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This portal crap is a bunch of schit!

Way to go 🥎 North Texas Mean Green Softball! Y’all are amazing!🦅❇️🦅

Been watching these JD-Devonta Smith comparisons, and it kinda amazes me when the stats fail to mention (or gloss over) the fact that JD got his 19 TDs in only 9 games. FOUR games less than Smith's season.

My late grew up at the Pythian Home. She arrived there at the age of eight and lived there until leaving for NTSU.

I keep trying to live in the now. Some of you keep dragging’ back to the “good old days. (thank you)

And it payed off in spades.

None of us look like we did 30 years ago either. She looks great.

The reason LE doesn't "crack the top 20" in job fatalities, is because of the training and gear. But its not just fatalities that makes the job dangerous. It is sever injury. If you do the job long enough, you will most likely suffer long term injury. I suffered an injury last year that I am still recovering from. I'm starting to realize that I may never be back to full health. So, you definitely have to factor in long term injury and disability into the equation, and not just fatalities. De-escalation is a new term, so there is still alot of training being developed. There is no such things as quotas, no matter how many people want to say otherwise. What agencies like to see is contacts. They can be calls for service, traffic stops, consensual encounters, etc. Agencies just want to see it documented that the officers are out doing their jobs, meeting people, deterring crime, etc. There is not a mandatory amount of time to spend on a call, it depends on the type of call, the subjects of the call, and other factors. In some busier agencies, they may want to see a call wrapped up as quickly as you can and not lollygag. You can't spend and hour on an animal complaint when the owner is being a dick, when you have 3 or 4 disturbances popping off at the same time.

https://meangreensports.com/news/2021/4/30/softball-trautwein-shines-as-mgsb-down-utsa-friday.aspx Hope Trautwein struck out 17 and allowed just one hit in a complete-game shutout as the Mean Green accounted for 13 hits to open the weekend series with a 7-0 win over UTSA on Friday night at Lovelace Stadium. https://meangreensports.com/news/2021/5/1/softball-mgsb-sweeps-doubleheader-with-utsa.aspx DENTON – A sweep of Saturday's doubleheader gave North Texas (32-10, 13-2 C-USA) their third-straight Conference USA series victory as they beat UTSA (11-28, 5-10 C-USA) 4-2 and 1-0 on Sunday afternoon at Lovelace Stadium. The wins gave the Mean Green 13-straight conference victories dating back to April 3. "I like how we've been able to grind even when things aren't going our way," head coach Rodney DeLong said. "We've grown up a lot as a team and it's good to see our kids compete and not put pressure on themselves late in games, we're getting things done right. Hats off to our kids." https://meangreensports.com/news/2021/5/2/softball-mgsb-finish-third-c-usa-sweep-on-senior-day.aspx Hope Trautwein and Janie Worthington combined to allow one earned run in route to a 3-1 Sunday victory over UTSA to complete their third Conference USA sweep in a row. North Texas (33-10, 14-2 C-USA) have now won a program-best 14 conference games in a row.

It's an interesting line of profession - no doubt. One that I can respect, but also heavy eye roll while talking about. Police rightfully talk about their safety and fears. I get it. They are handling some wheels off stuff from time to time. Fatalities on the job don't crack the top 20. https://www.ishn.com/articles/110496-most-dangerous-jobs-in-the-us-the-top-20 They are not legally required to "Protect" based on Supreme Court basis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia#:~:text=2d.-,1%2C D.C. Ct.,on the public duty doctrine. And they aren't highly qualified to "Serve" in any real capacity when it comes to civil issues. So it is a grey area where fear and militarization seem to be the daily operation - which leads to all sorts of bad press and bad feelings. I just watched a short documentary on HBO about this case: https://www.courthousenews.com/black-teacher-sues-austin-for-violent-arrest/ ...and I found the teacher to be kind of gruff and whatever during the stop. However it went from 0-60 in the matter of no time (when the cop has ALL the power) and he escalated it and made some hyperbolic claims. She beat the charges, but not he ride and her name was dragged through the dirt. She ended up getting a settlement from the City and the officer later lost is job on a different case about lying about causes. It just doesn't have to happen. Back to the point - in the squad car - a DIFFERENT cop was talking to her while taking her to jail. She was asking about racism in the police force and this dude said that maybe there is and he is not, BUT blacks are violent by nature and that is why she got the reaction she got from the officer. I was slack jawed in amazement. This guy fully thinks he is not racist, but looks at a 95lb ballet dancer and pre-school teacher and sees someone who is inherently violent. Gross.

https://thespun.com/nfl/nfc-south/tampa-bay-buccaneers/tom-brady-is-fired-up-about-1-buccaneers-draft-pick

As for timing - I know you said the movie was released in September, but how about during Homecoming? Possibly having the theme of the parade to be "Necessary Roughness", and enticing cast members to come by inviting them to be Grand Marshals of the parade?

As a lifelong Dolphins fan, I have to dislike Tom Brady and wish failure on him. Now that Darden is a Buccaneer, I hope Brady completes every pass...that he throws to Darden

I think that was more out of necessity than him wanting to show love for UNT. He didn’t really have highlights at UH

Is the NCAA going to adjust APR along with their new transfer rules?

I still don’t know what this is. Or the post.

KERA did something back in 2008 on the story. https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2008-09-09/mighty-mites-interview-with-jim-dent

Alumnus Thomas Rosenmueller made the cut on the european challenge tour (about equivalent to web.com tour) but then played a bad weekend and ended 64th.

The Camptown ladies sing this song doodah doodah

What in the Wide World of Sports are ya’ll talking about ?

Wow. Kathy Ireland still looks amazing at 58. And, she didn't go overboard on the plastic surgery, if any at all.

I’ve got the book, but I’ve never gotten around to reading it. Seems as though it has the potential to be a good movie.

https://www.buccaneers.com/team/players-roster/jaelon-darden/

CBS.Sports liked the pick too ... check out this nice glowing review:

Up next, Javion Hamlet!

I mean.... Have you even been to galveston? I take my kids for beach trips there as a form of punishment. Straight A's? Disney. Oh, is that a B? Roach infested galveston condo it is

I got you.

I almost never come over here. Don’t know why this is now the 6th page of the discussion. The heading is that this cop was found guilty. The whole world saw this video of over 8 minutes.There should be consensus with this verdict; with no further discussion. Instead, there was a diversion to defending cops and blaming victims. For most of my life, I have resided in a mostly African American community. My current residence was about 70% Anglo when I purchased my home. (white flight took over) I don’t know of a black person that does not support good cops. I actually wanted to pursue the profession in high school but my parents vehemently opposed. It is the toughest job I know and they deserve to return home each night. Unfortunately, there are bad apples who abuse their authority. Often times stopping and arresting folks disproportionately. I agree that everyone must comply. However, many of the frequent headlines are because victims were complying or not a threat to the officers. The theme is often, “I feared for my life” Thankfully, this is a small minority of cops. Conversely, most black people do not commit crimes, though higher than the general population. Most protests I’ve seen are mostly peaceful; void of the negative images often on the news. I hope we can all agree that something needs to be done. No one should lose their life when they are pulled over a tail light, passing an alleged $20 bill, sleeping in their car or running away from a cop (because they may an outstanding ticket). Apprehend them and let the court decide their punishment. De-escalate as much as possible. To conclude, yes, all bad cops need to be held accountable to the full extent of the law. Period.

So, if you have sworn off politics since Biden got elected, how can you be pleased with him as President when you don’t follow his actions?

Seems like an opportunity too good to pass up. We signed him under the expectation he’d play two seasons here and he did, starting every game and winning us two conference championships. Couldn’t have asked for anything more out of him. Easy guy to root for.

Back on topic, I stood in my place of business a couple of years ago while a shooter was on the loose in Midland/Odessa killing and injuring people as he drove around town. I watched police storm my business to keep us safe and then watched them end that man’s life saving others. They came from all over this area of the state to end that nightmare and to protect those they swore to serve. I watched one officer be brought in that had his forearm turned to ground meat and lost his eye. They came running in when everyone else was running away. They chose a tough profession and for every Chauvin there are a thousand great officers doing a tough job on a daily basis.

True, and neither were pillars in their communities.

I absolutely am, he's surprised me so far. I'm not gonna get in a back and forth about what I'm happy with, so I'll just say I appreciate having a president that doesn't promote the qanon brainwashing cult the way the previous guy did.

I am happy we have a president who's not getting so triggered by what people say about him and going to twitter to vent about it like a tween who got turned down by her crush. 25,000+ tweets over four years. That is an outrageously unhealthy amount of screen time for anyone, let alone the freaking president. I am curious what direction the Republican party goes in. If they can restore some honor with a respectable candidate they could easily win back people like myself whos beliefs lean more Republican but were completely turned off by the Qanon takeover. That Psyop has turned a lot of people I had great respect for in to complete nutjobs. And it was birthed in an online forum where like minded frustrated incels gathered, just crazy the impact it's had on the average joe who leans republican and has a facebook account. At least people on both sides seem to be a little more civil now.

No I didn't. It sure was lost on me.

Love Ja’Marr Chase’s tweet. I would post it but I screw it up every time.

Even after "Uncle Joe" takes out his share with the new tax rates, Jaelon should still have some nice spending money. At least he'll be in Florida where there is no state income tax.

https://www.apmreports.org/story/2017/05/05/police-de-escalation-training Interesting report from APM regarding the lack of de-escalation training. The first case they cover the guy was shot dead within 30 seconds of the pull over - then in the video the Sheriff was lamenting that he should have just fought him instead. In the documentary I mentioned above, the non-racist-cop pile drove the ballet dancer/teacher within 10 seconds of the pull over. Instead of slowing down - they speed up. Real question, is there quota or training on how quickly to resolve an interaction on a call? Like for phone banks. Do police need to wrap it up within X minutes? I am for real, curious if there some systemic reason for the police going all gas in the non-normal situations. This was is interesting - on what they trained the officer from the Castille murder. Well trained in how people are motivated to kill him, but little in the way of de-escalating. "During Yanez's five years with the department, he had received 344 hours of training, including a 20-hour course called the "Bullet Proof Mind," which, according to one recording of a session, warns officers that they are "dealing with individuals who are motivated to kill in a way that we have never seen before." Yanez also spent 16 hours on a course called "Street Survival," from the same training company. Conversely, he had obtained just two hours of de-escalation training. Yanez is now facing manslaughter charges."

Slightly off topic... But the highlight reel of Mr Irrelevant (dead last draft pick) was against UNT. We had more highlight reels of getting lit up than performance for us... Coaches should be ashamed. I expect a ton of eyerolls but this is our reality.