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a vendetta out of a texan?

why i've never heard anything so silly in all my years

doesn’t he realize that TV personalities and celebs with super low IQ’s get elected in california? well, maybe that’s just actors. texas is a big football celeb state. oh god, he’s gonna get elected, isn’t he?!

Or kill hookers.

What will happen, will happen. He’ll get plenty of snaps regardless.

It’s not like he did that all year…

I just don’t foresee the necessity.

so he’s stuck in last century as far as offensive mindsets are concerned?

Roses work for me.

just don’t step on the grass

I’m trying.

but only from fans. I don’t know that it really exists as I’ve never seen it called. If it is a rule I think it’s an NFL rule only.

they have to use it, but they are not going to penalize a team for an injured player.

and that is probably the reason the wiscy player didn’t stay down. but i was thinking the same thing, why didn’t the uW player stay down. doesn’t matter, we would have stopped the next play.

Two points:

1. I like our chances at stopping that final play regardless, but even more so if Toon’s not on the field.

2. Do you think we were playing a little bit TOO prevent there at the end? Those were some long pass plays.

Let this wave crash to the shore.

Sniff, you died too soon…

(dammit, Gorby, this is supposed to be black-budget, dying-breath, eyes-only stuff! Zip it!)

on top of that, very few guys can run like Montee Ball runs (and none of them are in the Pac).

especially with your paragraph. Neither team was going to shut the other team’s offense down for any kind of prolonged period, that much was clear. So taking some calculated risks was what was needed. And that’s exactly what I’d classify Kiko’s INT as – a calculated risk. The beauty of it is that the main thing that could go wrong there is a double move, but since it was the slot receiver and we had other people in coverage, it probably wouldn’t have gone for a huge gain.

Sort of like Kenny Wheaton jumping the out pattern in 1994. Guess right? Hero. Guess wrong? Probably not.

- Curmudgeons
- Older males
- Baver & Fusky fans

You have some redundancy there…

How great something like that would look for OSU’s helmets, especially since they have a silver helmet as their standard.

But yes, they looked great. They were awesome. And I will love them forever now.

- Curmudgeons
- Older males
- Baver & Fusky fans

GODDAMMIT DO NOT LUMP ME IN WITH THAT THIRD GROUP THERE.

Besides, I liked them.

and they’ll always hold a special place for me because of that too. But if we lose that game, no one would want to see those things ever again. Grellow 2.0

could you imagine a 2 point conversion to determine the Rose Bowl? I don’t know if I could watch that.

I couldn’t believe the play-call for the 2-pt conversion LAST year against TCU. 5+ yards plowing through the middle all game, and they decide to go with some weird TE screen/dump-off thing against a fast-as-hell defense.

Something that kind of irks me is how many times I’ve heard people say

He should go, he’s not going to improve his draft stock if he stays.

How do people figure that? He’s projected as about a 3rd round pick. I’ve seen some mock drafts with him in the late 2nd, and some as low as the 4th round. But most have him in the 3rd round. What are the concerns with him? Well, Scout’s Inc (Insider only) says he has a few:

Power/Balance
Intangibles
Durability

I’m not sure why being a sprinter on the Oregon track team is listed under intangibles, but that’s beside the point. They have him marked as below average in Power/Balance, Intangibles, and Durability. He can improve his Power/Balance and the durability concerns, especially if he puts on another 10 pounds or so like he did this past offseason, while maintaining his breakaway speed, and finishes the season healthy. I feel like the intangibles is just a totally ridiculous grade and will be wiped away weather he goes out this year or next as soon as teams interview him and actually do a bit of research on the guy and what actually happened with that whole situation.

He’s currently listed as the 5th best RB behind Trent Richardson, David Wilson, Lamar Miller, and Chris Polk. Of those running backs, and the 5 listed behind LMJ as 6-10, he and Montee Ball are the only 2 who haven’t declared for the draft yet.

So I guess what I’m saying is I think he CAN improve his draft stock. Let’s say he goes in the beginning of the 3rd round. Last year the guy who went in the 1st pick of round 3, Terrell McClain, signed a 4 year, $2,800,000 deal that included a $700,000 signing bonus. Let’s say that by staying a year, he can improve his draft stock. If he could get to the middle of the 2nd round (Lance Kendricks) and move up just 15 or so spots, he’d be looking at a 4 year, $4,225,000 deal that includes a $1,500,000 signing bonus. And if he could sneak into the beginning of the 2nd round (Aaron Williams), it would be $5,200,000 with $2,320,000 signing bonus.

So if he leaves, by the end of the 2015 season (final year of contract if he leaves this season), he’d make $2,800,000. But if he stays and improves to the middle of the 2nd round, by the end of that same season he’d have MORE than that at $2,967,000 because of the higher signing bonus using the structure on Spotrac.com. And if he could get to the top of the first round, he’d have even more at $4,108,000. Plus, he’d still have the biggest payment due to him in the following year. And, if he didn’t make it and got cut because the NFL doesn’t have guaranteed contracts, the higher signing bonus would mean more money that he walks away with.

So, if he can’t improve his draft stock by coming back, it makes perfect sense for him to leave. But if he can improve it by proving he can carry the load for a full season without injury and adding some more muscle to his frame, and by maybe letting some of these other RB’s go out this year, naturally raising him up the ladder a bit (not to mention the potential increased marketability of possibly being the NCAA’s all time leading rusher), it might make sense for him to stay.

TL;DR version – I don’t necessarily think LMJ should stay, and I’m in full support of whatever he decides to do. But I don’t know that it’s as much of a no-brainer as some think, and it could be worth it if he can improve his stock.

then they should probably go pay that vet a visit.

It’s called hell.

it’s called thousands of people taking their money out of corp. banks (which she ceo’s or manages) and puts it in a local credit union. Thus she losses a job and ends up in a homless shelter she helped to close down.

now that would be justice.

that will cover him if he gets hurt next year. I feel the same as you though. I will completely happy for him if he goes, and feel blessed that I got to watch him for this long, but I also will not be shocked if he stays.

Both of those guys could afford to hang out and party for another year. And as QBs they don’t take the punishment a RB takes. LMJ is probably a third down back in Nfl, which will be a little easier than trying to be a feature back like Ingram, but also means he won’t go in an early round.

There’s no chance he returns to increase his draft stock IMHO. It’ll be a personal decision. My guess is that he is gone, but there’s always the chance he comes back just to make Aaron Fentress look stupid.

We always seem to play like crap in the Palouse, and for the last two years they’ve played us surprisingly close. I’d love to be wrong, of course.