Pigskin Pick 'em Party

[puttnforthe8]

55 minutes ago, touch said:

P48, that is one amazing photograph. I know from my experience out west that the bad storms produce that array of purple and salmon color. Though mighty pretty, those colors meant a most severe and dangerous storm would soon be experienced.

Glad you and yours only lost a tree and a few clay tiles. 

 

Wonder how many thrill seekers went out and hit the washes as soon as the electricity from above ceased if you also got a bunch of rain?

 

 

Some places got worse than others.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/heavy-rains-cause-flooding-in-arizona-737019971661?v=a

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/never-ever-seen-this-monsoon-flooding-ruins-globe-homes/vi-AANvApZ

 

 

[touch]

Get us off to a good start tonight Harvard Man.

 

 

Edited August 20, 2021 by touch

[touch]

P48, I've been meaning to say a few words on suffering cramps. 3 years ago after I played 27 holes one summer day I was picking up some groceries at Publix when my first bout hit me. I had never had leg cramps before. I was frozen in pain knowing not what to do on isle 6 by the sauerkraut. The pain was severe. Eventually after 20 minutes I got hopping along. Then I started getting awaken by leg cramps in my sleep after I played a round a couple of times a month. After this becoming a somewhat frequent occurrence I started taking potassium supplements. I take a 99 mg tablet with breakfast and again one with dinner. The leg cramps pretty much ceased. Now just starting this month I have experienced late in almost each round getting cramps in an entire new area. Now it's my lower left rib cage around back and the neighboring obliques. It seems to happen only when I finish a shot with the driver. It holds on tight for quite a while as I stretch and stretch to free it enough to hit the next shot. So I have a new batch of golf cramps that I am dealing with this month and it seems my added potassium intake has not helped to ward them off. I do plenty of stretching even during the round. Cramps are no fun. 

 

 

Edited August 21, 2021 by touch

[Petethreeput]

4 hours ago, touch said:

P48, I've been meaning to say a few words on suffering cramps. 3 years ago after I played 27 holes one summer day I was picking up some groceries at Publix when my first bout hit me. I had never had leg cramps before. I was frozen in pain knowing not what to do on isle 6 by the sauerkraut. The pain was severe. Eventually after 20 minutes I got hopping along. Then I started getting awaken by leg cramps in my sleep after I played a round a couple of times a month. After this becoming a somewhat frequent occurrence I started taking potassium supplements. I take a 99 mg tablet with breakfast and again one with dinner. The leg cramps pretty much ceased. Now just starting this month I have experienced late in almost each round getting cramps in an entire new area. Now it's my lower left rib cage around back and the neighboring obliques. It seems to happen only when I finish a shot with the driver. It holds on tight for quite a while as I stretch and stretch to free it enough to hit the next shot. So I have a new batch of golf cramps that I am dealing with this month and it seems my added potassium intake has not helped to ward them off. I do plenty of stretching even during the round. Cramps are no fun. 

 

 

Stretch and water.

[CHuntsman]

5 hours ago, Petethreeput said:

Stretch and water.

 

🤣🤣

[touch]

Whose making tracks in the dew at 6:30 AM? It's putting practice for me before many are awake.

Mon.  thru Wed. next week three big rounds for me.

 

Tryon

CCA 

Reems Creek

 

just trying to be ready.

 

 

 

Edited August 25, 2021 by touch

[CHuntsman]

I prefer to be a dew sweeper myself on the weekends. 

[touch]

Mr. P48, you were not alone in losing a tree this week sir. 

 

Edited August 25, 2021 by touch

[Qqq123xx]

57 minutes ago, touch said:

Mr. P48, you were not alone in losing a tree this week sir. 

 

That seriously sucks. And on a lighter note how in the great blazers did you get rid of that tiny circle on your profile pic ??

[touch]

32 minutes ago, Qqq123xx said:

 

That seriously sucks. And on a lighter note how in the great blazers did you get rid of that tiny circle on your profile pic ??

Jester magic. 

Edited August 21, 2021 by touch

[puttnforthe8]

18 hours ago, touch said:

P48, I've been meaning to say a few words on suffering cramps. 3 years ago after I played 27 holes one summer day I was picking up some groceries at Publix when my first bout hit me. I had never had leg cramps before. I was frozen in pain knowing not what to do on isle 6 by the sauerkraut. The pain was severe. Eventually after 20 minutes I got hopping along. Then I started getting awaken by leg cramps in my sleep after I played a round a couple of times a month. After this becoming a somewhat frequent occurrence I started taking potassium supplements. I take a 99 mg tablet with breakfast and again one with dinner. The leg cramps pretty much ceased. Now just starting this month I have experienced late in almost each round getting cramps in an entire new area. Now it's my lower left rib cage around back and the neighboring obliques. It seems to happen only when I finish a shot with the driver. It holds on tight for quite a while as I stretch and stretch to free it enough to hit the next shot. So I have a new batch of golf cramps that I am dealing with this month and it seems my added potassium intake has not helped to ward them off. I do plenty of stretching even during the round. Cramps are no fun. 

 

 

exactly what I had - rib cage and obliques!

[Qqq123xx]

I SERIOUSLY MEAN BUSINESS THIS COMING SEASON. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !!!!!

[touch]

Busy day. Wedding getting ready to start. I'm rehearing for my singing of B. Idol's Rebel Yell. 

 

 

Edited August 25, 2021 by touch

[touch]

80's commish

😁 

 

Oh I probably still got it. Well at least 75% of it (being liquored up mandatory) !

 

  

 

Edited September 15, 2021 by touch

[touch]

55 minutes ago, Qqq123xx said:

I SERIOUSLY MEAN BUSINESS THIS COMING SEASON. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !!!!!

 

Note made of your proclamation Q.

 

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Better chance his a** is playing the board game Sorry with me downstairs this coming season. You have been told!!! 

 

Edited August 21, 2021 by touch

[Petethreeput]

4 hours ago, touch said:

80's commish

😁 

 

Oh I probably still got it. Well at least 75% of it (being liquored up mandatory) !

 

  

 

OK, I saw him. Quiet Riot opened. Hilarious show. He actually was OK though I will say the sneer started to not be too interesting after 15 minutes.

[Petethreeput]

And this weekend is a show. More on Monday, but know, if P3P says it’s a show, there is a good chance a show was had.

[greenemachine]

8 hours ago, Qqq123xx said:

I SERIOUSLY MEAN BUSINESS THIS COMING SEASON. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !!!!!

[greenemachine]

Welcome to the NFL Rookie

 

 

 

 

[greenemachine]

This is ICE COLD by Bears fans 😮🥶

 

 

 

especially after he got BOO'D on the opening drive... and at home too!?!?!

 

 

[greenemachine]

Q Man I promise I didn't forget about your Pats and if they will make a run to the Super Bowl this. I have bunch of  ton of typing to do here tomorrow so prepare for some good stuff to come. 

Edited August 22, 2021 by greenemachine

[touch]

The west side of Asheville was hit hardest by trop storm Fred. Remember back to my posts of my strolling along the banks of the Pigeon river before I played one of my favorite' s Springdale golf course? Well that river went from 30 feet wide to over 150 feet wide. People are just now returning to their homes for the first time since last Tuesday. Worse than that is there are people are still unaccounted for. A hundred folks in that part of Asheville had their homes destroyed.  I'm told 5 holes on Springgdale were badly destroyed. 

Around me in south Asheville things have gotten back to normal.

 

Due to the fact it is to be 94 degrees down in Lindsay Land tomorrow I have cancelled my round at Tryon. I will practice locally and be ready for CCA on Tues. and Reems on Wednesday.

Hope many of you get to play today.

 

LP  

 

Edited August 28, 2021 by touch

[touch]

Sunday Funnies

 

[Qqq123xx]

20 hours ago, touch said:

 

Note made of your proclamation Q.

 

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Better chance his a** is playing the board game Sorry with me downstairs this coming season. You have been told!!! 

 

As you probably didn't notice I did clean the place up a bit in prep of my upcoming stay. 

[greenemachine]

Okay Q man I will do my best here not to rag on Scam too much. In all honesty, I think the Patriots are sleeping giants again in the AFC and just a couple seasons removed from deep playoff runs. Defense will forever be the strength of the Pats so as long as Bill and co. are manning the controls in New England. Defense not a concern. Skill positions, somewhat a concern, especially without a true number 1. (Being in a Perkins Erhardt Offense this isn't as big as it would be in another offensive system) Quarterback, a definite concern. (This all again sits on the shoulders of Mac Jones and his development) The kid from Alabama looks, so far, poised and very intelligent when in the pocket. I would like to see him though in the regular season with a little more on the line then the practice of the preseason. I think too the weapons are a little bit more in play right for your team Q, when looking at the skill positions and how they correlate with the revolving door that is the quarterback position right now. Hunter Henry, if he can stay healthy, is a solid pickup this past offseason plus the Jonnu Smith addition with his YAC contribution is also another plus for the team. The offensive line is always a concern. Not just for the Patriots but for  all 32 teams it will, or should be, if trying to move up and into playoff contention. Fortunately though Josh McDaniels runs an offense that can be suitable even for the shakiest of offensive lines with the Perkins Erhardt scheme. Even though the O-line is not the major concern, this year. New England has instilled an offense that was used during the Brady, Belichick dynasty and has been a running staple for the franchise's success ever since. 

 

First introduced in the 1970's by Ray Perkins and Ron Ernhardt under Coach Chuck Fairbanks. The Detroit native, Fairbanks, was the head coach in New England from 1973-1978 with 2 relatively unknown offensive assistants in Erhardt and Perkins. Branching off of the "Vertical Offense" from the 50's the P-E system looked to simplify the offense to the point that adjustments could not only be made quicker and more efficiently but also be disguised from opposing defenses. Some could say this offensive style is a rough early rendition of the famed "West Coast Offense" as both consist of short to midrange up tempo exploitations of defenses. The P-E offense's foundation is that of language. No, not Spanish, French or Italian but instead that of audible calls allowing the offense to be multifunctional and really no need for a traditional #1 wideout,  or a "bell cow" RB1. The multiplicity allowed for expanded flexibility giving nightmare matchups for the defense to quickly dissect. Gronk, Edelman, Moss, Welker are just some of the more common names that have largely benefitted from this style of offense. 2008 had the Patriots line up four wideouts and throw the ball 15-20 yards downfield at a time starting a tradition of playing the Super Bowl for years to come. Push ahead a couple years to the 2012 and New England was riding high with a 2 TE set in Gronk and Aaron Hernandez in another Super Bowl appearance. (Yup that was the Giants again with another W against the Pats)  Hit fast forward once more to the year 2017 and the Patriots found themselves yet again in another Super Bowl. The now infamous 28-3 game against the Atlanta Falcons which featured a 3 HB set in James White, Dion Lewis and Mike Gillislee. It really didn't matter what personnel was brought out onto the field 4 WR, 2 TE, or even 3 HB the offense clicked. Yes, yes I hear you New Englanders already. But Brady, Brady was the engine that made that machine run. Yes and No. He was the not the engine that made the machine work, that was was Belichick. Brady was the gasoline that made the machine run. The beauty of the P-E offense was that it gave the flexibility of playing multiply and diverse offensive personnel all while in the same scheme. In layman's terms the wideout role could be played by a tight end or a half back and vice versa. The quarterback then just had to read the defense with pre-snap reads and adjust accordingly. The defense not knowing who then would run what route was automictically behind the 8 ball even before the ball was snapped. Protection was the same. If the play call involved a 70 that meant a five step drop back, letting the offensive line how much time they needed to give the QB to make his reads. Many of times looking back at the tape Brady can be heard yelling out "Linda" or "Rita" signifying a change in protection based on the position/s of the "Mike" and/or the "Will" linebackers. Quick. Easy. Simple. So then how did this work so fluidity? After all wideouts, halfbacks and tight ends each posses varying and different roles for the football team , right? Memorization. Memorization is key. Not with route running per say but with audible cues that then will designate the players assignment. ("Do your job" now makes a lot more sense) 

 

To put a bow on it Q man there is a reason I rag on these "duel threat" running backs. (Scam Newton being one) If you don't know how to read the defense properly then how can you make audibles to counter? Instead these kids use their legs, never looking downfield for an open receiver. Instead they run to make the first down or highlight play rather than using their arm or brain to secure a first down. What happens when that athleticism disappears because of injury or age? Then what? Well your offense will forever be in the wildcat and we all know what happens when defense knows what's coming. They stack the box and will make great use of your punter. The system is proven to work. The defense is proven to work. The coaching has proven it works. The only question left is who is the QB that will make this team run? My money is on Mac Jones, but he as yet to see a regular season game against some top notch NFL defenses. Some say Cam has resurged and looks like the QB that led the Panthers to a 15-1 NFC South Title and an appearance in the Super Bowl 50. I don't know but either way the pieces are there, weapons and all it's just a matter of can the QB speak the language that is the Perkins Erhardt Offense. 

 

 

Edited August 23, 2021 by greenemachine

[doctoro]

20 hours ago, greenemachine said:

Welcome to the NFL Rookie

The offensive line must be horrific in Chicago this year! Looks like no one even touched the pass rusher

 

 

 

 

[greenemachine]

 

How about a big hand for Mich Commish and his Sunday funnies tradition 

 

[touch]

Looking a little rough there this Monday Q.

 

Edited August 25, 2021 by touch

[Petethreeput]

OK, the show recounted.

Start with a Friday tournament.  We pay in a little bit, and the payouts can be bigger than usual.  So anyway, 7 holes in one young man is -7 net after 9 holes.  He posted a -10 net and took the money.  Weird.  I would have had to shoot -5 gross, which I have never done.  He won a lot of money, but oddly enough he couldn't hang out afterward as we were having the post round get together.  40 guys in, lots of ways to win.

I did get into the deuce pot on a 148 yard into the wind.  I liked the 7H for this.  One of the young guys I am playing with says, "Not gonna lie P3P, tough to club off that."

Then the real meat of the weekend.  The couples tournament with alternating shot.  Mrs. P3P loaded up the shot bag, the other couples had theirs and off we go.  P3P's wedge game was on point, the putter was too, and we fire a gross 85 and with the strokes we are under.  We are in it.  Mrs. P3P is actually speaking to me at the end of the round, and in fact, it is tremendous fun.

The next day the wedge, the putter and other aspects of the game went sideways a little, but we are still in it until the pond.  Let's talk about the pond, its about the size of a toilet bowl and it sits in directly in front of the green.  I hit it from 140 from the pin, the Mrs. drops one in from 66 yards, I drop with extreme confidence and smooth a 56 wedge about 30 yards, yep, I rinsed a second one, the Mrs then rinses another, and then I take a mighty swing and clear the pond.  It was a thing of beauty, if that ball didn't fly a full 75 yards and we grabbed our putters.  The Mrs was fairly unimpressed because she felt she had let us down.  I explained in our 9 years of tournament play we have never done the multiple rinse, and clearly it was our turn.

She saw I really didn't care, and the group did a celebratory shot for the two putt 13.  It gives me a lot of respect for guys who can Putt for the 8. 

[doctoro]

When does your handicap rule take effect?

I do the 5 strokes over par route. 

After that, unless I am playing for money, with a group at my level which is basement dweller, I just pick up to facilitate the speed of play.   You know, golfers etiquette counts for something!