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Man word travels fast, thanks...LOL! 3 of my kids have November birthdays go figure LOL! LOVE ME some TANGO!

My comment was completely in jest, meant purely as a belated birthday wish for Titan32, my friend and newest member of the "Half a Hundred Club"!!

Transfer OL from Castle. Really good player. Fine, no big deal. What is unfortunate, however, is that his mother is an administrator in Warrick County. She has bigger stones than I have considering that. Supposedly their logic was that he would get more exposure "blocking" for Brady Allen, than he would at Castle. Not sure that makes sense to me. Equally concerning is I guess the days of being loyal to your high school have diminished. Seems to be more focus on the how the individual can benefit and less loyalty in some cases.

https://mises.org/wire/are-monarchies-better-economic-growth-heres-what-empirical-evidence-says A Comparative Analysis Quite interesting is that research confirms the assumption of Hoppe. According to Mauro Guillen monarchies are more effective than democratic republics at protecting property rights primarily because of their long-term focus. “Monarchies tend to be dynasties, and therefore have a long-term focus,” Guillen says. “If you focus on the long run, you are bound to be more protective of property rights…. You’re more likely to put term limits on politicians that want to abuse their powers. Queen Elizabeth of the UK has exercised her constitutional role admirably in keeping the country’s prime ministers in check, whenever they seemed to overextend their reach.” Similarly, Guillen in his study points out that as symbols of national unity, monarchies curtail the negative consequences of internal conflict on property rights: We can attribute the success of political and economic transitions under monarchies to the high levels of trust cultivated by the cultural legacy of hereditary rule. As a source of national pride, monarchs can rely on the power of sentiment to invite support for controversial reforms. Indeed, research suggests monarchies are enhanced by such measures. Christian Bjørnskov and Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard in their publication “Economic Growth and Institution Reform in Modern Monarchies and Republics: A Historical Cross-Country Perspective, 1820–2000,” present fascinating information: “While large-scale political reforms are typically associated with short term growth declines, reflecting what has become known as the “valley of tears,” the data indicate that this valley does not appear in monarchies. In fact, if anything it has the opposite effect.” Moreover, the rating agency Standard and Poor's asserts that monarchies have stronger credit scores and impressive balance sheets relative to republics. Credit analyst Joydeep Mukherji submits that there is no difference between constitutional and absolute monarchies in the assessment of their debt risk. “However, absolute monarchies score higher than constitutional monarchies in external risk and fiscal risk, largely reflecting the strong general government balance sheets and high external asset positions of wealthy monarchies in the eastern Arab world,’’ he noted. Like Gullien, Victor Menaldo in “The Middle East and North Africa’s resilient monarchs” posits that monarchies are linked to respect for the rule of law, protection of property rights, and economic growth. As Menaldo shows, the predictability of the political culture embedded by monarchies positively affects the decision to invest: “Given the emergence of a stable political culture … elites and citizens will be encouraged to protect their planning horizons due to longer executive tenures and an institutional succession process. Both elites and citizens will be more likely to make the investments in physical and human capital that encourage capital accumulation and increases in productivity.” Another argument in favor of monarchies is their intolerance for wars, since involvement in warfare has the potential to eviscerate wealth. Though comparing political systems based on the likelihood to wage war is rare, one study written by leading political scientists intuits that premodern monarchies were less likely to fight wars: Yet, suggesting that monarchies display superior characteristics relative to democratic republics does not mean that we should return to the past. However, one cannot criticize monarchy without understanding its strengths and limitations. Dante's dream still has hope of becoming true some day?

The 2 youngest are directly attributable to the spring race at Bristol

Just proves we are creatures of habit LOL.

Oh come on! It's so obvious... The young man just wants more free weekends in November....

Line don't like higher definition end zone cameras. We think they make our butts look big.

IU is 11-5 in the B10 the last 2 years. Hardly the scenario you ascribe. They won 6 B10 games alone last year. Try harder.

Mid-State would be a nice fit for sure. But still, no need to leave. I agree.

What happened to the NLC discussion. This seems to be a theme across many Grid topics. Can't stay on subject. Although entertaining, hardly informative. Why not have a general rant thread where people can just do what they wish...within reason.

Or us, we are close to 2A enrollment playing 4A for what, 2 more years? Hard to figure...

Steve McMichael announces he has ALS https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/04/23/ex-bear-steve-mcmichael-announces-he-has-als/ One of my favorite Bears of all time. Awful for "Mongo" to have to deal with this new challenge. My thought will be with him and his family.

Yes, that is a perfect way to describe you, friend.