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But coach--red claims to be some kind of "expert" in sports betting, and the other has just enuf crossed wires upstairs to think he is also. Surely, such luminaries have all the correct information at their fingertips.

And kew: since you spend so much time trying to look waaay smarter than you are ...the 5 of 530 NFL games came from both ESPN and NFL Network. Ever watch those?

You're a good bet to be wrong on most everything you say. However, I'll lead you in the right direction for this one. You need to understand the parameters surrounding the 5 of 530 games statement. Of course, someone like you stretched, spun, and twisted what happened--and also how & when--to allow you to include games that had nothing to do with those statistics.

Go figure it out or better yet, have the "expert" do it for you.

The God of Gambling will be waiting.....

 

MrV is an addict alcoholic and it burns him up to see someone else out there doing better than he is in all respects, which is why he lashes out at so many at these forums.

He is in fact frequently cornered and confronted as to why he is such an asshole, and he says all sorts of things in response except the one unutterable truth, that like most addicts he has very low self esteem combined with an exaggerated ego.

 

Say what you will about V, he's one of the best pot stirrers in forum history and is MANY times cooler then Kew. Nobody was able to decimate the legend Frank "Sky Pilot" Stanton like V. It was top notch forum comedy.

 

If playing football enabled one to win betting on football, the books would be out of business.

Sorry, coach, my dad coached football. I've been keeping football stats, designing plays, and figuring out who should play what position since I was nine years old.

Now please don't tell me that I've attended more Nike coaches' clinics than you and Rob put together...or correct me if I'm wrong. I figure going by "coach," you must have attended a few coaches' clinics. Or am I wrong? I must admit, I haven't attended any clinics since Covid. Last one was a meet-'n-greet with the former ETSU head coach and various guests. Nike clinics are much better. The most valuable things I ever learned from a Nike clinic was not hands on football -- it was a roundtable about job prospects and the longevity of assistant coaches. Really eye-opening when you grasp how the years-per-job has dramatically reduced since 1990.

Incidentally, coach, if you read my little bio piece in Driving Southern, you'll see that the guy I was running those "errands" with was an all-conference linebacker.


Driving Southern (Hardcover) - Walmart.com

 

This topic brought back memories. Coach, I loaned my apartment to Mike Munchak and his friends on the football team when they were freshmen at Penn State. In fact, I'm not sure if Munchak would remember me, but he owes me a security deposit. If you give him a call to verify this, please tell him I found whatever they put in the oven (maybe a black turkey?) and I got docked about $400 for clean-up. Munchak was a small town Pennsylvania boy, as was QB Terry Rakowski, so I loaned them my apartment. Bad decision for everyone.

Munchak was going to have been the first freshman to start for PSU (Paterno never started freshmen), but the consequences of that night kept him out of the lineup. I'm not going into details, as nobody knows the details except us. I don't think that story has ever made the light of day.

I should drop Munchak a line and hit him up for that $400.

 

Oh boy, you kept stats...like some chick who thinks that makes her an expert, too.

Did you ever play...you sorry-ass clipboard-carrying cheerleader?

Where did you learn to cry like a bitch about the refs...at those clinics, or from your dad?

 

You are wrong as usual. I played football (and baseball) in 8th and 9th grade which was Jr High school at the time. In High school, I only played baseball.

I don't think that make me an expert at either sport. Nor have I ever claimed as much. So what is your point?

 

Rob, as you sit on your throne-shaped easy chair hurling aspersions at the new crop of black QB's, keep in mine that it is Hurts, not Brady, leading the league in pocket passing stats this year.

Unlike Brady, Hurts also has good legs amd a smart game plan to use him effectively.

Not taking anything away from Brady, just saying black QB's can amd do also play at his leve.

 

What the fuck are you, a sideshow clown?

You've proven nothing; I certainly see no proof that you are a better person, gambler, or attorney than me (recently retired).

Yeah, I've smoked pot since I was fifteen; no regrets, no objective negative effects.

You might think you're god's son, sent to earth, but in reality you're an imposter writing checks you cannot cash.

Keep em coming tough guy, you make me laugh.

 

Hurts has been lucky not to have gotten injured yet, like all these other black jackrabbit style "QB's" have. His time will come. Using him to run as part of a game plan is not very smart--at all. But if Philly plays TB in the playoffs, you'll see who the better QB really is when the lights go on.

 

Come on V, you asked for it. Bragging about putting toxic smoke in your lungs since 15 isn't the wisest of things to say.

 

A couple things I can agree on with Rob. I don't like Hurts running as much as he does, especially the designed runs and double especially that stupid QB sneak the Eagles do with 3 guys pushing from behind.

I think that pushing the QB will be outlawed next year. That isn't football...it is rugby.

Rob is only partially right about QB knee injuries. Qbs are more vulnerable for a that acl tear standing in the pocket with 360 pound lineman falling on their knees than they are out of the pocket running the ball. Tom Brady had that injury and it wasn't from running.

BUT once the running black QBs do get that injury, they are never really the same. They lose something off their running game.

 

Here in Az. there's a HUGE condemnation of the team giving that little worthless pickaninny Kyler Murray such a big contract when he didn't deserve it. He claims his running "guides" the offense. But he's as stupid as they come when it comes to the cerebral part. They didn't put that clause in his contract that he had to do more studying for nothing. Of course, they had to remove it over the claims saying it was "racist".

 

Ah, now we come to the heart of the matter.

Rob, why is it OK in your mind for someone to be a moderate drinker but not a moderate pot smoker?

I did both til the mid-nineties, never got in legal or professional trouble; I quit drinking then, cold turkey, "just because."

Abusing / enjoying alcohol or drugs is akin to gambling: to pull it off in the long run takes discipline / self-control.

Ah, the old "knife edge" is so compelling, we want to dance there but fear falling.

Not surprisingly, I seem to have taken up gambling shortly after I quit drinking: fair trade.

I challenge you to show how my smoking pot has substantially damaged me...go on, I'll wait...

Weed is the lubricant I use to squeeze through these knotholes we call "life."

 

Rob, there is a big difference between a running quarterback, most who are black, and a legitimate quarterback who can run. Kyler Murray was never going to be anything but the first, just like guys like Lamar Jackson, Desaun Watson, those types. Running QB's can win some games during the regular season, but when you get to the playoffs, teams can shutdown that running part using things like a "spy". Once you do that they can't beat you using just their quarterbacking skills.

Now examples of QB that can run are Mahomes, and Josh Allan. If you take away their ability to run (or they hurt an ankle or something), they can still beat you just throwing the ball.

I am not putting Jalen Hurts into that QB that can run category yet, but he is getting close. His improvement this year passing the ball is remarkable. Remember this is only his second year as a fulltime starter. I would like to see that same big improvement in a playoff performance.

But giving Kyler Murray, or any running QB that money is crazy in my opinion. They aren't going to come close to winning you a championship. Best you can do is win some games and maybe your division for a few years. But there will be a lot of playoff disappointments.

 

To answer your question:

Smoke in the lungs in ANY form is very very detrimental to ones health. I am a living of proof of that. I have never been stupid enuf to smoke, nor have I ever been moronic enuf to put the far more toxic smoke of "weed" into my lungs. The results? Nearly perfect health at 73-1/2. And my mind is as sharp as the day I entered a very mentally challenging Camp Peary.

As far as a moderate intake of alcohol goes, Harvard did a study that recognized a 200 pound man is better off with taking one drink a day over none, and two drinks a day over one. Moderate intake of alcohol has some positive results associated with it.
I weigh a steady 205 lbs., so I try my best to consume 2 alcoholic drinks a day when I can.

To me this is a no-brainer. Smoke weed and eventually pay the price, whether it be in the form of an earlier-than-expected death, a fried formerly common sense-oriented mind (which appears to be your path), or the feared slow excruciating and humiliating death in front of a phony grieving family, who all likely fry their brains daily.

 

LOL. The truth comes out. The "coach" -- anonymous internet handle -- hasn't attended any Nike football coaching clinics.

How can you call yourself a coach if you don't go to Nike coaching clinics? I talked to quite a few famous dudes -- the Georgia Southern coach (triple option), the Ohio State assistants (coaching jobs roundtable), the Navy coach.

God, you lead a sheltered life, "coach." I'll use the quotation marks going forward.

 

You are cherry-picking again Rob.

It has long been believed that 1-2 drinks a day has benifits to the heart.

But multiple studies show that as little as 1 drink a day increases risk of cancer....particularly colon cancer in men.

 

I think I'm onto something with "coach." I do believe the man has been somewhat faking his moniker.

Hey, "coach," how many varsity letters did you earn in high school and college?

LOL. I'll go first. I earned six in high school and two in college. I bet you thought I was just some garden-variety nerd. Hey, "coach," you make any all-league teams in your heyday?

And while I'm defending the Dietz athletic name, my nephew was second team all-state last year at safety, which is quite an accomplishment in Pennsylvania.

 

I grew up in northern NJ, not too far from NYC: the pollution, especially early on, was absolutely horrible; I suspect my lungs were damaged by that.

I smoked tobacco til my mid-40's: recent physicals show healthy lungs, no riles or wheezing.

Weed use, while regular, is never heavy, usually one or two puffs from my trusty little wooden pipe; I've had that pipe most of my adult life, and note that the weed shops don't sell wooden pipes anymore, they're all glass, with a few metal.

Sure, I am not helping my lungs by smoking weed but it certainly helps keep me mellow and on an even keel.

As for my family "fry"ing "their brains daily:" bullshit.

My wife does not smoke or drink.

My son drinks Irish whiskey but does not smoke weed or tobacco (he did, but gave it up some time ago).