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Another thing I dislike is the "calculations" of odds to make the playoff.  Such burfle.

I'm sure folks click on the link and then feel bad or better depending.  Burfle, all of it.

We all understand Clemson has a pretty clear shot, and then the other undefeated teams, and then some one loss teams.  Duh.

It's in part an amalgamation of gambling math, which is interesting if that's your thing, or the value of it on the sport is your thing.

It's at least better than folks who project all the way out and then lament what hasn't happend for the BIAS. (WHAT IF THE B1G CHAMP IS LEFT OUT?!?!?)

The end of that game was just a burp of bad things for UW all at once.

Oh, no doubt. But if that fumble doesn't happen, I'm thinking the INT doesn't happen either, because the game would have been done.


No doubt about it. UW crapped the bed last week. Now we can only hope that Illinois doesn't beat them twice!!

I recall in many years "we" go late in the season worried about how many undefeateds there are and then Upset Saturday hits and whoosh.

I don't think it can be predicted.  Folks call out "trap games" but I'm not sure they are more often losses than regular games.  It does seem as if a team coming off a big win loses fairly often, but maybe that is because we make that as an excuse.

I secretly am fascinated by them because they trigger something so strange in our brains.

Humans seem to like lists, as I have noted, top ten bbq places in the US for example.  Burfle.

i think we may like it if we have been to one of them so we can brag?  It is akin to visitors to Paris running around checking off the sights with their Nikons a fluttering.

did you enjoy Paris?  Oh yes I saw X and y and z and r and d....

loudest stadium?  Why do we care?  A list of loud places would be fine without trying to parse them In a ranking of arbitrary nature.

click bait.

i blame al gore

Why limit it to online deception?
Make it cover spoken, written, and printed communication.
That way, nearly every political speech, love letter, television commentary, and newspaper editorial will involve criminal activity.

Again, this isn't a situation in which we simply throw our hands up and cite free speech.


There could easily be a formal opt-in process for news outlets.  The criminalization of purposeful deception would only threaten those entities that opt in as legitimate outlets.  Thus, all of the trash could be ignored and taken with a huge grain of salt (but mostly ignored) and those who stand behind what they do would be held accountable.


This isn't some crazy scheme, it's re-drawing the line that used to exist between murky, shady BS and actual journalism.  That line has been smeared, blurred, and now doesn't even exist anymore.  This would simply re-draw it.  It's not about stifling free speech, simply categorizing legitimate and illegitimate outlets and making it known - everyone would know those few outlets willing to put their asses on the line to be held accountable and risk prosecution.

SMU and Houston tonight.

Looks like the mid-week mega thread got locked.

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Humans seem to like lists, as I have noted, top ten bbq places in the US for example.  Burfle.

i think we may like it if we have been to one of them so we can brag?  It is akin to visitors to Paris running around checking off the sights with their Nikons a fluttering.

did you enjoy Paris?  Oh yes I saw X and y and z and r and d....

loudest stadium?  Why do we care?  A list of loud places would be fine without trying to parse them In a ranking of arbitrary nature.

click bait.

i blame al gore

We turned media into a capitalism of caring. And for some reason, we care about loud places. (We actually care about things we like being rated well, yelling someone we don’t know is wrong and general rating processes, which is why even smart people on here discuss issues with the AP and coaches poll)