bigpapamac
| Favorite team: | South Alabama  |
| Location: | Mobile, AL |
| Biography: | |
| Interests: | |
| Occupation: | |
| Number of Posts: | 22605 |
| Registered on: | 10/29/2007 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
Recent Posts
Message
re: Cobalt for dinner
Posted by bigpapamac on 7/29/26 at 7:23 am to TDTOM
You’ll be fine. It does seem like most grownups would pack at least a collared shirt for vacation though.
1
re: Recs for quiet Florida gulf beach?
Posted by bigpapamac on 7/15/26 at 7:31 am to LSU Wayne
St. George Island.
re: Was WWII the most pivotal event of the 20th century?
Posted by bigpapamac on 7/15/26 at 7:31 am to RollTide1987
Correct. People who think WWI started with the murder of the Archduke are way oversimplifying the outbreak of the war. It’s a sad result of history textbooks in high school boiling an obviously complicated event down to one bullet point.
re: Dan Wetzel blames "Travel Ball" for the lack of development of US Soccer
Posted by bigpapamac on 7/9/26 at 7:24 am to Rex Feral
quote:
I was going to make a smart arse comment before I remembered that's how I felt about travel sports when I was a kid and my parents spent all their time with my sister's travel softball. Then I grew up and had kids who did travel sports. I became friends with the other kids' parents and realized that's why my parents were so into it. It's a friend group of similar minded people who you get to hang out with and drink beer with in the evenings after the kids go to bed.
So you hated it as a kid? And what you’re saying now is it’s not about the kids at all? I assume your kid probably hates it too then. Good job breaking the cycle Dad!
re: Buffalo Trace Bourbon
Posted by bigpapamac on 7/9/26 at 7:20 am to AUVet21
If you’re ever alone the FloraBama this summer, you can buy all the Buffalo Trace you want to at their liquor store.
re: Garth Brooks is the most out of touch artist I’ve ever seen
Posted by bigpapamac on 7/8/26 at 7:24 am to King of New Orleans
Garth is a weirdo who helped kill country music and turn it into the pop country nonsense we have today.
re: Tomorrow July 4 Traffic: BR to Panhandle
Posted by bigpapamac on 7/4/26 at 4:48 pm to Red Drum
Guess I’m too late to respond but there certainly wouldn’t be any less traffic than a typical Saturday today.
re: 250th Celebration Thus Far...Opinions?
Posted by bigpapamac on 6/26/26 at 7:36 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I haven’t noticed any America 250 celebrations
re: Perdido Key Restaurant recommendations
Posted by bigpapamac on 6/10/26 at 7:23 am to DeathValley1924
Good recs in here so far. Unfortunately Lillian’s isn’t at all what it used to be though.
re: Spy, Espionage and Political Thriller recs
Posted by bigpapamac on 6/4/26 at 7:23 am to Bestbank Tiger
quote:
The Spy And The Traitor
Came here to post this. Incredible true story and book.
re: Alabama Baseball (42-21 (18-12)) (Schedule & Roster 2026)
Posted by bigpapamac on 5/28/26 at 5:19 pm to bigpapamac
Adams has been our worst starter in conference play, and this decision means he’ll pitch against one of the hotter and better lineups in the tournament instead of against Alabama St.
re: Alabama Baseball (42-21 (18-12)) (Schedule & Roster 2026)
Posted by bigpapamac on 5/28/26 at 5:08 pm to Alabama_Fan
quote:
I love the annual “should teams pitch off in regionals” debate. Historically, both options have had nearly identical success rates. Not last year. Of the seven hosts eliminated in regionals, six changed up their rotation order, including three that dropped their opening game.
Cool. That has zero bearing on our regional, every situation is different and a one year sample size stat does not apply at all to our regional. Blowing your best pitcher in a home regional against an ok SWAC team is insane. One of the benefits of hosting is not having to do that. If we were playing a 4-seed that had a stud Friday starter? Sure.
I bolded the non-small sample size stat. Blowing your ace against Alabama St is certainly a choice.
re: Alabama Baseball (42-21 (18-12)) (Schedule & Roster 2026)
Posted by bigpapamac on 5/28/26 at 3:09 pm to Alabama_Fan
This is insane.
re: Destin area restaurants that take reservations
Posted by bigpapamac on 5/2/26 at 5:07 pm to braves21
Bijoux
re: Biloxi was apparently on the Mike Vrabel/Diana Russini world tour
Posted by bigpapamac on 4/24/26 at 7:25 am to SidewalkTiger
Senior Bowl week.
re: Key West do not miss
Posted by bigpapamac on 4/14/26 at 9:21 am to soccerfüt
El Siboney is an even better Cuban restaurant in Old Town.
re: Key West do not miss
Posted by bigpapamac on 4/13/26 at 7:23 am to Gifman
quote:
Go to the bar where Mike Leach has a stoo
Among other even far more famous people. Captain Tony’s.
re: Key West do not miss
Posted by bigpapamac on 4/6/26 at 3:09 pm to parrotdr
It’s been closed for awhile. Another restaurant is in that building now.
re: Oats top 3 in coaches?
Posted by bigpapamac on 4/4/26 at 9:04 pm to BigBird09
quote:
If we are going to definitively say he's not top 3, can we please start listing your 3 current best coaches?
Fair.
And again before I start, I would not trade Nate for anybody. Nate Oats is the perfect coach for us and nobody we could realistically get in any world would be better than him. But…
Hurley
Sampson
May
Mark Few
I feel like those would be almost unanimous top 3 (and 4) amongst most people. Rest of the top 10 would be up for debate but there’s no world where Oats isn’t top 10.
re: Key West do not miss
Posted by bigpapamac on 4/4/26 at 9:53 am to Boston911
Nine One Five for dinner. Mornings at the Green Parrot.
re: Oats top 3 in coaches?
Posted by bigpapamac on 4/3/26 at 7:25 am to mrbroker
He’s not top 3 but definitely top 10. There’s no other coach on the country that we could reasonably get that I would trade for him though.
Popular
14
