Bert Macklin FBI
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Quantico |
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| Occupation: | FBI |
| Number of Posts: | 11927 |
| Registered on: | 5/29/2013 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Maester's Thread - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (S1, HBO) - Book Spoilers
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/6/26 at 12:21 pm to DMagic
The end of Ep 4 got me fired up. Gonna be a great Episode next week.
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re: The Dinosaurs - narrated by Morgan Freeman, produced by Spielberg
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/6/26 at 11:47 am to Gusoline
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Not if its on a platform that pushes trans crap on kids. Keep giving them your money though.
Oh you draw the line at Netflix? I got news for you buddy, unless the Daily Wire is the producer, every single movie or show you consume is created by people pushing woke ideologies and/or pedos. Hell Nickelodeon in the 90s was the most anti woke messaging that ever existed and they were still fricking the kids.
re: The Dinosaurs - narrated by Morgan Freeman, produced by Spielberg
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/6/26 at 8:29 am to Gusoline
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For the low low price of supporting child grooming
So what's your plan? To never watch a movie, show, or documentary ever again?
re: Maester's Thread - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (S1, HBO) - Book Spoilers
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/5/26 at 2:58 pm to blueboy
I don't remeber how it went down in the books but in my mind, the second Baelor vouches for him to fight in the tourney, he's a legitimate knight. I mean thats about the highest voice you can get to give you validity.
re: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - S1 Thread (no book spoilers, please)
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/5/26 at 2:54 pm to theGarnetWay
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It's a spoiler for someone who might want to read the book for a scene they just watched?
I don't know why you are still arguing. Its pretty simple. Don't mention any knowledge you obtained from the books whether its past or present. No one is trying to makes this a big shame thing, just say you didn't realize it was against the rules and move on. There is a Maesters thread for book talk. Come join us over there.
re: Should Lane invest in our second tier of LA colleges for recruiting?
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/5/26 at 11:04 am to Eagle23
I dont think ULL, ULM, or Tulane would be interested at all. They are all trying to competet to get to the CFP. They aren't gonna usher their best players to LSU.
Now Mcneese, Nicholls and Southeatsern are different stories. Maybe LSU can help out their NIL funds to get a few HS kids they wouldn't normally get. These kids go to the smaller school, play right away and develop for a year or two and then LSU gets first choice on who they want. Its a win, win. The smaller school gets a HS player above their normal caliber of athlete for a year or 2 and then LSU gets to use them once they are developed.
Do I think an arrangement like this will ever happen? No, absolutely not. But I do think it could be beneficial to all parties involved.
Now Mcneese, Nicholls and Southeatsern are different stories. Maybe LSU can help out their NIL funds to get a few HS kids they wouldn't normally get. These kids go to the smaller school, play right away and develop for a year or two and then LSU gets first choice on who they want. Its a win, win. The smaller school gets a HS player above their normal caliber of athlete for a year or 2 and then LSU gets to use them once they are developed.
Do I think an arrangement like this will ever happen? No, absolutely not. But I do think it could be beneficial to all parties involved.
re: Softball plays tonight 6pm!
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/5/26 at 10:59 am to Broham
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oftball reminds me of Men’s basketball.
No they are football at the taiil end of Miles. They beat the teams they are supposed to beat but lose to all the good teams but pull out maybe 1 series they shouldn't.
re: Softball plays tonight 6pm!
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/5/26 at 10:58 am to Bayou_Tigers
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I know us fans say this every year, but Beth needs to make it to Oklahoma City
Beth is protected by the fact the we just spent a ton of money on football and we need to spend a bunch of money on Mens Bball. I don't know that making a change in softball will be in the cards this year unless the bottom falls out. If she is competetivelike she has been (.500 in SEC) then she will be retained.
re: How pathetic is it that grown men want to play against kids?
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/5/26 at 8:13 am to theballguy
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And this is what everyone wanted when they said NIL and TP.
NIL isn’t the issue. if kids couldn’t move freely without consequence then paying them wouldn’t be a problem. The issue is that kids like TJ Finley can go to 7 colleges in their career and try to leverage every move for more money. If kids had to sign binding 2 year contracts and/or were only allowed one free transfer, a lot of the issues would go away.
re: How pathetic is it that grown men want to play against kids?
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/4/26 at 3:04 pm to BCreed1
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How much of a pussy do you have to be to demand that you are allowed to play any sport against kids?
Its about the money. End of story. They can go play in a some Euro league for pennies or they can play college Bball for a decent chunk of change while also getting more exposure than they would in Europe and potentially a better shot at the NBA.
I still hate it but its not because they want to beat up on children, they just want the money and exposure.
re: Winter Games start Friday and little to no hype about it?
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/4/26 at 12:21 pm to ATCTx
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I'm an Olympics nut, but both summer and winter have dropped off in importance as there are just too many other sports competing for eyes that were not there back in the 70s-90s when the games were must-see.
The other reason for its drop off is the fall of national pride. Today’s youth have been taught to be proud to be an American makes you a bigot and our history is evil. What used to make people proud, now makes them ashamed.
What a time to be alive…
re: The basketball goal has made its way to football ops.
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/4/26 at 12:16 pm to The Hurricane
We watched Tre Harris aggravate his ankle injury against LSU in 2024 dunking on this goal and it changed the trajectory of that game. Call me a grumpy old man but it seems like an unnecessary risk. There are safer ways you can have swag after big plays.
re: The Portal era is just different. Not better or worse
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/4/26 at 8:55 am to poncho villa
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It’s definitely worse
In some ways yes. I hate that we seemingly have to learn a new roster every year. And players, by and large, don’t have any real pride in their school.
But there are pros too:
If you miss on recruits or even a whole recruiting class, you aren’t stuck in mediocrity for a year or two while you coach up the younger guys. It also stops teams from stacking 5 stars like Bama and UGA used to do. Meaning more teams have good enough players to compete for a natty.
I really wish they would limit guys to 1 free transfer or make them sign 2 year contracts that can’t just be bought out. Or anything to give these rosters some kind of stability. It’s so hard to have to re-recruit your whole team every year.
re: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - S1 Thread (no book spoilers, please)
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/3/26 at 7:58 pm to dallastiger55
Maybe Egg knows his brother is a psychopath and would only stop if he’s physically forced to. He knew he could come to Dunk’s aid after the fact but if he told his brother to stop without dunk it might not have worked.
re: Are motor and effort the most valuable college bball qualities?
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/2/26 at 2:25 pm to SM1010
IDK but I can tell you that McMahon's strategy of recruiting low effort guys and getting them to play below their talent level isn't working at LSU.
re: Kirby Smart looks rough
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/2/26 at 12:52 pm to Stidham8
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when he got the georgia job 10 years ago?
Or he just aged 10 years...
re: Maester's Thread - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (S1, HBO) - Book Spoilers
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/2/26 at 12:39 pm to tigerfan88
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Martin has hinted in canon that Dunc does something incredibly heroic, sacrifices himself to save at least a few people from the fire or something along those lines. But there’s very little detail, so it could be that Egg also sacrifices himself somehow to save Rhaegar or something like that. And the “rejoicing his death” is because he saved the future Targaryen line with his last act or something along those lines.
I like this theory and I will believe this until the show proves otherwise. :lol:
re: Maester's Thread - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (S1, HBO) - Book Spoilers
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 2/2/26 at 11:12 am to BluegrassBelle
I thought Aegon the unlikley was a good king. Why would people rejoice in his death? Maybe I misremember the books?
I'd also add that Duncan being in the Kingsguard would not stand by a mad king so it really doesn't make a ton of sense.
I'd also add that Duncan being in the Kingsguard would not stand by a mad king so it really doesn't make a ton of sense.
re: The Walking Dead is a pretty stupid premise
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 1/29/26 at 1:35 pm to grizzlylongcut
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They’d have been handled in a month, maybe.
2 Weeks of quarantine to stop the spread, huh?
re: LSU landed 3 of the top 5 portal players per CBS.com
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 1/29/26 at 1:11 pm to tygerphan
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A first-year starter under Eric Morris at North Texas after never starting a game at quarterback in high school,
This is from Drew Mestemaker's write up. How is it possible to be a college QB if you never started in HS?
re: A Guess as to Kiffin's Long Term Thinking
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI on 1/29/26 at 11:45 am to NewportTiger
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1. Recruiting like hell and 2. Being successful on the field.
Dude. Don't let the other coaches know about this plan. Can you imagine if they also tried to get good players and win? That would be disastrous for LSU.
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