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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NEW: SEC coaches say they were "misled" about 9-game league schedule. They were told playoff would expand to 16 teams if they agreed. It didn’t 👀
"They felt misled," Florida's Jon Sumrall said.
The latest from SEC spring meetings
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I'd like to know things that @Cincydawg (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=870) has done that are not on this list.
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I've done all of these things. We had a milk man. The mail man came to your door. We only had one car. We caught fish and shot things for dinner.
We lived in the basement. Upstairs was for company and the furniture was covered in plastic (Dago things).
I can't think of anything more right now. I feel like shit.
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I've done them all.
Had a PO box at the post office 2 1/2 blocks away.
Milkman ran over my dog.:96:
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I'd like to know things that @Cincydawg (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=870) has done that are not on this list.
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I've done all of these things. We had a milk man. The mail man came to your door. We only had one car. We caught fish and shot things for dinner.
We lived in the basement. Upstairs was for company and the furniture was covered in plastic (Dago things).
I can't think of anything more right now. I feel like shit.
I think I've done them all.
A few are edge cases. I think even from my childhood, any "primary" TV in our living room had a remote and was color. Definitely color, although it's possible that some in the early 80s had no remote. Tough to remember our TV situation before I was like 5-6 years old. But although I know I've watched a B&W TV, I've never lived in a world where B&W was the norm.
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You're about 45? 50?
I'm 59. Fearless is 86 and CD is about 124.
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At 5-6 years old I was the remote and rabbit ears adjuster
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I've done them all.
We had no remote control until we got a cable "slider box." It was wired, but still remote, relative to the TV itself. And the cabin at my best friend's ranch had just a black and white TV until the late 90s. We hunted and cowboyed out there all the time when I was growing up.
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We had a portable black and white TV for camping trips; about the size of a shoe box.
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I'd like to know things that @Cincydawg (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=870) has done that are not on this list.
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I've done all of these things. We had a milk man. The mail man came to your door. We only had one car. We caught fish and shot things for dinner.
We lived in the basement. Upstairs was for company and the furniture was covered in plastic (Dago things).
I can't think of anything more right now. I feel like shit.
Pretty sure I’ve done all of them but 1. I think I had family with rotary phones, and maybe played with one, but never made a real call.
And man do I remember being the remote on our crappy kitchen TV where the volume knob was also the on/off that you pulled in and out.
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We had some friends whose parents used rotary phones because it supposedly lowered their phone bill. The one normal phone that they had was always set to pulse instead of tone, which simulated the rotary dial.
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I've done all of these things. We had a milk man. The mail man came to your door. We only had one car. We caught fish and shot things for dinner.
We lived in the basement. Upstairs was for company and the furniture was covered in plastic (Dago things).
I can't think of anything more right now. I feel like shit.
Well the mail still comes to my door :017: but haven't seen hide nor hair from a milk man in my 'Burb when I was but a lad. But I'd rather have the mail in my hands and go fetch the milk so there's that
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We had some friends whose parents used rotary phones because it supposedly lowered their phone bill. The one normal phone that they had was always set to pulse instead of tone, which simulated the rotary dial.
yes, the touch tone features cost a dollar or two more per month
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You're about 45? 50?
I'm 59. Fearless is 86 and CD is about 124.
If FF is 86 then I'm 88 which means we're incredibly fit,I'm going to the Pub with my 2nd wind - after I ask Cindy
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good luck! ;)
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Pretty sure I’ve done all of them but 1. I think I had family with rotary phones, and maybe played with one, but never made a real call.
And man do I remember being the remote on our crappy kitchen TV where the volume knob was also the on/off that you pulled in and out.
There was nothing worse then a number with lots of 7s 8s and 9s and you were almost done and your finger slipped out halfway to completely one of the last numbers
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I kind of liked dialing a rotary phone. There was something satisfying about flinging that dial all the way around for a 9 and then watching and hearing it click-click back into place.
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Yup and so inconvient people weren't yammering on them all the time and damn sure didn't consult them for advice
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My first cell phone.
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looks like my 1st - 1997 - never left the company truck
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looks like my 1st - 1997 - never left the company truck
Same. Mine was in 1986/87 though.
1997 they already had flip phones out. Even the bricks were phased out by then.
I think you're off a decade.
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well, I took the job in 97, this was there in the truck for my predecessor - could have been there for 10 years
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I'd like to know things that @Cincydawg (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=870) has done that are not on this list.
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I think you need a completely different list for CD. I've done everything on this one, and I'm nowhere near as old as that geezer :)
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I did all those things once they came into existence in my dotage….
I remember using a party line too.
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My first cell phone.
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I guess if you're out in the fields though it would be unwieldy yet handy. About the size 12 pk
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Heavier than a 12 pack.
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Wake up groggy this morning and Mrs. DeT, who gets up a while before me and usually looks at some headlines, tells me Herbstreit is leaving college football. I thought, wow, that'll be kinda sad, but I guess chalk it up to one more step in my ever-declining interest.
So I get to work and check here.....nobody has said anything about it. Hmm, that's strange. I google some headlines, punch up a SI article....
....He'll no longer be a part of the EA Sports College Football video game, starting with the '27 edition. Nothing about him leaving ESPN or cfb broadcasting.
That silly Longhorn.....I can't wait to get home and give her a hard time about this. I hope she reads and comprehends her patients charts better than she read whatever it is she read.
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Actually, I couldn't wait, so I texted her the real story. She replied "That's dumb and didn't deserve a headline."
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Ha!
She's right though. Click-bait and she fell for it. I expect better from fine UT folk such as your bride.
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Probably hadn't had her coffee yet.
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I wouldn't miss Herby much and won't when he's gone
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I like him pretty well. I used to think he was overly hard on Ohio State in an effort not to appear as a homer, but I think he's leveled out on that over the years.
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I don't really like any of them
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Speaking of old stuff...I heard that if you ask anybody under 20 years of age about the save icon common in programs (apps?) like MS Word and Excel, they don't know it's supposed to be a floppy disk. Because floppies haven't been used regularly since at least the 90's....30+ years ago. They know what it looks like, but don't comprehend that it's a floppy. To them, it's just the save icon.
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Speaking of old stuff...I heard that if you ask anybody under 20 years of age about the save icon common in programs (apps?) like MS Word and Excel, they don't know it's supposed to be a floppy disk. Because floppies haven't been used regularly since at least the 90's....30+ years ago. They know what it looks like, but don't comprehend that it's a floppy. To them, it's just the save icon.
They make good coasters now.
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Speaking of old stuff...I heard that if you ask anybody under 20 years of age about the save icon common in programs (apps?) like MS Word and Excel, they don't know it's supposed to be a floppy disk. Because floppies haven't been used regularly since at least the 90's....30+ years ago. They know what it looks like, but don't comprehend that it's a floppy. To them, it's just the save icon.
The joke is that if you show them one, they'll say...
"Wow, somebody 3D-printed a save icon?!"
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JUST IN: Joel Klatt has replaced Kirk Herbstreit in EA Sports College Football 27. 👀
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not I
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“Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.” - Muhammad Ali
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My 10 favorite transfers by ESPN writer Bill Connelly
QB Josh Hoover, Indiana. I'm just saying, I like Hoover now more than I liked Fernando Mendoza at this time last season. There's almost no way to clear the bar Mendoza ended up setting, but with 9,629 career passing yards and 71 career TDs, Hoover is just about the most battle-tested and proven QB Curt Cignetti could have added to replace his Heisman winner.
QB Colton Joseph, Wisconsin. As the pilot of one of my favorite offenses in the country last season, Joseph went for 2,264 passing yards, 1,100 non-sack rushing yards and 34 combined touchdowns at Old Dominion. It has been a while since the Badgers had a QB who could genuinely make big things happen, but Joseph will have a chance to become a program savior for Luke Fickell and Wisconsin.
RB Wayne Knight, UCLA. One of many James Madison transfers to follow Bob Chesney west, Knight erupted for 1,770 yards from scrimmage and 10 total TDs last season. In two seasons with Chesney at JMU, he topped 100 yards from scrimmage 12 times.
S Koi Perich, Oregon. Last season, Oregon got great things from an intraconference safety transfer (Dillion Thieneman). This year, the Ducks probably will get the same from Perich. The former Minnesota safety made 82 tackles with three TFLs, an interception, three pass breakups and an elite 26.3-yard kick return average.
DE John Henry Daley, Michigan. An early 2025 breakout star at Utah, Daley made at least two tackles for loss in five games last season and racked up 3.5 in his final game before rupturing his Achilles and sitting out the final two games of the season. His recovery has been shockingly quick, and he's expected to be a full participant in fall camp. But we'll see how long it takes him to get back his top-end explosiveness.
S Marcus Neal Jr., Penn State. New head coach Matt Campbell brought a lot of former Cyclones with him from Iowa State -- too many, perhaps -- but Neal is an almost surefire star. The 6-foot-1, 215-pound safety has solid ball-hawking capabilities (two INTs, three breakups last year) but is also at home near the line of scrimmage: He took part in 12 tackles at or behind the line.
RB Lendon Phillips Jr., Iowa. I love my small-school guys, and I love that Kirk Ferentz took one of the best durable backs in FCS: Phillips generated 2,116 yards from scrimmage last season at South Dakota, averaging 6.5 yards per carry. Between Phillips and former South Dakota head coach Travis Johansen now serving as Rutgers' defensive coordinator, there will be plenty of Coyote influence in the Big Ten this season.
S Terry Moore, Ohio State. Ryan Day had some gaps to fill in the secondary and did a lovely job in grabbing Moore from Duke. He tore his ACL last season but was one of the best defenders in the ACC in 2024, racking up six TFLs, four interceptions and five breakups.
DE Sahir West, UCLA. A breakout JMU star as a redshirt freshman, West recorded seven sacks among 16 tackles for loss. That includes a five-TFL, three-sack performance in the Sun Belt championship game win that clinched a CFP berth for the Dukes.
NB Mister Clark, Purdue. I love a good do-it-all nickel back, and Clark did it all for Florida International last season. Rotating among nickel, safety and inside linebacker, he finished first on the team with 12 pass breakups, second in interceptions (three), third in run stops (six) and solo tackles (48) and fifth in TFLs (six).
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My 10 favorite transfers by ESPN writer Bill Connelly
QB Josh Hoover, Indiana. I'm just saying, I like Hoover now more than I liked Fernando Mendoza at this time last season. There's almost no way to clear the bar Mendoza ended up setting, but with 9,629 career passing yards and 71 career TDs, Hoover is just about the most battle-tested and proven QB Curt Cignetti could have added to replace his Heisman winner.
This guy racked up some serious air miles,Cignetti isn't faffing around
B-I-G, B-I-G, B-I-G......:cheer:
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Big Ten insiders reveal 15 potential breakout players ahead of the 2026 college football season
Josh Burnham, EDGE, Indiana
What they said: "He's going to have a chance to have a hell of a year, just his overall ability to rush the passer, but also to be able to play the run. He's a big, physical guy that also has burst and speed."
This Notre Dame transfer comes to the Hoosiers as a fifth-year senior with 40 games played and 15 career starts, a seasoned vet needed at a premium position given Indiana's draft losses. Kansas State transfers Chiddi Obiazor and Tobi Osunsanmi made the battle for the starting edge roles competitive this spring, and most importantly, combined with Burnham, provide the Hoosiers with reliability there. Obiazor's ability to potentially move inside frees up Burnham's pass-rush expertise (17 TFL, six career sacks). He's a rotational disruptor who's already logged meaningful snaps with the Fighting Irish against elite competition and can handle big moments. Indiana defensive coordinator Bryant Haines has to be pleased with Burnham's early impact, already knowing he's not a speculative flyer but a proven piece along the line of scrimmage.
Devon Jackson, LB, Oregon
What they said: "He's a freak. He's 250 pounds (and runs) 4.3 (in the 40-yard dash). One of the fastest players on our team. He's a machine. They don't make humans like him."
Opportunity is there for Jackson with tone-setter Bryce Boettcher off to the NFL. He's one of three seniors back at the position, joining Jerry Mixon and Teitum Tuioti, with ample experience despite being a rotational option. Oregon now has snaps, production and leadership responsibilities up for grabs at linebacker, and the coaching staff is expecting Jackson to have his best campaign yet in Eugene. Jackson has spent the last few seasons waiting his turn, steadily developing behind veterans while flashing the athletic traits that made him such a coveted recruit. Now, it's his time.
What stands out most about Jackson is his range. Dan Lanning values linebackers who can play sideline-to-sideline in space, and Jackson possesses the speed and pursuit ability to thrive in that role. Several spring evaluations identified him as the Ducks' most likely breakout player at linebacker because of his ability to close on ball-carriers, defend in space and impact plays across the field.
The production hints at what's coming. Jackson has already appeared in significant game action during his career and posted solid numbers when given opportunities, including 47 tackles and 1.5 sacks during a productive 2024 campaign with the Ducks.
Luke Dehnicke, TE, Northwestern
What they said: "A newcomer who was like, 'whoa' is Luke Dehnicke. Really good."
The former Minnesota Duluth standout could be a leading cog in the Wildcats' turnaround offensively after one of the most productive seasons in college football at any level. Dehnicke erupted for more than 1,100 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns in 2025, earning All-American recognition while establishing himself as one of the most coveted transfer tight ends in the country. He's a matchup nightmare for opposing linebackers and safeties at 6-foot-4, 240 pounds and should be an ideal target in Chip Kelly's scheme.
JJ Buchanan, WR, Michigan
What they said: "He's a stud. Very confident. Very poised. And his demeanor as a young guy is really good too."
Michigan didn't just need another body at wide receiver through the transfer portal -- it needed a stabilizer, and JJ Buchanan fits that bill in a way that should matter in the Big Ten race. He logged 543 snaps as a true freshman at Utah last season under new Wolverines coach Kyle Whittingham and showed impressive production with 26 catches for 427 yards and five touchdowns. Nearly half of those reps came in the slot, while much of the rest of his playing time was on the outside. At Michigan, Buchanan fills a pivotal vacancy at a position that replaces Donaven McCulley, Semaj Morgan and others.
Early returns suggest Buchanan brings the kind of reliability Michigan's passing game has lacked on the perimeter, especially on third down and in condensed red-zone spacing. He's 6-foot-3, 225 pounds, the kind of frame ideal for go-get-it opportunities. He's not being asked to be a volume target, but rather a chain-mover who can win leveraged matchups and punish single coverage when defenses load the box against the run. His familiarity with his former OC, Jason Beck, should ease his transition to the Big Ten.
Floyd Boucard, DL, USC
What they said: "Has always had it athletically and physically. Just taking the next step mentally has been great."
The Trojans have spent the last several years searching for greater consistency in the trenches, and Boucard has emerged as a player capable of helping solve that problem -- even if he's simply a rotational piece up front this season. Boucard gives USC another disruptive player at the line of scrimmage, particularly against the run, where the Trojans have needed more physicality.
What makes Boucard's emergence significant is his potential to impact games beyond the stat sheet. He has the ability to occupy blockers, collapse running lanes, and create favorable one-on-one opportunities for teammates. In the Big Ten, where several contenders lean on physical rushing attacks, that skill set becomes even more valuable for a player who will not be leaned on to play significant snaps.
USC's defensive improvement this season may hinge on players like Boucard turning potential into production. If he continues his upward trajectory and becomes a dependable force in the rotation, the Trojans could field one of their most complete defensive fronts in years and take a significant step toward conference title contention. With proven talents like Jahkeem Stewart, Kameryn Crawford and Braylan Shelby ahead of him in the two-deep, Boucard can take his time getting to that next level.
Malachi Goodman, OT, Penn State
What they said: "Malachi could be a top 10 pick someday if he continues his growth year after year. He's very unique."
Penn State's offensive line became one of the program's strengths under James Franklin. Goodman appears to be the next developmental success story, with Matt Campbell's staff now paving the way for his future dominance. The rising redshirt freshman offensive tackle has generated considerable buzz heading into the season thanks to his combination of size, athleticism and improving technique. For a Penn State team with championship aspirations under a new regime, Goodman's emergence could prove critical in protecting the quarterback and maintaining balance offensively. Rarely has Campbell been blessed with a talented player like this in the offensive trenches as a coach.
Devin Sanchez, CB, Ohio State
What they said: "He's going to be really good."
Guaranteed to be a second-year impact player this season for the Buckeyes, Sanchez showed heightened maturity last fall as a true freshman and now gets a starring role as a former five-star within a secondary that replaces safety Caleb Downs and cornerback Davison Igbinosun. Coaches trust his football IQ, especially in disguise looks and late rotations, which helped him get meaningful snaps in his first campaign. His technical polish fits exactly what Ohio State asks from its perimeter defenders in man-heavy matchups, and his rapid adjustment has already elevated the competitiveness of the secondary room on a defense hoping to replicate 2025's success under Matt Patricia.
Jahsear Whittington, DT, Nebraska
What they said: "He's undersized but can really play."
After two seasons at Pittsburgh, Whittington searched for a better fit this offseason and found a new home with the Huskers. Nebraska needs more disruptive plays at the point of attack defensively, particularly against the run, and Whittington has the instincts and power to provide them if he's able to secure snaps. Playing at 6-foot, 250 pounds in the middle of the defensive line in the ACC, Whittington was undersized with the Panthers. He's added 15 pounds since signing with Nebraska and hopes to become a vital piece of defensive coordinator Rob Aurich's "attacking" unit. Whittington said that's what made the Huskers such an attractive landing spot, Nebraska's gritty mentality within its defensive front.
Quaid Carr, RB, Washington
What they said: "Really, really talented player. Redshirt freshman, so he's unproven. But extremely talented and a great chance of winning the starting job. It's a very different room. We have two veteran guys we brought in that missed the spring with different ailments that won't bleed into training camp. But I think (Carr) is the most talented guy. He's just really naturally instinctive. He's got a big opportunity."
From former three-star signee to projected redshirt freshman starter, Carr brings the goods to the Washington offense. Carr hits the defensive line with a compact, decisive running style that fits Washington's evolving offensive identity, particularly in zone-based concepts that reward vision and patience. He forced his way into the conversation after an early spring injury to Jordan Washington forced Jedd Fisch to further evaluate the position, and Carr made the most of his chance. Oregon transfer Jayden Limar and Troy's Trey Cooley, along with Washington, will face off with Carr during fall camp, but this job seems to be his to lose at this point. For a program that has leaned on backfield production by committee with Jonah Coleman and Adam Mohammed in recent years, Carr's versatility as both a runner and occasional pass option adds schematic flexibility for the Huskies staff.
Jamal Rule, RB, Nebraska
What they said: "He's going to play a role in the rotation. He had a big spring game and was good in practice, too."
Spring standouts in a reserve role are sometimes overlooked, but not this true freshman. What's most encouraging for the Huskers is how quickly Rule appears to have adjusted to the college game. He flashed big-play ability and looked every bit like a running back capable of competing for meaningful carries right away in Nebraska's final spring scrimmage, and several observers came away believing he had made a serious push for the RB1 role entering the fall.
Under Matt Rhule, Nebraska wants a physical offensive identity. Rule's downhill running style at a physical, rock-solid 6-foot-205 pounds fits that vision perfectly. If Rule continues his rapid development, don't be surprised if he's one of the Big Ten's most productive young running backs by season's end.
Cam Buffington, LB, Iowa
What they said: "Leadership, has athletic ability and is mature beyond his years."
Iowa has a long history of developing tough, instinctive linebackers, and Buffington looks like the next name ready to emerge from that pipeline in 2026. The redshirt sophomore enters the season with a legitimate opportunity to claim a starting role after Iowa lost significant production at linebacker. Coaches have praised Buffington's development, and Kirk Ferentz has repeatedly highlighted his football instincts and linebacker mentality. With multiple spots opening up in the rotation, Buffington is expected to contribute as an every-down player this fall.
What makes Buffington such an intriguing breakout option is his combination of athleticism and effort. The former small-town Iowa standout has already flashed playmaking ability in limited action, recording seven tackles and an interception last season while earning praise for his relentless motor and rapid growth within the Hawkeyes' system. Buffington has the frame Big Ten linebackers need at 6-foot-3 and nearly 240 pounds, but it's his instincts and physical style that lock directly into Iowa's defensive identity.
Tre Bell, CB, Michigan State
What they said: "Very focused young man and carries himself like some (future early-round NFL draft picks) I've seen during my career."
One of several key portal additions for the Spartans ahead of Pat Fitzgerald's first season, Bell started Iowa State's final eight games at cornerback last fall after initially starting as a depth-chart piece. It was his first campaign in the Power Four after three years at Lindenwood (FCS), and he finished with two interceptions as a reliable defender. Michigan State needs him to be more than a serviceable starter, however. That's why former Cyclones cornerbacks coach Hank Poteat asked him to join him in East Lansing out of the portal. Bell hasn't yet secured a starting role opposite Charles Brantley in the secondary, but should have first dibs on the opportunity if he continues to turn defensive coordinator Joe Rossi in his direction.
Brian Rowe, WR, UCLA
What they said: "Body control and speed (are impressive) and wins one-on-one. I think he's a freak."
One of two impact pass-catchers South Carolina lost this offseason to other Power Four programs, Rowe recorded 19 catches for the Gamecocks as a freshman last fall and opted for a bigger role with the Bruins. He's expected to be one of three transfer starters on the outside for Bob Chesney during his first season and was a top playmaker during the spring. Rowe flexed some of that athletic ability in spots as flash moments at his previous stop, but should be able to show his full repertoire this fall with extensive snaps for the first time in his career.
Chase Taylor, LB, Michigan
What they said: "He's going to be a good player. Seeing his frame fill out, his athleticism, his ability at the point of attack, he's just a good player overall. And to see someone have that kind of poise and presence already at 19 years old is impressive."
Taylor has the blend of downhill physicality and early diagnostic ability that earns trust quickly in Ann Arbor, especially in Jay Hill's system that demands discipline against the run and versatility in coverage. Taylor appeared in 10 games as a freshman in 2025 and earned a reputation as a violent special-teams contributor. That's where athleticism first becomes apparent for players not yet in the starting 11. The next step for Taylor is consistency in space, but Michigan doesn't need him to be perfect -- just reliable enough to stay on the field in key packages as a situational defender. If that happens, Taylor could quietly emerge as one of the more impactful second-year-or-younger defenders in the Big Ten this season.
Davion Chandler, WR, Indiana
What they said: "He runs 4.4, jumps 40 inches, low 4.0 shuttle. The biggest thing that he had to do was just mature and understand that if he really wanted to go to that next level that he really had to take care of his off-the-field stuff and all of that. He's done that."
If you know anything about this program's track record of developing wide receiver talent, it should come as no surprise that more NFL-caliber pieces are on the way. Charlie Becker projects as a potential Day 1 pick in 2027, while the anticipated rise of Tyler Morris in 2026 adds another dynamic layer to the rotation. He's joined by impact portal additions Nick Marsh from Michigan State and Tulane's Shazz Preston, giving this group both proven production and high-upside depth. Together, that mix should elevate an already explosive offense, one built to stress defenses horizontally and vertically.
Then there's Chandler, a sophomore, who is just getting started after his lone catch last fall went for a 65-yard score against Purdue. Becker was the breakout performer last season down the stretch, but Chandler gets that projected designation in 2026, given his heightened development this offseason. Curt Cignetti mentioned "quality depth" after Indiana's spring game and is optimistic that the talent in the wideout room should be a team strength.
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I guess that's using raw win totals (if it's accurate). "Cholly Mac" was in BR such a long time that he's definitely the winner there. If you go by win%--which is another way to think about "winningest" coach--it's going to be one of those early, early guys who was there for a year and had like a 4-0 record, or something. For a decent tenure, and anything close to the modern age, LSU's winner will be Les Miles, with almost an 80% win pctg. Saban had an even 75%, though over a much shorter period of time. It's anybody's guess what would've happened if he'd stayed longer. The longer you go, the harder it is to stay away from "average."
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The ONLY Michigan podcast I watch,fair and balanced
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2veUUtClyTM
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The ONLY Michigan podcast I watch,fair and balanced
aren't you a buckeye???
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Just noticed our dept. chair for Civil and Environmental Engineering got his BS, MS and PhD all at Michigan State. From what I've seen, it's very rare that our faculty did all their studies at the same place. Actually, I think he's the only one I've seen. Dude loved being a Spartan.
For whatever reason, it's much more common to see faculty do their undergrad one place and then change schools. Kinda seems 50/50 on whether they do their masters and PhD at the same place or not. Probably a lot of reasons for the moving, but it's just interesting to see the paths they take.
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My brother was undergrad at UNL, Masters at ASU (Arizona St.) and PhD back at UNL
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Just noticed our dept. chair for Civil and Environmental Engineering got his BS, MS and PhD all at Michigan State. From what I've seen, it's very rare that our faculty did all their studies at the same place. Actually, I think he's the only one I've seen. Dude loved being a Spartan.
For whatever reason, it's much more common to see faculty do their undergrad one place and then change schools. Kinda seems 50/50 on whether they do their masters and PhD at the same place or not. Probably a lot of reasons for the moving, but it's just interesting to see the paths they take.
If you're going into teaching, most advisors will tell you to switch schools.
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For Texas' MBA program, having an undergrad from Texas was considered a liability. But my GMAT score was such that there's no way I wasn't going to be admitted.
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I granted myself an MBA.
I started in an MBA program and wondered why.
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For Texas' MBA program, having an undergrad from Texas was considered a liability.
Seems weird. Wonder why.
But my GMAT score was such that there's no way I wasn't going to be admitted.
Nerd.
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Seems weird. Wonder why.
They value diversity of education/experience, cross-polination of ideas.
Nerd.
And proud of it!
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Seems weird. Wonder why.
Diversity of thought. My advisor told me that when I was thinking about getting an MS. He told me to go to Cornell.
I later told myself to go to work.
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I've discovered that I really like picking up these projects from the college of engineering. Not that I'm surprised. I would've expected things to go this way, but it's nice when things actually do go more smoothly. From this long-term thing we've been doing with the industrial engineering dept., trying to implement a database work-around, to this market analysis I'm tasked with for civil engineering, just to name a few lately.....they always write me up a multi-page report outlining their requests and requirements in a very logical, organized manner.
There's always things they don't understand from my side, and when there are occasionally things I need to understand about their side, obviously I count on them to inform me. But they're pretty good at that. Sometimes I work with people who just can't explain their way out of a paper bag. It's like, the more questions I ask and they more they try to answer, the more confused I get. In other cases, they don't even always know what they want (believe it or not), and I have to kind of guide them through a Socratic process to help them arrive at a place where they can even put their finger on what they tangibly want to happen. It can be extraordinarily vague and directionless sometimes.
But engineering professors aren't like that. They may load me down with 20 pages of notes, but at least I know what the task is. When I need to communicate with them that something won't work, and why, they get it and adjust. When I have questions about how something works on their end so I can handle my end better, they answer them in a way I understand.
I don't know if I could've been an engineer of any sort, but they do seem like my people.
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Engineers are awesome, and you're awesome, so you'd likely be a great engineer. :)
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Well shoot....I'm taking that right on over to the Happy thread.
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https://youtu.be/Gbe7YbhTWTI
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If you're going into teaching, most advisors will tell you to switch schools.
If you're going into teaching, most teachers would tell you to switch majors.
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What was wrong with UM's AD? They won a football NC, a basketball NC.....
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https://youtu.be/Gbe7YbhTWTI
It's not pro-SEC, it's a formula. It just is what it is. What's it guilty of? Valuing recruiting too much? Rewarding difficult schedules too much?
Florida gets a break in scheduling after 2 years of insane schedules....and I see we're ranked 7th in the nation for this upcoming year in SOS.
Cool. A relative break and still 7th.
Maybe that has something to do with FPI?
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If you're going into teaching, most teachers would tell you to switch majors.
I'm talking about being a University Professor.
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What was wrong with UM's AD? They won a football NC, a basketball NC.....
It's not that they won. It's how.
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It's not that they won. It's how.
Well that's weird. I thought winning cures all ills.
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it did for a couple seasons
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have we not learned from the 70s
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have we not learned from the 70s
In high school in my AP US History class I made such a compelling argument that the 70s were America's most embarrassing decade, that my teacher put it as one of the essay questions on our year-end Final.
Suffice to say I aced the Final.
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What was wrong with UM's AD? They won a football NC, a basketball NC.....
Lotta scandal, probably enough to get him canned.
Granted, it’s not load worse than some pretty common stuff, but when it blows up, you catch the axe.
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Seems weird. Wonder why.
Would assume that if you only came up in one academic culture, you might not have exposure to different ways of doing things, which might be good navigating different academic environments.
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In high school in my AP US History class I made such a compelling argument that the 70s were America's most embarrassing decade, that my teacher put it as one of the essay questions on our year-end Final.
Suffice to say I aced the Final.
I get your angle for purposes of that final but I dont agree.
I think 70s music may be peak. Its music definitely a top performing decade to counter some supreme lows .
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Why can't the rest of the country do what Arizona does?
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WRT to staying on standard time?
I'd be all for it. I don't like the idea of permanent daylight time.
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Not yet, but where I live it's nice when the sun goes down.
Golfers generally start at sunrise in these parts. You don't see many people on the course after 4PM or so, at this time of year.
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I love the idea of permanent daylight savings time. My pops always referred to standard time as "daylight wastings times" and he was right.
Bring it on!
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Not yet, but where I live it's nice when the sun goes down.
Golfers generally start at sunrise in these parts. You don't see many people on the course after 4PM or so, at this time of year.
well then, if sunrise is an hour later, the old golfers can get another hour of sleep!
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I like daylight in the morning, and I like it when the sun drops in the evening (house faces West).
Many thanks to whoever invented these things. Could not sit out there without it.
Platinum XL Awnings | SunSetter (https://www.sunsetter.com/c/awnings/platinum-xl-awning/)
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I've thought about one of those for the south side of my house - redwood deck
I just sit inside, where its very comfortable
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Permanent DST FTW.
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We have a large covered back patio, about 300 sqft, with a 10' ceiling, that faces due south. We enjoy both sunrises and sunsets from there for most of the year. Of course in high summer the westering sun can get pretty brutal so I installed a pull-down shade for when the sun's low enough to get under the roofline. Like this:
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Not a fan of pulldown shades at all. Cuts down on any breeze.
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I've got this guy --- with the rolling shade. It's a life saver.
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Not a fan of pulldown shades at all. Cuts down on any breeze.
It does, but it also cuts the temp by 15-20 degrees, which is more important. We've got ceiling fans to keep the air moving.
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I've got this guy --- with the rolling shade. It's a life saver.
(https://i.imgur.com/YZvXa9k.png)
Does it come apart easily, for storage?
I only ask because a hurricane would definitely take it apart.
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It does, but it also cuts the temp by 15-20 degrees, which is more important. We've got ceiling fans to keep the air moving.
The fans help for sure. Still nice to have that breeze. The awning gives us shade and allows the breeze. I thought it was very reasonable too.
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Does it come apart easily, for storage?
I only ask because a hurricane would definitely take it apart.
I don't take it apart, but I don't get hurricanes. We do get hellacious storms and tornadic weather, but it remains all year. The shade can be taken off easily enough to avoid acting as a sail, but I've never had an issue, honestly.
And it's not too expensive, so if it got destroyed, it wouldn't kill you to buy another one.
I do take the shade off and store it during the winter, to avoid snow and ice accumulation. I have replaced the shade once so far in 4 years, due to some fading and it getting brittle after weathering.
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The fans help for sure. Still nice to have that breeze. The awning gives us shade and allows the breeze. I thought it was very reasonable too.
That awning doesn't stop the westering sun for a patio that faces due south, the sunlight comes in right under it, exactly the same as our covererd patio.
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I had set up a misting system out on the back patio a few years ago. Didn't use it much, and now it's deteriorating (it was cheap from Amazon).
Maybe I should revisit that and see if it can be revived, or get something set up to replace it.
Or I could just sit inside in the A/C.
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Or I could just sit inside in the A/C.
Do it.
Do it for the Euros, give them something to dream for.
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That awning doesn't stop the westering sun for a patio that faces due south, the sunlight comes in right under it, exactly the same as our covererd patio.
Sunsetter makes side panels for that purpose. We had a side panel back up North, for that Westering sun.
It's also nice to have the awning cover the pool, so you can use it and not burn up. Great for grandkids.
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Sunsetter makes side panels for that purpose. We had a side panel back up North, for that Westering sun.
It's also nice to have the awning cover the pool, so you can use it and not burn up. Great for grandkids.
Right. The side panel is the same as a pull-down shade. And it would block the breeze just the same.
Any solution that blocks the sun from the side, will cut down the breeze from the side. Come on man, it's physics!
Luckily our pool is now well-shaded by the trees at the back of the lot. It wasn't always so, 14 years ago when we moved in those trees were much smaller.
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Right. The side panel is the same as a pull-down shade. And it would block the breeze just the same.
Any solution that blocks the sun from the side, will cut down the breeze from the side. Come on man, it's physics!
Luckily our pool is now well-shaded by the trees at the back of the lot. It wasn't always so, 14 years ago when we moved in those trees were much smaller.
Our side panel did not block the breeze much at all. It came under or was not a direct West breeze.
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Our side panel did not block the breeze much at all. It came under or was not a direct West breeze.
You know, I can adjust the pull-down shade to any height I want. It doesn't have to be all the way down. In fact, it never is.
Sigh. Anyway, this discussion is pointless. The pull-down shade is awesome, way better than not having one. I would highly recommend to anyone in the exact same situation as me. In fact I have-- both of my neighbors with patios oriented the same way, have each installed it and love it. The End.
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We had pulldown screens. I just like the awning better - our space is enclosed. It too has a pulldown shade on it. Here's a pic.
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We had pulldown screens. I just like the awning better - our space is enclosed. It too has a pulldown shade on it. Here's a pic.
[img width=500 height=343.993]https://i.imgur.com/MniLI6B.png[/img]
I keep telling you, the awning wouldn't do anything different than the covered patio does. You'd have to have large sidescreens to do what the pull-down shade does. It's exactly the same situation.
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Our lanai is closed in on both sides with walls, so when we had the pulldowns, it was like we were sitting in a box with no breeze and no view of anything except the walls and the shades.
That's not why we live on a golf course.
We absolutely wanted something different and this works much better for us.
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This whole back-and-forth has given me the idea of a horizontal panel to please everyone.
It's made of the pulldown screen material, and connects to either end of the 'wall' space. It's 2-3 ft 'tall' and as long as it needs to be.
You set it up so the bottom is just below the horizon, as seen from where you're sitting in that area. It extends up the 2-3 ft, blocking the last couple of hours of intense sun.
A majority of the 'wall' facing west is still open air for breezes, and the worse bit of the intense sun is blocked.
Patent pending...
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I'd have to see the design for further evaluation. Structural integrity is top of mind.
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They make shades that pull up or down so you can position it where you like and extend for the full length of the opening, or just a part of it. Something like that on a larger scale would fit what you're suggesting.
(https://cdn.blindster.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=750/site/product/bln-svclftscs/color/207-product-swatch-16.jpg)
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They make shades that pull up or down so you can position it where you like and extend for the full length of the opening, or just a part of it. Something like that on a larger scale would fit what you're suggesting.
(https://cdn.blindster.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=750/site/product/bln-svclftscs/color/207-product-swatch-16.jpg)
I've had bad luck with those maintaining their integrity for more than like a couple years
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Yeah, those things suck - even indoors. No chance they hold up to any wind. Terrible design.
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I've had bad luck with those maintaining their integrity for more than like a couple years
I've never used one. But it's the idea more than the structure that I'm looking at.
I could envision making a backyard patio-sized version for yourself pretty easily. You could run two rigid poles, one on each side of the opening, and screw it into the top and bottom. Then I'd take the material part of the pull-down shade, put grommets in it every so often, and stretch it between those two poles. Move the shade up and down to whereever you like it, grommets sliding along the rigid side-poles. You could gather it mostly at the bottom, or more toward the top, or somewhere in the middle. Secure it with thick rubber bands or bungees, over and under the grommets on each side, and top and bottom, to keep it in place.
Pretty easy afternoon project.
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Yeah, those things suck - even indoors. No chance they hold up to any wind. Terrible design.
I just re-designed it for outdoor use.
You're welcome.
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I like pressing the buttons on the remote, and then watching it set itself up while I sip on a G&T, in the shade.
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You know, I can adjust the pull-down shade to any height I want.
I still have some ancient ones in my room. And those spring-roller maps—which hung over chalkboards—were a staple of geography education were built to last many times were manufactured by the same companies like Rand McNally. That from the 1960s that made classroom maps that hung from the chalkboards thru the '80s into the '90s
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I like pressing the buttons on the remote, and then watching it set itself up while I sip on a G&T, in the shade.
Hey I'm down with that. No reason the entire thing couldn't be motorized and automated and remote-controlled from a phone app, using tracks along each side instead of rails.
The only limit to the solution, is your checking account.
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Hey I'm down with that. No reason the entire thing couldn't be motorized and automated and remote-controlled from a phone app, using tracks along each side instead of rails.
The only limit to the solution, is your checking account.
We will be getting some rolldown Storm Smart screens in the next couple of years. We are getting tired of bringing all the lanai furniture/decorations in every time a storm threatens us. These are good to about 150MPH. The checking account will not be happy.
Roll Down Hurricane Screens | Storm Smart (https://www.stormsmart.com/screens/roll-down-screens/)
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We will be getting some rolldown Storm Smart screens in the next couple of years. We are getting tired of bringing all the lanai furniture/decorations in every time a storm threatens us. These are good to about 150MPH. The checking account will not be happy.
Roll Down Hurricane Screens | Storm Smart (https://www.stormsmart.com/screens/roll-down-screens/)
That would do.
And if you just adapt that design so it can track down from the top, up from the bottom, or anywhere in between, you've got OAM's original idea covered. Easy peasy.
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It would be hotter than hell on my lanai with all of those closed up. Even if you left a couple of feet open, it would be hot.
This is for storm protection only - not shade.
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It would be hotter than hell on my lanai with all of those closed up. Even if you left a couple of feet open, it would be hot.
This is for storm protection only - not shade.
Good Lord man we all know your thoughts on the matter. I'm talking about OAM's suggestion for a solution for OTHER people who might want to create shade or block the sun when it comes in low, underneath the shade provided by a covered patio OR a simple awning with no sidewalls.
By the way I have a retractable awning just like yours, on my RV. It's 20 feet long and it's even motorized. And, if I have the RV porch facing due south, the westering sun comes in underneath it. Just like ANY shade structure with a roof and no sides.
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You have the Sunsetter? Are you happy with it?
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You have the Sunsetter? Are you happy with it?
Sorry, I should have been more specific-- I have that STYLE of awning. I don't think it's Sunsetter brand, but I honestly don't know. But it's been great for the 8 years I've owned it, no issues at all.
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Yeah, check it. I'd like to know.
The Sunsetter is holding up fine here so far. I use it almost every day.
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Good Lord man we all know your thoughts on the matter. I'm talking about OAM's suggestion for a solution for OTHER people who might want to create shade or block the sun when it comes in low, underneath the shade provided by a covered patio OR a simple awning with no sidewalls.
He can't not.
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Finebaum characterizing Belichick's tenure at UNC as it should be characterized: Sad, Embarrassing, Pathetic, and Bitter that he couldn't get an NFL job:
https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/2078197857560219778
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I'd rather Finebaum retired
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Finebaum characterizing Belichick's tenure at UNC as it should be characterized: Sad, Embarrassing, Pathetic, and Bitter that he couldn't get an NFL job:
He may be right in this instance but he by and large is a click seeking pencil necked geek. Slobbering and sunshine pumping over St Nick and the Tide like he was a graduate as he ignored the player parking lot that had better rides than Alabama's staff did :cheer:
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I'd rather Finebaum retired
same, but the guy isn't wrong about Belichik. that was the biggest WTF coaching hire I've ever seen in college. Belichik has never once coached in college even at the small level- he's been an NFL coach his entire life- and his "Do Your Job" hard ass coaching style was NEVER going to work in this era of college with the transfer portal and NIL in a billion years.
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Joel Klatt's ALL-21st CENTURY TEAM....spoiler alert....Vince Young is his QB. And I agree with that pick 110%. 30-2 as a starter with a pair of absolutely dominant back to back Rose Bowl performances- one of which was for a Natty against a USC team that at the time had been proclaimed "GREATEST TEAM EVER!" by the media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HPSeuB7ufI
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Do y'all remember ESPN doing the series about that 2005 USC team versus... the greatest armies of all time? They had them beating Alexander the Great, but a tie against Genghis Khan.
Don't remember the Xerxes matchup but I'm assuming Reggie Bush went off for 782 all purpose yards and 185 points.
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Last Friday night Tom Brady and Logan Paul physically confronted each other on stage at a Fanatics event. Even if this nonsense is staged, we're all seeing a much less mature Tom Brady as his retirement goes on. Brady is a guy who up until his NFL retirement had EVERYTHING in life go wildly right for him. Athletic, tall/handsome/ageless, marries a super model, esteemed by adoring fans and media as the GOAT - all for TWO decades. And now that he’s retired we’re witnessing a number of self-inflicted cracks starting with the collapse of his marriage which, at the time a few years ago, seemed so beneath him.
For TWO decades his image remained impeccable while an NFL player. Now Brady involves himself in a lot of pettiness that screams of trying to fill a post-career void. Even if this nonsense with Logan Paul is staged, doesn't that make it just as bad? If you're Tom Brady - the most accomplished quarterback in NFL history - why, why, why are you staging public confrontations with a clown like Logan Paul?!?! To make headlines? Celebrities who live for attention have no self-awareness with how pitiful their attempts at attention are.
For a bit of background on the incident, both Brady and Paul have made themselves known in the Trading Card industry. Brady has aggressively started a chain of sports card stores called CardVault (profiting mostly off Pokémon cards). And Paul, if I read correctly, has recently gone big into a Pokémon card investing business. Both ventures are reportedly owned by Fanatics. Thus both Brady and Paul hosting (and fighting at!) a Fanatics event.
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😞😞
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even bad publicity is good
he might need the money - maybe gambles too much or something
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Even I,hammered,sleepless, in Lost Wages couldn't piss that much away
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hows about while at the horse track?
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pretty sure that Brady Logan Paul bs is a stunt. Tom Brady seems to be letting his hair down and having a midlife crisis. I think your wife cheating on you with a karate instructor who teaches 5 year olds in piss soaked whitey tighties how to kick air in a random shitty strip mall and getting knocked up by said karate teacher then leaving you would probably send most men into a spiral. A great man falling because of a woman is just a tale as old as time my friend. See: Adam and that stupid whore Eve.
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-daYqahQwsg
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pretty sure that Brady Logan Paul bs is a stunt. Tom Brady seems to be letting his hair down and having a midlife crisis. I think your wife cheating on you with a karate instructor who teaches 5 year olds in piss soaked whitey tighties how to kick air in a random shitty strip mall and getting knocked up by said karate teacher then leaving you would probably send most men into a spiral. A great man falling because of a woman is just a tale as old as time my friend. See: Adam and that stupid whore Eve.
He should be having lots of sex and eating an occasional doughnut. It's not that hard.
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I'd guess he is, but that's just a guess - he is a Michigan man
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he might need the money - maybe gambles too much or something
Or maybe
Brady wants the shameless attention
Even at the expense of the trashy headlines that comes with it
Because maybe narcissism
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And why does Brady's face look taxidermied?
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Meh, LP needs to be slapped, and staged or not, Brady just did what a lot of people would like to do to him.
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Why does his face look like that? Probably a cocktail of Botox, ozempic, fillers, and plastic surgery. It’s all the rage today with the rich and famous.
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Didn't realize they were on tour.
https://twitter.com/UWMadisonPolice/status/2079052404851388609 (https://twitter.com/UWMadisonPolice/status/2079052404851388609)
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And why does Brady's face look taxidermied?
Old and very wealthy. Like across the board, they do this. They want fitness-model bodies after 50. They can achieve that, but it ages their faces, so they get work done.
If they'd just gain 15-20 lbs, their faces wouldn't be so aged. Have some soft tissue in there, not just a skull wrapped in skin.
It's akin to the hotties 'needing' to have impossible bodies - a flat stomach and huge boobs and a huge ass but stay skinny. That combo doesn't work naturally.
In 5,000 years, when they dig up our bones, they're going to have a lot of questions. Why do so many have these bags stuffed in their chest?
Retired players seem to struggle with filling their time/passion. Football has been their whole life. Now what? They need a hobby. And that's just random players. If you've been a star for 20 years, that struggle is more about relevance than anything else.
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Old and very wealthy. Like across the board, they do this. They want fitness-model bodies after 50. They can achieve that, but it ages their faces, so they get work done.
I'm old,obscure and unkown but not yet broke and I'm fine with the Al Bundy letting himself go look
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hows about while at the horse track?
read my tagline
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at least you're honest
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I'm old,obscure and unkown but not yet broke and I'm fine with the Al Bundy letting himself go look
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I work with a not insignificant number of men and women who use botox b/t 20s and 40s.
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Hey @ELA (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=55) , are you familiar with the college football 27 game and how they do the ultimate teams, including legendary players? (same as madden, same as CF26)
Why do they do it like that?
Different levels of player cards, so you could 'open' or 'rip' an 80-rated Darren McFadden or an 83-rated or 87-rated McFadden.
It is just a way to 'hide' the small number of legends they signed?
I know the actual answer is to make more money, but aside from that.....there's so many amazing historical players. I'm sure they do their best to acquire the rights to as many as they can, but the tiered cards of the same players seems stupid to me.
It's rating --> value and not rating --> ability.
I hate that. It's such a missed opportunity.
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Florida’s top 60 greatest plays of the last six decades: 10-1
https://twitter.com/ZachAbolverdi/status/2078912237167595906/video/1
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Hey @ELA (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=55) , are you familiar with the college football 27 game and how they do the ultimate teams, including legendary players? (same as madden, same as CF26)
Why do they do it like that?
Different levels of player cards, so you could 'open' or 'rip' an 80-rated Darren McFadden or an 83-rated or 87-rated McFadden.
It is just a way to 'hide' the small number of legends they signed?
I know the actual answer is to make more money, but aside from that.....there's so many amazing historical players. I'm sure they do their best to acquire the rights to as many as they can, but the tiered cards of the same players seems stupid to me.
It's rating --> value and not rating --> ability.
I hate that. It's such a missed opportunity.
I never play that mode, but my son does on The Show, and its the same issue. He "ripped" Jackie Robinson. But he was an 83 Jackie Robinson, who was worse than his current SS, who I think was Jeremy Pena.
My guess is people just want past stars. You rip a Jackie Robinson 83, you keep playing. You rip a SS who would have actually been an 83, you stop playing. I just looked up The Show 08, which was the first one I had. Orlando Cabrera was an 82. Rafael Furcal was an 85. People quit if they rip a Rafael Furcal. Even though that's the fun of cards, it's mostly crap, with the hope of a good one. So they sort of try to simulate that, but without using the players who deserve those ratings. McFadden was a 99 in NCAA 08. MSU's 3rd string RB, AJ Jimmerson, was an 84 on that game. What is more likely to keep you playing? Pulling an 83 McFadden, or pulling a "better" MSU 3rd string RB? I think it's just a money grab, as frustrating as it is. I'd rather pull guys based on their actual ratings
I think the settlement was for anyone in any of these games, so they do have their rights now, so I don't think its that. I think its making sure kids actually know the guys they are pulling. Maybe we are just college football nerds, but I'd love finding out I pulled Eastern Michigan's fullback from 1996, and putting that card right in my bike spokes
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Why not just have historical stars with 90+ ratings for the most part then? There are so many - I bet 500+ name stars we've all heard of.
I wouldn't play an 83 McFadden over an 85 Joe Schmo, because I want my team to be as good as possible.
Hell, you could pyramid it and only have 1-2 99s, 4-5 98s, and on down, down as low as you want to go - maybe 85 or so. But all-time stars should be highly-rated and not tiered, with several different levels of the same guy. I don't get that part.
I guess I'm saying there's enough volume of great players for each player to have one card. Current players can have tiers, for whatever reason, but idk.
I just don't get it, besides money. My mind doesn't default to micro-transaction GOLD.
Or have a 99-rated player for each position, then a 98, and so on. Rare as hell. But one card for each guy.
I view it similarly to the playoff people wanting non-square playoff slots (24 over 16, 12 over 8). What in the actual hell? Who is guiding that?
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Why not just have historical stars with 90+ ratings for the most part then? There are so many - I bet 500+ name stars we've all heard of.
I wouldn't play an 83 McFadden over an 85 Joe Schmo, because I want my team to be as good as possible.
Hell, you could pyramid it and only have 1-2 99s, 4-5 98s, and on down, down as low as you want to go - maybe 85 or so. But all-time stars should be highly-rated and not tiered, with several different levels of the same guy. I don't get that part.
I guess I'm saying there's enough volume of great players for each player to have one card. Current players can have tiers, for whatever reason, but idk.
I just don't get it, besides money. My mind doesn't default to micro-transaction GOLD.
Or have a 99-rated player for each position, then a 98, and so on. Rare as hell. But one card for each guy.
I view it similarly to the playoff people wanting non-square playoff slots (24 over 16, 12 over 8). What in the actual hell? Who is guiding that?
I agree, but, as you said, money.
I actually love the idea of ripping random ass NCAA player cards. My wheels are spinning, but I do not have the time.
I would play the mode if they included every player, with their rating, since NCAA started. I'd be ok with multiple Darren McFaddens if you got different year Darren McFaddens. I got sophomore Darren McFadden, he's an 85; junior year Darren McFadden is a 93, etc... And then build the rareness like a pyramid. The problem is my kid would quit after getting not getting rewarded, and others would as well
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ESPN layoffs include Jay Bilas, so they can afford Pat McAfee, Stephen A. Smith, and a bunch of interns
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Strange model.
Opposite of network news which took half to century to realize that paying the 630pm est anchors a fortune to read a teleprompter isnt a model worth keeping .
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ESPN layoffs include Jay Bilas, so they can afford Pat McAfee, Stephen A. Smith, and a bunch of interns
Blame the audience.
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I agree, but, as you said, money.
I actually love the idea of ripping random ass NCAA player cards. My wheels are spinning, but I do not have the time.
I would play the mode if they included every player, with their rating, since NCAA started. I'd be ok with multiple Darren McFaddens if you got different year Darren McFaddens. I got sophomore Darren McFadden, he's an 85; junior year Darren McFadden is a 93, etc... And then build the rareness like a pyramid. The problem is my kid would quit after getting not getting rewarded, and others would as well
I really like that idea.
I don't have the game, just seen some vids on youtube about it. It could be so much better than it is, lol.
Your idea about individual player seasons is an idea I really like for college football card sets.
Yes, you'd include annual releases of notable players from the recent season, but also have a ton of previous player-season cards. With that dynamic, you'd have thousands of cards to release over the years.
Plus, different years for a player would have different value/interest. The 2004 Adrian Peterson card would be his 'best', but it would only be released once, say, in the 2027 card set. So you could sprinkle in star players' 'best' season card spread out year by year, as you release sets.
Tebow would have 3 notable cards, with his FR year "rookie" where he contributed to a NC, then his SO Heisman year, and then the 08 'promise' and NC.
People could work to collect entire careers of individual players, seeking out their card in multiple annual sets.
Subsets could be awards - a unique Butkus winner card, Heismans, Thorpes, etc.
And to copy the video game, you could have mascot cards, stadiums, bowl games (I'm hoping to pull that Bluebonnet Bowl card!), etc.
Would this not sell? The sports card industry is in a strange place now. People literally throw regular cards in the trash, just wanting the 1 of 1 cards or autographs/relics. No one cares about just collecting cards of their favorite players. Again, it's all about money/value.
I guess I'm officially old, lol.
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"The masses" love McAfee, because they're not intimidated by his intelligence.
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"The masses" love McAfee, because they're not intimidated by his intelligence.
The masses are responsible for every loudmouth, know-nothing blowhard on air. No one else is to blame. Businesses do what makes money, period.
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"No one in this world, so far as I know ... has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people"
-H. L. Mencken
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F Jay Bilas. He is complicit in this:
The Death of College Football - Realignment, NIL, Portal, Etc. (https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/uw-and-uo-to-big-ten-~-memorial-day/)
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"No one in this world, so far as I know ... has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people"
-H. L. Mencken
Amen!
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I haven't watched anything on ESecPN since the College Football Playoffs.
Almost everything on that garbage network is unwatchable.
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good place for soccer
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Multiple reports say the Jay Bilas layoff was a hoax that went viral, perpetrated by a fake Jon Rothstein account.
.....whoever that is.
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One of my favorite quotes from a colleague long ago:
"You know the problem with average people? They're average."
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https://www.elevenwarriors.com/college-football/2026/05/162525/November-7-might-break-college-football
Elevenwarriors is an Ohio State site but this isn't an "Ohio State" article. Ramzy does good stuff and here he is looking forward to what could potentially be an epic CFB Saturday.
The most ranked vs ranked games on a single Saturday in the CFP era is six back on October 14, 2014:
- #12 MissSt d #6 aTm 48-23
- #11 OleMiss d #3 Bama 23-17
- #25 TCU d #4 OU 37-33
- #9 ND d #14 Stan 17-14
- #5 Auburn d #15 LSU 41-7
- #10 MSU d #19 UNL 27-22
There have also been a few weekends with five ranked vs ranked games but November 7, 2026 could potentially top them all. I'm not exactly sure where Ramzy is getting his projected rankings but here is what he has:
- #8 Miami at #4 Notre Dame - NBC at 730
- #3 Oregon at #2 Ohio State - time/TV TBD
- #13 Bama at #9 LSU - time/TV TBD
- #5 Georgia at #17 Ole Miss - time/TV TBD
- #20 BYU at #24 Utah - time/TV TBD
- #14 Oklahoma at #22 Florida - time/TV TBD
- #18 Penn State at #21 Washington - time/TV TBD
- fringe-t25 VaTech at #25 SMU - ESPN Friday at 7pm
- #7 Texas at fringe-T25 Mizzou - time/TV TBD
That list doesn't even include Arkansas/Auburn, aTm/USCe, UK/TN, WVU/TxTech, and MSU/M.
If this does all play out, my hope is that they are spread out across timeslots not all packed together. So far we have one Friday night and one Saturday night. If it is #3 at #2 (or anything close to that) the Ore/tOSU game will almost certainly be Fox' "Big Noon" game.
Here is what we have in the B1G that weekend:
Friday, November 6:
- Nebraska at Illinois on Fox at 8pm
Saturday, November 7 (all are time/TV TBD):
- MSU at M
- UCLA at Minnesota
- Iowa at Northwestern
- Oregon at Ohio State
- Maryland at Purdue
- Penn State at Washington
- Rutgers at Wisconsin
Indiana and and USC are off that weekend. They face each other in Bloomington the following Saturday and previously (10/31) hosted MN and tOSU respectively.
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A Bilas layoff would make for one of the more surprising cuts. When it comes to College Basketball, ESPN's primary goal is to promote Duke. Laying off Bilas might take away a bit of the momentum ESPN endlessly spins for Duke.
To be fair to Bilas, I think even he finds ESPN's clear preference for Duke a little over the top, especially when he's sharing the screen with Vitale. And I've grown to appreciate Bilas' wider spread coverage. He's one of only a few of the bigger media guys that makes a point to study and proactively include the teams out west in his commentary - BYU, Arizona, Gonzaga, UCLA.
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Multiple reports say the Jay Bilas layoff was a hoax that went viral, perpetrated by a fake Jon Rothstein account.
.....whoever that is.
He must've been laid off, too.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qHugCMNyLw
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same, but the guy isn't wrong about Belichik. that was the biggest WTF coaching hire I've ever seen in college. Belichik has never once coached in college even at the small level- he's been an NFL coach his entire life- and his "Do Your Job" hard ass coaching style was NEVER going to work in this era of college with the transfer portal and NIL in a billion years.
Belichick's tenure gets worse - UNC places GM Lombardi on administrative leave:
From the Athletic (https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7475053/2026/07/29/lombardi-belichick-unc/?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.2K-J.5eaYAw4fz9ou&source=user_shared_article&smid=ta-ios-share):
"The Athletic reported after the leave was announced that it sprung from an HR complaint, according to three people briefed on the matter but not authorized to speak publicly. We do not know the specifics of the investigation or the scope of it. The Athletic has also learned that the UNC football program has been approached by the College Sports Commission about a potential investigation, according to two people briefed on the matter but not authorized to discuss it publicly, with Lombardi’s actions believed to be of interest. The CSC is a year-old enforcement body that looks into potential violations of name, image and likeness and revenue-sharing rules and approves third-party deals with athletes."
https://twitter.com/AndyStaples/status/2081712554875707826
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One of these was Wisconsin, which they did win. September Maryland.
https://twitter.com/ByPatForde/status/2082874260754661787 (https://twitter.com/ByPatForde/status/2082874260754661787)
https://twitter.com/CSOonX/status/2082937334308216862 (https://twitter.com/CSOonX/status/2082937334308216862)
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https://twitter.com/CSOonX/status/2082937334308216862 (https://twitter.com/CSOonX/status/2082937334308216862)
Worth repeating something I read on these boards a decade ago.
A telltale sign of good coaching is a team playing better as the season moves along.
Locksley's teams trend against this sign.
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Locksley must think the fans are a bit dimmer than himself and the mediots he tries to spin that past
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Worth repeating something I read on these boards a decade ago.
A telltale sign of good coaching is a team playing better as the season moves along.
Locksley's teams trend against this sign.
Scheduling plays a bigger part, imo. If this was true, every Tennessee coach ever was a great one, lol (notoriously weak Nov schedule every year).
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Worth repeating something I read on these boards a decade ago.
A telltale sign of good coaching is a team playing better as the season moves along.
Locksley's teams trend against this sign.
Scheduling plays a bigger part, imo. If this was true, every Tennessee coach ever was a great one, lol (notoriously weak Nov schedule every year).
All valid points.
I'd add another one: roster turnover plays a big part.
Teams without great talent but with more stable programs and more consistent rosters can find themselves performing better at the beginning of the year because they have continuity. They're closer to their talent ceiling on day 1 than a team which may have more talent but it's younger and less established... Coaches at the latter program are spending more time in the early games figuring things out. Coaches at the former programs have it figured out, and as the season progresses have little ability to change because they have what they have.
I think of a team like Iowa under Ferentz. What you have week 1 is what you have. It's not like you've got 15 instant-impact freshmen and 40 transfer portal guys. No, you've got guys you've recruited and developed. The team isn't going to magically get tremendously better between week 1 and week 8 because going into the season you already knew what you had.
I sometimes see this on the basketball side with Purdue. Painter's philosophy of "get old and stay old" isn't the same as some of the blue blood programs who are trying to integrate high talent "one-and-done" type players each year, such as Kentucky under Calipari. So Painter's teams can often be absolute stone cold killers in the early season while other coaches are still trying to figure out lineups, rotations, and effectively learn what they have on the roster. Whereas with Painter if he's got a core of juniors and seniors who have been in the program from the start, he knows what he has. But that means that the in-season improvement for Painter teams is harder to come, because there's less available to change.
At least that's my $0.02.
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Injuries of course ... I dimly recall the 1969 UGA team that was loaded but injuries derailed the season, and teams back then weren't nearly as deep as now. Freshmen couldn't play for one thing.
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I had probably my worst baseball effort yesterday in years, on the ride home I was mulling when I'm too old to enjoy it any more. I was 0 for 2 with a double play and a K, I hit the ball OK the first time but right at the SS. I didn't pitch, the team as usual was run ruled, we're really bad. I understand some of our opponents are in the under 45 class, which I guess is because we don't have enough U55 teams.
They did look pretty young.
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Teams I played on would prolly sign you up
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Injuries of course ... I dimly recall the 1969 UGA team that was loaded but injuries derailed the season, and teams back then weren't nearly as deep as now. Freshmen couldn't play for one thing.
Your memory still had to be pretty good back then. I mean, you were only 54.
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Take that back that's just cold,accurate perhaps, but cold
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Rhule has had trouble in November - 1st and foremost the schedule is much tougher - 2nd some injuries
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I predict that game will never air on B1G Network. Ever.
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Going out on a limb are we?
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Michigan-Appalachian State was on BTN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL3OSBP6mbk
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instant classic!
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gross
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gross
The Roadrunners?
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The Roadrunners?
Ha! I didn't even really notice that. Nah I'm good with UTSA in the playoffs. San Antone is a fun town.
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Ummmm....?
https://twitter.com/itsAntWright/status/2085395071466103257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2085395071466103257%7Ctwgr%5E7c58bb9c90c2a873dd65bf260bbb55b8ca2a167b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmichiganstate.boards.net%2Fthread%2F3913%2Ftofficial-college-football-season-thread
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Yikes
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I was surprised in Cincinnati that folks would ask what high school I attended. They assumed I was from there, usually, because many were. When I said "Tucker" they'd be confused. They had a big "east side:west side" schism.
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Yikes
Mildly concerning, yes?
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Mildly concerning, yes?
Yeah talk about out of touch and tone-deaf. Oof.
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Championships in .... lady's sports maybe?
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https://www.hammerandrails.com/column/60578/purdues-new-athletic-director-said-what
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Do ya think Cignetti cares? Would he run up a score because of this?
Hard for me not to be a bit of an Indiana fan.
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Do ya think Cignetti cares? Would he run up a score because of this?
Hard for me not to be a bit of an Indiana fan.
(https://i.imgur.com/ywv0PBi.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/SyHsyhg.png)
If they chose to run up the score over this, would anyone notice?
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OK, well there is that I guess....
:93:
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Wow.
So brave.
JD Pickell (whoever the fuck that is) has chalky fingers. What's the point?
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Wow.
So brave.
JD Pickell (whoever the fuck that is) has chalky fingers. What's the point?
Who do you think is decent surprise pick to make the playoffs?
Not sure if Michigan qualifies, but they have an adult as a head coach and should be able to run the heck out of the ball and play some defense.
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Mildly concerning, yes?
Yeah talk about out of touch and tone-deaf. Oof.
Coconut talking crap to a Catagory 5
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Who do you think is decent surprise pick to make the playoffs?
Not sure if Michigan qualifies, but they have an adult as a head coach and should be able to run the heck out of the ball and play some defense.
Think this accurate but hope to hell it's not
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Well he did pick that huge upset of #6 OU over #3 Ohio State.
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I was surprised in Cincinnati that folks would ask what high school I attended. They assumed I was from there, usually, because many were. When I said "Tucker" they'd be confused. They had a big "east side:west side" schism.
Definitely a unique thing about Cincinnati. Where you went to High school was a big deal. I was from Columbus and still surprise me how much High School, East side/West side mattered.
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I was surprised in Cincinnati that folks would ask what high school I attended.They had a big "east side:west side" schism.
I was from Columbus and still surprise me how much High School, East side/West side mattered.
Cleveland use to be the same way,maybe be an Ohio thing. The Über well to do came from the far east side the rest there kept there noses up also.Sort of like SEC Fandom
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Atlanta is so diverse it couldn't matter, I think, nearly everyone is from somewhere else. And there are high schools with names few ever hear of.
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William Tecumseh Sherman???
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(https://i.imgur.com/nQ53Pcf.png)
I'm part of the 23%
I guess we win that graphic because none of the rest of the country can understand us, so we just keep to ourselves.
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upper midwest - folks just can't escape the brutal winters
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I'm part of the 23%
I guess we win that graphic because none of the rest of the country can understand us, so we just keep to ourselves.
We're at 74% so much of the same,like most affordabilility and network of friends,many lifelong
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Would be curious to compare these numbers to the growth rates. I suspect much of the sunbelt has lower numbers because of all the people moving there, which would also result in population growth. But for New England? I'm surprised those states rely so much on immigration, but I think they are also shrinking.
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upper midwest - folks just can't escape the brutal winters
You're reading it backwards... For those states it's not that nobody's leaving--it's that nobody is moving there to replace them.
Folks like Badge escaped the brutal winter and moved to Florida. Very few Floridians are looking to escape the warmth and sun and move to Chicago.
The three states that show "lightest", Nevada, Florida, and Arizona, are not that way because people born in those states are all moving out... They're that way because a tremendous amount of people moved in from other states and they've had rapidly growing populations.
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Would be curious to compare these numbers to the growth rates. I suspect much of the sunbelt has lower numbers because of all the people moving there, which would also result in population growth. But for New England? I'm surprised those states rely so much on immigration, but I think they are also shrinking.
New England might be because so many of those states are geographically small and allow for more movement without being "far" from friends and family.
I.e. if you grew up and work in a north Boston suburb but move across the border to southern NH, you've now contributed to what this map shows, despite the fact that you haven't moved far. Or if you grew up in NH but the job opportunities are better in Boston so you move there, again you're not all that far from where you grew up, but you've now contributed to what this map shows.
I think this somewhat also explains CA being in the middle. It's a tremendous state for transplants, but the main population centers being LA and the Bay Area being SO far from any state border, people aren't exactly moving out in droves. It's also a very large state, population-wise, so even all the transplants aren't enough to change the makeup in the same way that a smaller-population state like NV or AZ would show.
In fact, the differences in population would mean that every single person that leaves CA for NV or AZ makes a very small change to the percentage shown on this map for CA, but makes a MUCH larger percentage change for NV or AZ.
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(https://i.imgur.com/2Qsov35.png)
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The United States if every state were named for a pharmaceutical?
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I was thinking Middle Earth, but pharmaceutical works.
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You guys have it backwards ...
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Look in the mirror.
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You're reading it backwards... For those states it's not that nobody's leaving--it's that nobody is moving there to replace them.
Folks like Badge escaped the brutal winter and moved to Florida. Very few Floridians are looking to escape the warmth and sun and move to Chicago.
Well until the unremitting hurricanes return enforce like a few yrs back. The winters aren't that bad,can always throw more clothes on,down to the skivvies and sweltering - no thanx. But the tax brackets are a hell of lot better than from wence he came. The insurance for said hurricanes not so much
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Insurance is not bad at all here, unless you're in a flood zone - but flood zone insurance applies in every state.
We are not in a flood zone (or a freeze zone).
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Really not from the big blows they had 2-3 yrs back? Well good on you guys then,take that coin and feed the A.C monster. Like were are doing up here
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(https://i.imgur.com/Zj15tcN.png)
This is pretty obvious, no?
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I'm tellin' ya, that north gulf coast of FL is prime pickins......
The Denver-to-Albuquerque one is comical, that's like 9 hours with no big cities between them. It's out west, everything is further apart. It does no belong on the map.
And there is fuck-all from Barstow to Vegas, so that's nonsense.
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Really not from the big blows they had 2-3 yrs back? Well good on you guys then,take that coin and feed the A.C monster. Like were are doing up here
All of FL is a flood zone, lol. Especially with hurricanes and living near the ocean.
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I had a notion that a "flood zone" is something with a hard definition and specific lines probably drawn by flood experts ...
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I had a notion that a "flood zone" is something with a hard definition and specific lines probably drawn by flood experts ...
Your notion is correct.
Signed:
Flood expert
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Hail!!
University of Michigan plans to shield 2027 freshman letter grades from transcripts in new mental health plan
Next year, the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts will no longer include letter grades on first-semester transcripts
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We looked at property around Jacksonville back in the day. I recall one section was "hurricane zone" and another area six miles inland was not. I didn't ask about floods.
I don't know if that realtor knew the proper terminology.
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We looked at property around Jacksonville back in the day. I recall one section was "hurricane zone" and another area six miles inland was not. I didn't ask about floods.
I don't know if that realtor knew the proper terminology.
Doubtful.
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She was referring to home insurance rates as a factor in where we lived, which probably is the case.
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Rates differ based on various circumstances.
For example, a neighbor with the same house as ours pays double what we pay. Our rate is half of what it was when we first moved here, because of all of the hardening we've done.
We are getting the maximum wind mitigation discount, and we are five feet above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE). No flood insurance required for us.
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2019-2023.
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2019-2023.
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both good and bad. new home sale prices and condo/apt rents in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach county are now literally insane.
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Yup you're getting New York prices to match all the New York expats that now live there.
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It's good to live in a place where others want to live.
Glad we got down here when we did! Coming up on 7 years soon.
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We're 8 years plus here now. Overall, no disappointments and some upside surprises.
My wife gets annoyed at times with the HOA board. I don't because I don't pay attention.
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I sometimes get annoyed with the HOA board here.
My wife is on it.
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Rates differ based on various circumstances.
For example, a neighbor with the same house as ours pays double what we pay. Our rate is half of what it was when we first moved here, because of all of the hardening we've done.
We are getting the maximum wind mitigation discount, and we are five feet above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE). No flood insurance required for us.
Ahh, there's our confusion. I'm not talking about what's required, just what's prudent.
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It's not prudent at all for me to purchase flood insurance, just as it wouldn't be prudent for you to buy hurricane insurance.
Just admit you know nothing about this topic, and move on.
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It's good to live in a place where others want to live.
Glad we got down here when we did! Coming up on 7 years soon.
If you're first, and don't need to relocate. My brother had the same issue with Nashville
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It's not prudent at all for me to purchase flood insurance, just as it wouldn't be prudent for you to buy hurricane insurance.
Just admit you know nothing about this topic, and move on.
I admit that Florida is a relatively flat state, has 1700 rivers, half of its counties are "coastal", it's as likely to experience heavy rainfall before a hurricane as not, protrudes out in the middle of hurricane territory, and I lived in FL for 24 years.
I hope your gamble pays off. It probably will, and that's good. But you've shown where you live on a map, and a flood there isn't an 'if' thing, it's a 'when.'
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Just admit you know nothing about this topic, and move on.
I know little about this topic, and what little I know I learned from you.
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I admit that Florida is a relatively flat state, has 1700 rivers, half of its counties are "coastal", it's as likely to experience heavy rainfall before a hurricane as not, protrudes out in the middle of hurricane territory, and I lived in FL for 24 years.
I hope your gamble pays off. It probably will, and that's good. But you've shown where you live on a map, and a flood there isn't an 'if' thing, it's a 'when.'
It's never going to happen. If there was any chance of it, I wouldn't be here.
The highest storm surge around here occurred in 2022, during Hurricane Ian, which caused 15 feet on Fort Myers Beach - a barrier island with no protection.
We have not one, but two barrier islands between the Gulf and the Marina entrance here. That alone reduces the energy of the surge in Pine Island Sound by a significant margin. We are 1.5 miles inland from the Sound, with a lot of tall buildings, houses, golf course holes and other obstructions along the way.
A surge would never have enough energy to make its way this far. I've made the calculations on the energy losses, and I come up with around 35 feet in order to make it to my house - I think that is being conservative.
Not happening. No chance.
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Yup you're getting New York prices to match all the New York expats that now live there.
kinda wish they'd go back to New York lol. or to Austin :)
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kinda wish they'd go back to New York lol. or to Austin :)
Seconded. And they can take the Canadians with them.
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New Yorkers don't seem to want to come here. Californians on the other hand...
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New Yorkers don't seem to want to come here. Californians on the other hand...
Well, Florida has always been their thing.
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The transplant’s lament.
Nah.
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Well, Florida has always been their thing.
nah, it was just mainly insanely old Italian and Jewish people and mostly concentrated in Boca Raton. now it's all over the state and of all ages. fucking thanks a lot China.
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nah, it was just mainly insanely old Italian and Jewish people and mostly concentrated in Boca Raton. now it's all over the state and of all ages. fucking thanks a lot China.
Well don't forget NY Governor Hochul openly and repeatedly insisting that New Yorkers should leave and go to Florida.
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Well don't forget NY Governor Hochul openly and repeatedly insisting that New Yorkers should leave and go to Florida.
Governor Porky said much the same to his Illinois peeps.
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Nah.
Sure sounds like it.
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hah, pokin badgers!
good clean sport
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nah, it was just mainly insanely old Italian and Jewish people and mostly concentrated in Boca Raton. now it's all over the state and of all ages. fucking thanks a lot China.
Y’all bragged on how great it was, and people listened.
At least our Texan friend understands the game.
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the Californians are onto the game
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Sure sounds like it.
We came here to be a part of Florida.
We didn't come here to change Florida.
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the Californians are onto the game
Sorta. They incessantly complain about how terrible Texas is, but keep moving here just the same.
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they complained about Cali as well.
They're whiners ;)
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they complained about Cali as well.
They're whiners ;)
Everyone seems to, and yet never left at a high enough rate for me to return.
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We came here to be a part of Florida.
We didn't come here to change Florida.
I mean, I assume most people move there because they want to live there. And even you change the place with you midwestern presence.
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We made an effort to fit in.
You can take the Chicago out of the boy (except the Beefs, Dogs and cracker-thin pizza).
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We made it to pensaccola beach
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Don't try to change it!
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We made an effort to fit in.
You can take the Chicago out of the boy (except the Beefs, Dogs and cracker-thin pizza).
How’d you do that?
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Don't try to change it!
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Unless you're making it LESS Alabama, and then, definitely try to change it! :57:
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Unless you're making it LESS Alabama, and then, definitely try to change it! :57:
If you want to make it more like mobile, that could be nice.
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We observed, studied state and local history, and just listened to people who have been here a long time or were born here. We also watched the various local news sources a lot.
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We observed, studied state and local history, and just listened to people who have been here a long time or were born here. We also watched the various local news sources a lot.
Ever the anthropologist.
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I enjoyed that elective. It met some sort of diversity requirements back then. I don't know what they call it now.
However, this university core fluff could be taken out and then engineering would be a 3 year degree. That would be nice.
(https://i.imgur.com/YdgaBtQ.png)
My degree required 147 credits. They have it down to 125 now.
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I enjoyed that elective. It met some sort of diversity requirements back then. I don't know what they call it now.
However, this university core fluff could be taken out and then engineering would be a 3 year degree. That would be nice.
(https://i.imgur.com/YdgaBtQ.png)
My degree required 147 credits. They have it down to 125 now.
147 hours is a lot for a 4 year degree. Did they expect students to take 18+ hrs per semester, or make some hrs up in summer semesters?
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I enjoyed that elective. It met some sort of diversity requirements back then. I don't know what they call it now.
However, this university core fluff could be taken out and then engineering would be a 3 year degree. That would be nice.
(https://i.imgur.com/YdgaBtQ.png)
My degree required 147 credits. They have it down to 125 now.
12 of those would be covered by some engineering work, right?
Did they make the engineering work denser or cut down on other stuff.
Many moons ago, too dense of in-major work was part of the reason I left the business school. Also not wanting to commit to being an accountant. It ended up not mattering since I took an extra year anyway, but that’s the way it goes.
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However, this university core fluff could be taken out and then engineering would be a 3 year degree. That would be nice.
In general, I lean toward the "classical education" conception of the university, in that I like the "core fluff" and reason that the original intention of universities was to make people more well-rounded individuals....they weren't trade schools geared toward getting you a job.
OTOH, I'd rather jettison the core fluff than have it taught badly and stupidly.
University funding these days ties a lot to effectively turning them into trade schools, so that classical approach has been getting sliced and cut away at for a long while now anyway.
I can take free classes here for being an employee. I've thought about dropping in on some classes to see how we do in certain areas. My stepson had a history professor his freshman year I was inclined to have a word with. I notice we don't employ him anymore, he probably moved on, I seriously doubt he was fired. I've wondered if we have more where he came from.
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12 of those would be covered by some engineering work, right?
No, 12 of those you would not have to take as they are basic, and without those basics already in your pocket, you would not be admitted to the college of engineering. I was just posting UW requirements.
147 was a lot. I still think they should give me an MS in Civil Engineering.
It's really not possible to take 18 hours in engineering school. The coursework is too intense.
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@Drew4UTk (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1) , are we having another round of DDoS attacks? Getting a lot of lag the last 24 hrs. Stoopid bots.
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We have 60K+ "visitors" trying to hack in. I asked Drew about it yesterday. I think he's buried with work at the moment.
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way too many members traveling abroad and to Pensacola
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2026 NCAA Football Rules Changes
Targeting Penalty:
This targeting penalty change will be an experimental rule for 2026. All targeting fouls that are upheld will include a disqualification for the current game, but the rule will now eliminate the carryover disqualification for fouls in the second half.
If a player receives a second targeting foul within the same season, that player is disqualified for the remainder of that game and the first half of the team's next scheduled game within that season. If a player receives a third or subsequent targeting foul within the same season, disqualification for the remainder of the game and that player will receive an automatic one-game suspension in their team's next scheduled game of that season.
If a player receives a second and/or subsequent upheld targeting foul within the same season, the conference has the option to consult the national coordinator of football officials who would then facilitate a video review. Based on the review, if and only if the national coordinator concludes that it is clearly obvious the player should not have been disqualified on the first, second or any subsequent targeting foul, the suspension will be vacated. If the national coordinator supports the disqualification, the suspension for the next game will remain.
Offensive Pass Interference – Penalty:
The penalty for offensive pass interference is being adjusted from 15 yards to 10 yards. The rules reserve 15-yard penalties primarily for Personal Fouls and Unsportsmanlike Conduct. Defensive pass interference will remain a spot foul, with a maximum of a 15-yard penalty.
Modernizing the Unsportsmanlike Conduct Rule:
Overall, the Rules Committee is satisfied with the sound judgment that officials are demonstrating in evaluating Unsportsmanlike Conduct. In order to update the rule and stay in pace with the modern game, the Unsportsmanlike Conduct rule is being adjusted to ensure that officials will continue to use good judgment in penalizing actions that interfere with orderly game administration; taunting actions that are directed at an opponent; and abusive, threatening, or celebratory actions that are demeaning to the game or an opponent.
The list of automatic unsportsmanlike conduct fouls will be minimized to a list of five actions/gestures that will be consistently penalized by all officials, including:
Any form of gun violence, including brandishing a weapon.
A slashing of the throat or a nose wipe signal.
A player removing their helmet after the ball is dead (with exceptions for timeouts and equipment adjustments).
Dead-ball contact fouls, such as pushing, shoving, striking, etc., that occur clearly after the ball is dead and that are not part of the game action.
After the ball is dead, using forcible contact to push or pull an opponent off the pile.
Introducing the Fair Catch Kick:
The Fair Catch Kick is being introduced into the NCAA playing rules and will allow the receiving team to attempt an uncontested field goal place kick and score three points under certain conditions.
To trigger the Fair Catch Kick, a fair catch of an opponent's scrimmage kick or free kick must be completed.
Following the fair catch (or awarded fair catch) the ball shall be put in play by a snap by the receiving team at the spot of the catch if the ball is caught. Optionally, the ball may be put in play by a Fair Catch Kick by the receiving team at the spot of the catch.
This selection for a Fair Catch Kick must come from the head coach before the dead ball is next ready for play and the decision is irrevocable. Following the ready for play, there is no option of selecting a Fair Catch Kick.
If a Fair Catch Kick is selected by the receiving team, the ball is put in play at the spot of the catch or the succeeding spot after penalties.
If the catch is in a side zone, the ball is transferred into the nearest hash mark. There is no option for Team A to otherwise relocate the ball.
The play clock will be set to 25 seconds, and the game clock starts when the ball is legally kicked.
If the fair catch occurs as time expires in a half, the team is allowed to make the Fair Catch Kick as an untimed down.
The Fair Catch Kick line for the kicking team is the most forward point of the spot of the fair catch (or awarded fair catch), or the succeeding spot after penalties.
The Fair Catch Kick line for the receiving team is the yard line 10 yards in advance of the kicking team's Fair Catch Kick line.
The formation requirements for a Fair Catch Kick will follow Free Kick rules.
The kick must be a field goal place kick with a holder (no tee) or a drop kick, and if the kick passes over the crossbar and through the uprights, a field goal is scored, and three points are awarded to the kicking team.
If the Fair Catch Kick is unsuccessful, all rules pertaining to scrimmage kicks and the Next Play provisions of an unsuccessful field goal apply.
The receiving team may return the kick if it is possessed in the field of play or caught in the end zone. If the unsuccessful kick is untouched by the receivers, then they will take over and snap the ball at the previous spot (the spot of the kick), or the 20-yard line, in accordance with the Next Play provisions.
Numbering Exceptions – Scrimmage Kick Formations
The intent of the initial numbering exception rule, introduced in the 1980s, was to eliminate players having to change jerseys to cover kicks. In recent years, however, teams have developed schemes on punt plays that make it difficult for the defense and officials to identify the ineligible receivers, which was not the original intent of the rule. The new rule change allows the defense and officials to readily identify the eligible and ineligible receivers on punt plays.
To qualify as a scrimmage kick formation, the offense must have either (1) five players on the line wearing jerseys numbered 50-79; or (2) they may have fewer than five linemen numbered 50-79, subject to the following conditions:
The snapper and two adjacent linemen on either side of the snapper, who are lined up in (or touching) the tackle box (2 X 2 formation) - these five linemen become exceptions to the numbering rule.
These linemen are ineligible receivers by position and become exceptions to the numbering rule when the snapper takes his position.
Once established as a numbering exception, they may not shift or move to another position.
Game Stop – Additional Coach Replay Challenge
A head coach may initiate a challenge by taking a team timeout before the ball is next legally put into play and informing the referee that they are challenging the ruling of the previous play. The head coach will now have two replay challenges per game. If a coach wins at least one of their first two challenges, they are awarded a third challenge. A challenge can only be made if the team has a timeout remaining and available and if the challenge is successful, the team's timeout will not be charged.
Play Clock Following a Replay Review after the Two-Minute Timeout
Throughout the game, the play clock is set to 25 seconds following an Instant Replay review. Now after the Two-Minute Timeout in the 2nd or 4th quarters, when the Replay Official stops the game for review, the play clock will be frozen at that point and if the ruling is upheld. It will be restarted following the review when the ball is made ready for play by the Referee's signal. If the play clock displays less than 10 seconds when it is frozen, it will be reset to 10 seconds and started when the ball is made ready for play by the Referee's signal. This prevents the offense from running additional time off the clock if the game is stopped for replay review with less than 25 seconds on the play clock.
Technology – Coach-to-Player Communications
Coach-to-player communications through the helmet became permissive for the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in 2024 and in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) for the 2025 season. It is now permissive for all NCAA divisions, including DII and DIII.
Helmet Attachments
Helmet attachments (e.g., Guardian Cap, SAFR Helmet Cover) that enhance player safety are allowed in game action. The institution must ensure the helmet, with attachments, meet NOCSAE standards and all helmets (with or without the attachment) must be of the same color and design.
Altered Jersey Exception
Currently, NCAA rules allow a second jersey to be worn concurrently by a player as long as it meets all the jersey requirements in the rule. Vests and/or altered jerseys with zippers, Velcro, clasps, or other fasteners are not allowed. By exception, a player may now wear a second jersey with a plastic zipper in the underarm seam not to exceed 15 inches.
NCAA Division I Uniform Rules
Up to two commercial or nonprofit trademarks/logos are allowed on the jersey, with conference approval. One additional commercial or nonprofit trademark/logo is allowed during conference championship or postseason bowl/playoff competition. Logos may not exceed four square inches. One commercial logo, not to exceed four square inches, is permitted on the helmet. This mark and placement must be consistent across the entire team.
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That fair catch kick thing is wild... So if a team punts from deep in their own territory and you make a fair catch at your opponent's 35 yard line, you can just choose to kick a "field goal"? And I use the term in quotes, because apparently it's standard kickoff formation, so you don't have an opponent's defense trying to block the kick.
That's... Odd.
I wonder what problem exists that needs this solution?
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That fair catch kick thing is wild... So if a team punts from deep in their own territory and you make a fair catch at your opponent's 35 yard line, you can just choose to kick a "field goal"? And I use the term in quotes, because apparently it's standard kickoff formation, so you don't have an opponent's defense trying to block the kick.
That's... Odd.
I wonder what problem exists that needs this solution?
I think that option has existed in HS for a long while, maybe the NFL?
It’s weird and pops up every few years.
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be a kick in the nads way to lose a game
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@Drew4UTk (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1) , are we having another round of DDoS attacks? Getting a lot of lag the last 24 hrs. Stoopid bots.
they're coming at us for sure... and using proxies. I've got us locked down by geolocation and nobody outside of US and Canada can touch us without cloaking their originating location..... which means they're doing it on purpose under alias... which gripes me.... i'm sure they want the servers resources for nefarious reasons, and i'm certain they're frustrated that this wee blip on the interweb holds up under their attacks.... so, yes, ddod.
i've got another tool in the bag to use- and i don't want to use it because it'll deny service to anyone using an IP that isn't their originating IP (aka proxy), and because i'm sure some of yall use those...
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they're coming at us for sure... and using proxies. I've got us locked down by geolocation and nobody outside of US and Canada can touch us without cloaking their originating location..... which means they're doing it on purpose under alias... which gripes me.... i'm sure they want the servers resources for nefarious reasons, and i'm certain they're frustrated that this wee blip on the interweb holds up under their attacks.... so, yes, ddod.
i've got another tool in the bag to use- and i don't want to use it because it'll deny service to anyone using an IP that isn't their originating IP (aka proxy), and because i'm sure some of yall use those...
Well that explains why I was not able to post on my overseas trip
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just curious, how many posters from Canada?
Michigan fans?
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just curious, how many posters from Canada?
Michigan fans?
none... i've seen zero interaction from CA, ever... and i process the logs looking for hackers, and not a single interaction with a user from canada. given, teh longer i go back in the less accurate it gets- IP's are a fluid thing.
but....
I've never seen a single issue with CA where every other nation has their little hacking crew. what's happening as i type this (i've been on this for about 40 hours now) is all the clowns are trying to use proxies from inside the US, and from known bad players/servers... what they don't know is that's a trap. i'll know who and where and how once i figure enough of them have collected.
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I think that option has existed in HS for a long while, maybe the NFL?
It’s weird and pops up every few years.
It has certainly existed somewhere, I think I saw in maybe once in my life.
I wonder if punters will start practicing drop-kicks. We had a kid in high school that screwed around with them in practice.
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apparently, the Aussie punter in Lincoln can drop kick it
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way too many members traveling abroad and to Pensacola
I am block from accessing through my cruise ships internet. Only can get on when I am off the ship
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And as soon as I said something, Canada shows up.
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And as soon as I said something, Canada shows up.
Eh?
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Eh?
Oh Ya...
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Hosers.
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No, Jayden, you are not entitled to tell LSU what to do with the jersey number they gave you.
LSU doesn't strike me as a pushover, so I hope they make a spectacle of telling off Jayden and his lawyers.
https://twitter.com/espn/status/2087750485398712343
edit: spectacle well received!
(https://i.imgur.com/K7HDvRQ.png)
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Jayden should hit the portal or the NFL
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And as soon as I said something, Canada shows up.
Drew you have mail
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The butthurt is strong with this one.
https://twitter.com/GBM_Wolverine/status/2087252023146340467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2087913248913838505%7Ctwgr%5E2d807f119682da45f0dc36f0ceea6cce82bf059a%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F247sports.com%2Fcollege%2Fmichigan-state%2Fboard%2F93%2Fcontents%2Fcarson-wentzmccarthy-era-is-early-trouble-255561164%2F
(https://i.imgur.com/Gnbqixa.png)
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The queenies love interception machines.
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This is great.
(https://i.imgur.com/KYcx2b0.png)
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The butthurt is strong with this one.
https://twitter.com/GBM_Wolverine/status/2087252023146340467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2087913248913838505%7Ctwgr%5E2d807f119682da45f0dc36f0ceea6cce82bf059a%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F247sports.com%2Fcollege%2Fmichigan-state%2Fboard%2F93%2Fcontents%2Fcarson-wentzmccarthy-era-is-early-trouble-255561164%2F
(https://i.imgur.com/Gnbqixa.png)
Posts like this on the social media platforms with the huge, one-word text are just more evidence that Idiocracy was a documentary about the future.
If anyone hasn't seen it, make it a priority.
One, big word, so the cavemen can understand. It's commonplace now. Pretty soon, we'll all just be grunting at each other and watering our plants with Mountain Dew.
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Outside of your posts of course,t here's a point in there that you would notice if it was FSU/UF related
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We had our last baseball game today. Our coach started a pitcher we know can't throw strikes, and he couldn't, again. He told me to "be ready", so after one out in the first, bases loaded, 4 runs in, the coach called me into the game (I was playing first). OK fine, no biggee. I did "OK", our defense is ... inept. The first guy hit routine grounder to our SS and it went through his legs. Could have ended the inning. I toil on. Pitched the second and had one out in the third, bearing in mind outs were hard to come by, I managed a couple Ks. I was gassed. It was a thousand degrees out there, so I told our coach, who plays (sorta) third base, I was done, probably 150 pitches. Maybe 200. I won't count the errors.
So, The next P comes and walks about 4 in a row and finally there is a ball hit to our SS who fields it this time and flips to me, I'm at 2B, I make the throw in time to first, DP!!! Yay. I'm first up to bat the next inning, barely able to move, and somehow hit an 0-2 pitch on a line to right center, yay me. I don't hit so well now. Anyway, season over, we were 0-fer, usually by run rule. I think the score was 19-0.
It's still good for me, keeps me throwing, I'm the oldest on our team by a fair bit. I have not been this tired in a while. We had lunch as usual at a place near the field called The Union, it's pretty amazing really. Great pizza.
The Union Restaurant (https://www.theunionrestaurant.com/)
It's authentic north Georgia bar food.
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Ice that elbow and roll out the cliches for the reporters. Job well done.
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bull durham i love winning (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eGrVNNMceE)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeVca9MwDX8)
Best baseball movie IMHO. I once was on a plane from London to NYC with Nuke over in 1A, I was in 1C. Dude is taller than me. Not much of an athlete though.
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Last night was my son's last night in my house before college.
He's sticking around this evening to go out for his sister's birthday dinner, but after that he'll go back to his mom's overnight because they're leaving early tomorrow to go move him in.
I know I should be feeling something right now, but I think I'm just shoving it down because I don't know how to deal with it... But I think I'm going to either face that one when he leaves tonight, or when his siblings wake up tomorrow morning and he's not here.
It's weird...
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Last night was my son's last night in my house before college.
He's sticking around this evening to go out for his sister's birthday dinner, but after that he'll go back to his mom's overnight because they're leaving early tomorrow to go move him in.
I know I should be feeling something right now, but I think I'm just shoving it down because I don't know how to deal with it... But I think I'm going to either face that one when he leaves tonight, or when his siblings wake up tomorrow morning and he's not here.
It's weird...
I hear ya. Next Thursday will be our last night with our daughter before college. And although I know she'll be back for holidays and it's likely she'll move back in with us for the next couple of summers, it's not the same. It'll never be the same. She will never "live with" us again. And it's right, and it's appropriate, and it's what she will need for her future, but it's still surreal and difficult to imagine for me. We've been the majority of her world for the past almost-19 years, and we're now at the point where it's time for her to leave us and begin finding out how to make her own way.
I'm proud, I'm overwhelmed, and I'm devastated. And, I wouldn't and couldn't have it any other way.
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Kids are great, but they are even better when you get them off your payroll.
Trust me on this.
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Pretty good article
https://lastwordonsports.com/collegefootball/2026/06/11/running-backs-returning-big-ten-2026/
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Membership HLP (https://www.invitedclubs.com/clubs/buckhead-club/membership-hlp?contactType=membership&ic_club_code=00730&ic_promo_type=club%3ABUCKHEAD+CLUB_aud%3ARTG+-+BROADENED&ic_inquiry_type=Membership&ic_campaign_source=fb&ic_campaign_description=club%3ABUCKHEAD+CLUB_af%3ASTA_szn%3AEVG_pr%3AYES_ofr%3ANO&utm_source=fb&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=club%3ABUCKHEAD+CLUB_id%3A00730_div%3AB%26S_r%3ACTY_seg%3AEAST_src%3AFBIG_the%3AMEM_ag%3ASOCII&utm_content=52506780064220&utm_id=6596799355616_v2_s10_e7734&utm_term=6596799355616&fbclid=IwY2xjawTutfhwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtATAAYWRpZAAAL9yK0MoUc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhVd_91GM1-9RdTaPWqlvqKrBDILpfEaRop4xutCETj42d1REu_YpjCoFzkx_aem_LuN8FwAxCItwgsI_obHz0A)
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The "Buckhead Club" .... is anybody here a member of something of this ilk? I'm reminded of Groucho Marx, and have all my life disdained clubs, and that is unlikely to change, but maybe I'm missing something. I notice their photo has fairly attractive women depicted, which probably means the club is mostly old men.
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sounds expensive and it's expensive to keep riff-raff like me out
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That's not for me.
(https://i.imgur.com/6xlpDlU.png)
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(https://i.imgur.com/yMfXIae.png)
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(https://i.imgur.com/skMGhz2.png)
The Class of 2030 was selected out of more than 51,000 applicants, a university record.
The oldest public university in the country. Sort of.
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(https://i.imgur.com/yMfXIae.png)
What's a badlans?
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(https://i.imgur.com/skMGhz2.png)
The Class of 2030 was selected out of more than 51,000 applicants, a university record.
The oldest public university in the country. Sort of.
Unfortunately, they didn't welcome a grammar check on their graphic.
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We had our last baseball game today. Our coach started a pitcher we know can't throw strikes, and he couldn't, again. He told me to "be ready", so after one out in the first, bases loaded, 4 runs in, the coach called me into the game (I was playing first). OK fine, no biggee. I did "OK", our defense is ... inept. The first guy hit routine grounder to our SS and it went through his legs. Could have ended the inning. I toil on. Pitched the second and had one out in the third, bearing in mind outs were hard to come by, I managed a couple Ks. I was gassed. It was a thousand degrees out there, so I told our coach, who plays (sorta) third base, I was done, probably 150 pitches. Maybe 200. I won't count the errors.
So, The next P comes and walks about 4 in a row and finally there is a ball hit to our SS who fields it this time and flips to me, I'm at 2B, I make the throw in time to first, DP!!! Yay. I'm first up to bat the next inning, barely able to move, and somehow hit an 0-2 pitch on a line to right center, yay me. I don't hit so well now. Anyway, season over, we were 0-fer, usually by run rule. I think the score was 19-0.
At some point this is starting to sound like elder abuse.
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At some point this is starting to sound like elder abuse.
Heh. I play in the fantasy baseball league each January with the Braves, I thought this 55+ league would be about the same in terms of talent, but it isn't, in part because each fantasy team has 3-4 good players under 40ish who you put "up the middle", and then 3-4 decent players you kind of hide a bit, and then 3-4 guys like me who are too old really. Those teams USUALLY make routine plays. Our 55+ team almost never makes routine plays, we have maybe two decent players who can catch cans of corn.
Our firstbaseman can barely move, any throw to him not on the dime won't be caught, and few throws get where he can catch it. I take it "in stride". I'm really there to work on my arm and stay in quasi shape. And I've been hampered by not being able to get my curve over the plate, I can't figure out why. I'm going to call Pete Smith when the weather cools for some more coaching. When I can manage a "get over curve", I am a decent pitcher. Using the term liberally.
The good news is I'm only mildly sore today, headed to the gym soonish.
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Seriously?
https://twitter.com/DillonDavis56/status/2088662181382406515 (https://twitter.com/DillonDavis56/status/2088662181382406515)
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Kids are great, but they are even better when you get them off your payroll.
Trust me on this.
Amen
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This apparently is now "tradition"??? These are the incoming freshmen, I don't know if many opted out of course.
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I think this is the new thing, probably because drones have made it much easier. I know Minnesota and Wisconsin both do it.
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A neighbor in my first college dorm at pizza off his PlayStation and christened it a PlateStation.
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I hear ya. Next Thursday will be our last night with our daughter before college. And although I know she'll be back for holidays and it's likely she'll move back in with us for the next couple of summers, it's not the same. It'll never be the same. She will never "live with" us again. And it's right, and it's appropriate, and it's what she will need for her future, but it's still surreal and difficult to imagine for me. We've been the majority of her world for the past almost-19 years, and we're now at the point where it's time for her to leave us and begin finding out how to make her own way.
I'm proud, I'm overwhelmed, and I'm devastated. And, I wouldn't and couldn't have it any other way.
A few days before I left, my dad kinda broke down emotionally about it. It was quite uncomfortable, though super understandable.
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All 3 of my daughters are presently in town, oldest with her hubby and daughter.
They're all at the museum, and I'm in here because every case I have is on fire. But yet I STILL can't make myself deal solely with that crap, and thus am on here.
Anyway, it's been great, but I am freaking exhausted. I'm just a few years ahead of some of you guys sending kids off to college.
One of the things going on with oldest is hubby is being courted by the hospital right here to come to work in 2 years. Never woulda thunk it.
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My two went off to college 100 miles away in 2006. One is still in C-bus, and visits 2-3 times a year, the other in Vancouver, BC, more like once a year. We do stay in touch.
I recall still being kind of a mental wreck in 2006.
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I think this is the new thing, probably because drones have made it much easier. I know Minnesota and Wisconsin both do it.
IIRC the U of Minnesota started this in ~2011.
In typical UW-Madison fashion, their first attempt at the W on the Camp Randall floor was that goofy-ass thing that's on the marching band uniforms, not the motion W that is at midfield.
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IIRC the U of Minnesota started this in ~2011.
In typical UW-Madison fashion, their first attempt at the W on the Camp Randall floor was that goofy-ass thing that's on the marching band uniforms, not the motion W that is at midfield.
It's a U and a W - a unique logo designed in the 1940's or earlier.
Goofy-ass:
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It's a U and a W - a unique logo designed in the 1940's or earlier.
GoofyGoopher-ass:
(https://i.imgur.com/CWRXuC3.png)
fify
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You say potato...
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Seriously?
https://twitter.com/DillonDavis56/status/2088662181382406515 (https://twitter.com/DillonDavis56/status/2088662181382406515)
WTF???
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are we still pretending that 'seniors' mean guys that have been there 4-5 years?
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5 years in college
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When I was in college, terms meant you had completed X hours. I don't think they really mattered except getting past freshman as a designation. Freshmen couldn't live "off campus", by the rules. When my sister was there, freshmen couldn't drive legally in Clarke County. UGA football players might benefit from that rule.
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I was given a waiver to live off campus as a freshman - my cousin's basement
he was an associate professor of criminal justice at UNL
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1980 Playboy Pre-season All-America Offense.
Bottom to Top: #21 Cris Collinsworth, Florida...#21 James Brooks, Auburn...#10 Art Schlichter, Ohio St...#12 Jarvis Redwine, Nebraska...#38 George Rogers, Gamecocks...#5 Rex Robinson K, Georgia...Coach of the Year Earl Bruce, Buckeyes...#59 George Lilja C, Michigan...#78 Ron Wooten G, Tar Heels...Michigan OL Rich Strenger??...Player over Bruce's left shoulder ??...#70 OL Howard Richards, Mizzou...#28 WR Ken Margerum, Stanford
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I'd like to file a complaint against cincydawg for deleting posts about censorship. People should know what he's doing.
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duly noted
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