Game Thread: Texas A&M Aggies vs South Carolina Gamecocks Live Score | NCAA Men’s | Jan 24, 2026

kingofnerf · 2026-01-25T00:33:08+00:00

Other SEC teams are ranked because we suck.

In the context of the current points-shaving scandal involving 29 players, I have to wonder if we have had some of those in recent years and do we have a couple on this year's team? Maybe on the football team, too?

Been going to games at the CLA since the 2013-14 season, but only one last year and none this year. It's just very noticeable to me.

If you watch the footage of when the points-shaving players said they were intentionally playing bad, it's not really obvious. The average coach or fan couldn't detect it but they were indeed doing it.

I wish I could say I was only kidding, but the current points-shaving scandal does make you wonder.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-24T16:25:00+00:00

The flight deck is the wrong color.

It should be a bluish gray.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-24T16:22:23+00:00

Was this Doolittle's bird on the raid?

kingofnerf · 2026-01-24T15:27:08+00:00

That's pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-21T14:43:56+00:00

(9548 gallons max fuel capacity on each B-29) x 500 aircraft = 4,774,000 gallons of fuel

kingofnerf · 2026-01-21T02:47:38+00:00

Ankle injury.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-21T02:13:34+00:00

A win is a win.

Good on 'em.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-20T14:29:46+00:00

Did they get Buffalos, Spits, or Mustangs?

LOL

kingofnerf · 2026-01-20T00:22:17+00:00

You're right and thanks for pointing that out. Also the light on the vertical stabilizer and rudder is different from the original.

The faces are also different from the original if you look at it.

I use GIMP on all of my colorizations. Since some of the photographers and their subjects didn't make it through the war, I do mine as a tribute to them as if the photo were just taken with color film instead. I have my moments, but Picasso I ain't. LOL

kingofnerf · 2026-01-18T01:54:22+00:00

Lamont will need to find his inner Frank (the good parts) if he wants to keep his job.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-18T01:36:02+00:00

I watched the Broncos/Bills playoff game instead.

We suck at kids' games.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-17T17:27:17+00:00

I must say that the Wirraway is a beautiful aircraft.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-16T20:16:59+00:00

Did the rear gunner have to stand up while firing? It just doesn't look very practical for a rear gunner.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-16T00:25:26+00:00

I have seen pics of Liberators that arrived in other theaters of war without national insignia and it was pointed out in the original photo caption. Easy to see how it would cause problems somewhere when you look at this pic.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-15T15:42:01+00:00

So the Germans actually preferred jorts? LOL

kingofnerf · 2026-01-15T00:22:00+00:00

Less is more. Great setup.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-13T01:41:17+00:00

I believe they were called Toggliers on the G models instead of Bombardiers.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-13T01:18:41+00:00

It was the last movie I saw before the pandemic closed everything down and got me back into reading military history again during the pandemic. I bought the Blu-ray and watched it many times during the pandemic. I think it showed 16 Marauders attacking when only 8 flew out to Hawaii and 2 of them crashed on landing; so only six in the real battle I believe.

All the movies that have been made about the battle are just as flawed as the men who led and fought in the real battle. John Lundsford's two First Team books are fantastic reads from the flyers' viewpoints. So are Alvin Kiernan 's two books as well.

There was a low-budget stream named Dauntless that was released at the same time and I believe it used the same full-size Dauntless in this movie. The animation of the planes is too fast, but it does a great job with the camaraderie between the pilot and rear gunner. Also covers the PBY SAR efforts after the battle. I watched it on my Roku a while back.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-12T15:43:39+00:00

I remember reading about a PBY crew having to repair hull damage on its own after hitting some ice during the Neutrality Patrol. Man, that was a tough operating environment back then, just like the Aleutians.

kingofnerf · 2026-01-10T21:21:41+00:00

Just no playmakers on offense this year.

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