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Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Evaluating Herman's first (almost) 500 days...)

You're supposed to unless the dealer shows a bust card. It's not balls, is math.

A ballsy Blackjack move is more like doubling down on 11 vs a dealer 4 or splitting AA against a dealer 8 or 9.
Herman would say going for it the way he does is math.
 
I'm out at comparing Aguero/Kane/Salah to 2* Wrs.
Haha ... Quantity and not ranking mate ... two 5* WR's ... ;-)

Trying to simplify it for our site owner that did not come to the sport until 2 or so years ago and has spent his adult life doing gridiron analysis ...
 
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Haha ... Quantity and not ranking mate ... two 5* WR's ... ;-)

Trying to simplify it for our site owner that did not come to the sport until 2 or so years ago and has spent his adult life doing gridiron analysis ...


In contrast I’d offer the fact that every EPL player of the month except on has been a forward including your 2/5* examples. :)

Sadio Mane
Harry Kane
*Leroy Sane
Mo Salah
Harry Kane
Sergio Aguero

I’d bet on Mo for February as well. Not just Ketch that likes strikers.
 
You are correct. I read something online comparing the two albums and if said if both musicians were on a dessert island, Prince still could have made Purple Rain. Michael could have never made Thriller on his own.
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Haha ... Quantity and not ranking mate ... two 5* WR's ... ;-)

Trying to simplify it for our site owner that did not come to the sport until 2 or so years ago and has spent his adult life doing gridiron analysis ...
That's simply not an accurate portrayal of things, so if you're going to belittle my chops for the sport, at least get things like the details straight.;)
 
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A ballsy Blackjack move is more like doubling down on 11 vs a dealer 4 or splitting AA against a dealer 8 or 9.

ALWAYS split Aces and 8's and always double an 11.

The rules of proper blackjack playing are constant. The difference between winning and losing is knowing when to get up from the table.
 
ALWAYS split Aces and 8's and always double an 11.

The rules of proper blackjack playing are constant. The difference between winning and losing is knowing when to get up from the table.
That last part, I struggle with.
 
Disagree about Prince. Not worthy of any of the adulation he has received since he passed away. Also disagree with your take on the Oscars. Hollywood is so out of touch with mainstream America. Why does Hollywood and the music industry so compelled to politicize their awards ceremonies thus further creating division. Add the NFL to that list as well.
 
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Disagree about Prince. Not worthy of any of the adulation he has received since he passed away. Also disagree with your take on the Oscars. Hollywood is so out of touch with mainstream America. Why does Hollywood and the music industry so compelled to politicize their awards ceremonies thus further creating division. Add the NFL to that list as well.
what do you mean by mainstream America? What is that?

Serious question.
 
I love movies, but can no longer stomach watching the Oscars {one of my favorite things to watch not so long ago}, and subject myself to the liberal left's sanctimonious, hypocritical, stupid, outrageously biased/mis-informed diatribes that are vomited on the public on a yearly basis now. The great irony is that these fools don't realize they're part of the problem, and not the solution.
Yep. It would be so much better if the sanctimonious, hypocritical, stupid, outrageously biased/misinformed diatribes were vomited on the public from the reactionary right.
 
Every situation is different. I'm not a champion of Kobe, but I don't believe I would use the same colors to paint his situation as something similar to what happened in Waco. I find it curious you would in an effort to make an attempted "gotcha" point.

No gotcha. Just seeing what you've posted in the past -- and even in this thread -- about men and women, along with your interest in movies and the Oscars, I thought you might call out the Academy for its hypocrisy in giving Kobe with his history its highest award right in the midst of its #metoo moment, and was surprised when you didn't.
 
ALWAYS split Aces and 8's and always double an 11.

The rules of proper blackjack playing are constant. The difference between winning and losing is knowing when to get up from the table.
Yes. I know. But hitting 16 is more "basic" than splitting and doubling rules. I just thought it was a bad analogy.
 
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Good read tonight and for the most part spot on. Back in the day, I would think you were crazy to think Thriller is greater than Purple rain. However, I now think Purple Rain holds up a lot better over the years!!
 
That last part, I struggle with.
You and the rest of the whole world :)

One trick I use is to bet more. I know that sounds goofy but follow my logic:

If you sit down at a $10 table, throw $100 stake down and play for an hour you'll probably go up and down, up and down, you're drinking, and you don't leave when you're up $50 because... it's only $50. So you stay there and according to DeNiro in Casino, their first rule is to keep you playing. If you play long enough, you'll give it back.

Take the same scenario, throw $1000 down, bet $100 a hand. If you get up $500, you think, "Shit, that pays for dinner and a show" so you get up and walk away and you've made $500.

The only difference in the scenarios is 1 more zero and now you have sufficient incentive to leave the table. Of course, you have be prepared to lose $1000, but that's why it's called gambling.

Otherwise, just consider yourself buying quality entertainment for $100 and have a good time.
 
No gotcha. Just seeing what you've posted in the past -- and even in this thread -- about men and women, along with your interest in movies and the Oscars, I thought you might call out the Academy for its hypocrisy in giving Kobe with his history its highest award right in the midst of its #metoo moment, and was surprised when you didn't.
No, it was a gotcha moment. Otherwise, you wouldn't dare have compared his situation to what happened in Baylor.

You're reaching for the sake of being mad at Hollywood. Spread your disgust all around. There's plenty of shitty acting men everywhere.
 
Yep. It would be so much better if the sanctimonious, hypocritical, stupid, outrageously biased/misinformed diatribes were vomited on the public from the reactionary right.

We don't need either extreme. Divisive as well as debilitating to the welfare of this country.
 
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No, it was a gotcha moment. Otherwise, you wouldn't dare have compared his situation to what happened in Baylor.

You're reaching for the sake of being mad at Hollywood. Spread your disgust all around. There's plenty of shitty acting men everywhere.

Okay - if you want to go there, unlike Kobe, at least two Baylor players were convicted by juries and are serving hard time. And none of the players involved in those assaults have a snowball's chance in hell of anything close to being feted by a Hollywood who pretends to be outraged when it's an obnoxious boor like a Weinstein doing the harassing and assaults, but somehow manage (like you do) to look the other way when it's a cool, sharp looking dude like a Kobe. She was 19 years old for Pete's sake. Be consistent.

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No. 3 - The three most important in-state recruits in 2019 ...

I'm not talking about the three best prospects, I'm talking about the three most important to the Texas program when you take the current roster and program needs into consideration.

Thus, you're not going to find any wide receivers or defensive backs listed. You always need more elite athletes, but I'm not sure those areas qualify as biggest needs, which makes it hard for them to be the most important.

Got it? Here we go.

Humble Atascocita offensive tackle Kenyon Green


The Longhorns have a lot of work to do in securing Green, but Herb Hand definitely has Texas in the hunt. I know some of you cringe at the thought of highly-rated offensive linemen after the slew of busts that have come through town in the last decade. Believe it or not, highly-rated offensive linemen that haven't attended Texas over that time have actually done pretty damn well. The math says that this guy is better than a 50-50 chance of emerging into a pro prospect.

Converse Judson defensive end/tackle/lineman DeMarvin Leal


I think this kid is going to be a Longhorn, which is a good thing for Texas because he might very well end up being a national top-25 prospect before the next 11 months go by. There's no player in the state I want to see at upcoming Rivals regional camps more than Leal.

Houston Mayde Creek defensive end Marcus Stripling

The most underrated physical monster in Texas, with the possible exception of the Leal. As big and athletic as Stripling is, he's incredibly raw ... which I love. Texas needs about a half-dozen Striplings on the roster at all times, so he probably needs to be the first.

One out of three. Not bad.
 
Disagree about Prince. Not worthy of any of the adulation he has received since he passed away. Also disagree with your take on the Oscars. Hollywood is so out of touch with mainstream America. Why does Hollywood and the music industry so compelled to politicize their awards ceremonies thus further creating division. Add the NFL to that list as well.
what do you mean by mainstream America? What is that?

Serious question.[/

You know exactly what mainstream America means Ketch. Or maybe you don’t.
 
Okay - if you want to go there, unlike Kobe, at least two Baylor players were convicted by juries and are serving hard time. And none of the players involved in those assaults have a snowball's chance in hell of anything close to being feted by a Hollywood who pretends to be outraged when it's an obnoxious boor like a Weinstein doing the harassing and assaults, but somehow manage (like you do) to look the other way when it's a cool, sharp looking dude like a Kobe. She was 19 years old for Pete's sake. Be consistent.

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k, buddy.

Let's not pretend this is about the girl. This is about your Hollywood thing.
 
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