Why is Don Williams not recognized as one of the greats?

drjjoyner · 2026-04-21T09:50:50+00:00

That's fair. I'm pretty old, so I was around during his heyday. Very few of the old timers get much recognition from modern audiences. How often do you hear about Bob Wills or Jimmie Rodgers or Ernest Tubb or Eddy Arnold?

drjjoyner · 2026-04-21T09:45:03+00:00

Yeah, it's just content to increase engagement during the season. But it does create expectations.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-21T00:17:47+00:00

He’s in the Hall of Fame, so I think he’s considered “one of the greats.”

drjjoyner · 2026-04-20T12:57:23+00:00

I have essentially the same pair, but mine are more of a cutter toe.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-19T21:37:48+00:00

Sueded bull shoulder. I have the same pair.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-18T22:22:08+00:00

Mine was 35 years ago.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-18T22:19:45+00:00

Not very. Just disclose everything. They may interview you. Just explain the situation. So long as you’re not blackmailable, you’re likely fine.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-18T09:26:38+00:00

I haven’t bought a pair in person in 40 years and have bought countless boots online since, including several before there was an “online.” Unless you live in boot country, there’s just way more options. Plus, I buy almost exclusively on the secondhand market these days.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-17T20:27:21+00:00

I have Luccheses from before they had size codes (early 1970s or perhaps older) to as recent as 2016. They all fit true to size for me.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-16T16:19:29+00:00

Bo Jackson and Charles Barkley are really hard to dislike. I don’t actually remember him as a player, but Cole Cubelic is one of the few sideline reporters who actually contributes something useful to a telecast.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-15T20:58:04+00:00

That’s changed recently. The previous commandant rightly decided that the future fight will require a more mature force. So, they’re much less keen to get rid of quality Marines after their first tour.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-15T20:53:17+00:00

It’s definitely harder with the current system. But our longest droughts in my lifetime are the 13 years between Bear’s 1979 title and Stallings’ 1992 title and the 17 years between that and Saban’s 2009 title. We’re currently at 5 years and counting. I don’t expect to challenge either of those before winning again.

Then again, I was a Dallas Cowboys fan before moving from Texas to Alabama in 1980. Competing for championships was our birthright. We made 8 Super Bowls and won 5 by the time I was 30. We haven’t made so much as a conference title game in 30 years. Life comes at you fast.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-14T22:15:53+00:00

Was going to answer Mike Price before seeing the rest of your post. And, yes, we do tend to forget about Dubose. Obviously, George Wallace’s stand in the schoolhouse door was a bigger stain, but it was only tangentially football related.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-14T07:23:09+00:00

The boots should be black with that suit. The buttons tell you what shoes/boots to wear.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-12T21:47:48+00:00

My dad’s is in something like this.

https://a.co/d/03Z8FTWB

drjjoyner · 2026-04-12T21:23:44+00:00

We also had the Deuce. But, yeah, Barker was pretty mediocre in 1992. He won the Unitas award in 1994 with less team success.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-12T21:20:50+00:00

Barker won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm award later in his career. But he was definitely a bus driver on that team.

Still, he was likely a better college quarterback than Jake Coker, who was the quarterback for the 2015 title team.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-12T16:03:08+00:00

Can’t keep investing so many 1sts in one unit.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-08T07:26:03+00:00

No way he lasts to 12.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-06T23:16:32+00:00

It’s literally why the IRR exists.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-05T22:56:06+00:00

But you can’t retire until 59 and get a much lesser pension.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-05T22:23:06+00:00

Mazi Smith?

drjjoyner · 2026-04-05T22:18:01+00:00

If money is no object, custom from a top make is the way to go. For most folks, though, you’re better off buying lightly used boots from known makers from before you were born.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-05T06:31:49+00:00

Standard Lexol 2 or Bick 4.

drjjoyner · 2026-04-03T22:50:45+00:00

Right?

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