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Ulysees E. McGill said:
If Heupel hadn't got blinded by Miltons extreme physical gifts...then getting Hooker ready would have been the sole focus through camp.

I don't blame Heupel for that, he is human.
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He spent all spring on him and it didn’t take….. that’s why Milton was here in the first place….. just enjoy the ride and the job Heup has done so far.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
Disagree on Pickett, maybe as fans people didn’t expect him to be good but coaches knew he was really good. The guy was a mid Round projected draft pick and came back because he wanted to be a first round guy. It was known he was a really good QB that has NfL talent
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He threw 26 tds and 18 ints total the previous two years...that sucks imo.
 
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UT4LIFE86 said:
Who’s got a fast acting remedy for gout
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I know you have already received some replies: here is my experience.

I started having symptoms of gout in 2000. Took me a year to realize/get diagnosed what was wrong. They prescribed indomthecin and other nsaid type drugs at first and I continued to suffer with attacks every 3 to 6 months. After a couple more years it became a real quality of life issue, especially when it got in my knee and I had to sleep with my knee in the air and my head on the floor. It became so painful and sensitive that I could not even have a sheet touch the skin. It would mostly occur in my left foot/arch but also in my ankle and knee. I cannot describe the pain I went through and the dark thoughts that started to occupy my mind.

I started seeing a rhumatologist about half way through this journey. He gave me prednisone which you may know is a love hate drug: you love it the first day or two then hate it. He also put me on allopurinol and warned me that it could take up to two years to get it under control. It did. Apparently the crystals of uric acid build up and it takes a long time to get your blood levels down where they need to be. Normally uric acid level below 6 prevents attack. In my case it took getting it down to less than 4 for over a year (400 mg of allopurinol) to get it out of my system. It took an additional 1 year and a couple of attacks before you get clear of excess crystals already in the tissue. This is something that he did not explain very well and in my case I was flying blind, having more attacks and in really bad shape as far as quality of life. I dreaded any twinge of pain as an oncoming attack. Finally after about 5-6 years it was under control. I have not had an attack for the past the past 10 years.

Not trying to scare you but if you have a particular sensitivity to uric acid it can be serious for you, you need to get a long term diagnosis and figure out a short term and a long term strategy or else it can get much worse and overwhelm your system. There is not a lot of money in treating it so you need to find someone who cares about your pain level and treating you. That is where I made my first mistake, thinking that the local doc in the box knew anything about it. So, after my uric acid level was at 4 for a couple of years they lowered my allopurinol to 300 mg per day as maintenance. I will be on this the rest of my life and hope it works. Best of luck to you.

One final thought, the rhumetologist told me something that you need to understand. He said it the case of gout "an ounce of cure is worth a pound of prevention". What he meant was this: don't try to prevent it with what you eat. I ate no seafood and tried cutting back on meats and purines. As he told me, and I later learned, once you have the uric acid level under control you can eat anything, and if it is not under control it doesn't matter what you eat, you will still get an attack. So you need to take the medicine first, the cure, then you don't have to worry about the prevention. This is exactly how it has worked out for me. Again, good luck. And let me know if you have any questions.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Milton was here because Heupel wanted him here..he thought he could fix him...I get it.
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Milton was here bc Heup wasn’t happy with the QB room…. Milton won the job bc he was the best in practice…. Hooker was close Milton and rotated with the 1’s right up till game week preparation….. you never know when a qb might finally start to turn the corner….. Heup has done an amazing job getting them ready and has done wonders with Hooker…..Wasnt you clamoring for Bailey?
 
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volbeast33 said:
Milton was here bc Heup wasn’t happy with the QB room…. Milton won the job bc he was the best in practice…. Hooker was close Milton and rotated with the 1’s right up till game week preparation….. you never know when a qb might finally start to turn the corner….. Heup has done an amazing job getting them ready and has done wonders with Hooker…..Wasnt you clamoring for Bailey?
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
If Heupel hadn't got blinded by Miltons extreme physical gifts...then getting Hooker ready would have been the sole focus through camp.

I don't blame Heupel for that, he is human.
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All you can SEE absent real game action is in controlled practice reps. Milton was runaway standout winner in that aspect. I held out for Bailey not to be eliminated solely because he didn’t win any glorified Punt Pass & Kick competition. Have always maintained that what separates the better QBs is being able to make all the throws and who makes the best ON-FIELD DECISIONS. There was no better way of doing it. He gave Milton the first shot and didn’t immediately yank him. When he was dinged up, Hooker was no great shakes out the block. Made some crucial misjudgments and outright turnovers. I screamed at the television “get him out of there!” My plea went unheeded. Coached him up and the decisions got better and better and the required throws started being completed. Heupel followed a process and we’re “human” for not recognizing it for what it is.
 
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volbeast33 said:
Ole miss will score…. We just have to get a few stops…. make them kick field goals and be relentless on offense.
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Team with the most turnovers is going to win this one. Special teams scores will help.

It'll be a race to 100. Whichever defense is capable of generating the most chaos is going to give their team the edge.

We've been pretty disruptive this year getting TFL but we need sacks and turnovers in this one.
 
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volbeast33 said:
Milton was here bc Heup wasn’t happy with the QB room…. Milton won the job bc he was the best in practice…. Hooker was close Milton and rotated with the 1’s right up till game week preparation….. you never know when a qb might finally start to turn the corner….. Heup has done an amazing job getting them ready and has done wonders with Hooker…..Wasnt you clamoring for Bailey?
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No, McGill was with me stating that Hooker was the best chance to win early. I don't think either of us thought it would be THIS good though.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
If Heupel hadn't got blinded by Miltons extreme physical gifts...then getting Hooker ready would have been the sole focus through camp.

I don't blame Heupel for that, he is human.
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Bringing in Milton probably pushed Hooker to be better so I’m not going to say Heup made a mistake. Maybe, Hooker playing the way he is will push Milton to work on his game and make him a good backup if needed.
 
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volbeast33 said:
Milton was here bc Heup wasn’t happy with the QB room…. Milton won the job bc he was the best in practice…. Hooker was close Milton and rotated with the 1’s right up till game week preparation….. you never know when a qb might finally start to turn the corner….. Heup has done an amazing job getting them ready and has done wonders with Hooker…..Wasnt you clamoring for Bailey?
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You gonna defend Milton to the death ain't you? I thought he was going to suck, and I was right whether you ever admit it or not. I wanted Bailey to be given a shot, he did and he blew it.

Whatever you think about me, I wanted good QB play no matter who it came from. I was hoping to be wrong about "Practice Warrior Joe"...but I wasn't. I would have loved to see Heupel take all that vast physical talent JM possesses and win a Heisman with it...but he couldn't.
 
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butchna said:
All you can SEE absent real game action is in controlled practice reps. Milton was runaway standout winner in that aspect. I held out for Bailey not to be eliminated solely because he didn’t win any glorified Punt Pass & Kick competition. Have always maintained that what separates the better QBs is being able to make all the throws and who makes the best ON-FIELD DECISIONS. There was no better way of doing it. He gave Milton the first shot and didn’t immediately yank him. When he was dinged up, Hooker was no great shakes out the block. Made some crucial misjudgments and outright turnovers. I screamed at the television “get him out of there!” My plea went unheeded. Coached him up and the decisions got better and better and the required throws started being completed. Heupel followed a process and we’re “human” for not recognizing it for what it is.
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Like I said...I get it.
 
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SoilVol said:
No, McGill was with me stating that Hooker was the best chance to win early. I don't think either of us thought it would be THIS good though.
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My point is that it is ridiculous for fans that don’t see the guys in practice to know who should be starting….. he started the right guy…. Benched him when he didn’t perform and rolled with Hooker the rest of the way.
 
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eVOLve said:
Bringing in Milton probably pushed Hooker to be better so I’m not going to say Heup made a mistake. Maybe, Hooker playing the way he is will push Milton to work on his game and make him a good backup if needed.
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I'm not even saying Heupel "made a mistake"...I get why he did what he did.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
You gonna defend Milton to the death ain't you? I thought he was going to suck, and I was right whether you ever admit it or not. I wanted Bailey to be given a shot, he did and he blew it.

Whatever you think about me, I wanted good QB play no matter who it came from. I was hoping to be wrong about "Practice Warrior Joe"...but I wasn't. I would have loved to see Heupel take all that vast physical talent JM possesses and win a Heisman with it...but he couldn't.
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Tbh I don't think the jury is out on Milton. If the switch ever flips he could be special. I think everyone just needs to be patient with him though and he may need another year as a backup and year as a starter thats "okay" before he breaks out.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
You gonna defend Milton to the death ain't you? I thought he was going to suck, and I was right whether you ever admit it or not. I wanted Bailey to be given a shot, he did and he blew it.

Whatever you think about me, I wanted good QB play no matter who it came from. I was hoping to be wrong about "Practice Warrior Joe"...but I wasn't. I would have loved to see Heupel take all that vast physical talent JM possesses and win a Heisman with it...but he couldn't.
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I’m not defending any QB…. I’m defending Josh heupel bc he is really good at this part of his job…We cheer on the finished product but if he had of started Hooker before his ready then he may be sitting over there watching and we wouldn’t be the team that we are now…. I have preached the same thing over and over again…. Trust Heup…. He knows QBs.
 
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