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CWSooner · « **Reply #4648 on:** February 09, 2023, 01:11:03 PM »

Quote from: Gigem on February 09, 2023, 12:47:21 PM

But would it really? Nobody gives a shit about SMU now or the PAC 12, so would it really bring much to the table?

SMU vs Oregon State...how exciting !

There's a lot of truth to that.
But . . .
How many people gave a shit about Utah 10 years ago, or about Cincinnati as recently as 2-3 years ago?
SMU-to-Pac-12 is an example of how realignment is driving geographical foolishness. SMU and TCU should be in the same conference. And that conference should not be centered in northern California.

Little-known fact: SMU football began in 1915. For the first two years, the team name was "Parsons."

Gigem · « **Reply #4649 on:** February 09, 2023, 08:17:17 PM »

Utah is a state flagship school, close enough to the PAC to make sense, and it had a recent record of winning.

Cincinnati is a largish state school in a major city.

SMU is a small private institution, a long damn ways from any other PAC institution. And their record for the last, oh, 40+ years has been horrendous. I can still remember when they went to their first bowl game post death-penalty. I'd bet they average 2-3 wins since the late 80's. At least TCU was competitive when they got the nod, and they've been a good fit for the Big 12 overall even if they didn't have to face some marquee programs (Nebraska, A&M).

Think about SMU this way. They are RIGHT in the Big 12's backyard...and the Big 12 never even glanced at them. They didn't glance, look, or pretend to drop something so they could get a better look. Never even considered them, because they make no sense.

And guess what...even now nobody cares now about Cincy or Utah.

longhorn320 · « **Reply #4650 on:** February 09, 2023, 09:20:20 PM »

Quote from: Gigem on February 09, 2023, 08:17:17 PM

Utah is a state flagship school, close enough to the PAC to make sense, and it had a recent record of winning.

Cincinnati is a largish state school in a major city.

SMU is a small private institution, a long damn ways from any other PAC institution. And their record for the last, oh, 40+ years has been horrendous. I can still remember when they went to their first bowl game post death-penalty. I'd bet they average 2-3 wins since the late 80's. At least TCU was competitive when they got the nod, and they've been a good fit for the Big 12 overall even if they didn't have to face some marquee programs (Nebraska, A&M).

Think about SMU this way. They are RIGHT in the Big 12's backyard...and the Big 12 never even glanced at them. They didn't glance, look, or pretend to drop something so they could get a better look. Never even considered them, because they make no sense.

And guess what...even now nobody cares now about Cincy or Utah.

I agree with you

That one is a head scratcher

Gigem · « **Reply #4651 on:** February 09, 2023, 10:23:20 PM »

On a personal note you may remember I lost a friend to cancer a few weeks ago. I told him I would get myself checked and yesterday I had a colonoscopy at 47 years old. All good, couple of small polyps, doc said pretty normal overall.

Don’t know about the rest of you but they say you’re supposed to get it done at 45 now.

CWSooner · « **Reply #4652 on:** February 09, 2023, 10:28:21 PM »

Quote from: Gigem on February 09, 2023, 08:17:17 PM

. . . And guess what...even now nobody cares now about Cincy or Utah.

There are a lot of P5 programs that would love to have the on-field success that Utah has had over the last 5 years.
One of them would be Texas A&M.
Another would be the University of Texas.

CWSooner · « **Reply #4653 on:** February 09, 2023, 11:10:51 PM »

Quote from: Gigem on February 09, 2023, 10:23:20 PM

On a personal note you may remember I lost a friend to cancer a few weeks ago. I told him I would get myself checked and yesterday I had a colonoscopy at 47 years old. All good, couple of small polyps, doc said pretty normal overall.

Don’t know about the rest of you but they say you’re supposed to get it done at 45 now.

Glad to hear your good news.
Losing a friend to cancer (or any other killer disease) makes you want to get checked yourself.

Mr Tulip · « **Reply #4654 on:** February 10, 2023, 09:11:43 AM »

Quote from: Gigem on February 09, 2023, 10:23:20 PM

On a personal note you may remember I lost a friend to cancer a few weeks ago. I told him I would get myself checked and yesterday I had a colonoscopy at 47 years old. All good, couple of small polyps, doc said pretty normal overall.

Don’t know about the rest of you but they say you’re supposed to get it done at 45 now.

Keep talking about it. I'm 51, have premium health insurance, am as healthy as I can conceive, and manage to completely ignore any dates relating to physical examinations or the like.

It's just not something I prioritize, and I'm absolutely stupid for doing that. A whole host of stuff is fixable and easily detected when found early through regular maintenance. I don't let my car go 500 miles over an oil change, but haven't been to a doctor for a checkup in, well, ever.

Keep bugging us about it. I gotta get this regular.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #4655 on:** February 10, 2023, 09:47:29 AM »

My insurance offers "in home health visits" by an NP, so I did one a year ago (mostly I was curious about how it could be done, and they also give you a $15 gift card).

It was more thorough than I expected, a very nice and attractive lady did it. She took a lot of measurements and asked a lot of questions about lifestyle and diet etc. My wife nags me to get a "real" doctor visit and I did one about four years ago and was fine. My main issue is weight, I exercise a fair bit for my age, but the weight just clings, probably because I eat too much. And drink wine.

utee94 · « **Reply #4656 on:** February 10, 2023, 11:01:04 AM »

Quote from: Mr Tulip on February 10, 2023, 09:11:43 AM

Keep talking about it. I'm 51, have premium health insurance, am as healthy as I can conceive, and manage to completely ignore any dates relating to physical examinations or the like.

It's just not something I prioritize, and I'm absolutely stupid for doing that. A whole host of stuff is fixable and easily detected when found early through regular maintenance. I don't let my car go 500 miles over an oil change, but haven't been to a doctor for a checkup in, well, ever.

Keep bugging us about it. I gotta get this regular.

Do it, my friend. So many things are treatable if caught early.

Definitely do the colonoscopy though. I did mine at 47 due to family history. My doc still recommends 50 for people with no known family history or other markers.

Gigem · « **Reply #4657 on:** February 10, 2023, 02:27:54 PM »

Quote from: Mr Tulip on February 10, 2023, 09:11:43 AM

Keep talking about it. I'm 51, have premium health insurance, am as healthy as I can conceive, and manage to completely ignore any dates relating to physical examinations or the like.

It's just not something I prioritize, and I'm absolutely stupid for doing that. A whole host of stuff is fixable and easily detected when found early through regular maintenance. I don't let my car go 500 miles over an oil change, but haven't been to a doctor for a checkup in, well, ever.

Keep bugging us about it. I gotta get this regular.

I'm with you on going to the Dr. Hardly ever go myself. BP is good, 120ish over 80ish, not diabetic, just a fat ass at 260 lbs (6-2") so I'm just kinda a big dude overall.

Really, the procedure wasn't bad. It was all over the counter prep, clean your bowels out pretty good, they put you under for the procedure, felt fine that day and doing good overall.

They say colon cancer can be caught early and cured, but if you let it get bad by the time you have any symptoms you're a goner.

Mr Tulip · « **Reply #4658 on:** February 10, 2023, 04:34:25 PM »

Yep. That describes it. Not worried or doctor-phobic, just usually real busy and don't really consider scheduling things like that.

That's a pathetic reason for jeopardizing a fantastically healthy genetic hand. All these things that can be fixed if caught early, have easy tests to catch them, but are ugly fatal if allowed to fester.

All right, I gotta commit. I'll talk with the wife about whenever I'm gonna be free in the next month.

utee94 · « **Reply #4659 on:** February 10, 2023, 04:37:56 PM »

Quote from: Gigem on February 10, 2023, 02:27:54 PM

I'm with you on going to the Dr. Hardly ever go myself. BP is good, 120ish over 80ish, not diabetic, just a fat ass at 260 lbs (6-2") so I'm just kinda a big dude overall.

Really, the procedure wasn't bad. It was all over the counter prep, clean your bowels out pretty good, they put you under for the procedure, felt fine that day and doing good overall.

They say colon cancer can be caught early and cured, but if you let it get bad by the time you have any symptoms you're a goner.

Of my my closest friends and the smartest human I've ever known, died at age 42 from colon cancer. He had no idea he had it, until it was too late.

FearlessF · « **Reply #4660 on:** February 10, 2023, 04:51:42 PM »

I put off the scope until I was 55, doc started asking at 50, but didn't push too hard

was all clean and good to go. Doc said he'd see me in 10 years for the next one.

peace of mind is nice

CWSooner · « **Reply #4661 on:** February 15, 2023, 06:02:32 PM »

Raquel Welch, dead at 82.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/raquel-welch-one-million-years-200425372.html

R.I.P.

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