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In his first 2 years, DeBoer lost the same number of games that Bama had lost in the prior 5 years combined.

In his first 2 years, Kirby produced Georgia's first 13-win season in 15 years.

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And Deboer is 12-4 in THE SEC, and Kirby was 11-5 in the SEC his 1st 2 years

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Ok...good point. Let's look at the SEC Wins and Losses between the 2.


DeBoer:

Wins
Georgia - 2
Vandy - 1
Missouri - 2
Tennessee - 1
USCe - 2
LSU - 2
Auburn - 2
Oklahoma - 1

Losses
Oklahoma - 2
Georgia - 1
Vandy - 1
Tennessee - 1

On the field, DeBoer was actually 13-5 with one of the wins being the CFP game vs Oklahoma, and 1 loss being the SEC CG.

Note that the prior 2 seasons, Alabama was 14-2 in the SEC. DeBoer's first 2 seasons were a drop-off from the prior 2 for Alabama.

Smart:

Wins
MSU - 1
Tennessee - 1
Vandy - 1
Missouri - 2
Florida - 1
USCe - 2
Kentucky - 2
Auburn - 2

Losses
Auburn - 1
Alabama - 1
Ole Miss - 1
Tennessee - 1
Vandy - 1
Florida - 1

On the field, Kirby was actually 12-6, with one of the losses being the OT Loss to Saban in the National CG, and one of the wins being over Auburn in the SEC CG.

In the prior 2 seasons, Georgia was 11-5 in the SEC, so the same record that Kirby had in his first 2 seasons if you don't count the 2017 National CG or the Conference CG as conference games.

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Kirby was 75% at georgia his first 2 years,

Imagine losing 1 out every 4 games you play lol

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In his first 2 years, DeBoer lost the same number of games that Bama had lost in the prior 5 years combined.

In his first 2 years, Kirby produced Georgia's first 13-win season in 15 years.

Tennessee's only had 20, but they have had one each of the last 3 years. Prior to that, they had gone 8 years without one. If you look at their coaching history this Century:

Josh Heupel - 3 - coached 5 seasons so far
Jeremy Pruitt - 0 - coached 3 seasons
Butch Jones - 2 - coached 5 seasons
Derek Dooley - 1 - coached 3 seasons
Lane Kiffin - 1 - coached 1 season
Philip Fulmer - 9 - coached 17 seasons

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We've taken 5 outta last 6, we'll be fine.

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So...what does that have to do with my mustard calorie post you are responding to?

To move auto manufacturing back to the US from Canada, we have to remember the big picture. Auto plants are assembly plants...the parts that are used to assemble the vehicles come from suppliers, and lean manufacturing dictates that they be close enough and responsive enough to provide components without interrupting the supply chain.

Moving these component manufacturing sites will have short-term impacts on the supply chain (which could impact costs), but also will necessitate significant work in QS9001 validation.

I was thinking about the cost of vehicles that are assembled in Canada and what impact relocation may have. Let's look at the RAV4. It has been offered in the US since 1991. How have prices changes over the years? 4-Door, 4-cyl ICE, AWD Base prices listed:

1996 (1st Gen) - $17,468 - Assembled in Japan and China
2001 (2nd Gen) - $18,245 - Assembled in Japan
2008 (3rd Gen) - $24,020 - Assembled in Canada
2012 (4th Gen) - $24,860 - Assembled in Canada
2019 (5th Gen) - $27,945 - Assembled in Canada
2021 (5th Gen) - $27,650 - Assembled in Canada
2025 (6th Gen) - $32,795 Assembled in Canada

Stopping at 2025, since only Hybrids are produced in 2026. It makes sense that Tariffs or Relocation will increase the cost of the vehicle to the consumer...but the real toll is inflation. While both actually contribute to inflation...other things contribute as well.

Notice the slight increase in the 4 years between 2008 and 2012? That was when our economy was stalled by the Housing Market Crash, and inflation stood relatively flat. In 2021, you actually saw deflation as a result of the Pandamnit.

Manufacturing in the US helps the individual and can boost the economy by creating better paying jobs for early career or lower income workers. Ultimately, we need to get back to having Inflation Hawks working on our policies to address the impact of the decreasing power of the American Worker/Consumer.

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Something I was thinking recently. Have we always placed our hands over our hearts for the National Anthem. I remember as a kid always standing for it but i feel like holding the hand over the heart developed after my childhood. Am I dreaming that?

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The way I was taught...you place your hand over your heart during the Pledge of Allegiance, and if you are wearing a hat for either the pledge or the National Anthem, you take off your hat and hold it across your chest. The hand over your heart while singing the National Anthem seems to have become a thing in the late 90s or early 2000s. Before that, you just stood, looked to the flag and sang.

I will add that I sold cokes in Neyland Stadium in the 80s (carrying racks of them through the bleachers). We would stop selling anything and would face the direction of the flag for the National Anthem...no exceptions.

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Oh…Huepel for being fat AND telling his fans to throw stuff at Lane?

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Why do you think that would embarrass Tennessee fans?

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It’s not the mustard that causes the weight gain; it’s the fattening foods he puts his mustard on.lol

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Yes...but I was responding to the statement "He looks like he knows where to buy mustard." If you want to make a slam on fat guys...say something like, "he may like mustard, but he looks like he loves mayonnaise" or, "everything he eats has a touch of mustard and a pound of gravy".

Come on, people...do better.

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Good point. Let's just look at the last 10 seasons in each sport.

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Convenient time frame that doesn't include Kentucky's last Final Four.

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Yes...decades should include more than 10 years. It makes zero logical sense why anyone would think 5 and 10 years would be a timeframe to consider. That was super convenient for me to pick those spans of time. You caught me.

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I don't recite the pledge of allegiance, because I swore an oath to what matters, the Constitution, not a flag. The pledge was written by a socialist, Bellamy.

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This post made me go back and look at the history of the Pledge of Allegiance. It was written first written in 1885 by an Army Captain who had served in the Union Army during the Civil War. In 1892, it was revised to it's current iteration by a Baptist Minister (Francis Bellamy), and was adopted by congress 50 years later, when we were engaged in a World War against the Axis powers.

Yes, Bellamy was a "Christian Socialist" who also believed that the pledge should be recited while performing the Bellamy Salute (see picture below of children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in 1941).



The revisions since initial inception were:

1885 - 1892 - “We give our heads and hearts to God and our country; one country; one language; one flag!” ~ This is the original version written by Captain George T. Balch. Besides being a Civil War veteran, he was also a teacher of Patriotism in New York City Schools.

1892 - Bellamy's version, printed in the September 8th edition of The Youth's Companion magazine - "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

1892 - 1923 - "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

1923-1924 - "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." ~ In 1923, the National Flag Conference called for the words "my Flag" to be changed to "the Flag of the United States," so that new immigrants would not confuse loyalties between their birth countries and the US. The words "of America" were added a year later.

1924-1954 - "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." ~ Congress officially recognized the Pledge for the first time, in this form, on June 22, 1942.

1954-Present - "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." ~ February 7,1954 the push the add “under God” to the pledge was successful. George MacPherson Docherty, a Presbyterian minister, gave a sermon based on the Gettysburg Address, entitled “A New Birth of Freedom". Enthusiastic about a conversation with Docherty after the sermon, Eisenhower followed Docherty’s suggestion and on February 8, 1954, Rep. Charles Oakman (R-Mich), introduced a bill to Congress that passed and Eisenhower signed into law on Flag Day, June 14, 1954.

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Can't wait to listen to you dumb orange hilljacks whine and waller after Stein rawdogs your sorry asses this year.

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Tennessee leads its all-time college football series against Kentucky with an 86-26-9 record.

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That may be true, but Kentucky is on a roll lately. UK has won 7 of the last 60 matchups, 3 of the last 40, and 2 of the last 10. It's not even been 50 years since UK won back-to-back games against UT (it's only been 49).