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[TracerBullet]

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Gotta watch the awareness grades. A guy with a D- or D awareness grade typically won't improve much over the 4 years with your school. For example(I track my recruits with a spreadsheet)..


Name: A.J Wheeler
Pos: WR
Awareness: C+
Speed: B
Accel: B-
Rating: * * *(#57 WR)




Came in with an awareness of 76 and an overall of 73. I redshirt him, his awareness bumps to an 82 and overall to a 77. Now he's a redshirt junior with an awareness of 95 and an overall of 90. He owns every IU receiving record. On the flip side..

Isaac Brunner
Pos: OLB
Awareness: D
Speed: B+
Acceleration: A-
Rating: * * * *(#3 OLB)

Came in as a 75. Awareness was a 59. After a redshirt year, he's a 76 OVR with an AWR of 60. He's a JR(RS) now and an 81 OVR and an AWR of 67. Huge bust. He'll probably top out at about an 85 OVR as a senior. IF Wheeler comes back, he'll be near a 95 or better.




I look for 2 things when recruiting..

1. Awareness(I prefer a C- or better)
2. Acceleration(I prefer a B or better)


My first year with IU I got a guy who ran a 4.30 forty. I was giddy. But I completely failed to notice his acceleration grade. His acceleration when he got on campus was a 72. His speed was a 95. Total fail on my part. I prefer a B+ acceleration over an A+ speed.

That is one area he does have the other QB beat in, so we'll see. Right now though, he is severely lacking in the Accuracy and THP if the other guy. Has much more speed though, so we will see. I also always look at the acceleration of the skill players first.

It's a shame there is a great QB that wants to come to my school, but I'm really not in the market for a QB after last year. Guess Bama can have him.

[Speedy]

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I'm not a fan of the "throwback" soft drinks PepsiCo is selling. They tasted watered down. The main reason to drink a Mountain Dew is the bite that goes with the citrus taste.

Yep had one throwback Mt. Dew and that was enough for me.

I like the Pepsi Throwback. I had it when I was last in the US and it tastes exactly as I remember Pepsi used to taste.

I wouldn't know about the Mountain Dew though.

I enjoyed the Mountain Dew when they had it around here for awhile. I thought the only difference was that it uses real cane sugar instead of corn syrup?

You're correct Tim...instead of high fructose corn syrup they're made with natural cane sugar (hence the burn down isn't as big). This is what they used to taste like back in the 50s/60s before companies started subbing the corn syrup as a cheaper alternative.

I wish they would come out with a decent commercial promoting them though. Go back to the tickles your innards motto and get the hillbilly in the commerciail.

[Fresh Tendrils]

I tried Gatorade's tropical blend after weights in my continuing quest to find a worthy partner for Rain Berry. Results: yummy.

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[BunnyHardaway]

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I really want to order food, but I don't think I'll be able to stay awake until it gets here

[Speedy]

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They're really going to do a push on Gatorade this year and from what I've seen the retail is pretty good (i.e. $1.25 for a 32oz Gatorade).

[Husker_OS]

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You're correct Tim...instead of high fructose corn syrup they're made with natural cane sugar (hence the burn down isn't as big). This is what they used to taste like back in the 50s/60s before companies started subbing the corn syrup as a cheaper alternative.

I wish they would come out with a decent commercial promoting them though. Go back to the tickles your innards motto and get the hillbilly in the commerciail.

The mere switch from corn syrup to sugar takes away a lot of the bite? That doesn't seem right.

[Chef Matt]

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I made cinnamon rolls this morning.

Haha Me too Kids ate em all, I got none.

Also sorry about last night I was out of line. One of my former student was murder yesterday by a drive by shooting, so I guess I was taking it out on your jokes on me.

Glad you're back, we need more older guys like us in here to keep the balance. Although I have no idea what went on nor care to know. Just stick around. and I'm very Sorry to hear about your student, Scott.




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Go Jets baby!!

[countryboy]

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What is going on here?

its called the internet

[NoDakHusker]

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That amazing run in the Saints-Seahawks game reminded me of The Run by Tommie Frazier. "How many tackles can one man break?"

[l3ulvl]

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its called the internet

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[BurghFan]

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OK, so I'm playing Madden Steelers (me) @ Ravens and they have 4th & 5 on MY 18 yardline and they PUNTED!! WTF!!! Even funnier because the easy 35 yd FG would've given them the lead.

[BunnyHardaway]

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Had another great episode of "60 year old supervisor and 19 year old associate" at work today:

I had just clocked out and was talking to my one co-worker who was at the catalog desk. 19 year old associate was taking my spot in children's and was watching the shoe department as well. It's basically unwritten rule that if there's nobody working in shoes, the person in children's watches shoes and vice versa. These two people come over to the catalog desk and tell the guy working "Is there anyone that can help us in shoes? The kid over there was on his phone and then disappeared and went to the back". My co-worker is FUMING, so he pages 19 year old to his section. Literally 2 seconds later, 60 year old supervisor (who was on the other side of the store and didn't see any of what happened) calls back, and here's the conversation that ensued:

Supervisor: "Stop paging him to shoes, you're supposed to be watching it."
Co-worker: "Oh really, is that why he was standing over in shoes on his cell phone and ignored people?"
Supervisor: "He was probably on the phone with a customer"

Yes, he was on his cell phone with a customer. Brilliant logic. He always has excuses for this kid as to why he's not doing his job. A few months ago at the end of the night we were putting up signs for the doorbuster sale we were having the next morning. Naturally, the kid didn't do any of his, and not only that, but he dipped out at 9:00 on the dot. The rest of us? Stuck there until 9:30 doing the **** he was supposed to have done. So I confront my supervisor about it:

Me: "So you're just gonna make us do his work for him and let him go whenever he wants?"
Supervisor: "Well, he probably didn't know he had to do them"
Me: "Alright, then why not make him stay and do them?"
Supervisor: "He had a hair appointment"

A hair appointment....a ****ing hair appointment at 9:00 at night. Give me a break.

A couple of my co-workers called corporate last week, and you can tell something was said to my store manager because they've been acting weird, but nothing has changed. The people that reported the problems have to follow up on Monday with the people they called, so I'm curious to see how that goes. If you're going to show favoritism, don't do it in such a blatant way, and PLEASE give us a store manager that has a spine and resolves issues in ways other than cutting hours out of spite.

[countryboy]

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arggghhhhh....I burned my dinner.

[Chrisksaint]

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Well I tried to take my frustration out in Madden and then in my LSU Dynasty but that didn't change the score of the game or help much lol.

But I finally checked my email for the first time in a few days, Got accepted into LSU!! so pumped almost offsets the Saints loss

[Bullit]

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arggghhhhh....I burned my dinner.

Yeah, but you had cinnamon buns for breakfast