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themultifandomgal · 2 years ago

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Antonio- Meeting Him

I arrive at Mollys to meet my brothers Jay and Will, same dad different moms. I haven't long moved to Chicago to be with my brothers after my mom passed away recently.

Seeing my brothers sat a table, I approach now noticing a few other people

"Here she is. Severide, Dawson this is YN" Will says standing up and giving me a hug

"Hey" I greet him and Jay who also give me a hug. I look at the other two guys "hi it's nice to meet you"

"Like wise, Jay and Will have told us a lot about you. Kelly Severide" Kelly stands up and shakes my hand

"Antonio Dawson" Antonio also shakes my hand. I sit in between my brothers. Jay nudges a glass of coke towards me

"Thanks"

"Jay told us your a teacher. What year?" Antonio asks

"Kindergarten so age 5"

"30 5 year olds in one room, no thank you" Kelly shudders at the thought

"They're not that bad. It's the parents you have to watch" I chuckle "so do either of you have kids?"

"No" Kelly shakes his head

"I've got two. Boy and girl. Have you?"

"No. Never found the right guy I guess"

"I'll drink to that one" Jay mutters lifting up his drink to take a sip

"Hey my relationships haven't been that bad" I nudge Jay

"Errr yeah they have. There was Jake-the deadbeat, then Alfie- the drug dealer..."

"Woah ok I didn't know and as soon as I found out I broke it off. Anyway we weren't that serious" I shrug

"Don't forgot Dan. God he was the worst" Will says "you know, she rang me in anger because Dan stole her money. Had to ring Jay"

"Ahh so you were the stolen purse case Jay left us a week for"

"Guilty" I give Antonio a smile "fine ok my relationships have sucked, that's why I'm having a new start here and not dating for a long ass time"

"Yeah yeah, your like your brother there" Will nods towards Jay "you see a hot guy and you can't keep away. Like a moth to a flame"

"She just needs the right guy to tame her" Kelly says

"Don't even think about it" Jay points at his friend. I roll my eyes at my brother being over protective.

The hours tick by and before I know it, it's now Saturday morning and I have had far too much to drink

"I'm gonna have to call a taxi. Will Christopher be ok with me leaving my car here?" I ask standing up on wobbling legs

"He'll be fine about it. Would rather you get home safely" Kelly shrugs

"Well thank you for the drinks, but I'm super tired"

"Don't worry about it"

"Let me give you a lift home. I've not drank" Antonio offers

"No it's ok, don't worry..."

"I insist. I know your brothers would feel happier knowing that you got home safely by an officer than worry about you in a taxi on your own"

"Ok. Thank you" I give into Antonio.

Slipping into Antonio's car I rest my head on the window, tiredness starting to win the battle to try and stay awake

"Your seats are comfy" I mutter. I hear Antonio chuckle next to me "will your wife mind that your dropping me off?"

"No wife. Divorced"

"Oh. I'm sorry I didn't mean..."

"It's ok, well now it is. For a while I wasn't allowed to see my kids. Things have gotten better"

"I'm glad things are better. I've worked with some parents who don't get along and it puts a strain of the kids. Sometimes it just takes time for divorced parents to figure out how to work" I realise I've probably been talking out of place so I apologise to which Antonio tells me not to be silly. We arrive outside my tiny house, I turn to look at Antonio and smile "thank you for the lift"

"Don't worry about it. I'll get someone to drop your car off for you tomorrow"

"Jays on my insurance, ask him"

"Ok. Goodnight YN"

"Goodnight Antonio" I exit the car and walk to my front door, noticing that Antonio hasn't left yet. Once I find my house keys and open the door I turn around to give him a wave. I lock the door behind me and that's only when Antonio leaves I assume making sure I'm safe.

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yeracluedeanwinchester · 7 years ago

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All the questions 🤗

1. Are looks important in a relationship?Yes I think so 2. Are relationships ever worth it?Yes until proven otherwise3. Are you a virgin?Nopes4. Are you in a relationship?Nah5. Are you in love?With tacos6. Are you single this year?For about half of it7. Can you commit to one person?Ofc8. Describe your crushI don't really have one atm but I seem to like guys with dark hair. The occasional blond.9. Describe your perfect mateEh10. Do you believe in love at first sight?I haven't experienced it but maybe11. Do you ever want to get married?Maybe12. Do you forgive betrayal?Don't know tbh. Depends how bad13. Do you get jealous easily?Is the sky blue lmao 14. Do you have a crush on anyone?Somewhat. He's cute i guess 15. Do you have any piercings?Not anymore 16. Do you have any tattoos?In January hopefullyyyy17. Do you like kissing in public?Heck yeah 20. Do you shower every day?Every other day 21. Do you think someone has feelings for you?Yeah22. Do you think someone is thinking about you right now?Mmmaybe23. Do you think you can last in a relationship for 6 months and not cheat?I've been in two relationships longer than that and yep24. Do you think you’ll be married in 5 years?Mehhhh25. Do you want to be in a relationship this year?Very meh lol 26. Has anyone told you they don’t want to ever lose you?Yes27. Has someone ever written a song or poem for you?No lul28. Have you ever been cheated on?Yup 🙃29. Have you ever cheated on someone?No30. Have you ever considered plastic surgery? If so, what would you change about your body?No 31. Have you ever cried over a guy/girl?Yes and I also almost cried over my best friend but not because of romantic stuff32. Have you ever experienced unrequited love?Idk33. Have you ever had sex with a man?Yes34. Have you ever had sex with a woman?No35. Have you ever kissed someone older than you?Yeah 36. Have you ever liked one of your best friends?I don't know if he was a best friend but we were pretty cool. 37. Have you ever liked someone who your friends hated?Yes lmao38. Have you ever liked someone you didn’t expect to?Yea39. Have you ever wanted someone you couldn’t have?Ofc40. Have you ever written a song or poem for someone?No lmao 41. Have you had sex so far this year?Yeps42. How long can you just kiss until your hands start to wander?A while honestly. Usually the other person switches it up.43. How long was your longest relationship?2 years and a bit 44. How many boyfriends/girlfriends have you had?3 more serious 1 not so serious 45. How many people did you kiss in 2012/2013?1 I'm pretty sure 46. How many times did you have sex last year?Lots heh. 47. How old are you?21 almost 22 ✌48. If the person you like says they like someone else, what would you say?Dunno. That would probably suck so maybe just I'm happy for u 49. If you have a boyfriend/girlfriend, what is your favorite thing about him/her?I don't 50. If your first true love knocked on your door with apology and presents, would you accept?Nah51. Is there a boy/girl who you would do absolutely everything for?My best friend 52. Is there anyone you’ve given up on? Why?I kinda did on all of them I guess .-. For various reasons.53. Is there someone mad because you’re dating/talking to the person you are?I have 4 friends so no :)54. Is there someone you will never forget?Lots55. Share a relationship story.We went camping basically for dog shows and just listened to lots of music and hung out with dogs it was awesome and the memories that go with the songs are honestly so vivid.56. State 8 facts about your bodyI bite my nails, I have wide feet, I'm short, I have super thick hair, I actually kinda like my eyes.. that's all I got 57. Things you want to say to an exThings i would say to any ex, hope ur doing ok, I won't stop caring about you 58. What are five ways to win your heart?Binge watch stuff with meFlowersMoviesPut in effort Touch me59. What do you look like? (Post a picture!)I'm half in my icon60. What is the biggest age difference between you and any of your partners?A year and a bit 61. What is the first thing you notice in someone?Face or hair62. What is the sexiest thing someone could ever do for/to you?Just fuck me up with affection and touch me everywhere63. What is your definition of “having sex”?👉👌64. What is your definition of cheating?Anything intimate with someone who's not your partner. 65. What is your favourite foreplay routine?Meh66. What is your favourite roleplay?Lmao none 67. What is your idea of the perfect date?Movie and dinner or something random honestly I'm not picky 68. What is your sexual orientation?Straight 69. What turns you off?Loud chewing, bad breath (the mouth is gross) Being obnoxious, only talking about himself70. What turns you on?A lot honestly lmao 71. What was your kinkiest wet dream?Pass72. What words do you like to hear during sex?Ugh, oh my god, fuck 73. What’s something sweet you’d like someone to do for you?Think of me when I'm not there, show up with food or a surprise. Idk Wow I'm easy to please lol. 74. What’s the most superficial characteristic you look for?Do they like working/doing something useful with their time. Idk, superficiality is just kinda bad isn't it? 75. What’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever done for you?Paid for literally everything down to a bathing suit on a trip to Jasper lmao OrDrove me around everywhere when my life sucked for ten days but eh76. What’s the sweetest thing you’ve ever done for someone?Don't really know 77. What’s your opinion on age differences in relationships?A couple years ish78. What’s your dirtiest secret?Uhh. No 79. When was the last time you felt jealous? Why?I'd rather not say. Seeing as he's in New York lmao 80. When was the last time you told someone you loved them?Besides family, April lol 81. Who are five people you find attractive?Jake Peralta Jake Peralta Dan, I guess 😈Dean Winchester Sam Winchester God I'm lame82. Who is the last person you hugged?My dad ?83. Who was your first kiss with?Dylan 84. Why did your last relationship fail?I think living together killed it. We just ended up clashing really bad. To put it lightly.85. Would you ever date someone off of the Internet?No comment lol

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mandibierly · 8 years ago

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‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Racial Profiling Police Brutality Episode

Andy Samberg, Melissa Fumero, Stephanie Beatriz and Terry Crews (Photo: John P. Fleenor/FOX)

Tonight’s episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine was a long time coming. In it, Terry (Terry Crews) is racially profiled by a fellow officer (guest star Desmond Harrington) while he’s walking in his neighborhood. He wants to file a complaint against the cop, but, much to Terry’s surprise, Capt. Holt (Andre Braugher) suggests he shouldn’t — it’ll hurt Terry’s career, keeping him from reaching a position in which he could have even greater influence.

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The episode’s writer, Phil Augusta Jackson (a two-time Emmy nominee for his place in the Key and Peele writers’ room), admits it was difficult for the Fox comedy to find a way into the issue. “The show itself begins with characters that have a good relationship with each other and are good cops. So I think the trick was generating a premise that deals with police brutality and racism, and still, at the core, making it about a dynamic between our characters,” he tells Yahoo TV. “I think what unlocked it was how to deal with the incident — that became the key, as opposed to making it solely about the incident itself.”

The writers had more than 20 versions of what the episode could be, he says. The one viewers will see ended up being largely fueled by Crews and Braugher. “The idea of being stopped by a police officer unjustly in your own neighborhood is an idea that Terry Crews talked to us about at the very beginning of the season. And it was actually Andre Braugher’s idea [for Holt’s response]. He said, ‘You know, in a situation like this, I don’t know that Holt would actually want Terry to report this, because he has greater visions for how Terry can impact the culture of the NYPD and it might get in the way of that,'” Jackson says. “So the main conflict that ended up fueling the entire episode was largely a breakthrough that came straight from Andre Braugher.��

Jackson credits showrunner Dan Goor for keeping the lines of communication open. “He was constantly talking to Terry, to Andre, to all the writers. Him and I would talk one-on-one a lot. We talked to NYPD officers. Nothing was off-limits as far as inspiration and also just making sure that we got it right and actually told a story that felt genuine,” Jackson says. “We wanted to make sure that the conflict between our characters didn’t feel manufactured. The idea of not reporting the officer in the interest of protecting Terry’s career felt like a very Holt thing to do — and also a thing that even outside of the context of being a police officer, just being a minority in a place that’s predominately white, you have to pick your battles some times. It felt like we were speaking to a universal truth.”

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He points to two scenes in particular that took a lot of time to get just right. The first is when Terry invites Harrington’s Officer Maldack to dinner to discuss the incident. “Terry realizes that Maldack’s sorry that he didn’t know Terry was a cop, as opposed to the general mistreatment of Terry as an African-American man. There’s a lot of discussion about that, and we felt like if we leaned too hard into Officer Maldack being villainous it would make it seem like Terry’s circumstance is kind of one-of-a-kind and isn’t a thing that happens all the time,” Jackson says. “It was about representing Maldack in a way that felt like it could be a common occurrence and this is a thing that happens a lot to African-Americans in this country. We wanted it to really feel like this a thing that Terry had to deal with before he was a cop, and now he’s dealing with it as a cop, and it’s frustrating that Terry and all the people that look just like Terry deal with this every day — without it seeming like Maldack was a super villain.”

The second scene is when Terry visits Capt. Holt’s home to discuss their difference of opinion about filing a complaint. “I used to work in advertising, and my old boss used to say, ‘We’re all in kind of violent agreement.’ Terry and Holt were in violent agreement over the injustice that had happened, but they just differed on how to handle it,” Jackson says. The writers wanted to give each character time to express his perspective, and, while also working in a few jokes about one of Holt’s dinner guests, keep the conversation serious enough for Terry to take a strong stand in the end.

“I give a lot of credit to Andre and Terry in that scene,” Jackson says. “They’re both locked in on set, and working off of one another, working with this script, making sure that they got the lines right. If they had issues with particular parts, we made sure to adjust it on the fly.” (Andy Samberg and Melissa Fumero, Jackson adds, also worked hard on their storyline in the episode: Jake and Amy babysit Terry’s girls, Cagney and Lacey, who keep asking them about the incident.)

Kelsey Yates, Skyler Yates, Melissa Fumero, and Andy Samberg (Photo: Jordin Althaus/FOX)

Does Jackson think we’ll see Brooklyn Nine-Nine revisit these issues again? It’s a question for Goor, of course, but with how happy everyone is with how this episode turned out, Jackson hopes so. “I think everyone’s interest was piqued in so far as just doing more things that could actually speak to injustices and issues that are a little bit deeper,” he says. “I think doing an episode like this, there’s always a risk that it comes off a little bit ‘afterschool special.’ So I was very excited that we went for it as a team, and I think we were able to achieve a balance where we speak to something that is important, while still representing the show in its form. I’m just excited that the episode got made, and I’m really happy that it did get made.”

Brooklyn Nine-Nine airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on Fox.

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somer-joure · 8 years ago

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Random GF Headcanons Nobody Asked For

1. Dipper's and Mabel's parents are fantastic, but they also know just how wild their daughter's imagination is, so they don't necessarily believe Mabel when she writes to them saying that a second great uncle came out of an interdimensional portal—at least, they don't believe it until Grunkles Stan and Ford come to visit for the first Thanksgiving after Weirdmageddon. (Mrs. Pines: "Oh no! There's TWO of them!") 2. That said, they're very accepting of both Grunkles and their eccentricities. 3. Stan was in the hospital when Sherman Pines died. (I follow the theory that Shermie was quite a bit older than the Stan twins.) Furthermore, Sherman knew that Stan wasn't Ford, or he figured it out when Stan came to visit him. It was one of the last things they ever talked about. 4. The Pines family goes to Disneyland. All the Pines family. Melody gets everyone to help her propose to Soos using the cameras on the Buzz Lightyear ride. (Soos says yes.) 5. Still at Disneyland: Stan and Ford "accidentally" take over the Jungle Cruise. They take turns telling the corny puns and announcing eighth wonder of the world—"the back side of WATERRRRRRRRR"—and go on the ride at least fifteen times. Mabel laughs every time; Dipper can't believe he's related to these people. 6. Stan loves the Haunted Mansion. Loves it. 7. Dipper gets his ghost hunting show and eventually extends it to include other paranormal phenomena. Mabel occasionally helps with post-production, and everyone gets to guest star once in a while. Stan is best at it; half a lifetime of giving mystery tours has made him pretty comfortable in front of a camera. Ford, on the other hand, is dead awful. He gets better when he gets out in the field with Dipper and his enthusiasm for the weird (and natural melodrama) takes over, but when he's in the studio? Yikes. When Mabel guest stars, he tries to lure ghosts in with "ghostcakes," a joint Mabel and Ford invention. (Ghostcakes are exactly what they sound like.) 8. Stan runs into his Marylin while he and Ford are looking for Champ. They end up having to work together, and Stan and Marylin end up in an on-again-off-again spy vs. spy kind of relationship. Neither of them is terribly serious about it—they're just in it for fun. (Or are they?) 9. Alternatively, I can imagine something similar happening with Carla, except Stan would run into her in New Jersey and their relationship would be less spy-vs.-spy and more old people being adorable. 10. Post-finale, McGucket occasionally goes down to the local high school to help run a robotics club. He takes Candy under his wing. The world trembles with fear. 11. "We'll Meet Again" was one of Stan's favorite songs when he was a kid. After Weirdmageddon, Ford catches Stan singing it to Mabel one day. It takes a while, but when Ford hears it now, he doesn't think of Bill. He thinks of Stan who, his brother, who, against all odds, came back to him. 12. Ford's useless chest belt is really a super compact wearable camp stove. 13. Stan occasionally gives tours in the Mystery Shack, mostly when Soos and Melody are on vacation, but he loves giving Summerween and Halloween tours best. 14. Soos and Melody have all daughters and Grandpa Stan spoils them rotten. (My roommate and I used to joke that the kids are names Stanlie with an 'I' (cause that makes it a girl's name, dood!), Mabel, Dipper, Melody jr., Alma (I think Soos would name one kid for his grandmother, but I'm not sure what her name is, so there's one possibility) and Stanfordette.) 15. Dipper is a surprisingly good babysitter. Mabel is the self-designated aunt, and when she's older, she spoils the kids almost as much as Stan does. She teaches Stanlie how to knit. Melody wakes up one day to find her couch wearing a sweater. 16. Mabel gets to do a lot of different things after high school. She teaches art classes, is a school counselor, forms a knitting club, writes three different rock operas, is briefly lead vocalist for 80's-rock inspired band "Sweet Jake and the Jillie Willies," and runs a no-kill animal shelter. 17. Mabel also decides to host a local bake-off one summer while she and Dipper are visiting Gravity Falls. Manly Dan makes a surprisingly good bread pudding, Candy's cupcakes have edible robot arms (with sugar lasers!), Mayor Tyler is handy with fondant and spun sugar, Stan shows his support with Stancakes (it's not baking, but Mabel lets it slide), and Ford manages to make a fairly decent triple-berry-pie...which somehow gains sentience and tries to eat the judges. Wendy cohosts. She and Mabel make real life Death Muffins to stop the pie monster. 18. Grenda is a fantastic mother. Mabel gets to be godmother. Candy gets to be co-godmother. 19. Both Stan and Ford live at least long enough to see their first great-grandnibling (could be Dipper's kid or could be Mabel's kid). Stan is completely over the moon at the hospital. He keeps the baby all to himself ("Uncle Stan! I want to hold my grandchild!" "Try and catch me first, sucker!") until he remembers that Ford wasn't there when Dipper and Mabel were born, so he lets Ford hold the baby for a little while. This may be a mistake. Ford refuses to let go of the baby once he's got her. 20. Ford finds the paper that Fiddleford tried to get him to publish floating around the Mystery Shack one day. He tweaks it a bit to include more detail, rounds it off with a companion paper on Gravity Falls' Law of Weirdness Magnetism, and publishes it. The scientific community laughs its collective butt off until Stan wrestles a gremloblin into a zoology conference.

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https://postmediacanoe.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/1024005396-jpg.jpeg?quality=100&strip=all&w=640&strip=all‘I was lucky’: Charles Leclerc’s ‘halo’ saved him in frightening Belgian GP crashhttps://ift.tt/2o9iO2q ‘I was lucky’: Charles Leclerc’s ‘halo’ saved him in frightening Belgian GP crash For update news visit All Bd Newspaper

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Fernando Alonso’s McLaren car spiraled into the air and bounced — yes, bounced — on top of Charles Leclerc’s Sauber during a dramatic first-lap crash at Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Both Formula One drivers walked away unscathed, with the “halo” protective device surrounding Leclerc’s cockpit appearing to save him from a serious head injury.

Drivers praise halo after Leclerc escapes Spa smash unscathed >> https://t.co/UWkqsM0yim #BelgianGP 🇧🇪 #F1 pic.twitter.com/dRhcvtSAYu

— Formula 1 (@F1) August 26, 2018

“I don’t know how it would have ended up without it. I am happy it was there,” said Leclerc, a 20-year-old driver from Monaco. “It all happened very quickly. At the time, I knew there was an orange car, I thought it was Fernando. I felt the impact, but it wasn’t that big in the car. I was lucky.”

Charles Leclerc of Monaco and Sauber F1 waves to the crowd after crashing during the Formula One Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on August 26, 2018 in Spa, Belgium. (Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

Motorsport governing body FIA made the head protective device mandatory in F1 this year in order to protect drivers from potentially fatal impacts such as loose tires barrelling at high speed, other flying debris and — in this case — one car landing on another.

“What is clear is the significant tire marks on the chassis and the halo,” FIA race director Charlie Whiting said. “It doesn’t take much imagination to think the tire marks could have actually been on Charles’ head.”

The FIA has been looking at ways to improve cockpit protection and limit the risk of head injuries, after French F1 driver Jules Bianchi — who was a close friend of Leclerc’s — died in July 2015 and British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died a month later.

In Sunday’s crash, Leclerc’s head would most likely have been hit, if not for the halo.

“(Alonso’s car) would probably have made contact with his head,” Whiting said.

WATCH: Super slow-mo and zoomed footage as Alonso's car bounces off the halo on Leclerc's car. Thank goodness it was on the car!#SkyF1 #F1 #BelgianGP #Halo pic.twitter.com/pr2lMo6HsY

— Sky Sports F1 🏎 (@SkySportsF1) August 26, 2018

Last Sunday, IndyCar driver Robert Wickens suffered a spinal cord injury in a crash at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania.

Wickens’ car flew into a fence and darted back toward the exposed head of another driver, Ryan Hunter-Reay — who ducked down and escaped unharmed.

Robert Wickens broke both legs, & his right arm in this #IndyCar crash yesterday. Sending him strength.

2 things – this crash kills him a few years ago but it’s also a reminder once more that we can’t get blasé about safety in motorsport. pic.twitter.com/NQi45J8fXD

— Jake Humphrey (@mrjakehumphrey) August 20, 2018

Video footage from Hunter-Reay’s in-car camera provided a terrifying glimpse at just how close Wickens’ car came to striking Hunter-Reay’s head in what would have almost surely been a fatal blow.

Whiting says the FIA is sharing all of its halo information with IndyCar.

“We are talking to them,” he said.

Alonso, who was sent airborne by Nico Hulkenberg’s Renault ploughing into the back of his car, was thankful no one was harmed.

“On the positive side we are all OK, with Charles, with the halo. It’s good news all three of us are OK,” Alonso told television broadcaster Sky. “It’s good proof (for the halo). We didn’t need any proof, but it’s a good thing.”

The halo forms a semi-circular barrier around the driver’s helmet in the front half of the cockpit, protecting the head without completely closing the cockpit. When first tested ahead of 2016, drivers were split as to whether they liked it with some — such as four-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton — criticizing it on esthetic grounds.

Others, like two-time F1 champion Alonso and four-time champion Sebastian Vettel were outspoken in backing its usage.

Former F1 champion Nico Rosberg tweeted: “We can end the HALO discussion now. It will save lives.”

Bianchi and Leclerc were childhood friends. Bianchi grew up in Nice, Leclerc in nearby Monaco, and their fathers were firm friends. Bianchi died at the age of 25, several months after massive head injuries sustained at the Japanese GP in October 2014.

Bianchi’s accident at Suzuka occurred at the end of the race in rainy, gloomy conditions, when his Marussia team car slid off the track and ploughed into a crane picking up the Sauber of German driver Adrian Sutil, who had crashed at the same spot one lap earlier.

Wilson died in August 2015, a day after being hit on the helmet by debris from another car at Pocono Raceway. In 2011, British IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon died of a head injury at Las Vegas when his car flipped cockpit-first into the fence and his head struck a pole.

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junker-town · 7 years ago

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Yeah, Tennessee's aware of all the obvious arguments against hiring Jon Gruden, per report

They’re obvious, and it seems like at least someone in the Vols camp is acknowledging them to the media.

We’ve been in the heart of Jon Gruden-to-Tennessee rumors, otherwise known as #GRUMORS, basically ever since Butch Jones was fired last Saturday. It’s been going on for a full decade, but now, fans are going as wild as ever, in part because there seems to be an actual chance this time.

However, there are obvious questions about Gruden as a college head coach.

For starters, he’s been out of the coaching game entirely since 2008, and the last time he recruited college athletes was in 1991 as a Pitt assistant. On Friday, CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd reported that Tennessee is fully aware of those concerns:

The concerns surround the fact Gruden has not coached at all in nine years and has not roamed a college football sideline in 26 years. Also, Gruden was basically a .500 coach (57-55) in his seven years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers even after winning the Super Bowl in his first season with the Bucs in 2002. Some contend that roster had been largely assembled by former coach Tony Dungy, who had one losing season in his 12 combined years with Tampa Bay and Minnesota.

Gruden had seasons in which his teams went .500 or worse in five of his 11 years in the NFL. There is also concern expressed about his recruiting ability, especially in the hyper-charged SEC culture that lives day-to-day on recruiting.

OK, your immediate reaction here is probably, “Well, of course Tennessee should be having these exact concerns about him.“

That’s exactly the reaction Twitter had, too:

What? Common sense from the Tennessee athletics department? SORCERY! https://t.co/vFfzd99FOW

— Brandon thinks it’s stupid to allow long names (@BecomingBrandon) November 17, 2017

Us, every year: Jon Gruden's NFL resume is kinda flimsy, tbqh. And he hasn't coached in college in forever. Tennessee, in 2017: We're worried about Jon Gruden's iffy NFL resume and him not coaching in college

— Jake Nazar (@ATVS_JakeNazar) November 17, 2017

Tennessee has serious concerns about obvious things that people have talked about every time this comes up. Glad they’re catching up. https://t.co/MYNyMlClIK

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) November 17, 2017

all of this info has been public for years, why now, suddenly does it see the light? cause he was never going to leave the booth to take the Tenn. job and Vols want to spin the story to make them look better before he rejects any possible job offer by them.

— kevin nardoni (@lavsmousse) November 17, 2017

Why does this surprise anyone? https://t.co/Q8dPnb0p0K

— Derek Tyson (@DerekJTyson) November 17, 2017

maybe the admin actually gives a shit this time and wants to start winning games again.

— Sean (@eGOmarine) November 17, 2017

The facts are that Gruden’s a re-tread NFL coach with a miniscule actual connection to Tennessee.

There’s plenty of smoke in the way of rumors, but it remains to be seen how much actual fire there is to them. We asked a knowledgeable Vol what the whole deal is here:

I went to the source to find out the deep-seated root of the GRUMORS.

Terry Lambert, the editor of SB Nation’s Tennessee blog, Rocky Top Talk (which maintains an extensive timeline of years and years of GRUMORS), gave me some interesting details from inside the Vols’ fan base.

“Alabama, Tennessee's biggest rival, returned to powerhouse status with one single home run hire,” Lambert told me. “Tennessee has gotten it wrong three straight times. Fans are craving that ‘Saban moment’ hire. A lot of fans believe Jon Gruden is Tennessee's Saban.

“The Gruden-UT connections are obvious. Fans know that Tennessee has the money and boosters to make it happen. They just want to see the school swing for the fences, for once.”

That’s a symptom of the Alabama disease infecting most of the SEC. It was particularly poignant at LSU, which basically fired Les Miles because he couldn’t get over the Alabama hump. It led Florida and Georgia to hire former Saban assistants as head coaches. The Gators have done it twice, with disastrous results each time. The Bulldogs apparently landed the right one in Kirby Smart.

But does our man on the ground actually want Gruden?

“Yes,” Lambert said. “Look, he's never [been a head coach] in college. He's never recruited. He's been out of the coaching game for a decade. I get all of that.

“But does anyone really think that Jon Gruden would struggle to pull talent to Knoxville? I think he'd kill it in that area. I'd guess he'd assemble a pretty potent staff, too. When you stack all of these candidates up, nobody really moves the needle for me like Gruden does.”

Still, it’s good to know Tennessee shares the same concerns you do.

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Premier League clubs’ second XIs Which team has best squad depth

After their unbeaten start to the 2017/18 Premier League season, Stewart Robson explains why Manchester United are favourites for the title.

With plenty of football to play before now and the end of the season, the top Premier League clubs will need to dig deep to stay in the hunt for major trophies. But which of them has the best reserve list to call upon outside the starting XI?

Here, ESPN FC’s club correspondents report on their clubs’ squad depth.

CHELSEA Second XI: Caballero, Zappacosta, Rudiger, Christensen, Clarke-Salter, Kenedy, Drinkwater, Fabregas, Musonda, Batshuayi, Willian.

The Blues don’t have too many young reserve players as they are all out on loan.

By replacing Asmir Begovic with Willy Caballero, Chelsea managed to maintain their status of having arguably the Premier League’s best backup goalkeeper. Elsewhere, however, high-quality squad options are in short supply.

Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen are the only realistic alternatives to the starting back three of Cesar Azpilicueta, David Luiz and Gary Cahill, with Jake Clarke-Salter the only one from the academy who could step up, meaning Antonio Conte must shuffle five senior central defenders around three spots across four competitions this season.

At wing-back, the deadline day arrival of Davide Zappacosta provides Victor Moses with his first genuine rival to start on the right since Conte shifted to 3-4-3 a year ago. But on the left Marcos Alonso is more indispensable than ever, with Kenedy kept from joining Newcastle on loan this summer out of necessity rather than any genuine belief that he can contribute.

Danny Drinkwater is a solid addition to Conte’s already-strong central midfield options, but the Italian would ideally have liked another wide forward to share minutes with Eden Hazard, Pedro Rodriguez and Willian. Michy Batshuayi is still not fully trusted as the primary understudy to Alvaro Morata in attack.

Conte wanted more bodies than he got this summer, and consequently must rely on the positional versatility of the players he does have — while of course avoiding too many injuries and suspensions — if Chelsea are to remain on course in all competitions until January.. — Liam Twomey

MAN UNITED Second XI: Romero, Darmian, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw, Carrick, Herrera, Young, Lingard, Martial, Ibrahimovic.

That Ibrahimovic is included despite being injured shows United’s issues up front.

Jose Mourinho does not think he has a particularly big group of players but, if he wanted, he could still field one of the strongest reserve sides in the Premier League.

Sergio Romero, Argentina’s first-choice goalkeeper, and Victor Lindelof, who cost £31m in the summer, have not played a minute in the Premier League so far this season. Luke Shaw, voted the best left-back in the Premier League in 2014, has not so much as made it into a matchday squad. Last season’s player of the year, Ander Herrera, has spent most of his time on the bench, as well.

The one weakness is probably at centre forward, or at least it will be until Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns. At the moment, Mourinho’s reserve striker behind Romelu Lukaku is Marcus Rashford, who is also first-choice on the wing.

Ibrahimovic won’t play against Burton at Old Trafford on Wednesday leaving Mourinho to decide whether to pick Rashford or Anthony Martial up front. Mourinho could make 11 changes to his team to play Burton but with a slight shortage of attacking players — at least until Ibrahimovic is fit — it is unlikely that he will. — Rob Dawson

ARSENAL Second XI: Ospina, Mertesacker, Chambers, Holding, Debuchy, Coquelin, Wilshere, Maitland-Niles, Iwobi, Welbeck, Giroud

Arsenal have some impressive attacking depth.

Arsenal have great depth in attack this season, but look unusually thin elsewhere. The wing-back positions are especially vulnerable to injuries, with the departures of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Kieran Gibbs leaving the squad without natural replacements for Hector Bellerin and Sead Kolasinac (unless you take Nacho Monreal out of the back three).

An injury to Bellerin could force Arsene Wenger to dust off Mathieu Debuchy, although he might be tempted to try 17-year-old Reiss Nelson or utility man Ainsley Maitland-Niles instead.

The return of Jack Wilshere to full fitness should shore up Wenger’s midfield options, though, while centre-backs Per Mertesacker, Rob Holding and Calum Chambers provide plenty of cover for the back three. But it’s only in attack that Wenger has an embarrassment of riches.

Olivier Giroud remains one of the Premier League’s top super subs, while Theo Walcott doesn’t even make this second XI (we’re putting Danny Welbeck in here, as we still consider a front three of Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette to be Wenger’s best option). — Mattias Karen

MAN CITY Second XI: Bravo, Danilo, Adarabioyo, Mangala, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Toure, Delph, B Silva, Sane, Sterling.

City have quality replacements all over the pitch.

Pep Guardiola’s desire to have competition and alternatives means Manchester City have the strongest second team in the Premier League — and one that would potentially finish halfway up the table.

The City boss wants to be able to rotate his squad with ease — with a player coming out and another going in with virtually no impact on the first team. While City aren’t quite at that stage yet, their wealth of attacking talent is frightening and in every fixture, big players are forced to sit on the bench.

Germany international Leroy Sane and Portugal playmaker Bernardo Silva have started just one Premier League game this season and England’s Raheem Sterling only two (though he did get sent off). They will get their opportunities but when they do David Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus will have to drop out of the first-team.

City have quality in other areas, too. Yaya Toure hasn’t played a minute this season and Ilkay Gundogan is still finding his way back after a serious injury. Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo has had a difficult time since his move from Barcelona last summer but no team can call upon the sort of experience that the Chile international has as a back-up.

Even City’s youngsters — Phil Foden and Brahim Diaz — are already being talked about for their quality as teenagers. City’s second string aren’t far off behind as frightening a threat as the first-choice. — Jonathan Smith

LIVERPOOL Second XI: Mignolet, Clyne, Klavan, Gomez, Robertson, Can, Wijnaldum, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Milner, Sturridge, Woodburn.

Liverpool are still struggling to match up to their rivals.

It’s hard to put a strong case to suggest Liverpool’s strength in depth is superior to that of their rivals. It has been an issue that has been lingering ever since Jurgen Klopp arrived in October 2015. The lack of options in reserve, ultimately, cost Liverpool a chance at the title last season.

It’s something the Merseyside club attempted to address in the summer transfer window. While Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is another body and brings versatility to the squad, Liverpool appear a little light in other positions. The lack of choice — and quality — at centre-half is glaring. Lucas Leiva, who departed for Lazio in the summer, played 31 times last season and was not replaced in the transfer window.

In terms of the final third, having Daniel Sturridge up front is an excellent option, but on the wings, the drop off when Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are absent is noticeable. There is also a lack of match-winning talent in midfield, albeit plenty of industry and energy.

Liverpool’s starting XI can compete with any side on any given day. However, it’s the lack of adequate depth that may cost them in the long run. — Glenn Price

TOTTENHAM Second XI: Vorm, Trippier, Foyth, Dier, Davies; Winks, Sissoko, Son, Lamela, Nkoudou, Llorente.

Tottenham have an excellent first XI but their second string leaves something to be desired.

Tottenham’s second XI is stronger than it was but still weaker than the club would like. It is probably the least strong of the Premier League’s top six clubs and nowhere near as good as Manchester City’s, especially in attack.

On the plus side, Kieran Trippier, Eric Dier, Ben Davies, Son Heung-Min and even Moussa Sissoko are all pushing for a spot in Mauricio Pochettino’s first team, while Erik Lamela and Harry Winks could join them when they make full recoveries from injury.

Defensively, Michel Vorm, Trippier, Dier and Davies are all dependable Premier League players and internationals, while Juan Foyth is a promising teenager on the verge of the Argentina squad, so Spurs have few worries there. Dier, Sissoko and Son can all cover more than one position, which adds to Pochettino’s options.

But there are not many game-changers, and the biggest problem is the lack of a like-for-like alternative to Christian Eriksen in attacking midfield. Neither Son nor Sissoko can pick a lock like Eriksen, while Lamela — the closest thing to the Denmark international in the squad — has been injured for nearly a year. Fernando Llorente is an experienced backup for Harry Kane but he is such a different player that Spurs will have to alter the way they play when he starts. — Dan Kilpatrick.

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