Not true, ingredient ratio and aging process makes it bourbon.

https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/04/5-rules-...urbon.html

(12-19-2022 02:03 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  But it ISN'T BOURBON! Bourbon is called Bourbon because it comes from Bourbon County, KY.

Here is a little information just for you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_whiskey

(12-19-2022 02:03 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Did a couple of bourbon tastings the past couple of years, had F&R, Garrison, and Balcones from Texas. Balcones is the best I've had.

Garrison is way overhyped and way over priced for what it is. I understand your comment more. If it were directed at Garrison, I would agree with you. The exception being Garrison Balmorhea -- which is a decent upper mid bourbon, but way too flipping pricey for what you get.

Garrison, while being the priciest, is far from the bet Texas Bourbon. Balcones Blue Corn is a good one.

If you have a chance, try a Rebecca Creek. Very reasonable on the wallet, and a great sip.

Always had a lot of respect for Rice baseball. They were a great program. Now they really suck. As for the bowl game, Rice put a big scare in USM fans in the third quarter, but they couldn't take it to the 4th qtr. It was a great stage for Gore Jr. to make a statement.

USM had around 11,000 people there. ESPN was very happy. Hopefully the improvement takes a continued step forward next year and we go bowling again. Joining the Sun Belt has been even better than I imagined. Congrats to Troy for the Belt championship this year. Your team was tough as nails.

(12-19-2022 02:03 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  But it ISN'T BOURBON! Bourbon is called Bourbon because it comes from Bourbon County, KY.

Careful.. There's distilleries in KY that use MGP juice but they bottle it in KY just so it looks good even though MGP is located in Indiana.

(12-19-2022 02:27 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Always had a lot of respect for Rice baseball. They were a great program. Now they really suck.

Wash, rinse, and repeat for pretty much every major sports program at Rice -- excepting women's programs.

The last three President's, with the help of a great deal of the faculty, have tried to effectively kill D1 sports at Rice by casual neglect.

A lot of the folks on this board are none to happy about that chronic level of 'death by neglect' that has occurred on an ongoing basis from the late 70s'.

The only reason Rice baseball flourished was that Coach Graham went 'rogue' in the system and built and developed his own set and network of donors. The current AD when he got into office stopped that, and that is when Rice baseball floundered.

(12-19-2022 03:21 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(12-19-2022 02:27 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Always had a lot of respect for Rice baseball. They were a great program. Now they really suck.

Wash, rinse, and repeat for pretty much every major sports program at Rice -- excepting women's programs.

The last three President's, with the help of a great deal of the faculty, have tried to effectively kill D1 sports at Rice by casual neglect.

A lot of the folks on this board are none to happy about that chronic level of 'death by neglect' that has occurred on an ongoing basis from the late 70s'.

The only reason Rice baseball flourished was that Coach Graham went 'rogue' in the system and built and developed his own set and network of donors. The current AD when he got into office stopped that, and that is when Rice baseball floundered.

I'm going to reference the movie "The Program" again... Same scene... Same conversation.. Does the faculty expect 80k people to watch a damn chemistry experiment.. Ok maybe not 80k, let's say 30k.

(12-19-2022 03:45 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(12-19-2022 03:21 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(12-19-2022 02:27 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Always had a lot of respect for Rice baseball. They were a great program. Now they really suck.

Wash, rinse, and repeat for pretty much every major sports program at Rice -- excepting women's programs.

The last three President's, with the help of a great deal of the faculty, have tried to effectively kill D1 sports at Rice by casual neglect.

A lot of the folks on this board are none to happy about that chronic level of 'death by neglect' that has occurred on an ongoing basis from the late 70s'.

The only reason Rice baseball flourished was that Coach Graham went 'rogue' in the system and built and developed his own set and network of donors. The current AD when he got into office stopped that, and that is when Rice baseball floundered.

I'm going to reference the movie "The Program" again... Same scene... Same conversation.. Does the faculty expect 80k people to watch a damn chemistry experiment.. Ok maybe not 80k, let's say 30k.

Faculty dont really give a ****. Nor should they. Depends if the institution's priorities are 'catering to the football jollies', or winning Nobels.

I will take your bible like reference to that quote 'The Program' as to which side of that line you lie.

(12-19-2022 04:06 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(12-19-2022 03:45 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(12-19-2022 03:21 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(12-19-2022 02:27 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Always had a lot of respect for Rice baseball. They were a great program. Now they really suck.

Wash, rinse, and repeat for pretty much every major sports program at Rice -- excepting women's programs.

The last three President's, with the help of a great deal of the faculty, have tried to effectively kill D1 sports at Rice by casual neglect.

A lot of the folks on this board are none to happy about that chronic level of 'death by neglect' that has occurred on an ongoing basis from the late 70s'.

The only reason Rice baseball flourished was that Coach Graham went 'rogue' in the system and built and developed his own set and network of donors. The current AD when he got into office stopped that, and that is when Rice baseball floundered.

I'm going to reference the movie "The Program" again... Same scene... Same conversation.. Does the faculty expect 80k people to watch a damn chemistry experiment.. Ok maybe not 80k, let's say 30k.

Faculty dont really give a ****. Nor should they. Depends if the institution's priorities are 'catering to the football jollies', or winning Nobels.

I will take your bible like reference to that quote 'The Program' as to which side of that line you lie.

Academics are important.. I will never say otherwise. But athletics builds something in the student body and in the athletes... I think my college experience would've been dull without the football, basketball, and baseball games.

Wait a minute the AAC invited a program into an athletic conference that doesn't care about sports.

This is like Twitter Files #8 dump, everyone knew it we just say it out loud.

(12-19-2022 04:22 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Wait a minute the AAC invited a program into an athletic conference that doesn't care about sports.

Take a look at Rice's mens sports records and tell me how much you think Rice as an institution cares about Div 1?

And, even that -- in one of the two shittiest conferences around.

Kind of hard to take a look at that and say that Rice dotes, concentrates, and caters to athletics.

Im just being realistic.

Everything else that Rice has concentrated on being a 'best of' in the last 40 years has been pretty much a smashing success. Nobel laureate, leader in nanotechnology research, Sheperd School of music built into a top 10 program, top 10 architecture school, top 25 business school, several top 10 engineering programs.

They placed a ton of effort into women's sports -- achieving NCAA playoff bids in volleyball, basketball, and soccer in the last few years.

They dont seemingly give a lot of attention to men's sports.

Ill let you surmise as to why.

Like I said we all knew it, the AAC just ignored it.

(12-19-2022 05:02 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Like I said we all knew it, the AAC just ignored it.

AAC knows it. They want a Houston presence. There is no doubt in my mind Rice got the AAC b/c of its location.

And, tbh, it is the last life raft Rice D1 athletics will be afforded. I hope our administration and BOT notes that this is their last best chance in D1 and acts accordingly.

I dont think they will. All of the AAC incomings canned their FB coaches -- except Rice and UTSA.

UTSA is on a sharp up slope so that is understandable. Rice's coach is stuck on Rice being a power run team -- which by the makeup of Rice to begin with is idiotic.

Bloom is literally the worst coach in the NCAA by record that has 4+ years on the job -- both with a team and career head coach wise.

In Blooms tenure we have had 2, 3, (covid), 4, and 5 wins respectively. Had Rice been any school that thought anything about improvement -- Bloom would have been axed this year *even* with backing into a bowl bid. Instead, the AD extends him.

Mr. Kltpzyxm Bizarro world stuff....

(12-19-2022 02:27 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Always had a lot of respect for Rice baseball. They were a great program. Now they really suck. As for the bowl game, Rice put a big scare in USM fans in the third quarter, but they couldn't take it to the 4th qtr. It was a great stage for Gore Jr. to make a statement.

USM had around 11,000 people there. ESPN was very happy. Hopefully the improvement takes a continued step forward next year and we go bowling again. Joining the Sun Belt has been even better than I imagined. Congrats to Troy for the Belt championship this year. Your team was tough as nails.

I lost respect for Rice baseball after the 2nd game against them in the 2019 CUSA tournament when Rice pitcher Parthasarthy threw at our batter Franklin's head not once but twice in the game. Rice tried saying Parthasarthy had control issues all game but why was it that the only USM player he had "control issues" that day was against our player who on day 1 of the tournament collided with the Rice 1st baseman who ended up with a broken arm on the play. Glad we were able to take 8 of the final 9 games against them including a 3 game sweep at home last year with Sunday's game being a 12-2 walk off run rule win.

(12-19-2022 05:13 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(12-19-2022 05:02 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Like I said we all knew it, the AAC just ignored it.

AAC knows it. They want a Houston presence. There is no doubt in my mind Rice got the AAC b/c of its location.

And, tbh, it is the last life raft Rice D1 athletics will be afforded. I hope our administration and BOT notes that this is their last best chance in D1 and acts accordingly.

in today's version of realignment, I agree ... however, once the next version of geo realignment shakes out when the big boys finally give the ncaa da finga bang, I could easily see an all-private enterprise emerge for obvious reasons ... jmtc...

also, fwiw, you guys traveled much better than I anticipated ... but muh muh muh pep band ...

(12-19-2022 02:44 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(12-18-2022 10:19 PM)Soaring Eagle Wrote:  

Quote:And honestly, remember that you beat the ‘last team in the bowl door’ —- backed into a bowl because of their athletic academic services director who smoked the rest of the 5-7 fb programs. This rice team was literally the short bus fb team that got invited to the bowl party.

This right here is why 5-7 teams don’t belong in bowls, even when you win you lose

I suggest you get riled at ESPN for 41 fipping bowl games and needing 82 of the 128 D1 teams to flesh them out.

And, I love the big talk from the 6-6 team fan dissing on 5-7.

Thats like the 80% retarded kid dissing on the 81% retarded kid. Lolz.

Retarded is dissing anyone when you just had 329 dished on you. Those sorry losers are seeing Gore run by their air grasping fingers in their nightmares.
BTW, that’s 130 more than any other total he’s had. Yeah, you should have never been there. Just like you should be fighting for next to last in that CUSA dumpster fire but alas, just as APR saved you loser, thank goodness for AAC marketz.

Quote: And, I love the big talk from the 6-6 team fan dissing on 5-7.

Tanq is one of dem lawyers that goes to court just to have someone argue with him.

There are plenty of 6-6 teams in bowl games only one team with a losing record. JMU deserve a bowl over Rice.

(12-19-2022 08:55 PM)Soaring Eagle Wrote:  

Quote: And, I love the big talk from the 6-6 team fan dissing on 5-7.

Tanq is one of dem lawyers that goes to court just to have someone argue with him.

There are plenty of 6-6 teams in bowl games only one team with a losing record. JMU deserve a bowl over Rice.

You are correct. I should not have replied to him. He’s troll with an ounce of brain. Just makes chit up to elicit a response. Should have read on before responding but I’m bored.

(12-19-2022 08:55 PM)Soaring Eagle Wrote:  

Quote: And, I love the big talk from the 6-6 team fan dissing on 5-7.

Tanq is one of dem lawyers that goes to court just to have someone argue with him.

There are plenty of 6-6 teams in bowl games only one team with a losing record. JMU deserve a bowl over Rice.

I suggest you go complain to the NCAA over the issue de jour that apparently has you worked up and antsy.

(12-19-2022 08:43 PM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(12-19-2022 02:44 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(12-18-2022 10:19 PM)Soaring Eagle Wrote:  

Quote:And honestly, remember that you beat the ‘last team in the bowl door’ —- backed into a bowl because of their athletic academic services director who smoked the rest of the 5-7 fb programs. This rice team was literally the short bus fb team that got invited to the bowl party.

This right here is why 5-7 teams don’t belong in bowls, even when you win you lose

I suggest you get riled at ESPN for 41 fipping bowl games and needing 82 of the 128 D1 teams to flesh them out.

And, I love the big talk from the 6-6 team fan dissing on 5-7.

Thats like the 80% retarded kid dissing on the 81% retarded kid. Lolz.

Retarded is dissing anyone when you just had 329 dished on you. Those sorry losers are seeing Gore run by their air grasping fingers in their nightmares.
BTW, that’s 130 more than any other total he’s had. Yeah, you should have never been there. Just like you should be fighting for next to last in that CUSA dumpster fire but alas, just as APR saved you loser, thank goodness for AAC marketz.

I guess you did not read above. Based on our previous interactions color me surprised. /sarcasm off.