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Beau Fontenot
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re: Top Blue Bloods of all time list
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/17/26 at 9:37 am to ukraine_rebel
These lists are silly. I view Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, ND, Texas and OU in at the same level, but if I had to give an edge to one, I'd say Alabama.
Michigan is #1 in total wins. OU in conference titles. Alabama in national titles. USC has to be on that list.
Michigan is #1 in total wins. OU in conference titles. Alabama in national titles. USC has to be on that list.
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re: Forbes’ “New Ivies” Public and Private Universities, 2026
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/17/26 at 9:10 am to tide06
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There’s absolutely value in that, but it shouldn’t cost $42k a year for an undergrad to receive it at a borderline top 100 school like Alabama, particularly when it’s being conveyed in a “classroom” that holds 700 people being lectured by a TA that barely speaks English.
100% agreement. Until you get to upper division courses, you're not seeing the superstar professors in a department.
My son went to Tennessee because of the cost. He had offers from solid schools that cost a lot. The scholarship programs in Tennessee and his scores made UT nearly cost free. And it didn't hurt him one bit as he received a very generous scholarship to Vandy law and landed a job with a top firm on the east coast. I would rate his education at UT as excellent.
re: Forbes’ “New Ivies” Public and Private Universities, 2026
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/17/26 at 8:52 am to tide06
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I have multiple degrees including one that cost $65k/year from a top ten school and outside of the strategic/generalized aspects of what was taught nearly everything has been made irrelevant by tech changes within 15 years.
I received a classical education in college, and I strongly believe in going to college for that purpose. I went to grad school and thought I would become a professor at some point, but I ended up in technology. Still, my education benefited me in tech.
I founded my own cloud computing company in 2003 and managed it until its sale in 2012. Now I'm mostly involved in network security.
We can teach people more about the technology business once you're on board with us. I can get you through IP fundamentals, coding and even put you on a CCIE track. What I can't teach you is how to be a creative thinker or spend time teaching you the broader view of the world you gain with a liberal arts education. We typically hire very smart people, regardless of degree.
Years ago, I was at a fundraiser at a very wealthy person's home. He had a collection of Lautrec works. I knew the works thanks to some time spent in art history classes. He was quite impressed that I knew about it and after our long conversation, he invested during a subsequent capital raise.
re: Forbes’ “New Ivies” Public and Private Universities, 2026
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/17/26 at 8:39 am to Ten Bears
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I live in Florida, and everyone I know who has gone to UF has transferred after a year.
I’m not buying that Florida is some top tier institution either. Selective? Yes, but a friend’s daughter had over 1,500 kids in their freshman chemistry class.
Definitely a good school, but their ascent in the rankings is largely due to the amount of money they poured into research. That doesn't affect first and second year students in any meaningful way.
re: Programs Where Their Main Rival Does Not Consider Them Their Main Rival
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/16/26 at 3:19 pm to Tornado Alley
USC's biggest rival is UCLA, not Notre Dame, especially across all sports.
re: Evangelicals turning on Catholics all of a sudden.
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/15/26 at 11:05 am to The Baker
I remember the Protestant/Catholic fight in Northern Ireland. That went well.
re: Trump: ‘Pope Leo is weak on crime & terrible on foreign policy’
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/13/26 at 7:50 am to hawgfaninc
It's really a sad when our President sinks to this type of behavior. Presidents are held to the highest standard of decorum because it's the most powerful office in the world. You have to project strength, grace and calm. You take the high road. Trump's behavior reflects the antithesis of that standard.
re: Mugshot of the LSU fan who threw the punch
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/12/26 at 9:05 pm to SmoothBox
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LSU has one of the trashiest fan bases around. Hell the majority of the SEC fan bases are absolute trash
Same shite happens at Stanford. Biochem majors duking it out with English majors from Cal. It's brutal.
re: What does LSU have that’s good?
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/12/26 at 8:47 pm to GreyReb
Very interesting architecture and campus design, led by the same firm that helped designed the National Mall and Stanford. All of those beautiful live oaks. A pretty good marine biology program that's doing important work in the restoration of critical Gulf coast habitat. One of the few schools that has land, sea and space-grant status.
re: The SOFTNESS that is truly the Ole Miss Frats boys was in full display yesterday
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/12/26 at 11:16 am to Covingtontiger77
Yeah, my money would be on the LSU fan.
re: Ok, for all you baseball savants...
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/8/26 at 1:24 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
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Thats very fair so let me clarify a bit None of it is easy, but if the big three, speed and movement are easier to create than location.
And location becomes much more critical as you attempt to move up the ranks. When you watched guys like Glavine and Maddox, you realize how important it is. They lived off location.
One of the first things we teach kids that have proven they can consistently throw strikes is how to create movement on a fastball. The simple first step is changing from four to two seams, but then you have to master the location of a different fastball. Then you can teach the cutter by teaching them to place more pressure on the ball with the middle finger. That allows you to make the ball sail away from a right-handed batter and in on a left-handed batter. But it always comes back to being able to locate the pitch.
re: Football game dress
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/8/26 at 10:05 am to SOL2
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Yes. Coats and ties until 73 or 74
About right, although fraternities and sororities still dress up at a lot of SEC games. It's always been a thing in the South, especially at Ole Miss, Alabama and Auburn. Florida, not so much or Tennessee that I recall. Mostly the Deep South schools.
re: Ok, for all you baseball savants...
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/8/26 at 9:58 am to pgaddxn
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Not a savant but unless any of the savants on here are present for these pitchers training and bullpens and practice, how would any of them know? You cannot just watch and then presume to know what their routine or mental state is.
Correct. I've coached pitchers, but you have to work with them every day to know what's really going on. Sometimes it's tweaking a release point or maybe they're not driving their shoulder to the mit. It could be pitch selection at critical points. Not having confidence in throwing their off speed pitch on fastball counts or the inability to hit the right spots at the right time. But if that's the case, the pitcher needs to rely on tweaking their fastball as much as the off speed. It's still the most versatile pitch since you can do so much to change it.
Most of the time it's mental, since these kids can all throw strikes. They wouldn't be at LSU unless they had demonstrated they had the base skills to succeed in the SEC.
re: LSU WBB - Bella Hines enters transfer portal - commits to TCU
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/8/26 at 9:44 am to Keltic Tiger
Of the two, Knox would definitely be the bigger loss. After getting benched for her technical, she really improved and became an important part of the team.
UCLA needs some players, which kinda worries me. She's from that area, but neither she or Hines seem to fit their culture.
UCLA needs some players, which kinda worries me. She's from that area, but neither she or Hines seem to fit their culture.
re: Lady Vols basketball current active roster is now at ONE player.
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/7/26 at 8:35 am to BoomerandSooner
I feel badly for this coach. It can't be all her fault. It sounds like some of these players, maybe all of them, needed to go. But the coach, of course, has to take responsibility for recruiting them.
Too few kids these days seem to be able to fight through adversity. They all think they're owed something and that the show is all about them.
Too few kids these days seem to be able to fight through adversity. They all think they're owed something and that the show is all about them.
re: Check in if your team won a championship this week
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/7/26 at 8:33 am to weagle1999
Go Mighty Bruins!
re: The Mercenary Wolverines.
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/7/26 at 8:09 am to Go Go Gata
I like coach May. Seems like a decent guy, and he found success within the existing system and by playing by its rules. I gotta give him credit.
re: Arambide and Yorke need to sit
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/5/26 at 6:51 pm to Tigergoose77
Post this about more of our players. They seem to respond well.
re: LSU 16 @ Tennessee 6 Final
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/5/26 at 6:39 pm to oldskule
Missed the game and watched a replay. No wonder he was bitching. That strike call was atrocious. Suck an orange, Vols.
re: Lady Gamecock fans do not want to hear it!
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/5/26 at 5:09 pm to navy
UCLA.... fight fight fight!
re: Congrats U.C.L.A., good game Balenciaga
Posted by Beau Fontenot on 4/5/26 at 4:53 pm to Frac the world
My school. (not Balenciaga). Very proud.
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