I have several electric bicycles and mopeds, almost all of which are made – well – in China. I’m fairly familiar with using Chinese light electric vehicles. However, despite realizing I couldn’t justify an expensive electric truck, I never gave up the dream of joyriding in one and tossing all sorts of weird stuff in the back, which is probably why when the chance finally arose, I made the impulse buy of a much, MUCH more affordable (albeit smaller) electric pickup truck straight from China. ![]() Have a comment on this story? Join the discussion or start a new one on the Forums.If you’re anything like me, you watched the unveiling of the Tesla Cybertruck and the electric Ford F-150 Lightning truck and thought, “Damn, those are pretty cool, but I probably shouldn’t drop $40,000-$50,000 on an electric truck that I don’t really need.” Rick Fires can be reached at or on Discussion The game was so bad and so long I almost changed the channel to watch soap operas with my wife. No kidding, and Maryland did so while wearing helmets that are supposed to resemble its state flag but look more like a Jackson Pollock painting. “We shot ourselves in the foot,” Durkin said. To cap it off, Terrapins coach DJ Durkin offered a lame excuse after a 33-30 defeat to Boston College that left Maryland with a 6-7 record for the season. Maryland threw 20 incomplete passes (with 15 completions), allowed eight sacks, committed 11 penalties for 86 yards and turned the ball over four times in something called the Quick Lanes Bowl in Detroit. If I had to single out the worst team in the bowl games, and there were plenty of bad ones, Maryland would get my vote. The Floundering Four may be a better description for those teams. That’ll leave a big gap with Arkansas, Texas A&M, Mississippi State and Ole Miss to decide the No. Still, LSU appears to be on the upswing, and Auburn will be much better at quarterback in 2017 with the arrival of Jarrett Stidham, a transfer who showed plenty of ability as a freshman at Baylor. But the Magnificent Seven, with the exception of Alabama, didn’t scare anyone in 2016.Īuburn, Arkansas and Texas A&M all lost their bowl games, and Mississippi State blocked a late field-goal attempt to escape with a onepoint victory over Miami of Ohio. The SEC West is generally considered the best division in college football. “I’ve always said year five, that next year’s season is kind of the defining moment of what you’ve been doing and what you’re trying to get to,” said Bielema, who is 25-26 overall at Arkansas, including 10-22 in the SEC. Even Bielema knows it’s time to put up or shut up following the awful finish to the 2016 season. The media should always view the teams they cover with a critical eye, but the job is harder now because reporters are basically cut off from seeing daily practices to gauge progress for themselves. ![]() But any blame must be directed at Bret Bielema, who set the standard high from the outset when he said he wanted to give Arkansas fans something they hadn’t had - an SEC championship. Perhaps, but I can’t say for sure because I don’t cover Arkansas athletics on a regular basis. If someone in 2017 invents a gadget that allows the TV viewer to silence the commentators but keep the crowd noise, I’m buying.Ī man stopped me in the grocery story after the Belk Bowl and suggested during our conversion that the Arkansas media was complicit in raising the hopes of Razorback football fans this season. And please, spare us the goofy personal stories and canned debates, especially during the middle of the action. It’s got to be something new from the program directors because I don’t remember commentary being nonstop in previous years. Where in the small print of the ESPN/Bowl Game contracts does it say the broadcast team has to comment on EVERY SINGLE PLAY? Yak, yak, yak, blah, blah, blah, wonk, wonk, wonk. I’ll repeat here what I asked on Twitter days ago. We watched a lot of football together, and it went so well she only yelled at me once or twice. I am uniquely qualified to provide a wrap-up of the bowl games after taking time off from work to be with my wife, who had knee-replacement surgery.
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