Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

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#7,856
Orange. said:
Outlier report. I had a stem or two of rosemary in a pasta sauce that I simmered all day. So much so that a couple of leaves must have fallen from the stem into the sauce when I removed the stems shortly before serving. I was surprised when I tasted a rosemary leaf (I didn't see it) in a bite and it was soft and the intensity of the taste had mellowed into something nice. But that was one of those sauces that simmered all day. (I added too much beef broth and wanted it to cook down (lose most of its water.)) A happy accident.

I tried eating it out of a garden when I was young, and found out what you said. I do like the look for plating. And I usually eat those ornaments (because they're good) but that one finds a spot at the edge of my plate.
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We went to a gathering about two years ago and the host couple's wife had gotten on a huge rosemary kick where it had to be in everything. I bit into a bbq sandwich that had a long stem full of leaves on it. I hated not to eat it so I did out of respect. But I swear that next morning I shat a shrub!
 
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drvenner said:
One other thing to consider. Babe's career batting average was .342. Ohtani's current career BA is .282. I realize it is a different game now, but that 60 points is still significant, IMO. If you want OBP, it is .474 to .373 in favor of George Herman Ruth. Both have been walked quite a bit.
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It’s also an apples to oranges comparison.

Ruth was orders of magnitude better than his contemporaries, as evidenced by his 12 WAR seasons and 220 OPS+ numbers.

Shohei doesn’t come close to those.
 
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LotteryPick said:
Maybe a hot take but I think they can at least be as good or better on defense.

More athletic and deeper at LB and secondary. DL may not be as good but as good as they were, that didn’t equate to high sack totals last year. If someone like Hobbs or Herring takes the next step, they may be just as good there as well.
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We still have Joshua Josephs too. . .
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Thinking about our situation. What Nico's camp did, to his teammates. To the staff. Was absolutely bottom of the barrel
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They screwed Nico big time as well. I'd be so pissed if I was him. As far as I can tell, Heupel looked out for him like he was his own family, he was making a ton of $ and he was set up to potentially make another playoff run. They wiped out all of that for him. I don't think he even realized how bad he was getting screwed til the smoke settled.
 
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SKV84 said:
I just don't understand how these dudes keep making these dumbass decisions...and it's everywhere....like do the majority of these athletes just not have common sense.?
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You're told you're the greatest everyday and everyone around is working to make your life easier. It's not hard to see why these athletes think they're above the law
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Do you want to wait, and pay to go so somewhere in someone's dirty car? Not saying its right, saying that's the mind of a college idiot.
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The bigger issue is failure to appear. Seriously?? He could have gotten staffers to carry him to court on their shoulders if that's what it took.

Zero excuse for that one.
 
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Orange_Crush said:
Nico really didn't show enough last year to assume that he'd be the linchpin this year. We basically won in spite of him last year; not because of him. He didn't set a bar last year that we should expect will be out of range for our current QB roster--and we went to the playoffs with that anemic QB play (with a bad loss to Arky nonetheless).

I've seen nothing that indicates that bending a knee to Nico and his father's blackmail attempts would be worth the precedent and probable cultural issues that would have followed.
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Nico was pretty good. Not great but still part of the team that made the playoffs. Most likely he would have taken another step forward this season which is what we’re going to miss most. Not having a guy with that experience in the system is unfortunate.
 
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