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GoobyPls

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The Lounge 2 y ago

CO front range if I could afford it

Spent a month in Longmont/Boulder a decade back and absolutely loved it. But even making 6 figures, it's expensive to live there. According to the locals, the area became overrun with California escapees who were used to even higher real estate prices and would pay whatever anyone asked, making the market about as bad as CA is. Instead I will probably retire to either Georgia or Uruguay.

The Lounge 2 y ago

Happened to a kid I knew in HS in the mid 90's

He had been sleeping with the 30-ish English teacher. Word got out at prom that year, and suddenly she wasn't at school the next fall. Was never reported to the cops

AP doesn't particularly care about that

If Texas or Bama win the playoff and FSU beats UGA, many AP voters will vote for FSU as champion just to stick it to the NCAA

The Lounge 2 y ago

Supposedly many of them got out of their cars and threw the keys off

the bridge. Hopefully their cars got pushed into the bay also, since they clearly decided they didn't need them anymore

And they already have a bad (probably Q4) loss that will haunt them

come Selection Sunday, though I personally don't think this team has the horses to really be in contention for a tournament spot this year anyway. The season definitely isn't over, but right now it doesn't look good at all.

6-6 and a bowl was my hope before the season started

7 wins, no matter how they come, would be exceeding expectations IMO

This feels way more dominating somehow

Like BC shouldn't even be on the field with them. The Cuse game looked like a team finally developing, this looks like the late 00's

WBB losing to Iowa is disappointing but not unexpected or a big deal

MBB losing to the SEC's likely cellar dweller is very bad. Two games in and they already have a bad loss that will haunt them come Selection Sunday, plus recruiting and retention are headed the wrong direction. I can see being frustrated at the way MBB is going. It doesn't help that football has been outright bad for several years now, so there's nothing to distract from the other failing revenue sport

I just wanted to make a bowl this year

But I'm thinking the hole they did themselves early this year will be too big to climb out of. Winning 2/3 down the stretch may be too much to ask for this team

The Lounge 2 y ago

If you mean Higuey, it's not too bad

If you're going out to Santo Domingo, just avoid the more sketchy parts of town

6-6 was what I hoped for at the start of the season

But more than that, I really just wanted to see progress over the year, and it looks like that's exactly what is happening.

SIR: Hokies #8 in preseason AP Poll

LSU is #1, not surprisingly. In the ACC, Notre Dame is #10, UNC is at 16, Louisville 17, and FSU 18.

I'm not prone to hyperbole, but that was one of the worst officiated

football games I've ever seen. Egregious missed calls on both sides (the phantom face mask on VT, the obvious missed grounding call on Drones, the constant spot reviews, etc).

This is what I wanted to see this year

I knew the record might still be rough, but I just wanted some evidence that the program was trending in the right direction. Today is clear proof of that. Drones throwing for over 300 yds with no INT's? Yeah I think we have a quality QB, and he's just a sophomore. Defense finally showed some grit for an entire game. Sacks, turnovers, etc. Looked like a classic VT defense. This team isn't a finished product this year, but the building blocks are clearly there to make VT relevant again in a couple of years if the trend continues ** Edited by GoobyPls at 10/14/2023, 7:13:43 PM

Drones has improved as a passer

I noticed one play in the second half he threw slightly behind a receiver running a crossing route. It was the perfect throw because the route was taking the reciever straight toward a defender, and adjusting to the pass got his momentum moving to the open spot for some nice YAC. Drones wasn't making that throw before. ** Edited by GoobyPls at 10/14/2023, 7:07:18 PM

You could see that he was going to block in the back for 3 seconds

before the catch. Had his mind made up to push even though he didn't need to. Also PR should have just let the ball go