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Derp. Duplicate thread. Delete Please.

Gophers will be wearing these for a few games this season.

Yep. +1

All of the above.

It's Adidas. They aren't the crazy (not in a bad way) designers of Nike. They are conservative. So I don't know why anyone (not pointed at anyone here specifically, just the negative comments I am running across) keeps expecting much more out of them or even what they expect. If these are horrid, I would be interested to see what people actually thought of a more out there design produced by Nike for the Huksers because I bet it would be an outright rebellion. I would say, if anything, these are more of a "ho-hum, it's different I guess" kinda change. The extent of their design is a color change and a type change. I bet the discussion is pretty much like this. Fred, Nebraska wants an alt. Alright, how about an all red uni. Done. Take the numerals from last year's alts. Done. Make the helmet red. Check. Alright Fred, that was rough. let's call it a day.

I did the detassling gig for two summers. Same stories. I also did the HyVee gig. Was a solid employee for 8-ish months then for two weeks I get treated horribly and they wouldn't work with my sports schedule. Had a bball game in Pierre on a Friday night, get home at 4 am and have to be at work for a 7am shift because the bossman decided that was a good idea. naturally, overslept, then proceeded to get canned. Then worked 5 years at a golf course picking range balls and wrangling carts. Free range balls, free golf. Best 5 years of my golfing life. pretty much played all day, everyday for 5 years on the city's dime. Went to college and picked up a course maintenance job over the summers to keep the good life going. Ah, those were the days.

Solid post monsieur The Dude.

Note how the football is "crossing" the goal line? eh, eh? MUST BE A SIGN!!!

I'd drop him this week and keep Caleb - mainly because if you get out Amber, Caleb isn't going to care about the game anymore. You can almost eliminate 2 at one time. The other way to think about that is that Caleb isn't as focused on the game with her around and eliminating her could focus his game more.

Devin is playing HARD. That or he is thinking too much and too hard about it and he can't stop his brain from going a mile a minute. Sometimes it is good to keep crazy around but if I were playing, I wouldn't.

Haha. 12% rain forecast. Not 11% or 13.5% or 19.57675%? They are accuwather after all, amirite?!

That's a sweet idea that gives me some other ideas. I have the ability to pull it off just don't think I have the time right now unfortunately. Will keep an eye on it for when I get enough time to dedicate to it in a week or two.

Yes. I am starting to regret introducing my wife to a few shows, Big Brother being one of them. She is addicted.

Nice. I likey.

I have experienced the Pine Ridge/Rosebud reservations in South Dakota a few times. Just from the exterior, it was pretty horrifying. Then I saw this TED talk with photography from an outsider living as an insider. The video solidifies it and even opened my eyes more. I went to Detroit at the end of April this year for a National Disabled Hockey Festival. The despair is similar but yet entirely different. You drive for miles and miles and miles through Ford boom era housing, out of downtown to the suburb we were staying at, and every block has a couple okay looking houses, a few boarded/semi-boarded up houses and at least one house burned to the ground. Some looked newly burned, while others looked as though they've sat that way for many years. I have never seen so many fire destroyed houses in one day in my entire life. I doubt that I will ever see that level reached again. Then you get to the industrial zones and see massive factories that looked like they were in a post-apocalyptic movie. As a massive photography hound I had seen images before but it's entirely different seeing it in person. We went to the Ford Rouge factory and this was my experience as seen from the highway going to and from the factory.

So, before I go and start a new thread... I am reading through this literally as the title says, but for those around long enough to give me the TL;DR of the whole thread, is this a place where people are also suggesting new music for us to listen to? I am always in search of new music to check out but it looks like from most of the pages here that I read through it's literally just as the title says. Not that I don't mind the old stuff, and old stuff can be new to anyone... Although, if it makes sense to start one dedicated solely to new (maybe more specifically, recently released) music suggestions, I can.

FIFY. This is where the phrase "Drive for show, putt for dough" comes from. Sure you can full swing that sand wedge 120 yards but can you put a quarter swing on that same wedge from 35 yards out and consistently knock it close? What about a 3/4 sand wedge from 75 yards out? The most gains can truly be made around the green. Yet it is typically practiced the least. But really it can be extended up to 100 yards out. And is free to do, whereas a large range bucket here is around $7.50. Prevent chasing the ball around the green by developing touch with a simple drill. Start with a number of balls. 5, 10, 20, whatever. Start with your putter and hit a putt 2-3 feet. Then try to hit each consecutive shot about 6" past the last putt. Work your way as far out as you can go. Do the same with a wedge, working your way from a short, green-side pitch shot swing all the way up to a full swing. It's funny watching people go to the range and just pound on balls with a driver the whole time. You (generically speaking) hit driver 16 times per round, max. Long to middle irons, sometimes not even that much, at least I dont typically.You spend most of your time hitting mid to short irons and putting. Yet, let's pound the Big Dog. We spent all that money on him, he's gotta eat. Makes no sense. Here is a tip, the average large bucket of balls contains nearly the same amount of swings as par for 18 holes. Which means you should be hitting nearly every club you would in a typical round. Like was said above. Just put an easy and simple (mechanically speaking) swing on it and put something in play. Repeat with your second shot. You should be close enough now to put something on the green and at worst two putt. Easier said than done but it's not rocket science, no need to overthink it or overswing it. I too worked at a golf course through High school and college and I was lucky enough to have had the advantage of getting free range balls and golf. My best friend (who also worked there) and I would hit a giant bin of balls a day before my shift or during my buddies shift while he was picking the range. The bin was approximately 7 large buckets of balls. Oddly enough, we spent even more time on the practice greens and even though the range helped me immensely, there is no replacement for all that work put in on the greens. And by immensely I mean, I went from consistently over 100 as a freshman to a 4 handicap as a senior and I owe the majority of that to work around the greens. You can't make up for the touch you can gain. It also forces you to get creative too, mostly because hitting the same shot hundreds of times over can get boring, which really pays off with some of those tricky shots we can find during a round.

I have a problem reaching with longer putts (uphill from distance are my achilles heel) so my approach is slightly different. I generally play far less break and ensure that I hit it hard enough. It's a win for me if I can get it to within my money distance from the hole on the downhill side but I try to give myself at worst, a very easy "two putt that should-have-been-one". With the relatively shorter putts i am generally very confident and more aggressive with small or large break because I can consistently get the roll I need so the door is wide open for whatever the putt calls for. It makes it far easier for me to only have the one option from longer distances. Lucky for me (or maybe the reason I struggle) this is because my ability from tee up to green rarely leaves me in a long putt scenario. Not saying I am that good, just that I don't end up in too many long putts. Around the green depends almost entirely on how far off and how much green I have to work with, plus the break. I have a pretty wide arsenal to use. I prefer a punch and run with the 56, but have the lob/flop all the way down to the punch and run with some longer clubs accessible. I haven't ever used the fairway metal green-side (that I remember) but do occasionally mess around with it on the practice green for a change of pace.

Since the bald eagle is such a symbol to our country, the head had to be white. I've updated and posted above based on some suggestions from Chris Creamer's sportslogos.net forums. I really like the addition of gold. I understand the necessity for the white head and agree it should be white. My brain just wasn't processing the red on blue with the negative space S very well (I got it though) which then lead me to completely miss the head. I like the gold addition a lot. Much better definition on the eagle.