You may have heard that NDSU's QB, Trey Lance left after one season and one game and is now the 49ers prized rookie. Turns out NDSU played a spring football season in 2021 and the starting QB was a 5th year senior named Zeb Noland who was a transfer from Iowa State. Ol' Zeb seems like a good kid, but he's not... a good QB. He is about as mobile as a statue and he's only slightly more accurate than I am slinging the ball (I'm a 56 year old who never had much of an arm to begin with and now I have arthritis in my shoulders). By the end of the spring, he was replaced by a true freshman and Zeb headed down to the University of South Carolina to be a graduate assistant even though he had a year of eligibility left (because COVID) since he had zero shot of being the starter, backup, or even third QB at NDSU.
Funny thing... the Gamecocks starting QB got injured, so old Zeb donned a uniform and started working out with the team as a player a couple of weeks ago. On Saturday, he will be starting for the Gamecocks (of the SEC) in their opener. I mean, this cat was never, ever the best QB on the field in any game he played at NDSU. And now he's starting in the premier conference in the country. Unbelievable.
I didnt know he was in charge of Wheel of Fortune too. Is he the one that made that simple show unwatchable?
These were both Merv Griffin shows, I wonder what his connection, if any, was to Merv. At least the current show is better than the original version with the shopping that contestants had to do. But, the final puzzle is so hard that almost nobody ever gets it. Hey, you could have won $xx,xxx if you had an unbelievable stroke of luck. Sorry!
Update: Merv sold these shows to Coca-Cola for $250 million.
Merv was nobody's fool.
All the dude had to do to keep his sweet, sweet gig was not pick himself against the wishes of basically every fan of the show (no matter who you wanted as the host after the "auditions" were over... It wasn't mike Richards).
Such hubris.
I agree with this take so much.
Hey I'm going to Peru tomorrow for 12 days! I was supposed to last March 2020, but you know pandemic and all. Anyway it's going to be a heck of a trip, all portered as I will be way up there with overnight elevations at 14,500' and some passes at 17,500' elevations. Yikes. If you want to see the details, below is a link. Click on the individual days to see what I will be doing.
I won't be doing game logs Sept 7 and 14 so if someone could pick those up, that would be great. If you follow me on Insta or Twitter I may pose some photos but I think I'll be off the grid September 4-12.
Looks amazing and exhausting. The hikes are about 15 km per day and take seven hours.
Almost all at elevations over 12,000 feet.
9,000ft here currently; I don't envy you (yes I do).
Be fun to check out some of the big telescopes, but they're Chile, I think
The Atacama Desert is in Peru and Chile but the observatories all appear to be in Chile. Looks like Machu Picchu is on the other side of the Andes.
I hiked Philmont twice. The second time, admittedly in not as good shape as the first time since I hadn't spent the previous six weeks walking all over Many Point, our crew summited Mount Phillips. That was only 11,742 feet and it was a new type of tiring. My first trek visited the crashed B-24 and that was hard since it was before the switchbacks were built on the way up. We all needed to rest our legs after that one but needed to rest our lungs after Mount Phillips.
I'm doing Philmont next summer.
Some of us hiked the Grand Canyon over two days (~17 mi) back in the 80s, and we all walked like we'd just given birth for the next 24hrs
I’ve done a number of trips at elevations from 8,000 to 10,000 with little issues. My highest before this trip was just over 13,000 and that was tiring. This is a whole new world for me. I walked a lot this spring and summer and did a lot of hills and stairs but you can’t train for 14,000+ elevations in St. Paul.
Following on Twitter!
"Killa" seems like poor naming choice, but I see "emergency horse" included with admission, so that's a plus.
Good luck and enjoy!
That sounds awesome. Have fun!
That’s bucket list stuff. Enjoy!
This looks amazing. I've never been more tempted to check out Instagram, just in case you post something. I look forward to reading about it when you get back. Best of luck!
Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
MEAT. been sending good vibes your way. Hope you and yours are safe and sound.
Meeeaaat!!
Good news, friends in Texas. Bad news, Texas. Good news, the hospitality can’t be beat. Bad news, we don’t know when power will be restored to the entire city. Good news, we’re alive and no major property damage. Bad news, had to secure the front door with wood planks because……
Long and short, it’s been a long couple of days. Things got a lot more real a lot faster than we expected or wanted them too. I’m very worried for the city, but we’re already working to get back as soon as possible.
Great to hear from you, and great to hear you're okay. You and the entire situation remain in our prayers.
Glad for this update and your safety, meat. Hope you & Dr Chop are able to get back home soon.
Discretion is the bettor part of valor. Glad you and yours are safe.
Great to hear that you and Dr. Chop are safe
So glad to hear you and Dr. Chop are okay & I'll continue to keep you on my thoughts. If there are any local orgs you'd particularly recommend for donations, let us know.
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May - 9.00
June - 5.23
July - 3.97
August - 2.30
legit LOL
You may have heard that NDSU's QB, Trey Lance left after one season and one game and is now the 49ers prized rookie. Turns out NDSU played a spring football season in 2021 and the starting QB was a 5th year senior named Zeb Noland who was a transfer from Iowa State. Ol' Zeb seems like a good kid, but he's not... a good QB. He is about as mobile as a statue and he's only slightly more accurate than I am slinging the ball (I'm a 56 year old who never had much of an arm to begin with and now I have arthritis in my shoulders). By the end of the spring, he was replaced by a true freshman and Zeb headed down to the University of South Carolina to be a graduate assistant even though he had a year of eligibility left (because COVID) since he had zero shot of being the starter, backup, or even third QB at NDSU.
Funny thing... the Gamecocks starting QB got injured, so old Zeb donned a uniform and started working out with the team as a player a couple of weeks ago. On Saturday, he will be starting for the Gamecocks (of the SEC) in their opener. I mean, this cat was never, ever the best QB on the field in any game he played at NDSU. And now he's starting in the premier conference in the country. Unbelievable.
Good.
That’s some big time reversal of fortune.
I didnt know he was in charge of Wheel of Fortune too. Is he the one that made that simple show unwatchable?
These were both Merv Griffin shows, I wonder what his connection, if any, was to Merv. At least the current show is better than the original version with the shopping that contestants had to do. But, the final puzzle is so hard that almost nobody ever gets it. Hey, you could have won $xx,xxx if you had an unbelievable stroke of luck. Sorry!
Update: Merv sold these shows to Coca-Cola for $250 million.
Merv was nobody's fool.
All the dude had to do to keep his sweet, sweet gig was not pick himself against the wishes of basically every fan of the show (no matter who you wanted as the host after the "auditions" were over... It wasn't mike Richards).
Such hubris.
I agree with this take so much.
Hey I'm going to Peru tomorrow for 12 days! I was supposed to last March 2020, but you know pandemic and all. Anyway it's going to be a heck of a trip, all portered as I will be way up there with overnight elevations at 14,500' and some passes at 17,500' elevations. Yikes. If you want to see the details, below is a link. Click on the individual days to see what I will be doing.
I won't be doing game logs Sept 7 and 14 so if someone could pick those up, that would be great. If you follow me on Insta or Twitter I may pose some photos but I think I'll be off the grid September 4-12.
Bon voyage.
https://killaexpeditions.com/trek/extended-ausangate-rainbow-trek-machu-picchu-package-9d8n/
Looks amazing and exhausting. The hikes are about 15 km per day and take seven hours.
Almost all at elevations over 12,000 feet.
9,000ft here currently; I don't envy you (yes I do).
Be fun to check out some of the big telescopes, but they're Chile, I think
The Atacama Desert is in Peru and Chile but the observatories all appear to be in Chile. Looks like Machu Picchu is on the other side of the Andes.
I hiked Philmont twice. The second time, admittedly in not as good shape as the first time since I hadn't spent the previous six weeks walking all over Many Point, our crew summited Mount Phillips. That was only 11,742 feet and it was a new type of tiring. My first trek visited the crashed B-24 and that was hard since it was before the switchbacks were built on the way up. We all needed to rest our legs after that one but needed to rest our lungs after Mount Phillips.
I'm doing Philmont next summer.
Some of us hiked the Grand Canyon over two days (~17 mi) back in the 80s, and we all walked like we'd just given birth for the next 24hrs
I’ve done a number of trips at elevations from 8,000 to 10,000 with little issues. My highest before this trip was just over 13,000 and that was tiring. This is a whole new world for me. I walked a lot this spring and summer and did a lot of hills and stairs but you can’t train for 14,000+ elevations in St. Paul.
Following on Twitter!
"Killa" seems like poor naming choice, but I see "emergency horse" included with admission, so that's a plus.
Good luck and enjoy!
That sounds awesome. Have fun!
That’s bucket list stuff. Enjoy!
This looks amazing. I've never been more tempted to check out Instagram, just in case you post something. I look forward to reading about it when you get back. Best of luck!
Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
MEAT. been sending good vibes your way. Hope you and yours are safe and sound.
Meeeaaat!!
Good news, friends in Texas. Bad news, Texas. Good news, the hospitality can’t be beat. Bad news, we don’t know when power will be restored to the entire city. Good news, we’re alive and no major property damage. Bad news, had to secure the front door with wood planks because……
Long and short, it’s been a long couple of days. Things got a lot more real a lot faster than we expected or wanted them too. I’m very worried for the city, but we’re already working to get back as soon as possible.
Great to hear from you, and great to hear you're okay. You and the entire situation remain in our prayers.
Glad for this update and your safety, meat. Hope you & Dr Chop are able to get back home soon.
Discretion is the bettor part of valor. Glad you and yours are safe.
Great to hear that you and Dr. Chop are safe
So glad to hear you and Dr. Chop are okay & I'll continue to keep you on my thoughts. If there are any local orgs you'd particularly recommend for donations, let us know.