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The Power Four => Big Ten => Topic started by: 847badgerfan on January 02, 2026, 11:38:13 AM
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Happy New Year to all. 2026 is shaping up to be a nice year for our family. Lots of travel plans, grandkids visits, boating, less working for me, and more focus on health.
We leave for Cabo on Monday, and then to visit my MiL in PHX for a few very long days. Maybe I'll get sick. Anyway, it's on the list so it needs to be done. Other than that, lots to look forward to in the coming months.
New Orleans is next, at the end of February.
Looking at a cruise sometime in July or August - destination unknown as of now.
I don't make New Years resolutions. Do any of you?
Got something for ya.
Planet Fitness Offering Convenient New Two-Week Membership For New Year's | Babylon Bee (https://babylonbee.com/news/planet-fitness-offering-convenient-new-two-week-membership-for-new-years?utm_source=The Babylon Bee)
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Made plans for our 20th Anniversary (w kids this time) back to Maui. I will also resolve to losing my Aarp card when it arrives.
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Happy New Year to all. 2026 is shaping up to be a nice year for our family. Lots of travel plans, grandkids visits, boating, less working for me, and more focus on health.
We leave for Cabo on Monday, and then to visit my MiL in PHX for a few very long days. Maybe I'll get sick. Anyway, it's on the list so it needs to be done. Other than that, lots to look forward to in the coming months.
New Orleans is next, at the end of February.
Looking at a cruise sometime in July or August - destination unknown as of now.
I don't make New Years resolutions. Do any of you?
Got something for ya.
Planet Fitness Offering Convenient New Two-Week Membership For New Year's | Babylon Bee (https://babylonbee.com/news/planet-fitness-offering-convenient-new-two-week-membership-for-new-years?utm_source=The Babylon Bee)
We need to have dinner, at one of those fancy pants joints you find.
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We need to have dinner, at one of those fancy pants joints you find.
And Richie Rich badgerfan is buying!!!
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I leave Texas Monday morning for Missouri, then home to the great white north.
I'll start wondering about 26 when I get to the end of March, the deep freeze ends and the golf course opens
until then it's just survival mode - stay warm and drink heavily
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Hope for 26 to be good.
Should be the year of retirement. Was already planning to do it, but they asked me to stay and help them with some important things and they made it worth my while.
going to become a grandpa if all goes according to plan
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I leave Texas Monday morning for Missouri, then home to the great white north.
I'll start wondering about 26 when I get to the end of March, the deep freeze ends and the golf course opens
until then it's just survival mode - stay warm and drink heavily
In these parts it been white since around turkey day and below normal temps.Be sending it your way
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Feeling like the year I finally buy a house.
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In these parts it been white since around turkey day and below normal temps.Be sending it your way
good luck with that, Pilgrim
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Seen in Westwood the other night:
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I'm making potato leek soup today.
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We're about to have our 1.5 days of "winter" here this weekend. My menu for the event includes a big pot of Texas red chili, an Irish stew, and my mom's old vintage 70s Betty Crocker-style lasagna. We'll also have plenty of hot chocolate, s'mores, red wine, and bourbon to fill in the gaps.
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Barefoot Contessa's Baked Shrimp Scampi is on the menu tonight
I don't have the shallot, parsley leaves, lemon zest, or lemon juice but it will be close enough
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Seen in Westwood the other night:
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Barefoot Contessa's Baked Shrimp Scampi is on the menu tonight
I don't have the shallot, parsley leaves, lemon zest, or lemon juice but it will be close enough
That's a lot of missing key parts.
Do you have the shrimp?
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He'll just substitute beef for the shrimp, onion for the shallots, salt and pepper for the parsley, carrots and celery for the lemon zest and lemon juice, and potatoes for the pasta.
Beef stew is close to shrimp scampi, right?
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Just add beans, and call it chili
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That's a lot of missing key parts.
Do you have the shrimp?
I do have the shrimp, olive oil, white wine, kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper, unsalted butter, garlic (4 cloves), sub onion for the shallot, rosemary leaf, red pepper flakes, egg yolk, & panko breadcrumbs
I don't need no stinkin lemon
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Lemon is vital for shrimp scampi.
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That's a lot of missing key parts.
Do you have the shrimp?
Ya well he forgets a lot of strokes when he has the score card also - so bare with him
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What the Hell is a scampi anyway?
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Just add beans, and call it chili
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Speaking of which that's what I'm making 1st thing upon rolling out of the rack tomorrow
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gotta be an Italian word for crustacean I would think
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What the Hell is a scampi anyway?
Italian for tiny lobster (langostinos) or prawns. Also is used as a name for a dish prepared with those, in olive oil, qith S&P, garlic, white wine and seasoned with parmesan and lemon juice.
Take it to the cookbook thread?
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take it up with www.food.com/recipe/barefoot-contessas-baked-shrimp-scampi
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Kosher salt is a waste of money for cooking uses. It’s not even kosher.
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but, it's coarser
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Kosher salt is a waste of money for cooking uses. It’s not even kosher.
Better let Alton Brown know about this. And me. It's all we use.
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Kosher salt is specifically intended to exsanguinate meat. That's why it's formed into platelets with a larger surface area. In terms of taste, it's just table salt.
I know folks claim it tastes different, but chemically, it's 99.99% the same as normal table salt, just in a different form.
Waste of money in my view. So are all the other "sea salts" and whatnot. My wife begs to differ. It's all primarily sodiuim chloride and that aspect dominates the taste.
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Checking on the new minor conference alignments out west...
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...and I won't be the only one to notice something in particular about the restocked Pac 12:
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All "state" schools, and Unlv is goofy for staying in the MWC.
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well sure but that's just low hanging fruit for a click - in reality he's a light weight .They wouldn't even think of it with you/94/Bwarb/me or rest of those here afflicted with the thirst
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All "state" schools, and Unlv is goofy for staying in the MWC.
They weren't invited to the new PAC. They took Texas State instead (dumb).
The PAC should now take UNLV, USAFA, UNM and Wyoming.
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HUH? think you clicked the wrong quote there 847,i did it this morning so
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They weren't invited to the new PAC. They took Texas State instead (dumb).
The PAC should now take UNLV, USAFA, UNM and Wyoming.
UNLV has declined the invitation to join the Pac-12, opting instead to remain in the Mountain West conference. This decision was made after careful consideration and is expected to leave the Pac-12 with only seven members, which is one short of the NCAA's minimum requirement for conference recognition. UNLV is believed to have accepted a significant retention package from the Mountain West, which includes a cash payment of up to $25 million and other concessions. (https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=86148217e4ec64b91d8ace6a355a50b411969df8cbe39d90b067aeb6d9e46e64JmltdHM9MTc3MDE2MzIwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=075505e7-0a29-69f8-28e0-10e10bf0684e&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly92ZWdhc2VuZXdzLmNvbS91bmx2LWRlY2xpbmVzLXBhYy0xMi1pbnZpdGF0aW9uLXN0YXlzLWluLW1vdW50YWluLXdlc3Q&ntb=1)
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I know folks claim it tastes different, but chemically, it's 99.99% the same as normal table salt, just in a different form.
Well, humans and chimps have 98.8% similarity in their DNA, but that last little bit really makes a difference.
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the best ape is the gibbon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbg5aXk7sTw
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UNLV has declined the invitation to join the Pac-12, opting instead to remain in the Mountain West conference. This decision was made after careful consideration and is expected to leave the Pac-12 with only seven members, which is one short of the NCAA's minimum requirement for conference recognition. UNLV is believed to have accepted a significant retention package from the Mountain West, which includes a cash payment of up to $25 million and other concessions. (https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=86148217e4ec64b91d8ace6a355a50b411969df8cbe39d90b067aeb6d9e46e64JmltdHM9MTc3MDE2MzIwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=075505e7-0a29-69f8-28e0-10e10bf0684e&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly92ZWdhc2VuZXdzLmNvbS91bmx2LWRlY2xpbmVzLXBhYy0xMi1pbnZpdGF0aW9uLXN0YXlzLWluLW1vdW50YWluLXdlc3Q&ntb=1)
Interesting. Thanks for the correction. I could have sworn that I read that there was no invite due to gambling stuff.
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The PAC needs to invite USC, UCLA, Udub and Oregon.
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immediately!
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The PAC needs to invite USC, UCLA, Udub and Oregon.
While we're at it, lets just go back to the alignment of all conferences in 1996.
You may aks "why that random date"....first year of the Big XII, and 4 members of that conference won National Titles over the 15 years from 1990-2005, our dear departed brethren Cornboys with 3.
We're all old as dirt, but make the argument that things are better now. Purely in $ to the schools, but, for fans?
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I'd be good with 1990.
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nah, the Big 12 was too large - killed the annual battle of the Big Reds
1995
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nah, the Big 12 was too large - killed the annual battle of the Big Reds
1995
Nah Arkansas belongs in the SWC, and Penn State belongs with the Eastern Independents.
1990
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agreed, posted that after Badger's post
I was just stating that the Big 12 was too big
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agreed, posted that after Badger's post
I was just stating that the Big 12 was too big
If superconferences absolutely had to form, then I was good with the B12. I really liked it in its first incarnation.
I was excited at the time to get to play OU every year as a conference game, and I was especially excited to get to play the Mighty Huskers on a regular basis.
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Nah Arkansas belongs in the SWC, and Penn State belongs with the Eastern Independents.
1990
Have to wonder what might have been if all those Eastern indies listened to JoePa and started a conference, or if Georgetown, St. Johns and Nova voted to accept PSU into the Big East, rather than reject them.
Penn State
Pitt
Syracuse
Boston College
Rutgers
WVU
VT
Miami
South Carolina
Maybe Temple, UConn, Louisville?
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I'm convinced, 1990 it is.
Although I very much enjoyed our games and series with the newcomers.
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If superconferences absolutely had to form, then I was good with the B12. I really liked it in its first incarnation.
I was excited at the time to get to play OU every year as a conference game, and I was especially excited to get to play the Mighty Huskers on a regular basis.
yup, you'd have felt just like me if the Sooners would have landed in the north and not played the horns each season
unfortunately, those things happen when conferences get too large
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I'm convinced, 1990 it is.
Although I very much enjoyed our games and series with the newcomers.
Yeah I know you were loving the first 7 or 8 years against the Horns that's for sure.
yup, you'd have felt just like me if the Sooners would have landed in the north and not played the horns each season
unfortunately, those things happen when conferences get too large
Indeed I'd have been pissed to lose the TX-OU rivalry as much as I loathe those dirt-burglars. The loss of an annual NU-OU rivalry game was one of the chief foundational cracks that existed from the very creation of the B12 conference.
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Shall we fire up the Hot Tub Time Machine and go back and fix it? No divisions, and you would have to have 3 every-year rivalry games to satisfy OU--UT, Neb, and oSu. Seems UT would only need 2. Gets tougher to designate 3 for all 12, though. But it would have been worth trying.
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I liked it when there was both the Big East and the SWC. It was only like a one or two year window.
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well, pick a year
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From Daniel Altman
Author of the High Yield Economics newsletter
Don't look now, but the five-year return on bitcoin is the same as the five-year return on the S&P 500 and well below the return on gold. Bitcoin has also been a lot more volatile than either of them. If you ask me, it has further to fall.
Let's have a look at the numbers on five-year returns from earlier this morning:
+168% gold
+87% Nikkei 225
+77% bitcoin
+77% S&P 500
+75% DAX
+20% ethereum
+18% Russell 2000
And here's the number of times each one fell 20% from peak to trough during that period (by my count):
0 gold
1 DAX
1 Nikkei 225
2 Russell 2000
2 S&P 500
9 bitcoin
13 ethereum
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Crypto is stupid and useless.
#changemymind
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well, like most things, some folks made some money, some folks lost money on crypto
therefore, some people think it was useful - they are the lucky ones
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well, like most things, some folks made some money, some folks lost money on crypto
therefore, some people think it was useful - they are the lucky ones
There's a formerly local young shyster here that got rich and quit/retired on Bitcoin gains right before I moved to town in 2017.
He spends his days smoking weed and generally wasting his life. I'd like to try that deal out, but, really, what the hell good is his life now?
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I'd find another or other ways to waste my life
I'm sure others would have their opinions
I suppose local young shyster thinks he's living his best life, maybe not
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I'm not saying it's not a way that some people could get rich. There are a lot of stupid and useless things that have made people rich.
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I'm saying it's stupid and useless. Crypto serves no legitimate purpose.
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Athletes on the podium at the Winter Olympics in Italy this month will be awarded the most expensive medals in the history of the Games, thanks to soaring precious metals prices.
More than 700 gold, silver and bronze medals will be presented to the world’s top winter sports athletes taking part in events from skiing and ice hockey to figure skating and curling.
And while the sentimental value is immeasurable, in pure cash terms, those medals will be worth more than ever before. Since the Olympic Games in Paris in July 2024, the spot prices of gold and silver have skyrocketed some 107% and 200%, respectively, according to FactSet data.
Those eye-popping gains mean that, based on the metals prices alone, gold medals are now worth around $2,300, more than double their value at the Paris Olympics. Second-place silver medals are worth almost $1,400, or three times their value two years ago.
Demand from retail investors has partly driven silver’s surge. Gold prices climbed after major central banks added to their reserves and investors rushed to buy the traditional safe-haven asset amid global political turmoil.
Winners will receive medals crafted from recycled metal by the Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute. But not all that glitters is, in fact, gold.
In a gold medal, only six grams out of a total of 506 grams (16 troy ounces) is pure gold. The rest is made from silver. Bronze medals are made from copper and, at a weight of 420 grams (15 ounces), are worth only about $5.60 a piece, according to data published by the event organizers. (A troy ounce is around 10% heavier than a regular ounce.)
Olympic gold medals have not been made from pure gold since the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, according to London-based auction house Baldwin’s. The value of those medals, which weighed just 26 grams, would have been less than $20 based on the gold price at the time. Adjusted for U.S. Consumer Price Inflation, the figure is closer to $530 in today’s terms.
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I'm saying it's stupid and useless. Crypto serves no legitimate purpose.
Neither does art or music, but...
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Does crypto soothe the savage beast? Music and other art forms do. The human brain is fascinating.
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What genre soothes a hungry bear exactly?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abndI1X4zuo&t=4s
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This fits pretty well.
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good spot for the iowan residents
do they have weekend getaway homes there?
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Where?
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south of the gays partying and east of the irate cyclists, north of the DePauligans
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There's a formerly local young shyster here that got rich and quit/retired on Bitcoin gains right before I moved to town in 2017.
He spends his days smoking weed and generally wasting his life. I'd like to try that deal out, but, really, what the hell good is his life now?
I'd find another or other ways to waste my life
I’ve seen this with one of my Scottsdale friends (early 30s). His six-figure crypto profits netted him enough to make payments on a new BMW M5 ($130k) but not enough to trade up from his apartment to a +$1M house common to north Scottsdale. After his crypto cash-out, he’s much more of a spender than a saver/investor. He wears luxury fashion accessories like Tom Ford sunglasses ($800), gets laser skin resurfacing for his face ($1200 per biannual treatment), places sports bets on FanDuel, and takes weekend golfing trips to Palm Springs.
To his credit he kept his job as a Finance Specialist at a Pheonix area auto-dealership, where he processes all the leasing, insurance, and registration paperwork for new car buyers. It’s dependable income ($70k?), but not enough to make payments on the BMW without the crypto top-off. And keeping his job is more of a credit to his Dad (mid-60s) who stepped in and convinced him to stay in the workforce after talking him through how living solely off what was left of his one-time crypto windfall would only last another year or two. Then what?
So, has $500k-$600k in crypto profits bettered my friend? Yes, but only to a showier, superficial degree, and for a limited time.
Notice my friend is making payments on his BMW. With the way credit is used by so many of us Americans to buy into and convey higher status, it’s gotten to the point that when I see others with luxury vehicles, like my coworker driving an Audi Q8 ($85k) or my neighbor driving a Porsche Panamera ($110k), I automatically assume it’s all on credit. And in turn, I find it a mark of refreshing honesty to see my Uncle, an MD, driving his 2014 Ford Taurus (resale $7k) around Marshall Texas.
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south of the gays partying and east of the irate cyclists, north of the DePauligans
It's a good area, not known for being touristy at all.
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I’ve seen this with one of my Scottsdale friends (early 30s). His six-figure crypto profits netted him enough to make payments on a new BMW M5 ($130k) but not enough to trade up from his apartment to a +$1M house common to north Scottsdale. After his crypto cash-out, he’s much more of a spender than a saver/investor. He wears luxury fashion accessories like Tom Ford sunglasses ($800), gets laser skin resurfacing for his face ($1200 per biannual treatment), places sports bets on FanDuel, and takes weekend golfing trips to Palm Springs.
some would say, live your best life in your 30's. Don't wait until you're older to enjoy your life.
if the guy doesn't live to a ripe old age, it will have been a decent decision\\the sunglasses are pure silliness but, if he enjoys them...........
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Former Tennessee DE:
Atlanta Falcons (https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-falcons) linebacker James Pearce Jr (https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/5081394/james-pearce-jr)., following what police said was a domestic dispute with WNBA player Rickea Jackson (https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433630/rickea-jackson) that resulted in five felony charges against him, is out of jail after posting bond of $20,500 on Sunday.
Pearce, who finished third in AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year voting at NFL Honors on Thursday, was arrested Saturday (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47863327/falcons-james-pearce-arrested-florida-battery-charges) in Miami-Dade County on two felony counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and a felony count of aggravated stalking. Other charges include fleeing and eluding police officers and aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer -- also felonies -- and a misdemeanor count of resisting an officer without violence to his person.
So I have to ask...why don't we have a better system than someone doing all this just pays $20K and gets out of jail?
What's the argument FOR this system?
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OAM it's worse than this. Several large cities, such as Chicago among many others are 'no cash bail' jurisdictions outside of capital crimes. Its a joke. Cash bail apparently is racist. Unfair , etc etc..
I could fill a page here with felons who have been arrested again for serious felonies while out on low or no bail
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I'd like to be taught about how/why money even comes into play. There's infinite examples of this. But the idea that if someone has money they go free until trial and if you don't have money, you stay imprisoned seems at odds with what is prudent or just.
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the purpose of bail is to ensure a defendant's appearance in court, (future proceedings as well as trial) and a component designed to protect the public safety, of not just the alleged victims but the public.
my point is no or low cash bail undermines public safety and purpose of bail. I could walk into any large city tomorrow morning for intake Court and I bet you half the jokers being ushered into Court for arraignment after being arrested over the weekend are also in violation terms and conditions of bail right now from a recent arrest for which they are still pending trail/plea (due to low or no cash bail).
in my humble opinion, this instance of $20,000 is obscenely low relative to the potential penalties the defendant faces, coupled with nature of these crimes and the fact that he is a flight risk here.
If I was back in DAs office, I would have argued for $100,000 cash bail here. I don't know what the DA argued for but the Judge sets the bail.
for random point of reference, a felony 4th/5th OWI/DUI 'back in my day' we would definitely be pushing $10-$20k cash bail.
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Keeping them in jail would ensure their appearance in court, lol.
If it's a freedom/innocent until proven guilty thing, then a speedy court date would work. Except it's all bogged down and takes forever because of horseshit lawyers and such (correct me if I'm wrong).
I'd like a sort of reset to have punishments actually served fully and no plea deals unless it helps capture someone higher up the food chain.
You know, the law.
Crazy talk, I'm sure.
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6th amendment rights for speedy trial. it isn't defined (at federal level) but there's a SCOTUS case (Barker) that lays out the four factors which are evaluated.
I can tell you from experience in WI how it is defined. If Defendant demands one, State must provide an in-custody defendant with his/her probable cause ('prelim' hearing/ or issue an Indictment (grand juries are rare in WI), within ten days of the assertion of the right. Further, if he/she is indeed 'held' over for a trial, the defendant has a right to the trail within 90 days felony case (60 if this were a misdemeanor). The States vary, some are tighter 30/60 felony.
when the defendant is not in custody, you'll rarely see a defendant aggressively assert speedy trial rights.
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how about the business of bail bondsman?
10-15%?
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Miami DL Bryan Pata's murder case is just now going to trial. He was killed in 2006.
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was he out on bail for 20 years?
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No. He's been dead for 20 years.
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How about these betting/game rigging allegations about the Cleveland Guardians; anyone been following?
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7045239/2026/02/13/emmanuel-clase-guardians-rigging-pitches-postseason-betting-scandal/?campaign=16898665&source=athletic_breaking_targeted_email&userId=11887993
Seems pretty bad for Clase and Ortiz.
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I hope it's bad for them
kicked out of the league bad
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Nail them to the wall.
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Nail them to the wall.
While I agree, I think this is just one more sign of the times...
We've brought this on ourselves, and sports is just going to be collateral damage. There's so much gambling in the country that I don't know how we're going to be able to contain this crap...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVj2yVVHUdo
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It's gotta be the aps. I've never once seen prop bets at a casino.
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smart phones are evil
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Some crazy % of men under 25 bet on the regular. It's normal for them.
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a small % of college athletes tried it for a while
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I hope it's bad for them
kicked out of the league bad
Nail them to the wall.
When can we go after congress 1st? Instead of the Martha Stewarts/Lori Loughlin and her husband/these guys? These are entertainers not Gov't Officials - I'd buy tickets to watch the neck tie party Pelosi and her ilk would be swinging at
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the political cesspool thread is down below.....
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My wife and I chatted about the size of the casino on the cruise ship, it's also of course centrally located, takes up about a third of the ship on one level (out of 16 levels). It's closed while in port of course, but when cruising the one arms are almost packed. You can use your cruise key card to play. (I think you need cash to play BJ).
I guess you can win big playing, and it happens, I know they tailored the payoffs precisely to garner interest. I don't really understand playing a machine who spits out randomness with zero control. Humans like gambling even after losing consistently over time I surmise. I think they recall their wins and bury their losses.
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After it was weird enough for Northern Illinois to leave the MAC for the stripped down Mountain West, now Sacramento State is pulling out all the stops to join the MAC:
https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/2022379289820147998
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https://twitter.com/i/status/2024600952758816808
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was he out on bail for 20 years?
They didn’t solve the case until 2021.
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Nobody on here cares really cares about the NBA. Or, at least, cares to post about the NBA. And understandably so. You're not missing much by ignoring the NBA.
Last night the Nuggets won by 54 over the Trailblazers in Portland. Six of last night’s nine games were blowouts. And one of the three ‘competitive’ games was actually a ‘tanking game’ between the Grizzlies and Jazz.
Tanking has been obvious for the past few seasons now, and yes, the NBA has in recent years tried to address tanking, but it’s so much more out of hand this season, with teams like the Jazz several times benching their entire starting lineup to start the fourth quarter.
With NBA fans rightly complaining about tanking reducing the watch-ability of the regular season, and tanking falling under the primary focus of NBA media going on two weeks now, what I think the NBA is really worried about is if tanking starts to put their betting partnerships at risk. Betters will likely sequester their money from any potential tanking game, and Draft Kings and FanDuel will have grounds to claim a breach in their partnership with the NBA if enough games become practically un-bet-able.
Who is going to bet for or against a team that has and might again bench their starters after entering the fourth quarter with a six point lead?
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I like the NBA well enough. Playoff games are fantastic. Regular season can be pretty frustrating. The Warriors, in their prime, were loads of fun to watch. My backup team is the Bucks because they are my Wisconsin-based peeps' team. Giannis is amazing offensively. Was very cool when the Bucks won the championship a few years back.
Even though the spending and super teams are out of control similar to baseball, somehow the NBA still seems more like an open field, rather than the Dodgers just buying titles.
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After it was weird enough for Northern Illinois to leave the MAC for the stripped down Mountain West, now Sacramento State is pulling out all the stops to join the MAC:
And now, look who's joined the Mountain West:
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Nobody on here cares really cares about the NBA. Or, at least, cares to post about the NBA. And understandably so. You're not missing much by ignoring the NBA.
Last night the Nuggets won by 54 over the Trailblazers in Portland. Six of last night’s nine games were blowouts. And one of the three ‘competitive’ games was actually a ‘tanking game’ between the Grizzlies and Jazz.
Tanking has been obvious for the past few seasons now, and yes, the NBA has in recent years tried to address tanking, but it’s so much more out of hand this season, with teams like the Jazz several times benching their entire starting lineup to start the fourth quarter.
With NBA fans rightly complaining about tanking reducing the watch-ability of the regular season, and tanking falling under the primary focus of NBA media going on two weeks now, what I think the NBA is really worried about is if tanking starts to put their betting partnerships at risk. Betters will likely sequester their money from any potential tanking game, and Draft Kings and FanDuel will have grounds to claim a breach in their partnership with the NBA if enough games become practically un-bet-able.
Who is going to bet for or against a team that has and might again bench their starters after entering the fourth quarter with a six point lead?
Why are they tanking? Trying to improve their draft slot?
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Why are they tanking? Trying to improve their draft slot?
Yep.
It’s a tough reality with that sport. The best players are really impactful, represent a smaller sliver of the first round than most other sports and, on average, are easier to spot and harder to mess up. So the payoff is the highest.
Throw in the least volatile playoffs/most championship focus, and the league has the most direct path from being bad to being good.
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https://twitter.com/TheBigTenHuddle/status/2027564414334079082 (https://twitter.com/TheBigTenHuddle/status/2027564414334079082)
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USWNT beat Canada last night in soccer's She Believes Cup. The women are 2-0, with one to play, against Columbia. They should win that game, and a tie would secure a win in the tournament (it's our home tourney, so they should win).
Girls have looked talented, but not especially well connected. In the first game, against Argentina, they went with a pretty young lineup. Took a relatively easy 2-0 win, but would have liked to see more scoring chances. Against Canada, they had a more experienced lineup, and had a decent number of chances, but only put one home. They need to get more clinical in their finishing, and--particularly with a new line of forwards, and likely a new attacking formation going forward (4-2-3-1, as opposed to their traditional 4-3-3), they need more reps to build cohesion, particularly between the lines. They are deep with talent, but need to find more goals. This is somewhat expected given the coach's effort to develop new talent over the last year, in which they haven't fielded consistent lineups. She's now focused on building the World Cup roster for next year, so she's now only looking at potential WC roster players, and she's looking for the right combination.
I'm not sold on Lindsey Heaps as a starting 8 (midfielder) for them. I know she has lots of soccer smarts and she's physically tough, but I think she's lost a step (or maybe never had it), and I feel like there are better, younger players waiting to take her place. She might be the Roy Kent of the USWNT (except not that old).
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They kept on letting Candada get behind them on fast breaks. It didn't lead to a lot of great chances for Canada, but if you keep doing that eventually you get unlucky.
OVerall though I was impressed with passing and ball control in the middle third. As you say, need to convert that into more cohesive offensive efforts in the opponent's third.
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They are over reliant on Girma and Fox's recovery speed. Nice to have, but shouldn't have to rely on it quite as much.
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It's 7:55 AM on 3/9/26 and Michigan still sucks
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Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. has resigned from his role leading The Ohio State University after disclosing what the school described as an “inappropriate relationship.” The university announced Monday that its Board of Trustees accepted Carter’s resignation after he informed members about the situation and offered to step down.
In a statement, the university said the relationship involved a person who was seeking public resources to support a personal business venture: “The Ohio State University Board of Trustees has accepted President Walter ‘Ted’ Carter Jr.’s resignation,” the school said in its official announcement.
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DaFuq do any of these jerks in hi profile positions have a moral compass or pay attention
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Give me President Tressel
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Surprising no one, USWNT won the 2026 She Believes Cup, with a surprisingly tense game against Columbia. While Linda Caciedo is a dynamic Columbian striker and Leicy Santos is a quality midfielder, the US struggled more than they ought to have to eek out a 1-0 win on an 80th minute goal from Alyssa Thompson. Good to have a win, not especially inspiring. Also, throughout the tournament I suspect that the xG was higher than the number of goals the US put in the net, particularly against Canada. They need to improve their finishing.
In 2023, I thought the USWNT made a mistake by using a roster spot on Thompson in the world cup, but she has grown a lot in the last three years. Now I think she is one of the most dynamic players they have, probably even when (if?) Swanson (Pugh) and Wilson (Smith) return (Wilson appears to be closer, but she is the one that Thompson is most likely to bypass as Swanson is the more natural 9). The US midfield is still a big work in progress, and the back line needs more consistency (which is the plan) over the next year and a half before the next women's world cup. We have an embarrassment of riches at the forward positions, except for the 9. I expect Macario will be right back from injury and will help the attack out. Will be interesting to see if Tierna Davidson returns there; I expect she will, which would probably move Sonnett back to a substitute role. As for up and coming players, I really like Emma Sears. She's a little different than the strikers we've been relying on, who are all very fast one-on-one threats. She appears comfortable in the role of a wing, largely serving crosses into the middle of the field (similar to Trinity Rodman's primary role), but Sears has a bigger body and should be useful both when games get more physical, and in the air on set pieces.
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Surprising no one, USWNT won the 2026 She Believes Cup, with a surprisingly tense game against Columbia.
I care jack shit about soccer, and while this is a lame-ass name for a tournament, it's still better than CONCCAFFACONCAFFA or whatever it is in the men's side.
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Mexico making some noise now that Skenes is long gone.
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Who was the chick they kept showing at the end of every inning in the Japan v Korea game? Am I supposed to know who that is?
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Saw this post on bookface.
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Caution in regards to all the people wanting to move here from New York and California as well as many other heavily populated cities across the country, as well as those wanting to visit.
Before you come to Florida to visit you must be aware of what is happening here. Especially around Lakeland!! There's a housing shortage, rent has tripled, and folks are vacationing here in record numbers...
So if you plan on moving here, or just plan on vacationing in our woods, river bottoms, or lakes this summer, I think you should know that wolf spiders, fire ants and bedbugs have infested hotels and motels across the area due to dryer than usual weather. The woods will eat you alive with ticks and chiggers.
Our lakes are full of gators, fresh water sharks, and creepy old guy wearing speedos
Our rivers are full of drunks in tubes peeing themselves while the banjo players lay waiting in the bushes
Mountain lions have eaten many domesticated animals and possibly some small children.
The local bear and coyote population are all 'in heat' and think your wife/girlfriend is hot.
Snakes don’t even get me started on the water headed copper moccasins here and the diamond back rattle Cobras
The poison ivy has overtaken all other vegetation
We have had bear sightings at every park and town they are after your picnic baskets….and some cougars have been spotted in motel rooms.
Watch out for the jackalopes; they have been extremely aggressive this season.
We have Bigfoot invading our parks and it’s their mating season. Porcupines are "stabbing" small children should they dare to utilize the local playground equipment.
Skunks have made their way over and multiplied at unprecedented rates and wander the local campgrounds in packs looking for beer.
Murder hornets!?! We’ve got great black clouds of murder hornets, and swarms of giant crickets and even some Alabama grasshoppers.
Scorpions have been congregating in massive quantities under rocks, logs, wooden steps, automobiles, and tarantulas are now stealing peoples food and biting like crazy.
I’m pretty sure all private tiger owners (we had a jump in them after Tiger King) have released their cats into the streets of our cities and towns.
Head lice now fly and we have vampire bats.
Oh and no one is vaccinated!
Come at your own risk.
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Saw this post on bookface.
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Caution in regards to all the people wanting to move here from New York and California as well as many other heavily populated cities across the country, as well as those wanting to visit.
Before you come to Florida to visit you must be aware of what is happening here. Especially around Lakeland!! There's a housing shortage, rent has tripled, and folks are vacationing here in record numbers...
So if you plan on moving here, or just plan on vacationing in our woods, river bottoms, or lakes this summer, I think you should know that wolf spiders, fire ants and bedbugs have infested hotels and motels across the area due to dryer than usual weather. The woods will eat you alive with ticks and chiggers.
Our lakes are full of gators, fresh water sharks, and creepy old guy wearing speedos
Our rivers are full of drunks in tubes peeing themselves while the banjo players lay waiting in the bushes
Mountain lions have eaten many domesticated animals and possibly some small children.
The local bear and coyote population are all 'in heat' and think your wife/girlfriend is hot.
Snakes don’t even get me started on the water headed copper moccasins here and the diamond back rattle Cobras
The poison ivy has overtaken all other vegetation
We have had bear sightings at every park and town they are after your picnic baskets….and some cougars have been spotted in motel rooms.
Watch out for the jackalopes; they have been extremely aggressive this season.
We have Bigfoot invading our parks and it’s their mating season. Porcupines are "stabbing" small children should they dare to utilize the local playground equipment.
Skunks have made their way over and multiplied at unprecedented rates and wander the local campgrounds in packs looking for beer.
Murder hornets!?! We’ve got great black clouds of murder hornets, and swarms of giant crickets and even some Alabama grasshoppers.
Scorpions have been congregating in massive quantities under rocks, logs, wooden steps, automobiles, and tarantulas are now stealing peoples food and biting like crazy.
I’m pretty sure all private tiger owners (we had a jump in them after Tiger King) have released their cats into the streets of our cities and towns.
Head lice now fly and we have vampire bats.
Oh and no one is vaccinated!
Come at your own risk.
And arrive they will, in droves!
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DaFuq do any of these jerks in hi profile positions have a moral compass or pay attention
They have a compass of sorts. It’s to the south and points … well, you know.
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Who was the chick they kept showing at the end of every inning in the Japan v Korea game? Am I supposed to know who that is?
did she belong in the Hotties thread?
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She does.
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then it's your duty to find out who she is
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Saw this post on bookface.
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Our lakes are full of gators, fresh water sharks, and creepy old guy wearing speedos
Our rivers are full of drunks in tubes peeing themselves while the banjo players lay waiting in the bushes
you're not that old and don't seem drunk or creepy either
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US in danger of not advancing now
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Thanks "Italy"
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Cychlorphine is part of a new class of synthetic opioids making their way into the U.S. illicit drug supply. The drug has never been approved for use in humans. Like fentanyl, cychlorphine is being mixed in with other street drugs, but it is not detectable through fentanyl test strips, making it even more dangerous.
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Cychlorphine is part of a new class of synthetic opioids making their way into the U.S. illicit drug supply. The drug has never been approved for use in humans. Like fentanyl, cychlorphine is being mixed in with other street drugs, but it is not detectable through fentanyl test strips, making it even more dangerous.
I wonder if those test strips are the super unreliable ones.
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I infer none of them work with this new stuff.
Cychlorphine (N-Propionitrile chlorphine) is a synthetic opioid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid) chemical compound which has been sold as a designer drug (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designer_drug), reported in five European countries since 2024, and in the USA.[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cychlorphine#cite_note-Sprague_2025-1) It has been found in Canada as of September 2025.[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cychlorphine#cite_note-Alevato_2025-2) It is similar in chemical structure to known opioid agonists such as brorphine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brorphine) and spirochlorphine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirochlorphine), and is claimed to be an opioid with similar or slightly higher potency than fentanyl (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl), but no pharmacological data for cychlorphine has been published.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cychlorphine#cite_note-3)[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cychlorphine#cite_note-4)[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cychlorphine#cite_note-5) It is not a structural analog (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_analog) of morphine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine), despite the similar name. Instead, it is an orphine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_orphine_opioids).[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cychlorphine#cite_note-6)
Fentanyl is a highly potent synthetic opioid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid) of the piperidine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piperidine) family, used primarily as pain medication (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analgesic). It is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine). Its primary clinical use is in pain management for cancer patients and those recovering from surgery.[17] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl#cite_note-17)[18] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl#cite_note-18) Fentanyl is also used as a sedative (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedative) for intubated (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intubated) patients.[19] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl#cite_note-Ramos-Matos_2022-19) Fentanyl has a short duration of action. Fentanyl works by activating μ-opioid receptors (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Μ-opioid_receptor).[15] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl#cite_note-AHFS2017-15) Brand names include Actiq, Duragesic, and Sublimaze, among others.[20] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl#cite_note-National_Institute_on_Drug_Abuse_2021-20)
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slightly higher potency than fentanyl???
seems like overkill
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slightly higher potency than fentanyl???
seems like overkill
A reason that can be a good thing is you can use less of the agent, so the safety protocols might differ.
They used fentanyl on my eyes when I had the surgery.
I had not heard about this new thing, it sounds really dangerous.
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Well, that's great news. Steel yourselves for the next wave of deaths.
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If the Badgers win total is 6 or 7, ickell is gone.
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A coworker of mine was working on an artificial sweetner many times sweeter than current (at that time). The concept was to facilitate safety testing. Since you'd only need a tiny amount, the potential exposure would be much lower than say saccharin. It made a lot of sense, to me, and he succeeded, in part, he had some compounds 20,000 X sweeter than saccharin. However, they had a lingering taste that was rather unpleasant.
He made these in his lab and then tasted them himself before putting them into blind tasting tests.
That was back in the day when we had an "artificial" fat with no calories coming out. For various reasons it was later abandoned, but was fascinating, to me.
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If the Badgers win total is 6 or 7, ickell is gone.
if the Husker's win total is 5 or 6, Rhule might not be gone but he might not make it through 2027
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I was musing about man made structures that will persist the longest in life. Pyramids would be a possible. The Stone Mountain carving is larger (in relief) than Rushmore, but Crazy Horse is crazy large.
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College football teams, coaches, players with most to prove in 2026
Our college football reporters offer their thoughts on the teams, coaches and players who will have the most to prove this fall.
What team has the most to prove in 2026?
Andrea Adelson: Clemson. We could have put Clemson down as the answer to this question for the past four years, but this time we really mean it. There is no sugarcoating the disappointment from 2025, when the Tigers finished 7-6 despite having a veteran team filled with future NFL draft picks. Coach Dabo Swinney went more heavily into the portal this offseason, particularly on defense, and went back to his past to hire Chad Morris as offensive coordinator to try to fix a stagnant offense. But there are major questions across the board with so many veterans gone. Swinney and his players need to show they have the answers.
Adam Rittenberg: USC. Coach Lincoln Riley has asked for patience as he upgraded the front office and other areas of the program to create a path for sustained success. While other less-decorated teams have risen faster, USC has a roster in place with fewer transfers and an influx of elite recruits from the nation's No. 1 class. The next step is obvious -- the team's first College Football Playoff appearance -- but USC must navigate a very challenging Big Ten schedule that includes home showdowns against Oregon, Washington and Ohio State, and trips to Indiana and Penn State. USC needs an upgrade in performance, but in Year 5 of the Riley era, the time has come.
Jake Trotter: Until the past two years, Wisconsin had not suffered back-to-back losing seasons since 1991 and 1992 -- Barry Alvarez's first two years (and in 1993, the legendary coach went 10-1-1 and won the Rose Bowl). Under Luke Fickell these past two years, the Badgers have won just five Big Ten games total. They've been especially dreadful offensively. Still, Wisconsin refrained from making a coaching change and vowed to invest more heavily in football behind Fickell. Will that reverse the recent decline? Or, in the expanded Big Ten, with so many other winning programs, are the Badgers headed for extended second-tier status? This year could be telling.
Mark Schlabach: Alabama went 20-8 in coach Kalen DeBoer's first two seasons, so it's not like the Crimson Tide have fallen off a cliff since Nick Saban left. DeBoer accepted the unenviable challenge of replacing the GOAT, a job others turned down. Alabama fans aren't used to losing four games in a season, so the Tide need to rebound in 2025. It won't be easy with quarterback Ty Simpson and much of the offensive line moving on. Alabama hasn't been able to run the ball or protect the quarterback, which is why DeBoer brought in new offensive line coach Adrian Klemm.
Bill Connelly: It has to be Alabama. Simpson had to carry the Tide offense at times thanks to the total lack of a run game, and now Simpson is gone and the line is almost completely new (and I'm not sure Alabama got what it needed up front in the transfer portal). The Tide will start an inexperienced quarterback with even less proven personnel. The defensive front seven is taking on a huge reset as well. This is a huge season for DeBoer, and he's looking at his least proven roster yet in Tuscaloosa.
Eli Lederman: Texas Tech hit big on its financial investment in the transfer portal last fall to the tune of the program's first outright conference title since 1955 and its first trip to the CFP. The question now: Can the Red Raiders do it again in 2026 and, in turn, show they're truly here to stay as perennial contenders? Joey McGuire & Co. will return 14 starters in the fall and have filled key holes with ESPN's No. 2 transfer class, headlined by quarterback Brendan Sorsby and the additions of defensive linemen Mateen Ibirogba, Trey White and Adam Trick to replace the dominant trio of David Bailey, Lee Hunter and Romello Height. But the sport's recent history has shown the potential pitfalls of a year-to-year reliance on portal talent and Texas Tech's to-this-point stellar talent evaluation will be tested again in 2026. An upstart renegade this time last year, the pressure now falls on the Red Raiders to prove they're something more than a one-hit wonder.
What coach has the most to prove?
Adelson: It has to be Florida State head coach Mike Norvell. Nothing has gone right since the CFP snub following a 13-0 ACC championship season in 2023. Since then, Florida State has won only seven games in two years. Despite all that, the school's administration opted to retain Norvell for a seventh season, but there is little doubt the Seminoles have to get back to the postseason. Norvell and everyone associated with the program know the past two seasons have not been acceptable. Florida State made structural changes to its personnel department and went heavy into the portal again to try to win now.
Rittenberg: Norvell is a good choice, but I'm going with the man he beat in last season's opener: Kalen DeBoer. Although DeBoer rebounded from the Florida State loss and guided Alabama to the CFP, he did so with a deeply flawed team that was exposed in lopsided losses to Georgia (SEC championship) and Indiana (CFP semifinal at the Rose Bowl). Alabama just didn't look like Alabama at the end of the season. DeBoer has had another offseason to improve key areas of the roster, adding transfers along both lines. He will be developing Keelon Russell, the first quarterback his staff recruited to Tuscaloosa. DeBoer isn't a hot-seat candidate but faces pressure to deliver a team capable of advancing further in the CFP.
Trotter: Lane Kiffin bailed on Ole Miss and his Rebel players ahead of the playoff to bolt to rival LSU (and yet, people really still fault players for making decisions in their own best interest?). LSU is paying Kiffin $91 million to win national championships. Given the way he left his former team high and dry, and what the Tigers have invested in their roster, anything less won't -- and shouldn't -- be acceptable.
Schlabach: Matt Rhule signed a two-year contract extension with Nebraska through the 2032 season, so it's not like he's on the hot seat. But after his teams went 19-19 in his first three seasons, it's time for Nebraska to start showing some life. The Cornhuskers haven't won 10 games or more in a season since 2012. They've lost six games or more in eight of the past nine. Rhule retooled his offensive line and brought in former Georgia Tech assistant Geep Wade to take charge of that unit. Transfer guards Brendan Black (Iowa State) and Paul Mubenga (LSU) should help on the interior, as Nebraska revamps its offense after quarterback Dylan Raiola transferred to Oregon.
Connelly: Shane Beamer has made the most of a couple of great bursts -- beating 11-win Tennessee and Clemson teams back to back in 2022, ripping off a six-game winning streak to end the 2024 regular season -- and that has earned him a sixth year in charge at South Carolina. But he's only 33-30 in five seasons, and he completely wasted what was supposed to be a breakout season for quarterback LaNorris Sellers in 2025. He brought in offensive coordinator Kendal Briles and made another offensive line overhaul this offseason, and hey, if he's going to thrive, it's evidently going to be in an even-numbered season. But if he doesn't prove himself this fall, he'll probably be out of a job.
Lederman: Louisville's Jeff Brohm isn't under the same level of pressure as the other coaches included in this group. But while the Cardinals have won 28 games over the past three seasons -- second best among Power 4 programs without a CFP appearance over that span -- Brohm & Co. have only a 2023 ACC title game appearance to show for it. A 9-7 conference record since the start of the 2024 campaign has kept Louisville from being anything more than a fleeting, midseason ACC contender the past two years. With an intriguing newcomer under center in Ohio State transfer Lincoln Kienholz and stars returning on both sides of the ball in running back Isaac Brown and defensive lineman Clev Lubin, it's time for Brohm's Cardinals to make a meaningful jump, especially given how wide open the ACC race appears to be behind favorite Miami.
Which quarterback has the most to prove?
Adelson: There is a long line of candidates, but I am going with DJ Lagway. We saw flashes of brilliance and mediocrity over his first two seasons at Florida, but transferring to Baylor and returning to his home state might be just what he needs. While it is true Lagway has not been fully healthy in either of his first two seasons, his confidence sagged as he underperformed while trying to carry the weight of the hype that comes with being the top-ranked QB prospect in the class of 2024. Lagway is a special player. If he can get to 100% health and regain his confidence, he will have the opportunity to show that again.
Rittenberg: Sam Leavitt interests me on a number of levels. He proved himself to a degree in 2024, winning Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors at Arizona State. But an injury-marred 2025, followed by a controversial exit from the program and a prolonged transfer portal process, places a bright spotlight on Leavitt this fall. He joins Kiffin at LSU with massive expectations. Kiffin's quarterbacks almost always hit it big, but Leavitt will have to display better accuracy and durability as he joins a new team in a new league. LSU has an opportunity to rise quickly under Kiffin but will need a big season from its decorated transfer quarterback.
Trotter: Texas A&M's Marcel Reed did lead the Aggies to an 11-0 start. But in Texas A&M's two biggest games -- against rival Texas and against Miami in the opening round of the playoff -- Reed took eight sacks, threw four interceptions and didn't account for one touchdown, passing or rushing. In turn, the Aggies lost both games. Texas was red hot at the end of last season and Miami went on to make the national championship game, but those are the caliber of teams A&M will have to beat if it's going to become a true national contender. The pressure is on Reed to play his best when it matters most in 2026.
Schlabach: Defending CFP national champion Indiana added former TCU starter Josh Hoover to replace Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza. Hoover has enough arm strength and mobility to be effective in Curt Cignetti's system, but he has to cut down on the turnovers that plagued him in his 33 starts with the Horned Frogs. Hoover threw 33 interceptions in three seasons at TCU, including 13 last season (to go with two fumbles). Indiana offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan got the most out of Ohio transfer Kurtis Rourke in 2024 and Mendoza last season, and he'll be looking to do the same with Hoover.
Connelly: Texas Tech surged to an unbeaten regular season and Big 12 title in 2025 despite what seemed like clear limitations at quarterback. Those limitations were apparent in the CFP loss to Oregon, so the Red Raiders spent big to bring Brendan Sorsby to Lubbock. He's a big-play hunter and a scrambling threat, and his upside is obvious. But he has to deliver where Behren Morton couldn't last fall.
Lederman: I'm not sure how we got this far without mentioning Arch Manning. Texas' star quarterback played like an All-American over the back half of the 2025 season. This fall, Manning returns as a second-year starter surrounded by a CFP-caliber roster with fresh playmakers on both sides of the ball, including a pair of portal additions in running back Hollywood Smothers and wide receiver Cam Coleman. A return to the playoff will be the assumption for the Longhorns, and Manning will have to manage high-profile meetings with the likes of Ohio State, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, LSU and Texas A&M to get them there. Fair or not, outsized expectations have followed Manning since long before he stepped on campus. In 2026, he'll be looked upon to finally deliver in a big way.
Which non-QB has the most to prove?
Adelson: Alabama receiver Ryan Williams. Williams went from freshman phenom in 2024 to nonfactor in 2025, so there is little doubt this season is setting up to be a critical year for him and the Crimson Tide. Williams had half as many touchdown catches this past season as his first year, and his yards per catch dipped 4 yards as he dealt with multiple injuries. Suddenly one of the most explosive players in the country looked a step slow and unsure of himself. Perhaps the lowest point was getting zero targets against rival Auburn. Headed into the CFP quarterfinals against Indiana, Williams had just four catches for 63 yards combined in his four previous games.
Rittenberg: Houston running back Makhi Hughes. A year ago, Hughes looked like one of the top non-QB transfers of the cycle, moving from Tulane to Oregon following a 1,400-yard season. But he could barely get on the field with a Ducks offense that had five players log more than 40 carries (Hughes had just 17 in six games). Ranked No. 30 in ESPN's preseason list of top 100 players, Hughes became a nonfactor in Eugene. He now reunites with Willie Fritz, his coach at Tulane, and a Houston team coming off of a 10-win season and set to contend in the Big 12.
Trotter: South Carolina defensive end Dylan Stewart was a preseason All-American going into 2025. Stewart, however, didn't even earn first-team All-SEC honors. He finished with only 4.5 sacks and ranked just 61st nationally with a pressure rate of 12.1%. The Gamecocks were one of college football's biggest disappointments as well, finishing 1-7 in the SEC. Stewart has the talent to be the top non-QB off the board in the 2027 NFL draft. The Gamecocks need him to have a much more productive season in 2026.
Connelly: Agreed on Ryan Williams. His 13.0% drop rate was a sure sign of the yips in 2025, and Alabama desperately needs to be able to rely on him this coming season. But let's go with another SEC receiver: Texas' Cam Coleman. His best plays over two seasons at Auburn certainly backed up his five-star hype, but he had some drops issues, too, and while Auburn's QB situation was messy, you'd still like to see more than the two 100-yard games he managed last fall. He'll be expected to come up huge, again and again, for Arch Manning and a likely preseason top-five team. Can he?
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Good night @OrangeAfroMan (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=58):
https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/2044152069263655233
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Good night @OrangeAfroMan (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=58):
https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/2044152069263655233
Prepare for the planes to land wide right...
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^^^
That there is some funny chit!
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Damn. I thought we were gonna catch a break from Loudmouth this year.
FOX officially buys back 2026 Big Ten title game from NBC - On3 (https://www.on3.com/news/fox-officially-buys-back-2026-big-ten-title-game-from-nbc/)
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Damn. I thought we were gonna catch a break from Loudmouth this year.
FOX officially buys back 2026 Big Ten title game from NBC - On3 (https://www.on3.com/news/fox-officially-buys-back-2026-big-ten-title-game-from-nbc/)
(Gus voice): NOT THIS TIME!!!!!!
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I'll mute the audio, again
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Damn. I thought we were gonna catch a break from Loudmouth this year.
FOX officially buys back 2026 Big Ten title game from NBC - On3 (https://www.on3.com/news/fox-officially-buys-back-2026-big-ten-title-game-from-nbc/)
Joel or Gus?
My wife calls Gus Jiminy Cricket. Once she said it, I couldn't un-see it.
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I'm fine with Klatt.
Gus falls into the Chris Berman bucket for me.
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This story just keeps on giving bangers
https://twitter.com/i/status/2047378010924347502
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That's fake.
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I have no idea what any of that means. The only familar name is Portnoy.
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Plus her tweet was from 2021. Now, I can't say whether she and Vrabel were or were not having an affair 5 years ago...
But isn't it also entirely possible that she named her son Michael before ever meeting Vrabel, and certainly before any romance started?
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Plus her tweet was from 2021. Now, I can't say whether she and Vrabel were or were not having an affair 5 years ago...
But isn't it also entirely possible that she named her son Michael before ever meeting Vrabel, and certainly before any romance started?
Apparently they released pictures of them kissing six years ago, which resulted in Vrabel saying he is now going to counseling
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Apparently they released pictures of them kissing six years ago, which resulted in Vrabel saying he is now going to counseling
Ahh, gotcha. I don't follow TMZ or twitter, so I'm behind the news, I guess.
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Ahh, gotcha. I don't follow TMZ or twitter, so I'm behind the news, I guess.
You're fine.
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hopefully, I'm fine not having any interest in that story
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Buncha sewing circle chicks here....
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In the first full year of its media rights deal, the Big Ten saw record revenue distribution. The conference announced $1.37 billion distributed to its 18 member schools during fiscal year 2024-25.
That figure marks a $490 million increase from the 2023-24 fiscal year when the Big Ten distributed $883 million to its schools. The $1.37 billion in fiscal year 2024-25 comes out to roughly $76.1 million on average, though Washington and Oregon are receiving a reduced share after joining the league in 2024.
The Big Ten is the second to reach the $1 billion mark for revenue in 2024-25. Earlier this year, the SEC announced it shared $1.03 billion with its universities.
The 2024-25 fiscal year saw the Big Ten’s seven-year, $7 billion media deal take effect in full. FOX, CBS and NBC are all part of the package, though CBS was not a full partner when the agreement began. The network still had to finish its partnership with the SEC before its 3:30 p.m. ET window went exclusively to the Big Ten.
Additionally, the 2024 season marked the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff. Ohio State brought home the national title and was one of four teams to make the 12-team field along with Indiana, Penn State and Oregon.
That year, conferences received $4 million for each team that made the bracket and $4 million for each team that advanced to the quarterfinals. From there, the payout increased to $6 million for each conference’s semifinal team and $6 million more for making the national championship.
“The record disbursement reflects the first full year of the Big Ten’s current broadcast media rights agreements, as well as the conference’s success in the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff,” the Big Ten said in a press release. “It also marks the first year in which the conference was comprised of 18 world-class universities following the additions of Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington in August 2024.”
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I'm here for the righteous anger from B1G folks who frothed at the mouth for a decade about the evils of unequal revenue sharing. Surely y'all will be equally critical of it now, as you were in 2009 and 2010, right?
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I wish the Badgers would drop out.
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I'm here for the righteous anger from B1G folks who frothed at the mouth for a decade about the evils of unequal revenue sharing. Surely y'all will be equally critical of it now, as you were in 2009 and 2010, right?
I wish the Badgers would drop out.
Here ya go....
(https://i.imgur.com/F7yCwYZ.jpeg)
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I'm here for the righteous anger from B1G folks who frothed at the mouth for a decade about the evils of unequal revenue sharing. Surely y'all will be equally critical of it now, as you were in 2009 and 2010, right?
One duffer from a former member School of the BIG 12 does not "BIG folks" make
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Here ya go....
(https://i.imgur.com/F7yCwYZ.jpeg)
I'd rather my school be mentioned with the likes of the Ivy's rather than the likes of Clemson.
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You keep setting me up, and I'll keep knocking it down.....
(https://i.imgur.com/CtD06T9.jpeg)
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what a Derby 4-5 studs down the stretch, 70:1 long shot showing
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I'm here for the righteous anger from B1G folks who frothed at the mouth for a decade about the evils of unequal revenue sharing. Surely y'all will be equally critical of it now, as you were in 2009 and 2010, right?
it's more equal than the Big 12
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You keep setting me up, and I'll keep knocking it down.....
(https://i.imgur.com/CtD06T9.jpeg)
Where's Clemson?
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I’ve found Clemson to be a rather nice school. (But of a rough history)
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FGCU is a nice school.
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it's more equal than the Big 12
Negatory on that one. Washington making half of what the top schools make. That's not even close to the B12. And of course, as we all know, Nebraska voted in favor of unequal revenue sharing every single time it came up. Every. Single. Time.
One duffer from a former member School of the BIG 12 does not "BIG folks" make
Also negatory. It was loud and widespread.
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Where's Clemson?
We're besties!
Clempsin can kick rocks.
(https://i.imgur.com/xw0nZIx.jpeg)
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Negatory on that one. Washington making half of what the top schools make. That's not even close to the B12. And of course, as we all know, Nebraska voted in favor of unequal revenue sharing every single time it came up. Every. Single. Time.
Also negatory. It was loud and widespread.
You guys are still prattling on about this?
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Negatory on that one. Washington making half of what the top schools make. That's not even close to the B12. And of course, as we all know, Nebraska voted in favor of unequal revenue sharing every single time it came up. Every. Single. Time.
Also negatory. It was loud and widespread.
Washington (and Oregon and USC and UCLA) are where they are because they just joined and don't get a full share.
UNL, RU and UMD went through the same thing. 10 years of a reduced share that was/is still more than they were getting prior to coming into the B1G.
I shed no tears.
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it's more equal than the Big 12
I stand by this statement
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as many schooner sites that you stop at it's good to know you're standing
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Nebraska voted in favor of unequal revenue sharing every single time it came up. Every. Single. Time.
Negatory on that one. Washington making half of what the top schools make. That's not even close to the B12. And of course, as we all know, Nebraska voted in favor of unequal revenue sharing every single time it came up. Every. Single. Time.
Also negatory. It was loud and widespread.
I also, agree with this.
Doesn't change the fact that the Big Ten today is more equal than the Big 12 back at the time
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Nebraska voted in favor of unequal revenue sharing every single time it came up. Every. Single. Time.I also, agree with this.
Doesn't change the fact that the Big Ten today is more equal than the Big 12 back at the time
Ha. You are wrong. ole~
No school in the B12 ever made half of what the top school was making.
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Washington (and Oregon and USC and UCLA) are where they are because they just joined and don't get a full share.
UNL, RU and UMD went through the same thing. 10 years of a reduced share that was/is still more than they were getting prior to coming into the B1G.
I shed no tears.
Yeah I know why. It's still unequal revenue sharing.
It was all of youse guys that hollered about it back when.
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Got any receipts?
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Yeah I know why. It's still unequal revenue sharing.
It was all of youse guys that hollered about it back when.
I was and have been all for a reduced share for 10 years.
You wanna be B1G?
Fine.
You're gonna earn it.
Enjoy.
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the reduced share in the Big is not permanent - it was in the Big 12
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the reduced share in the Big is not permanent - it was in the Big 12
Well technically, it wasn't permanent. When Nebraska and Colorado left, the conferece voted to equalize revenue sharing.
By the way, I've always been in favor of equal revenue sharing. It was a mistake that the B12 made. I agreed with those who were denouncing it.
I just find it amusing that now, there is silence, and/or a feeling of "they are lesser and deserve it."
Truly funny how perspectives change when you've got to point the finger back at yourself.
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Well technically, it wasn't permanent. When Nebraska and Colorado left, the conferece voted to equalize revenue sharing.
By the way, I've always been in favor of equal revenue sharing. It was a mistake that the B12 made. I agreed with those who were denouncing it.
I just find it amusing that now, there is silence, and/or a feeling of "they are lesser and deserve it."
Truly funny how perspectives change when you've got to point the finger back at yourself.
Not sure where this finger pointing thing is coming from.
I'd be pissed if UCLA came in and earned the same money as Wisconsin.
Newbies have to earn their keep. Pay their dues. Real life stuff. Kinda like when you start at a job and don't make as much as the guy who's been there for 130* years.
I'll say this - I'm not pleased that OSU is getting more than everyone else.
* 130 years of B1G. I guess something is working, even though it feels like something is gonna break any time now.
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Not sure where this finger pointing thing is coming from.
I'd be pissed if UCLA came in and earned the same money as Wisconsin.
Newbies have to earn their keep. Pay their dues. Real life stuff. Kinda like when you start at a job and don't make as much as the guy who's been there for 130* years.
I'll say this - I'm not pleased that OSU is getting more than everyone else.
* 130 years of B1G. I guess something is working, even though it feels like something is gonna break any time now.
It's all already broken. We're just watching the death throes now. How many players can any of us name from our starting 22 next year? Blech.
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Well technically, nothing is permanent in any conference.
I've always been in favor of equal revenue sharing, as well.
I wasn't a fan of UNL taking less than 100% for a few years. Same with Washington.
If the program is worthy of conference membership they shouldn't have to take less.
but, there's the problem
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I'll say this - I'm not pleased that OSU is getting more than everyone else.
the article seemed to imply that tOSU had earned more $$$ because of the appearances in the CFP
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the article seemed to imply that tOSU had earned more $$$ because of the appearances in the CFP
I'm aware.
That never used to happen. Everything was evenly split among the 11 members, regardless of performance.
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the article seemed to imply that tOSU had earned more $$$ because of the appearances in the CFP
Yeah I'm not sure of the rules in the B1G but in the B12 the rule was, if your team appeared in the playoff, you got to keep something like half of that payout, and the conference divided the rest equally. So if you played in multiple playoff games, presumably you'd get the incremental benefit of keeping half of the payout for each of those appearances. Which would put you above the average conference distribution. There was a similar thing for the basketball tourney, the deeper you went, the more money you made, and only had to split a portion of that with the conference.
Maybe the B1G has something similar.
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I just find it amusing that now, there is silence, and/or a feeling of "they are lesser and deserve it."
Truly funny how perspectives change when you've got to point the finger back at yourself.
IMO most here deplore what has happened in the last 5-6 yrs across the CFB landscape. Players should be allowed to leave,coaches do it, but throwing gobs of cash at coaches and kids was real break from the traditions we grew up with and expect.Then adding more and more games to the post season is just a morbid money grab destroying cherished end of the season bowls. The whole thing is one big turd in a punch bowl,I'm ready to ignore CFB after rivalry week end as it apears to be a sham distraction
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Not sure where this finger pointing thing is coming from.
I'd be pissed if UCLA came in and earned the same money as Wisconsin.
Newbies have to earn their keep. Pay their dues. Real life stuff. Kinda like when you start at a job and don't make as much as the guy who's been there for 130* years.
I'll say this - I'm not pleased that OSU is getting more than everyone else.
* 130 years of B1G. I guess something is working, even though it feels like something is gonna break any time now.
This is backwards thinking. You get more than the new school because you've.....been around? Why?
Your real-world example is a participation trophy of sorts. If the newbie's work is just as good, then why the fuck should you make 1 cent more than they do????
Track record? Well...isn't that what a resume is??
Old-timey traditional nonsense.
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Step and lane, Fro. You know the drill.
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New membership in the B1G is a bailout.
Rutgers was dying in debt - bailed out
Maryland was cutting half of its sports - bailed out
Washington and UCLA stuck in deep red - bailed out
USC, UNL and fOregon didn't really need bailouts - just a stable place to park.
Reduced shares for all, until you've paid your dues.
Assistant
Associate
Professor
Tenure takes time.
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As money becomes more vital to success, there will probably be more protests from the OSU's of the world in giving money to the Rutgers of the world.
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I'll say this - I'm not pleased that OSU is getting more than everyone else.
They didn't get it because of their shiny helmet--that was the 2024 season where they won the CFP.
If it was due to helmet or favoritism, Indiana wouldn't have been the #3 school on that list. But they got into the CFP and got a benefit from the money the conference made, PSU got in and won 2 CFP games and got a benefit, and OSU won 3 CFP games and the NC and got a benefit.
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They didn't get it because of their shiny helmet--that was the 2024 season where they won the CFP.
If it was due to helmet or favoritism, Indiana wouldn't have been the #3 school on that list. But they got into the CFP and got a benefit from the money the conference made, PSU got in and won 2 CFP games and got a benefit, and OSU won 3 CFP games and the NC and got a benefit.
I understand why it happened.
It didn't used to be that way.
Everything was split 11 ways.
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They didn't get it because of their shiny helmet--that was the 2024 season where they won the CFP.
If it was due to helmet or favoritism, Indiana wouldn't have been the #3 school on that list. But they got into the CFP and got a benefit from the money the conference made, PSU got in and won 2 CFP games and got a benefit, and OSU won 3 CFP games and the NC and got a benefit.
I knew there were incentives not the paramaters - you get a Yuengling
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I understand why it happened.
It didn't used to be that way.
Everything was split 11 ways.
847 alot of things changed and not for the better,none of us are happy with, IMO its an unsustainable shit show or at least should be. The past two seasons I couldn't watch most of the playoffs because of streaming/cable. I'm not paying the ransome anymore - they're blatanly morally bankrupt whores and don't care who knows it.
Join me on the walk out,if everyone dropped them or at least the majority there'd be an about face after a season or two. STOP feeding the machine,dropping your season seats for similar reasons(unchecked greed) was a good start. A very good friends brother was an OSU grad and an Ear/Throat/Nose specialist and he dropped his season seats that he had fof 33 yrs becauce the "donations" was getting beyond stupid. Have to start somewhere
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The death of college football.
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A very good friends brother was an OSU grad and an Ear/Throat/Nose specialist and he dropped his season seats that he had fof 33 yrs becauce the "donations" was getting beyond stupid. Have to start somewhere
Funny, there is an ENT doctor here who is an LSU grad/fan who recently dropped his long-time season tix for similar reasons. Told me it had been a while since he used all his tickets anyway, but he kept renewing them and making donations to keep contributing to help the TAF. But he just doesn't have the will or interest anymore.
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It got to a point with my tickets that it just wasn't worth it.
People wanted to take them off my hands for face, but the donation was WAY higher than the face.
Finally, I just said F it and let them go. I'm sure they got snapped up - 45-yard line, under the upper deck (no rain/sun), Wisconsin side. You just can't get better seats then these.
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It got to a point with my tickets that it just wasn't worth it.
People wanted to take them off my hands for face, but the donation was WAY higher than the face.
Finally, I just said F it and let them go. I'm sure they got snapped up - 45-yard line, under the upper deck (no rain/sun), Wisconsin side. You just can't get better seats then these.
(https://i.imgur.com/LcXgLZn.png)
Those fake donations. One of the great evils
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nice, the reigning national champs host a Friday night game but no mention of Michigan or Ohio State
wearing purple is popular!
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Headed to the dealer soon. Gonna get the wife an M-B SUV to replace her Equinox (hey, we tried).
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I'd save a few bucks and get another Chevy
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We tried...
I'm not a fan of underpowered vehicles, rattles at 20K miles, crappy handling, excessive road noise, etc.
You get the drill.
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College football (without a leader) is simply forgetting what got it to this point. Everyone is acting like it's a big money grab in one of those cylinders with the dollar bills being blown all around them and a timer getting low.
That is short-sighted and stupid.
Maximizing every dollar at every moment isn't sound. Sometimes pull back. Do less. Invest some money for future gains/health.
Nah. Stupid idea.
IF there is a 24-team playoff, I'm ignoring it. The last regular season #1 team in the AP poll will be the real national champion. I'll take the flawed beauty contest over this nonsense every day of the week.
They're taking a beautiful little bird and just squeezing the life out of it.
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We tried...
I'm not a fan of underpowered vehicles, rattles at 20K miles, crappy handling, excessive road noise, etc.
You get the drill.
I understand
all my chevys had excessive road noise
when I was younger the music was louder
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IF there is a 24-team playoff, I'm ignoring it. The last regular season #1 team in the AP poll will be the real national champion. I'll take the flawed beauty contest over this nonsense every day of the week.
yes, baseball or basketball - would you rather win the SEC season title or the tournament title
football doesn't need a tournament - doesn't need best 4 or 7 or best 3 of 5 series
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yes, baseball or basketball - would you rather win the SEC season title or the tournament title
football doesn't need a tournament - doesn't need best 4 or 7 or best 3 of 5 series
Plus just looking at the 24-team monstrosity........all of the rematches. Some years there would be 4-5-6 rematches. Basically scheduled rematches. Like the NFL.
Eliminating differences between college football and the NFL is a grave mistake. I predict in 50 years, if football is still a thing, colleges will have 30,000 seat stadiums and NFL teams will have the 100K buildings.
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My wife now has a white Mercedes-Benz GLC300 with a tan interior. She really likes it.
She didn't want the AMG, so we'll save that for my next one.
:)
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nice work
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She's happy.
(https://i.imgur.com/zm28c0j.png)
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My wife now has a white Mercedes-Benz GLC300 with a tan interior. She really likes it.
She didn't want the AMG, so we'll save that for my next one.
:)
Sweet!
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Thought for sure you were coming home with AMG GLE53.
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We looked at it. She thought the E was too big. I tried to push the GLC43 and she had no interest.
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So which one is that?
Turns out we're going to be summering in Maine and we're going to Turo an SUV of some kind. I'm seeing various Mercedes and Audi and BMW small SUVs that look like they'd be suitable for our purposes.
But they're all humpy and I know nothing about them... :)
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So which one is that?
Turns out we're going to be summering in Maine and we're going to Turo an SUV of some kind. I'm seeing various Mercedes and Audi and BMW small SUVs that look like they'd be suitable for our purposes.
But they're all humpy and I know nothing about them... :)
😂😂. “ humpy”.
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chances are, they are all humpy
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So which one is that?
Turns out we're going to be summering in Maine and we're going to Turo an SUV of some kind. I'm seeing various Mercedes and Audi and BMW small SUVs that look like they'd be suitable for our purposes.
But they're all humpy and I know nothing about them... :)
Good thing you are summering, because it has been cold and rainy in Maine for the last 3 weeks. Looks like it might warm up by the end of the week
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Good thing you are summering, because it has been cold and rainy in Maine for the last 3 weeks. Looks like it might warm up by the end of the week
Yeah we'll be there in July and August. It can certainly get cool there, even then, but average daily highs range from 75 to 78 or so.
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very cool
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very cool
For sure. It'll be 100-110 here over the same span.
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Belichick's football roster receives backlash from UNC faculty for acting like an SEC program - from the NY Post (https://nypost.com/2026/05/09/sports/unc-professor-calls-on-school-to-rein-in-bill-belichicks-football-players/):
"The off-field actions of Bill Belichick’s North Carolina football players have started to raise some alarms at the university...One player has been cited at least four times for speeding, two of which include reckless driving charges. Another was cited three times for speeding, including an instance where they allegedly were driving over 100 mph, WRAL reported on Friday. That player’s car has also been photographed in on-campus parking spots marked for individuals with disabilities. The infractions were brought to light in WRAL’s report, which found at least five “transfers or key players” who have been cited for speeding since January."
"The players’ habits have even gotten the attention of UNC instructors, with longtime professor Mark Peifer pleading with university officials to do something about it...Peifer said players have parked in spots marked for people with disabilities, sped through narrow parking decks, backed into unauthorized parking spots and have cursed at them."
“Is there no one who can rein in these players, probably only a subset of the football team, who are tarnishing the reputation of our school and of all Carolina athletes?” Peifer wrote to Bubba Cunningham, UNC’s athletics director, in a recent email. In a previous email, Cunningham told Peifer that he had addressed the issues to the football program. “I don’t know how many more times I can apologize. Disappointing to say the least,” Cunningham wrote to Peifer in a separate email on April 27."
"This is not the first time players from the Tar Heels football program have been hit with driving violations during Belichick’s tenure, with WRAL reporting in November that just under 20 percent of the roster had been cited, amounting to 31 speeding tickets and 10 counts of reckless driving."
https://twitter.com/nypost/status/2053271987804401976 (https://twitter.com/nypost/status/2053271987804401976)
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Meh, something like 8 out of 11 defensive starters were suspended for all kinds of stuff back during UNC's 2010 opener against LSU. They had an NFL-worthy defensive unit, most of whom didn't play. I don't think this is the first or even second time UNC's football players have "tarnished the reputation of the school."
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stupid college aged kids do this sort of stuff, don't have to be students or football players
although, I do understand that student/athletes can and should be held to a higher standard than the general public or student population
especially now, when they are getting paid
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I was wondering about this too. I don't remember when the 5-7 bowl team thing started, but I specifically remember a 5-7 Mississippi State going to the St. Petersburg Bowl back in 2016, and barely beating Miami OH.
Speaking of 5-7 teams, the NCAA is looking to formalize qualifying 5-7 teams for Bowls - from ESPN (https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/48713433/proposal-seeks-flexibility-5-7-teams-fill-bowl-games):
"The NCAA's football oversight committee voted Thursday to adopt a proposal that allows conferences the flexibility to choose a 5-7 team that has met certain academic standards to fill bowl game opportunities if there aren't enough other deserving teams."
"Under the proposal, if all deserving teams have been selected for bowl games and all schools that meet an exception other than the exception for 5-7 teams have been selected, a conference that has an unfulfilled bowl commitment can choose which of its 5-7 teams will participate in that bowl. The conference must choose a 5-7 team that has achieved at least the minimum 930 multiyear Academic Progress Rate required to be eligible to participate in the postseason."
"Currently, if a 5-7 team needs to be selected to participate, those teams become available as alternates in descending order of their multiyear APR."
"Bowl season executive director Nick Carparelli told ESPN in January that there were 41 FBS bowl games last season, including the six College Football Playoff bowls. That left 70 teams that played in non-CFP bowls, and only three of them were below the .500 bowl-eligibility mark at 5-7. Carparelli said that over the past five seasons, an average of 81 teams played in FBS bowls with a 6-6 record or better."
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Sark takes a pretty big shit in his own back yard.
https://twitter.com/On3/status/2054193715917254901 (https://twitter.com/On3/status/2054193715917254901)
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That policy only matters to the extent that any of these players care about getting a degree.
I don't know about yall's schools, but at my home state's flagship, I think that percentage is approaching zero.
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I think at this point the only entity that matters in Madison is admissions.
Once they're in, it's the Wild West.
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Yeah it's a silly thing to worry about at this point. Just tells me that Texas is hamstringing itself by not doing the same thing as the schools it competes against. Ain't nobody around to play school anymore.
It's entirely possible that this is actually Sark warning UT that the school is not as competitive in recruiting as it needs to be, in the same way that several years ago Saban's offhand remark about how much A&M was spending, wasn't about A&M at all, and instead was a warning message to Alabama boosters.
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that would be my guess - Sark is bitching to his boss's bosses
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Sark takes a pretty big shit in his own back yard.
https://twitter.com/On3/status/2054193715917254901 (https://twitter.com/On3/status/2054193715917254901)
What a very curious phrasing for that.
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If a kid has 12 hours he goes back to 6?
Seems odd
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stupid college aged kids do this sort of stuff, don't have to be students or football players
I wonder where they're getting the coin for all the vehicles.Pretty sure those a ren't included in a schollie :017:
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If a kid has 12 hours he goes back to 6?
Seems odd
It feels like he’s trying to be flippant, but comes off as him implying there’s a policy he understands. Which is messy.
He also possibly wants to be like Ole Miss, but also hits them with a drive by.
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I wonder where they're getting the coin for all the vehicles.Pretty sure those a ren't included in a schollie :017:
I think I mentioned that they are getting paid
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It feels like he’s trying to be flippant, but comes off as him implying there’s a policy he understands. Which is messy.
He also possibly wants to be like Ole Miss, but also hits them with a drive by.
If ya can't beat em, join em
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BREAKING: Wife Seems Upset; UPDATE: False Alarm — She Said 'I'm Fine' | Babylon Bee (https://babylonbee.com/news/breaking-wife-seems-upset-update-false-alarm--she-said-im-fine?utm_source=The Babylon Bee)
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It feels like he’s trying to be flippant, but comes off as him implying there’s a policy he understands. Which is messy.
He also possibly wants to be like Ole Miss, but also hits them with a drive by.
Yeah I'm about 97.4% certain that it's not really a comment about Ole Miss at all, but rather a warning to the Texas administration. A very public warning.
Saban did the same thing to his own boosters when he pointed out how much Texas A&M was spending on recruiting. He wasn't really calling out A&M, he was well aware of the realities of the system. He was firing a shot across the bow of the Alabama boosters.
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Yeah I'm about 97.4% certain that it's not really a comment about Ole Miss at all, but rather a warning to the Texas administration. A very public warning.
Saban did the same thing to his own boosters when he pointed out how much Texas A&M was spending on recruiting. He wasn't really calling out A&M, he was well aware of the realities of the system. He was firing a shot across the bow of the Alabama boosters.
That fair, but man it feels undercutting one’s self to say “ I need an underwater basket weaving major.”
I’m sure he does, but it sounds weird. With Nick, it was kind of a nod to the lie we all knew was a lie. And thus not so vociferous.
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one of the reasons Saban bailed
can't compete with Texas oil $$$
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He also possibly wants to be like Ole Miss, but also hits them with a drive by.
He's not the only one who hit them with a drive-by.
(https://i.imgur.com/n0fboMp.jpeg)
Week 3 @Ole Miss this year ought to be entertaining, if nothing else.
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That fair, but man it feels undercutting one’s self to say “ I need an underwater basket weaving major.”
I’m sure he does, but it sounds weird. With Nick, it was kind of a nod to the lie we all knew was a lie. And thus not so vociferous.
I suppose it could be considered bold to be among the first to announce so publicly that it has nothing to do with education anymore. But that, too, has long been a lie that we all knew was a lie.
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No idea what you're talking about. Nothing but Rhodes Scholars on that purple and gold team.
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I suppose it could be considered bold to be among the first to announce so publicly that it has nothing to do with education anymore. But that, too, has long been a lie that we all knew was a lie.
That fair. Still, asking for that major feels like an undeft touch, but also, Sark is maybe not the most artful.
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one of the reasons Saban bailed
can't compete with Texas oil $$$
or the Walvies almost as deep pockets and tOSU behind them not sure where NIKE or Mark Cuban are in the pecking order. If you break out some of that mattress money UNL might get into the running. I have that on very good authority from a respectable Austin source ::)
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No idea what you're talking about. Nothing but Rhodes Scholars on that purple and gold team.
They're splitting Atoms in Ann Arbor - just ask them
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No idea what you're talking about. Nothing but Rhodes Scholars on that purple and gold team.
There was a Rhodes Scholar playing safety for Florida State a few years ago...
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Myron?
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Pat Haden (USC): A quarterback who won the Rhodes Scholarship in 1975, played for the Los Angeles Rams (1976-1981), and later served as an NFL executive and NCAA athletic director.
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Myron?
Yup, Myron Rolle.
IIRC he's a neurosurgeon somewhere.
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Yup, Myron Rolle.
IIRC he's a neurosurgeon somewhere.
Probably made better money at F$U.
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Doug Plank, today. Looks like he could still play in the 46 Defense for Buddy.
(https://i.imgur.com/jdFZcbi.jpeg)
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Geddy Lee of Rush donated 600 baseballs signed by Negro League players to the Negro League museum in Kansas City
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Doug Plank, today. Looks like he could still play in the 46 Defense for Buddy.
(https://i.imgur.com/jdFZcbi.jpeg)
I have several questions about this man‘s wardrobe choices. However, I probably would not ask them to his face.
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No problem with anything except the face diaper. WTF is up with that?
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Orthohantavirus is a genus of viruses which includes all hantaviruses that cause disease in humans. Hantaviruses are naturally found primarily in rodents. In general, each hantavirus is carried by one rodent species and each rodent that carries a hantavirus carries one hantavirus species.
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"Well the problem with the rat race is even if you win, you're still just a rat" - Lily Tomlin
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Orthohantavirus is a genus of viruses which includes all hantaviruses that cause disease in humans. Hantaviruses are naturally found primarily in rodents. In general, each hantavirus is carried by one rodent species and each rodent that carries a hantavirus carries one hantavirus species.
Don't start.
I don't want to see a f'ing "quarantine ideas for rodent virus" thread or anything like it, EVER.
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he started it, seems he wants to make3 a statement of some sort
otherwise, you remove the mask to take the picture
maybe his nose doesn't look so good after those years breaking face masks in the Black & blue division
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Maybe it's just a leftover from the covid response and he never quit the mask.
Several faculty around here who mask up. I've been in meetings with some of them the whole time I've worked here and never seen their face. Obviously doesn't have to do with anything new, because their masking predates this new thing.
EDITED to keep some thoughts to myself.
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Kiffin hires Coach O to his staff. I like it. Love Eddie O.
https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/2057283652459868548 (https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/2057283652459868548)
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I'll try to post every time they come up with another 10 players.
https://twitter.com/On3/status/2057461625565635040 (https://twitter.com/On3/status/2057461625565635040)
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Strange, all the nation's fat players are going to suck, I guess.
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OT from Colorado gonna be a hoss.