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Uncle Rico gave him his advice.

Had to google the slang as to what kids say. Middle aged male interpretation: Wow, they looks really nice. Not gonna lie, that is miles ahead of anything I ever played on.

You picked a poor example. Your premise was that too many carries in HS ruined Gray for the collegiate level. Earl was just fine in college. What did Earl in was his style of play. He would run through you instead of around you and would not run out of bounds to avoid a hit. Not too many do that today. What also damaged Earl was playing on a horrible turf for the Oilers.

How was Gray run into the ground? Gray suffered a significant injury while in college. Gray’s lack of collegiate success was not, IMO, attributed to excessive high school carries. Since just one negative was sourced here, how do you attribute Cedric Benson’s success at Texas after he was the alpha dog at Midland?

Money, the root of all evil. With colleges offering athletes scholarships early in their HS career this has a possibility to become a trend. So much for playing for the love of the game. It is all a business today hedging on potential only. Imagine trying to sell this proposal on Shark Tank. “Hello, my name is XYZ, I am 17 years old and I will be the next NFL star. I am asking for a $100,000 scholarship based upon my performance as a sophomore and junior in high school against high school competition. I am foregoing my senior year to protect your investment. Who is with me?” Cuban: Not a team player, for that reason I am out. Mr. Wonderful: You most likely won’t play but one year in college. For that reason I am out. Barbara: I know nothing about football but your ego is too big. I am out.

Yep, wondered who would get the reference. It went quick!

Any relation to Vida?

What happened to the Mavs bats? I wouldn’t think that the Bobcats’ pitching was that good particularly this year.

How deep into the game?

Anyone have any comments on the game?

Just read his bio. Did not know about his accident and the subsequent troubles that he had. Sad ending indeed. RIP

What did they run?

She was every bit as crazy as she was hot! RIP

The outpour of support from fans, teammates, opposing teams, and opposing players has been tremendous in volume and touching in content. Not gonna lie, reading through the responses to this tragedy has brought tears to my eyes perhaps none more so than what Overshown wrote about him. Hug your kiddos and tell them that you love them particularly if that is something that you normally do not do. RIP Jake. Hookem

I had a professor at Texas (UT School of Architecture) whose name was Richard P. Swallow. Use your imagination on that one.

Never have followed recruiting seriously. My cares completely went away years ago once social media became a thing and the players became minor celebrities during the recruiting process. Plus, who is to know who will live up to the hype?

You are correct that accountability does not equate to violence. But, given the context, you can make a strong assumption that James is hedging on guilt. He needs to select better words since words do matter if he was simply implying that everyone should just remain calm and let the judicial process take place.

Many people have platforms as athletes, actors, clergy, social influencers, etc. They are followed by people that, by some strange extension, believe that they are some how part of that person's life. With that, they have people that are potentially easily influenced by their thoughts and ideas. By having such a platform a person should use it constructively and speak/tweet responsibly requesting people to not over-react until the facts are proven as such. Even if James was not suggesting that some harm come to the policeman involved in the shooting, his "accountability" statement, given the present time, insinuates some sort of guilt in the shooting thus an expectation is created with the masses that anything less than a guilty verdict will be an injustice to the girl that was shot.

I do not watch Fox News. I do not watch CNN. I get most of my news from ABC News by default as I usually watch KLTV local news and just keep the TV channel there. News sources are so polarized. Last year, during the AG Barr's hearing I listened to the almost all of it on the radio since I was driving from North Carolina to Texas. After the hearing was over I flipped it back and forth between Fox News radio and CNN radio to hear what the talking heads had to say. Both sides interpreted his comments differently some to the point that "were you even listening to what I am listening to?" Too many people lack critical thought and are told how to feel and act. I am well read, well educated, and well traveled (domestically and internationally), I can form my own thoughts based upon the facts presented.

The deceased girl’s mom and aunt both stated that she was a sweet and loving girl. I guess that, in their opinion, should be enough to find fault with the police in this case. The aunt did say that the girl did have “issues” but also added “so what?” As if having “issues” allows you to act stupid and be exempt of any circumstances. You can pick your actions you cannot pick the circumstances. Maybe predict circumstances but not select.

Because there is always someone that won’t be happy.

I do not understand the need to jack up 3's. Michigan was down one and they were shooting 3's. They had time to work the ball inside to get a nice shot while burning the clock. Their last 3 shots were all 3's and misses. Stupid.

Won his first NC just 2 or 3 years after arriving at Texas. Won his second one during my senior year at Texas. Has won many more since then. A Longhorn Legend.

I remember one of my 5th grade teachers in 1977 reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle to the class.