a 10-year NFL career.
What do the kids at IMG get out of it?  Destroying 'regular' HS teams?  Being on TV?  The only actual, positive plus they get is competing against talented players in practice.  That's it.  The rest is unnecessary BS.
What do the kids at IMG get out of it?
You mean besides highest level exposure, highest level HS development, and tens of thousands in free HS tuition?
Those are nearly fungible commodities - tradeable for a higher chance at college scholarship and, for perhaps all of IMG's football transfers, a better HS education. 
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1179 on: August 26, 2018, 07:45:15 PM »

CFL standings halfway through the season, heading into the Labour Day Classics. (Rivalry week!)

https://www.cfl.ca/standings/
1919, 20, 21, 28, 29, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42, 44
WWH: 1952, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75
1979, 81, 82, 84, 87, 94, 98
2001, 02, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1180 on: August 26, 2018, 08:09:28 PM »
What do the kids at IMG get out of it?
You mean besides highest level exposure, highest level HS development, and tens of thousands in free HS tuition?
A - if you're good, you'll get recruited, wherever you play
B - their development comes during practice, not waxing the other kids in games
C - the phrase "HS tuition" is nuts itself  
Suburbs = tuition for high school = white flight
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1181 on: August 26, 2018, 08:23:31 PM »
A - if you're good, you'll get recruited, wherever you play
B - their development comes during practice, not waxing the other kids in games
C - the phrase "HS tuition" is nuts itself  
Suburbs = tuition for high school = white flight
A: that is becoming more and more true, but not absolutely so. 
There's no reason to say that, if there are 2,000 scholarship spots available each year that they *absolutely* go to the kids who were (irrespective of published rankings) objectively numbers 1 through 2,000. Kids get hidden - often in rural areas, and the northeast. That's far less likely to happen at IMG. 
And even for the ones who get a scholarship, it would be strange for us to conclude that 100% of them get discovered by the level of school corresponding to their talent. Again, less of an issue at IMG. (And, given the talent at IMG, it's clear this is the issue that's most relevant)
B: That's my point too. That these IMGers develop more facing off against other IMGers than the kids at St. Arbitrary of Lakes develop by competing with themselves.
C: Whether it's "nuts" has no bearing on whether it has value. And dollars aside, most of the transfers to IMG are coming from poorer districts. I'd estimate that IMG's boarding school/academy will deliver a superior education to the majority and perhaps all of those football transfers.

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1182 on: August 26, 2018, 08:55:41 PM »
I have a lot of fond memories at the Jacksonville Landing over the years, where the shootings were today.  
But I'm sure it's not a guns problem, right?
The president is silent, which means the shooter was white.
A man with "severe psychiatric problems" fatally stabbed his mother and sister and seriously wounded another woman west of Paris on Thursday, the French interior minister said.  The attacker was shot dead by police.                

France's Gerard Collomb said prosecutors are not treating the attack as terrorism. He said the attacker had serious mental health issues, although he had also been flagged for glorifying terrorism.

Collomb said the man killed his mother at home and stabbed the others outside in Trappes, a suburb in western Paris.

The Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack on its Aamaq news agency. The terrorist group has a history of opportunistically claiming attacks. 
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1183 on: August 26, 2018, 10:39:21 PM »
A man with "severe psychiatric problems" fatally stabbed his mother and sister and seriously wounded another woman west of Paris on Thursday, the French interior minister said.  The attacker was shot dead by police.                

France's Gerard Collomb said prosecutors are not treating the attack as terrorism. He said the attacker had serious mental health issues, although he had also been flagged for glorifying terrorism.

Collomb said the man killed his mother at home and stabbed the others outside in Trappes, a suburb in western Paris.

The Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack on its Aamaq news agency. The terrorist group has a history of opportunistically claiming attacks.
Shocking. No, really. Shocking.
Loaded another cartridge this morning. I'm sure that is shocking too. Hah.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1184 on: August 27, 2018, 09:58:04 AM »
Another nice day in the works here, certainly warm but not humid.

82°F in Cincy at the moment and 78°F here.  The wife was talking about how much she loves the weather here as she enjoys heat, and I warned her this summer has been unusually "not hot", not even a 95°F high that I can recall.

Predicted high today is 90°F and we're a month past the usual high temperature.

France has really been suffering with very high heat and many have no AC.  A "typical" house there, or apartment, has very thick walls as they don't use wood in construction much.  The close the shutters and deal with residual coolness.

That works OK up to about 90°F or so.  My wife's very close friend is visiting next month and does not like nor have AC in her houses.  Welcome to Hotlantah.   We use AC copiously and like a lot of ice in our Cokes.

This place would be an incidental backwater without AC.  

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1185 on: August 27, 2018, 10:15:13 AM »
A - if you're good, you'll get recruited, wherever you play
B - their development comes during practice, not waxing the other kids in games
C - the phrase "HS tuition" is nuts itself  
Suburbs = tuition for high school = white flight
A lot of these kids lack the funds for flight to the burbs. 
They get access to top of the line training, possibly better education. We can argue the larger point of the function and social elements, but there’s a good case everyone involved leaves the transaction better. 

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1186 on: August 27, 2018, 10:17:01 AM »
Shocking. No, really. Shocking.
Loaded another cartridge this morning. I'm sure that is shocking too. Hah.
I’m trying to place the meaning of the term “cartridge” here. 

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1187 on: August 27, 2018, 11:32:23 AM »
This season’s football showdown between Grayson and Tucker will be part of the GEICO ESPN High School Football Kickoff.
It will be the third of four ESPN broadcasts Saturday, Aug. 25 with a 6 p.m. kickoff at Grayson. The game’s broadcast will be on ESPNU.
ESPN’s other high school broadcasts that day include Pinson Valley (Ala.) at Hoover (Ala.) at noon, followed by Cedar Grove vs. Hewitt-Trussville (Ala.) from Hoover at 3:30 p.m. Both of those games are on ESPN.
Apparently, Husker RB Recruit Ronald Tompkins II of Grayson injured his knee in this game
hopefully, nothing serious
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1188 on: August 27, 2018, 11:40:42 AM »
that seems a bit harsh  

a wee bit
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #1189 on: August 27, 2018, 12:03:29 PM »
The best thing for this place and politics is for no one to have any idea whether another poster is liberal or conservative or whatever.


 

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