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  1. Jim French Stepstool
    Basically replaced in the pecking order by Ebel.
  2. Jim French Stepstool
    Could anyone out there recommend what they consider to be a good gluten-free pizza? My wife has celiac. She eats like a bird but sometimes is in a 'pizza mood'.
  3. Jim French Stepstool
    Went to Maria's once. I'll bet it was 20-25 years ago. I don't recall if I had the pizza or something else, but neither my at-the-time GF or I were impressed & we never returned. I would assume we just had the random bad experience because they're still there, so they must be doing something right.
  4. Jim French Stepstool
    Agree re Balistreri's. We're out in the lake country now so don't get there too often anymore but it's always been a favorite (along with Santino's). Pizza-wise, I'll add DiStefano's to the list. It's on 46th & Forest Home and is carryout & delivery only. The qualifier is I haven't sampled it in years but if it hasn't changed it's terrific. When we lived in Greenfield I was addicted to the stuff. I never had their pies, but back in the day when I would hang out downtown I loved the entrees at Calderone.
  5. Jim French Stepstool
    I thought there were a few sequences where Bieliauskas did pretty much all he could, but couldn't win the battle because he couldn't stop Mara from being 7'4" or whatever he is. Probably his best job of neutralizing him was hitting the five 3's & keeping Mara on the bench due to his not being able to guard out there. Winter hitting three 3's was huge in that regard, too.
  6. Jim French Stepstool
    Good comments. They were outrebounded by 3 or 4 today, but if this game was like some of our earlier efforts Michigan would've eaten us alive on the boards. Carrington IMO hasn't always played real smart basketball before today. Bad TOs, not real good judgement & I haven't felt his defensive work has lived up to the solid rep he came in with, maybe due to taking awhile to understand the way Gard wants the help, hedge & recover to work. Ton of credit to him for righting the ship. A long list of guys they don't win today without, and he's certainly on it.
  7. Jim French Stepstool
    My favorite Raf moment of all time was many years ago, he was doing a Maryland game & they had a player named Exree Hipp. He drove to the hoop on a really fancy move, and Raferty said "If I tried to do something like that, they'd have to X-Ray MY Hipp."
  8. Jim French Stepstool
    He had 9 rebounds, which led everyone on either side. Also 4 assists; the only player on either team with more was Boyd. Twelve FT attempts. Twice as many as anyone else in the game. Toughness.
  9. Jim French Stepstool
    I wasn't sure it was on the rim, but it certainly was inside the cylinder. I loved the announcing crew too, which is a rare comment coming from me. Raftery brings up a lot of good stuff (like not taking full advantage of Winter inside on switches).
  10. Jim French Stepstool
    As the half wore on & we were right there with them, I felt it was going to be one of those deals where if it was close in the last 3-4 minutes every Michigan possession was going to be a bucket or we were going to be called for a foul. But no. The halfcourt D really showed up in the late minutes. Just heard in the postgame----Michigan missed 8 of their final 9 shots😲.
  11. Jim French Stepstool
    I don't know if I've ever seen a team come out of a half as hot as UW was, and have it virtually matched by the opposition. If Michigan is only 'good' in that stretch rather than red hot we go up by about a dozen. It was Cadeau (sp?) in the lane & a few threes vs the Alexis Bieliauskas Coming Out Party. Multiple heroes. Carrington for sure was one, and he deserves special mention because his minutes had been curbed & he had some bench people ahead of him. I'm overwhelmed by this, really. Goes to show ya how much poise & toughness can carry you. The FT misses late were followed by some really good dig-down deep halfcourt D to keep the momentum from turning. Would've been great if they could've cracked this code before the TCU & Villanova games.
  12. Jim French Stepstool
    To me it's important when playing a top team like this, especially on the road, you want to avoid being down by 7-10 early in the game & having to dig out of the hole. Four things I saw put them in the early hole: a long rebound not secured cost them three, another Michigan miss where Winter couldn't squeeze it cost them two, and a couple open looks from three that Bieliauskas missed. But obviously some good stuff after that. Sagging into the lane & taking away the extra pass, fighting harder on the 50-50 stuff, and obviously a terrific half from Bkackwell. A couple bad decisions late in the half (Boyd) away from maybe leading at the half, although the kid is playing his heart out as usual. I'm guessing Carrington practiced well the last few days. Some early (for him, anyway) minutes, and he looked mostly effective.
  13. Jim French Stepstool
    For me it's all about the consistency, esp on the defensive side & staying away from the dumb decisions & turnovers. That stuff seems to come in bunches. The % of the time that they can avoid that ugliness determines whether they'll win enough to be on the right side of the ledger at the end. Agree re Minnesota. Them, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan are so much better coached than we're used to seeing. Rapp is officially ruled out for todays' game. Lendeborg is a ? Michigan.
  14. Jim French Stepstool
    Those two things, and have or develop a knack for picking portal guys that are going to mesh with returning players & other portal candidates. Be the proverbial 'good fit'. That can't be easy. Gard seemed to have a knack for it with guys like Klesmit, Tonje & McGee.
  15. Jim French Stepstool
    Milwaukee has been home to great dining options for a long time. I'm not familiar with some of the names on your list, so thanks!!! If I may add another place worthy of a look-see----Santinos' Little Italy.
  16. Jim French Stepstool
    Some strong portal-driven momentum going on, and Hilton changing his mind adds some extra legitimacy to it. Great news.
  17. Jim French Stepstool
    Look at you------Mr CFB Transfer Portal!!!! Does this mean we won't hear anything more about Brewer prospects unless they can run a sub-4.4 forty or bench press over forty reps?🤔😄
  18. Jim French Stepstool
    There are people who didn't believe he was actually a former player. I read through pretty much the whole thing & IMO he's 100% legit. I think Leonhard would've carried some risk for sure. And once Fickell became available, going in that direction was a no-brainer. But I'll maintain Leonhards' eventual success or failure would've largely hinged on what kind of staff he could've put together. I agree Leonhard the HC wouldn't have had as good a DC as Leonhard the DC was. You can't get much more of an insider perspective than a former player but man, I find it hard to believe JL would've been as anti-NIL as Chryst was.
  19. Jim French Stepstool
    Too bad the NL adopted the DH. Lorenzen could hit 20-25 bombs in that park (partially blue).
  20. Jim French Stepstool
    Yeah, I just saw a reference to that tonite. Big boy. I cringe whenever I hear Cal-Poly. That's the school that came into Madison late one season & almost knocked off one of the Bielema-led teams. 35-34 or something like that.
  21. Jim French Stepstool
    Kawecki is obviously the shoo-in at C. But I might throw Ryan Cory in the mix too, only because Kawecki has some experience at G & could play there if Cory emerges in his 3rd year in the program. He was forced into the fray at 'Bama & wasn't bad considering the lack of experience. Admittedly just a 'what if'.
  22. Jim French Stepstool
    With Smith returning & Joseph in the fold, I wonder if they can attract another QB worth attracting? I imagine someone in the Locke-O'Neil 'willing to be a backup' category.
  23. Jim French Stepstool
    Yeah, I would say so. He never played due to injury, but Kevin Heywood was penciled in as the starting LT. So if he comes back strong that would be looked at as a good retention (not that he would've received portal attention given he sat out the entire year). Really wish Brunner would've stuck around.
  24. Jim French Stepstool
    Nowadays, we can save that quote & most schools can post it every February, right? That turns off many traditional CFB fans, myself included. But on paper this certainly looks like their best portal effort since this era has started. I think retaining Posa & Catalano is huge.
  25. Jim French Stepstool
    The floodgates have really opened up in the last 5-7 days, wow. I'd love to know what kind of money they're throwing around relative to the other folks competing for these guys. So they'd still like a couple more WRs, right?
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