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A blast from the past...I remember it like it was yesterday. A massive collision between two old-school football players. So good that the broadcast showed the slo-mo replay twice. You could hear the crowd reaction.

Sad thing is that it might be called targeting in today's football, even though it is not.

Special Sunday mass readings for when Nov 9th falls on a Sunday.

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome founded in 324

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the Lateran Basilica or Saint John Lateran,[c] is the Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Rome in the city of Rome, Italy. It serves as the seat of the bishop of Rome and head of the worldwide Catholic Church, the pope. The only "archbasilica" in the world, it lies outside of Vatican City proper, which is located approximately four kilometres (2+1/2 miles) northwest. Nevertheless, as properties of the Holy See, the archbasilica and its adjoining edifices enjoy an extraterritorial status from Italy, pursuant to the terms of the Lateran Treaty of 1929.[a] Dedicated to Christ the Saviour, in honor of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, the place name – Laterano (Lateran) – comes from an ancient Roman family (gens), whose palace (domus) grounds occupied the site. The adjacent Lateran Palace was the primary residence of the pope until the Middle Ages.

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Cathedral of Rome
Major Papal, Patriarchal and Roman Archbasilica, Metropolitan and Primatial Cathedral of the Most Holy Saviour and Saints John the Baptist and the Evangelist in Lateran, Mother and Head of All Churches in Rome and in the World

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Best nicknames are the ones the enlisted military members give each other

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"There was Dallas, from Phoenix; Cleveland - he was from Detroit; and Tex... well, I don't remember where Tex come from".

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Yeah. In my case, the coverage itself had no changes just the premium.

17% increase for me - yippee! (sarcasm)

I'm on a single retiree plan; spouse has her own single plan.

Guess it could be worse and I'm fortunate to have this option until age 65, but it's over $400 more than last year.

What are y'all seeing for 2026 premiums?

This story was published on October 29th and contains a large amount of data on UPS And FedEx aircraft in service.

It is interesting that the MD-11F that crashed at 34 years and 3 months old is one of the older planes in the UPS fleet but is far from the oldest.

The oldest active UPS plane in the fleet is a Boeing 757-200PF which is around 38.2 years old.

The average age of the UPS fleet is 25.3 years. FedEx is not much younger at an average of 23 years old and has a plane that is 42.7 years old with 9 others that are 37 years old or older.

Planes are obviously maintained and somewhat refurbished quite often, but there are dozens of very old planes out there. It is probably like driving a well-maintained/refurbished 15 to 20 year old vehicle but with the obvious difference of being able to pull over to the shoulder of the road if a vehicle has a major issue.

UPS and FedEx Fleet Analysis

You missed the point of my post.

I am saying the physical stats are very competitive. It is the sustaining drives and scoring part and getting off the field on third down defense that have been/are where Bama is very good and Tigers have been/are very bad.

Tigers will have to be much better in those areas to even have a chance to win the game.

SEC ranking out of 16 teams in SEC games only in each stat is listed.
Bolded stats are the ones with large difference.

LSU Rushing offense (yds/rush) 3.83 (9th)
Bama Rushing defense 5.19 (16th)

LSU passing offense (yds/attempt) 6.92 (12th)
Bama passing defense 6.13 (2nd)

LSU total offense (yds/play) 5.57 (8th)
Bama total defense 5.67 (11th)

LSU scoring offense (points/game) 21.6 (11th)
Bama scoring defense 20.2 (2nd)
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Bama rushing offense 3.31 (12th)
LSU rushing defense 4.46 (12th)

Bama passing offense 7.66 (7th)
LSU passing defense (5th)

Bama total offense 5.48 (9th)
LSU total defense 5.52 (9th)

Bama scoring offense 29.4 (6th)
LSU scoring defense 24.8 (10th)
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LSU third down conversion rate 28.81% (16th)
Bama third down conversion rate defense 31.67 (2nd)

LSU red zone scoring offense 77.33% (13th)
Bama red zone scoring defense 64.71% (1st)
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Bama third down conversion rate 51.32% (2nd)
LSU third down conversion rate defense 45.83% (16th)

Bama red zone scoring offense 100.0% (T-1st)
LSU red zone scoring defense 80.0% (6th)
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LSU needs to take advantage in the one area that it may have the advantage (rushing offense vs Bama rushing defense - believe it or not)

LSU needs to continue to play good pass defense (Bama passes better than they run)

LSU also needs to do better than previous games in 3rd down and red zone offense and 3rd down defense (Captain obvious)

Summary: Statistically seems to be fairly even in SEC games, but Bama has the advantage in situational stats (3rd down and red zone). But it's one game and anything can happen.


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No Maryland, Hawaii, Delaware is surprising.

Utah being one is also unexpected.