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    Week 4 Pick'ems

    Iowa Hawkeyes at Minnesota Golden Gophers USC Trojans at Michigan Wolverines Tennessee Volunteers at Oklahoma Sooners Utah Ute at Oklahoma State Cowboys
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    Pick'ems Week 3

    Nevada Wolf Packs at Minnesota Golden Gophers Maryland Terrapins at Virginia Cavaliers Indiana Hoosiers at UCLA Bruins UCF Knights at TCU Horn Frogs
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    Pick'ems Week 2

    Rhode Island Rams at Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers at Colorado Buffaloes Iowa State Cyclones at Iowa Hawkeyes Texas Longhorns at Michigan Wolverines
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    2024 MN High School Football thread

    yep, you can miss tryouts but then you're on the C team. I'm not sure what happens in our association if you miss one tryout, but I'm sure it's heavily frowned upon at the minimum. The arrogance and self importance of the hockey community is irritating. I figured that would end after youth...
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    2024 MN High School Football thread

    That's interesting, and I would believe you. It can definitely vary from school to school. My kids Legion team this year was basically the entire varsity team with the exception of two kids, one which would probably not have played anyway. We did lose a few kids to club tourneys a few times...
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    2024 MN High School Football thread

    I think my younger kids youth hockey tryouts start on 9/18. Then the season starts right away following those. I get why you'd be annoyed (to say it lightly). September is football season, not hockey season.
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    2024 MN High School Football thread

    For sure, if a kid just loves it that much and doesn't want to stop playing, that's cool and very OK. It's when they feel that they have to play to keep up with the Jones's, that's when it's a problem and too bad. Don't get me started on kids who's parents MAKE them play (during the regular...
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    2024 MN High School Football thread

    Good post here. I'm a parent of a HS baseball and hockey player. I think club teams can suck. A lot of it is about money. On the other hand, I have good friends who's kids have played club ball, loved it and from what they tell me they really helped him out on getting seen by scouts...
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    Pick'ems Week 1!! 2024

    Week 1 Thursday 8/29 North Carolina at Minnesota 7:00 p.m. Saturday 8/31 ILL & NEB Notre Dame at Texas A & M 6:30 p.m. Sunday 9/1 LSU & USC at Las Vegas 6:30 p.m.
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    R.I.P. Carl Weathers (1948-2024)

    Really sucks. Really enjoyed his work and from all accounts was a great guy.
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    Country singer Toby Keith dies at 62

    Agree 100% on the older stuff is better. I really like his older stuff too. His newer songs are good too, I just really prefer his older songs. Overall he's got a really nice catalog of songs. Just checked out his album "35 biggest hits", and there's a lot of great stuff on there. Similar...
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    High School spring practice

    This is true. For hockey, when a kid is in 9th grade, you can choose to play your second year of Bantam hockey for your youth association or play for the high school team. I would guess about 95% of kids play Bantams. My older kid did, and my younger kid who will be a 9th grader/2nd year...
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    High School spring practice

    Don't doubt it one bit about missing football games for Tryouts. Tryouts, at least at larger associations, can last for about 2 weeks for PeeWee and Bantam aged kids. That's bound to interfere with other sports like football. My kids didn't play a fall sport, so we never ran into that, but...
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    High School spring practice

    My kids each play two sports at a larger metro area school, and it can be tough. They both play hockey and it's basically year round. However we go by the old rule that whatever season you're in comes first. There's been arguments with other kids/coaches about missing things, but whatever...
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    Pick'ems Bowl Game Series

    Quick Lane Bowl, Tuesday, December 26 1:00 p.m. Bowling Green Falcons (7-5) vs Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-7) Pinstripe Bowl, Thursday, December 28, 1:15 p.m. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (6-6) vs Miami Hurricanes (7-5) Cotton Bowl, Friday, December 29, 7:00 p.m. Missouri Tigers (10-2) vs Ohio...
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    Fess Up: Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Book, or Kindle/e-book?

    Hardcover by far the best, but man are ebooks convenient. I usually put a couple hardcover books on my Christmas list, but when I finish a book at 9pm and want a new one, it's just too easy to download one to my tablet.
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    All Things Movie/Documentary Reviews/Recommendations Thread

    Watched "Facing Nolan" the other night. If you're an 80's baseball fan and/or a fan of Nolan Ryan, check it out. Thought it was well done and interesting. Can't believe that he has zero Cy Young awards. Neither could George Brett from his reaction in the film. Most interesting thing to me...
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    What are your favorite music videos of all-time?

    I'm a huge fan of movie score, and as you said this has been in a few different movies even though not written specifically for movies. From what I've read, it was actually written in response to the Iraq War. This is one of my favorite pieces of movie music, even if not technically for a...



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