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Finally a decent week for me

Pretty amazing stuff tonight. Dee Gordon, one of the Marlins who appears to be most affected by Fernandez's death, lined up batting right handed for the first pitch he faced tonight leading off the game as a tribute to righty Fernandez. He then switched over to his normal left side, and proceeded to hit the next pitch out for a lead off homer. His only home run all year. Pretty cool!

Both running backs are great fits for the Dallas running game, both are good backs, and both have benefited from the Dallas O-line. Murray was a horrible fit in Philly, and it showed. He's having a really nice season in Tennessee, where the offense suits his running style. He's got 250 yds and 3 TDs in 3 games, and it's not like they're handing him the ball 30 times a game.

Romo has put up elite numbers for the majority of his career, and his numbers during clutch situations are off the charts, despite being labeled a choker. He was just unfortunate enough to be stuck on the Dallas Cowboys during the prime of his career when they had no defense and no running game. There are probably 10 teams in the league that he could've won multiple superbowls with had he been on their roster instead of the Cowboys. But even if you want to say he's just good, and not great, he's still underrated. There's never been a qb of his quality who's been criticized so much for things beyond his control.

IMO it's Andy Dalton. Also, Romo is one of the most UNDERRATED quarterbacks of all time.

I hated to hear about Fernandez's death this morning when I woke up. He represented all that was right in baseball, and was my favorite non-ranger. He was arguably the best young pitcher in baseball, and had the potential for a hall of fame career. He also played the game with a joy that you don't see often, and it made him even more likeable. RIP.

Terrance Williams is a dumpster fire

He reminds me of a young tony romo, back when romo wasn't quite as polished, but could still run

Can't believe how good dak is looking as a rookie.

This is you referencing the other shooting. you admit to not knowing the details, but describe it as "similar to Charlotte". The only similarity was that a black man was killed by police. That's why I said you shouldn't reference shootings that you don't know the details to, and then gave you the details of what happened. You've referenced Mike Brown before, too.

I was reading through this thread and was going to post this. I don't like that adults are protesting through the national anthem, but I certainly respect their right to do so, even as I lose respect for them as they do it. While I respect adults' rights to protest, and to do whatever they want during the national anthem, I have a major problem with adults using children as pawns in their own personal protests.

Since you get so upset about them, it might be prudent for you to research them more often, and if you can't bring yourself to do that because it upsets you too much, then it would be even more prudent for you to not reference them in your arguments. If people would take the time to know the facts in these shootings, they'd realize the vast majority of the shootings are completely justified (but that goes against what they want to believe). Take this case that you referenced but knew nothing about, and which has been protested in Charlotte recently. The man was seen rolling a blunt by two undercover police officers in his car. They were on a warrant service, looking for a suspect, so they weren't going to mess with him. For unknown reasons (possibly because he was high?), he began displaying or playing with a gun in his car, which the officers witnessed. Due to the fact that they knew he was high, and now knew he had a weapon, he took priority over the suspect they were trying to find. They placed vests on identifying them as police, and approached his vehicle telling him to get out with his hands up. Instead he got out with the gun in his hand, and after ignoring several commands to drop the gun, he made some sort of movement that led a (African American) cop to shoot him. There is video that shows the gun on the ground next to his body seconds after he was shot, and in the body cam video you can hear multiple officers telling him to drop the weapon. there, I did your research for you. Now there is no reason for you to ever bring this case up again, unless you're using it as an example of a perfectly reasonable cop shooting that was used as an excuse to protest, riot, and loot.

The way the law is written, I'm not sure the facts point to her guilt, to be honest. They point possibly to her doing her job poorly in this situation, but the prosecution is going to have a hard time proving what went through her mind during this situation, which is essentially what they'll have to do. While being armed makes a big difference in these cases, it's not required that a suspect be armed for a cop to be justified in shooting them. The Mike Brown case is one example, although this case would fall more in the category of guys who commit suicide by cop by reaching into their waistband to make cops shoot them, or someone being shot pulling out a cellphone to record the cops when being told to show their hands. Although this guy was not doing this exactly, the officer will say that the suspect was clearly high on something (he obviously was), he repeatedly refused orders to stop (he did), he was too big for her to try and subdue, especially if he was on PCP as she suspected, and he returned to his car and appeared to either try to reach through his window or open the door (Which can be seen in the video from the helicopter). It will be the prosecution's job to prove that, despite all of those statements being obviously true, it was unreasonable for her to fear that he may be retrieving a weapon, and I doubt they can do that. Again, I am not defending the cop or how she did her job, and I do believe that this situation could've been handled differently and not resulted in this guy getting shot. I am merely pointing out why it would be difficult to convict her of manslaughter. I saw an interview with an apparently (I didn't recognize him and don't remember his name) well-known African American attorney who was previously a prosecutor and is now a defense attorney. He stated that he would much rather defend this case than prosecute it.

As much as I hate to admit it, I was really impressed with the ags tonight. This was a really nice (and convincing) win for you guys. Eww, I threw up in my mouth a little

Hey buddy, I quit watching, what's the score?

Thanks to buddy's performance in the Texas/cal thread last weekend, I'm rooting strongly for the Ags tonight

Spring Hill won 53-6

Max preps has CVP @ Annapolis Christian Academy tomorrow. Not sure

Atascocita won 37-7

Groveton won 55-0

19-5 with PAM tomorrow. So 20-5

49-46 now, not sure of the time left

Tenaha up 36-12 in the 4th

Richland Springs won 57-7

OCC won 19-14