So after hearing such good things about USAA from friends and learning that they had opened up their banking products to the non-military-connected, I figured I would give them a shot as my checking / savings provider. A big part of that decision was because of the home scanning / mobile app deposit options USAA [...]
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The Quotable Les Miles
March 30th, 2010
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I just put the wraps on an amusing (to me, at least) new Bet-R Sites project – The Quotable Les Miles. As you might have guessed, the site features quotes from LSU head football coach Les Miles. If you don’t follow LSU football, the concept probably won’t make much sense to you. But if you’re [...]
How USAA sees occupations in 2010
March 29th, 2010
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Now that USAA has opened up its banking products to non-military types, I’m in process of moving our checking and savings accounts over there (refunded ATM charges, good bill pay, free checks, convenient deposits, etc.). So in setting up my profile I was prompted to select an occupation from a pull-down menu. The list of [...]
SECCG Pick & Week 13 Recap
December 5th, 2009
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I suppose I shouldn’t wait until kickoff to make my SEC Championship Game prediction. I’m going with Alabama, mostly based on what I think with be Fonzie’s ability to get his guys to finish this year’s game after throwing away a perfect season, SEC Championship and BCS title game shot last year. Bama 20 – [...]
LSU / SEC Week 13 Picks
November 26th, 2009
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For Les Miles’ sake, I really hope there’s no drama in the LSU / Arkansas game Saturday night. No drama in the sense that Arkansas wins by 30 wouldn’t be a good thing, but a nice, uneventful last few minutes would be a good thing for the coach. I really don’t know what I expect [...]
I have to defend Les Miles on something
November 24th, 2009
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LSU head coach Les Miles has come under a lot of scrutiny in the past three days because of his inexplicable mismanagement of the final minute in LSU’s loss to Ole Miss Saturday. And that scrutiny is well-deserved. Miles has a history of questionable and poor game management during his tenure at LSU. It’s infuriated [...]
LSU’s Nike Pro Combat uniforms – the full abomination
November 23rd, 2009
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Nike is set to unveil the next worst moment in LSU football history today. And though they can’t top Les Miles’ performance in the last minute of the Ole Miss game, they come sort of close. I give you the LSU Nike Pro Combat uniform in all its abominable glory: So let’s break this ugly [...]
LSU / Ole Miss: The Judgment
November 22nd, 2009
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If Les Miles could change the outcome of one play in LSU’s loss to Ole Miss, it might be his Tigers’ onside kick in the final minute. If Dexter McCluster grabs the ball instead of jumping away from it, Leslie would only be facing questions about his team’s performance from late in the second quarter [...]
More details on the LSU Pro Combat Nike uniforms
November 20th, 2009
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– Update: The LSU Nike uniforms in their full abominable glory. – The super-marketeers of Nike are still waiting until Monday to officially unveil the abomination of a “Pro Combat” special uniform they’ll inflict upon Tiger fans who attend the Arkansas game next weekend, but they continue to drop clues in their source code. The [...]
LSU / SEC Week 12 Picks
November 19th, 2009
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What’s the difference between the 2008 LSU Tigers and the 2009 LSU Tigers? Georgia sucks this year. Well, it’s not quite that simple, but after suffering through a very poor LSU patsy win last Saturday, this season is feeling a lot like 2008 – except that Georgia sucks. Last year, Georgia didn’t suck and LSU [...]
