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Spring Game Weather Thread

Still looks good for partly/mostly cloudy and mild (highs in the low 60s) with ~10 mph winds and <5% chance of a spritz or a sprinkle before 7 pm according to the NWS, which is why the official forecast doesn't include any mention of rain - and even if any fell it would be nuisance amounts. Sounds like a great day for Rutgers Day and the Spring football game.

Also, another round of freeze warnings (and frost advisories) for most in the region overnight through early tomorrow morning.

SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A transition from early springlike temperatures Friday night to
early summer readings by Sunday. An upper ridge will build across
the area thru the period and as this happens, low pressure moves
by to the north, bringing a warm front thru on Saturday. There
will be plenty of clouds around, but chances for rain are low
Saturday (slight chance) and only chance levels for Sat night.
The most favored areas for the showers are the Southern Poconos,
Lehigh Valley and north NJ.
Looking good!!

OT: R.I.P. Mike Pinder (Moody Blues) age 82

According to Wiki the band was founded in 1964 and Heyward joined in 66.

In 1966, after answering another ad in Melody Maker, this time placed by Eric Burdon of The Animals, Hayward was contacted by Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues after Burdon had passed on Hayward's letter and demo discs to Pinder. Within a few days, Hayward had replaced departing Moody Blues vocalist and guitarist Denny Laine. At the same time bassist John Lodge replaced the departed Clint Warwick.
One of my favorite bands from back in the day who I saw play live a number of times.

BB Recruiting Rutgers lands Merrimack transfer G Jordan Derkack

Omg - so your narrative is he shifted from PSU to RU because he saw an easier path to PT?

Or is it that PSU decided they didn’t want him at all because every player at the end of their bench will be better? Lol.
PSU is stacked. They have the number 2 and 3 ranked recruits coming in, and the ninth highest scorer in D1 from last year. And a very solid returning starter. Clearly he went to Rutgers cause there’s less competition.
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BB Recruiting Rutgers lands Merrimack transfer G Jordan Derkack

Sure they always mention coaches. It’s a given. I’m not qualifying it because I’m also not out here saying alloco or Williams or okpara aren’t coming because they don’t want to play for Pikiell.
Omg - so your narrative is he shifted from PSU to RU because he saw an easier path to PT?

Or is it that PSU decided they didn’t want him at all because every player at the end of their bench will be better? Lol.

OT: NFL Football Draft

6 QB, 7 WR. and 9 OL taken in the first round. That's 22 out of 32. There is no question what the NFL values: guys who throw the ball, guys who catch the ball, and guys who protect the guys who throw the ball.

No RB, no surprise. Ironic that RB is the most valued position in fantasy football, but is almost an afterthought in real football.

The run on CB hasn't yet materialized. Only three taken in the first round. I wonder if that will push Melton back a bit.

OT: Look out, here comes some free advice…

I always found manuals quickly lost their appeal in stop and go traffic.
Two years ago last week I bought my first car with a manual transmission in California and drove it home. A week before flying out there, a buddy let me practice for about an hour in his Camaro, and that was all the experience I had with a manual trans before my cross-country trip. On the way back, I stopped at Arches National Park. The line to get in was stop and go for quite a long time, and I don't even remember how many times I stalled. The people around me must have thought there was something wrong with my car, but it was good practice at least, and both the drive through the park and the view from the end of the hike I did were well worth the embarrassment.

Also since this thread seems to have a lot of car enthusiasts, are you guys familiar with the movie Vanishing Point? While driving through Utah I stopped at the (now abandoned) gas station that the opening and closing scenes were filmed at. It's in a small ghost town known as Cisco, very eery place. The first couple days of my ride home were basically the reverse of what Kowalski drove in the movie.

OT: Driving from NJ to Orlando and back

I'm a fan of staying in Florence, but have stayed in Santee. Going SB, stayed as far south as Brunswick GA and Kingsland just before the FL/GA line. My starting point is PA so maybe NJ is not doable for GA.

Some of my trips NB would be a 4-5AM start from Orlando and drive all day to get home at 10AM-Midnight. Others would involve a Florence stop and begin the next day, still hitting the NOVA traffic. 301 doesn't always work because the Waldorf/Brandywine MD area can be a mess.

OT: R.I.P. Mike Pinder (Moody Blues) age 82

RIP

didnt know lead singer Justin Heyward wasnt an original member but he is still alive
According to Wiki the band was founded in 1964 and Heyward joined in 66.

In 1966, after answering another ad in Melody Maker, this time placed by Eric Burdon of The Animals, Hayward was contacted by Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues after Burdon had passed on Hayward's letter and demo discs to Pinder. Within a few days, Hayward had replaced departing Moody Blues vocalist and guitarist Denny Laine. At the same time bassist John Lodge replaced the departed Clint Warwick.

Fran Brown following the Schiano Blueprint

“Development Program” 😂😂😂

Fran Brown failed as a DB coach here, leading one of the worst performing units we had. Once he was gone, the secondary got much much better

Fran can recruit — but he can’t coach

Sadly, next year’s joke of a schedule will hide his inadequacy as an HC
He unit performed pretty damn well at UGA but I assume he gets no credit for that
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