Jeff Bangs
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@christopherrufo All the Pretty Horses succeeds in humanity and relatability and character development where those books fail (or at least take a long time to get there)
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I read the first hundred pages of The Road last year, and read the first hundred pages of Blood Meridian this year, and in both instances, gave up, because the books never clicked. Lyrical writing, but the characters are reduced to way down Maslow's hierarchy, and the tone is so relentlessly bleak, with almost no humanity breaking through, it was difficult to feel anything besides the flint clicking against the cold steel in the overwhelming darkness. I know many of you love it, but to me, it's overwrought, overstylized, and overhyped.
Kristen Rudd@kristenrudd
About to start Blood Meridian for the first time. Give me all your best advice.
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@agronomistryan1 Never seen one that extreme but have had them badly doubled/knuckles over. You probably should splint it with some wood or pvc and bandage wrap, help him along a bit and give him a bit of support. Just make sure pvc doesn't tear up his legs.
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@davidpollack47 Urban. Kiffin doesn't have the track record. Honestly Brian Kelly is a better comparison than lane but hasn't won one either.
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@Montanamic74289 Sick burn bro. 🙄 the griz practice in a balloon that already popped once. Broke ass team.
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Montana State would feel at home, they are used to practicing on an 80 yard field
Top Tier Tulane@TopTierTulane
Has no one noticed that these renderings Hawaii’s new Aloha Stadium only have an 80-yard field 🤣
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@Grizzled37 Edit to add... the Cats are absolutely killing you in every measurable metric right now, let's not leap past that when we're bragging about the distant past. They're pulling away, and would likely have moved up by now except they're dragging a boat anchor from over west.
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@Grizzled37 Ok. Has nothing to do with their record vs the Cats which is the convo you led with but... good job reposting graphics.
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@Grizzled37 Again... congrats on all the wins in the world war era over the NAIA cats. 👍👍
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@Grizzled37 Yup a tiny fraction. Give me the record when both are in the same subdivision, the fraction will be easy to figure out. Hint... it's well more than half. Tiny sample. Stats aren't really your thing over west, so this conversation makes sense actually.
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@Grizzled37 And here we go in circles. You're good at answering questions I didn't ask. 🤙🤙
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@Grizzled37 Yep hanging your hat on all those wins when MSU was NAIA. Remind me of the head to head when we're in the same subdivision? And remind me this century? And remind me on national championships, again?
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@Grizzled37 🤣 or something. I'll take the head to head wins during the season over a tourney win over Portland state. You do you, though. Guess if all you can hang your hat on is first loser in the tourney of a watered down BSC you have to run with it.
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@Grizzled37 So bc the Cats lost to a team you may or may not beat in basketball, that means... those 2 regular season wins don't count? How about the football ones, us losing to idaho in bball override those too? Keep going, it's good work you're doing.
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