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I liked Ross. He'll be 29 in November.

Quote from: uconnjack8 on Today at 01:30:58 PMNo, just me being a jackass. The race is at Saratoga this year because Belmont is under construction.  The race is going to be 10 furlongs, not the usual 12 furlongs (which is what Secretariat ran). 

I did not know that so I'm glad I asked.  No jackassery on your part as far as I'm concerned.

Nice to see Jones looks so good with no pass rush in his face LOL

Quote from: Jclayton92 on May 22, 2024, 09:03:44 PMDevito played in the ACC and the Big10 conference, if he was a better qb he would have been drafted. After the 2022 draft teams were trying to find their Brock Purdy considering 66 qbs started in 2023 its understandable. Given all that Devito still wasn't drafted while 14 qbs were. If he had undeniable talent, he would have been found. We signed a guy from west Florida University, if there's talent they are found.

FYI Illinois and Syracuse aren't small programs, he had an opportunity most don't get so I have no sympathy.

He did very well at Syracuse and Illinois.....big time programs
By contrast Jones was a big time loser at small time Duke

Where are we here, in a hall of mirrors?  DeVito is better than the robotic Jones by a country mile

The delta is that Jones is now Mara's very expensive adopted sun

It seems the Giants will let DeVito float and lost to waivers....he will wind up in NE as the next Tom Brady   My prediction

Jones has been touched by the hand of Mara.

Well, I got my Mohs surgery overwith and the pain is not too bad. I have a big bulging bandage on my face, but at least my eyes didn't turn black like the last time. The surgeon didn't biopsy around my eyelid and sent a referral to a place in Syracuse that specializes in cancer treatment and reconstruction of the eyelid and surrounding areas...yay! 

Leaving for Wisconsin tomorrow to help my son move, even though I have strict orders from my doctor to not lift anything heavy for 10 days. He says his friends out there will take care of moving stuff, so that's good. I hate the trip, especially driving on 90 through Chicago, which can be a real nightmare if you hit it at the wrong time. I've done that several times in the last few years, and it's no fun. Should be back by Tuesday at the latest...knock on wood

I don't know much about the admirals, but my father was a navy man in WWII and the Korean War. My dad was a boatswain mate on the USS New Jersey (Big Mo's sister ship) and he had a 35mm camera and took a lot of pictures and sold them to other sailors who didn't have cameras. I once pointed at a picture and asked him what that picture was, and he said, "that's Bull Halsey, our admiral". He was genuinely star struck to meet Halsey. Unfortunately, I don't have the picture and my dad is no longer around so that I can ask him about Halsey. I know he admired Halsey and was over-the-top excited to meet him and take his picture

I suspect all the admirals were all excellent warriors. I only know who Halsey was, and that he was called "Bull", because of my father

Quote from: uconnjack8 on Today at 01:24:36 PMFlightline is a son of Tapit.  Tapit is a son of Pulpit who is a son of AP Indy.  AP Indy sire was Seattle Slew and and Dam Sire was Secretariat.  Tapit has produced a number of successful offspring. 

Pretty good genetics to have Seattle Slew as your dad and Secretariat as the grandfather on your mother's side.

AP Indy was quite the horse. Santa Anita Derby, Peter Pan, Belmont Stakes, Breeders Cup Classic winner. 1992 Horse of the Year. Started life as a ridgeling(undescended testicle). Scratched morning of Kentuckey Derby due to sore foot. Neil Drysdale did a tremendous job getting him ready for Peter Pan/Belmont combo. Had a terrible Jockey Club Gold Cup, came back to win the Breeders.

Quote from: ViewFromSection129 on Today at 11:59:18 AMI'm surprised with some of the takes on here.  I thought the Rangers last night were atrocious.  No pressure, no physicality.  Florida hit every Ranger, every time they could.  Other than Cuylle a few times, I remember very few Ranger hits.  You can't dump it in the offensive zone and expect to retrieve the puck without playing the body hard.  And their passing to get out of the defensive zone was poor.

This team has been league average at 5v5, and unless they get a decent amount of PPs or Igor steals a game, they look very pedestrian against top teams.  They have now been outshot in 8 straight games.

I said all along I wanted Boston instead of Florida.  And unless the Rangers change and up their game quickly, this one is going six at best.

It was an ugly, kind of boring game. The Rangers are not going to keep up with Florida at 5v5, but the goal should be to limit their high danger chances as much as possible. The Rangers pretty much did that, but the Rangers couldn't convert on their chances and the power play couldn't score. The raw number of shots on goal is hardly meaningful here.