#oc: jay lombardi

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What else can you do when your husband is losing it but be a cunty gay man

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NAME: Alicia Lynn Walker (Named after her great-great grandmother, Alicia Marion Walker-- my RDR OC.) NICKNAMES / ALIAS: Janus, Blue, Jay, Bluejay.  AGE: Verse dependent. Mid twenties - mid thirties. SEXUALITY: Bisexual DOB: July 30th HEIGHT: 5′9″  HAIR COLOR: Originally blonde, dyed blue with tints of purple. EYE COLOR: Icy blue  SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English, some Italian because of Marietta and Spanish. OCCUPATION: Owner of night club near Vespucci Beach called ‘Paradise’ & an auto shop,bodyguard for Aurora Argent and Marietta, criminal / can fill any role for jobs / heists, executioner of the Lost & Triscilla MCs. SKILLS / TALENTS: Vast experience in using any weapons from pistols to rocket launchers, pro motorcycle & car racer, can drive and pilot any kind of vehicle from motorcycles to small jets; (being a pilot has earned her the nickname ‘Bluejay’ by her friends jokingly). Knows how to fight (mostly street style) and karate. Has a wicked talent in torturing evil scumbags and making them beg for mercy. Knows how to craft makeshift weapons. She also is very good at gambling and rarely loses.  PARENTS: Roy & Annabeth (deceased; murdered by enemy MC known as the Triscillas) SIBLINGS: younger sister Ellie (alive; currently living in Liberty City [New York in RL] with their uncle) OTHER FAMILY / ALLIES: Rob Walker (Uncle & leader of a gang in Liberty City), Aurora Argent (multi-billionaire, ex army field medic & CEO of Merryweather), Marietta Lombardi (trusted friend, racing buddy & heist crew mate). PETS: used to have a black Cane Corso named Ace.  LIKES: Women, sex, motorcycles, muscle cars, racing, gambling, beating the crap out of the Lost MC bikers, Jack Daniels, marijuana, classic rock & heavy metal music. DISLIKES / HATES: Racists, nazis, Lost & Triscilla MCs, cocky racers who likes to talk trash, pedos & rapists (she’ll take joy in beating the crap out of these kind of disgusting people too), cilantro.

HISTORY: Born in San Andreas up in Blaine County (or Los Angeles in RL), Alicia was raised into a family of bikers. Her father was the President of the Wild Aces motorcycle club. Her whole life basically revolved around motorcycles, the rough and gritty life… nothing about it was glamorous or luxurious. When she was seventeen, a member of the rival MC, the Triscillas somehow infiltrated their land and the club— shot her mother and then her father when he tried to throw himself over her. Shock and horror hit Alicia at first before rage was quick to consume her, prompting her to pick up her father’s revolver and shot the murderer in the head. Her first kill. 

It didn’t stop there. Even as she was riddled with grief, her rage still burned strongly and so it began her path of vengeance. After securing her parents’ bodies and prepping them for a proper burial, she stocked up weapons and explosives before disappearing into the night and hunted down every single Triscilla charter scattered through-out Blaine County. She killed nearly every single one of them, burned down their homes and businesses. It was the bloodiest massacre San Andreas had seen in decades. Only several Triscillas made it out alive… and so did their leader, unfortunately. They went into hiding. Alicia then left her MC behind in the capable hands of her father’s righthand man, took her baby sister Ellie with her along with the family fortune that she inherited from her parents and fled to Liberty City to live with their Uncle, the brother of their mother. 

Over the years living in Liberty City (New York), Alicia got into the life of a criminal and doing dirty work with the criminal organization her Uncle was involved with. She found that it was her calling. She couldn’t ever see herself doing legal and boring work. There was just something about playing dangerous games with death that thrilled her. It helped her get even more money, even though she was already rich from the fortune her parents left behind for her and Ellie, to raise her baby sister and make sure they had a decent life. She also got into racing in Liberty City. Till one day, she got a phone call from an old friend… requesting for her help and received word that the Lost MC were allies with the remaining Triscillas. She decided to return to Los Santos, changed her name to Janus… or rather, Jay. Dyed her hair in her favorite color and the nickname, Blue, just stuck with her. It was a way for her to avoid being recognized by her enemies. 

She met Lester through the old friend, a hacker and reliable contact to get hooked up with contract jobs and heists. It was also through him that she met Aurora Argent, an ex army field medic and Marietta Lombardi, one of the best wheelwomen in Los Santos. She started to build a life for herself in Los Santos, making big bank, making new friends and powerful allies. She became a millionaire and still sends money to her younger sister in Liberty City. She became highly recommended for any heist that surfaces. In the meanwhile, she would hunt down the Lost MC members to torture for information about the Triscilla leader and the remaining survivors. She also became a bodyguard for Aurora, after they had discovered that the new CEO of Merryweather, Don Percival, murdered Aurora’s father— the original CEO and was the one responsible behind Aurora’s wrongful discharge from the army. They worked together to expose Don and take him down, before Aurora gained her rightful spot as the heiress and CEO of Merryweather… becoming a multi-billionaire. 

With Aurora as one of the most powerful allies, Blue couldn’t be touched by the law… let alone be found and caught. Whatever trails she leaves behind would be erased and swept under the rug. That included the murders she would commit upon the Lost MC. After Aurora’s reign over Merryweather, Blue purchased a night club and an auto shop that are still up and running to this day. 

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For the Chambers & Charizard campaign I run, I've drawn the rivals once every IRL year. Check out the improvement over time!Left - Darna Ravelo & Varga, Middle - Jay Lombardi & Arson, Right - Kip Gilligan & Mairu ===

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#CoachingCarousel: Jim Bob Cooter

By trading up in the 2017 draft to take Mitch Trubisky, the Bears set forth a plan for the future. Now that they hopefully have their quarterback of the future in place, the next offseason’s moves should be geared toward doing everything possible to help Trubisky succeed. Quarterback success begins right at the top with the head coach. It is clear, for several reasons, that John Fox is not the long-term answer at head coach for the Bears.  So, the question becomes…. who is?

History shows the way to maximize the effectiveness of a young quarterback is to surround him with a smart, innovative offensive mind.  What makes an offensive mind more desirable is if that mind belongs to a coach that is a former quarterback.  Of the 6 former quarterbacks who are currently head coaches in the NFL, 5 of them coach a team with a top 10 team in total offense. Those names are Sean Payton, Jason Garrett, Dirk Koetter, Jay Gruden, and Doug Pedersen with only Hue Jackson not leading a top offense.  Additionally, coaches like Mike McCoy (offensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos) and Gary Kubiak (former Broncos Offensive Coordinator) have also led very successful offenses in recent years.

If the Bears are truly looking to maximize Trubisky, as they should, a guy who checks both the “smart, innovative offensive mind” and the “former quarterback” boxes is Detroit Lions offensive coordinator, Jim Bob Cooter. Cooter may have a funny name, but his resume is definitely no joke. Cooter was a college quarterback at the University of Tennessee for Philip Fulmer, who is best known for being the college coach of Peyton Manning. Fulmer also gave Cooter his first job as a graduate assistant for the Volunteers. From there, the history at Tennessee led to Cooter getting his first NFL job when he was handpicked by Peyton Manning to be an offensive assistant for the Colts. After a year as a quality control coordinator in Kansas City, Cooter was hired as an assistant for John Fox in Denver. Fox later was denied permission to interview Cooter for the offensive coordinator position in Chicago. After 1 year in Denver, Cooter was hired as quarterbacks coach in Detroit by Jim Caldwell, whom he worked under with Manning in Indianapolis a few years before.  Cooter’s big break came when the Lions fired then offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and promoted Jim Bob to that position where he’s been since October 2015.

Cooter has made the most of his chance to be an NFL offensive coordinator, as he has made a noticeable difference in the performance of previously inconsistent Matthew Stafford. Stafford was well on his way to another mediocre season before Cooter took over. In the 2015 season, Stafford has an 86.8 quarterbacks rating in his first 7 games with Lombardi as his OC. Upon Cooter getting hired, Stafford saw that number jump to 93.3 for the rest of the season. This trend has continued as Stafford has a 97.3 quarterbacks rating post-Cooter, after having an 83.9 rating pre-Cooter. That is even more impressive when you consider Cooter only had a half season with the luxury of Calvin Johnson in his offense.

While the connection with Stafford has shown up in the quarterback’s overall performance, Cooter’s offenses haven’t exactly been elite in his 30 games as coordinator. Despite a top 10 passing game each of the last few years, the Lions haven’t been able to do anything on the ground at all. Part is due to lack of RB talent on the roster, but Cooter will have to answer for not putting together an elite offense as of yet.

Another thing Cooter will need to answer in interviews is about his history of arrests. He had a DUI at age 21. But as those who’ve heard of Cooter know the big one… he was arrested a few years later after drunkenly breaking into a house, stripping down to his underwear, and falling asleep in bed next to the woman who lived there. It is important to note that he didn’t face charges for either incident.

One thing Cooter does have on his side is youth.  At just 33 years old, Cooter will be enticing to a GM looking to build a long-term relationship with a head coach and quarterback combo. The big coaching hire of last offseason was the Los Angeles Rams hiring the youngest head coach in modern NFL history, 30-year old Sean McVay. McVay had a similar resume to Cooter at this point last year. He went from young coaching assistant to being tasked with turning around an underachieving QB as an offensive coordinator. In all 3 years as offensive coordinator, McVay led a top-12 offense. But most importantly, he was one of the driving forces behind taking Kirk Cousins from what looked like a stopgap quarterback to a franchise quarterback. Youth has not proved to be a deterrent for McVay as he has Jared Goff in LA playing like one of the league’s top quarterbacks, after looking like a bust in his limited starts as a rookie.

Jim Bob Cooter also branches out on a variety of coaching trees, which could make for some interesting coordinator hires. In addition to the previously mentioned Caldwell and Fox, Cooter has worked for or with proven NFL coordinators and coaches such as Adam Gase, Jack Del Rio, Gunther Cunningham, and Bill Sheridan.  Cooter also has indirect ties (thru Caldwell and Romeo Crennel) to the legendary Belichick, Parcells, and Dungy coaching trees.

But while coordinator hires, maturity to handle an NFL locker room, and team performance are huge factors in head coaching success, likely the most important thing for the next Bears head coach will be to maximize the talents and results of #2 overall pick, Mitch Trubisky. Ryan Pace put his stamp on this franchise and his future is in the hands of the performance of his handpicked QB. If what Pace says is true and he wants to build a long-term contender thru the draft, he’ll have to give a long hard look to Jim Bob Cooter, a young, innovative, proven QB guru who has had NFL success as a coordinator.

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Salute to Bob Stoops

Lately I’ve been working on my summer blog entries.  Sports scene in the summer is baseball and soccer mostly with a sprinkle of tennis, golf, and various racing events and UFC.  While I’ll watch all those, I normally don’t write about them.  So I’ve been focusing on two projects: The List and my Cord Cutter’s Service Comparison.  I’ll let you know more about those later.

So obviously, I didn’t expect to even think about writing a college football entry until my season preview in August.  And I definitely didn’t think I would be writing a Bob Stoops tribute entry for another few years at least.  Yet here we are.  It was right after 2 PM local time on Wednesday when I found out.  I was picking up my son from his soccer camp.  My gas light went on in my car so I pulled up to a 7-Eleven to pump gas.  

After sliding my card and putting the pump in, I pull out my phone and to my surprise I had just gotten an alert from both Bleacher Report and ESPN that sources say Bob Stoops has retired.  I pulled up my Twitter to verify and it was everywhere.  All the local beat writers I follow all reporting the same thing.  I couldn’t believe it.

I let it soak in a little bit after I got settled down at my in-laws house to let the kids play with their cousins.  I knew I wanted to write.  But I didn’t know what I wanted to write.  I actually rewrote this entry three times before I settled on something.

I had never met Stoops in person.  My wife and son did in 2008 at the OU Children’s Hospital visit that Stoops makes every year. My brother-in-law battled cancer twice as a kid and after the second time in remission they invited him to this event.  I think that night I had to work.  So I’ve never had a personal connection to the man.   But the way most dedicated sports fans are, I followed my team closely.  My college football team is the Oklahoma Sooners.  And for all of my adult life, Bob Stoops has been the head coach of my team.

Until now.

Legacy

After the rough 2014 season, I wrote about the state of the Oklahoma program.  It was frustrating 8-5 season where the Sooners were coming off a landmark win against Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and had all this preseason hype to make the College Football Playoff and just landed on their faces.  The Sooners were fresh off a 40-6 plastering by Clemson when I wrote it.  I had talked a little bit about Bob Stoops’ legacy.  What he would be remembered for.  And the climate of the situation.  There was a faction of Sooner fans back then that were calling for Stoops to step down.

I ended that entry saying that OU’s problem was getting back an attitude and identity.  And then I compared their situation to the 2002/2003 Auburn Tigers going from 8-5 to 13-0 (I was a prophet! Oklahoma made the playoff in 2015).  What would have happened if Stoops had left after 2014?  None of the optimism and energy of the last couple years would have even existed.  And offensive wizard and now new Head Coach Lincoln Riley wouldn’t be here.

Most of the Sooner fans I am around are reasonable.  Some are very unreasonable though.  We are in that “Ringz” Era, where somehow your greatness is measured by how many championships you have (LeBron James and Kevin Durant’s career decisions are a direct result of this culture).  So for someone who had won their conference more than anyone else had over the time he was coaching would lend to being considered great, right?  To some, no.  

In this Ringz Era, somehow Bob Stoops with one national title and TEN conference titles, isn’t considered one of the elite coaches in college football to some fans.  I guess that’s just the era we live in.  But, no one can argue the impact and consistency Stoops has had over his 18 years.

The football program when Bob got to Oklahoma in December 1998 was in shambles.  A joke and an after thought.  After Barry Switzer left there were six underwhelming years under Gary Gibbs, an embarrassing season under Howard Schnellenberger, and three straight losing seasons under John Blake.  The facilities were outdated and in some cases run down.  And most of all, the attitude and climate around the program was dark.

And now look at it in June 2017.  The stadium completing its third major renovation and update since Stoops arrived.  A couple years removed from the opening of Headington Hall athletic dorms.  There is a climate-controlled indoor practice facility that wasn’t there before Bob.  And even after the few years of “lull,” there is an energy that is back in the program that has remained for the majority of the Stoops era.

The accolades are nearly endless.  Stoops has won national coach of the year twice (2000 and 2003) and Big 12 coach of the year six times (2000,2003, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016).  During Stoops’ time, there have been national award winners for the Heisman, Walter Camp, Maxwell, Butkus, Nagurski, Bednarik, Davey O’Brien, Unitas, Biletnikoff, Thorpe, Lombardi, Outland, Mosi Tatupu, and Bulrsworth.  He has had 19 consensus All-Americans, 37 overall and a staggering 79 NFL Draft picks.  The Sooners dominated the Big 12 under Stoops, with a conference record of 121-29.  Oklahoma enjoyed an unprecedented 101-9 home record with Stoops at the helm.

Bob Stoops’ coaching tree has grown over the years as well.  Here’s what some of his former assistants have been up to: Mike Leach - HC Texas Tech (2000-2009), HC Washington State (2012-present) Mark Mangino - HC Kansas (2002-2009), OC Iowa State (2014-2015) Chuck Long - HC San Diego State (2006-2008), OC Kansas (2010-2011) Bo Pelini - HC Nebraska (2008-2014), HC Youngstown State (2015-present) Mike Stoops - HC Arizona (2004-2011), DC Oklahoma (2013-present) Kevin Sumlin - HC Houston (2008-2011), HC Texas A&M (2012-present) Kevin Wilson - HC Indiana (2011-2016), OC Ohio State (2017-present) Jay Norvell - WR Texas (2015), WR Arizona State (2016), HC Nevada (2017-present) Lincoln Riley - OC Oklahoma (2015-2016), HC Oklahoma (2017-present)

Not to say there weren’t negatives.  Three national championship losses, particularly 2005 Orange Bowl blowout loss to USC.  Rhett Bomar.  The Boise State Fiesta Bowl.  The premature promotion of Josh Heupel.  The stagnation from 2011-2014.  The handling of Joe Mixon.  

But to most, Bob Stoops will be remembered for resurrecting a dying program and bringing it back to the elite of college football.  He will be remembered for his 190-48 record, his ten Big 12 Championships.  He will be remembered for that 2000 season he brought back Sooner Magic.  Red October.  Two Heisman winners and six other finalists.  To me, Stoops will be remembered for 2006, probably his best coaching job.  For the memorable 2008 season.  Jump Around.  The Cali Trio.  For the 2014 Sugar Bowl upset of juggernaut Alabama.  Resurgence since 2015.

For the most part, “Big Game Bob” lived up to the name.  Especially in the early years.

Lists

Speaking of big games, a couple years ago I compiled lists of the Sooners best wins and most embarrassing losses during the Bob Stoops era.  At the time it was top 16 lists for the 16 years he had been at Oklahoma.  I updated the list to top 18 for his 18 years.  I include the bad losses only because you have to remember the bad times to make the good times just that much sweeter.  Links to video of the games provided where available.

Top 18 Worst Losses 1. 2005 Orange Bowl – USC 55-19 2. 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl – Clemson 40-6 3. 2011 Bedlam – @ Oklahoma State 44-10 4. 2003 Big 12 Title – KSU 35-7 5. 2011 – Texas Tech 41-38 6. 2013 – @ Baylor 41-12 7. 2013 Cotton Bowl – Texas A&M 41-13 8. 2011 – @ Baylor 45-38 9. 2009 – @ Texas Tech 41-13 10. 2014 – Baylor 48-14 11. 2010 – @ Missouri 36-27 12. 2002 Bedlam – @ Oklahoma State 38-28 13. 2005 Red River Shootout – Texas 45-12 14. 2001 Bedlam – Oklahoma State 16-13 15. 2016 – vs Houston  33-23 16. 2007 Fiesta Bowl – Boise State 43-42 17. 2006 – @ Oregon 34-33 18. 2015 Orange Bowl/CFP Semifinal – Clemson 37-17

Top 18 Best Victories 1. 2001 Orange Bowl – 13-2 vs Florida State 2. 2000 – 31-14 vs Nebraska 3. 2014 Sugar Bowl – 45-31 vs Alabama 4. 2008 – 65-21 vs Texas Tech 5. 2001 Red River Shootout – 14-3 vs Texas 6. 2010 Big 12 Title – 23-20 vs Nebraska 7. 2000 Red River Shootout – 63-14 vs Texas 8. 2015 – 31-24 @ Tennessee 9. 2008 Bedlam – 61-41 @ Oklahoma State 10. 2015 – 44-34 @ Baylor 11. 2003 – 20-13 @ Alabama 12. 2006 Big 12 Title – 21-7 vs Nebraska 13. 2010 Bedlam – 47-41 @ Oklahoma State 14. 2007 Big 12 Title – 38-17 vs Missouri 15. 2003 – 77-0 vs Texas A&M 16. 2011 – 23-13 @ Florida State 17. 2004 – 42-35 @ Texas A&M 18. 2013 Bedlam – 33-24 @ Oklahoma State

The new entries on the Best Victories list?  The two from 2015: Oklahoma at Tennessee marking breakout on the national scene of Baker Mayfield in a comeback 2OT win, and Oklahoma at Baylor in a redemption game for the two previous blowout losses.

Bob vs. Mack

You can’t tell a story about Bob Stoops’ career without mentioning former Texas Head Coach Mack Brown.  Although they were neither close friends nor hated enemies, Bob Stoops and Mack Brown faced off on either sideline of the Cotton Bowl for 14 years (1999-2013).  From 2000-2009, the Red River Shootout/Rivalry/Showdown (the rivalry has gone through a number of rebrandings in recent years) had a direct impact on both the Big 12 conference race and the National Championship race.  Five times out of the 14 years they faced each other, the winner went on to appear in the national championship game.

As impactful as the rivalry was during that time, Bob ended up being 9-6 head-to-head against Mack (Stoops owns an 11-7 record against Texas overall).  Stoops gave Texas and Mack Brown four of the most embarrassing OU-Texas loses in the rivalry’s history, the first of which was the defining 63-14 blowout in 2000 at the start of Red October.  At the time it was the most lopsided result in the rivalry’s history.  Three years later Bob would outdo himself and lead the Sooners to a 65-13 blowout win.  The other two were during Mack’s decline: 2011 - 55-17, 2012 - 63-21.

Perhaps the peak of the rivalry and the most intriguing and competitive of the series between Bob and Mack was in 2008.  Oklahoma came in ranked #1 and Texas #5.  Both OU QB Sam Bradford and Texas QB Colt McCoy were Heisman hopefuls and both featured a dynamic and high flying offense.  The game was back and forth until Texas’s running game led by RB Chris Ogbonnaya took over in the fourth quarter.  Texas won 45-35.  However, the battle would continue well after the game.  Texas took over the #1 ranking until they were beat by #6 Texas Tech.  Oklahoma hung around at #5 until totally obliterating #2 Texas Tech who was fresh off that victory against Texas.  The scenario created a three-way tie for the Big 12 South division.  By the by-laws of the Big 12, the tie-breaker for a three-way tie was BCS ranking, which went to Oklahoma.  Oklahoma went on to win the Big 12 Championship game against Missouri and advanced to the National Championship Game.

Although the very next year the game went down to the wire with a 16-13 Texas victory with Texas eventually making a national championship appearance, Bob and Mack’s rivalry never reached that peak again.

In the final year of the matchup in 2013, rumors about Mack Brown’s job security swirled around.  This OU-Texas game was dubbed by some as “Mack’s Last Stand.”  Old Texas rival Texas A&M had students selling t-shirts reading “Keep Mack Brown,” mocking the situation.  The Sooners were flying high with fill-in QB Blake Bell, coming off a road victory over Notre Dame a few weeks earlier.  The Texas team responded to the situation with a 36-20 upset of the Sooners.  At season’s end, Mack Brown ended up resigning from Texas, finishing the season with an 8-5 record and ending the Bob vs. Mack era of the rivalry.  We all know how that season ended for the Sooners (upset of Alabama in the Sugar Bowl).

Closing the chapter

Cue up the Boyz II Men “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.”  What a run for Stoops.  Most coaches nowadays never get to stay at a place for 18 years or go out on their own terms.  Stoops resurrected one of the country’s elite college football programs and left it on the uptick.  The Sooners just signed their best recruiting class in nearly a decade, the program keeps building and updating facilities, and Oklahoma turned into an athlete-friendly school with other sports like gymnastics, tennis, golf, and softball winning conference and national titles every year.

Although it is sad to see Bob Stoops go, I can’t help but be excited for the next Oklahoma Head Coach Lincoln Riley.  I look forward to the years ahead.  I think the Sooners are in good hands and all things are still pointing up even with Stoops retiring.  There will be more time to go over what the possibilities will be with Lincoln Riley at the helm.  For now, I will use the summer to reflect on what was.

Farewell, Bob.  Thanks for the great years. Boomer Sooner

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Washington Redskins Extend Head Coach Jay Gruden

Our Washington Redskins and head coach Jay Gruden agreed on a two year contract extension. This shows they believe the team is going in the right direction. Most of us loyal Redskins fans do also. This contract extension will give us consistency at head coach and I believe it will make a difference in the Kirk Cousins negotiations going on regarding Cousins contract. Signing Kirk Cousins will give us consistency at the quarterback position and help our 2017 Washington Redskins regain the NFC East Division. I am not ready to put Jay Gruden on the same level as Joe Gibbs, but I do believe Gruden is a winner, works hard, is dedicated to one goal, a Super Bowl Victory. He is a man of good character and highly intelligent. His strong point is he is a very good offensive coordinator himself. My only constructive criticism with his “system” is he does not carry a fullback on his offense and does not run the ball as much. That results in not enough balance and it will hurt when the weather and field are bad. Besides, its running the ball is in our Redskins DNA. NFC East reputation. Divisions have age old reputations. When the NFC North played outside in the old days, they were known as the tough “black and blue division”. Bruising defenses, nasty cold weather, Tough guys like Alan Page of the Vikings Purple Gang, Dick Butkus of the Bears, Well, our NFC East Division was known for running the damn ball down your throat. Smashmouth football at this best. John Riggins running behind the “Hogs” to set up safe passes. Lombardi’s and George Allen’s offenses had good fullbacks blocking for Larry Brown, making him the NFL leading rusher.

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So. yes I am happy we are keeping Jay Gruden and I have faith his offense will have the talent to average over 30 points a game. I just want to see some slobber-knocking blocks,  running plays and “pounding that rock” and dominating the line of scrimmage. In my opinion a true fullback is better than using a tight-end to block for the ball carrier. That will make Gruden’s offense even more dangerous, unpredictable, and help win the time of possession battle. Running the ball wears down the defense and you can see that affect in the 4th quarter with defenders sucking air and hands on hips, moving slowly, missing tackles, Fatigue make cowards out of players. Congratulations to head coach Jay Gruden and I hope soon after this article, our elite quarterback Kirk Cousins will have a long term contract with our team.  I do feel that since we picked our new OC, offensive coordinator, from the ranks, from within, our offense will not have any setbacks. In fact, I believe we will see our team run the ball more and better red-zone efficiency. Watch for more rushing touchdowns including our quarterback Cousins himself rushing for touchdowns. Jay Gruden and Kirk Cousins are winners. They make a good pair, like William Stephen “Bill” Belichick and Tom Brady. Our 2015 and 2016 Washington Redskins were really playoff caliber teams but not “Championship level” lacking a better defense and better play-calling. The 2016 team gave away at least 4 games and should have been in the playoffs. In 2017, we have a different defensive coordinator (DC) and hopefully if he does a better job and our GM Scot McCloughan gets us a few good defensive players in the forthcoming 2017 NFL Draft, we should win the NFC East Division. Back in the playoffs again. We will have to wait and see if our Redskins have taken that “next step” and become a Championship level team. HAIL HTTR.

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Washington Redskins Extend Head Coach Jay Gruden

Our Washington Redskins and head coach Jay Gruden agreed on a two year contract extension. This shows they believe the team is going in the right direction. Most of us loyal Redskins fans do also. This contract extension will give us consistency at head coach and I believe it will make a difference in the Kirk Cousins negotiations going on regarding Cousins contract. Signing Kirk Cousins will give us consistency at the quarterback position and help our 2017 Washington Redskins regain the NFC East Division.

#ICYMI: Jay Gruden signed to multi-year contract extension today.#Redskins in 60 presented by @cocacola. pic.twitter.com/H5RckwarwS

— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) March 6, 2017

I am not ready to put Jay Gruden on the same level as Joe Gibbs, but I do believe Gruden is a winner, works hard, is dedicated to one goal, a Super Bowl Victory. He is a man of good character and highly intelligent. His strong point is he is a very good offensive coordinator himself. My only constructive criticism with his “system” is he does not carry a fullback on his offense and does not run the ball as much. That results in not enough balance and it will hurt when the weather and field are bad. Besides, its running the ball is in our Redskins DNA. NFC East reputation.

Divisions have age old reputations. When the NFC North played outside in the old days, they were known as the tough “black and blue division”. Bruising defenses, nasty cold weather, Tough guys like Alan Page of the Vikings Purple Gang, Dick Butkus of the Bears, Well, our NFC East Division was known for running the damn ball down your throat. Smashmouth football at this best. John Riggins running behind the “Hogs” to set up safe passes. Lombardi’s and George Allen’s offenses had good fullbacks blocking for Larry Brown, making him the NFL leading rusher.

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So. yes I am happy we are keeping Jay Gruden and I have faith his offense will have the talent to average over 30 points a game. I just want to see some slobber-knocking blocks, running plays and “pounding that rock” and dominating the line of scrimmage. In my opinion a true fullback is better than using a tight-end to block for the ball carrier. That will make Gruden’s offense even more dangerous, unpredictable, and help win the time of possession battle. Running the ball wears down the defense and you can see that affect in the 4th quarter with defenders sucking air and hands on hips, moving slowly, missing tackles, Fatigue make cowards out of players.

Congratulations to head coach Jay Gruden and I hope soon after this article, our elite quarterback Kirk Cousins will have a long term contract with our team. I do feel that since we picked our new OC, offensive coordinator, from the ranks, from within, our offense will not have any setbacks. In fact, I believe we will see our team run the ball more and better red-zone efficiency. Watch for more rushing touchdowns including our quarterback Cousins himself rushing for touchdowns. Jay Gruden and Kirk Cousins are winners. They make a good pair, like William Stephen “Bill” Belichick and Tom Brady.

Our 2015 and 2016 Washington Redskins were really playoff caliber teams but not “Championship level” lacking a better defense and better play-calling. The 2016 team gave away at least 4 games and should have been in the playoffs. In 2017, we have a different defensive coordinator (DC) and hopefully if he does a better job and our GM Scot McCloughan gets us a few good defensive players in the forthcoming 2017 NFL Draft, we should win the NFC East Division. Back in the playoffs again. We will have to wait and see if our Redskins have taken that “next step” and become a Championship level team. HAIL HTTR.

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wow avianreptiles from tumblr, talk about that sad pathetic cunt again!

Assorted things I've been thinking about lately/not so fun facts/extremely intricate lore doc snippets:

So tw for death/brief mentions of alcoholism and drug use/vaguely talking about suicide

-I based Kendrick's personality and general attitude on my brother. They're both extremely arrogant and hard-headed. I also gave them extremely close birthdays (they're both Tauruses)

-Kendrick's bday used to be on 4/20, then I realized that was kind of mean given his history, so I changed it to the day after

-I always talk and think about "If Kendrick lived xyz," but honestly? He was doomed from the start. There was no getting better for him, if he lived past 2125, it was just prolonging a guarantee.

-Moving on from that depressing statement, here's another one: Kendrick looked a lot like his paternal grandfather, but not much like Mac. His horns took on the more curved shape of his grandfather's, as apart to his father's. When Kendrick drunkenly attacked his father, Mac definitely got flashbacks to when his own father drunkenly attacked him decades prior, when he was the same age as his son.

-Mac's father, a once renowned politician turned alcoholic abuser, more than likely drank himself to death after his son and wife left him

-so here's how aromantic allosexual Kendrick can work: trust me

-Kendrick's official Albanian military records for confirmed kills are extremely inaccurate. He lowballed his estimates and straight up lied and said he didn't do some things entirely. He did way worse and way more things than what he reported back

-If this guy were a real person I'd hate him

-While the government is mostly to blame for what he turned out to be (a relentless and cruel individual who slaughtered his way through any situation at hand, who realized way too late what he was doing was wrong), he did throw away literally any ounce of respect for human life just to live to see the sun rise in the morning.

-There was no justification for what he did and he knew that

-There was no redemption or coming back from what he did and he knew that

-Lore doc is at 19k words rn

-Jay was a little in the wrong for sticking around and defending continuation of Kendrick's position in gov/military. The emotional damage received in 2125 was kind of on him. He knowingly stuck by the side of a man he thought he could "fix." Jay's ultimate decision, when it came down to him, to keep Kendrick not only in the military, but in such a high, commanding position, after it was revealed he was an Albanian Dissenter, was a very bad one.

-Kendrick's night vision/vision in general was magnitudes greater than the general population and his peers. On the same coin, because he was so reliant on his sight, he was way more susceptible to eye damage, whether it be from flash bangs, the sun, or even on one occasion, having old car oil thrown at his face.

-He killed 2 men in cold blood because they stole his boots

-For the last couple years of his life, when half of his face got ripped off in the car crash, he was not an avid fan of mirrors or reflective surfaces. He witnessed the dead, mangled face of his mother when he was 12. Due to their facial similarities, he did not want to see the dead face of his mother every time he looked in the mirror, so he just didn't look in mirrors.

Anyways I'm done with fun kendrick facts with avianreptiles, most of them weren't fun, most of them were demeaning and kind of terrible to think about, but this guy is engraved on every single neuron in my brain so oh well

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Redrew that one meme

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The man who sold the world (but the cover by nirvana) is so fucking Kenny and Jay core its awful I can't listen to this song normally ever again

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I don't even know what Jay and Kenny have going on anymore man

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Thinking about those fuckinh ocs again

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Avian I am constantly thinking about your ocs now please give me lore on Henry please please pleas

Alrighty (thank you for sending in asks I love elaborating)

Tw for death and suicide:

Alright so what Henry is:

So all of this takes place in the 2110s-2120s. It's about a hundred years into the future. I think I already talked about how today's "modern" countries (namely the US, Canada, Most of Europe, and Russia) went to shit.

Henry goes by he/him (with exceptions). Henry is a butch lesbian and we love him. If I've given him she/her before, it was either 1.) A mistake or 2.) I was still on the fence whether or not to give him he/him or she/him.

This is basically a dystopia story but there are different sentient species. All sentient species evolved from primates (or this universes version of primates, more carnivorous and half arboreal half running around things), including Henry's species, which evolved from this universes equivalent of lemurs. The species looks damn near similar to a canine, but they're not even close. I've dubbed them lemurs but I don't really have a name atm, but theyre are just about the same size, if not a little taller than ceratis (human equivalent) by a couple inches and their shoulders are further down. They're covered in fur and they usually have fluffy necks and arms in comparison to other body parts.

Henry Castillo was born in 2092 in Boston, Massachusetts (not the state, but the country that reformed after the US fell 50 years prior) during a time of conflict with Massachusetts and its neighbor/enemy, the United Counties of Albany, which took over the rest of New England. Her father was born in Puerto Rico, Miami Republic, but moved in his adolescence. His mother died in action about 3 years after he was born, just after her brother, Mallick Castillo, was born. Henry's father did what he could to support Henry and Mallick, and opened up a mechanic shop in Boston that soon became the backbone of the community.

After The 2104 Truce where Massachusetts was allowed to rebound from about a decade of stress in exchange for a bit more land from Maine, when Henry was 12, Henry started working in the shop with his father. They made a pretty good living for a while, and strengthen the heart of Boston. He was quite popular with the ladies in Boston too. Henry stayed working at the mechanic shop until he turned 20.

So the war started back up again, fueled by a meticulous assassination plot that left Massachusetts without a key part of its executive government in 2111. At first, Massachusetts was doing *okay* enough for itself, but just needed soldiers, as there werent enough in the reserve. Massachusetts started to draft out eligible fighters and one happened to be Henry, who had just turned 20. Hardened by almost a decade of fixing cars and just about every mechanical device in a 10 miles radius of his house, Henry would seem like a great fit for the army.

He was not, for the first 3 years. He missed his father dearly, and he had horrible nightmares almost every night that he would end up like his mother. From 2113-2114, he was placed into 3rd army after progressing a couple of armies up. He was absolutely miserable for a good bit, but he made good friends with a woman about 3 years older than him, Cinne Sullivan. They immediately bonded, and Henry straightened out his act, becoming a great soldier. Upon the death of the 3rd army commander, Cinnie Sullivan became commander by peer recommendation. He would do pretty good with Cinnie as his commander.

In 2114, only after 3 years of the war being continued, the Massachusetts government crumbled under its own weight, and officially collapsed, with the military and the people having to rush to set up an official-enough government. What was set up was a mostly-military lead resistance against Albany, which was advised and spoken for by a group of people small enough to fit in a classroom. That is Boston. It's a hodgepodge. The military-organization unit didn't make much sense before, now it didn't make much sense anymore, but the same as it was before, if someone died/retired/moved up, someone from an army between 1-3 levels below would take their place. Commanders are chosen by 1.) Peer recommendation when the previous authority has no say in the matter/are dead 2.) Previous authority handing it down.

About a year later in 2115, a couple people in 1st army died and a kid named Jay Lombardi (YAY) was moved from 4th to 1st army, along with Henry Castillo. While it hurt Henry to have to be away from Cinnie, someone who he had grown incredibly close to, he was proud of himself for having made it that far, even landing a spot in 1st army. Henry did pretty well for himself, becoming great friends with a couple of the other people in 1st army, mainly "Vulture" Milican, Jay Lombardi, and Eloa Nighy. Being the 1st army seemed to be very good for Henry, as he loved being apart of decision making. After about a year later, in 2116, Jay Lombardi was chosen by prev-auth to become Commander of 1st army and he chose Henry and Vulture to be his right hand men. Henry loved having a say in matters, it was just about his favorite part of being in the position he was in. Was he a little unsure as the fact that Boston was being led by a 19 year old? Kinda. Oh well. His is about the time where Mallick is put into 1st army as a medic.

In 2117, a lot of people in the 4th and 2nd armies moved around and by the end of the year, some random fucking kid that passed "military-enough" training with flying colors got put in 2nd army and attracts the attention of literally everyone in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd army by being just very off-putting and strangely terrifying. That's Kenny. Henry is smart, very intelligent, and knows something is up immediately and no matter what, can not shake the fact that this random ass kid who claimed to be from Worcester with a Western New York accent is suspicious. Henry is the ONLY sensible motherfucker in the Boston Military. The only one.

Henry still talks to Cinnie often. Over the years, they're friendship just kinda leads into a full on romantic relationship. They would die for eachother. They would live for eachother. They're insane for one another. He loves her.

About 4 years later, so sayyy about 2121, so uh yeah half of 2nd army is just declared dead over the radios, including Commander Poste who was made commander by prev-auth and the medic who was Jay Lombardi's cousin. This obviously took a massive toll on Jay, as Jay was close to them both, so Henry took over a couple duties for a few days. Then like a week later they show up. And Kenny had to confess that he lied about just about everything, LIKE HENRY HAD SNIFFED OUT. More horrifyingly, Kenny also had to confess that he was specifically apart of a Kill-On-Site Group for Albany. A KOS group. For Albany.

Henry lost it, to say the least. He begged Jay to do SOMETHING about Kenny. Not even like making him retire, but like maybe just put his involvement in the army on pause. JAY DID NOTHING. NADA. Jay had the authority and reason to do something and didn't. It really made Henry lose respect for Jay.

Henry's opinions on the both of them took a while to settle, but by 2123, Henry's opinion on Kenny is mostly "whatever, he's definitely not Albany anymore but I don't agree with the fact that he's Commander."

Coincidentally in 2123, a random guy named Austin Luell was asked to be put into one of the higher two armies by Juniper Barron, one of the main people that basically advises the army. Austin was previously the sole survivor of his unit from an attack that happened years ago. Upon informing Austin about Commander Poste's previous actions, he was immediately out for blood and everyone recognized that. Austin went on this long tangent that "I know that Poste is the one that killed my unit and I'm mad about it" when Kenny didn't do shit and the dates didn't match up. Juniper Barron insisted in Austin being placed under Poste's domain, 2nd army. Well almost everyone else didnt. Almost everyone else recognized it as a bad idea. Except, you guessed it, Poste, who was a little stoned throughout the meeting but honestly didn't really care. This proved to be a really stupid decision, because 6 months later, Poste was AGAIN declared dead over the radios. Coincidentally, most of 2nd army was scattered throughout 3 counties, and Austin, with two other 2nd army members, declared himself commander by peer recommendation. Austin "killed" him. Austin had managed to overpower Poste, his goal, to get Poste to abdicate power, one way or another, and he did. As far as Austin knew, Poste was dead and Jay Lombardi, the only person in between him and control of the military, was next.

Henry was passed the fuck out when all of this was happening. He was coming down with a cold and slept in til about 3 in the afternoon. He only woke up when he was jolted awake by Colten, who had started rambling about some sort of secret plot that Henry was just not comprehending. The radios are all down. He only really woke up when he heard gunshots down the hall and shouting. After listening for a moment, he finally realized a portion of what Colten had been saying and ran down the hall in the opposite direction of what he assumed was Austin doing a sweep of the hallways, with the one goal of warning his commander. He made it to Jay's doorway. He got a couple words in, mostly just unintelligible yelling, and was completely bodied by Austin. Henry got to watch Austin threaten Jay for a minute, completely powerless, before Austin gave Jay an ultimatum, abdicate power or he end up like Poste. Then Poste showed up and in an act that horrified everyone watching, tore Austin to fucking shreds. This did nothing to persuade Henry that Poste was okay. Nothing at all.

Over the next about 3-ish years, growing as close as ever to the people in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd army, as the war with Albany dragged on, Henry remained strong. The death of Erin Seabird and the early retirement of Lake Köhler caused by self-inflicted injury got to him. Towards the end of 2125, Henry started to notice that both Jay and Kenny's were growing a tiny bit cold with eachother, but didn't pay much attention to it at first, but was forced to have to talk to Jay about it when Jay's performance started to become affected. Jay told Henry to leave him alone, and that was that.

In 2125, Commander Ellie Briggs, who had led the enemy offense into Boston for a decade at that point, was killed by Jay. Following a successful assassination of the Albany President, Hostille, the Albany government, unable to find a replacement for either in time to ease the growing public displeasure with the war, collapsed, thus putting an end to the war that had claimed thousands upon thousands. Henry was one of the first ones to start to talk about what would happen to the military now that the war was over. It was pretty agreed upon that everyone in 1st army would stay in the army. That changed when, a week and a half after the war ended, Commander Poste committed suicide. Commander Jay Lombardi, struck with grief, retired early, followed by Vulture Milican and Mallick Castillo.

Henry was named Commander by prev-auth. He was sad to see the people he had basically called family for years at this point retire from the military, but he made promises that he would try and visit every once in a while. He was still madly in love with Cinnie at the time, and they got married only a year later, when they had the time for it. They had been thinking about it for a while, but the end of the war is really all they had been waiting for. Henry and the new commander for 2nd army, Commander Abdi, worked together for 5 years, until Henry, joined by Cinnie only a momth later, retired in 2130 at the age of 38.

He's living a nicer life now, living in Downtown Boston with Cinnie. His brother and father live nearby, and they're all happy, for once.

Henry Castillo would never forget the horrors of war and what he had to do to survive for over a decade, but helping to rebuild his home city will atleast help him attach a better memory to Boston then the bloodshed and tears it was before.