SilverBull

Was that meant to be a compliment or an insult? Or did he just want you to help someone choking?

This will be ready for when we are practicing during the harsh winter for our Bowl Game Looks first rate. Hopefully this will be a boon for multiple Bulls sports.

On the bright side, I'm sure we got all the bad calls against us out of our system for the rest of year and we won't have to worry about the refs ever again.

I was pleasantly surprised by the defensive performance. Gotta contain Cunningham this week and that is a real challenge.

When I was an editor at the Oracle sports reporting was not the top draft pick for aspiring journalists. Of course, we didn't have a football team then. And with the decline of newspapers generally, not likely to find another Grantland Rice out there.

How I normally react to crushing de feet.

I tried using this function at home. Worked for my wife but not for me.

One more positive of living in the heart of ACC territory.

I think with the right mix of Mangham, Dukes and Bohanon and a HEAVY serving of Battie, this could be a recipe for success.

This exactly. Like the stock market (or life in general) the path success or failure is not usually quick or in a straight line. I remember back when we first started our football program, I had friends who seriously were saying we would win a National Championship within 10 years. I reminded them it just doesn't work that way (even if you claim it yourself a la UCF). Some folks get overly hyped at the first sign of success and some get overly discouraged at the first inkling of failure. It's human nature that we have to constantly battle in order to remain somewhat sane and moving forward.

Everyone has one talent.

And, finally, there was this one which I found particularly fitting and can probably share with my beloved Bulls...

Best line of the day. I guess I should have followed the advice of this other fortune cookie I recently received at the same place. I was a bit bewildered me at the time as to how to precisely accomplish this. Maybe I should pass it along to our coaches as well.

Been on the road and not listening but didn't the Bucs win by double digits?

I just stopped for some Asian cuisine and received this fortune:

Brings back haunting memories of when we played Alabama in the sweltering heat of Birmingham in 2003. I got to my seat at the crowded on-field endzone bleachers. My seat ticket number was 42 and there were only 41 seats in the row. I sat on the stairs and burly Alabama trooper said I had to move. I explained my dilemma and he said he didn't care. I either had to find a seat or leave. I clung to the edge of the seat until people started dropping from heatstroke, so it left some more room for me.

I think it is funny how rationality is viewed by some on this board (and pretty much in society these days) as a bad thing. I have supported the Bulls for a half century with my fandom, my attendance, my money and, I dare say, a lot more work than most. I saw the steps forward last night and applaud them. I hope that continues throughout the season. And I continue to support the Bulls on all fronts, but I refuse to consider myself a fair-weather fan because I'm not giddy over a loss that we had every chance to win and didn't. Well-intentioned, thoughtful criticism is not a sin, nor is tempered optimism. That said, I don't credit any one coach, kid or unit with our successes or blame them for our losses. It is a team game. And while I generally loathe refs, blaming them for this loss is a copout. We could have won but, as a team, we didn't. I believe, that as a team, we can if we just knock out some of our much too common mistakes and lapses of judgment and concentration. Since the start of the season my optimism has grown somewhat that we can be respectable this year. I will continue to hope for the best and support the Bulls in my own way.

It's better if you don't think of it as choking and embrace it as tradition.

Not sure why this is an either/or question.

It's just how we do things. There's never a problem.

Really impressed with his play from day 1. He has been a highlight.

I agree with this completely. Hope that team improvement continues next week and throughout the season. That is really the most I think one can ask for. I'll add that while I am hoping we don't have a letdown after a letdown after an emotional loss to the Gators I hope Louisville does have have a letdown after an emotional conference loss to the Noles.

But it's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye... https://www.foxnews.com/sports/multiple-appalachian-state-fans-suffer-injuries-rushing-field-hail-mary-win

Don't see any big reason to be really happy or sad. A loss, as anticipated, but closer than I thought. Improvement shown, but in the end a winnable game not won. Hopefully improvement continues each week, and we can eliminate the costly mistakes. After watching Malik Cunningham play, we better string piano wire across the line of scrimmage.

1) Louisville2) 35-243) Battie4) Weaver5) 337