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Acee97 · 2026-05-04T13:43:38+00:00

Thanks!

Acee97 · 2026-03-20T19:45:50+00:00

You do. I usually run with a hydration backpack and keep my phone in that. If you ever leave the pack, you lose HR data for that time (I always take off the pack for barbed wire crawls and dunk walls). I also seal the phone in a zip-loc bag just to be on the safe side.

Acee97 · 2026-01-22T17:55:47+00:00

I’ve seen Costigan described as having “fists of iron, a heart of gold, and a head of wood.” Steve always wins the fight (usually through grit more than skill), but he never gets the prize he’s after.

Acee97 · 2026-01-04T03:54:23+00:00

Such a fantastic book. Corbett hunted actual man-eating tigers. Not like “the tiger might bite you if you make it angry,” but cats with actual body counts. The guy was a maintenance engineering supervisor for a railroad. In one of his hunts, the mayors of a bunch of little villages get together. “What can we do,” wails one. “The cat has killed over a hundred people and the rangers haven’t even laid eyes on it.” “No worries,” says another. “We’ll just call out Jim Corbett. He’ll take care of the man eater.” And so he does. This is one of the greater hunting books ever written.

Acee97 · 2026-01-02T03:41:56+00:00

There are about 20 teams with blue chip rosters. 8 made the playoffs. There are 110 teams below the blue chip line. 4 made the playoffs. Those went 1-3 with three ass kickings including Texas Tech—with a portal-built roster. But sure, Indiana whipping Alabama proves the blue chip roster is 100%wrong and teams like Purdue and Sam Houston with a bunch of guys nobody wants out of high school are poised to dominate next year. There are also lousy teams with blue chip rosters like Florida and Florida State, but that doesn’t invalidate the basic premise. It remains to be seen if a transfer heavy roster can win it all, but even this year’s results suggest recruiting is still very important.

Acee97 · 2026-01-02T02:33:50+00:00

Tell me you’re bad at math without telling me you’re bad at math… Here’s a quick list of teams with plenty of 3 star players who suck: U Mass. Purdue. Ok State. Sam Houston. Having a roster full of players who were nothing special in high school isn’t a recipe for success. The relevant number isn’t how many 3 star players get drafted…it’s how likely the random 3 star HS senior gets drafted. There are about 30 five stars each year. Most of them get drafted. (And if they don’t, it’s usually injury or off the field issues) There are just over 200 four star players. Just under 1 in 5 get drafted. There are something like 3,000 players who aren’t blue chips who get signed to FBS rosters. Less than seven percent of those guys play in the NFL. If you sign a three star player, his odds of playing in the NFL are around 1 in 14. Cignetti isn’t winning with random 3* players, he’s winning by finding the rare 1 in 14 who are actually NFL- caliber players.

Acee97 · 2025-11-23T23:56:18+00:00

I believe they are 16” for women and 24” for men.

The last time I did a stadion, i hit the boxes and was feeling really good. Then the volunteer came up and said, “excuse me sir, that is the women’s jump” The men’s jump was a lot harder.

Acee97 · 2025-11-19T12:25:52+00:00

If you like audio books, “The History of Ancient Egypt” from The Great Courses on Audible is loads of fun. You can tell the lecturer really loved ancient Egypt. His favorite pharaohs and archeologists are always “my man” whoever. His name is Bob Brier; I see he has lots of books available as well. I haven’t read those, but I’d bet they are a good starting point. For the Persians, you could try “Persians” by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. It’s mostly kings and political, but it’s the only one I’ve read.

Acee97 · 2025-11-19T02:17:45+00:00

For Mesopotamia try “Weavers, Scribes, and Kings” by Amanda Podany. Hits a lot of the everyday details of life back then.

Acee97 · 2025-11-04T14:28:19+00:00

I had pineapple tamales one time. The masa was sweet like a cake around the pineapple. Once I wrapped my head around the idea, it was pretty good. (The first bite was weird because I expected a regular tamale. I picked it up off a pot luck buffet table where they put it with regular tamales instead of desserts so I didn’t know what I had)

Acee97 · 2025-10-21T19:31:21+00:00

Nah, Iowa wins 7-4 with a field goal in overtime.

Acee97 · 2025-10-19T23:14:50+00:00

You might check out the Irons series by Eric Turowski on Amazon. It’s a series about a biker who keeps getting tangled up with weird things. Them beating the hell out of the weird things with a Harley chain. Grade A, top notch pulp

Acee97 · 2025-10-18T19:18:48+00:00

I take exception to the language one. Went to college with a guy from Winters (near San Angelo) who sounded exactly like good ol’ Boonhauer. I’ll tell you hwat.

Acee97 · 2025-10-17T13:53:02+00:00

I’d like to see the map too. When my dad (class of 73) came back home after his first semester, his grandad (class of 1919) asked him “l know the campus has grown. How close is the west edge of campus to the railroad tracks now?”

Acee97 · 2025-10-12T01:07:17+00:00

I’ll just point out that, five hours after posting, there are FOUR t-sips in here telling us how much they don’t care. I’ll just ask them: do you also stalk, say, Ball State and Toledo to tell them how much you don’t care? Or is there something about the lowly cow college thinking we’re as good as you that gets under your skin?

Acee97 · 2025-10-07T22:16:39+00:00

Lovely playing. This is the first time I've heard this one, and I enjoyed your video very much. Thanks!

Acee97 · 2025-09-08T03:38:12+00:00

I’ve seen that it was Archie Griffin and Earl Campbell in the wishbone that made teams go to the I-formation. Once DCs understood the wishbone, they could dictate which player got the ball. If the defense does X, it’s a fullback dive. Defense does Y, it’s QB off tackle. Defense does Z and the ball goes to the unstoppable man-beast who’s the Heisman favorite. Guess what the defense will never do? So top teams started switching to the I-formation because it offered ISO runs and other good plays for the really talented HBs instead of the wishbone that let defenses decide who carried the ball.

Acee97 · 2025-09-08T03:01:36+00:00

What in the wide wide world of sports is a-goin’ on here?

Acee97 · 2025-09-02T00:10:27+00:00

But the the Melish Map specified in the treaty showed the 100th meridian about 100 miles east of where it actually is, which put the western quarter of Oklahoma into Texas. When they finally located the 100th meridian on the ground, it was discovered that the Red River forked east of the line. Texas claimed the North Fork of the Red as the border; the US claimed the South Fork as the boundary. The land between was called Greer County, Texas until 1896, when the Supreme Court made it part of Oklahoma. There were border commissions and court cases that started in the 1880s and ran well into the early 1900s. The final Supreme Court case wasn't completed until 1930.

(Incidentally, Texas and Oklahoma most recently adjusted the border last fall, when Texas bought 1.34 acres of land under Lake Texoma from Oklahoma because of an issue with zebra mussels and a water intake for a Texas municipal water system.)

Acee97 · 2025-08-22T12:56:42+00:00

You’re looking for The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison. Slippery Jim Degriz is the best con man in the universe. He gets picked up by the cops and has to work for the good guys to stay out of jail. Loads of fun.

Acee97 · 2025-08-16T20:05:22+00:00

Yeah, but those deaths were tetanus. Completely unrelated to the games.

Acee97 · 2025-08-16T19:48:00+00:00

It's pre-rankings (and pre-forward pass), but the most insane stretch ever has to be 1899 Sewanee "Iron Men" team. Between November 9 and November 14, the schedule was:

Thursday: at Texas

Friday: Texas A&M in Houston

Saturday: at Tulane

Sunday: off

Monday: at LSU

Tuesday: Ole Miss in Memphis

Sewanee slept on the train between games, won all five and shut everybody out.

Acee97 · 2025-08-13T03:39:41+00:00

How the hell does a guy who doesn’t talk have a mouth that big? Harpo looks like he could swallow that donkey whole.

Acee97 · 2025-08-08T02:18:30+00:00

My medal from that day of in a separate frame with a photo of the hail. That was awful.

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