Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

#8,901
#8,901
Orange_Crush said:
I was agreeing with you, hombre.

Carbs have to do with ketosis, which is when one's body begins using fats for fuel. Ketosis begins in an absence of carbs since the body will use carbs for fuel before fat. As such:

If there is nothing coming in (for the body to burn for fuel), then there's no carbs coming in (for the body to burn as fuel--thus the body will burn stored fat, inducing ketosis).

Tranquilo, amigo. Tanquilo.
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It is Taco Tuesday.
 
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LaagerVol said:
I knew about the stuff weeks ago with boo almost getting kicked off the team. Thought the latest kicked back up after she made a comment about the Brazzell incident and saying volnation would have made a bigger deal out of it if it had been boo.

I agree though. It’s best to let it die, for all parties involved. I guess her personality type just grates on my nerves and it bothers me when people give her a pass.

I still would never tweet at her. I didn’t even respond to her when the drama was going on here on this forum. Nothing good can come if it but plenty of bad can
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You may be right about the Brazzell comment. What's funny is she may have been right about that one. 😂 (But not without the prior history.) Patience is for the good of the team. I'm taking my bearings from that.
 
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peaygolf said:
August 12, 1978

Darryl Stingley paralyzed by Jack Tatum


Long read, but worth it...........Sad story.


In early August of 1978, the New England Patriots reached an agreement on a contract extension with wide receiver Darryl Stingley. The Patriots were on the road at the time, in Oakland, California, for a preseason game with the Raiders on Saturday, Aug. 12, so it was decided to postpone the announcement and the signing until after the team returned home to Foxborough. The new deal would have made Stingley, who was only 26 but already an established star, one of the highest-paid receivers in the National Football League. He possessed blazing speed, was a deep threat, and was also used as a kickoff and punt returner.

In the second quarter, both starting teams were on the field when Stingley went out on a slant route across the middle for a pass from quarterback Steve Grogan. The pass, though, was wide and high, and as Stingley leaped in a vain attempt to grab it, he was hit viciously by the Raiders safety, Jack Tatum. No flag was thrown on the play as no rules had been violated. When it was over, Tatum scrambled to his feet and returned to his position in the Raiders' defensive backfield, but Stingley remained on the ground, motionless. He was tended to by the medical staffs of both teams before being strapped onto a stretcher, wheeled off the field, and transported to a local hospital.

As soon as the game was over, the Raiders coach, John Madden, sensing the worst, rushed to the hospital. There, he was told that Stingley had suffered a broken neck and was paralyzed from the neck down. There were no Patriots present at the hospital, as no one had notified the team of Stingley's dire condition. Madden decided to tell them himself and reached their charter flight by phone just before it was about to take off. The flight was aborted and the plane returned to the gate.

The announcement of the contract extension was never held, and Darryl Stingley never signed it or, for that matter, anything else. He would be a quadriplegic for the rest of his life.

John Madden visited Stingley almost daily during his stay at the hospital and the two became lifelong friends. The same cannot be said of Stingley and Jack Tatum, though. The two never had any contact after that night at the Oakland Coliseum. Tatum never showed any regret or exhibited any remorse for what many considered to be an unnecessarily violent hit. After all, it was just a preseason exhibition game and the pass was already incomplete.

Stingley remained with the Patriots, though never at the lofty salary he had negotiated before his injury. He served as executive director of player personnel until his death in 2007 due to heart disease and pneumonia, complicated by his quadriplegia. He had spent more than half of his life in his paralyzed condition.

Tatum, too, suffered from health issues. In 2003, his left leg was amputated below the knee because of diabetes. After his hit of Stingley, he was dubbed "the assassin," a sobriquet he adopted with enthusiasm. The two men never reconciled or ever spoke again. HBO lined them up to make a joint appearance on the 25th anniversary of the incident at the Oakland Coliseum, but when Stingley learned that Tatum was planning to use the appearance to promote his autobiography, "Final Confessions of NFL Assassin Jack Tatum," he canceled. Tatum died of a heart attack in 2010.

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Now his grandson is one of the top corners in the NFL
 
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TN-POSSUM said:
This exactly where I'm at. I just turned 50. I did a loose version of the 16- 8 but the creamer is a killer. I couldn't give up my International Delights. I'd only have 1 cup (instead of 2-3) and just a splash of creamer. My friend was giving me a hard time about using creamer during my faster window but I did lose 20 pounds in 2 months last fall, without giving it up. I still want to try the 3 day fast but a serious 16 - 8 is more realistic for me.

Black coffee is for tough guys and old people. I like a little froo froo in mine. 🤣
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Yeah I have gotten to where I can tolerate black coffee, but I miss my coffee mate creamer in it. Enjoy my weekend coffee way more than the weekdays. I am comfortable with my daily routine. No thanks on the 3 day fast. I always reach that rough spot at about the 14-15 hour spot and I get cranky. When I start getting to the 17-18 hour spots, I tend to be good but really can tell I need some calories. Not sure my body could take the longer fasts.
 
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LaagerVol said:
For good reason. Brazzell hasn’t been drama and his mom hasn’t been all over social media acting a donkey. If Boo wasn’t surrounded by drama and he got into some trouble similar to Brazzell volnation would’ve responded in a similar way to how they responded to Brazzell
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Who you calling donkey?
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Shut down for the evening. A little east of Cincinnati. TDOT did us a nice one. Sending us right through construction down to one lane in Nashville.View attachment 763013

On the way to just a little north of Niagara falls, new York.
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I bet it's nice to get away from you house boat on the Tennessee river every once in a while
 
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MemphisVol3 said:
I'm interested @Orange.
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There's a lot to choose from: some of their own (very high quality) blends , but mostly top of the line single-estate teas (like wine or a bourbon, etc.). On sale it's really not that much more than supermarket tea on when you consider you're only going to use 1.5 to 2 teaspoons per cup. Much cheaper than buying a tea somewhere.

You may already have favorites. I like summer Assam in the morning (or anytime, really) with milk, summer Darjeeling for afternoon or evening. A smokey roasted Darjeeling (milk). If you really want to splurge, try one of the Darjeeling summer muscatels: they really do have a strong taste of grapes (no additives, just cultivar and terroir). Really good masala chai. The spring blacks are largely semi green tasting. I drink black tea almost exclusively, but they have white, green, and oolong too.

They also have sample packs. The 3.5 oz. vacuum packs are more economical.

They are so fresh. The summers will have been picked just a few weeks ago, processed, and vacuum packed. It makes a lot of difference.

I almost forgot to say. The taster who reviews each tea is a prodigy: no kidding. He is spot on.
 
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On Boo Carter...

I may get flamed, but...if it's true he's been late to practices, let him go. Cut him loose, and wash your hands of it. I know i know, absolutely we need him ON THE FIELD; but, we dont need him in the locker room. He got his second chance (I was all for it, because i believe in second and sometimes third chances); but, by being late to practices or anything else, he's telling you exactly how "appreciative" he is...and, everything he is all about. Yes, I want him here, we NEED him playing; but, not at the expense of dying from cancer. Already reported that the players have had problems with him, and that was before late to practices (plural).

Then again, I admit, part of me also thinks...don't give up on him. The team, the school, may be the only chance he has at breaking free. See second half of statement.

Again, if it's true about lateness.

Speaking of what Boo is all about. It seems he gets it very honest. I feel sorry for the kid. While I believe it is the height of stupidity, low intelligence, craziness, absurdity, embarrassment, and on and on to tweet at kids and their parents...it just feeds the beast, and Boo's mom is something else. She's devouring every last crumb. Dumb Vol fans are giving her EXACTLY what she starves for, that's half the reason she's saying the sh!t she's saying...and, she's laughing her ass off at each and everyone that tosses her a morsel. I know it's hard to sit back and let ANYONE run down the Vols; but, this is a completely different situation (given she IS a parent of a player). It only makes the reaction look even worse, because Boo's mom has absolutely, 100% proven she could give a rat's ass how SHE looks; and, that has NOTHING to do with that picture, and everything to do with what she thinks, then types, then posts.

I hope Boo, and his mom, find their way out of such nonsense, and take some accountability and responsibility. I wish nothing but the best for both of them, especially Boo. But, Vol twitter, stop f'ing responding to her. She's lapping it ALL up, and laughing her ass off at you; and, making YOU look the dumbsh!t.
 
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SugarCC said:
I get what you're saying, and I'd be lying if I said I havent had that same thought (it's not my biggest fear, though)...and, someone may have already beaten me to the punch here; but, we are way more talented around whoever it will be, than NC State was around McCall...way more.

If defense and run game are what we believe it to be, that's 8 wins right there, imo. A great defense and run game have won many more games than they have lost. I believe we have one of the Top 5 defenses in the country. Our run game...Heupel could put a coconut in the backfield, and we'd still rushed for 2500+.
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Completely agree. That’s an embellishment on my part, but we should fall out of bed and get 8 wins w/ this schedule . I’m just hoping Aguilar doesn’t go out there and look like he doesn’t belong.
 
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