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41 minutes ago, oldschool2 said:

I wasn't at nor did I watch the game.  But.. sometimes there can be vastly different foul counts based on extreme differences in style of play.  Also, when a team is a "behind" situation late in a game, they will amass more fouls to intentionally force free throws.  Is it possible that this, or a combination of this was going on?

Simply stating foul count differences doesn't always prove evidence of bad officiating.  Even though it should be understood that officiating has gotten poorer over the years, across the board, for several reasons.  

based on the score updates there would've been minimal (if any) intentional fouling at the end of the game by either team.

1 hour ago, mfd814 said:

The foul count was 5-26.    Just Bad 

Pretty wild 

Multiple fatal car accidents, a fatal plane crash, a man struck and killed by a train, a man electrocuted, a man committing suicide in a church parking lot after a police chase, and a kidnapping/shooting all in the course of 5 days. What the hell is going on in setx? 

8 hours ago, tvc184 said:

I had a break open .410 that belonged to my grandfather and then father. My father would hunt with it probably around 1935 during the Depression.

 I loaned it to my cousin so that he hunt rabbits. His father was an alcoholic and got drunk and traded it for a bottle of whiskey. It would probably by about 100 years old by now. 

I might’ve gotten in a fist fight over that. But maybe not if I was a cop.

1 hour ago, baddog said:

Now that we’ve gotten past our first gun, I’ll ask you and everyone else what’s their favorite gun. It’s hard, I know, because we like them all, but there is still a favorite. Mine is my S&W 327 TRR8 Performance Center. I’ll pass it in to my son when I leave…..and the rest.

that's a tough one, but probably one of my Tikka .270s. or maybe the AR-10 that I spent way too much money building

20 hours ago, baddog said:

My Dad bought me my first gun. It’s a .410 single shot, bolt action Stevens. Bought at Sears & Roebuck on Broadway and Magnolia in Beaumont. My brother’s was the bolt action repeater.

my first was a .410 single shot breakover. I still have it as well. 

the state of the sport is a mess. there should be a cap on NIL money, and there should be a cap on transferring before you have to sit out a year (one). 

18 minutes ago, baddog said:

I’ve got the first gun I ever owned. None will ever be for sale. This buyback sounds fishy to me, but you will have some loonies give theirs up.

yeah, I do as well. I accumulate and rarely sell. I did trade two a couple years back for a nicer one that my dad was trying to get rid of. It cracks me up because most of the guns brought in are complete junk.

I may have to set up across the street and pay cash.

hard to argue with his results. he should have some talent to work with in Center.

19 hours ago, baddog said:

It was rhetorical. Chuckie will be at the top of the list. Him and his cronies will forget all about unarmed Ashli Babbitt.

I defended the shooting of Ashli Babbitt. I defend the ICE officer in this shooting. We can't expect the officer to interpret intent in a split second. 

2 hours ago, OlDawg said:

According to the Minneapolis City Council, the deceased was out ‘caring for her neighbors’. Her mother told the Star Tribune she wasn’t participating in ICE protests.

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there's articles from legitimate sources where Good's wife is quoted as blaming herself for making her go to the protests. Her mother is straight up lying.

I don't think for a minute that she was attempting to run over the ICE officer, but rather she panicked and tried to get away when she realized she was actually going to face some consequences for her dumb behavior. She was likely focused on the officer screaming at her through her window and trying to open her door. that doesn't change the fact that she accelerated directly at an ICE officer and either almost hit him or actually did hit him before he fired. this was clearly a justified shooting. It's wild to me that the mayor is getting away with making up a story where the series of events are completely contradicted by multiple videos of what actually happened. 

From what I’ve seen he’s leaving coaching altogether. Two time state championship coach. Could be the Carthage effect. Or the more money effect. 

Josh Gibson has notified the district that he will not be returning next year.

13 minutes ago, 89Falcon said:

They certainly have their logic. Dellinger played 5 different positions this year and was most definitely a utility type player. 

Whatever you say. I'm not going to go any further into this as I don't want any of it to come off as criticism of the player, who as I said had a very good year. 

24 minutes ago, 89Falcon said:

Well, he was a unanimous selection. So every coach in the district (including HF) felt the pick was accurate.

like I said, I know that a lot of politics come into play. If the WRS awards had a utility award, Pirtle would be on the shortlist of favorites to win it. And just so it's clear, because I know he's one of your guys, this is in no way a knock on the player. He had a really good season and deserved recognition this year. It's just strange to me that this was how the coaches worked it out to do it. 

I know there's a lot of politics that goes on in these things, but a one-way player (with a little special teams thrown in) getting Utility Player of the Year over Pirtle is wild. 

35 minutes ago, navydawg31 said:

Joseph locked in PNG now, he just got married to PN resident lol

PNG taking keeping him very serious, it appears. 

20 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

From my vantage point (press table, mid court, on the floor):

Huntington made a free throw to put themselves up 48-46 with 10 seconds left. EC inbounded and raced up the floor and tried to penetrate to draw a foul. Ball was knocked out of bounds off of Huntington but the clock hit zero when ball went out of bounds. Several folks thought the game was over (particularly Huntington folks). Officials came together and decided that there was .5 seconds left on clock. During that discussion lot's of tempers were flaring from all sides. Once it was determined that time was still left and EC would inbounds under their own basket, Huntington coach was on the court trying to instruct his team to defend the inbounds play. While doing this he a little far out on the floor and an official was encouraging him to get back on the sideline. Words were then fired back and forth from the head coach to an assistant for EC. It got really heated and the Huntington coach lost his cool and received a technical foul. That sent an EC player to the line and he made both free throws to tie the game at 48.

This didn't sit well with the Huntington coach, team and it's fans. Things really started getting out of hand and some fans were escorted out. Things got very chaotic and with the officials and school admins trying to get some order. Before play would resume, a player for Huntington basically lost it and he received a technical foul which sent EC back to the line to shoot two more free throws. Player made both. By this time things were just about out of control. Huntington players were very distraught. Head coach walked off the floor. EC inbounded with no defense by Huntington. Game ended. EC won 50-48.

It was a terrible way for this game to end. Huntington did not deserve to lose this way and I know EC wasn't too thrilled about winning in this manner. Just a complete shame that such a good game ended this way.

Needless to say that Huntington will not be returning tomorrow for Gold 3rd place game vs. Vidor.

I really hate it ended this way.

Pretty wild. Still, sounds like some self-inflicted wounds when they had the game wrapped up

6 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Their star player is injured. Got hurt last week. Could possibly be out for the season.

Was afraid it might be something like that. Was hoping he was just on vacation or something 

What’s up with Brookland? I get that they’re playing some higher classification schools, but had some results I wouldn’t have expected this tourney. 

6 hours ago, nappyroots said:

No, undocumented immigrants (often called "illegals") are not eligible for federal SNAP (food stamp) benefits; federal law prohibits them from receiving these benefits, though their U.S. citizen children may qualify for assistance within mixed-status households, and recent legislation (

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 immigrants' access too. SNAP eligibility focuses on U.S. citizens, nationals, and qualified legal permanent residents, with strict rules and waiting periods for many non-citizens, while state-funded programs or other benefits (like emergency Medicaid for health) might cover some ineligible groups. 

Therein lies the issue. If two illegal immigrants have a houseful of kids while living here, then their household can still have several dependents receiving government assistance. The left also uses those children as an excuse not to follow the law and deport their parents. It’s about the best argument there is against birthright citizenship. 

6 hours ago, LumRaiderFan said:

Thanks for proving my point, she could be right.

Look at the information being posted and critique that before simply dismissing the source.

I’m not sure why this is so hard.

If you can’t verify if it’s accurate, and it’s coming from a random influencer, how can you even begin to critique it. We know she didn’t do a study and come up with the numbers herself. So where did she get them?