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medinabuckeye1

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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #2142 on: July 11, 2023, 10:10:40 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 11, 2023, 09:59:40 AM
my thought was Mark Richt's last 5 seasons or so were better than the previous few seasons at Clemson or Bama

maybe had better culture and players in the system
Agreed.

Honestly, at the time I thought Georgia’s decision to fire Richt was incorrect. In retrospect I was obviously wrong. Smart has built a machine there. That said, Richt had already built them up to the point that Smart didn't have all that far to go.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #2143 on: July 11, 2023, 10:15:27 AM »
The impression was Richt was too soft, folks wanted a hard nose.  And of course the impression was that Richt would continue having 10-3 and 11-2 kinds of seasons.

I read that when Smart arrived, he insisted on making major infrastructure improvements, like the indoor practice field and weight room and locker room etc.  Richt may have been more content with what existed.  Nice guys finish second...
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #2144 on: July 11, 2023, 06:07:33 PM »
Historical Images

Norman Rockwell and the model for Rosie the Riveter, his neighbor and a telephone operator, Mary Doyle Keefe around (1950)


May be an image of 3 people, clothes iron, hair dryer and text
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« Reply #2145 on: July 11, 2023, 06:15:56 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on July 11, 2023, 10:10:40 AM
Agreed.

Honestly, at the time I thought Georgia’s decision to fire Richt was incorrect. In retrospect I was obviously wrong. Smart has built a machine there. That said, Richt had already built them up to the point that Smart didn't have all that far to go.
Reminded me of the Buccaneers letting go of Dungy and bringing in Gruden.  Risky, but worked out for them, too.
But it could always be a Solich-to-Callahan outcome.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #2146 on: July 11, 2023, 07:07:37 PM »
or Pelini to Riley
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« Reply #2147 on: July 11, 2023, 07:17:49 PM »
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« Reply #2148 on: July 12, 2023, 06:10:51 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Alexander Hamilton Dies from Wound Sustained in Duel (1804)
In the presidential election of 1800, a tie between Thomas Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, left the choice of chief executive to the House of Representatives. Hamilton's influence made Jefferson President and Burr Vice President. In 1804, Hamilton again thwarted Burr in his bid for governorship of New York, and Burr challenged him to a duel. The two men met on July 11, and Hamilton was mortally wounded and died the next day.
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« Reply #2149 on: July 12, 2023, 06:17:06 AM »
In 1957, Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first sitting president to ride in a helicopter. He traveled in a Bell Ranger as part of a nationwide civil defense exercise. The presidential helicopter has always been called Marine One.

In this June 14, 1957, file photo, the UH-13 Bell Ranger presidential helicopter undergoes a series of practice landings on the White House lawn to familiarize Air Force pilots, Maj. Joseph E. Barrett and Capt. Laurence R. Cummings, with the flight path and landing marks. On July 12, President Eisenhower became the first sitting president to fly in a helicopter.

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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #2150 on: July 12, 2023, 06:44:24 AM »
Air Force pilots?????
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #2151 on: July 12, 2023, 08:07:30 AM »
Were you expecting Sub Captains?
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #2152 on: July 12, 2023, 08:52:59 AM »
I don't write it.
Just copy & paste
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« Reply #2153 on: July 12, 2023, 08:53:07 AM »
Installed in 1410, the world's oldest astronomical clock still in operation is in Prague.
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« Reply #2154 on: July 12, 2023, 09:10:05 AM »
There was a split back when, the Air Force got fixed wing and the Army got rotary.  I figure "Marine One" would be piloted by, well, Marines, but maybe the Corps didn't operate rotary back then.  Marines of course now do both, and pilot Marine One.
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« Reply #2155 on: July 12, 2023, 09:35:21 AM »
high school classmate of mine was assigned to Marine One a decade or so ago
kind of a big deal
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