It's Sunday, and I am back after taking a couple of days off last week.
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I → take → days
It's about putting the swimsuits and short shorts away and reaching for the sweatshirts and warmer clothing.
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It → put → sweatshirts
It's also about properly paying your respects to the summer that was.
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that → pay → summer
When you're in the content game and considered one of the best, like golf's top influencer Paige Spiranac, bidding adieu to summer while looking forward to fall shouldn't be difficult.
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bidding → consider → fall
That is, of course, if you're not overthinking it.
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you → overthinke → it
Any up-and-coming influencers out there, take a page from Paige's playbook and revisit summer with a highlight package of some of your best work.
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influencers → come → work
This isn't about trying to outproduce anyone with the content.
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This → try → content
When you give it, you receive it.
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you → give → it
Here's how one of the best to ever do it approached it.
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one → do → it
"Saying goodbye to summer golf and hello to fall golf😍," Paige wrote.
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Paige → say → golf
There's another lesson to be learned from this and that's to keep your foot on the gas.
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that → be → gas
You won't see Paige Spiranac blowing many leads at home.
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Spiranac → see → home
She keeps at it no matter how far out in front she is.
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she → keep → front
The same can't be said for Michigan
It was a tough day for some Big Ten teams at home on Saturday.
Most notably for No. 12 USC, who ended up losing 41-27 to No. 20 Oregon.
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who → say → Oregon
And for No. 18 Michigan, who didn't have any extra time available during their 20-19 walk-off loss to No. 17 Iowa.
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who → have → Iowa
The Michigan loss, which you really hate to see, produced real art.
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you → hate → art
The stunned silence of a loss in a game they were seconds away from winning.
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they → win → game
Again, you really hate to see it.
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you → hate → it
Of course, there was another ranked Big Ten team who lost at home and blew a lead while doing so.
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who → be → lead
I'm well aware of No. 13 ranked Penn State losing to unranked Wisconsin at home and blowing a 17-point lead.
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State → rank → lead
Although to be fair to Franklin, up until his last season, he didn’t lose these types of games all that often.
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he → lose → games
It's the wakeup call Penn State needed.
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State → need → ?
They haven’t played anyone yet, despite my attempt to pretend that they have by ignoring their soft schedule (which I will do again).
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I → play → which
The Meats
- Homebrew Bill writes:
Beef tri tip, pork tenderloin, and chicken.
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Bill → write → tip
At least I'll have leftovers this week.
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I → have → leftovers
This is one of the emails I received over the last couple of weeks that I'm just getting to.
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I → receive → that
Homebrew Bill, as always, your meat looks fantastic.
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meat → look → ?
Keep the emails coming.
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emails → keep → ?
Sunday afternoon grill reward
- Socal desert Mike writes:
My cardiologist doesn't care for me to do this, but a Man's gotta have meat some days.
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Man → write → meat
Thanks for all you do!
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you → do → all
I'd argue with you if I could.
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I → argue → you
Send it in whenever you have meat on the menu.
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you → send → menu
I want to see it.
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I → want → it
MEAT
- CF in Kansas writes:
Our daughter and son-in-law were here for a visit over the weekend and our SIL grilled T-bones on the charcoal grill.
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SIL → write → grill
The steaks were better than any you’d find in any steakhouse in the country!!
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you → find → country
I didn’t forget about you, CF.
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I → forget → you
T-bones on a charcoal grill sound amazing.
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bones → sound → grill
(sent in before the end of summer)
- Jeff B Indiana writes:
Still respecting summer, so I fired up the Blackstone and seared a cut of ribeye, along with an ear of sweet corn and some asparagus with shaved Parmesan.
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I → send → Parmesan
That's how it's done.
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it → do → ?
Your meat looks great.
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meat → look → ?
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