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No, I think you're right. It's probably a lot easier for the offense to "take what the defense gives them" than the other way around.
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# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 I made a version of the Mach Speed with Anthracite and Team Orange accents (3 stripes on shoulders, 2 stripes on pants, anthracite with orange outlined numbers). Oof...it looked
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 Oh I completely think that adding the anthracite will bring some great combinations, I just hope it is creative and a fresh look that isn't clown makeup on a pig.
🦃 LEG KING 🦃
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 Early episode of the final season
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 Looking at the Mach Speed vs Pro Combat, I think the Mach Speed jersey would look best with Maroon and anthracite...
Look at us. It's only January and we're discussing jerseys already!
May both of these statements stay true for years to come.
I'm sure the conversation went more like "Mr. Blatter, what would you like the conference room to look like"
"An evil lair."
"But wouldn't that harm the image of FIFA"
"You mean more than institutionalizing corruption, condoning class warfare/modern day slavery, and holding the most popular sport in the world hostage?"
"Good point. Evil lair theme it is."
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 If you get some time, take a look through the Nike Team catalog and throw together a uniform that's mostly maroon with anthracite accents. It looks sick as hell. I wonder if we'll stick with the Victory Formation style with shoulder stripes or if we'll get updated to the Mach Speed or even a Pro Combat.
http://niketeam.nike.com/US/en_US/?l=shop,storefront_catalog&zid=storefr...
All I'm saying is, let's not become what we despise of others.
Maybe one day I'll be calling you up when I have a big discovery.
But you're 100% dead-on. If I didn't love what I do so much, I don't think I'd keep doing it. I'm applying for a K99 award right now (got an F32 for my current position) and it's really the only way I'll get any interviews for faculty positions. For example, I was just talking with a faculty member in biochem at a reasonably sized university, and they had an opening. Just a general all-call for someone in biochem. 300 applicants, and it wasn't even a prestigious program/university. The hiring committee only looked at the 50 or so that had a track record of funding (e.g. F32 and/or K99/R00). It's really intimidating.
Anyway, back to writing that...my deadline is in a month.
This is why I went straight to law school after getting my PhD. I saw too many Post-Docs, with 6 years of work with good papers barely getting interviews. Well, that reason and the constant circular rat race to get funding and publish. As much as I would rather be solving life's mystery's, I'm now filing paperwork for other scientists to get and protect their patents.
Agreed, only place I have ever felt like a piece of meat.
As a 49ers fan, I giggled at the Al Davis bit. Man, that guy was awesome for SF.
All of my friends at Tech were engineers so they immediately went out into the work force and started making $60k+ while I signed my life away to graduate school making $24k. My best friend texts me the breakfast that he gets for free at work each morning. Another colleague posted a picture of the brand new corvette he bought after signing on with an engineering firm.
Life's not fair (is what I keep trying to convince myself when I can't have nice things).
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 I'd just like to reiterate the thanks to Alex and the rest of TKP staff for not only getting this interview but a great job all around during this exciting transition.
So..the Bishop Sullivan Catholic Thoroughbreds?
Or does VT still have a good standing with this guy?
virtuoso performance by Tyrod and company.
And Danny Coale's TD counted!
Great day all around.
The father of much older kids in me wants to pat you on the back and say, It's alright dude. Kids that age are made out of rubber bands and slinkys. Hard to break 'em.
Cute as buttons, those Beamer kids.
Ah, the persistent morass of life science graduates in limbo. Despite some growth in biotech fields, this is becoming very common. You can still get an entry-level job with a BS, but basically one should expect terrible pay and no upward mobility. Then once you get an advanced degree, expect terrible pay and limited upward mobility...
Not like I'm bitter or anything. Just looking at my peers who went into different fields and got a BS, who are making 2-3 times what I am with a Ph.D. and 4 years post-grad experience...
NFL draftees NEVER make up the difference in money in their first contract.
If Bucky just really hates school or thinks he is playing his best ball now, he should go. Don't risk injury and don't give up one year of potential income.
If he has confidence he will improve to the 1/2 round level, he should stay in school...economic no brainer.
(With Al Davis is dead) I don't think Bucky has shown he's a good enough playmaker to be picked in the top 28.5% of the draft.
If he's picked in the middle 28.5%, he would make an exceptional salary relative to most people but ultimately, a few $million less than if he's picked higher.
If he's picked in the bottom 43%, his guaranteed money is truly minimal.
Maybe maybe not. Sometimes the best college kids for certain offenses don't make great fits in the NFL.
The father-of-young-kids in me immediately sees the girl on the right and wants the scream, "hold on to him! Don't drop your brother!"
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 I know this may not be taken well by many but they look like something I can go to Walmart right now and pull off the clothes rack. I mean I can go back in my old clothes from middle school and pull out something similar.
I am really hoping there is more creativity in our future uniforms. Maybe they look better when they are put on instead of folded up but I'm kind of unimpressed.
The TE class for 2016 is pretty thin. I think if Bucky declares, he will go in the top 3 rounds. He isn't getting a lot of hype right now because of his Rs-SO status but once he declares, people are gonna look at him closely and see the athleticism, the measurables, the production, etc. Plus, Bucky will blow up the combine.