VICTORY BELONGS TO THE DARK LORD
by Run Home Jack on Jan 9, 2012 11:32 PM EST
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PrintIt may be painful to many of us, but things are settled and it's time to give the real winner his due. With that, we turn over the floor to tonight's one true champion.
For years you boasted of your perfect record in BCS championships. Believed yourselves untouchable. In a higher class. Spitting on the rest of us all the while. But no more, Southeastern Conference. I have seen you brought low tonight, your loss column sullied by that loneliest of numbers - 1.
It seems, SEC, that you bleed. You bleed, and you weep, and you get that weird stuff in the corners of your eyes when you wake up in the morning! YOU ARE AS HUMAN AND IMPERFECT AS THE REST OF US. What has your commitment to academic suckcellence brought you now? WHERE IS YOUR TEBOW???
AT LONG LAST, DELANY HAS SEEN YOUR WATERLOO, SEC! WELCOME TO BLUNDERDOME!
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Putting this up so fast
was the only SEC speed on display tonight.
Free at last!
by lhb98 on Jan 9, 2012 11:33 PM EST reply actions 9 recs
M83 auto-reg
ENGAGE
give the governor a harrumph
by Sir Francis Drank on Jan 10, 2012 9:04 AM EST up reply actions
or rec, whatever.
internets man, how do they work?
give the governor a harrumph
by Sir Francis Drank on Jan 10, 2012 9:04 AM EST up reply actions
U M.A.D.?
"Pacific 12 Conference: Every conference's games count, but only we can count."
by slims on Jan 9, 2012 11:36 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
Alert Chief Quimby
A brutal beating has just been administered. GEAUX GEAUX Gadget Excuses!!!
by tron1013 on Jan 9, 2012 11:37 PM EST via mobile reply actions 2 recs
The Masters are allowing ESPN to cover it?
No fucking way.
Author and Contributor at Cartilage Free Captain
The Masters
shit, but that sounds wonderful. Three more months.
"I don't believe in dining on an empty stomach." - W. C. Fields
by W.C. Fields' Nose on Jan 9, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
Title
"There’s an old joke – um… two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of ‘em says, “Boy, the food at this place is really terrible.” The other one says, “Yeah, I know; and such small portions.” Well, that’s essentially how I feel about [the 2011 college football season] – full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it’s all over much too quickly."
by Original This Guy on Jan 9, 2012 11:38 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I think 2006 Sean Glennon would have been an improvement over Jefferson
by Synaesthesia on Jan 9, 2012 11:38 PM EST via mobile reply actions
A bowl of petunias falling from space would have been an improvement.
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
Let's go with the Roses of Heliogabalus
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Bouguereau Auto-rec...
Doubt that’s ever been typed on this site before
"The intensity of the dump was the problem" - Nick Saban
by Bazarov, the Last Romanov on Jan 9, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
Never has "Oh no, not again" been more apt.
That Hokie freshman in the Greensboro Coliseum rafters didn't see any of this coming.
by JoshCVT on Jan 9, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Which, is pretty much true for this game.
(I love this place)
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh not again
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
So this is the (n-1)th title for Bama, yes?
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 9, 2012 11:38 PM EST reply actions
They are also now claiming 2011 shared SEC title with LSU.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 9, 2012 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
And in an unprecedented move...
Bama fans will claim both the #1 and #2 positions…
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
And if we follow the transitive rule...
They will also claim another victory in the long dormant GT-Bama rivalry.
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
Transitive rule
Only Alabama beat Alabama PAAAWWWLLLL!!!!!!!
by Board Certified Scrotologist on Jan 9, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Bama beat LSU beat UGA beat GT?
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:58 PM EST up reply actions
Indeed
Just ignore that whole Bama beat LSU beat Bama infinite loop.
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
So we need to add Bama to the ACC wheel of suck?
RJ if you hear us, we have a job for you
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:09 AM EST up reply actions
Since they didn't win their conference either...
Sure, throw ’em on there.
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 12:17 AM EST up reply actions
Bama is ACC then?
UVA National champions PAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLLL
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:20 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Well our second teamers did whip the Hell outta Jefferson , too.
"You bookmarked a page called 'everydayshouldbesaturday'? What, a bunch of excited orthodox Jews? Wait.....football?....What in the.." - idiot coworker
Note that he said "season"
Absolutely not “game”
Oh, God, no.
It’s because of Delany that we have shit like this.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
Season's Closed.
Due to Saban.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:39 PM EST reply actions
Moose outside shoulda toldja
"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52
by VandyImport on Jan 9, 2012 11:39 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Wait, so if we take Corso hostage at gunpoint
we get to play the season over?
Twitter for even more of my crap.
by Big Blue Barrister on Jan 9, 2012 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
Seasons Greetings!
That's Dr. SpartanGator to you Wolverines.
Also on twitters
by SpartanGator on Jan 9, 2012 11:39 PM EST reply actions 12 recs
If they just
start carrying handles of it in North Alabama, I’ll be straight.
by Oglethorpe's Revenge on Jan 9, 2012 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
I want to see what awful shirts Nike made for them.
Don't call him Junior. Someone called him Junior once. Once.
by Trouble's A Bruin on Jan 9, 2012 11:39 PM EST reply actions
No 6th grade puns for the champs.
Don't call him Junior. Someone called him Junior once. Once.
by Trouble's A Bruin on Jan 9, 2012 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
So I've been told by my co-workers that the game is over.
I didn’t see a single play.
You will outlive all of us
Watching this game has shortened my lifespan by about five years
"Runners hate everyone. Never forget this."
by MacularDegenerate on Jan 9, 2012 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
I did not watch but 5 field goals and a td with no extra point in garbage time.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
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by Anon_the_younger on Jan 9, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
That TD seems uncessary then.
If a game’s going to be FUBAR’d like that, go all the way.
by Narrow Right on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
The goggles
they do nothing
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry your Jarret Lee is in another castle
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:45 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
that's impressive
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It was really craptastic. Fantastically so.
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
Too suspicious
I really do think something was amiss, and it’s not NOT putting in Lee
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 10, 2012 12:15 AM EST up reply actions
That .gif was not doctored
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:20 AM EST up reply actions
This gif...
is cut too short unfortunately. The best part of this whole thing is that Jefferson is credited for the solo tackle too. He’s a one man band on this play.
And then he was angry with the running back after that play.
Um, Jordan, even if the RB was watching, you still shot put the ball 2 yards to his left.
Google's homepage celebrates too much shit.
BCS Commissioner?
DIAF
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 9, 2012 11:39 PM EST reply actions
Welp... one month till EDSBS Springtime edition
As in lacrosse….. ACC, Big East (really only Syracuse, Villanova, and Notre Dame sorry LOLProvidence), Ivy League (really only Cornell, Harvard, Penn and Princeton sorry no LOLDartmouth), Johns Hopkins University, and Denver University only though
At least there’s also bouncyhoops and Fulmer Cup to talk about here too
Twitter: RyanMcD29
When will Bama fans learn that we don't hate Bama
we hate them?
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions 35 recs
To be fair we hate idiot fans in general.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 9, 2012 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
Which is why
We avoid ESPN, Yahoo! Sports and Fox Sports message boards
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And newspaper comment sections
"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52
Getting there.
I have stuff dialed way down on there and it is still annoying.
JonFMorse suggestion of not logging on is probably best.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 9, 2012 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
Definitely not checking facebook for a couple days.
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
I wish Yahoo sports wasn't that way
They have/had such a large opportunity to be valuable if not dominate.
sorry /nerd moment
by Cap Town Cat on Jan 10, 2012 1:16 AM EST up reply actions
Rivals.com is pretty bad
Dr. Saturday is good, but that’s the only thing that’s good about Yahoo sports’s coverage of the college football (beside Forde and Wetzel and investigative reporting, obviously)
Yeah, I know
I meant it more from a structural/resources/position-in-industry standpoint. It just seems like a huge lost opporunity
by Cap Town Cat on Jan 10, 2012 1:19 AM EST up reply actions
I tend to get almost all my non-humor sports stuff from Yahoo.
My ESPN browsing is limited to Grantland and my SI browsing is limited to Holly’s work at this point. I don’t dare try and converse with the locals, of course, but the news/opinionish stuff seems fine.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
The Grantland site is pretty entertaining.
Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. If anything made by God can be overcome; anything made by man can be overcome -- Gus Malzahn
This is true.
But more than any other fan base, Bama fans turn that into bunker mentality. What at one point were reasonable people here on this board go absolutely ape-feces.
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Up until maybe two weeks ago, I thought BamaThrasher seemed like a pretty cool guy.
Then he went nuts.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
Yes. This, exactly.
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 9, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
I hope that for a Buckeye fan
I’m alright
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 9, 2012 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
Honestly? I'm pretty impressed with the Buckeyes contingent here.
Generally intelligent folks with a sense of humor. They just don’t like Michigan.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
you're baiting me to post a jpg of a furry, aren't you?
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
watch me
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
You seem pretty even-keeled.
Nearly all of the people on here are intense, intelligent fans. One of the many reasons I love the commentariat.
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 10, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
Aside from Devidee, the Buckeye fans here are just fine.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
The other night was rather surreal.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 9, 2012 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
We'd exchanged emails.
That’s how he knew my name.
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
I got accused of being Bammer-esque in the SECCG when I got mad at Mattheiu's TD counting...
Felt bad and hope I don’t come off as too homerish there.
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
Well, it shouldn't have counted.
But neither should it have been a turnover – he threw the ball forward, which makes it an illegal (incomplete) forward pass, five yards from the spot of the foul, LSU first and goal at the 6.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
He didn't throw it; he dropped it.
Bounced in fair territory, and out the side before the endzone.
We still would have lost, but by a little less and may have played Corn instead of you guys and maybe not derped away a sure win.
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:12 AM EST up reply actions
I freely admit my fellow husker fans are no different
try to mention that Osborne made the wrong decision with the Phillips incident on a Nebraska message board.
Google's homepage celebrates too much shit.
Exactly.
I’m a second-gen Auburn alum, grew up down the road from Auburn, and I don’t give two shits about the University of Alabama. The unbearable rednecks who emblazon everything they own with Alabama shit because it’s the name of the state they live in are literally the worst part of living in that area of the country.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
Or he's Russian
I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
Twitter: gregory_forbes and my radio show at 2ndShort907
by Pain in the Sash on Jan 9, 2012 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
Russian Bammers?
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
PAWWWWLLL WE AINT NO ROOOSHIANS
THEM BARNERS SPREAD LIES
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
West Georgia is part of South Ossetia?
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
PAVVVVELLLL THEM CHECHENS CAINT PLAY NO REAL FOOTBALLL
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
rec'd for Pavel
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:58 PM EST up reply actions
Ne mozhno ne rec etot post.
/bad drunj transliteration three years out of practice
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
especially since the transliterations we used in OCS should have said 'rek'
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
PAVVEL AH ONLY USE THE CYRILLIC
NEVER NONE OF THIS TRANS-LITER-AY-TION
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 10, 2012 12:03 AM EST up reply actions
Hay youu thayat ahn screen keyboard is too much a pain in the ass and on a laptop with no keypad can't use the alt-shortcuts
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:13 AM EST up reply actions
I believe
this is the EDSBS classic you’re looking for.
That Hokie freshman in the Greensboro Coliseum rafters didn't see any of this coming.
That is amazing. Why did I not know of EDSBS back then?
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:15 AM EST up reply actions
Congratulations on parlaying the third-best resume (yes, even AFTER that game) into a trophy.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Do not get a piece of Saban, plz
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:40 PM EST reply actions
Is it too late for the meteor and/or guy from Sum of All Fears and/or and outbreak of violent diarrhea?
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
I'll settle for the mind-zapper from Men In Black at this point.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
Fuck it
Saban should hurt like he made us all hurt for three hours.
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by Big Blue Barrister on Jan 9, 2012 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
Saban footage from after the game
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by Anon_the_younger on Jan 9, 2012 11:41 PM EST reply actions 35 recs
Too much emotion
I imagine it more as if Sauron had recovered the Ring and gone on to conquer Middle Earth.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 9, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Except that's what he ACTUALLY looked like!
I know! It was weird for everyone.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
Twitter
by Gator Cub on Jan 10, 2012 8:59 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
He kinda looks like the dude missing the end of his arm from the GoDaddy Bowl.
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
Asking about Saban's dead father during his moment of triumph?
I can’t stand Alabama, but serious, Fuck You ESPN.
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 9, 2012 11:41 PM EST reply actions 9 recs
I thought that shit died at FOX
after Chris Myers asking Reggie Nelson if he dedicated the game to his recently deceased mother got everyone all icky.
We got some tears...nope, we gotta thumbs up!
Twitter
YELLOW JOURNALISM.
That is what ESPN is about. ’So Saban, what would your DEAD father think about this win? You know, the DEAD father that DIED when you were young? Yes, that one.
YELLA HAMMA
"You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm."
-William T. Sherman, the Battle of Atlanta
YELLAWOOD
Wait, that’s the Barn
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
Is it me, or is the Yellawood guy just like the hitman from Blood Simple?
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
A beautiful bird that doesn't deserve to be associated with BAMAAIDS
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 9, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I really do like your bird posts. Take the pics yourself?
/Genuine post and not sarcasm.
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
I take some of them. Others are from GIS.
This was a GIS. I don’t have a great camera and no money to invest in one, so me taking pictures is luck of the draw. Most of the pictures I post of common birds (mockingbirds, finches, sparrows) are mine, and occasionally the cardinals I post are mine, but most of those are from GIS. I’ve never been lucky enough to see the northern flicker IRL sadly.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:24 AM EST up reply actions
Ah. Don't know birds really well, but better than average I guess.
We have some wrens that live in the eaves of my family’s deck at home and they don’t like the birds, but I think they’re cool.
/cool story bro I guess.
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:26 AM EST up reply actions
Welp. Birds are there to stay. Illegal to move an active songbird nest.
1974 Division II National Champions
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:58 AM EST up reply actions
We lived in Sierra Vista, AZ for a couple years. Nothing against it as a hobby, because I kinda think
birds are cool. BIRDERS on the other hand, are a mighty strange lot.
/
At least I have a beach.
Every spring, a female mallard duck makes a nest on my boat
No matter what I’ve tried, she finds me and makes a nest in one of my cockpit cubbyholes. The sad thing is that ducks are stupid and don’t always make their nests where the ducklings can actually get to water. Obviously, hatching nestlings in the cockpit of a boat with no direct access to water that a duckling can use is not a good idea.
I’ve even left boards propped up so that the ducklings can get to water, but still have had no luck getting her brood out. This year I’m just going to seal the cubbies early and hope she goes somewhere else.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:29 AM EST up reply actions
mallards do the weirdest things. We had a bunch in the town I lived in growing up, and they would
frequently make nests in school yards. Great for science classes, not so great for the ducklings.
At least I have a beach.
I'm not as hardcore about it as some people.
I just like to watch the birds do their thing and learn about them.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:56 AM EST up reply actions
I think birds are super cool. Most animals really. (of course I went through that stage, I'm a girl!)
I just couldn’t get into the hard core nutty things to follow them around, hike 27 miles, or just wait for HOURS to see a bird for like a minute, or stuff like that. But I’m glad some people do, because I can admire their pictures.
At least I have a beach.
Yeah, I'm glad some people do.
I just stick to walking through the park with my binoculars and enjoying the cardinals and blue jays and other pretty birds. And I have a lot of respect for crows, smart, crafty bastards that they are.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:06 AM EST up reply actions
Pretty much what I've done.
Although in Michigan in the winter I’m basically feeding the house sparrows and maybe a chickadee and a dove now and then.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:10 AM EST up reply actions
Food is food
In Alabama most of the food went to the commons…but the odd unique made it worth the expense.
Yeah. Not much odd and unique here for the moment.
I’m excited for the goldfinches to come back.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:12 AM EST up reply actions
I saw an indigo bunting this summer in GA.
I saw an Eastern Towhee I think last spring or so in Auburn. Both beautiful southern birds.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:27 AM EST up reply actions
Glad I saw both
So disappointed my city feeder this year yielded only pigeons, doves, and finches. With Jays, Cardinals, and Mockingbirds in the vicinity.
Mockingbirds really aren't feeder birds for whatever reason.
I get a few brown thrashers in my yard since we have some overgrown peach orchards nearby (how stereotypically Georgia).
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:43 AM EST up reply actions
They are mean.
Not sure why. The thrashers kind of are too, but they’re shy. We have a few blue jays around, and the mockingbirds know not to mess with them unless they have numbers.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:57 AM EST up reply actions
Mockingbirds and Jays in my yard
seem to have an agreement of sorts…if you’re around you get to be boss.
Like them both…
I do too.
Though cardinals are still my favorite.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:03 AM EST up reply actions
We had some killdeer at home the other day
That was neat.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:07 AM EST up reply actions
Too far from the shore here...
city dwellers is all I get…only thing I miss about the ’Burbs.
But regular visits by a Cooper’s Hawk are a nice consolation prize.
As long as they don't get your feeder birds.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:15 AM EST up reply actions
"My dead father believed in second chances. That's why he was a fervent reincarnation believer."
"Pacific 12 Conference: Every conference's games count, but only we can count."
of course my father won his division
Except when he didnt
by tron1013 on Jan 9, 2012 11:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I hate ESPN more than I have in a long time.
And as much ESPN hate as I post, that should mean something.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 9, 2012 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
Saban: "I don't know, why don't you go ask him yourself?"
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
#DreKirkpatrick4Pittsburgh
"You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm."
-William T. Sherman, the Battle of Atlanta
More like Blumpkindome
amirite?
A sassy, brassy, classy lassy.
by LoneStarHoosier on Jan 9, 2012 11:42 PM EST reply actions
So based on this, I'm guessing that 1) working tonight was a better use of time, and 2) I can go ahead and delete this from the DVR
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
My legs don't look that good in a short skirt
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
You still would have scored more than LSU
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hell I would have scored more than LSU
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
I think I shall retire, unmolested...
…which is more than you can say for LSU’s offense.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Do the LSU Championship flags go to World Vision too?
Don't call him Junior. Someone called him Junior once. Once.
by Trouble's A Bruin on Jan 9, 2012 11:42 PM EST reply actions
Only thing I am waiting to see is if someone fumbles the crystal.
I graphy your geo!
Seriously,
FUCK ESPN
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 9, 2012 11:42 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
"First to win 3 BCS Championships"
Nothing existed before 1998. NOTHING!
Author and Contributor at Cartilage Free Captain
So...
Alabama only has 2 National titles?
/Will accept this
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 9, 2012 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
Yea, and Michigan has 0.
Sign me up.
"You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm."
-William T. Sherman, the Battle of Atlanta
I...
don’t like this math.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
BCS CHAMPIONSHIP NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, PAWWWWWWWWWWL
Twitter for even more of my crap.
by Big Blue Barrister on Jan 9, 2012 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
You Saw Chizik's tie PAWWWLLL
THEY SAID THEY HAD FORGIVEN HARVEY PAWLLL!!! WHY THE LSU TROLL TIE PAWWLLL???
by tron1013 on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Ok, first since Tom Osbourne then.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
WTF AJ MCCARON GETS OFFENSIVE MVP?
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:43 PM EST reply actions
Did you think they'd give it to the kicker?
Twitter for even more of my crap.
by Big Blue Barrister on Jan 9, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
The Masters commercial is appropriate since Alabama won a BCS title with a mulligan
by Gihyou on Jan 9, 2012 11:43 PM EST reply actions 11 recs
And McIlroy
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
Way to be an ass, ESPN. I hope that was a producer's decision and not yours.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:43 PM EST reply actions
Guess they gotta make more room for yet another title inside Bryant Museum.
Miami (FL) fan, Florida A&M alum, Marching "100" supporter. Yep, that's me.
Worst MVP choice ever.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:44 PM EST reply actions
Smell you later. Smell you later for good!!!!
Don't call him Junior. Someone called him Junior once. Once.
by Trouble's A Bruin on Jan 9, 2012 11:44 PM EST reply actions
Digital Viking?
Tomorrow or later tonight?
by tron1013 on Jan 9, 2012 11:45 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Fridays, usually.
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 9, 2012 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
What?! WHYYYYY
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
I believe when Aunt Stabby left...
The Digital Viking was pushed into the ocean atop a flaming barge.
by ThePrederick on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
/plays bagpipes
"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52
/starts weeping and drinking whiskey
I can’t help it, it’s Pavlovian.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
i mean, if the fucking sec can have an intra-division title game, then we can have an sbnation/si collaboration
especially as snbation has starting putting those non-stabby morons at si on their front page
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 9, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
How about an EDSBS poster invasion of NDNation
For the Trollin National Championship.
by Board Certified Scrotologist on Jan 9, 2012 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
only if control of the ndnation banhammer is at stake for the victor
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 9, 2012 11:56 PM EST up reply actions
I'm disqualified, as I'm not Catholic enough
and I like the gay-ass spread.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:59 PM EST up reply actions
At least the hyphen was between the first two words
and not the last two.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:12 AM EST up reply actions
They tried to send it down the Mississippi
Instead it’s now lodged against the new levee in the MRGO canal, burning pointlessly.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
This banter sucks. Shut up and go home.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:45 PM EST reply actions
What did he say???
Only thing I recognized is Roll Tide!
I graphy your geo!
Tapping out
Hoping I can “St. Elsewhere” this entire game.
Twitter for even more of my crap.
by Big Blue Barrister on Jan 9, 2012 11:45 PM EST reply actions
In other news, US Soccer will play against Italy on 2/29.
At some point before then, I will hopefully be able to feel emotions like rage and occasional joy, rather than emptiness.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
We just have to survive until Aussie Rules starts back up in late March.
Somehow. The AFL will get us to Canada Day and more recognizable (albeit rule-free) football, and from there it’s two months to a new season that has to be better than this.
That Hokie freshman in the Greensboro Coliseum rafters didn't see any of this coming.
He is running on so much adrenline right now.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:45 PM EST reply actions
Goodnight, all.
This was an insult to the game, and I have things to do tomorrow.
by Oglethorpe's Revenge on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
(Praying.)
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
Mmm
tasty cool aid.
I hope you win. It will make 5 in a row all the sweeter.
That's Dr. SpartanGator to you Wolverines.
Also on twitters
by SpartanGator on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
thank you for reminding me this season has been good to me.
by willbechampions on Jan 9, 2012 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
SOON
enjoy it now.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 9, 2012 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
Perspective is a wonderful thing.
It is, as ever, great to be a Michigan Wolverine.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
WORST BCS BOWL WINNERS EVAR
/bitter, you bet
"You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm."
-William T. Sherman, the Battle of Atlanta
Yea, you've had it rough. Sorry.
"You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm."
-William T. Sherman, the Battle of Atlanta
But they travel well.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 9, 2012 11:56 PM EST up reply actions
I'd be the ultimate troll at KU games.
I’d have a big flag for whoever they were playing and yell really loudly for the KU opponent.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 10, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
The only bad part is all the free KU shirts you'd be given as you entered the stadium.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 10, 2012 12:04 AM EST up reply actions
They're burnable.
Trust me, a bottle of cologne and a cigarette lighter can turn any t-shirt into trolling material.
I'm not having a real good time.
Hell, isn't their whole town burnable?
That’s how this thing started, right?
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
Unfortunately they rebuilt.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 10, 2012 12:08 AM EST up reply actions
Nah
That Kansas team was OK. The Louisville team that beat Wake Forest? That was a shitty BCS game winner.
That Hokie freshman in the Greensboro Coliseum rafters didn't see any of this coming.
That KU team had one of the easier schedules in the Big XII.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 9, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
seriously
I am going to go crazy
They NEVER should have been there
You realize that I'm not saying KU should have been in that game.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 10, 2012 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
mentioning it stirs up all the rage
and after that beat down you gave us last weekend I felt I could be directed at you plus this game gave me plenty of misplaced rage
I'm sure the game in Columbia will not be like last weekend's game.
K-State when firing on all cylinders is a good team this year. If they play like they did in AFH though it will be a long season.
The game in Columbia will be interesting to see which K-State team shows up.
And the intent of mentioning KU’s schedule was to say they weren’t that good.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 10, 2012 12:07 AM EST up reply actions
we are an interesting team this year
the knock on our new coach is that he could only recruit and couldn’t coach but he did well with anderson’s guys. So going forward i feel good. This team is fast and can play good d and this year figured out how to play offence however without any bigs if the shots aren’t falling or if any of our players get in foul trouble the game is over
NO THERE WAS NEVER EVEN AN OK kansas TEAM
IDK WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
I'm not having a real good time.
Every Orange Bowl winner ever says hi.
Seriously, they end up with an abominable matchup every year.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
i'm just laughing that i seem to exist to demonstrate to what degree "great to be" is circumscribed.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 9, 2012 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
Hugs!
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
/sigh
HUGS!
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 9, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT TO DO NOW
I HAVE NO DIRECTION IN LIFE
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 9, 2012 11:47 PM EST reply actions
Have you consider working in a lumberyard?
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 9, 2012 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
do they offer dental coverage?
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
Hibernate until Spring Ball
Get drunk all summer, start another season.
Repeat.
...
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Have you tried driving trucks?
Cause we still got the Switzer Slam
by Board Certified Scrotologist on Jan 9, 2012 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
You should probably start by developing unwavering opinions on BBQ, mayonnaise, bourbon, and beer.
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
Don't kid yourself, those seats are ice cold.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
You're foolish boy
Author and Contributor at Cartilage Free Captain
by Nick Petrilli on Jan 9, 2012 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
Les' seat is on fire now
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
But just for a few days
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
I'd wager some heads will roll though
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
why the hell would there be a hot seat under les miles?
He just took his team to the national championship game! This is crazy talk
by LincolnParkWildcat on Jan 9, 2012 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
He took an SEC team to the championship game and lost
Dude’s probably fired tomorrow.
If all sports fandom is a form of emotional gambling, football is poker and hockey is Russian roulette.
by Kazoonole on Jan 9, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You don't understand the SEC, do you?
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:54 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
/fires Greg Davis
//years too late
It's a time for egg nog and tequila.
by Burrito Electrico on Jan 9, 2012 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
Definitely Richt.
LSU fans are insane, yes, but not that insane. Georgia has constantly been just average enough to keep Richt’s seat warm, but good enough to keep it from spontaneously combusting.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
I lost a good bit of respect for Miles after his decision to stay with Jefferson
and fans are deservedly angry. But no need to overreact here.
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 10, 2012 12:20 AM EST up reply actions
nothing wrong with the play calling, Jefferson just didn't run the plays.
I don’t think he threw past 15 yards all night.
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
we were a room of alabama fans. we were also screaming "WAIT UNTIL THE LINEBACKER COMMITS DUMBASS"
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
At some point, you have to realize it isn't working
Such as “your QB is incapable of running the play properly”.
Free at last!
yes. We were actively wondering if Jefferson was wimping out on that play and selling the running back
the linebacker knew he wasn’t going to keep.
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
He's a shitty option QB.
When he runs it, it’s just a shitty outside zone play where the HB gets the ball already strung to the sideline. If you watch the replays, you’ll see that several times the pitch key is able to go over to make the tackle on the pitchback. When you’re running the speed option, the key is to attack downhill quickly, get into the EMOLOS’ inside hip pocket, and if he feathers like the Alabama defenders were, you have to cut it upfield at >60 degrees. He was just kind of jogging out there and tossing the ball to the HB lackadaisically. This is why I prefer the speed option from the gun to under center, especially if you want to run it to a TE side. It’s a much worse angle from under center and the QB has to make a drastic cut rather than just running downhill like in the shotgun. I also prefer trying to seal the pursuit to reach blocking it, but that’s biased based on my own background I came from when I started studying offense.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
I'm with you.
if you’re going to run the option you have to make sure that the pursuit can’t get to the running back.
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
It's good for a true option team in cases
where the DE is coming aggressively and being disruptive creating a fast double-read for the QB, as odd fronts like to do against the inside veer play.
I’m not sure where the option fits into LSU’s offense. It looks really fucking ghetto when they run it. I’m not sure what Les is seeing to call it, but the speed option really isn’t as much a base play as it is a counter to other things. Really, what they needed was an organized draw play; I don’t get how they were going to account for a perimeter rush based on bringing an extra man from the outside by using the speed option if that’s even what they were doing. I don’t feel like they even had a cogent gameplan.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:34 AM EST up reply actions
they didn't run a third threat
but Jefferson just looked like he didn’t want to get hit, so the assignment guy stretched the play out to the corner
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Yeah, he had no reason not to. Jefferson never kept it.
And if everyone knows where you’re going with the option, just cut the bullshit and run an outside zone.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:39 AM EST up reply actions
RIGHT? RIGHT?
gahhhh. Randle touched the ball maybe twice all night.
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Yeah, not a single jet sweep or anything like that.
Get him into the backfield if you can’t get him on the perimeter with the pass. Don’t just run the same shit over and over and give up like that. They couldn’t have had a worse gameplan if they were throwing the game.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:42 AM EST up reply actions
Ramgod is not happy with the paucity of Randle's touches
He consoles himself with more lanolin.
Well hello there hangover. Fancy meeting you here this bright Thursday morning.
by Cranked_Irish on Jan 10, 2012 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
STOP USING LOGIC
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 10, 2012 12:30 AM EST up reply actions
Also, he rarely had time to anyway.
He was under pressure consistently.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
because they knew that he wouldn't throw a fade or out
which is what they were calling
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
And they never threw a single double move.
Fake the screen and run the fade. If you’ve got the numbers on the perimeter (which they often did, hence the screen call), build in a checkdown for the QB where he can take a shot to the WR if the CB is committing hard to the bubble man and is hard to block (which is why they kept getting blown up for four yard losses). You have to have a counter for that kind of thing. There’s a good article that Chris wrote recently on Smart Football about packaging quick passes with screens and run plays like that. I feel like it’s an essential part of that kind of offense where you’re going to try to work numbers with multiple receiver looks.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:31 AM EST up reply actions
Alabama's cover one, right?
run the fade.
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
They'll play a lot of one on third down when they want to bring pressure.
They actually played a lot of two-deep five-under zone on earlier downs which LSU did exploit once with a fade. I wouldn’t trust Jefferson to throw a good enough ball to beat cover one. They need some other kind of man-beater concepts for those third downs; they were trying to work the two-man game in those multiple-receiver environments (e.g., the I with the twin receivers stacked) but they weren’t effectively throwing anything other than screens out of it, and they didn’t take advantage of the fact that Alabama was bringing a lot of pressure out of those cover one looks. Run a pick. Run slant/flare or streak/flare or something with some kind of rub. Delayed release from the stack. Something.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:37 AM EST up reply actions
I know Miles likes unorthodox stuff, but that shovel pass shows something else was the cause of LSU's problems tonight.
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
Jefferson ran a play that wasn't called. pretty descriptive of the rest of the night, really.
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
I'm a UGA fan perfectly happy with Richt. I think Bobo needs to go, but Richt doesn't seem to be the problem to me.
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:21 AM EST up reply actions
And that's why Richt is the problem.
He’s just good enough.
He doesn’t have the proper team discipline to win it all, because he plays favorites. UGA should be one of the titans of the SEC.
I’ve had a bama friend tell me that he asked Mal Moore one day if he could coach one team which one would it be – Mal said UGA – and then rattled off stats on population circles, etc that indicated that UGA is a sleeping giant.
by Board Certified Scrotologist on Jan 10, 2012 12:24 AM EST up reply actions
How long can I listen to Finebaum tomorrow?
5 minutes? 6 minutes?
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM EST reply actions
I said in the last thread.
I am going to try to call in to troll. I can’t take this sitting down.
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
Just call in as an Oklahoma State fan and say you'd have ripped both teams apart
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:50 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
There we go.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
Double-header style.
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 9, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
I was going to go SEC CG, total wins, and win %age, but that may work.
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
Don't forget the non-conference slate.
PAAAAWWWL, THEM BAMMERS AIN’T BEATEN OREGON OR WEST VIRGINIA LIKE WE DID.
(In all seriousness, if I had a vote in one of the polls it would be LSU #1, flip a coin between OkSt and Alabama for #2.)
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
We know Saban would put LSU at number 7 or so, so I have no problem knocking Bama below OKie State
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:22 AM EST up reply actions
0: Subscript out of range for array ranking (erikranking.f: 237)
0: Subscript out of range for array ranking (erikranking.f: 237)
subscript=3, lower bound=1, upper bound=1, dimension=1
I've already got the number programmed
Author and Contributor at Cartilage Free Captain
by Nick Petrilli on Jan 9, 2012 11:50 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Oh, the Finebaum Whisperer is back in business.
Excellent.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
I'm going to call the Alabama fanbase the worst in the country
Should be good
Author and Contributor at Cartilage Free Captain
by Nick Petrilli on Jan 9, 2012 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
Don't forget to ask if Academy Sports has any XXL championship gear left
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Needs more Xes
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 1:07 AM EST up reply actions
Wait are you Seamus McPotato Pants or whatever? If so, you are better at this than i am.
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
Oh....I remember that call-in, but I'm still pretty new here, so missing out on a few of the incidents/memes
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:04 AM EST up reply actions
Dangit. First day of class is tomorrow!! NOOOOOOOOO
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
That's my point---I can't listen to PAAAAWWWLLLLL
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 9, 2012 11:59 PM EST up reply actions
Goodnight Commentariat,
May you fare well on signing day (unless you are a conference opponent).
May you come in last in the Fulmer Cup (unless you are a conference opponent).
See ya soon.
If I hit a hole-in-one on this grand slam the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
Follow @bates_jason
by jasonkylebates on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Oh well, seasons over and as Fearless Leader Tweeted....
RT @edsbs: IMPORTANT: The Fulmer Cup is now open for business.
I graphy your geo!
by rasvar on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
I would say Bama and LSU definitely have the advantage.
Somebody’s gotta be getting arrested on Bourbon St., right?
Chairwoman of the "Blood Is Thicker Than Tuition Money" Committee for Fan Bigamy
Guys, it's okay
6 Nations Rugby is coming up
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 9, 2012 11:49 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Oh hooray
Another year of wondering if Scotland can manage to avoid shitting the bed against Italy in the riveting race for the wooden spoon.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
channel?
/dusts off old kenyon rugby jersey
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 9, 2012 11:58 PM EST up reply actions
I'll look 'er up tomorrow
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 10, 2012 12:24 AM EST up reply actions
Not well broadcast in the US
BBC America has a match for each round, but the rest were all shown at the pub/bar of your choice, or slightly sketchy internets.
Nadolig Hapus
Coach Miles, why no Jarred Lee?
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:49 PM EST reply actions
Apparently because Jefferson has feet or something.
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 9, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
I'm surprised ESPN hasn't done a touching story on Jarrett Lee's fight to play football without feet
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
"Bama's special teams = / = LSU's special teams"
I seem to remember one dumbass Barner spewing….
"You bookmarked a page called 'everydayshouldbesaturday'? What, a bunch of excited orthodox Jews? Wait.....football?....What in the.." - idiot coworker
Fairness ain't got nothing to do with it, Les.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:50 PM EST reply actions
Hah - Alabama only has 9 national titles.
Oh, Musburger’s gettin hate mail tomorrow.
by Board Certified Scrotologist on Jan 9, 2012 11:51 PM EST reply actions
RIGHT ESPN BECAUSE FOOTBALL DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE 1998 OR 1936
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
what I said threeve threads ago tonight about controlling the past and present and future and ESPN and yaddah yaddah yaddah
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 9, 2012 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
Fixed
Les is totally dialed out from what ESPN or the rest of us think.
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So, are we supposed to wander the streets for the next 9 months?
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
Oh, we will.
Where have you gone World League of American Football?
/BIRMINGHAM FIRE FOR LIFE
"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52
Or Aussie Rules.
Out on the islands, you guys can actually get it at a semi-reasonable start time, too.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
It was a great season for K-State
Picked to finished 8th in the conference, actual finish was 2nd with a bad loss to OU and not so bad loss to OSU. Then quite a few mistakes to lose the Cotton Bowl against a good Arkie team.
So I enjoyed this season and now get to cheer the Cats to victory tomorrow night against the Baylor Bears in the roundball game.
I’m still on team playoff and think we could have had an exciting end of the year championship game, but alas what do I know.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
bringonthecats.com, K-State's SBnation blog where I hang out during games.
by Anon_the_younger on Jan 9, 2012 11:52 PM EST reply actions
Welp, time for thrilling EYE VEE bouncyhoops
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:53 PM EST reply actions
Ivy League? Good lord man, think of your eyesight.
I’ve experienced Columbia basketball, it requires protective gear.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe I should go to a game before I leave.
Maybe not.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
You're in some serious trouble when I should watch Harvard basketball to see the more likely NCAA tournament participant
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
I saw Harvard vs. Brown in Cambridge with a group of Brown alumni friends.
It was like I was back in high school at the LanierLand Tournament.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:56 PM EST up reply actions
YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE FROM PACKED LAVIETES PAVILLION
/300 people cheer
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
I liked Jeremy Lin - I was pretty impressed with him when Harvard played at Michigan in '06.
Solid all-around player. I hope he can stick in the NBA.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
Finebaum tomorrow is going to be aPAWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLing.
(h/t to chipbird for pointing out my unintended pun)
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
What's the joke with that?
The fact that people are attaching a possessive to a store name? I didn’t get it. Was if from a day of Finebaum I missed?
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 9, 2012 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
Jordan Jefferson happened
Author and Contributor at Cartilage Free Captain
by Nick Petrilli on Jan 9, 2012 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
Don't worry about it.
It’s best that you don’t know.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
And Nelly to close this out.
Seems appropriate.
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 9, 2012 11:54 PM EST reply actions
FINALLY SOME NELLY
night is complete
"Pacific 12 Conference: Every conference's games count, but only we can count."
You're completely dead now?
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 9, 2012 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
Well at least we don't have to listen to Nelly anymore and this satisfies me.
Miami (FL) fan, Florida A&M alum, Marching "100" supporter. Yep, that's me.
by Super C on Jan 9, 2012 11:54 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Ah-fucking-man
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 9, 2012 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
That is until ESPN goes all 30 Seconds to Mars every 15 seconds again this spring
CLLLOOOOOOOOSSSEEEERRRR TOOOOOO THE EDDDGGEEEEEEE
Twitter: RyanMcD29
And on that note...
Baylor just scored another touchdown
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 9, 2012 11:55 PM EST reply actions
I like the 2013 BCS Championship logo.
One good thing about tonight.
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 9, 2012 11:56 PM EST reply actions
Agreed and can't wait for it to come down here next year.
Miami (FL) fan, Florida A&M alum, Marching "100" supporter. Yep, that's me.
Just got back from the game
I wouldn’t trust Jordan Jefferson with the fucking dog, let alone an offense
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on Jan 9, 2012 11:56 PM EST reply actions
Colley's final ratings are already up.
1) Oklahoma State
2) LSU
3) Alabama
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Please tell me this is a harbinger or bellwether of the other computer rankings...
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:29 AM EST up reply actions
Sagarin poll (according to Elo-chess which BCS uses)
has 1) Alabama 2) LSU 3) Arky 4) Okie State
Predictor (which includes margin of victory) has Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma
by Bus Crasher on Jan 10, 2012 12:33 AM EST up reply actions
How long until...
We all go to YouTube to watch the Top NCAA Football plays of (last) Decade to ease the withdraws?
/CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANCES AREEEEEEEEE
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 9, 2012 11:59 PM EST up reply actions
Replay season on ESPN3?
Replay season on ESPN3
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 9, 2012 11:59 PM EST up reply actions
Play own season on NCAA 12?
Play own season on NCAA 12?
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:04 AM EST up reply actions
If I were an evil person, I'd say that BCS Championship Game was the second biggest disaster in the history of the Superdome.
"Pacific 12 Conference: Every conference's games count, but only we can count."
well, there was less shit in the stadium then than now
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
/Golf Clap
Also, I’ll save you a window seat.
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
that's the strangest looking gopher I've ever seen.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
by DC Trojan on Jan 10, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
They're usually such distinguished looking individuals, after all.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Lamar Thomas is offering counseling at 1-800-BUTT-HURT
"You bookmarked a page called 'everydayshouldbesaturday'? What, a bunch of excited orthodox Jews? Wait.....football?....What in the.." - idiot coworker
It seemed like LSU hired Bollman at OC.
Man, I’ve seen some brutal offense this season, but that was equal.
"You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm."
-William T. Sherman, the Battle of Atlanta
A team does not win their conference championship, but somehow is the National Champion
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 9, 2012 11:57 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Well, it happens in Basketball all the time.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 9, 2012 11:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
There, a tournament
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 10, 2012 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
We do too.
It’s just double-elimination/sudden death, apparently.
Witty phrase.
by The Ugas Departed on Jan 10, 2012 9:05 AM EST up reply actions
I'd rather have too many teams given a chance to earn the title than a deserving one left out.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
... and this is where we differ.
"People ask what it's like to be a black coach. I've never been any other kind." - Ron Prince
Though I will accept a 4-team playoff.
But no more… I’ve never seen a team ranked 5th in the country that deserved a shot at being #1.
"People ask what it's like to be a black coach. I've never been any other kind." - Ron Prince
2008.
It was virtually impossible to distinguish between Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, USC, Penn State, Alabama, Florida (all one-loss teams), Utah, and Boise State (unbeaten). Admittedly, that was an absurd extreme (I don’t think I’ve ever seen a season come close to having nine equally deserving teams before that), but five can easily happen. In fact, there have been five unbeatens at least once (2004).
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
voters were talking about that
it’s not going to happen
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
I read this as #teamspittle.
And wondered what Lou Holtz had to do with anything.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
So did I.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Can it be split three ways?
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Goodbye ESPN, see you next fall
by Synaesthesia on Jan 9, 2012 11:58 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Yes.
May be time to cancel the cable.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:05 AM EST up reply actions
should i order food now?
i still have beer. all the food in my kitchen requires cooking.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 9, 2012 11:59 PM EST reply actions
Let's do this
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 9, 2012 11:59 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
GO WALES!!!
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 9, 2012 11:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
#teamWales
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:00 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'll root for the Welsh, too, I suppose
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
The joke doesn't translate well to written, so speak it out loud to yourselves....
The Welsh pray on their knees, and on all those around them.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 10, 2012 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
'Tis a good one
Poles and Welsh tend to get along- hard-drinking people with lots of consonants, oppressed/swallowed up by neighboring countries
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
WHOOOOOOOO NAPOLI
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO REPEAT SIX NATIONS TITLE AANNNNNDDDDDYYYYYYYY
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
I just realized that is the last college football game I will watch until September.
I has a sad. With that said, goodnight everybody. It’s going to be a long postseason.
/raises one for the fallen
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 10, 2012 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
I'm putting this up to the commentariat
Game sucked, its after midnight, I have to work tomorrow.
One more Gosling’s to properly send off the season, right?
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 12:00 AM EST reply actions
No half-assing.
Make it a Dark ’n Stormy.
Future events such as these will affect you in the future...
by OHokie on Jan 10, 2012 12:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Unpossible
No ginger beer. But I’ll make the vanilla coke zero work for it.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 12:03 AM EST up reply actions
Yes sir.
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 10, 2012 12:03 AM EST up reply actions
What would it take to get one of you guys to call into Finebaum tomorrow,
Claiming either that Oklahoma State is clearly the true national champion, or that LSU was still the better team
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
How about coming up with a conspiracy as to how Bama was in the championship game in the first place
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 12:03 AM EST up reply actions
I MEAN,BAMA AIN'T SCARED OF NO OKIE OFFENSE. THEY GONNA SCORE. IT AIN'T GONNA BE A SHUTOUT, BUT, CONSERVATIVELY, TIDE ROLE 66-7.
by Truffle Shuffle on Jan 10, 2012 12:05 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Watch thy words...
…lest they come to pass in 2012.
"You bookmarked a page called 'everydayshouldbesaturday'? What, a bunch of excited orthodox Jews? Wait.....football?....What in the.." - idiot coworker
The option actually worked in that game.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
This is RamblinWreck007, last surviving member of the 2011-12 CFB season, signing off.
JK, see you morons tomorrow.
Passing? Who needs passing?
by RamblinWreck007 on Jan 10, 2012 12:04 AM EST reply actions
From the Northeast region.
It’s tough to be a CFB fan up here and y’all remind us that we are not the minority. Cheers to all of you, your teams and the fellowship that EDSBS provides during the off season. Hook ’Em Horns!
You're lucky to be shielded from the Bammer horde
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 10, 2012 12:05 AM EST up reply actions
/elects to not listen to feinbaum tomorrow
Go gata!
by theologator on Jan 10, 2012 12:06 AM EST up reply actions
Tomorrow's Finebaum will still be gold.
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:08 AM EST up reply actions
and the stench of Jordan Jefferson's shit stained pantaloons
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
I'm on Long Island, and the building caretaker is a Bama fan (from bama)
He’s actually a cool guy, but have to hear him again now…
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:08 AM EST up reply actions
I got a taste of them in LA a couple years back.
They wouldn’t let me talk so I just smiled a lot and said ‘good game’.
Alright, our long national nightmare has only just begun
Try to survive out there
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 10, 2012 12:09 AM EST reply actions
GO DWAGS
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Hunkering down in this thread.
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:16 AM EST up reply actions
I keep reading this in Homestar Runner's voice.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Reggie Bal >>>>>>>> Matt Grothe>>>>>>> Jordan Jefferson?
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
forgot to insert tommy rees after grothe
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Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Good night. I'm sad that the season is over but I know y'all will make the off season interesting.
Congrats to Bama. Hook ‘Em Horns and good night to all y’all from beautiful New York City.
Football season is over.
No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 25. That is 17 years past 50. 8 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 25. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won’t hurt.
Other people’s slightly edited suicide notes aside, I’ll miss it, in spite of the many flaws it may have, or perhaps because of them.
Built Ford Tough
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 10, 2012 12:11 AM EST reply actions 14 recs
Would have been more appropriate
had the LSU helmet fallen into a pile of shit.
Free at last!
by lhb98 on Jan 10, 2012 12:18 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
this plus Thierry
I can fucking never watch sport again and die happy.
I am so happy, I can only whargarble.
There's only one Gary Speed. RIP
Congratulations.
Enjoy it.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
why thank you, I believe I will
safely distanced from the rest of the fan base, of course.
There's only one Gary Speed. RIP
Not a whole lot of other Crimson Tide folks in England?
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
you'd be surprised
I see the weirdest shit strolling down the street. Seen many more people wearing Bama and other cfb gear than I thought possible.
we’re stealthily taking over the country.
There's only one Gary Speed. RIP
Oh, God, can one of them please call Finebaum in a British accent?
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
Being in two countries gives you national champions x2, doesn't it?
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:22 AM EST up reply actions
ALABAMA ARE UK NATIONAL CHAMPIONS PAWWWWWWL
There's only one Gary Speed. RIP
by craptastic on Jan 10, 2012 12:25 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
WHOOOOOOOOOO HENRY
lovely goal
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Since you are a Bama fan who is not an asshole, congratulations.
Both on the BCS title and on not letting the rest of your fanbase rub off on you.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
This was my last college football season
As an undergrad. I graduate in May
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
i have one more. i hope it doesn't disappoint.
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 12:14 AM EST up reply actions
no offense: i hope it does
/don’t hit me
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:33 AM EST up reply actions
Feel free to go 11-0 before coming to Columbus.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:38 AM EST up reply actions
...And making it 12-0...
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 12:39 AM EST up reply actions
HMPH >:|
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:42 AM EST up reply actions
Offense meant: I hope it does as well.
She seems nice and all, but that doesn’t get in the way of pure hate.
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:40 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
That's high quality hate.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:41 AM EST up reply actions
It's pretty common around here.
I mean, I like the UM folks here. But this changes nothing in regards to my feelings about Denard Robinson.
/please break him Bama
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:45 AM EST up reply actions
How could you hate a face like this one?
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
/ongoinginvestigation.gif
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:52 AM EST up reply actions
It's quite easy, actually.
Still, at least he’s not Tatefabulous.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:50 AM EST up reply actions
Title.
We’ll always have that one game in 2009, Tate. Godspeed.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
I almost put up the "Fabulous" pic all over campus
when he came to visit UH this summer.
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:53 AM EST up reply actions
i don't blame him
i have a feeling being on the other side of this really sucks.
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 12:47 AM EST up reply actions
GAAAAHAHHAAAAAAHHHHAHAHAAAAAAHhhh
/for the record, yes….yes it does.
//true freshman DB’s starting next year
///still better than Gary Gray against a wounded duck jump ball
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:49 AM EST up reply actions
naw, it aint all that bad.
/52-14’d
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
GTHTSUN
by CoastalCowbell on Jan 10, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
In that regard
I hope Notre Dame goes 0-12 next season, highlighted by a 52-7 loss at Boston College in which Kelly both literally shits his pants and suffers a head explosion
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 12:42 AM EST up reply actions
Um...
Maryland.
/drops mic
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:44 AM EST up reply actions
/JIG
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Um shamrock helmets
/drops mic again?
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:44 AM EST up reply actions
meh
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:45 AM EST up reply actions
The response of a cornered ND fan,
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:46 AM EST up reply actions
The response of an ND fan that actually kind of liked them.
And doesn’t post on ND Nation about “HARRUMPH TRADITION”
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:49 AM EST up reply actions
Trying to find the counterresponse of a drunj UGA fan whose only dislike for ND comes from his gf's overly ND fan roommates...
uhhhhhhhhh
1980!
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:55 AM EST up reply actions
Bang. You got me.
/was actually alive for that game
//thankfully don’t remember it
///sadly, does remember much cursing from father about Faust
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:56 AM EST up reply actions
You seem enthusiastic about this.
I guess we are all pretty meh after tonight’s game.
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:59 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, we're having fun.
But really, when the Michigan folks are trolling me with Denard, it’s hard to get excited about 1980.
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:06 AM EST up reply actions
If Urban Meyer does ANYTHING
It’s own rivals.
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Oh, him?
We beat him already.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
by Tremendous on Jan 10, 2012 12:44 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Whatever you do...
… don’t have the entire team celebrate in the end zone. It doesn’t really bother him at the time, he doesn’t really do anything about it, but MAN, does he get pissed a year later.
Witty phrase.
by The Ugas Departed on Jan 10, 2012 9:08 AM EST up reply actions
I guess Auburn isn't technically a rival.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:47 AM EST up reply actions
Enjoy it. There's nothing like a fall Saturday in Ann Arbor. I miss it.
Unless, of course, I go there for grad school….
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
are you applying?
i will wake up to the marching band at 8 am on football saturdays next year, and i will enjoy EVERY DAMN SECOND.
/hail to the victors
//hail to the victors
///hail to the victors
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 12:42 AM EST up reply actions
/michigan band runs out of song after 30 seconds, goes back to bed
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:45 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Unless they're playing the long version
with the intro that sounds like circus music.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
8AM?
Slackers. We met for practice at 0700, with a kegger following immediately afterward.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 12:46 AM EST up reply actions
I am. Lots of other places, too, but I'd like to think having gotten in there immediately out of undergrad will bode well for my chances with two more years of stuff on my resume.
I imagine waking up to The Victors is lovely. I lived in South Quad when it was more surrounded by frat houses than it is now, so the wake-up music was Justin Timberlake (freshman year) and Soulja Boy (sophomore year), which was less so.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
What field are you in?
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:48 AM EST up reply actions
Economics.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
Ohlol.
One of my friends applied to PhD programs in it last year, but he’s at Georgia St working on his masters. I’m only helpful for history folks and only marginally so then (hence why I’m getting my PhD at fucking Central).
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:50 AM EST up reply actions
So, if you're helpful for history folks.
What would you advise for someone who got has BA’s in Japanese Language & Literature and Government & IR, a masters in Asian Studies, and 20 years of work experience sandwiched around the Masters, who wants to get a PhD in something that allows him to write about military history in Japan?
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:52 AM EST up reply actions
Michigan is probably not the answer you're looking for...
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
NEIN
Though I am probably going to submit my article to the Michigan Journal of Asian Studies this spring.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:54 AM EST up reply actions
Not what you're looking for, I'd imagine
but, um, CIA? NSA? Seems like a lot of potential intelligence analysis there.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 12:56 AM EST up reply actions
Wouldn't work for CIA ever. And I mean EVER.
Sure, I could do the civ intel route, but I don’t really want to. If I’m getting my 20 years, I so no reason to continue working for the government doing things I’m not particularly interested in.
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:58 AM EST up reply actions
Can't blame you re: CIA
If ever a group of empire-builders existed in government, it’s them.
Not being in a particularly academic field myself, what do you envision as a career in Japanese military history? Teaching?
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:01 AM EST up reply actions
Writing
I’ve had interaction with the CIA twice. Both times they struck me as imperious buffoons. Those are the worst kind. DIA would be an option, I suppose, but I don’t like doing intel work. That’s why I’m doing what I do now.
Ideally, I want to write about 16th century Japanese military history and do battle analyses. Recent feedback indicates I’m actually kind of good at it. I wouldn’t mind teaching either, but that’s kind of the “well, you have to teach in order to have access to funding and huge libraries” sort of thing.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:08 AM EST up reply actions
Writing as in being an author?
If so, only half-jokingly I’d recommend historical fiction. Gotta be wealth of unknown Japanese military history a la “Shogun,” which was a major hit. If James Clavell can pull it off, maybe you can too.
“Imperious buffoons.” Yeah, that sounds right. Though, a CIA guy did me a great professional favor one time. Didn’t involve killing people, so it was all good.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:13 AM EST up reply actions
Shogun is what got me into Japanese history.
But I have little talent for fiction, and I couldn’t alter history the way those people do. I try so hard to convince people that what they read in Shogun or see in movies/anime/manga is total bollocks, I couldn’t contribute to it.
/still reads Shogun about every 2 years
//first read it at age 8
///saw movies at age 4
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:22 AM EST up reply actions
Uh. You should talk to chipbird, not me.
She’s in Asian history (China), but maybe some of the same schools have prestige. For info about specific programs, you can thumb through this list, which has a lot of general info and links to program websites; it’s a good resource to start from if you’re trying to figure out where to apply. As far as application processes go, I can help you some with that if you need it. I don’t think having a variety of fields in your previous work and relevant work experience is bad at all, maybe even a plus, especially if your language skills are good. If you can show that you can conduct meaningful research using Japanese sources, that would give you an enormous leg up since it’s such a difficult language.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:58 AM EST up reply actions
Knowing Asian Studies programs isn't the issue. I'm in one of the best ones.
But history is a different field, and it’s hard to go from area studies to a pure discipline. I’m pretty sure I can demonstrate the ability to do meaningful research in Japanese, as I just gave a conference paper based on comparing 8 different 16th century texts.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:01 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, you should be fine in that regard.
If you’ve done historical research, even if it’s interdisciplinary, that should be great for you. I think those barriers are starting to come down in academia for me, since I do a lot of textual analysis of newspaper articles and things like that (kind of a literature approach to historical documents maybe?). I don’t think it would be a detriment to you at all.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:04 AM EST up reply actions
Okay.
I talk to people doing history PhD’s here, and there seems to be a lot of theory, et al, that I don’t have coursework in. I guess I might have to take a few extra classes to catch myself up on that, but I’ve got one of the biggies in the premodern Japanese history field who loved my work in his class this semester, so I know I can do okay.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:10 AM EST up reply actions
To be honest,
I hate all of the historiography and theory. I get that it’s important to know the basic schools of thought and stuff like that, but I guess I’m more of a nuts-and-bolts kind of person. I enjoy getting my hands dirty and doing research with documents. I’d much rather take practical stuff on research and teaching methodology and do my boring research on Ukrainian newspapers than learn about Sallust and Guicciardini.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:12 AM EST up reply actions
It's both good and bad.
It’s been helpful to me to get some of it (I even used Foucault in an early draft of my paper) but most of what I used was just confirming what I already knew—I don’t need dead Frenchmen to tell me that basing the entire knowledge setof an event on one version in one literary work. Though that doesn’t seem to have occurred to many historians in Japan or that study Japan, but I digress….
There’s a lot that’s good, but getting rapped up in it is pointless. There needs to be an application to what you’re doing, in the sense of “what is it telling me new about X?”
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:16 AM EST up reply actions
I guess the idea
is to get you used to the way people present arguments and such and the way historical methodology has evolved, but sometimes I honestly don’t care because I don’t feel like it applies to me. I’m just really practice-oriented. I’d be more interested in a course that was more focused on my field, where I was examining works that I would actually be using, I guess.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:19 AM EST up reply actions
I can see that.
The problem, as I see it, anyways, is that unless you’re doing gender or cross-cultural stuff, there are very few people DOING whatever it is YOU want to do (You is general, but I see it applies to you as much as it does to me). There’s two guys I would consider studying under who know anything about Japanese warfare, at least active. Hence my interest in Georgia and Bowdoin. Or, Inshallah, I go get a PhD in Japan. When you get into your research topic, unless you’re with other people that do something similar, they aren’t helping. That’s at least the problem with area studies—my chair is a contemporary poli-sci guy, and another committee member is a 8th century literature guy. Thankfully I’ve got a heavyweight in the J-history community as well.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:26 AM EST up reply actions
I would have love to go to Indiana or Pitt, and still would.
There aren’t a lot of professors who specialize in Romania period, especially as regards what I look at (mostly stuff relating to the Holocaust). The Ukraine stuff is just a side project because I already knew the sources and it’s a GPA padder. I want to do my dissertation on German and Romanian labor camps in Moldavia/Ukraine during WWII, and basically my advisor was like, that sounds good I have no idea what the fuck you’re talking about.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:04 AM EST up reply actions
Pretty much how the two non-history profs were.
And even the one history guy focuses on other things, but knew enough to get what I am doing and recognize it has value.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:06 AM EST up reply actions
In my case,
my advisor has written on the Holocaust and stuff, so we have that connection, but geographically I’m kind of way off in left field in his view. Sometimes it’s difficult to be in a more narrow or unpopular field, but I guess it’s rewarding and relieving when no one is around to scoop your research.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:08 AM EST up reply actions
This is true.
And much of the battle.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:10 AM EST up reply actions
Idk how much of that stuff you'll be required to do.
Only one of my required classes was heavily theoretical; mostly I’m just taking readings courses and research seminars, with a few lecture classes and language study during the summer. Looks good if you can get some teaching experience while you’re doing your Ph.D., and you said you were presenting/publishing a paper, which is great; the more you can do in that regard the better obviously. I’m trying to find someplace that will publish my last project (seems to be too niche for everyone) and then hopefully I’m presenting it at the big conference in my field…
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:15 AM EST up reply actions
I presented this week at a a small conference here (it's an international conference, but was just held here in HI)
Linky here, if you need something to put you to sleep.
At least 3 people came up to me immediately afterwards and asked when I was publishing, so I think I made a good impression. That’s the next step, after I defend sometime in the middle of the semester. (Or, before, if I choose to go for the call for papers I just got which is due in February).
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:18 AM EST up reply actions
Nice.
I presented a paper at a small conference in DC on human rights last month, but that’s my only one (it’s my first year as a Ph.D. student). Hopefully I get to go to that conference at Indiana. I can’t go to the one they do in Romania because I’m the poors, but. My professor seems to think the paper is publishable except that it lacks a “smoking gun” (fair), and one reviewer told me I didn’t incorporate enough relevant historiography (which was odd, since I didn’t know what else there was; it was a pretty specific paper). It’s a bit frustrating, but maybe after some revisions, I can give it a shot somewhere else.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:22 AM EST up reply actions
Considering I did another full paper JUST on historiography
hopefully that won’t be a criticism I see. But yeah, it’s tough. Just because they edit a journal doesn’t mean they know what you’re doing. Most people who write about what I look at are doing pop history for mass publication—which is okay, but it labels my topic unfairly. I want to do it, but in a methodologically sound manner, but…
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:28 AM EST up reply actions
This has GOT to be the most esoteric discussion ever on EDSBS.
Not that this is a bad thing, but DAMN…
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:31 AM EST up reply actions
There's been some similar stuff about math that was probably less accessible.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
I think they do that to intimidate the law and history nerds
EDSBS math nerds…what with your ridiculous letters and symbols and things that no human can read and I SWEAR is actually the summoning call for CTHULU
by Cap Town Cat on Jan 10, 2012 1:35 AM EST up reply actions
Yes. Ask MikeLew, he'll tell you that real math doesn't have numbers.
How the eff math have no numbers?
/sour#
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:36 AM EST up reply actions
you're so glad i don't bring my crazy quantum mechanics in here
"Natty Light: For when you absolutely, positively have to knock uglies with a corn-fed co-ed from the opposing school who’s half your age." -- jonfmorse
Minus the math, quantum mechanics..
has always intrigued me
by Cap Town Cat on Jan 10, 2012 1:43 AM EST up reply actions
I was applied math at one point.
The only thing I’d be intimidated by is like, mechanical or electrical engineers.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:01 AM EST up reply actions
/waves
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Furk.
I was awful at physics. :(
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:06 AM EST up reply actions
Might have been
But I know math a bit. The subject of how to study history is completely beyond my ken.
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by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:37 AM EST up reply actions
Not by far, man. Not by far.
This is pretty normal for an off-season weeknight. We’re just ahead of the curve.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:32 AM EST up reply actions
IF I WASN'T DRUNK
i would have more to add than that I feel about dead french cultural theorists the same way most of my cohort feel about dead white male writers.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:33 AM EST up reply actions
Yes, yes, let the hate flow...
Derrida should be forced to watch LSU-Bama II
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:34 AM EST up reply actions
lol when i lived in south quad it was basically the same. but i'm going to be further from the frats and closer to the stadium, thank god.
sounds like you have a good shot. best of luck!
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 12:49 AM EST up reply actions
this is as if you won't wake up every morning to timberlake already.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:50 AM EST up reply actions
PLEAAAASE i was all about backstreet boys.
i don’t like ramen noodle head.
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 12:53 AM EST up reply actions
ramen noodles haha
there was a point in my youth when i could lecture at length on the ins and outs of the politics associated withe the TRL rankings of Backstreet, N’Sync, and Korn.
/what, 5 AP classes could only take up so much of my free time.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:57 AM EST up reply actions
(Timberlake votes Backstreet #4 à la Saban)
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
I still listen to Timberlake.
no lie
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"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
As a person who worked in a recording studio
he gets a lot of respect
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"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
You know, Pitchfork had two of Timberlake's songs in their best 100 songs of the decade list
And he makes a damn catchy pop songs
by Bus Crasher on Jan 10, 2012 12:57 AM EST up reply actions
Was "Cry Me A River?" One of them?
because that is a great song
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Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Cry Me a River and My Love I think
I LOVE Cry Me a River
one of, if not the best "Fuck you" songs ever
from a guy who listens to Interpol and QOTSA
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
I have an interest in "Fuck you" songs
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:04 AM EST up reply actions
sometimes when i feel high school angst-y i listen to brand new's 70 x 7
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 1:04 AM EST up reply actions
ooo blink 182-y :)
i’ve been fond of modern electric lately. especially “vanity suit a” and “b” and “love and misery.”
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:13 AM EST up reply actions
i like!
pretty much the only 2 artists i’ve listened to the past few months are sufjan stevens and lana del ray. lana del ray is a new fling, but sufjan stevens is basically my all time favorite artist.
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 1:19 AM EST up reply actions
were you on sports blogs for cook's post on the passing of bo?
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:23 AM EST up reply actions
he structured the whole thing around sufjan stevens' "seven swans"
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:25 AM EST up reply actions
link, if interested
http://mgoblog.com/content/eleven-swans
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:28 AM EST up reply actions
just found this and am reading listening to seven swans
EMOTIONS, ALL OF THEM
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 1:31 AM EST up reply actions
i remember a friend's father asking me how i felt about bo's death
i went into a drunken half-hour speech how he was as close as i’d ever get to knowing what it might have been like to followed woody while he was alive. i teared up at the end.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:38 AM EST up reply actions
idk why i just never really could get into JT.
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 12:58 AM EST up reply actions
You must not have even been trying.
I mean, he let Britney in.
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by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:01 AM EST up reply actions
Sounds like where I lived senior year.
And thank you! Much appreciated.
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Congrats!
Contrary to the opinion of the commentariat, life outside college can be good. But it’ll never again be as carefree, that’s for sure.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
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by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 12:14 AM EST up reply actions
Considering the fact that
I am likely enlisting after I graduate, you’re right on the carefree part
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 10, 2012 12:16 AM EST up reply actions
Best of luck.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
I take a practice exam and do paperwork on Wednesday
So hopefully everything goes right, because frankly, I’d like to serve
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 10, 2012 12:21 AM EST up reply actions
DON'T DO IT!!
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:23 AM EST up reply actions
Says the guy living in Hawaii and studyng Japanese history
I keed, I keed.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
Well, yes. I do this because the Army pays for my schooling.
Why would I go get schooling, and then do this without that? Especially enlisted?
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:29 AM EST up reply actions
No, I understand
But I’m figuring that if idahobuckeye is enlisting after getting a degree, he won’t stay enlisted for long. If you test well, can’t you go right into OCS after basic, or is that not the case any more?
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
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by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 12:31 AM EST up reply actions
OCS has gone into a quarterly review
"Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood!."--Otto von Bismarck
by idahobuckeye on Jan 10, 2012 12:33 AM EST up reply actions
Not right after Basic, and I'm not sure it was ever an option in the Army
(I know it was in the Navy, as my dad did it). I could be wrong, but I believe you’ve got to at least be an E4 to apply.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:34 AM EST up reply actions
Not even in the Navy anymore
A guy I know who went delayed-entry USN the summer before completing his BA tried repeatedly to get into OCS over several years, and eventually left as an E-5 after two deployments because it wasn’t worth trying anymore.
That Hokie freshman in the Greensboro Coliseum rafters didn't see any of this coming.
A lot of those programs are going to shrink.
The number of officers coming out of West Point is going to remain constant, because they always graduate around the same amount. They won’t mess with that. The cuts will come in the form of reducing ROTC scholarships and OCS appointments. ROTC programs like ND will get really really small, because the scholarship won’t cover nearly as much.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:47 AM EST up reply actions
Given the situations around the world and stuff lately
You’d be right.
(Spider time)
But it’s not fair to those who served if I just went and played around and got my Masters and Doctorate. It’s doubly not fair to them if I commented on political issues and voted while not serving. I will do my duty as a citizen of a constitutional republic, despite the fact I am an ardent monarchist. The obligation and burden lies upon The People. I will take up the call.
Besides, gotta stay in shape in my later years ;) heh heh heh
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by idahobuckeye on Jan 10, 2012 12:30 AM EST up reply actions
Well, that's mighty noble.
And has nothing to do with my “DON’T DO IT”
Lean times be comin’, yo. For some, they are already here. This is going to quickly become the Army that I came in to, the Army pre-economy crash, with no budget, no money, and everything under the sun being cut. It’s going to get rough.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:37 AM EST up reply actions
I understand what you mean
but it makes me think of the Aubrey-Maturin series, when Jack hears rumors of peace and thinks “God forbid! I mean, peace is very well, of course, but…”
Being on the beach at half-pay has never been desirable for the professional.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 12:40 AM EST up reply actions
Beach is fine. Half-pay is not.
Nor is promotion rates dropping from 90% to 50%. It’s not there just yet, but will be by the time I’m looking at O6.I may be getting my PhD sooner rather than later. I’m okay with this, as long as they don’t screw over the GI Bill. Which, they of course, will.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:42 AM EST up reply actions
Mine has been
Final exams coming up?
/Plays games
//Aces finals
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by idahobuckeye on Jan 10, 2012 12:18 AM EST up reply actions
Well, "carefree" is a relative term
It’s not like I went through undergrad loaded with money and the parent’s credit cards. Quite the opposite, in fact.
But it was the thought that college was a passing phase that would only last a few short years, and after that real life would take over. That’s when it seemed like nothing from this time was going to stick, and that it was all a dream from which I’d wake up from in a bit.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 12:22 AM EST up reply actions
You know...
I thought the same thing myself when I graduated in ’06.
Then the economy went to shit and here I am back in school again. So, um, you could still have that opportunity to look forward to.
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 12:16 AM EST up reply actions
This seems appropriate for the end of this season, somehow
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 12:13 AM EST reply actions
Also.
It’s going to be a long hard offseason. For all of us. Come April we’ll be craving LETS HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME.
So, it’s been real guys. One last PEW PEW PEW for the road anyone?
Charter member of the Tyrann Mathieu fan club
#firecraigjames
by WatsonTiger on Jan 10, 2012 12:14 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
Now Gentlemen...
Let me ask you this: What if Da Tide were all 14 inches tall, you know, about so high? Now, what’s your score of today’s game?
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 12:14 AM EST reply actions
What if their QB was
6’8"?
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by idahobuckeye on Jan 10, 2012 12:16 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Bill Brasky?
I’d say then that he’d be a sonofabitch
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:18 AM EST up reply actions
Did you say Bill Brasky?
I KNOW Bill Brasky
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 12:19 AM EST up reply actions
Bill Brasky only managed 92 yards of offense in a national championship game.
And it was the most beautiful thing I ever saw.
Free at last!
What about Saban? Would he be mini, too?
Well, mini-er.
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 12:19 AM EST up reply actions
I guarantee you, if alabama were higgs bosons, that Jefferson would still fall down behind the line of scrimmage three of four tries
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"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
So like everyone else, I was staring out of one of th windows at the Inn at the End of the Words.
Worlds. I meant worlds.
The sky was beginning o clear. You could see the stars and this huge crescent moon, with the clouds rushing past it so that, for once crazy moment, it looked like the cloudes were standing sill and the moon was tumblng off through the sky.
There’s a feeling I first got in Australia, when I was a student, back-packing my way around the world, and I’ve had it in the midwest a few times, driving through the flat cornfields for ever, and in the mountains…
It’s an optical illusion, I expect….
The ‘Big Sky.’ That’s how I think of it. There are just some places where the sky seems bigger.
That was how I felt, looking out of the window. And i felt so tiny, like a speck of dust, or a dream.
At first I thought it was a cloud formation. Or, I don’t know. My imagination, maybe.
But it wasn’t. It was a man.
He was walking across the sky, slowly his face almost hidden in the shadows of his hood.
He was carrying a book.
I do not know how long he took to walk across the sky.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:15 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
After the man with the book came the man with the flag, and after him came the people carrying the coffin.
I was watching a funeral procession. That was what it was.
I imagined that I could hear music, a low deep dirge, like the music of the spheres, music to which they marched.
Step by step they walked, across the sky, like giants, with their burden on their shoulders, pacing in unison, slow as time.
I found myself thinking about my father. He died about five years ago, after a long illness. Some kind of cancer in his gut. It wasn’t a very good time for me.
So I put on a suit and went to his funeral, and came away… disappointed. The whole routine seemed as foolish and empty as the plastic flowers in the ‘chapel of rest’; a meaningless act, a shadow of something real.
The words said over my father’s body were hollow and dumb, and I couldn’t find it in my to cry, not then.
I knew I was watching the real thing here. There was true grief in each step they took across the sky, and they shouldered the casket as if they were shouldering the weight of the world.
And they walked. I could feel something hot and burning on my cheeks, and my eyes began to sting.
I don’t know who I was crying for,and I hated myself for it; but i couldn’t look away.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:23 AM EST up reply actions
I'd spent -- how long?
Twelve hours? A day? A week? A month? — in the inn, surrounded by impossible people, and it hadn’t affected me. It wasn’t real.
Then I watched these murky giants walk slowly across the sky, and I felt like my world was falling apart.
Like there was nothing left to hold on to, nothing left to believe in.
I was watching it—I couldn’t look away. But part of me was watching myself watching the procession, and realizing that while I watched I was… being… changed, I suppose.
I was seeing something I couldn’t describe, that I couldn’t explain.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:26 AM EST up reply actions
C'mon
This sounds familiar, but I can’t place it.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
I don't know what they were.
I don’t know who had died, who they were mourning, whose casket they were following, but it didn’t matter.
They were there.
In the sky.
And I believed in miracles.
I didn’t have any choice.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
At the end of the procession, a bit behind everyone else, there were these two girls.
One of them kept hesitating. She’d walk a few steps and stop. Like she’d forgotten what she was doing, where she was. Then she’d walk a little more.
The other one…
The one at the end…
I think I fell in love with her, a little bit.
Isn’t that dumb?
But it was like I knew her.
Like she was my oldest, dearest friend.
The kind of person you can tell anything to, no matter how bad, and they’ll still love you, because they know you.
I wanted to go with her. I wanted her to notice me.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:31 AM EST up reply actions
And then she stopped walking.
Under the moon, she stopped, and she looked at us.
She looked at me.
Maybe she was trying to tell me something; I don’t know.
She probably didn’t even know I was there.
But I’ll always love her. All my life.
Fin.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:32 AM EST up reply actions
Oh God, ESPN board...
One poster keeps calling Alabama fans Nazis and posts a Swastika every other second and another keeps posting the Tebow Tank every other second
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
Van Pelt why do you not defect?
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by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:19 AM EST up reply actions
GMFB
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 12:20 AM EST up reply actions
Mr. Berman, tear down that wall!
Free at last!
by lhb98 on Jan 10, 2012 12:21 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
BACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACK
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 12:22 AM EST up reply actions
Finebaum already in solid trolling form.
Finebaum Network @finebaum
Biggest winner tonight, LSU’s Mike The Tiger. Signed Harvey Updyke
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 10, 2012 12:18 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
NDNation now claims miles is = Kelly
Just with a better defense… Miles has moved to tier 3…
by The voice of NDNation on Jan 10, 2012 12:20 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Please tell me your handle is ironic.
I come here to escape from ND madness.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:25 AM EST up reply actions
Yes sir, you must have missed the earlier explanation....
Straight trolling those douchebags, I hate that place…
by The voice of NDNation on Jan 10, 2012 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
Okay then. Carry on.
I did miss earlier explanation. Those people should all be subjected to this NC game on a never-ending loop.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:31 AM EST up reply actions
Preferably on a giant Jumbotron overlooking Notre Dame Stadium.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
by Tremendous on Jan 10, 2012 12:32 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
LOL, no way
3 yard rushes and field goals are like porn for those guys…
by The voice of NDNation on Jan 10, 2012 12:35 AM EST up reply actions
True.
It’s “gritty” and “defense” and “football the right way”.
/belks
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:38 AM EST up reply actions
It's okay, LSU.
Show me on the doll where the mean midget touched you.
by Guynemer on Jan 10, 2012 12:22 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Fuck guys. No pew pew pews?
assholes. I know what you want.
Charter member of the Tyrann Mathieu fan club
#firecraigjames
by WatsonTiger on Jan 10, 2012 12:24 AM EST reply actions 9 recs
Is the girl on the left in the top pic from a future boobs utopia?
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
nope.
She’s an anchor in BR and uh. They’re real.
Charter member of the Tyrann Mathieu fan club
#firecraigjames
by WatsonTiger on Jan 10, 2012 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
nevermind I thought he was asking if they was fake
Charter member of the Tyrann Mathieu fan club
#firecraigjames
by WatsonTiger on Jan 10, 2012 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
Bleacher Report?
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 12:29 AM EST up reply actions
Fox.
So yea, pretty much BR
Charter member of the Tyrann Mathieu fan club
#firecraigjames
by WatsonTiger on Jan 10, 2012 12:31 AM EST up reply actions
Bleacher Report Article:
10 Reasons why Purdue will win the 2013 BCS Championship
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 12:37 AM EST up reply actions
They're canceling football?
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:38 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Reason 1) World will end
2) Drew Brees may come back to coach The Purdue
by Bus Crasher on Jan 10, 2012 12:40 AM EST up reply actions
Joe Tiller's offense was so awesome.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:41 AM EST up reply actions
Hooray basketball on grass!
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
It was well-done though.
I really would love to get someone off of either the Air Raid or traditional one back trees for our OC. I think I’m on #teammazzone for now. I like his twist on the one-back with the way he packages plays and integrates some of the Air Raid crossing concepts and such.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:46 AM EST up reply actions
But are they
Built for comfort or speed?
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 12:29 AM EST up reply actions
Yes
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 12:32 AM EST up reply actions
Worst Basketball championship game
Worst Football championship game…
- gulp
THANK YOU MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FOR ACTUALLY GIVING US A QUALITY POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
/throws up
BTW, haven't watched a single minute of this game
Avoided all sports today actually
by Bus Crasher on Jan 10, 2012 12:30 AM EST up reply actions
Game 6 was ridiculous.
"I’ll tell you one thing: The grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best."
"Woeojuwejhdjwe"
"We made a couple special teams Fu Pas...Fu Pas. F-U-P-A. Okay. Fu Pa. Maybe an 'H.'"
by LesMilesEatsGrass on Jan 10, 2012 12:30 AM EST up reply actions
ALL THE FREESE
(I was sort of rooting for Rangers, but you cannot write a better script than that)
by Bus Crasher on Jan 10, 2012 12:31 AM EST up reply actions
Last years NCAA basketball championship was almost as shitty
I dont watch college baseball, so I dont know how theyve been
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 12:30 AM EST up reply actions
I went to sleep after halftime
Butler/UConn was an abomination of a game
by Bus Crasher on Jan 10, 2012 12:34 AM EST up reply actions
Hush now
I might have to run away from this thread because I still don’t even know who actually played in the World Series last year.
I hate MLB so much and am quite proud of avoiding this knowledge.
What's MLB?
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:04 AM EST up reply actions
Tora! Tora! Tora! on the Military Channel right now
Irony?
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 12:37 AM EST reply actions
FUCK YOU ALABAMA FANS.
Toomers was rolled.
FUCK YOU IN THE FUCKING EAR WITH YOUR FUCKING SISTERS DICK.
by Board Certified Scrotologist on Jan 10, 2012 12:42 AM EST reply actions
AKA "the Auburn"
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
by Londonjoe on Jan 10, 2012 12:42 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Only when you get paid $180,000 for it.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:43 AM EST up reply actions
That's extremely tasteless.
But what do you expect?
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:47 AM EST up reply actions
Um....
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 12:52 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
It was
Profoundly Vague.
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 12:54 AM EST up reply actions
In that case, I'll give it a strong 8/10
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 12:55 AM EST up reply actions
Oh come on...
Like ‘Bama fans don’t know how their sisters’ genitalia work.
by Mango Stasi on Jan 10, 2012 12:57 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
It was the “SISTER’S DICK” part I was commenting on.
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 12:58 AM EST up reply actions
I'm a scrotologist in the state.
Their sisters have dicks.
by Board Certified Scrotologist on Jan 10, 2012 1:04 AM EST up reply actions
I never knew Tuscaloosa and Thailand had so much in common.
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 1:30 AM EST up reply actions
both are run by M Bison?
someone this morning made this link first, i’m just parroting.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:32 AM EST up reply actions
HOW MUCH HAS REDTAILS PAID SABAN TO MENTION THAT MOVIE THIS MANY TIMES?
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 12:43 AM EST reply actions
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with a Fuck Clemson.
That Hokie freshman in the Greensboro Coliseum rafters didn't see any of this coming.
Same as it ever was,
same as it ever was,
same as it ever was.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 12:48 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Qu'est-ce que c'est
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 1:02 AM EST up reply actions
C'est plus le chose
c’est plus le meme-chose
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:03 AM EST up reply actions
Roll Tide
I had fun. :)
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. ~ Mae West
by Piperch1ck on Jan 10, 2012 12:48 AM EST via Android app reply actions
Boy, Id hate to be a WalMart Cashier in Alabama right about now
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 12:53 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Especially if they root for Auburn.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:55 AM EST up reply actions
Texas A&M, obviously.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 12:58 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Second.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Iowa State
They’re the ones to blame for tonight’s game.
by CalLSURoseBowl on Jan 10, 2012 12:59 AM EST up reply actions
Fuck Iowa State for that.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:01 AM EST up reply actions
It may also be the death of the BCS, so that may actually be a plus.
Granted, I’d rather have gotten there without this bullshit.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
hopefully ESPN is nice enough to end the BCS contract after 2012
so we have plus-one by 2013.
Paul Rhoads would be so proud of your anger.
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 1:32 AM EST up reply actions
Clemson, of course.
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 12:59 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That's rational
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:01 AM EST up reply actions
My B
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 1:03 AM EST up reply actions
USC?
No, that’s totally rational, right?
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
Not a bit of it
We’re lovely people and at best next year is a brief blaze of glory before shuffling into the abyss… well, perhaps an arroyo. time will tell.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
You ARE lovely people.
I just want to BEAT you. I remember the old days of “Catholics vs. Condoms: A Decade of Dominance”, and want to go back to that.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:20 AM EST up reply actions
No thanks
but that day is coming. Just as long as it’s not young Mr Carlisle sealing the win 2 seasons hence…
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I'd like to see a tackle by Armond Armstead in there as well, but we'll see.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:03 AM EST up reply actions
If somewhere else wants to take the chance on letting him play, fair enough
I’m willing to go with the SC doctors on this one.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Georgia
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
I'll be cold in the ground before I recognize Missouri
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 1:03 AM EST up reply actions
Jesus, we're on the same page tonight.
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 1:03 AM EST up reply actions
I pronounce it like Abe does too, so my friends up here always quote that line.
One of the Rock and Roll Space Bandits switched to keytar mode and rocked the mind of a construction worker into hitting the giant lobster with a crane.Batman switched on his Batjet's Bat Sound Absorber and it neutralized all of their hypnotic music.
by Socrates Johnson on Jan 10, 2012 1:05 AM EST up reply actions
And Mizzou
“I’ll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah”
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 1:03 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I don't actually hate Mizzou
I just wanted the chance to quote Abe Simpson
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 1:10 AM EST up reply actions
Boise State...ALL THE TIME
/selftrolling
"Natty Light: For when you absolutely, positively have to knock uglies with a corn-fed co-ed from the opposing school who’s half your age." -- jonfmorse
and i have to say
Worst BCS Game Ever.
Ever.
If I wanted to watch to two “offenses” trip over their own dicks and call it a gameplan, I’d watch the Browns play the Colts.
You were supposed to be the best college ball had to offer, and you embarrassed yourselves badly.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:03 AM EST reply actions
Or if you're going to have the same style make sure they're interesting, like last year.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:06 AM EST up reply actions
Happy college basketball season, everyone!
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
/Checks UCLA's record
…………./pauses
/Checks San Diego State’s record
GO AZTECS!
The Pac-12 does not seem so good.
I haven’t followed that closely (although I did see the Michigan-UCLA game at Thanksgiving-ish), so do they still not have it together?
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
We did sweep the Arizona states
but got swept against Cal and Stanford…and we’re 9-7…so, I don’t know.
UCR almost beat USC...hard troll
"Natty Light: For when you absolutely, positively have to knock uglies with a corn-fed co-ed from the opposing school who’s half your age." -- jonfmorse
There is a non-negligible chance that the Pac-12 is a one-bid league this year.
Seriously, they bad.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
after the NCG game, i feel like i can handle B1G basketball.
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 1:05 AM EST up reply actions
You sat through an entire game involving Wisconsin, right?
Your endurance is strong.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
amongst bo ryan supporters, too.
goddamnit lemme go start training for a marathon, i got this shit.
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 1:08 AM EST up reply actions
That's one hell of an outlier.
I think his system is mostly useful, but it’s too easily swindled by slow-pace, defensively-oriented teams who put up ungodly margins against bad, bad teams in the non-con. (Wisconsin and Pitt are notorious for this.)
Part of the trouble is that 1) standard deviation of margin only drops as the square root of pace, so the slower you play, the more variation you’ll see relative to the mean (this makes good-but-slow teams more vulnerable to upsets), and 2) endgame strategy is fully a function of time and score (and not the teams’ normal preferred style and pace), so the skewing effects of the late foul parades get magnified due to pace adjustment.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Which is why some awful teams get represented relatively high
And seems everyone in the BIG10 wants to have the slowest possible offense
by Cap Town Cat on Jan 10, 2012 1:31 AM EST up reply actions
Hey, the three best teams in the conference actually play at above-average pace this year.
MSU and OSU are both slightly above average, Indiana is just outside the top 50. (Iowa’s also fast.)
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
amaker thinks you can play center
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:09 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, wow. That's something else.
Are these the same people who can’t stand Bielema…but somehow Bo Ryan is all right?
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
haha i have no idea. i'm just fucking glad after witnessing that buzzerbeater last in the wisconsin section i got to see them leave upset.
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 1:14 AM EST up reply actions
by the by, your number of "fucks" and such goes way up after hours.
bad influences in the commentariat?
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:15 AM EST up reply actions
sample size, perhaps?
i kind of curse like a sailor. it’s a really bad habit. i kind of don’t care though hah.
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 1:17 AM EST up reply actions
/haz a sad
/checks hockey
/haz an even deeper sad
Come quickly, Aussie rules.
That Hokie freshman in the Greensboro Coliseum rafters didn't see any of this coming.
I'll survive until March Madness ends
Then, the darkness until the Olympics
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Oh, I did tonight. I did.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:08 AM EST up reply actions
There's surprisingly little dead time this year.
Next three months: college basketball + NHL
April-June: Stanley Cup
June-July: Euro 2012
Late July-first half of August: London Olympics
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Also, criticize me for this
But I’ll be religiously watching the Masters in April
I still remember where I was when Tiger Woods hit that glorious chip shot.
Compelling golf is fantastic sports.
I hated that.
Mostly because of Rick Reilly’s gushing column over it.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:23 AM EST up reply actions
What's your pick for the other?
I know one of the majors always falls on Father’s Day weekend.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Yeah, that's a fun one with the Hell Bunkers and all.
I wish that was always at St. Andrews, though.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
The Master's is God's tournament son.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:17 AM EST up reply actions
Didn't include it because it's a four-day event; the rest are at least multiple weeks.
But the Masters is definitely permissible.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Not a hockey or basketball man myself, so I’ll sub in regular season footy and then gear up for Euro 2012.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Still waiting for epic collapse
but this could be the year they fool all of us.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
There's that too.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
If anyone's interested
The Japanese are just about to hit Pearl in “Tora! Tora! Tora!” on the Military Channel.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:18 AM EST reply actions
/looks up, listens for engines
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:20 AM EST up reply actions
And they used real gotdanged planes, too
Not the real historical planes, but at least real planes made to look like the real deal. None of this crap CG.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:24 AM EST up reply actions
It's a fantastic movie.
I watched it while staying on Ford Island a few years ago.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:29 AM EST up reply actions
IIRC
There were two separate film crews: one Japanese to do the scenes from the Japanese POV, and a US crew for the other side.
Just had the Kimmel line where the spent bullet breaks his window: “It would have been merciful if it had killed me.”
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:36 AM EST up reply actions
I believe so, yes.
Mifune as Yamamoto is masterful.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:40 AM EST up reply actions
Mifune was great in a lot of movies
I don't believe in dibs, or love at first sight, or love, or best friends, or doing things.
Agreed
Well, except maybe “The Geisha Boy.”
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:57 AM EST up reply actions
Yes, yes he was.
Rashomon is one of my favorites of all time.
#teamGolson
進者往生極楽 退者無間地獄
Notre Dame Fightin' Irish + Hawaii Warriors
The Japanese History Podcast
by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:58 AM EST up reply actions
FURK. WANT.
1974 Division II National Champions
1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2009 MAC Champions
by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:23 AM EST up reply actions
The advantage of staying in a nicer hotel, no one is yelling "roll tahhd" on the casino floor randomly
Oregon Ducks, the last Pac10 Champs! "We smoked them all"
לכאלה הולכים שבאה
The Cheshire Cat? Spiders???
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:36 AM EST up reply actions
Well, then
Well done.
/pats on back, in a manly fashion
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:39 AM EST up reply actions
Just got back from LSU alumni bar
Troll Hard in the Paint, for realz.
Great night, great game, great time all around (for me and mine, anyway)
Best place in town to watch an SEC game, regardless of teams.
All. The. Nelly.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:30 AM EST reply actions
Needs more of...
…this.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
[Nelly exercising and breathing hard]
Did they really need to be that descriptive in the lyrics?
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 1:37 AM EST up reply actions
SO HOT IN HERRE
and with that, i think it is my bedtime. adios, edsbs!
by willbechampions on Jan 10, 2012 1:38 AM EST up reply actions
Good night!
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
something will fill the void!
right?
right???
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:40 AM EST up reply actions
I think Holly said there would be a suitable replacement.
But the Digital Viking really was a valuable source of all sorts of life advice. It shall be missed.
As long as the Fulmer Cup lives, though….
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
And it's at this point
“Your brain comes to a screeching halt. And the left hand side of the brain looks at the right hand side and goes, ’It’s dark in here, and we may die.’”
They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
by Profoundly Vague on Jan 10, 2012 1:42 AM EST up reply actions
We have been known to publish our own
Requires quite a bit of motivation, though.
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by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:40 AM EST up reply actions
/drinks handle of Kraken
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:41 AM EST up reply actions
From a friend of mine:
“Welcome to the club of ‘We kicked ass all year and now we got here and…oops…’ Love, A Buckeye.”
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 1:45 AM EST reply actions
It is at this point, that I would just like to say
YOU SEE THIS, BRIAN KELLY?? MOST DYNAMIC, AMAZING DEFENSE IN ALL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL (note I didn’t say “best”, as that was debatable between them and Bama until tonight), BEST SPECIAL TEAMS, A PUNTER AS AN ABSOLUTE WEAPON, GOOD TALENT AT RB AND WR….AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT A COMPLETELY WORTHLESS PIECE OF GARBAGE BEHIND CENTER?
THAT’S RIGHT.
LOOK FAMILIAR?
DON’T YOU DARE SCREW NEXT SEASON UP, BK. THERE IS A CHOICE A, AND A CHOICE B. NEITHER OF THEM RHYME WITH “PEICE”, WHICH IS WHAT I WILL COME UP THERE AND TAKE OUT OF YOU SHOULD YOU SCREW THIS UP.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:51 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
WHARRRLGARBBLLL
I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT A “PEICE” IS BUT I’M NOT JOKING I WILL TAKE IT OUT OF YOU WHATEVER IT IS BRIAN KELLY, DON’T YOU TEST ME.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:54 AM EST up reply actions
I wouldn't say that the Alabama QB
whatever his name was, was a scintillating pro prospect, either. He struck me as a typical Penn State-type QB, who you count on not to fuck things up rather than to make plays.
LSU’s problem is that they counted on Lee and Jefferson(?) to make plays, and Lee never got a chance, and the other guy sucked all night long.
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by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:55 AM EST up reply actions
I can handle a QB who doesn't "eff things up"
This is not what ND played with this year.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:57 AM EST up reply actions
/Civil War joke here
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 1:59 AM EST up reply actions
That's some quality ranting there, sir.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
So Nick...
You still wanna do the alternate Oscar thing for the offseason? Cause if so, I’ll help if I can, and if not, I’m totally gonna steal it.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
By Alternate Oscar thing, do you mean the Golden Globes?
The Razzies?
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 1:47 AM EST up reply actions
We had talked this summer
About renominating and revoting on the Oscars for the past 20 years, to rectify shit like Forrest Gump beating Shawshank Redemption.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
Sounds like the perfect offseason thing to do
But after NFL ends at least
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 1:52 AM EST up reply actions
Not seeing any intrinsic superiority
of “Redempton” over “Gump.”
Thought both were pretty meh, though at least Gump had an interesting viewpoint.
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by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 1:52 AM EST up reply actions
And I forgot
Pulp Fiction was the same year as both. Saving Private Ryan lost to Shakespeare in Love. Just general offseason time killing.
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Shakespeare in Love????
Also, There Will be Blood should have beaten out No Country for Old Men and Little Miss Sunshine was actually better than the Departed
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 1:57 AM EST up reply actions
I have a long list.
And we came up with more that night. It’ll be a good post-March Madness, pre-Olympics thing.
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I liked No Country better personally.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 1:59 AM EST up reply actions
Eh
I guess you could flip a coin…
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 1:59 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
ISWYDT.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
That was the best part of No Country for old Men
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:02 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
Didn't really care for There Will Be Blood
a lot of cinematography and music that told you that what you were seeing was OMFG SO DRAMATIC AND IMPORTANT and yet I had to fight not to laugh at those silly little tent revival scenes and what not being presenting as genuinely dramatic and not hipster ironic dramatic.
in all honesty, i thought the whole thing would have been better categorized as a comedy.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:05 AM EST up reply actions
I wanted more blood.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:06 AM EST up reply actions
The Cinematography was the main reason
The rest of it probably wasnt Oscar-worthy, but the filming was incredible, and in some years, thats enough to win
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:11 AM EST up reply actions
and the cinematography was awesome, but i felt like it was lying to me about the plot being interisting.
ultimately, i blame Upton Sinclair for being a worthless hack and I have no idea under the sun why “Oil!” was ever made into a screenplay at all.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:13 AM EST up reply actions
Well you get the crux of the plot...
That as his fortune grew, his morals/character inversely deteriorated…
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:14 AM EST up reply actions
"Mo' Money, Mo' Problems" made that point more effeciently.
It is one of the most basic plots out there, and the style acted is if I should be surprised that becoming rich made the protagonists into worse people.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:18 AM EST up reply actions
But it had Daniel Day-Lewis
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:19 AM EST up reply actions
So did Nine.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
i always think the animated movie featuring sackpuppets when people bring up "Nine."
which makes me think one of the issues with Blood is that it never laughed at itself. It took one of the oldest stories in the book and thought it could pull it off without the audience thinking “i’ve seen all this before, and I already know the entire narrative development arc even though we’re only 15 minutes into the movie, so you need to tell me a story I haven’t heard before if i’m going to take you as seriously as you take yourself.”
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:24 AM EST up reply actions
P.T. Anderson likes to do hard shit so he can do hard shit.
See also: building a quasi-serious drama around Adam Sandler’s man-boy routine.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
Which is fair, because Saving Private Ryan utterly sucked.
Had you complained about the Thin Red Line losing to Shakespeare in love, your complaint would have had merit.
"Lying is like 95% of what I do."
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by Bob Genghiskhan on Jan 10, 2012 8:41 AM EST up reply actions
In fairness
That was a horrible year for film. Not saying Crash was the best of the best, but there wasn’t anything that was amazing that was passed for it.
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What year was that?
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:06 AM EST up reply actions
2005
Brokeback Mountain, Walk the Line, Capote. Nothing worth writing home about.
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Wasnt episode 3 that year?
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:08 AM EST up reply actions
Walk the Line was alright.
I was disappointed by Capote, and I didn’t love Brokeback Mountain, though it was entertaining.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:09 AM EST up reply actions
Brokeback was fine
But it fell into that trap that “important” movies can fall into, where they forget they have to be good movies too.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
Yeah. If it hadn't sparked so much controversy
it probably wouldn’t be thought of so highly.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:11 AM EST up reply actions
Yep. While I enjoyed Brokeback Mountain...
…I always wondered if it would have been as critically acclaimed if it was about two heterosexual lovers who have to hide their relationship (for whatever reason).
by dawgfan will on Jan 10, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
fair, but Crash was an atrocity
it was cheap and easy and manipulative and stereotypical (hey guess what writers, stereotypes have chaned since 1930!) and predictable and an offensive to intelligent people.
it probably was the worst movie i saw that year.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:07 AM EST up reply actions
Crash is an incredibly forgetable movie considering it won Best Picture
Also, the Dark Knight wasnt even nominated, which is a travesty… It was better than some of the other nominees (Benjamin Button, The Reader, Frost/Nixon) if not Slumdog Millionaire
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:06 AM EST up reply actions
Another weird year.
Milk was better than Slumdog, and two of the best movies of the year weren’t even nominated. (Wall-E and Dark Knight)
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
Yeah, Wall-E is definately a great one
Cars 2 is really the only movie Pixar has missed on, and that was probably because they just scrapped together a lousy movie using the Cars franchise, knowing it would make money regardless
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:13 AM EST up reply actions
Merchandising, my friend.
Cars merchandise outsells the other Pixar merchandise combined. I’m really excited for Pixar’s upcoming two- Brave and then the one that takes place in a girl’s brain.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
because it's the only one for boys. girls have to split between all the others.
/yes yes, I don’t want to hear about Buzz Lightyear.
At least I have a beach.
I would buy the shit out of some Wall-E dolls.
Every niece and nephew birthday ever.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
When did you first notice your soul was missing?
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
Im guessing shes a ginger
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:25 AM EST up reply actions
Hey now.
We have souls.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
Whoa. I never thought about that.
It explains so much…
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:35 AM EST up reply actions
Wall-E isn't a movie for kids, really.
And since that’s what movie choices are based on these days for us…
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:26 AM EST up reply actions
BLASPHEMER
why don’t you go and tell PAAAWWWWL and Updyke what you like then?
/kidding
//not about Wall-E being awesome
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:25 AM EST up reply actions
really? I mean, the 6 year old actually liked it, but he loves machines and space and stuff
I just kind of felt like it was a bit harpy. no?
At least I have a beach.
i guess i can see that.
i just hits a lot of my “OMG LUV” buttons.
sweet and simple love story, good use of storytelling outside of explanatory dialogue, and god the robots are so cute.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:36 AM EST up reply actions
IE isn't the most...sappy type.
Most of the time.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:38 AM EST up reply actions
ah, well outside of the sappy, the movie is mostly "walk, don't hoverround" and "avoid walmart"
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:42 AM EST up reply actions
hey, different opinions are cool. I think it was just over-hyped by movie-LOVING
relatives, and didn’t quite match up with what I was expecting. I still love Pixar.
At least I have a beach.
My 6 year old loves it.
And that’s what matters to Disney.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:15 AM EST up reply actions
I havent seen it, and frankly Itd be kinda weird if I did
I just heard bad reviews from adults. Kids will love pretty much anything Disney throws at them
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:18 AM EST up reply actions
Not really. You don't see a whole lot of Pocahontas stuff by itself, only lumped in with the rest of the
princess garbage. Mu Lan likewise isn’t selling much of anything.
But animated Cars is golden.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:20 AM EST up reply actions
Well, Mulan and Pocahontas were a little while ago, and did not have the graphic technology Cars did
I personally think the cartoon Doug from my childhood is better than any of the shit they have on now, but Doug isnt gonna get merchandizzed
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:22 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah...I don't get your generation. I really don't.
Doug was mildly amusing as a diversion, but nowhere near great, and certainly not better than Phineas and Ferb.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:27 AM EST up reply actions
Why on earth is this either/or?
Both are awesome.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
He said "Doug is better than any of the stuff on now" (paraphrased)
Phineas and Ferb is on now. It is way superior to Doug, and most anything not called Animaniacs (and I’d even have to think long and hard about that).
Of course, classics like the original Looney Tunes are not involved in comparison, as that is just greatness.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:30 AM EST up reply actions
This is a reasonable list:
1. Animaniacs
2. Batman: The Animated Series
3. Phineas and Ferb
4. Tiny Toon Adventures
5. Pinky and the Brain
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by Big Blue Barrister on Jan 10, 2012 8:57 AM EST up reply actions
Beanie and Cecil, forever!!!!
A Bob Clampett car-toooooon!
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 10, 2012 8:59 AM EST up reply actions
Hey Arnold might have been the best show of our generation
though Spongebob was the biggest hit with the next. Rugrats was also classic.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:28 AM EST up reply actions
Rocko's Modern Life.
/drops mic
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by TexaninNYC on Jan 10, 2012 2:29 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
That show was fucked up. Great, but demented.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:30 AM EST up reply actions
Including live action:
1. All That
2. Hey Arnold
3. Angry Beavers
4. Kenan and Kel
5. Rugrats
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:32 AM EST up reply actions
I assume you're 23-27, right?
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
Correct
Problem?
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:34 AM EST up reply actions
Funny, you seem older on television.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:35 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Not at all.
I just think it’s funny the subtle differences in Nickelodeon fandom when the age is just slightly different.
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Hey Dude, Salute Your Shorts, etc?
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by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:36 AM EST up reply actions
Yep.
All That was on my way out of Nickelodeon, so I don’t have the memories that those just a year or two younger do. Anyone remember Welcome Freshmen?
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Welcome Freshmen was great.
And pretty much in my Nick wheelhouse, although I started with Pinwheel/Out of Control/Livewire/The Elephant Show.
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by Big Blue Barrister on Jan 10, 2012 8:59 AM EST up reply actions
You can't do that on Television?
Double Dare?
DANGER MOUSE???
Mr. Ed? Before there was a Nick at Nite, and it was just on Nick during the evening?
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:39 AM EST up reply actions
I loved YCDTOTV
It’s all on YouTube now, and it’s not nearly what I remembered.
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I would kill for a Danger Mouse DVD
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:43 AM EST up reply actions
They're out there
I got the complete set for Christmas. Good times.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I really liked SNICK
it felt edgy to 11 year old me.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:43 AM EST up reply actions
Whenever my life gets me so down, I know I can go down...
Down, down, down…
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Yes, Yes, YES (Panic!), and Yes.
Also much later, but damn if I didn’t watch me some Legends of the Hidden Temple.
#TeamSilverSnakes
Work hard, play harder, rest easy.
Hey Dude can go DIAF for that annoyingly catchy theme song.
Used to love Nickelodeon up until Rocko’s Modern Life got cancelled.
I would go:
1. Hey Arnold
2. Doug
3. Rugrats
4. Angry Beavers
5. Rocko’s Modern Life
I wasn’t as into All That but it was still funny. Any Cousin Skeeter fans in the house?
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:33 AM EST up reply actions
I forgot, Cousin Skeeter goes ahead of Angry Beavers
Also. CATDOG
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:35 AM EST up reply actions
Catdog was the stupidest shit ever.
How does it poop? Can’t explain that.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:37 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
But they lived in a fish and a bone!
#teamdog
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Idk. Never did it for me. Back to back new episodes of SpongeBob and Rocket Power? Oh hell yes. That was my Saturday morning when I was 8 or 9.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:46 AM EST up reply actions
Im not saying Doug was my favorite
In fact it might not even be top 5, but its still better than the stuff on now.
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:31 AM EST up reply actions
Phineas and Ferb, man.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
You've clearly never watched Phineas and Ferb.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:36 AM EST up reply actions
20 years later, would you revote to rectify shit like Shawshank Redemption beating Pulp Fiction?
"Lying is like 95% of what I do."
-Sterling Archer, Codename: Duchess
by Bob Genghiskhan on Jan 10, 2012 8:37 AM EST up reply actions
Good night, college football.
I will miss you so.
A Michigan Man may only marvel at the sea of maize and blue on Saturdays, or the face of the Lord himself. Impress the world, but be not impressed by it.
What an honor it is to troll the state of hawaii
all things considered, its amazing. Considering that trash you guys want to talk, care to rethink things? No troll, just being a dick.
Not in my poll
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:02 AM EST up reply actions
Id put OSU 1
And Bama at 4 just to piss Saban off
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:06 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I know your joking, but where should LSU be 1, 2, or 3
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 2:09 AM EST up reply actions
3 no matter what
If they had lost a close game, I might have even had them at #1.
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:10 AM EST up reply actions
Haterz defense deployed here
OSU needed missed field goals to beat Stanford
Alabama OWNED LSU in rematch.
Alabama #1…..unless your bias outweighs your objectivity.
does it matter?
you will ridicule us regardless the result
by BamaThrasher on Jan 10, 2012 2:03 AM EST up reply actions
I do say Bama #1, just asking for others opinion
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 2:05 AM EST up reply actions
i honestly couldn't care less
I am here for a different reason
by BamaThrasher on Jan 10, 2012 2:06 AM EST up reply actions
its great to hear what bill o'brien thinks
by BamaThrasher on Jan 10, 2012 2:05 AM EST up reply actions
Yep. anytime.
Congrats btw. Looking forward to seeing y’all in October.
I'm not having a real good time.
actually not looking forward to that
when I look at the schedule that’s a tall task.
by BamaThrasher on Jan 10, 2012 2:10 AM EST up reply actions
Honestly, based on the whole season's results? No.
Split with LSU, home and neutral (no road game); the remainder of the resume favors LSU in a landslide. Both beat Arkansas, so that cancels out; Oregon, Georgia, and WVU > Penn State and Auburn by a long shot.
But you did completely undermine the whole “champion has to be the team with the best overall season” anti-playoff argument this year, so we’ve got that going for us, which is nice.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
u mad
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:09 AM EST up reply actions
not really
but at least I man up and insult people and their rooting interests. From what I gather, none of you have that quality. But yeah, keep trolling you panzies
by BamaThrasher on Jan 10, 2012 2:12 AM EST up reply actions
Enjoy your Miller Lite.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:13 AM EST up reply actions
I thought you wanted out of here.
The door is thataway. Please feel free to use it.
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i had been told you were banned.
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by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:10 AM EST up reply actions
This all leads to Kevin Bacon winning the championship
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:09 AM EST up reply actions
Nick Saban was in Blind Side with Kathy Bates
Who was in About Schmidt with Jack Nicholson, who was in Bucket List with Morgan Freeman, who was in Shawshank with Tim Robbins, who was in Mystic River with Kevin Bacon. I’m sure there’s a quicker way, but that was impromptu.
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by TexaninNYC on Jan 10, 2012 2:12 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Impressive
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:13 AM EST up reply actions
Nicely done.
I would try Mark Richt but Facing the Giants was a buncha nobodies. I bet there are other coaches you could do it with…
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:14 AM EST up reply actions
Home and Neutral...hahahaha
I suppose you think Boise at UGa in Atlanta was a neutral site game as well.
27-9 on aggregate. Alabama #1.
Anything else is butthurt
#bodyofwork
#rememberthefive
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:11 AM EST up reply actions
They were great tonight. But.. Oregon, WFVU, Ark.
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 2:12 AM EST up reply actions
This is the year that's put me over the edge.
Either go back to the traditional system or let’s just cut the shit and have a playoff.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:17 AM EST up reply actions
TRADITIONAL SYSTEM
and only on January 1st
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 2:20 AM EST up reply actions
I do disagree with playoffs...
but a Bama close win would have made that much more difficult
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 2:18 AM EST up reply actions
I would love to see Bama/Okie St. next weekend.
LOVE it.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
A) Iowa State
B) Needed Missed Field Goals to beat Stanford (Saban #3…all the RAEG)
Your Argument is Invalid.
I'm not arguing anything.
I would enjoy that game. That’s all I’m saying.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
And needing missed field goals to win is somehow so much worse
than missing all those field goals yourself to lose.
(Besides, last I checked they’ve played 13 games, not 2.)
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If Stanford #3 = OMG Saban bias
and OSU needs missed FGs to beat OMG NOT EVEN close to #3….than OSU = quite a gap between #2 and #3.
Pick your poison!
Stanford #3 was not objectively justifiable by any means at the time, nor is it now.
Nor is winning a close game (by whatever means) against #4 a bad thing. It’s #3 vs. #4, it’s supposed to be close. But of course, any argument against Bama = HATERZ, and damn the facts.
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Or was it?
Because OSU #2 requires the same logic.
So, #1 vs .#2 should be close too…but 21-0. Ooops.
Now that the air has been cleared,
Congrats. Alabama played a much better game than LSU and deserved to win. In the system we have, they deserve to be #1, and I would vote them so. Their win was dominant enough tonight in my mind to outweigh the loss to LSU earlier. I have no problem with them being #1.
The problem was, and still is, that a team that does not win it’s own division or conference logically should not be the “best team in the country”, because it wasn’t the best by other metrics. An 11-1 Stanford that didn’t win the PAC12 didn’t deserve consideration either. No one else “deserved” to be #2 any more than you, but neither did Bama have a good case, in my mind, to get the chance to be #1. I’m not sure after watching tonight that OSU wouldn’t have a shot against you or LSU. But, the system says you’re #1, and despite hating the system, I can respect that your team did what it needed to do to win the NC. Congrats. I don’t hate Bama. I hate your idiot fans who treat going to the NC like it’s a birthright. They’re the same type of person that I hate in my own fanbase.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:51 AM EST up reply actions
Try being a Dallas Cowboys fan.
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by TexaninNYC on Jan 10, 2012 2:53 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I was, when I was 4, until Montana broke my heart.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:55 AM EST up reply actions
Are you still America's team?
If so, we’re fucked.
If ya can't get your Dick Enright, get your Dick Harter!
I have always been for a playoff or BCS chaos
My team just happened to benefit from the chaos this year.
And despite the system sucking, I can't begrudge you your happiness.
I’d be happy if ND had gotten in and won, even if I thought ND had a weaker case than some.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:57 AM EST up reply actions
And thank you for recognizing that.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:02 AM EST up reply actions
Been saying tht the whole time
Which is why I couldn’t understand all those that hate the BCS that were not LSU fans rooting for anyone BUT Alabama.
Glad it was my team this year….would have been almost as happy if it were Boise State (o some other such team) this year.
Because you're practically one of 2 Bama people saying that.
While the rest are all “WOOO HATERS SUCK IT”
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:10 AM EST up reply actions
basically, same reason last year we hated Barners.
I don’t have anything against either team personally. Fans who act like that, however…
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:24 AM EST up reply actions
Basically, what KG said.
Even though I disagree with you on the arguments you’ve made, at least you’re making arguments instead of being a dick like [COMMENTER REDACTED] was. Anything that gives the rest of your fanbase reason to become even more insufferable … well, I’m sure you can understand why we wouldn’t want that.
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The story I'd heard on that one (not sure if true or not)
is that Weis didn’t bother bringing the rivalry trophy to the game, so the players decided to make the field their trophy instead. If that’s the case, I really can’t blame them.
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No one even knew there WAS a trophy
Heck, I only know because of NCAA on the Playstation says there is.
I don’t care so much that the MSU players planted a flag. I think it was stupid, but fine. I think it’s funnier that Johnelle sent guys to defend against retaliation the next year, as if we really would care to do that.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:36 AM EST up reply actions
That drove me nuts.
Maybe if we’d focused half so much on defending our home field, I don’t know, DURING THE DAMN GAME, we wouldn’t have had to “defend” it after.
That was the night I knew that John L. must go. (I’d already been leaning that way since the previous year’s OSU game, with the infamous “kids are playing their tails off, coaches are screwing it up” quote – not because of the quote, but because of the reason for said quote and the meltdown every single one of us knew would follow for the rest of the year.)
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He did spiral down. Was that the same game he slapped himselff
in the press conference?
The Valenti rant after that was truly a masterpiece. I still go back and listen from time to time.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:45 AM EST up reply actions
I thought the slap was after the Rain Game.
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That's what I meant.
He was supposedly demonstrating an ND player hitting someone, but that scuffle on the sideline was pretty even. An ND coach got smacked trying to break it up.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:53 AM EST up reply actions
slap was the ND rain game. apparently The Charles made some comment that either he or one of his players was hit. MSU said bullshit.
the OSU-halftime rant game is as close as i’ve ever come to breaking furniture during a game.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:53 AM EST up reply actions
After the FG block that prompted said rant
I just walked over to my neighbor’s room (door was open) and started banging my head on the door frame. Felt better than watching the rest of the game.
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since we're reminiscing: fuck sedrick irvin
you wanna talk feelng miserable, try a three hour car ride with the family to relatives home the morning after THAT debacle.
i listened to ‘champagne supernova’ on repeat the entire drive. on loop, on my cd players that i had to rest on a pillow because skip guard had not been invented yet.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 4:05 AM EST up reply actions
Not to defend certain actions...
but EVERYONE has hated us since the BCS rankings were announced. Alabama fans deal with this a lot on a regular basis, but at least during the season there are other to deflect from time to time. Since the rankings came out there has been only ‘us’. Look at the informal poll on this site from earlier….of all the ‘neutrals’ only two supported us. 6 weeks of focused hate/anger/resentment will have an affect on a fan.
Don’t believe me? Think of the regular Alabama posters on this site and how scare they made themselves in the last few weeks. There’s a limit. Everyone reacts differently when they reach their own limit.
No excuses for any specific action/reaction…just understand that those that reacted poorly without crossing a line might have been doing the best they could at that time.
You want to complain to an ND fan about people hating your fanbase?
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No one (minus those with rooting interests that demand it) “HATES” Bama. Someone saying that Bama doesn’t deserve to be in the NC game isn’t “hate”. The “hate” comes from the Bama fans that come on here and act like douchenozzles. I wanted LSU to win, because I like things neat and tidy and I felt they were deserving. Had their fans come around and acted like dolts, I might have changed my mind.
You’ve demonstrated you’re not in the same category, but I don’t care what people said or didn’t say, nothing excuses the way some Bama fans act (not just one), and the butthurt from them has certainly swayed a lot of people. That said, I bet that 90% of the people who wanted LSU to win did so for the same reasons I did—they were demonstrably deserving to be there, and Alabama had questions about it.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:49 AM EST up reply actions
You experienced one 'douchenozzle' (apologies)
but how many other Bama fans are on here regularly, live through all the daily NASHUNALLL CHAMPS, PAAAWWWWLLL stuff without much of a reaction…and yet haven’t been around for the last few weeks?
Just saying, ND and Bama….there is much we have in common. 6 Weeks of focused/hate/anger/resentment and i am sure that at least one ND fan would crack.
Only one who got banned, but there have been more who've been obnoxious.
Look, I feel you—it drives me nuts when someone equates “ND Nation” with “ALL ND FANS”. The difference is, I don’t and will not defend them. They’re idiots. I go out of my way to demonstrate that I’m different than they are, so I don’t get lumped in with them. And I can take the ND stuff I hear, as long as it’s not spidery or the above. “PAAWWWLLLL” isn’t purely a Bama thing, it’s just as much an Auburn thing, if I understand correctly. And if it bothers someone, then they need to demonstrate that not all Bama fans are that way, rather than get huffy and shout “haterz”
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:59 AM EST up reply actions
But that may be the difference
This group does a pretty good job of differentiating between NDNation and our ND regulars. But “Bammers” seems to be liberally applied. Most of us can deal, but if a normally sedate regular goes all FffffUUUUUUU, well, it just might be a need to blow off some steam. Not saying they should be allowed to cross certain lines, just that some ‘dickishness’ might need to be overlooked. Give them a couple of weeks and see how they are then before tarring them with any particular brush.
Hell, look at how the ’Barners have acted since the BCS show. Are they all the F-U people that many have seemed to be?
Not right or wrong, just my POV.
I get what you're saying.
But getting huffy and nasty isn’t really the best way to handle it.
Again, I don’t particularly care about Bama or Barner or whatever. I don’t think most people do. They do, however, react to the way people present themselves.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 4:09 AM EST up reply actions
I think you may have cause and effect backwards here.
A few very stereotypical Bammers showed up immediately after the BCS show and started stirring the pot. Some of the reactions to that went overboard, and a couple of reasonable Bama fans got caught up in the backlash, but for the most part it was [COMMENTER REDACTED] and a couple others doing the provoking.
My anger was directed at the system, the voters, and at the idiotic defenses of both launched by said stereotypical Bammers. I wanted LSU to win because I like the Mad Hatter’s style of play much more, because I think Saban’s abuse of medical hardship waivers is downright scummy (to be fair, LSU isn’t a whole lot better when it comes to oversigning) and because I did not think Bama belonged in the title game; the twits who showed up here only solidified my opinion.
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This goes here:
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:34 AM EST up reply actions
Worst. Night. Ever.
I didn’t even care about the rain, that just made it more fun … until the meltdown. Walking back to the dorm, soaked to the bone, after that? Pure distilled misery.
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you've met my ex, then?
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by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:38 AM EST up reply actions
Or he's lived in Cleveland
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:39 AM EST up reply actions
Greatest. Morning. Ever.
(was in Japan, so it was Sunday morning)
The BGS game thread that day was epic.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:43 AM EST up reply actions
would make an AMAZING legend if theit spirits were somehow STILL guarding that spot.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:37 AM EST up reply actions
/B1G division name joke goes here
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:43 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
hah. so the division names will remain until MSU defends their home field against someone interested in vandalizing it
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by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:47 AM EST up reply actions
And the "THE" is returned to Ohio State.
after it makes its way across college football.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:52 AM EST up reply actions
I'm with you on that.
I still do not believe Alabama is the “best team”, but they did win the BCS title and, well, congrats on that.
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I'm good with a 8 team playoff...or a +1
but prefer a playoff.
6 weeks layoff for Alabama could have been a nice playoff in the meantime.
They were the best team that year.
But unlike college football, every other sport in the world either decides it on full round-robin play or lets every team with a reasonable claim (and some without) duke it out on the field knowing that sometimes the team that wins won’t be the one with the best season overall. This was the worst of both worlds: at least one clearly deserving candidate was denied a chance to prove their claim, and yet the “champion” is a team that clearly doesn’t have the best season overall.
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Trophy Says "Champs", not "Best"
I’m good with that.
Lose to sub .500 does NOT = “Reasonable Claim”. Sorry, you can keep repeating that, but it wont make it any more true.
Bama has a win over Arkansas too.
Georgia is the one LSU has that they don’t.
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Plus a superior OOC schedule. Two BCS bowl winners/conf champions
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:15 AM EST up reply actions
Wins and losses matter more than the score.
And LSU has more wins against a tougher schedule overall. (And yes, the game was closer to LSU’s campus than Alabama’s – but each school was alloted a very large number of tickets and it’s still within easy driving distance of Tuscaloosa.)
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To which part?
A 4.5 hour drive for a title game is nothing; I’ve done 8 hours each for three different Final Fours (one in hockey).
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Glad they/you played your schedule and we played ours
No empirical evidence that our records would have been any different if schedules had been reversed. But hold on to that if you want.
Given equal records (technically they're not, 13-1 vs. 12-1) I reward the team that had the tougher schedule.
Sure, Alabama might have achieved the same record had the schedules been reversed. But we don’t know that, and we do know LSU did. What’s so complicated about that logic?
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Tougher schedule is happenstance
You have ZERO evidence that Alabama wouldn’t have same record against same schedule.
But guess away…Mr. Harris Poll Outlier
And you have ZERO evidence that they would.
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Aggregate score means little to me.
YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME. Whether that’s by forcing a long FG attempt in OT which fails or by a wider margin, the win matters far more than how it’s achieved.
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Usually yeah, but in this (ridiculous) case, manner of winning matters.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:48 AM EST up reply actions
no offense meant here. but this is a slippery slope argument. Boise St. could be the most
awesome team in the country, but has a lousy strength of schedule. You can’t really guess how a team would do playing a different schedule. There are too many teams for them all to play equally. We have to work with what we’ve got.
At least I have a beach.
Which is why I want a system large enough to give them a chance to prove it.
But if the question is “who had the best season”, and the records are equal and head-to-head can’t solve it, I’m going with the team that had to run the tougher gauntlet to get there, because we have (slightly) stronger evidence of their badassery.
I hated that Boise and Utah and TCU and Auburn (2004) and Cincinnati went unbeaten and got a consolation prize of a glorified exhibition game, but those were the fault of asking the wrong question (which two teams most deserve a chance to prove themselves #1), not getting the wrong answer to said question. This year is the first time I’ve really felt that the BCS managed to add insult to injury by coming up with an indefensible answer to the wrong question.
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yes, I agree with you. the Boise arguement is a few years old because they didn't do
so well this year, but every year or so there’s a team from an outlier conference that’s undefeated and buzzy, but there’s not a good way line them up. If the desire is for a clear “champion” meaning one who has proven it’s the best, then the only way to do it fairly is some kind of tournament. But I’m not sure this melds well with the Bowl System. I didn’t grow up as a football fan (you can blame my family; I do), so I’m not as nostalgically attached to them, so I guess I don’t see what the big deal is to ditch them. Or, if the public isn’t ready for that, then use them in tournament form. The BCS tried to mesh the two, but came up with something that doesn’t really do either.
At least I have a beach.
I'd say keep the bowls for teams that don't qualify.
Yes, that would make them the football equivalent of the NIT – except they kind of are already.
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Push them before Jan 1st please.
I want Jan bowl games to mean something again. They don’t have to be part of the playoff, but it should not be Pitt vs SMU, either.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:03 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed.
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I'm TOTALLy on the BSU bandwagon
I think that they should have been given the invite in past years. Maybe even this year.
Though certain Horns think my Opinion doesn't count
I really do think that Alabama was the #2 team after the regular season was over. Because of that, I was glad they got the invite. That they won should prove that they were the #2 team, at worst, after the regular season concluded.
If we were to go to an 8 team playoff, do you think it would include the 6 conference champs and 2 at large, or just the top 8
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Would or should?
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
Either/both
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:23 AM EST up reply actions
Let's take a look or two at how the new conferences shake out.
Give the new Big East, ACC, and Big 12 a few years to justify their place at the table. My read would be that Big 12 (adding WVU) deserves it, ACC deserves it, not sure about BE. I could go 6 +2 or 5 + 5.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:25 AM EST up reply actions
Because of the change, not because of record.
They were SUPPOSED to be better by adding Miami and VT, and that didn’t materialize.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:28 AM EST up reply actions
Notre Dame very well could land in the ACC soon... just to throw that out there
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:29 AM EST up reply actions
This won't happen.
Probably ever. Definitely not soon.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
It's very much the choice of the alumni base, should we be forced to join a conference.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:32 AM EST up reply actions
I'm not saying it's a bad idea
But unless the whole system implodes, there’s no benefit for Notre Dame.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
Unless the whole system implodes, you won't see us in a conference.
It’s clearly option Z
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:36 AM EST up reply actions
Wing Attack Plan R.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:37 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Im thinking that implosion is eventually gonna happen
Either youre gonna be in the Big 4/5 or your not, they wont give a shit about independents
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:38 AM EST up reply actions
If ND is forced their hand, the ACC makes all the sense in the world
More academically in-line, more flexible on TV deal etc. easier conference for ND to win in than bIG
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:36 AM EST up reply actions
Plus, we don't HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE you.
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:40 AM EST up reply actions
ND to the Big East!
what? you’ll love playing at UCincy and at UConn.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:30 AM EST up reply actions
Yes, and if we go to a conference, I'm hoping it's the ACC.
Still, even though adding ND would add television sets, it’s debatable at this point if it would add quality football. I can admit that honestly. Automatic berths should go to conferences that demonstrate quality over the long term. I remember 7-5 ACC champions in the BCS, and that should never, ever happen.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:32 AM EST up reply actions
Definitely gotta give the ACC time...
They are really down now, sure, but FSU is on its way back up (I truly think Fisher is the next Saban) Virginia Tech well be consistently up there, Miami will probably get back to deserving top 25 soon, and Clemson, UVA, Ga Tech, NCSU, UNC will always have pretty good years every now and again
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:28 AM EST up reply actions
And that's what I'm saying.
Overall I think they’ve made moves to be way better than the Big East, but the new Big East is going to be a different animal altogether, and we have no idea what it will really be like.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:33 AM EST up reply actions
/loses to first good team on schedule
//beats ND in bowl game despite starting 4 freshman on Oline
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:41 AM EST up reply actions
Would? Probably. It would be hard to convince conferences to sign off on it without some guarantee that they get a piece of it.
Should? Nope. We’d end up with a situation like a 8-4 Uconn getting in while a one-loss TCU/Boise/Houston gets left out.
by Jonathan Wright on Jan 10, 2012 2:26 AM EST up reply actions
My personal choice would be
the top six conference champions (whatever conferences they happen to be from; if the Sun Belt champ is 12-0, throw them in instead of the 9-3 winner of the Big East) plus two at-large.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Why couldn't there be some sort of condition that you IF you are a conference champ, you MUST also be in the
Top 10/12/whatever, thereby both giving precedence to being a conference winner, but also not penalizing a strong conference by excluding a second team if a different conference has a weak year?
At least I have a beach.
You're smart.
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:34 AM EST up reply actions
I like sleeping in my bed.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:41 AM EST up reply actions
No.
But this is a hilarious story! You’ve been banned.
Because college football is too important to be left to the professionals.
by Spencer Hall on Jan 10, 2012 2:30 AM EST up reply actions 22 recs
Thank Jesus.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
Is it okay to rec this?
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:31 AM EST up reply actions
Did Tebow alert you to our time of need?
because you just appeared out of the ether to smite a jerk.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:33 AM EST up reply actions
Spencer sees all, knows all
receives all emails.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:34 AM EST up reply actions
will the miracles of the inter tubes never cease?
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:38 AM EST up reply actions
Well, good night all
I just woke up after falling asleep for a half-hour in front of the laptop. May as well get to bed for real.
Congrats to the Bama fans, and my sympathies to the LSU folks. I kinda wish that offense had shown up in Morgantown this year. I know Alabama has a great defense, but that wasn’t even close to the O that hit WVU.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 2:33 AM EST reply actions
Patriots 07-08
best team EVAR
Roll Tide. Kiss ass college football world. I sometimes think the SB nation blogworld is the pop culture cesspool of football. Everyone wants the RG3 blah blah…the sugar coated, easily swallowed Katy Perry type of stuff. Fuck y’all if you can’t appreciate the Tom Waits/Chris Whitley/Jason Isbell-esque qualities of good defenses. The nuanced, subtle genius of it all – performed by beasts of the southeast. Disappointed with some of Spencer’s and Chris Brown’s twitter feed tonight. You’ll get your kicks soon enough, but for now…Saban’s suffocation rules. Again, Roll Tide. Y’all mad? Yea, you mad.
grapefruit moon, one star shining, can't turn back the tide...
by JunctionCrimson on Jan 10, 2012 2:35 AM EST reply actions
This banhammer is heavy and swinging freely tonight.
Your call.
Because college football is too important to be left to the professionals.
by Spencer Hall on Jan 10, 2012 2:38 AM EST up reply actions
...
Banning:
The Assman 1
Not Banning:
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:39 AM EST up reply actions
Unless there's some history here that I don't know of, I'd say no.
Gloating is fine. Arguing is fine. Being an ass is not, and that’s what got Thrasher in trouble.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
But seriously, what was Bama Thrasher banned for/ Is it for real?
I dont think I was here whenever it may or may not have gone down
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:41 AM EST up reply actions
There were some...unpleasantries...between him and KG the other night.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:42 AM EST up reply actions
He was banned for being too stupid to have a good time.
Because college football is too important to be left to the professionals.
by Spencer Hall on Jan 10, 2012 2:43 AM EST up reply actions
Yes. Just trust me. It was more than irrational exhuberance.
#teamGolson
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:42 AM EST up reply actions
I hope you dont mind me asking over what subject and if he was drunk
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:43 AM EST up reply actions
He crossed some basic lines of internet decency.
None of which had anything to do with being happy over Bama. And that’s pretty much all I think I should say. He came specifically to try to pick another fight, either with me or others. You’ll notice his first message tonight mentioned “trolling Hawaii”. That’s not an accident. Regardless, Mr. Hall has done us a service, and I propose we move on discussion Nickelodeon shows and arguing in rational manner about the NC game or playoffs or whatever.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:46 AM EST up reply actions
Roundhouse: cultural touchstone or THE cultural touchstone?
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:47 AM EST up reply actions
I got in trouble for watching the sex education episode.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
really, the only thing i still remember is one lady with black hair cut pixie style singing about "smiling though my tears"
relate to that, yes i did.
choke up at that, just a bit.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:55 AM EST up reply actions
CatDog should go down as one of the greatest cartoons of all time
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:47 AM EST up reply actions
You're killing me smalls.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:53 AM EST up reply actions
Just conform
You cant resist the CatDog
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:54 AM EST up reply actions
That's kind of creepy.
Just like the CatDog. Though it’s still less demented than Rocko and Aah! Real Monsters and Ren and Stimpy.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:58 AM EST up reply actions
Aah Real Monsters was puzzling
I really dont know who would have watched it, it wasnt funny, scary, entertaining, anything really
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:59 AM EST up reply actions
I didn't. Ren and Stimpy weirded me out too.
Rocko was great though.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:00 AM EST up reply actions
Spencer, I'd imagine we'd have a good time over some drinks
but no leeway in the wake of a national championship and a little frustration over the “apathy” of another great college football season?
grapefruit moon, one star shining, can't turn back the tide...
by JunctionCrimson on Jan 10, 2012 2:43 AM EST up reply actions
Gloat well and there won't be any problems.
Because college football is too important to be left to the professionals.
by Spencer Hall on Jan 10, 2012 2:44 AM EST up reply actions
Salinger is my favorite writer of all time
this is the best I can do
grapefruit moon, one star shining, can't turn back the tide...
by JunctionCrimson on Jan 10, 2012 2:45 AM EST up reply actions
here is some advice on glaoating well from an ohio state fan:
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This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:45 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Wait til after the Florida game?
Or maybe until April?
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:47 AM EST up reply actions
csb
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:38 AM EST up reply actions
FYI: Love Tom Waits
Would hardly describe his lyrics as “defensive”
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 2:40 AM EST up reply actions
my eyes bleed
You know, vultures, I’ve seen a lot of vultures since I’ve entered the Texas border, a lot of vultures. The interesting thing about vultures is that, well, the reason they spend so much time in the air is because they’re so light because they eat so infrequently. So they’re mostly feathers, so a lot of times you’ll see them doing this and you’ll think “Oh, he’s probably going to land soon and eat,” but a lot of times he’s thinking to himself “How the fuck am I gonna get down there?”
Lack of pussy'd make even a good man go bad. -- Bunk Moreland
by 10 cent beer night on Jan 10, 2012 2:45 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Sooo...
The system we have, whether you like it or not, a team that does not win their confrence or division can be the national championns? no? They looked it tonight.
System we have sucks.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:54 AM EST up reply actions
But...
It is there. Who is Kg’s vote of national champ?
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 2:56 AM EST up reply actions
See way up thread.
Alabama.
The whole conference/division thing is and has always been my only argument against Bama. “Eye test” has always told me that Bama was better than other contenders. Thing is, “eye test” is wrong a lot more than “proven on field” test. “I think Bama is better than OSU” doesn’t tell me that Bama is better than OSU. I also see the logic that says that LSU and Bama are even, and LSU had a better resume. I base my opinion on the fact that even though it was darn near unwatchable football, Bama strangled LSU, and from 12-0 on you knew that LSU wasn’t getting back up from the mat. They dominated the game. I believed LSU was the best team in the country, and I believed Alabama was the second best team in the country, by eye test, so I would go with Bama. But that doesn’t retroactively vindicate the system or selection process.
If only there was some way of putting more teams into the mix, so we could see objectively on the field who might deserve it…
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:01 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i dimly recall a convo a bit ago about quanitfying what "best" means.
someone was saying how putting confereing title requirements or such as prerecs for the title game but artifical limitations on what “best” could be, but really, i thought later, without limitations of some sort “best” is utterly meaningless.
i mean “best” could mean neatest looking (oregon) or most wins (michigan) or most noble despite their unfortunate and lamented flaws (ohio state) (what? come at me bro!) or anything. so it seems to me that the leniency the BCS alllows for determining just what “best” is when choosing the “best” two teams is really a disservice.
i’d like “best” to mean “winner of a particular competition of several teams” with is objective rather than “ooo look how big their linemen are” (damn you herbie). say, the winner of each conference and one or two at larges. Notre Dame can just join the Big East to get into the system because screw Notre Dame. If they don’t want to play a BE schedule, then just take predetermined slot in the hypothetical BE title game.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:01 AM EST up reply actions
We love you too :)
Seriously, ND should NOT have any sort of “special ND clause”. I would support ND having to earn one of the at-large spots like anyone else (which, really, they have to do now with the BCS, because it’s not automatic until they hit #8, and the top 8 should be in ANYWAYS. Not our fault we’ll get chosen if we qualify at 14, blame the same system that picked VT over Boise). For instance, if it were 6 major conf champs and 2 at-large given to the top 2 not already qualified by the previous, we’d have to be in those top 2. I’m fine with that. There’s no point to getting in if you don’t belong and are just fodder for the first round.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:07 AM EST up reply actions
haha yeah i'm fine with that.
i just chuckle at the ripples of Notre Dame joining the Big East for football as well as their other sports.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:10 AM EST up reply actions
NEIN
Not that we have anything against the BE, obviously. But our arrangement with them is purely business. If we’re going to give our love to someone, we’d have to truly love them (or have them be halfway decent, but winnable, in good recruiting areas, and willing to have separate bank accounts TV deals.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:17 AM EST up reply actions
I'm not opposed, in principle, to such a thing.
After all, it’s common to all other US sports. (I didn’t even mind Oklahoma getting in the year they got blown out by K-State; they had stomped everyone so badly to that point that even with a blowout loss, they had as good an argument for #1 as anybody.) But a team that does win its conference ought to have as much chance to earn it, if not more, than any team that fails to do so.
In other words: it wouldn’t bother me if Bama had gotten through two rounds of playoffs before facing LSU for the title. It bothers me a lot that they were given a chance to do so and Oklahoma State was not.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
This, pretty much.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 2:56 AM EST up reply actions
ditto, almost word for word
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:03 AM EST up reply actions
I know..
argument over resume or loss. I am fine with with loss being the deciding factor this year. SEC blah blah blah. But the conference did have the last, what 5 BCSNC’s. OK, I’m fine with the result.
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 3:01 AM EST up reply actions
For me, the bigger problem is trying to pick two teams out of 120
based on 10% of a full round-robin schedule with a high degree of geographic isolation. It can’t be reliably done, period. The trouble with the BCS is usually that it’s asking the wrong question; that it got (IMO) the wrong answer too this year is just the icing on the cake.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
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the best two teams did not play today in your opinion?
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 3:08 AM EST up reply actions
The main reason I think it should have been OSU is because the whole justification of the BCS is that it makes the regular season part of the overall "playoff"
And if thats the case, I dont think there should ever be a rematch in the title game…If there were a playoff, I would have no problem, even if LSU and Bama somehow faced off in the first round
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:12 AM EST up reply actions
In general, for situations like this I tend to weigh good wins more than bad losses.
Overall record and strength of schedule matter most, but if those are even I would rather see a team that has proven themselves capable of competing at the highest level, even if they’re inconsistent enough to drop a game to clearly inferior competition, than one who has beaten average teams and lost to their only top competition.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
This.
Say last year Auburn had lost to someone like Georgia, but still beat Bama, LSU, Arkansas, and SC twice. I would have had them over any other one loss team in the country and even an unbeaten Boise
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:25 AM EST up reply actions
On the road, the day after a tragedy
They also had more/better wins
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:14 AM EST up reply actions
I agree. Reallity=Perception. SEC schedule
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 3:15 AM EST up reply actions
Bama beat a good Arkansas team at home
And a mediocre PSU team that just couldnt score, and that was just about it. Ole Miss, MSU, UT, Auburn, Vandy and their nonconference schedule were all garbage
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:17 AM EST up reply actions
We won 8 games. :(
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:18 AM EST up reply actions
Who did you beat?
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:20 AM EST up reply actions
...uh.
USCe.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:27 AM EST up reply actions
You got fucked by Clemson, therefore your argument is invalid
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:29 AM EST up reply actions
Our defense. It was not good.
I’m just glad we beat the teams we were supposed to. I’m okay with this year being mediocre; it was about what we expected. You get what you pay for, etc. (yes, intended self-troll)
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:30 AM EST up reply actions
I dont see things picking up for Auburn any time soon
Take Cam Newton off the 2010 team, and they would have finished about the same as this year. Chizik is not a good coach, and the only way he’ll be able to get them back is with really good coordinators
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:32 AM EST up reply actions
We've been recruiting well lately.
We were really young this year and were without stable QB play. I hope we get a good OC…
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:33 AM EST up reply actions
Im starting to think its the quality control guy for FSU that needs to go.
Jimbo is a great coach, they’ve gotten a top 5 class each of the last three years, great players, good coordinators, yet things just randomly go wrong
The only thing to fear is Wake Forest
by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:36 AM EST up reply actions
Are we talking about the same ESPN that has been blowing smoke up Bama's kiester all week?
Every fan base thinks ESPN hates them and is biased against them. They weren’t, man.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:20 AM EST up reply actions
Don't hate me...
But I doubt more than 4 guys on any Div 1 ! football team could name the women’s basketball coach,let alone an assistant, if they weren’t a) at Tennessee, b) at UConn, or c) dating a basketball player.
I knew/dated a couple female athletes that were on top 20 ranked teams and I couldn’t name their coaches. That may just be me, but that is my anecdotal evidence by which I judge.
And that has nothing to do with my comment.
ESPN wasn’t pushing that storyline at Bama’s expense. No producer was sitting back thinking “Great! A plane crash explains OSU’s loss! Let’s use that to bring down Bama!” ESPN wanted you in the game. They want what is best for ratings and controversy.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:31 AM EST up reply actions
No, no, no
Not at Bama’s expense…just don’t buy it as an excuse for a loss to a bad team. OSU took that game for granted, that is all.
And to think
I was actually rooting for ISU because it looked like Clemson or VT couldve backed into the championship game. Boy do I regret that now
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:33 AM EST up reply actions
I think it may very well have been a reason that contributed to not playing their best
(I agree with IE below, and not just because I’m married to her).
But neither should it have any bearing on how voting goes. They lost the game. That doesn’t get excused because there was a tragedy involving OSU people the day before, at least it shouldn’t by pollsters. The game still counts.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:40 AM EST up reply actions
sometimes i really want to ask, on camera, some of their personalities who take themselves very seriously "how do you support your assetion that espn is more than a feax-news entertainment network?"
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:33 AM EST up reply actions
Well, SVP is here, just ask him.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:40 AM EST up reply actions
i missed the day we decided that assman is SVP. i don't really get it.
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by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:48 AM EST up reply actions
SVP reads EDSBS, we know this.
SVP went to Maryland.
Assman is a Maryland fan.
I suppose the logic went that there could only be one Maryland fan, so…
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:50 AM EST up reply actions
It's not about how "important" they were to the school/nation. But even if those players
didn’t know the coaches personally, they probably knew people who knew them. Death, and especially sudden, unexpected, tragic death has a way of numbing the brain. This was the next day, there was not really any time to process anything for these kids. I can’t even imagine how hard it probably was to focus. The best thing for those kids to do was to go out and play, but they could not possibly have played their best.
At least I have a beach.
I dunno, if a major figure in the athletic department died in a charter-plane crash
the day before I got on such a plane, I might be a little freaked out about it. I don’t think any of us will ever truly know whether that played a role or not.
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I thought Oklahoma State was more deserving than Alabama.
Part of that is the question of “the two best teams” vs. “the two teams with the best claims to being #1”. Normally they’re the same; this year, I’m not sure they were. I think, assuming we’re stuck with picking only two (which is a stupid, stupid, stupid system), the latter is the better way to go – and Oklahoma State, with more wins against good teams and being the champion of what the computers universally regarded as the toughest conference overall this year (the SEC’s top tier was very strong but the middle was lacking), had a much better claim to being #1 than a team that finished second in its own division, losing at home to the team that won it.
Tonight didn’t really settle anything regarding “best team”, as far as I’m concerned; Alabama and LSU split the season series, and while Bama looked more impressive on the whole in those two games LSU did a lot more in the season outside of that series. The winner of LSU-OkSt would have had a clear, undisputed claim to #1; that is not really true of LSU-Bama.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
The most definitely were NOT the same this year.
And that’s the crux of it. I think Bama’s easily #2, but that’s just my perception. I don’t think they had a claim to #1 (outside of the system we’re in). Therefore, another team that might perceptually be worse, but have a better claim to the #1 spot based on record. That’s the position we were in.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:19 AM EST up reply actions
You keep saying this, and we keep saying yes, it is.
But that doesn’t make it right or even logical. In the system we have, OSU could have been #2 very easily. None of that was “system”. Only when Bama is already in the NC game can you say “well, it’s the system we have”. Yes, it is. System needs to change.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:27 AM EST up reply actions
This year was kinda inevitable with past BCS champs, wasn't it?
We live in a system of perception. Bama-LSU was the game for that concept considering recent history. Bama was quite impressive tonight so they, not OSU are national champs. Next year will be different. Who will knock the SEC off this perch they occupy?
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 3:22 AM EST up reply actions
Who indeed?
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:26 AM EST up reply actions
Kind of hard to knock them off that perch when the game is rigged so that it can't happen.
Would Oklahoma State have beaten LSU? I doubt it. But crowing about SEC superiority for winning yet another title when they only had to beat the SEC to do it rings kind of hollow. (Besides, having the champion, in and of itself, doesn’t make a conference #1 – unless you think Conference USA was just a made free throw away from being the best basketball conference in 2008. Not saying the SEC normally isn’t #1 – it is, most years (although not this one) – but the presence of the #1 team alone does not make the conference #1.)
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Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
I enjoy watching my conference on TV, yes (UGA fan)
I also do root for conference in bowl games. I did kinda want to see OSU play but Bama was damn strong tonight. I don’t think I was really crowing though, was I? With the past 5 BCSNCG’s this did kinda seem like it would happen. Well anyway, Cousins was great on Monday and congrats to MSU cause you clearly wanted it more than us. Great game, hope to see ya’ll again on a bigger stage next January.
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 3:42 AM EST up reply actions
Didn't mean you personally - too many Bammers living up to stereotype recently.
In any case, history shouldn’t matter – if Indiana goes 13-0 next year, it shouldn’t matter at all that they sucked this year. Unfortunately, with the poll voters (and Billingsley), it does. I strongly suspect that if you swap Oklahoma and Oklahoma State this year, the rematch would not have happened. (Also, if OkSt’s loss to ISU had been right before Bama’s loss instead of right after, OkSt probably gets in. Timing of losses matters far too much in the polls – if you have a backloaded schedule, you’re fucked.)
Georgia is one of the SEC teams I have a lot of respect for. Wouldn’t mind another matchup next time around (though personally I’d rather be seeing Oregon out in Pasadena).
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Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
I am the minority whom is ok with the the system in place. Sorry 13-0 hypothetical Indinana.
I will root for Sparty though and hope you play and beat the shit out of southern cal next year in the rose.
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 3:58 AM EST up reply actions
I hear what you are saying about timing...
But Georgia is liklely the 5th best SEC team this year…Alabama, LSU, Arky, SoCar (timing, remember)
/$0.02
Georgia most certainly benefited from schedule
this year. And… we have that same benefit next year.
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 4:01 AM EST up reply actions
All you gotta do is...
be the man with one eye in the land of the blind, then have that shot in the SECCG
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 4:03 AM EST up reply actions
uh, wat?
you won but @LSU, @Arky, vs Aub next year. Did I miss salad days reference?
by JoeinSavannah on Jan 10, 2012 4:12 AM EST up reply actions
Previous results have no bearing on this year.
You can’t seriously think that Auburn or Florida of the last few years have any bearing on their crappy teams this year?
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:08 AM EST up reply actions
That's kinda part of us getting shafted in 04.
Getting the beatdown from U of Spoiled Children in 03.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:09 AM EST up reply actions
yes, but it's not as if LSU and Bama had to fight their way through the same UF and Auburn teams that won titles.
I get the SEC respect—I grew up in North Florida and like most SEC football not involving Kentucky or a Mississippi team. But each season is different, and teams should be judged on that season. Not that this logic seems to hold for the Heisman either, but at least they got that right this year.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:12 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah. The top of the SEC was great, but the conference was down as a whole this year.
Auburn and Florida weren’t their usual selves, MSU underachieved and Tennessee is a shitshow as of late.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:17 AM EST up reply actions
The top of the SEC was really Bama, LSU, and Arkansas. All in the same division.
UGA and Cocky were a level down.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:21 AM EST up reply actions
None of SC's "impressive" wins were really as impressive as they looked
Clemson was terrible at the end, and I never thought nebraska was that great.
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:22 AM EST up reply actions
les miles head
One last thing. Now, they found out that elephants in India, you know they have to wear a big bell around their necks so people know where they are all the time, and you can imagine how fucking annoying that must be, you know, especially in the middle of the night when you’re hungry. So now, elephants scoop up a big hunk of mud and they stick it in the bell to dampen the clapper and then they go off in the middle of the night and steal bananas. Pretty good…damp that clapper…..eeeuuurgh
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by 10 cent beer night on Jan 10, 2012 2:48 AM EST reply actions
In general, the 5 greatest shows ever
1. Seinfeld
2. The Simpsons, pre-2002
3. Psych
4. King of the Hill
5. Cat Dog
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I'll go with:
1. The good episodes of South Park
2. Archer
3. Hey Arnold
4. Doug
5. Either King of the Hill or Beavis and Butthead. Can’t decide.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 2:59 AM EST up reply actions
/insert statement lamenting today's youth
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:01 AM EST up reply actions
I also love Diff'rent Strokes and have seen every episode of Leave it to Beaver.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:06 AM EST up reply actions
Still havent gotten around to Archer yet
Never been a huge fan of South Park…All of the fart jokes? All of the fart jokes.
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:02 AM EST up reply actions
As a disclaimer, I really don't watch much television.
And by volume, my number one programs are by far things like the Weather Channel and Secrets of WWII.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:05 AM EST up reply actions
And NOVA.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:05 AM EST up reply actions
CONNECTIONS
/drops mic
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:08 AM EST up reply actions
I'm not ashamed to say that show influences my research philosophy and methodology.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:21 AM EST up reply actions
Love that show
Love to think in that abstract way…
Seems like the “Butterfly Effect” in practice to me.
Very much so.
But it forces you to look at all thing that can affect whatever the topic is, not just the obvious. I love it.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:32 AM EST up reply actions
so you're a combo of my mother and my father.
my mom thinks every channel should be the weather channel and my dad really wishes he was indiana jones.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:06 AM EST up reply actions
I'm just a nerd.
History and weather are my things. Not enough shows about birds for me to count that.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:07 AM EST up reply actions
Is "Secrets of WWII" alien-related and on the history channel?
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:06 AM EST up reply actions
STAB STAB STAB
Poorly narrated British program on the Military channel.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:07 AM EST up reply actions
I dont watch that much outside of sports
Really Psych, Real Time with Bill Maher and other HBO shows are the only ones I make sure to watch/DVR. I do watch a little cable news from time to time
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:09 AM EST up reply actions
I should add, that I love reruns of seinfeld and good Simpsons/King of the Hill episodes too
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:10 AM EST up reply actions
I get all my news from Wikinews or the Daily Show.
Also, flame away, but I don’t like Seinfeld.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:10 AM EST up reply actions
I like the Daily Show and Colbert too
But I have to learn my political talking points from somewhere, to avoid spiders I wont tell you which network
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:13 AM EST up reply actions
I won't flame. I hate Seinfeld.
4 people in New York whining. Like that’s never been done before or since.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:14 AM EST up reply actions
there was a pbs special i saw recently ("America in Primetime - Misfits") that argued that Seinfeld was neat because the characters made no effort at all to adapt to the world aroudn them
they were all total assholes and all unrepentant about it. which at the time was noteworthy because conventional wisdom was that all your main characters had to be “good”
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:16 AM EST up reply actions
Another thing that set it apart from everthing else is that they never learned their lessons
Other sitcoms would generally have a conflict, then embrace and lesson learned/hug, seinfeld’s characters were always stoic
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:19 AM EST up reply actions
This same special have anything insightful to say about "Everyone Loves Raymond"?
Because for the life of me, I thought briefly about giving up my citizenship when I found out that was the #1 show in the US.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:23 AM EST up reply actions
well, the dircector/narrator is actually the head writer for "raymond"
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by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:27 AM EST up reply actions
/files for Japanese citizenship
//denied because he’s not Donald Keene
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:28 AM EST up reply actions
he really only talks during the intro and conclusion. otherwise he shuts up and lets cast inverviews from each show being looked at carry the momentum.
the entire special is online, if you have any interest. just google america primetime and misfit.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:30 AM EST up reply actions
We'll see.
Class starts tomorrow, so fun happy freetime is almost over.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:33 AM EST up reply actions
in closing, i'll just say that i really liked the special. make the general argument that, over the past several decades, all those social misfits and outcasts have found a safe home on television.
name a worthwhile show without a major character who is in some way a misfit.
i’m actually running my research methods course this term around the idea of learning about misfits. inspired by that night when i drunkenly stumbled across it and started watching. lol.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:36 AM EST up reply actions
Sure, makes sense to me.
I can see that as an argument. I just don’t happen to like either of those two shows we were discussing. I can even understand what it’s saying about Seinfeld—doesn’t mean I want to sit and watch it.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:42 AM EST up reply actions
Watch Seinfeld, that is, not the documentary.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:42 AM EST up reply actions
no show gets more than 4 minutes to itself, though jason alexander does comment on a lot of other shows.
i get most confused when david lynch is talking about twin peaks. and i think they do their best job on looking at homosexuality in six feet under. though i was also very amused by the notion that the addams family is the most healthy family on tv, as far as how they treat one another.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:51 AM EST up reply actions
I could see it.
Seinfeld was at least clever—just not to my taste. Raymond just seemed to be nothing but insults hurled at each other, most of them of the “my husband is an idiot” “my wife is a shrew” type. I guess my marriage is good enough that I don’t really identify with that.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:55 AM EST up reply actions
well aren't you lucky? la de furking da.
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by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:56 AM EST up reply actions
(really, good for you)
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by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:57 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, I know this. Yes, yes I do.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 4:00 AM EST up reply actions
You "watch" a little cable news? Oh, so coy, SVP
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:13 AM EST up reply actions
king of the hill always made me feel vaguely uncomfortable.
don’t pin down why.
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by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:04 AM EST up reply actions
It's a really dry, awkward kind of humor.
Also you probably don’t identify with the characters at all.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:05 AM EST up reply actions
yeah, couldn't identify. they only place i'd seen people like them was also on tv, so they were satarizing people who were only realy to me on other tv shows
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:08 AM EST up reply actions
I liked the show and the awkward humor. Most of the time.
It isn’t like wide-open LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL funny.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:11 AM EST up reply actions
i'm good at laughing when i know i SHOULD laugh, so i laughed at that show plenty
but really, what is so darn funny about propane?
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by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:12 AM EST up reply actions
It's funny when you grow up in the South.
And though I was in north Florida and not Texas, I “knew” each of those characters. Never would consider myself a fan, but I got the show.
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by Kelly's Gyros on Jan 10, 2012 3:15 AM EST up reply actions
Propane isn't that funny.
The joke is more about his devotion to his job in an absurd way, I guess? Again, it might be something you’d have to have grown up near and identify with.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:18 AM EST up reply actions
oh, so that wasn't meant to be a punchline.
and i wasn’t missing anything. i just thought i was. banal labor, i get that desperate for significance, i get that.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on Jan 10, 2012 3:20 AM EST up reply actions
Eh, I never did yet I still find KOTH hilarious.
(as long as there isn’t much focus on Peggy, that is)
Its kinda slow moving, but mostly because its very subtle
Its almost the exact opposite of family guy
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by The Assman 1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:05 AM EST up reply actions
And we can all agree that that's noble.
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by alexanderkotov on Jan 10, 2012 3:06 AM EST up reply actions
I thought I was the only one who hated Family Guy.
You mean there are others?
KOTH its written wonderfully
the subtle-ness is the genius.
Personally, I think with comedy, its sociopolitical. People on both sides can’t get past the “leanings” just to see what funny. Happens to everyone.
Google's homepage celebrates too much shit.
how done rthat
no sqidbillies……for shame.
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by 10 cent beer night on Jan 10, 2012 3:33 AM EST up reply actions
Well, good night, all.
Congrats, Bama. Now just quit your whining about 1966.
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Looks like we actually had intelligent discussion with our reasoned Bama fans over the victory and the significance of the BCS championship
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 10, 2012 8:06 AM EST reply actions
Was it held on campus at The Purdue University?
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by Bob Genghiskhan on Jan 10, 2012 8:28 AM EST up reply actions
Okay, now that the SEC elimination tournament is over, when does 'Bama play Oklahoma State?
(No, I didn’t watch the BCS championship [sic] game. If you do that, it will only encourage them to make more.)
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Prolly never....
Them damn Yankeez jist wanna take our trophiezzz, PAWWWWLLL.
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by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 10, 2012 8:58 AM EST up reply actions
I'm guessing we might see a "plus one" as soon as next year.
The BCS is supposed to meet this week to reconsider format ahead of their next round of television negotiations, and I’ll be watching today for the overnight TV ratings. Last year’s game drew about 27.3 million viewers — down from over 30 million the year before — and I’m guessing this year’s game will be down significantly from 27.3 million, maybe even lower than most of the NFL wild card games.
They need to shake up the format to keep the gravy train going, and since we all know the big conferences are never going to go for full playoff (since that would likely entail more revenue sharing with the Division I-A small fry), plus one is really just about their only option to keep the ratings from continuing to decay.
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I really don't know what direction I want to go in at this point
I detest the idea of a NFLAIDsy playoff system, but god damn if I have to watch another championship like the one last night….
Imma hang up and listen
The small-ball aficianado in me . . .
. . . would love to see a playoff big enough to give all conference champions auto-bids (16), but I doubt that’s going t happen in my life time. Failing that, I think the best you can do is an eight-team, three-week holiday madness format with no autobids for anyone — even from the power conferences — and small selection committee (8-10 people) of highy regarded former college coaches and ADs to avoid immediate conflicts of interest and provide some human accountability for the selections. They can look at all the computer rankings and polls they want, but at the end of the day, they make the decisions.
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I would be alright with that I guess
But that would be 16 games for the champion and runner up. It would almost guarantee them getting rid of the 12th game (which I’m fine with) and conference championships (which I’m not fine with)
Imma hang up and listen
North Dakota State played 15
And I haven’t heard about anyone’s legs falling off from overuse. Like you, I could lose the 12th game without breaking a sweat. Unlike you, I could also live without the conference championships — though in an eight-team format, more of those would become a de facto “first round” game to see who gets into the Great Eight.
BTW, if I were the commissioner of college football, I’d also set a minimum number of road games (5) for playoff eligibility. It’s one simple change that would drive a lot of economics to help out the smaller schools in Division I-A and help level the playing field a little bit.
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That amount of games doesn't concern me as a health risk
If 30+ year old men can play 18 and 19 games, I’m sure college age kids can handle it. But it will be a major talking point for university presidents.
Imma hang up and listen
Fuck the university presidents
They haven’t exerted any control over college football in thirty years. Why should they start now?
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The Ivy League president would like to know
How the scholar-athletes of the SEC would be affected by a playoff.
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 10, 2012 9:48 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
$180K just ain't good enough for 16 games a year....
You’ll need to raise it to $206K
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by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 10, 2012 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
Sounds like fair compensation
For all that class time missed, right?
/but really the no-participation in playoffs is done
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Even without any postseason change, there will be teams playing 15 games by the early 2020's.
As soon as more conferences (read SEC or Big Ten) start going to 9 game schedules where some teams have to play 5 on the road in conference, there will be a push to allow 13 game regular seasons so those teams can still get 8 home games in off years, probably by going a week earlier into August.
The only reason it might not happen as fast is because with the B10/P12 agreement, Delany is backing off of the 9 game conference schedule because Michigan/OSU will strangle him if they have only 6 home games one year.
If all sports fandom is a form of emotional gambling, football is poker and hockey is Russian roulette.
Let's envision this year's BCS Bowls with a Plus-1
LSU gets the Sugar, Okie St gets the Fiesta, Clemson gets the Orange and Whiscy/Ducks in the Rose for contractual reasons. Alabama would probably be picked for Fiesta, and Stanford for the Sugar. WVU goes to the Orange as last AQ pick. Sorry VPI&SU and Meecheegan, no room for you.
Based on what I saw last night, we’d still likely end with an LSU/Bama match-up.
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by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 10, 2012 9:11 AM EST up reply actions
Perhaps . . .
. . . but in your hypothetical, Oklahoma State would have had their shot at Alabama and cracking the SEC monopoly.
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Yep, the Cowboys deserved a shot at the SEC....
But apparently, deserves got nothing to do with it.
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by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 10, 2012 9:22 AM EST up reply actions
I'd also like to point out that Boise took a shot at the SEC and fucked the East champion six ways to Sunday on the field.
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by Bob Genghiskhan on Jan 10, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
Other tea leaves suggesting we'll see the plus one soon.
Casual viewers have figured out that the non-title games in the BCS are meaningless.
TV RATINGS FOR BCS BOWLS
Rose Bowl:
2010 — 13.8
2011 — 11.7
2012 — 9.9
Fiesta Bowl:
2010 — 8.6
2011 — 6.7
2012 — 9.0
Orange Bowl:
2010 — 7.2
2011 — 7.1
2012 — 4.5
Sugar Bowl:
2010 — 8.7
2011 — 8.4
2012 — 6.3
The Fiesta Bowl is the only one of the big four that was up year over year, due to an unusually good match-up and a close game. But the overall trend speaks for itself, and the money guys who run this shit show have to have noticed by now.
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
people are idiots
the rose bown was a way more interesting matchup than the MNC
He who rides a tiger cannot dismount
Well, most people aren't even football fans
Keep in mind that more people watch the Rose Parade (which is broadcast simultaneously on two over-the-air networks plus a cable channel) than the Rose Bowl.
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
this makes me very very sad
watching parades is quite possibly the most boring thing I can imagine…
“Wow wouldn’t it be cool if we were there kind of?”
He who rides a tiger cannot dismount
I hate parades period. But if you're going to watch a parade, go to it.
I can’t understand people who watch parades on TV. I had to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade this year with family (like always), and it’s just a waste of time. Hey! Sweet! Pop stars lip syncing!
Witty phrase.
by The Ugas Departed on Jan 10, 2012 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
We always watch the Macy's parade
It’s cheesy as hell, but at least this year YOUR marching Miami RedHawks were the band leading Santa into Herald Square. I only saw 30 minutes of the Rose parade, but it was long enough to see a 150-foot long float built around a wave tank with surfing dogs, so that was just about all I really needed.
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
Mrs MtnEer watch both the Macy's and the Rose parades on TV....
Mostly as backdrop to her talking to friends and relatives on the phone, but still.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 10, 2012 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
5pm on a Monday is a damn fool time for a football game
given that January 2nd isn’t a universal holiday.
If all sports fandom is a form of emotional gambling, football is poker and hockey is Russian roulette.
I'd add that the next time January 1 is on a Sunday, they'd do well to move the games to 12/31 instead.
If all sports fandom is a form of emotional gambling, football is poker and hockey is Russian roulette.
I'm not sure I'd make that argument based on just three years...
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
I think it's probably indicative
2010 was the last year the games were on Fox, and one of the reasons Fox didn’t try to outbid ESPN was because the numbers were going down.
College sports are to college what genital warts are to genitals. -- Fake Dan Beebe
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
One more trend to pay attention to
A few years ago, all the BCS games were on ABC. Then they were on Fox, presumably because the suits at Disney didn’t want it on the big network as much as Fox did. Now, it’s on ESPN because the suits at Fox didn’t want it anymore.
At this rate, the BCS will be on the CBS Sports Network in a few years because everyone has figured out that the BCS is one interesting game with four crappy ones.
Final score: Texas wins, 76-37-5
by Cocky Bovine on Jan 10, 2012 10:16 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
The Orange Bowl did poorly?
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by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jan 10, 2012 10:02 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
But now there are probably twice as many people claimimg they watched it....
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 10, 2012 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
yeah, I dunno.
lots of factors go into ratings that are independent of the game itself.
Google's homepage celebrates too much shit.
This.
I actually boycotted a college football game between two top 5 teams. I know it’s an essentially empty gesture, but college football has to burn off an awful lot of goodwill to get someone like me to boycott a game like that.
"Lying is like 95% of what I do."
-Sterling Archer, Codename: Duchess
by Bob Genghiskhan on Jan 10, 2012 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
What he said
My loyal heart avows no other.
"While you may not give a shit, @mlebowski313 is an unstoppable force of nature [at Words With Friends]" -T-Jax
Proud of myself
Went to bed after Alabama went up 12-0, because I knew it might as well have been 120-0
Imma hang up and listen
I called it a night at the start of fourth quarter (15-0) ....
For pretty much the same reason.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 10, 2012 9:05 AM EST up reply actions
I went grocery shopping at halftime
It's a time for egg nog and tequila.
by Burrito Electrico on Jan 10, 2012 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
I posted from the whirlpool tub at halftime.
Legs feel great today, thanks for asking.
"Four seconds on a stopped clock... can you believe this?"
-- WVU announcing legend Jack Fleming, as WVU set up for the winning field goal in the 1975 Backyard Brawl
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 10, 2012 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
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