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50 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

I read that as a bluff. Russia says they’re expecting a nuclear war, the world says we don’t want that and then questions the long term strategic value of helping Ukraine full force. Russia then takes over Ukraine because the world doesn’t want to use the weapons Russia claimed they would.

I was thinking that too and hope it is a bluff.

Russia has put it's nuclear deterrent forces on high alert.  Well that's just great news.

23 hours ago, Beechwoodfan said:

I know someone from Taiwan.  She said about half of the country doesn’t care if China takes over.

I don't understand why anyone would OK with their country being taken over by any nation, but especially CHINA!

6 minutes ago, theguru said:

We did win the AFC and make it to the Super Bowl.

I'm not sure one AFC Championship in 30 years makes up for the all the failure under Mike Brown:

Since Brown became owner:

- the team has eight winning seasons out of 30

- In 2008, the Bengals set a record for the most games needed under one specific owner to attain 100 wins(288).

-In 2010, the team set a record for the fewest games needed to lose 200 (both considering and not considering playoffs) under one specific owner (314)

- It is the only team with three nine-game-or-more losing streaks.^[

^- It also holds six of the twenty-five 0-6 starts (24%)

-four of the thirteen 0-8 starts (31%)

-The Bengals have gone winless in October nine different times in twenty-two years under five different head coaches 

-the team obtained the NFL's longest active drought for playoff wins during his tenure

-In 2009, Yahoo sports ranked Brown as the second worst owner in the NFL.  In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked Mike Brown as the 9th worst sports owner

Again, I am glad the Bengals won the NFC this year but based on his history, I have to believe it is in spite of Mike Brown, not because of Mike Brown.

9 minutes ago, theguru said:

I guess they were taking a wait and see approach and we saw the same thing this year.

Mike Brown continues to show why he is one of the league's worst owners.

On 2/14/2022 at 12:32 PM, theguru said:

I think the first move is to sign two or three free agent offensive linemen. 

Am I the only one who cannot figure out why Bengals ownership/leadership were not beefing up the O-Line LAST year and not waiting till this year to finally wake up?  The Bengal's #1 draft pick was being chased all over the field last year also and had a season ending injury last year.  Why didn't the light bulb illuminate then?  Even a moderate improvement to the line last year may have been enough to have the Super Bowl parade in Cincinnati rather than LA this year.

Got it!  Ironically it was a cat.  The present he left us on the floor didn't look like it came from a cat.  Oh well, problem gone.

22 hours ago, theguru said:

What about this one:

http://www.louisvillewildlife.com/

And for reference:

https://www.angi.com/companylist/louisville/animal-removal.htm

Thank you!  Will give them a call.

21 hours ago, ChickenWyngz said:

Let's also not act like the money was a huge concern. He's making 3.25 million this year, before any endorsements, speaking engagements, etc. That makes the fine the equivalent to a $600 fine in a 50k a year job. That's nothing awful. 

Him losing endorsements and speaking engagements may be the most financial damaging result of this incident.  Let's face it, would you want him endorsing your product/service or speaking at your engagement?

17 hours ago, John Anthony said:

Elite academic research university, sir.

Oh, oh, oh, my pardon.  Lol

Wow, I would almost be tempted to mount that above a fire place as beautiful as it is but understand the desire to lock it up.

Anyone know of any good commercial (licensed if that is a thing for trapping) animal trappers who serve Louisville.  I am the Business Manager for the Franciscan Kitchen on South Preston Street (just Southeast of downtown Louisville).  This morning we had the pleasure of finding a decent sized turd pile in our warehouse.  We called our pest guy and he said he only deals with bugs, mice and rats.  We had a opossum get in several years ago but the trapper we used then has retired.  We need to get this animal out soon.  The longer it is in here, the more food it will contaminate and we feed about 500 needy people every day so the sooner the better.  When I look on line, most of the sites look very "amateurish", we need professionals.  Thank you for any help you can provide.

On 1/30/2022 at 7:28 PM, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

I've been putting off getting a gun safe while we've lived here in Louisville because I didn't want to bother with having to move it, but once we get back to NKY I definitely want one.

I need to get one suitable for holding my flintlock longrifle, which is 62" long. ...so it needs to have at least a 63" interior height. Liberty's three top lines (Franklin, Lincoln, and Presidential) all have safes that will fit that, but $6K - $11K hurts my rear end a little more than I'm willing to deal with. Vault Pro has one for about $3.5K, but I haven't found any reviews on them online.

What are thoughts on the pros and cons of different locking mechanisms?

How much do you have invested in the flintlock long rifle?  Unless we are talking $5K or more (or it has a ton of family sentimental value to you) I can't think of a way to justify buying a $6-11K just so it is tall enough for a single rifle.  My biggest reason for wanting a better gun safe is so I don't arm a criminal who breaks into my home and the fact that I have a suppressor/silencer awaiting approval from the ATF.  If that were to get stolen, the ATF would be all up my rear end.  My current one is plenty to keep my brother's kids away from my guns but a team of criminals with crow bars, pry bars, spud bars, burke bars could get into it within 5 minutes.  If the long rifle isn't stupid expensive, locking it in a closet may be your only logical choice.  If a criminal stole it, I doubt they would use it to hold up a gas station, lol.

1 minute ago, TheDeuce said:

Howard has done it to myself, I'd imagine the next incident (assuming there is one) will be the last one. 

I would have to believe the AD and president have told him if he so much as cuts a fart on the sideline to start looking for a new job.

3 minutes ago, ChickenWyngz said:

Maybe! I've been busy lol... if they haven't, I'd try it at least. 

Oh I agree but it may be too late.

I thought along with UK extended Stoops contract, they should have done the same with Coen ALONG with a much bigger buyout.  Arrange it if someone is going to steal him from UK, make them write UK a nice sized check. 

3 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

It doesn't look like they are going to fire him over it, but they have even more grounds with this being a second offense. 

True.  With the way UM likes to portray itself as being above the moral ground compared to the rest of college athletics, this puts their AD and president in an ugly position.

8 minutes ago, ChickenWyngz said:

Pull together the biggest sum of money you can and take your chances on Joe Brady. He needs a job. 

I thought a team nabbed him already?

22 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

I wasn't aware (or didn't remember, one of the two) that apparently Howard told another coach he was going to kill him last year?

That changes things for me. That makes this a pattern. 

I am in the same boat.  Back when I thought this was his first offense, I was fine with a several game suspension and a fine.  After finding out more about the past, I was thinking rest of season suspension at a minimum and firing possible.

11 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

The rumor is that Liam Coen is headed back to the Rams to be their offensive coordinator according to Sports Illustrated.

Assuming SI is correct, I wonder if Stoops goes back to the NFL to find another OC?  It worked with Coen, can it work again?

17 minutes ago, Walter said:

Phillips cited player health safety and length of season as reason ACC doesn't support expansion, but really it's that he wants an 8 team format instead of 12.

Big 10 wants AQ for P5 champions instead of language of 6 highest ranked conference champions. 

Pac 12 wants the Rose Bowl to get special consideration and has raised concerns about revenue distribution. Basically, they know they aren't getting more than 1 team in, even in a 12 team format. 

Big 12, SEC, Mike Aresco (AAC), and Jack Swarbrick of ND are the only ones really on the same page with the 12 team format and language of 6 highest ranked conference champions and 6 at large. 

I get the player safety and health with such an extended season but I also get what you are saying Phillips is using that as a cover excuse for not wanting a 12 team format.  

1 hour ago, nikeman49 said:

Looks like not happening anytime soon.

Is Jim Phillips still the main antagonist to a playoff or is it something/someone else now?

16 hours ago, nikeman49 said:

He works D1 basketball games every night, must be a little better than you are giving him credit for.

The SEC and Big12 do not seem to agree.

On 2/14/2022 at 6:33 PM, nikeman49 said:

Grab yourself a whistle and give it a try, then I doubt very seriously if you would downgrade Higgins again.

I have no doubt that Higgins is better than your average Joe on a sports website but compared to other professional officials on the collegiate level, the consensus seems to be he comes up short relatively speaking.

On 2/15/2022 at 11:46 AM, 4 Quarters said:

Really doesn't matter, if the right job opens up, he will be out of here.

The bump in pay is to keep away the schools who are on the fringe of being "the right job" to Fickell from going to those schools.  I always use the example of when UK lost Guy Morris.  Baylor (back then at least) was not "the right job" by any means but it was good enough and paid enough to steal him away from UK.  UC wants his pay to be enough to keep anyone not named OSU/Bama/etc. from stealing their coach and to build goodwill and loyalty with Fickell.  So I would argue, it really does matter, if it didn't, UC wouldn't have done it, they know what there are doing up there.

On 2/8/2022 at 12:40 PM, Voice of Reason said:

Tidbits heard today:

If the Bengals win, Burrow will be the first QB ever to win a NCAA title, the Heisman and the Super Bowl.

CJ Uzomah said he is planning to play in the game.

If the Bengals win, all three QB's who won the NCAA title and the Super Bowl are named Joe (Namath Bama/Jets, Montana ND/49'ers and Burrow LSU/Bengals).

Note:  Some people recognize Ken Stabler's Junior Year Crimson Tide as the 1966 national champion but officially Michigan State and Notre Dame shared the title.  I agree the Tide were robbed but, it is what it is.  Stabler then went on to win for the Raiders.

Also, some people believe Theismann's 1970 Notre Dame was the national champion and he went on to win the Super Bowl with Washington.  That would make four Joe's.