Rams Acquire Myles Garrett.

[Donn Beach]

Wow, interesting... I don't know if I'd have much to tell myself I didn't already know even then. Maybe some stock tips. But honestly... I remember as like a 14 year old thinking, girls were going to be my ruin. I was listening to blues records back then. Like Born under a Sign, the line, wine and women is all I crave, big legged woman gonna carry me to my grave, had this profound effect on me. I remember telling my mother, she got a laugh.

[Michael K.]

Love Earl. The late 70s Oilers were one of my fav non Seattle Teams ever. Along with the 1975 and 1986 Red Sox and the 1990 Loyola Marymount Lions.....

I think everyone loved those Oilers....Stabler and Campbell. I also rooted for the Steelers some back then, because I hated the Cowboys. Never a Red Sox guy, but loved the Steve Garvey, Dusty Baker, Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero Dodgers! Loyola Marymount was fun, but I was a UNVL guy. Damn those teams were fun to watch.

The most famous high-scoring matchup between UNLV and Loyola Marymount (LMU) occurred on March 25, 1990, when the No. 1 ranked Runnin' Rebels defeated the 11th-seeded Lions 131-101 in the NCAA West Regional Final (Elite Eight).

The combined 232 points make it one of the highest-scoring games in NCAA Tournament history.

Game Context & Statistics

This Elite Eight clash pitted two of the fastest-paced, highest-scoring teams in college basketball history against each other.
The Setting: Played at the Oakland Coliseum Arena in Oakland, California.

Historical Significance: This tournament run was incredibly emotional for Loyola Marymount, as it came shortly after the tragic passing of star player Hank Gathers.

Team Totals: UNLV shot an astonishing 65 percent from the floor.

Standout Player Performances

Both rosters were absolutely loaded with talent, resulting in massive individual stat lines:
UNLV (131 points):Anderson Hunt: 30 points, 13 assists, and 6 steals.
Stacey "Plastic Man" Augmon: 33 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Larry Johnson: 20 points and 18 rebounds.
Greg Anthony: 21 points and 8 assists.

Loyola Marymount (101 points):Bo Kimble: 42 points and 11 rebounds (famously shooting his signature left-handed free throws to honor his late teammate, Hank Gathers).
Jeff Fryer: 21 points.
Terrell Lowery: 18 points off the bench.

Following this historic win, UNLV went on to the Final Four and blew out Duke 103-73 to capture their only NCAA National Championship in program history.

That game was a lot of fun, and so was watching Duke get trounced!

[Donn Beach]

I'm trying to remember how we consumed sports back then. Of course I'm a little older. But it seems like the equivalent of short wave radio. There was a baseball game once a week? Saturday wasn't it, Joe and Tony? A football game once a week. I remember sitting in the basement of a friend, watching the Milwaukee Bucks end the Lakers record breaking 33 game winning streak on a little black and white TV. It was like 14 inches, had to sit in the dark

[D-train]

I'm trying to remember how we consumed sports back then. Of course I'm a little older. But it seems like the equivalent of short wave radio. There was a baseball game once a week? Saturday wasn't it, Joe and Tony? A football game once a week. I remember sitting in the basement of a friend, watching the Milwaukee Bucks end the Lakers record breaking 33 game winning streak on a little black and white TV. It was like 14 inches, had to sit in the dark

I don't know how we survived back then. There were like 10 M's games on TV a year. I was so pissed at Mt St. Helens because they pre-empted a M's game when she blew. lol Remember Monday night football was delayed and hour so my Dad would listen to it on the way home from work on the radio and then amazingly predict what was going to happen an hour after he heard it. lol

And there were big parties in HS every Friday and Saturday night when the only means of communication was land line telephones with no voice mail or call waiting. lol Busy signals when someone was on the phone and it would just ring and ring and ring when nobody was home...

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Better times for sure. The end of civilization began with cable and MTV.

[Michael K.]

I always knew were my friends were, because when we were young our bikes were all laying down somewhere, and then when we were older our rigs were always parked somewhere! We figured it out. Now? My wife is checking Life 360 twenty times a night giving me updates to where my 19 and 22 year old sons are. My first thought was always "thank God my parents didn't have that!" "Mike, why were you in a wheat field for six hours yesterday?" "Drinking beer and chasing skirts mom, I was drinking beer and chasing skirts. You glad you asked?" LOL

[auroraave]

I think a lot of context is lost on the whole Miles Garrett trade. Great player for sure, but no one is getting 20 sacks in the NFCW.
Has anyone assessed MG's talent in the run defense (I do not know)?

Yes, I mentioned this yesterday. He wasn't the Defensive Player of the Year because he is a one trick pony.

Myles Garrett earned an impressive 82.5 run-defense grade, ranking 3rd among 115 qualified edge defenders in the most recent NFL season.Garrett has developed into a premier run stopper in recent years, consistently putting up run-defense marks over 78.0. His ability to effectively anchor against the run, combined with his league-leading pass-rush metrics, makes him one of the most complete edge defenders in football.

What makes Seattle's defense great, is not someone flexing gaudy stats - it is literally the opposite of that. Seattle's defense has above average talent, and in some areas, excellent talent, but all that talent is utilized specifically within a scheme - a scheme that ultimately makes the whole unit better than the sum of thier parts.

Seattle won the SB because the front four could stop the run AND get pressure - allowing the back seven to wreak havoc - each player on defense EXECUTED thier specific assignment - all of that greatly exacerbated by Mac's superior scheming and disguising. The result? Stats spread around and a SB trophy.

The Rams beat us once, lost in OT the next, and a game that came down to the wire the next. Adding the best player in football makes them scary...next year. Right now? That is all they care about.

Garrett got 20-plus sacks - and cleveland won 5 games.

Cleveland had a pretty damn good defense. Their offense sucked ass. The Defense was also on the field way too long. You can not POSSIBLY compare the situation Garrett was in last year to the one he steps into this year. Oh yeah, the Rams also added McDuffie.

Seattle does not need a big flash acquisition - it'll break up the chemistry of the team - the unity. People get hard ons over stats while always always always always alway ingnoring context. I do not know if hew would make us better - but to get him we would 100% lose a valuable piece, a valuable cog on the best defense in the NFL in years. It could very well be a case of subtraction by addition.

Seattle needs to stay the course, keep the core together, ride out this season, compete for a SB, while knowing they have a massive draft haul coming. The Lambs, and very like the NFL, desperately need the Lambs to show out at home for the SB - it'll be the biggest SB promotion in years. It'll be huge egg on the facew of the Lambs if they do not host the SB at home - all the pressure is on them - let them make splash moves. We do not need to, we are set for the next few years.

We said that after the last Super Bowl too. I am happy with where this team is at, but the amount that Seahawk fans are trying to downplay the Rams adding the best defensive player in football? Is hilarious to me.

I don't know if Garret makes them better, that can only be determined when they play. Losing Verse is a big loss. I want to know how Garrett plays against the stretch run - because, it seems to me, the best way to neutralize this seemingly "unicorn pass rusher' the Lambs got - is by running the ball and taking that advantage away.

Funny how no one points that out.

He isn't just a pass rusher. If you have to ask yourself if the Rams are better with Garrett than without, next year? You aren't watching football.

Interesting. I have literally never seen him play - I do not watch that much football. I understand his talent - but this isn't like the NBA where 2 players can make or break the whole team - football is more an orchestration with 11 players having to be in sync. There is likely no downside to acquiring a great player - but it is not, in any way, going to result in 20 sacks next year. Not in the NFCW. It'll be sad when he gets a 'high ankle sprain' in week three and the Lambs end up going 8-9 - with lowly Arizona notching a win against them.

I prefer Seattle's situation - no splash moves - we are in a very enviable position. Verse will be a big loss.

What's so crazy about all of this - is the feeling that 'a script' is being written for the Lambs to win it all - adding Darnold late in the season I could see happening - this just feels oddly scripted to me. Like the NFL called up the Browns and said "trade him to LA - it's for the greater good of the league" just like they were probably forced to draft Sanders. How does LA get two monster additions - the year they just happen to have the SB at home? I'm not even rooting as hard for Seattle to repeat as I am for the Lambs quest to fail. It's like the NFL has to find a way to make it happen - for the hype, the 'storylines" the promotional capital. Nothing feels organic to me - and I do not trust the NFL on any level to not pull some bullshit.