Globetrotter747

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As someone had mentioned earlier in the thread, Holtz didn't respect Arkansas High School coaches and did not focus on Arkansas high school kids.. IMO, Johnson would have been a much better hire just on recruiting ability alone, especially Arkansas and Texas.

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That doesn’t really relate to my point.

Let’s assume for a moment that the Howard Schnellenberger era at Miami plays out the exact same way with Johnson at Arkansas from 1977-1983 instead of being at Pitt and OSU. There’s no butterfly effect somewhere that causes a change. In that scenario, does Johnson still end up in Miami in 1984 and inherit young standouts like Vinny Testaverde, Alonzo Highsmith, and Jerome Brown? And if that doesn’t happen, does Johnson have the resume for Jones to hire him with the Cowboys in 1989?

In my opinion, if Johnson doesn’t go to Miami in 1984 under the circumstances that he did he probably doesn’t win a national title in his career and almost certainly doesn’t win a Super Bowl.

Some coaches are better than others, but when it comes to “success” in coaching, there’s often a lot of “right place, right time” involved. Circumstances that you can’t just duplicate anywhere at any time.

There are a lot of Hall of Fame coaches and forgettable coaches who may have switched places if the stars had aligned a little differently.

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Johnson was barely over .500 (29-25) in four seasons at Okie State in a league that was similar to the SWC…

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I don’t believe I said Johnson would have had great success at Arkansas. I don’t believe he would have. I said his hiring would have been an interesting “domino effect” considering his tenures in Miami and Dallas - and Holtz at ND.

There’s a good chance Johnson never would have won shite in college or pro if things hadn’t worked out exactly as they did with him sliding into Schnelllenberger’s seat in 1984.

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Which Coach Played a Bigger Role?

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Obviously O.

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For one, men are also more likely to cheat if they’ve had 4 partners or more, so I’m not sure why OP is singling out women.

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I’m not saying either is right or justified, but I think female infidelity is worse for a couple of reasons:

1. If a man finds out his wife has fricked the neighborhood, it might be questionable if the kids they have are actually his. Women do not have this concern.

Women are more interested in having sole access to a man’s resources than his dick. Options being equal, women are more likely to forgive or get over infidelity

2. I believe a man is generally more capable of fricking around and yet still genuinely loving his wife and wanting the relationship to continue. You have the sweet, innocent wife at home who’s the loving mother of your children - and the dirty slut whose face you cum on (and then forget) during a work trip when you want to be adventurous. I’m not saying it’s right, but I think men can more often do both.

If a woman is cheating, she’s more likely to be lacking something significant in the relationship and looking for a different man altogether.

He’s just wanting a vacation while the woman is wanting to relocate to a different city,

In short: infidelity carries more risk (financially and emotionally) for men.

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Athletes who became “names” off of one performance

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Bob Beamon.

Incidentally, the man who broke Beamon’s long jump record (Mike Powell) is one of the biggest athletic “one hit wonders” but isn’t as famous as some others. Powell beat Carl Lewis (who had a 65 meet winning streak over about ten years) at the 1991 World Championships. I believe that’s the only time Powell ever beat Lewis and hit a world record leap to do it.

Incredibly, the record still stands. 35 years is a damn old record for track and field.

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Where does OU rank as the worst team to make a CWS final?

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Ahead of the best team to not make it.

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First I am hearing these three referred to as the triple crown but I would have assumed that a Grand Canyon rim-rim or rim-rim-rim would have been on a Mt Rushmore of hiking too.

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Has anyone here done this?

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What is better and more coveted: Wrigley Field or Fenway Park?

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Took a day trip to both from ATL to see a game. I prefer Fenway.

As far as “coveted,” as in higher up on a list of most iconic venues to visit regardless of your personal preference, I would give the edge to Fenway for that too.

Fenway has hosted 36 World Series games to Wrigley’s 13. The Red Sox are a more significant franchise than the Cubs and their rivalry with the Yankees is arguably the biggest in American professional sports. I would think Red Sox-Yankees games at Fenway are generally the most sought after regular season MLB tickets every year regardless of how good the teams are.

So Fenway.

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If we can all agree that football players at both levels have only gotten bigger stronger faster over the decades. So how far back would we have to go to see a great modern college football team be able to consistently beat NFL teams? 80s? 70s?

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I think all-time great college teams from recent seasons (like 2018 Clemson, 2019 LSU, 2020 Bama) would handle any Super Bowl champion from Lombardi’s Packers to at least the ‘85 Bears.

It’s not just about size, speed, and strength - which are significantly in favor of college teams vs. ‘70s and ‘80s NFL competition. Football schemes are light years ahead of where they were decades ago. A modern college staff would coach circles around Lombardi, Landry, Noll, etc., in an actual matchup. No disrespect at all to those coaches. It’s just the evolution of a hyper competitive sport.

There used to be a game played annually between a college All-Star team and the NFL/Super Bowl champions. The college guys were competitive and even won a few games in spite of being thrown together with only seniors - many of whom played in offenses like the wishbone and didn’t have much time to gel.

In the last five years the game was played (early/mid ‘70s) the Super Bowl champion never scored more than 24 pts. The 1972 Dolphins only scored 14 pts. You think a collection of early ‘70s college players with all-star game prep could hold Burrow, Chase, and Jefferson to 14 pts.? frick no.

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They can push to have it go back to the old way. But they won’t

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And programs could not accept transfers and choke the system to death. But they won’t.

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RFK Jr Says He Can Prove the CIA Killed His Uncle

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Then let’s see it. It’s been nearly 63 years. If anyone associated with the CIA was involved they are almost surely dead by now.

I personally do not subscribe to any conspiracy theories, though. Certainly not any that involve multiple shooters or anyone other than Oswald pulling the trigger. Did Oswald have associates aware of his plot and/or influencing him? I guess it’s possible but seems highly unlikely and there’s no evidence for it.