Thorny

There is a big difference between having money and having the will to spend money. Nobody would say that LSU alumni are the richest group in college football, but we have clearly shown that our alumni have the will to spend money.

I'm not sure Bama alumni have become as desperate as LSU alumni were halfway through last season.

GEAUX TIGERS!

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That’s pretty cool, but I thought the original was in the Smithsonian.

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Were talking about two different models.

This is the first model built off of the Matt Jefferies drawings. It's 33-inches long and mostly appeared as the high-speed flyby model in the series.

Here is a photo of it being shown to Jeffery Hunter during the filming of the first pilot:


For many years, Gene kept it on his desk:


The model in the Smithsonian is 11-feet long and was the major (or "hero") model filmed during the run of the series. The vast majority of the scenes from the series are of this model. After the second pilot, it was upgraded with lights and small motors for the effects.

Here is it being delivered near the end of the filming of the first pilot, "The Cage". It appears only in the opening shot of that episode:


Here is an example of what she looked like while filming for the series, specifically the episode "Space Seed." Note the hair of the dude behind the blind turning her base during a shot.

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I'm with this guy. 2011 Bama was by far the 2nd best SEC team ever in my opinion. Outside of 2019 LSU, nobody's beating that team.


Except for 2011 LSU who actually beat them earlier in the season.

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Interesting thing about the 2011 season is that while I was watching the GOTC, I was never worried. It wasn't because I knew LSU would win. Rather, it was because I knew it would take the "best of all time" to beat that LSU team.

In fact, I wasn't nervous about any game that year, until Maze's 42-yard punt return in the BCSNCG. Why? Because it was six-times the number of punt return yards the Tigers had given up total all season. It was a big indicator that something was wrong.

So, while I think they shouldn't have gotten the rematch, and I think a large part of LSU getting shut out was Les Miles' bad coaching, I'm okay with saying that 2011 Bama might be the #2 SEC team of all time.

Just note that even with that, I believe the 2011 LSU defense was better than the 2011 Bama defense, because they did two things Bama didn't have to do:
1) Play an out of conference team with a top-40 offense, while LSU played two: Oregon and West Virginia.
2) Get Jordan Jefferson to a national championship game.

GEAUX TIGERS!

They did a great job on the refurbishment.

The Jim who runs the YouTube channel Trek World was instrumental in connecting Eugene Roddenberry to the original EBay lister and getting it all put back together. If you are interested in this kind of thing, he is a great follow.

Live Long and Prosper.

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Sidebar, did anyone else prefer it the 1st time we did the Nike purples and they had a little more blue than red like the ones they do now?

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There has always been some variance in the exact shade of purple for the jerseys. Just part of the deal.

GEAUX TIGERS!

How about LSU run through the band playing Fight for LSU and then destroy Clemson because they focused on that and not pregame showmanship?

GEAUX TIGERS!

A couple of cautions:

- Nobody had a good defense in 2020. Teams couldn't have a spring and they couldn't practice full contact. So, yes, this is impressive against a Saban-led team, let's not draw too much from it.

- That same Ole Miss team lost to an LSU team that had imploded and just won a weird, miraculous game against Florida.

I hope you are right.

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Exactly. If Brees had retired, Brady is in New Irleabs with Payton for that season.

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Well, maybe. However, Tampa Bay had Bruce Arians, another great offensive mind. It's possible Brady would have still gone there (if only to exploit his "TB" trademark).

What hurt was watching Brees in the playoffs. He clearly no longer had the arm to run the offense, and even as a Bucs fan (Saints are my #2 team), it was hard watching him go out that way.

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I thought that some guy claimed on here years ago that he went through the film reel and could disprove that guy's story. At the very least, I'd doubt that he would have run on the field like that mid-play, especially to signal the go-ahead TD against the team that he was rooting for.

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I am unfamiliar with that argument, but I would discount it (and believe the fake ref story.) If you look at the 1:20 point of the below video, you can see that nobody seems to be standing on the far sideline between the 20 and 25. At 1:17, Cannon is breaking a tackle at the 20 and now the 'ref' is running on the field at the 22-23 yard line. If he were a real ref, why would he not be on the sideline and visible as the punt goes by?

I choose to believe.

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“Based on my experiences with Terrion, I remain committed to supporting him. While I’m not overly familiar with or educated on the charges he is facing,

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Based on my experience working on disciplinary issues with Air Force squadron commanders, anytime the above sentence is said or written, I immediately discount their opinion on the case. They admit they don't know anything but want to affect the outcome in favor of their friend.

That's not how this is supposed to work.

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Ole Miss gave up a total of 21 points that whole season. And that punt return was 1/3 of that.

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My father-in-law was a freshman at that game, and he maintains that Ole Miss team was the best visiting team he ever saw in Tiger Stadium. Better than 79 USC; better than 79 Bama. Best.

That one play cost Ole Miss the national title.