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Al_4_ISU

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  1. Well yeah, and that was because I jerked off in a cup 5 years later.
  2. Apropos of nothing, I'm still in love with the Tech fan who covers her mouth immediately after screaming obscenities.
  3. Surprise 30th bday party for my wife. She was working at a brewery at the time, and had to work the night of her birthday, which happened to be a Saturday. I talked to her boss and asked her if she could get the night off after we got there, and her boss was down with it. So I got a party bus and invited a bunch of friends and family. We showed up at the brewery a couple hours into her shift and she about dropped dead from the shock. No, I didn't get a blowjob out of the deal.
  4. Unfortunately, TV is obsessed with these people.
  5. I don't think many people watch college football want that.
  6. So if a play-in thing replaced CCGs, this is what it would have looked like last year (assuming you use regular season standings to seed): SEC 1 UT vs 8 Ole Miss 2 UGA vs 7 Aggy 3 Tenn vs 6 SC 4 Bama vs 5 LSU Big 10 1 Oregon vs 8 Minnesota 2 Indiana vs 7 Michigan 3 Pedo vs 6 Iowa 4 OSU vs 5 Illinois Big 12 1 ASU vs 4 CU 2 ISU vs 3 BYU ACC 1 SMU vs 4 Cuse 2 Clemson vs 3 Miami The SEC, Big 12, and ACC games would have been pretty entertaining for the most part. The Big 10 is just glaring in it's gap between the top and everyone else, outside of Indiana/Michigan which was played and was actually a good game.
  7. It wouldn't have to be that. If you eliminate the idea of separate conferences as fifedoms that share their money with themselves and no one else, have one massive NFL-ish collective bargaining agreement, and then dish out revenue to individual schools on the basis of ratings, Texas (or anyone else) isn't beholden to the teams on their schedule as some kind of partner that they have to enrich. TTU and Baylor would have no say in the rules Texas was up against in this situation. They'd probably be on the schedule, and that's the end of the arrangement.
  8. I think most everyone is cool with the "more games" part. That's clearly the silver lining here. It's the seismic changes created by a mindless unquenchable drive for revenue creation in a sport that people are largely attached to for very emotional, personal reasons, that gets folks pissed off. We generally develop these attachments early in life and radical change to something we know and love is difficult - especially when said change was utterly unnecessary.
  9. I don’t think there are going to be CCGs. Theres going to be an 8 team play in to represent the SEC/Big 10; a 4 team play in to represent the ACC/Big 12, and some event to determine the G5 rep.
  10. I still like the idea of automatic berths for conference champions. Just don't seed off of that. Having a play in situation is great entertainment, and I'm sure that's what this is going to turn into. All the multi bid conferences are going to have internal playoffs to determine their 4 or 2 automatic participants, and that's how it will increase the monetization of all this. You'll have 4 games in the SEC and Big 10 determining these spots, and 2 in the Big 12 and ACC. Maybe the G5 does some kind of tournament to determine their entrant. It's a ploy to create more "meaningful" inventory, and get more money. More, more, more. And I'll fucking watch it because it's what I do.
  11. It's pretty stupid though, and at this rate (whether any of us here live to see it or not) it's inevitable that without some kind of central leadership, college football is going to eat itself in the relentless pursuit of greed. The absurdity of what's happening off the field is largely overshadowing the action on the field, and everyone is cool with it until the leopard eats their face, because they're convinced the leopard could never eat their face. It's really kind of a mirror of American society in many ways. And just like America, those of us bitching the most about it are probably staying here anyways and going down with the ship because it's just been hardwired into us.
  12. I thought he was sort of dumb, but well meaning and open minded. I don't mind people like that at all. It also seemed like he had a level of self awareness about it that eventually turned into a sort of parody. The grifting side of wasn't evident to me at all prior to Covid. He really did have people from all sides, and the left leaning people weren't just chum. He took a hard right pivot after Covid.
  13. It was really most of what I knew of him. I liked Newsradio, didn't really follow his stand up, but I enjoyed the show back when he was bringing in legitimately interesting people and I felt like I was being exposed to some worthwhile things. And to that end, I was. I wouldn't know SC Gwynne if not for JRE. I've absolutely learned and been entertained from his (Gwynne's) work. The podcast turned me off because it became obvious that either he was really, really stupid or that he had absolutely no moral compass and was just willing to host anyone for the right money. He no longer felt like a flawed, but earnest person who was legitimately interested in expanding themselves. He was suckled to the teat of the great right wing grift.
  14. It's pretty close. I was losing interest shortly before he moved to Spotify, but I don't think I've listened to a single pod since he made that switch. So it was coming ahead of that, but it's gotten much worse in the aftermath.
  15. I was in the same boat, and he lost me during Covid as well. He absolutely changed his outlook, message, and completely bit into the MAGA verse. Who he was prior to that was fine for the most part, and I don't really feel bad about listening to his show or vouching for him back then, but man he lost the trail as hard as anyone ever has.
  16. I'm going to the gym until Friday or so. Turning into a pussy I guess.
  17. It's fuckin' cold today.
  18. Watching my other Alma mater (Drake) on ESPN2. I think if they win out in the regular season they might get an at large bid.
  19. But honestly, 0 with no wind is better than 30 and blustery, just like a dry 100 is more comfortable than a humid 85.
  20. It’s not so bad without the wind.
  21. Moon Man, of course. I’ll keep you in the loop. Likely will be heading back to NEIA on Saturday night, but who knows.
  22. Love O’So. Stop there every time I visit my cousin. The place in Titonka is really new. I think the only account they distribute to is Dixie’s in Decorah (the original Toppling Goliath building), which is where I had it yesterday. It’s probably the stout you’re thinking of.
  23. You in Central WI? My cousin lives in Plover and I’m taking her son (my godson) skiing at Nordic next Saturday
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