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Why?

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Seattle has a new stadium and they want the Supersonics back there and they want a team in Las Vegas for the money.

Crazy that in a very short period, Las Vegas will go from no professional teams to having teams for all 4 major sports.

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He isn't a bad OC necessarily, he just doesn't run the ball

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It's not just that he doesn't run the ball. If they have a negative run play, he pretty much tells himself "I'm never going to do that again!"

It's almost like there's someone in the booth with a gun to his head telling him to pass the ball every down.

I've spent several years in advertising and marketing. I've also had a lot of experience with folks that went to SCAD, but usually on the creative side of the business. A lot of folks in design go there for their graduate degrees because they offer a distance program.

If it matters to you, it is indeed a very liberal school and program. But politics aside I'll give my 2 cents. If she was interested in fashion merchandising, graphic or UX design, brand development; it can be a good school, but very expensive as far as ROI is concerned.

If she is looking for a more traditional marketing degree and wants to stay in the southeast, I would recommend one of the state universities that have a long track record in the field. UNC, UGA, Florida, Florida State, Clemson, Virginia Tech have top-tier marketing programs. Those schools would probably return more ROI for your dollar as well.

My general feeling with a program as general as marketing, is that you go to a larger university because you have more options available to you if you end up changing majors, which is common with students in marketing and they have a much stronger network established than a smaller private school like SCAD.

Each year there are roughly 17,000 college football players eligible for the draft... only 259 of them actually get drafted.

NFL teams, even the bad ones, consists of about the best .5% to 1% of the best college football players out there. 50% of first round draft picks are outright busts. 16 of the best 32 players college football has to offer can't make it 3 years in the league.

Add to that, this is also a time where college rosters are less deep than they ever have been because of the portal and NIL.

2012 Alabama, a team where every one of the starting 22 went on the NFL, would still get blasted by a team like the Raiders. The difference in level of play can not be underestimated.

I have a friend from Puerto Rico that grew up with him. If it wasn't for that, I'd have no clue who the guy was.

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And the Falcons easily in field goal territory to seal it at the end right?

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4:38 left in the 4th, Falcons up 28-20 they had the ball on the Patriots 23 yard line after an awesome catch by Julio Jones (his 5th great catch that night).

The next play was a sack for a big loss that took them back to about the 37 yard line.

Play after that, was a holding penalty that took them back to the about the 45. 3rd down was another passing play that was incomplete and they punted with about 3:30 left.

If they would have run the ball on those three plays, they would have been well in Field Goal range, would have most likely been up 11 and would have given the ball back to the patriots with about 1:30 left on the clock.

It was an absolute coaching disaster to call a deep passing play on first and 10 from the 23. Colossal mistake. I'm not a Falcons fan, but it frustrates the hell out of me to see a game mismanaged like that. If I was the head coach and I heard that call come down I would have been livid and overridden it to a run.

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I think the plan is to recruit guys who WANT to play for DeBoer and Alabama - guys who truly buy in. And as they develop, pay them rather than a team full of mercenaries. I hope it works.

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That makes sense. Find guys that fit the scheme and mentality that you're looking for and build within. We will be a very young team next year in comparison to others out there, but hopefully we see some payout soon from this structure.

It seems like the NFL staffing model would be the way forward. Identify the 5-7 high priority positions and identify the players needed for those spots, pay them accordingly and then fill out the rest of the roster with solid, but non-elite players. Maybe that's how they are seeing it as well.

Stoutland is literally the best in the business right now. If I were an Eagles fan, I'd absolutely hate this.

'68 Charger is a sexy beast. Maybe the most attractive and adventurous designs among muscle cars.

Car designs need to be evaluated against their category rather than broadly. Is it as beautiful as a Ferrari 250 GTO, not really, but they don't own the same space in the market.

Some of my all time favorites are the Lancia Aurelia

BMW 507

Lamborghini Miura

'57 Testarossa

So many more to add as well.

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Super Bowl XXVII was great.

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Only if you were a Dallas fan.

Objectively, that was an awful and uncompetitive Super Bowl. Potentially one of the worst 3 or 4 games in the history of the Super Bowl for neutral viewers. Up there with the 49ers and Redskins trouncing the Broncos.