Wow, Vick Ballard is now an aeronautical engineer

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The FE exam is good for bridge building at the DOT and/or if you want to work alone or in consulting. Few others give a damn. I’ve met PEs that I wouldn’t trust to build a smoker.
I have a PE. Just what part of my experience or education would lead you to think I know a damn thing about how to weld. You sound like you have no idea what an engineer is or what one does.
 

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I’m surprised at the number of beta males here. There was a time and place where men knew certain things. Expectations even. I guess we need to give them a test these days. 100% USDA testicular approved.
And just where and when was I supposed to learn all these things? From my grandfather who died before I was born? Or the one who died when I was twelve? Should dad and I have spent the two to four days a month I saw him on tasks around the apartment complex that were the landlord's job?
 

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And just where and when was I supposed to learn all these things? From my grandfather who died before I was born? Or the one who died when I was twelve? Should dad and I have spent the two to four days a month I saw him on tasks around the apartment complex that were the landlord's job?
You have childhood trauma that I’m not qualified to address. My apologies you were allowed to grow up to be an idiot. Merry Christmas!
 
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I have a PE. Just what part of my experience or education would lead you to think I know a damn thing about how to weld. You sound like you have no idea what an engineer is or what one does.
So do I and coupled with a SE. It doesn’t exonerate basic skills. At no point have I mentioned welding as such.
 
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This so cool.

After his football career was over, he went back to college, earning a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from University of Central Florida in 2022[16] and a Master of Science in industrial engineering and systems engineering from University of Florida in 2025.[17]

As of 2025, he is employed by Lockheed Martin as an aeronautical engineer since 2023

17, the NFL won't let me link it or share it.

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Vick Ballard talks going from Colts starting RB to aeronautical engineer
Not a fan of the way that NIL is structured, but hearing him talk about how he was basically forced choosing an easy major so he could focus on football demonstrates why a "free education" isn't enough, at least for sports like football with huge time demands. I used to be on the free education side until I understood that most of these guys have to major in something that will not pay the bills upon graduation.

Great story. Always loved Ballard as a dawg.
 

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Not a fan of the way that NIL is structured, but hearing him talk about how he was basically forced choosing an easy major so he could focus on football demonstrates why a "free education" isn't enough, at least for sports like football with huge time demands. I used to be on the free education side until I understood that most of these guys have to major in something that will not pay the bills upon graduation.

Great story. Always loved Ballard as a dawg.
May be true in some cases but the
Vast majority of these guys aren’t majoring in underwater basket weaving strictly because of time demands.
 

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May be true in some cases but the
Vast majority of these guys aren’t majoring in underwater basket weaving strictly because of time demands.
The point is, regardless of ability, you simply cannot major in anything meaningful. So a scholarship to get something meaningless is not actually a "benefit".
 

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The point is, regardless of ability, you simply cannot major in anything meaningful. So a scholarship to get something meaningless is not actually a "benefit".
There are football players who are premed and engineering who get good grades. Many of these guys don’t belong in college academically

how many students work their way through college without a free scholarship? What about them
 

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There are football players who are premed and engineering who get good grades. Many of these guys don’t belong in college academically

how many students work their way through college without a free scholarship? What about them
oh my....yes, the 1 or 2 non-starters per team in engineering, or "premed" (<-that's not a degree), is certainly the most accurate way to characterize the rest of the players. We should ask Vick why he lied about being told he couldn't major in engineering. Perhaps we could even vilify a great Bulldog...
 
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oh my....yes, the 1 or 2 non-starters per team in engineering, or "premed" (<-that's not a degree), is certainly the most accurate way to characterize the rest of the players. We should ask Vick why he lied about being told he couldn't major in engineering. Perhaps we could even vilify a great Bulldog...
actually Vic is the exception not the rule, reality is a lot of the current D1 football players aren’t academically capable of majoring in a real major. College isn’t for everyone, but it is big business. Many college kids have to work their way through school without free tuition, books and boarding And tutors. So I’m not buying that every college athlete isn’t given ample time to achieve academically.
 

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actually Vic is the exception not the rule, reality is a lot of the current D1 football players aren’t academically capable of majoring in a real major. College isn’t for everyone, but it is big business. Many college kids have to work their way through school without free tuition, books and boarding And tutors. So I’m not buying that every college athlete isn’t given ample time to achieve academically.
You may be right on the capability, but it’s a known fact that athletes are strongly encouraged to major in easy things. From football all the way down to the lowest of non-revenue.
 

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You may be right on the capability, but it’s a known fact that athletes are strongly encouraged to major in easy things. From football all the way down to the lowest of non-revenue.
Might be the case but A lot of D1 basketball and football players are not capable of achieving a degree in harder subjects.
 

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So do I and coupled with a SE. It doesn’t exonerate basic skills. At no point have I mentioned welding as such.
I don't even know what an SE is. Must not be a relevant skill to most people. Somebody else mentioned building a smoker. That is where the welding comment came in. They sounded like a complete jerk. That is why I confused them for you.
 

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Congrats to Vic.

As far as engineers go, they should have to build and repair everything they design by themselves before it ever hits the market. Pretty typical for every one thing fixed they break or make harder to repair 2 others.
 

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Most people are not capable of getting a degree in the harder subjects. That is why they have easy majors like marketing, communications, and civil engineering.
And the reason roundabouts are now installed on 4-lane highways. Next level stupidity.
 

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And the reason roundabouts are now installed on 4-lane highways. Next level stupidity.
Hahahaha, you dumbshit. Just because your small brain can’t handle a roundabout doesn’t make them stupid.

Apparently you’ve never lived anywhere with traffic bad enough to damn near make them a necessity. But that’s typical of a small town boomer, know everything and have a big opinion with no experience.
 

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Hahahaha, you dumbshit. Just because your small brain can’t handle a roundabout doesn’t make them stupid.

Apparently you’ve never lived anywhere with traffic bad enough to damn near make them a necessity. But that’s typical of a small town boomer, know everything and have a big opinion with no experience.
Bless your heart. Your typing is outrunning your brain. Look at Hwy. 72 and Hwy. 7 intersection in North MS. 30 miles of nothing in either direction and then chaos…with zero explanation. It’s complete ignorance. I lived in the UK for 7 years mostly on missions defending your diaper wearing a$$. Spent significant time in Southern California, New York City, Atlanta, and Dallas-Fort Worth. I’m familiar with the traffic concept, sweetheart. It’s apparently burdensome and bitter-inducing to wear a Gen Alpha chip on your shoulder.
 
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Bless your heart. Your typing is outrunning your brain. Look at Hwy. 72 and Hwy. 7 intersection in North MS. 30 miles of nothing in either direction and then chaos…with zero explanation. It’s complete ignorance. I lived in the UK for 7 years mostly on missions defending your diaper wearing a$$. Spent significant time in Southern California, New York City, Atlanta, and Dallas-Fort Worth. I’m familiar with the traffic concept, sweetheart. It’s apparently burdensome and bitter-inducing to wear a Gen Alpha chip on your shoulder.
So one rural roundabout makes them all dumb? Still better than a stop sign or a stop light.

You’re an idiot. I should have known the only experience you had with them was in rural MS - because that’s certainly representative of the whole world.
 
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So one rural roundabout makes them all dumb? Still better than a stop sign or a stop light.

You’re an idiot. I should have known the only experience you had with them was in rural MS - because that’s certainly representative of the whole world.
Name calling is a strange response. Have you been wronged by red lights? Offended by “no right on red” signage? I suspect there’s something deeper going on this holiday season. Something like your Mom wanted a girl and your Dad wanted a boy, and they were both satisfied.
 

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May be true in some cases but the
Vast majority of these guys aren’t majoring in underwater basket weaving strictly because of time demands.
Back when i was in school in the dark ages of the late 80's, Mark Peters was a basketball player who had a 4.0 in PE. I was impressed. Now, not so much when I found out he didn't have to take classes in screwdriver identification and their uses, or even a class how to use cordless drills. I guess those classes are in the masters program.
 
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Sigh. The IQ and wit on this board ain’t what it used to be. I never thought I’d see the day when grown men took pride in being effeminate.
You sure like to throw that word around a lot, kind of like the closeted guy who is always accusing everyone else of being in the closet.
 

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It's a shame that a thread about an awesome dawg and his achievements devolved in this insult and hurt-fest. Congrats to Vick...always loved watching him carry the rock for us (and the Colts)...although I do very specifically remember a fumble through the endzone against Arkansas in 2010 that annihilated me.
 
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Sigh. The IQ and wit on this board ain’t what it used to be. I never thought I’d see the day when grown men took pride in being effeminate.
First off, you ain’t what you used to be which was a 20 year running joke. Disregard. That still holds.

How about you and the other self-proclaimed genius on this board, @paindonthurt, meet up at South Farm and take an IQ test, then post the results for all of us to see?
 
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First off, you ain’t what you used to be which was a 20 year running joke. Disregard. That still holds.

How about you and the other self-proclaimed genius on this board, @paindonthurt, meet up at South Farm and take an IQ test, then post the results for all of us to see?
Pain makes a post calling someone low iq then proceeds to type out a dumb as sheet post removing any doubt that he is a very low iq individual, every time
 

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First off, you ain’t what you used to be which was a 20 year running joke. Disregard. That still holds.

How about you and the other self-proclaimed genius on this board, @paindonthurt, meet up at South Farm and take an IQ test, then post the results for all of us to see?
Hahaha I’m not a self proclaimed genius. I’m just smarter than about 5 or 6 morons on this board who think they are smart but have double digit IQs!

But I’ll post my IQ results if you post yours
 

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Pain makes a post calling someone low iq then proceeds to type out a dumb as sheet post removing any doubt that he is a very low iq individual, every time
My proposal to you still stands. We can have an IQ comp.

If yours is higher than mine, I’ll give you $2500. If mine is higher you owe me $1500.
 

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My proposal to you still stands. We can have an IQ comp.

If yours is higher than mine, I’ll give you $2500. If mine is higher you owe me $1500.
Don’t try to appease these people. They grab 3 words out of a 50-word post, run with it, and think they have made a valid point while ignoring the entire context. It’s like arguing with pre-teens with no life experience and/or gyno-fascists. All emotions and no logic.
They’d prefer to live in a world where grown men can’t use basic tools, play indoors, get advanced college degrees, and wear skirts. Yet people like us are the problem. We aren’t in Kansas anymore, Toto.
We’ll continue to pay 3x more in taxes than they make in a year and support whatever service industry they fill. Granted, I do appreciate fine dining, haircuts, and a good bartender.
 
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Don’t try to appease these people. They grab 3 words out of a 50-word post, run with it, and think they have made a valid point while ignoring the entire context. It’s like arguing with pre-teens with no life experience and/or gyno-fascists. All emotions and no logic.
They’d prefer to live in a world where grown men can’t use basic tools, play indoors, get advanced college degrees, and wear skirts. Yet people like us are the problem. We aren’t in Kansas anymore, Toto.
We’ll continue to pay 3x more in taxes than they make in a year and support whatever service industry they fill. Granted, I do appreciate fine dining, haircuts, and a good bartender.
Yes. We are all impressed at how impressed you are with yourself.
 
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