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For UGA and LSU, the Alabama losses in 2012 (regular season for LSU) are the most important lynch pins resulting in Kirby's run and 2019 for the Tigers.

Richt wins that game, UGA destroys ND in the natty, and there is no way he is moving on from UGA 3 years later even if there is a similar decline after 2012. UGA does not get Kirby.

LSU wins, likely loses to UGA in Atlanta, but the "Les can't beat Saban" whispers don't start. The decline still happens, but Les can't save his job by beating A&M in 2015, isn't fired in September 2016 - but is likely still fired in 2016 , and Coach O has no chance to win the job after we frick up the coaching search. Without O there, we do not have anything like the 2019 season that year.

In the unlikely hypothetical event where LSU beats UGA in Atlanta, UGA still moves on from Richt and gets Kirby, but LSU beats ND - not as bad as Alabama did or Georgia would have. We would still end up with 1 natty in the 2010s, but would have had to put up with Les for another 3-5 years, and miss out on 2019.

I don't think any of these scenarios changes Alabama's run. Saban still ends up with 5 or 6 or maybe more without Kirby and 2019 LSU standing in his way.

Two damn good games in 2012 in which Alabama was "on the ropes" with less than 5 minutes in the 4th and found a way to rip our hearts out. Change one play late in either of those games going against Alabama, and the last 15 years for UGA and LSU are remarkably different.
USC v Alabama 1970.

1950 Tennessee v Texas; Tennessee v Kentucky; Kentucky v Oklahoma.

2006 UF v Ohio State. Augmented by LSU v ND 06 and Ohio State 07.
ChatGPT only got me to the 1500 coaches estimate.

Going back to the subjective/objective line, it is not hard to make an objective argument that Augie is the best. Five times, at 2 schools (albeit over 44 total years), and not only 4 decades but 4 to 5 different tourney formats. Skip does have one from the super regional format, but it was before the change to a 3 game final series.



Folks will give you shite about the title - as they should. However, the content is correct, albeit very premature.

It is widely accepted that Saban surpassed the Bear as GOAT. It isn't that clear cut in baseball. Objective and subjective arguments can be made for Dedeaux, Augie, and Skip as the GOAT. There is no doubt these 3 are on college baseball's Mount Rushmore and will remain for a long time - potentially forever.

Therefore, this is the universe you look to put Jay in after 4 years. At this point, he is a damn strong candidate, and 1 of only 2 still coaching, but it is premature. Via an AI estimate there have been approximately 1500 coaches total that have had a chance to win a natty: 3 have won more than 3, 4 have won 3 (P. Casey being the most recent), and 10 have won 2 (with T. Corbin being the only other active coach).

Cumulatively, 43 of 1500 coaches have won a national title in baseball (2.87%). However, the aforementioned 17 coaches accounted for 52 natties or 67%. Jay currently exists in an elite class of coaches with 2 or more championships, comprising of 17 of 1500 coaches all time (1.1%).

To add a bit more context, the average amount of seasons between these coaches 1st and second natty was 3.75 to 4.35 years (depending upon how you account for A. Lopez and Augie at CSF and Texas). Regardless, the trend is this: across these 17 coaches that have multiple national championships the overwhelming majority win their first and second within 4 years or across 1 to 2 recruiting classes. The 3 GOATS did it across multiple recruiting classes, years, and decades.

Thus, while we can quantify that Jay Johnson is an elite coach and in the top 1.1% all time - based upon results, it is premature to put him in the same universe as Skip, Augie, and Dedeaux.
For whatever reason the GF picked this one tonight. This used to be on TNT/TBS weekly back in the day.

Opening credits, not what I remembered.

re: Dog just got skunked.

Posted by consumptive_use on 6/29/23 at 11:27 pm to
The mixture should be reapplied several times. Without getting to much into the chemistry, the mixture doesn't mask the smell, it changes the structure of the mercaptins (stink compounds) so that they can be encapsulated by the soap and washed away. However, striped skunks have 2 additional compounds within their spray that are not activated until they interact with water.

So if you wash with the mixture once or twice and then wash it off with water, you have now reactivated the smell.
It's 05 Nov. 2011 Bama v LSU. Nobody other than LSU fans or diehard college baseball fans will remember this game (within context), unless the boys dogpile.
Check your state laws. Most states prohibit or regulate the release of raccoons.

You can also check to see if you have a county or municipal agency that will come pick it up and euthanize it.
Be careful of falling into the trap of trying to do too much in 1 trip. You have listed at the minimum, bass fishing, white perch fishing, running noodles, kayaking, potentially bank/dock fishing, and relaxing.

I fell into this trap the first several times I planned the weekend up there. TB is a wonderful place to fish, relax, and spend a few days. But be warned, it is easy to get on fish up there (target species or otherwise) and run yourself out of a relaxing weekend chasing them; it's also damn easy to get skunked and spend all weekend chasing them.

Also, you should consider the "difficulty" of fishing white perch on Toledo Bend in June on your first trip.

re: A cubit.

Posted by consumptive_use on 5/13/23 at 6:21 pm to
Cubit

Lyn's always on.
Only runways?
Sounds like moles.

Based on your flair, are you around College Station?
First, find out if you have "gophers", "moles", or "voles".

Two of the 3 are subsurface (gophers, moles). Two of the 3 are rodents (gophers and voles).
Most likely you have pocket gophers, but additional information is needed.

Describe how they are destroying the backyard. Dirt mounds; runways; chewing bark on trees.

Use the above to identify the "species". Each species requires specific methodology.
Ask the OB for species specific remedies.

re: Swallow Tailed Kite

Posted by consumptive_use on 7/30/22 at 8:51 am to
The process we used to catch them is pretty cool as well. Great horned owls are kite nest predators. The kites react very aggressively when one is around.

You either find a nest or find an open feeding location, such as a pond/dragonflies, near a nest. Put up a 20 ft high net and tether an ambassador owl in front of it. The kites come in, dive bomb the owl, and get caught in the net.

When I did it, the kites were coming in as soon as the owl came out of the kennel - while we were still holding it and standing around. Once we tethered the owl and got into the blind, it took about 90 seconds to get one in the net.

re: Swallow Tailed Kite

Posted by consumptive_use on 7/30/22 at 8:41 am to
ARCI Blog

I was working in sw Florida a few years ago and got to see and learn plenty about STKIs. Even got to catch a couple with ARCI.

They are gearing up to migrate to their wintering grounds (Brazil) right now. The Eastern birds move en mass to South Carolina in July to feed heavily on a local food source - I don't remember what it is. Then, late July, they travel enmass through sw Florida, across the gulf to western Cuba, eventually making it to the tip of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.

The western birds, coastal TX and La, either fly straight across or follow the coast.

They eat large flying insects, dragon flies, and canopy dwelling herps - tree frogs and anoles. They also eat on the wing. If you see one hunting then flying in circles, grab your binocs and you can probably watch them feed.

re: Best cartoon band

Posted by consumptive_use on 6/20/22 at 10:06 pm to
Not a band but, everyone agrees that Auburn sucks

re: Rodent ID

Posted by consumptive_use on 6/7/22 at 6:44 pm to
Pics aren't great but it is probably a shrew and likely a Blarina brevicauda. Pocket gophers and moles have specialized front limbs and feet for digging. This critter doesn't. The fur and elongated rostrum look like a shrew. It is robust like a Blarina and has a short single colored tail.

re: Dead snake ID, please

Posted by consumptive_use on 5/1/22 at 9:49 pm to
Diamond-backed Watersnake
Call from the booth

They were pretty jacked in the booth. I didn't notice during the game, but Chris and Hunt put the rally caps on during the middle of the 9th.
Beak and eye ring suggest female Summer Tanager. Cornell Summer Tanager