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Neal and the QBs

Living here in southeast Alabama, I became familiar with Neal"s successes at Troy. During his time there he not only ran a string of 10 win seasons, but defeated LSU and Nebraska on there home fields. During this stretch he managed to recruit several solid quarterbacks. Now we reach the Day Gee saga and I can only assume Neal is being blackmailed to keep him in games. I also do no believe that Greene has been given much of a chance. You don't get invited to the Elite 11 if you are not a solid passer. I am, and always will be, a loyal Mountaineer, but I will not feel that loyalty to Neal if he does not get somebody else under center next season.

The rich know that warnings about making people 'dependent on government' are a scam

The rubes always fall for this stuff because I see it repeated on the board regularly.

The rich know that warnings about making people 'dependent on government' are a scam

“When you give people something for nothing, they don’t value it and it just makes them lazy.”

In other words, if you think you’re helping people by providing them with food stamps or subsidized housing or free healthcare, you’re actually hurting them.

For things or life’s circumstances to be meaningful, this belief says, they must have been acquired through struggle. And by depriving people of the struggle, we’re depriving them of an opportunity to learn to “stand on their own two feet.”

Destructive cultural myths like this always start with a grain of truth; it’s what propels them to seeming credibility and then on to cliché status. We’ve all had the experience of treasuring something we worked really hard to get, so it just makes sense that things that come more easily aren’t considered as valuable.

But while that general rule of thumb often applies to discretionary things — hobbies, toys, and the like — nobody is thinking of valuing or not-valuing necessities like food, housing, or medical care. They’re always valued, regardless of how they’re acquired, because they’re essential to life itself.
Bizarrely, they even use religion to justify this worldview.

While Jesus had told his followers that when people are hungry, thirsty, or homeless we should provide them with food, water, and shelter — without trying to make a profit from it, but for the sheer joy of giving — Republicans who sanctimoniously call themselves Christians reject that advice, saying that if somebody is in need, that very desperation will become their motivation to do great things.

I still remember hearing Rush Limbaugh tell the crude Republican joke:

“What do you do when somebody’s down? Kick them! Otherwise, they’ll never get up!”

This idea that society helping its individual members to reach their highest potential is actually hurting them is one of the most pernicious lies conservative politicians and philosophers have spread in the past few centuries.

The "feel" going into the OU game in Norman.

I don't have an in-depth analysis of the BYU game, or any WVU game for that matter. All I have is a "feel" about what I'm seeing. I think we're seeing the development of many random pieces finally coming together; the right group of transfers, the right group of seasoned players and the right group of young recruits getting a chance to show what they can do.

Maybe HCNB finally has what he's been searching for for a couple of seasons. Maybe he finally realized that he's got to crack the whip a little more to get results. I "feel" like he's got a little harder edge this season and is getting results with it. I wonder how much of that is ADWB? Maybe lighting a fire under an already hot seat was what was needed.

I can give the Houston loss a bit of a pass as an absolute fluke, but one that the team should have prepared for better; and that's on the coaches! OSU showed that they were better than the 2-2 team that started the season and they continue to prove it. But the total defensive collapse in the 4th qtr was abysmal!

So I'm trying to determine how I'll "feel" after the OU game on Saturday. Obviously, if we win I'll feel great! If we lose I'll feel terrible, but I'm wondering to what degree? If we stay in the game, keep the score tight, I'll "feel" bad about the loss, good about the effort, and be ready to move on to picking up two more wins to finish the season. If we get our ass handed to us, I hope I'll feel optimistic regardless of the results and still hope for two wins to finish the season. But I can't guarantee it.
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This is the most complete I’ve seen Brown’s offense. This is exactly what we have needed to see since he’s been here. I love the aggressiveness trying to score in the final minute instead of the surrender hand off potentially letting BYU get points before the half.

Idk who gave this dude a steroid shot before the game. But he’s night and day different.
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