Bear Down Wildcats

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UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 5:47 pm
Wow that looks a lot different than when I went there back around 1990.

You owning the bars while I was seated on the living room carpet, either watching DuckTales/Talespin or wrestling the Nintendo controller from my younger brother.

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Anyone ever frequent the Oldfather Inn Bar and Grill northwest on Ina Road toward the Interstate? I lived within walking distance of this place about a decade ago and I now regret not wondering on in and catching a game and a beer. Definitely has the independent minded Western look going on. Probabl...

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Took a paycut and fired his DC. Not a bad news dump week. With home attendance and fan interest way down in Westwood and the local media market moving on from UCLA football over the last few seasons, especially now that USC has hired Lincoln Riley, I’m convinced Chip Kelly recognized he could skate...

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Man... I believe "Dumpster Fire" as noted by others, is the correct term. Could ASU be in for, let's say, a 3-9 season now as half of everyone up there has either quit the team or are cannibalizing each other. Devils will open the season beating Northern Arizona and Eastern Michigan, but after that...

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Several days in Chicago this week, flying in and out by way of O’Hare. Sunday’s late flight from Phoenix didn’t land until midnight and as a sign of growing older, rather than sleeping in the terminals before heading out the next morning, I stayed at O’Hare’s on-location Hilton, which was comparativ...

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There's more than enough resources for the world to easily support even twice the population it currently has. It's just that human ego and capitalism has made that impossible I don't know how anybody can really believe this. Even in more agrarian areas in impoverished regions of SE Asia, the amoun...

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My Dad and I's most common sociopolitical disagreement is over whether the Earth is overpopulated or not. Last time I told him " China's One Child policy was ahead of it's time. " An unpopular opinion even amongst myself. To which I did quickly agree with my Dad's counterargument that China's enforc...

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Terrible news from the Cal Basketball Program: From CBS SF Bay Area affiliate: "Gene Ransom, one of the greatest point guards in Cal basketball history and a member of the Golden Bears sports hall of fame, was the victim of a fatal freeway shooting on Interstate 880 in Oakland, a family member confi...

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UNLV was not good on offense last year. Scrapping the bottom of the barrel: "UNLV was 2-10 last season and 0-6 in the previous year while Thomas was its offensive coordinator. The Rebels were No. 119 out of 130 Division I teams last season in total offense at 312.2 yards per game and tied for No. 1...

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One of those wild Kerr threes had to eventually go in. Guy was letting himself get trapped too much.

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Once again, a much deserved congrats to the Wildcats staff for finalizing a fantastic signing class, especially after the rough season on the field. Going back about 15 years into the Stoops era, when I first began following Arizona Football, I think this will be the FIRST time the Wildcats will fin...

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Magic believes Russell played his best game as a Laker Vs the Hornets last night. So it's fitting LA ends up losing, with Russ missing the last shot on a three that would've won the game at the buzzer. On the other hand, both Lebron and AD were sidelined. https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson/status/1487...

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Wow, thanks for the tweet posts dm. Overdue for updates into the investigation. "AD officials have privately expressed concern to colleagues and others about the serious nature and far-reaching implications of the case ASU is facing, which is expected to include Level I violations in a Notice of All...

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Stanford’s James Keefe is glaringly the worst player on the floor. Doesn’t take wide open shots, doesn’t go up for rebounds, backs down in the paint, 40% free throw shooter.

ESPN mentioned his Dad as a former Stanford player, so I guess that helped Keefe get his basketball scholarship.

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Man that was a grand 3

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I knew we were in for a quite an evening night when in the bathroom, comprised of two toilets facing each other in a closet, some guy in a silver puffer jacket wondering in behind me, checked with me whether it was “ok, bro?” if this could be his corner to do coke. Sure enough, as I was leaving any...

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4 star DLineman formerly at UCLA and with offers last year from literally everywhere. Wow - offers from far and wide: ASU, Arkansas, Auburn, Colorado, Florida, Florida St, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn St, TCU, Tennessee, USC, Utah, Washington St, West Virginia. ...

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Thanks everybody! I'm honored you've purchased a few copies; please no way feel obligated to like what you're reading. For context, over the course of about 6 months the perspectives of three different editors contributed to whether or not this novel was taken up for publication by a smaller house t...

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Hate the Raiders but good on them for going for the win and not taking a knee. Watching the Raiders kick the game winning field goal Vs the Chargers last night, I knew right away that the Chargers earlier timeout to prevent a playoff clinching tie was the worst clock management I’ve witnessed in ov...

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I really don’t care to watch other games when we are not playing. So frustrating. Yesterday, stuck in a pretty empty airport, I watched North Carolina Vs Virginia, sipping coffee at a mimosa bar. Can't remember the last time I watched a non-Wildcats, non-Tournament college basketball game. Probably...

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Sid wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:12 pmWe got him!

Welcome Rayshon Luke! Fantastic to catch your commitment and see you playing!

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Siempre Verde wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 7:06 am

Purchased! Congrats!

My goodness - thank you!

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Here it is, I had the cover designer sprinkle in a bit of familiar Arizona imagery:

https://www.amazon.com/Responsible-Dist ... 222&sr=1-1

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My self-published novel goes live on Amazon this week. 3 years to write a first draft, followed by 2 years of working with an editor + soliciting literary agents to no avail + finally getting a publisher interested last summer (before they ultimately turned my project down), it's uplifting to fairly...

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January through February is consistently my worst time of year for weathering depression. I’m sure it’s seasonal circumstances – cold, dark by 5PM – mixing with the post-Holiday, back-to-work letdown but it’s stark how like seasonal clockwork January becomes a month largely lost to plummeting motiva...

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Merkin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 12:23 am

Do any GoT fans even care anymore? Don't think I can read another 500-700 page book on descriptions of clothing and food.

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wyo-cat wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 5:22 pm Oak trees grow slow and strong.

Oaks mature to adulthood faster than it takes G R R Martin to write his next GoT novel

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Creed sucks but was a huge deal if you're currently between the age of about 30 and 50 Doesn't even seem that long ago - the year 2000? - when pop radio cut an endless loop of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink 182, Eminem, Brittney, Linkin Park, and Creed. Creed disappeared as quickly as Nu Metal right ...

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Glad I left when I did! Christmas night is even crazier. Its shoulder to shoulder after 10PM Please give us a report if you make it back for Christmas night. If so, looking forward to hearing about another holiday at Baboquivaris. Meawhile, my buddies and I plan to make it a Thanksgiving tradition ...

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Jedd can convince me to keep my cable tv subscription for all I care.

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Didn't know next year's schedule was on its way out.

Didn't know we had a series with Mississippi St.

Will definitely be attending the Mississippi St home game.

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The first (and only!) time my parents seated me atop the lap of a Mall Santa my six-year-old self mistook the merry ordeal for a Catholic confessional:

Mall Santa: “And have you been a good boy this year?”

6 yr old self: “I got detention for sniffing dry erase markers!”

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Or the coach's son balling with the co-ed athletes.

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The joke is on everybody involved in this mess except for Cristobal who will be overpaid $8M to be the Hurricanes next mediocre coach. I don't feel sorry for Oregon who speculated replacement candidate is Chip Kelly, whom I'm sure will return to Eugene in a heartbeat. He isn't the same guy from a de...

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The day I had to learn Santa doesn't exist was hard. My parents & siblings sat me on the couch, explaining the impossible logic of a 285lb man funneling down so many chimneys in one night, before offering I go take my Mazda for a contemplative drive. Found myself in a sports bar later, but not too l...

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That secret hallway she found is pretty cool. And having crashed overnight in airport terminals several times, I can attest the janitors are the only people present between about 1AM and 5AM. Not very restful, but certainly eventful, have crashed in: Toronto, San Francisco, New York JFK, Chicago-Mid...

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Man those blue (or whatever) uniforms looked horrible Vs the Clippers last night. Despite the Lakers good shooting, the defense caved in and let up too much to beat the Clips. Lebron scored 23 points, but for long stretches it didn't even seem like he was on the floor. The only good news about falli...

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Mmmmm I dunno fellas, it sounds like your taste is too good to be making claims of slumming it in such a place. I've never been to Baboquivari but the Dive Bar standard pretty much says the presence of a bouncer classes up the joint too much. "Bouncer" is a glorified word for what these guys were. ...

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Bulls forced to forfeit a 2nd round pick due to "tampering" with the acquisition of Lonzo Ball. To me the NBA seems a bit unrealistic about enforcing its tampering rules; I don't think they've been pleased with how flagrantly tampering had become but given how high profile NBA free agency is some le...

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Yep I was there, left before it got nuts :lol: Did you see Kim the blonde bartender throw that guy out at the bar? I didn't see what he did but she made a huge scene. I knew we were in for a quite an evening night when in the bathroom, comprised of two toilets facing each other in a closet, some gu...

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Now that Christmas music is sounding across the radio waves, am I the only one who gets preoccupied with what medications Grandma was on when she got run over by a reindeer? I'm guessing a mix of Xanax and Perc 30s. Any other ideas?

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Sure, but he did that in arguably the easiest 3-game stretch of the schedule where they lost to Sacramento in 3 OTs. Lake Show is garbage. Tear it down and rebuild. This was exactly my sentiment as well. For instance the other night LeBron and AD had massive games Vs a bottom feeding Pistons team a...

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Anyone ever frequented Danny's Baboquivari over on Ft. Lowell? In town for Thanksgiving and last night was taken here by a few hometown buddies who make it their tradition to visit one of the only bars open on Thanksgiving. TVs airing Home Alone, Pool tables, juke boxes, dog friendly, no too-loud mu...

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Michigan is not used to fighting so hard for boards

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Just stunned out how opened and aggressive our offense looks, especially in feeding the ball down low, compared to Miller's last half-decade where I got used to stuffy, hesitant ball handling.

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Last night's Kings game stopped for a while to clean up a fan vomiting on the court - a metaphor?

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Their defense last year was so good, it was constipating to watch. That was a lot to give up in return for this lineup. You're right about the D. Lakers've lost Schroder, Drummond, Kuzma, etc from last years lineup, all of whom quite often disappeared on offense but now looking back locked down a g...

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They need to get Lebron back before they will be competitive. How would the Bulls be doing without DeRozen? With all of the albeit older name brand players (and leaders?) on the roster why does it still have to come down to Lebron returning? Nobody on LA's roster can slightly stem the impact of los...

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Blown out by Chicago Bulls drops Lakers to 8-7. Anthony Davis thrown out of game for cussing out referee after Chicago inbounded the ball while Davis was still putting his sneaker back on. Combine that with Davis getting into Dwight Howard's face on the bench earlier this season and I think we've go...

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To say something nice(?) about Herm Edwards, are ASU's few diehards who melted down over their homecoming loss and the beat writers who go about doomsayer-ing Herm's 4th season overreacting? (Four years on the job, Herm Edwards is falling way short of achieving boss's goals: https://www.azcentral.co...

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