I for one enjoy watching Belmont play. This year's team is not as talented as their norm, but they play a game predicated on movement and crisp passing. When they are on, they can really light it up.
I don't expect this one to be close, but I would love to see what Belmont's coach Rick Byrd could do with ACC caliber talent in his system.
A billion won't touch the infrastructure issues in Central Appalachia. The remoteness makes it hard to impact those rural counties in E. KY where half of the most distressed in the region are. Big investments are needed, but they won't address the culture of poverty in the region, or any other high poverty region of the world.
You can't build a lot of highways, water plants, fiber optic networks with a billion.
Looks like all I need is for Katy Perry to suck, and I am golden.
BTW, her costumes will be sexy and she will look amazing; but her music will reek.
I am looking forward to Kam inroducing himself to Gronk. That will be a collision.
I believe except for the Kam - Gronk collision, I had this on. Yeah, Katy Perry will not appeal to my demographich musically so that was easy. After watching "The Interview" on Friday, her song "Fireworks" takes on a whole new connotation for me.
This smells like one of those "At the request of" bills. Those are bills that legislators introduce at the request of some interest group in their district; that they don't expect to pass.
It generates a little heat but not much traction. If that is the case, it won't make it out of commitee.
My only surprise was Smoltz as first ballot. I thought he would be second ballot. Biggio was an absolute freak. Anyone who can start their career as a catcher, moves to second base and later to centerfield is a heck of an athlete, and his numbers never suffered. Also a consumate pro.
I also like watching videos of players receiving injurious hits.
If Lance would ever enable me to put video in my signature again, I'll crop the footage of my team dislocating Brewer's shoulder and concussing Motley and GIF 'em up. We should all take pleasure in watching monster DLs tee off on terrible QBs.
The diference is that I saw the impact on both those plays in real time, my view was blocked on the Lambert hit. So I was unsure what happened. I never take pleasure in seeing a player injured, I just didn't see wha happened.
BTW, don't make wagers based on my bold predictions,I obviously have no clue.
Man I am behind the times. When did Annapolis or Shreveport become exotic locales? I image there may be a few exotic "social clubs" for men there but I do no think that is to what you were referring?!?
As much as I would like to see Honaker win, I doubt they are up to the task. I saw the highlights of the Altavista/Dan River game. They look incredible on both sides of the ball.
Altavista has really turned around their program. It was not very long ago that they dropped out of the VHSL because they could not field competitive teams. Now they are rock solid. I read somewhere that they have "a little more discretion" in who can play there due to being a "combined" high school. I looked them up online and their name is Altavista Combined High School. What is a combined high school? I know there is a school in Southside VA that is allowed to take basically anybody as long as they meet the age requirements. Cannot recall their name though, maybe Sussex something or the other? They are usually very good in basketball. Is something like that the reason A-town is now a powerhouse?
I am curious if the rise of Altavista and the fall of Gretna programs are connected. Those communities are so close together, I wonder if some of that talent migrated to Altavista from Gretna.
Virginia at Virginia Tech (11). Loser leaves town? With a moving van? Two embattled coaches with 5-6 records, both seeking to become bowl eligible. Cavaliers coach Mike London would appear to be less in control of his destiny than longtime Hokies boss Frank Beamer, but neither fan base is happy.
When: 8 p.m. ET Friday.
Hate meter: The enmity is alive and well, though neither side can be cocky in the grand scheme of things. Thomas Jefferson’s university has the classic, We Were Here First You Uncultured Heathen outlook on the old ag-and-mechanical cow college. The response from Blacksburg is to dislike the perceived arrogance of the entitled prepwads in Charlottesville. Some Virginia fans expressed there-goes-the-neighborhood dismay when Virginia Tech was allowed to join the ACC.
Prestige meter: Virginia is tied for 23rd in the U.S. News rankings. Virginia Tech is tied for 71st.
Upper hand lately: It’s been Hokie ownage. They’ve won 10 straight, a span of ownership now stretching more than 3,000 days – something plenty of Tech fans can tell you off the top of their head.
Upper hand historically: Tech leads the all-time series 53-37-5.
Trinket: the Commonwealth Cup is a handy bit of hardware. It’s a four-foot tall whopper, but the useful part is the silver cup that can be detached and used to drink the sweet nectar of victory postgame. Which is something Virginia Tech is quite accustomed to doing.
Pick: Virginia 16, Virginia Tech 14. The nightmare losing streak ends at 10 for the ‘Hoos.
I hate to go with conventional opinions, except when they are based in fact. I expect that you will see some unusual things in the game Sat. Maybe even along the lines of what UVA did with Vic Hall.
All streaks come to an end, and this one ends on Friday.
BTW, I'll take a game like the one against Wake vs. the drubbing Miami put on the Hokies.
Now history may prove me wrong, but the way the press is going on about Ebola, you would think we all were going to die tomorrow. I do wish people would chill and the crackpots who are saying that Obama is responsible and this is the first step in implementing martial law, or that Bill Gates and George Soros are behind it would just be quiet.
Yes, Ebola is a horrible disease that kills 70% of those infected with it, but the odds of me getting it are low. That is unless I have direct contact with the bodily fluids of someone with Ebola. Living in SWVA, there is not a high probability of that happening, maybe 1 in a billion.
There are greater health risks to me. I could get bitten by a shark, or have a stroke climbing Mt. Everest.
My only concern with fracking is that adequate safeguards are put in place to avoid environmental damage. Extraction of many resources can have a long term detrimental affect, and we all know that most companies are going to minimze their cost in order to maximize ROE.
Let's face it, these guys don't have a great track record of doing that on their own.
Fielding percentage by itself is only half of the equation. A shortstop with limited range can have a great fielding percentage and still be a liability. Jeter and Ripkin weren't going to mishandle most of the balls they got to, there were just a lot of balls they could not get to. Smith and Omar Vizquel (sp) would get to balls that neither of the others could dream of fielding. They ate up a ton of balls that would have been hits against the Yankees or Os in Jeter and Ripkin's careers.
Not a criticism of either, just a reality of the game.
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I for one enjoy watching Belmont play. This year's team is not as talented as their norm, but they play a game predicated on movement and crisp passing. When they are on, they can really light it up.
I don't expect this one to be close, but I would love to see what Belmont's coach Rick Byrd could do with ACC caliber talent in his system.