Riseupfromtherubble

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I bet some much lighter line like 20lb braid and 25 or 20 pound fluoro leaders would present a lot better

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This is water clarity dependent but even that sounds heavy for an inshore mangrove. I would go to 16 and as light as 12 on the leader

And I'm not sure where to place the blame. I think it's a cumulative effect really that's been amplified by getting older and having a kid.

1. I think it started with the changes in recruiting. That used to feel like a year round sport in itself. With the open transfer portal, recruiting has just become an afterthought. When you signed Landon Collins 14 years ago, it felt like you were guaranteed 3 years of Landon Collins. Sure there were transfers then, but guys were going where they wanted to be.

2. I don't recognize the product on the field anymore. This started in the later Saban years and I think it plagues all of college football, not just Alabama. Just sloppy, undisciplined play. Shoddy refereeing. Shoddy coaching. The product itself has gone downhill, again I think this is a byproduct of the transfer portal because it hinders player development.

3. I guess I'm just getting older and it doesn't consume me like it used to

This isn't a spoiled Bama fan soliloquy. My first memories are from the Stallings era, so my peak emotional investment was during some very dark years. It just feels like the overall product is a shell of what it used to be. I'll still tune in every Saturday, it just doesn't quite hit like it used to. Anyway else going through this?

We've got super finicky inshore mangroves in the panhandle.

If we can't get them to bite here we downsize hook, leader, and bait.

Applying that logic to an artificial, I suspect that a white marabou crappie jig in 1/8 or 1/16 ounce would do the trick on mangroves

A micro slow pitch jig would probably work pretty well too, but you'd need a specialty rod for one to dance right

Two nerds in Utah with an Xbox controller would have taken out Hitler with an RC robot within minutes of verifying his location. Given that many in the German army opposed Hitler, the answer is minutes to hours

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The competition in his high school video is laughable and similar to Henry's HS tape

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And Henry ran all over everybody when he got the football here as a freshman. Crowell went for over 300 in the state championship game. He ran all over the Mississippi all stars in that exhibition.

Yards after contact is as much a mindset as physical ability. Mark Ingram and Trent Richardson weren't playing against teams any better than Crowell in High School

He can't run like Julio but he's bigger than Julio was coming in. You could tell at the Alabama/Mississippi all star game that he was the best player there. Just elite body control and a natural hands catcher. He will be what the kids like to say "a problem"

I think Meadows probably fits more in the Lazard, Valdez-Scantling archetype of a tall receiver that is more of a vertical threat. Morgan is a mutant. I'll be mildly surprised if he's not on the field for the first snap

Yes on the passer, probably not on the rusher or receiver

College baseball umpires are the worst in american sports, narrowly edging out college basketball officials

Not the best, but Joe Hamilton at Georgia Tech was an underrated little option QB his senior year at GT when they started running some early spread option stuff

Seneca Wallace and Antoine Randle El also come to mind

Took a heavy touch and was going to lose possession out of bounds.

It just shows how deeply engrained this behavior is in the game now. I've even seen random highlights of youth teams recently and some of them are doing the same thing.

There's just so many tells when a guy is diving. The arms go up and the head goes back, neither of which is a natural reaction if you are knocked off balance and are going to fall. Any sort of jumping is not natural. Covering your face with your hand isn't natural. If you get legitimately hit in the face you might touch the specific spot, but you aren't just going to cover your entire face with one or both hands like you're stopping an open artery. It's just turned into horrible acting, and the refs are just as much to blame as the players.

Yes, the penalties for it should be harsh, but refs have got to do a better job of calling fouls when a guy stays up if it's going to be completely eradicated.

Their options are either 100% no foul if I stay on my feet
50% foul, 10% no foul, 20% chance i'm getting a yellow, 20% chance he's getting a yellow if they dive.