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  1. Should be interesting to be played in France instead of the UK.  This will only be the second time the Cup has been contested in continental Europe after Valderrama in '97 where Seve was captain and two Spaniards were on the team (14.5 - 13.5 Europe with Davis Love going 0-4).  That was really Seve's tournament and a national celebration of his career and contributions.

    The French don't care about golf, generally, or the Ryder Cup, specifically.  There are no French dudes on the team either as players, captain or vice-captains.  I'm sure the Euros and Brits will greatly outnumber the Americans in attendance but it will be strange for the competition to be held in a country with virtually no rooting interest. 

    Here are some recent quotes from a French pro golfer about the 2018 Ryder Cup:

    "People don't care about the Ryder Cup. Honestly, nobody knows there's going to be a Ryder Cup in France. Only the golfers know. That's it. There won't be many French there. There will be many more from England or Spain. Golf is a very private thing for people in France. Private courses for only rich families or rich people - that's it."

  2. Just now, Greg Davis Apologist said:

    I stand corrected. My mind has been on vacation the last week.

    I still don't think TCU has the talent to keep up. tOSU has some dogs...

    Agreed.  They appear to have a complete offense and their DL is outstanding.  TCU needs to win the TO battle in a big way.

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  3. 23 minutes ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

    Is it?  How often has OU been down in the last 15-20 years?  It's maddening since we should be peers in the college landscape but we aren't.  

    How often have they been down in the last 50 years?  Really only from 92-99.   

    Meanwhile, we have had 11 seasons with 6 wins or less wins since 1985.  The national media loves to criticize the Texas fanbase as entitled, but no fanbase of an "elite" program has had to deal with more awful seasons than Texas over the last 35 years.  It's ridiculous.  Many of the elite programs also only experienced one prolonged shitfest or their shit seasons were complete outliers.  Texas has only avoided shit during the Mack Brown era.  86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 97, 10, 14, 15, 16.  All complete shit shows.  

    Seasons with 6 wins or less since 1985

    Texas 11

    Notre Dame 9

    LSU 8

    Tennessee 8

    Georgia 7

    USC 7

    aggy 6

    Auburn 6

    Oklahoma 6

    Penn State 5

    Alabama 5

    Miami 4

    Florida 4

    Ohio State 4

    Nebraska 4

    Michigan 3

    Florida State 2

  4. 12 hours ago, Bateshorn said:

    I mean, the guys been fired from most of the non stand up gigs he’s ever had, so.....

    Thats not a value judgement, it’s just a fact.

    Of course, he was fired from his SNL gig for destroying OJ on every Weekend Update which pissed off OJ's good friend Don Ohlmeyer.  Norm basically threw away his best gig by refusing to stop publicly defending a woman abused by a celebrity. 

  5. Feel like I have watched that US-Mexico game 10 times.  Mexico dominates the first half, gets frustrated and does something stupid and the US nicks a winner.

    USA now 17-12-12 since 1990.

  6. Any pairings predictions?

    Spieth/Reed; Woods/DeChambeau; Watson/Simpson; and Johnson/Koepka appear very likely.  Fowler and Mickelson have played together in multiple Ryder Cups (10 and 16) and Finau and Thomas are rookies.  Fowler and JT are buddies but there is something intriguing about a Finau/JT pairing.

    On the Euro side, Rose/Stenson seems like the only lock given the 5 rookies and Ryder Cup layoffs for Casey and Molinari.  McIlroy has played with both Poulter and Garcia in the past but I can see the vets being broken up to provide some experience to the other pairings.  Of course, Bjorn may just say fuck it and throw Rose/Stenson and McIlroy/Poulter out there every time.  

  7. Almost half of Europe's team (Poulter, Hatton, Olesen, Stenson and Sergio) gained less OWGR points in 2018 than Spieth (the American with the least OWGR points gained in 2018).  

    OWGR Points Gained 2018 (Ranking):

    Bryson - 1

    DJ - 2

    Koepka - 3

    Justin - 4

    Bubba - 8

    Fat Pat - 10

    Webb - 12

    Finau - 13

    Phil - 16

    Tiger - 17

    Rickie - 18

    Jordan - 23

    Composite ranking:  10.6

    Europe

    Molinari - 5

    Justin Rose - 6

    Rory - 7

    Fleetwood - 9

    Rahm - 11

    Noren - 15

    Casey - 20

    Poulter - 24

    Hatton - 28

    Olesen - 37

    Stenson - 39

    Sergio - 54

    Composite ranking:  21.25

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  8. The 73-74 PNW box set is fantastic from the presentation to the era to the sound quality.  

    8 hours ago, Grandioso said:

    Just got this yesterday.
     

    Nice.  One of my favorite shows.  I just received the box set over the weekend.  

     

  9. 2 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    Honestly, how was this not a part of the list of shit to do when they initially conceived of this farce to save Urban Meyer's job in the first place? The list should have included paying Smith off with a signed gag order, paying Courtney Smith off with the same, hiring a private investigator to dig deeply into McMurphy, and then having a sit down with him afterwards, with an offer to shut up or the info would be fed publicly through someone like Snook. That's basic corporate corruption strategy when a cover-up needs to happen. 

    Given the amateur hour appearance of this stuff, I assume there's a bigger division in the rank and file of the power regime at OSU than we believe. Mary Jo White is not an amateur. I don't know what in the fuck is going on up there, but there's more to this ineptitude than we think.

    I assume that OSU concluded that paying off Smith in connection with his termination for domestic violence would have looked worse than him making a fool of himself on twitter.

    Hiring a PI to dig for info on McMurphy is a non-starter for a public institution in the FOIA world.  Even through surrogates, the risk of leaks is too significant.

    Courtney Smith probably isn't interested in signing an NDA at this point.

    The bottom line is that Meyer, his program and much of tOSU leadership believe that Courtney Smith is at least as culpable as Zach Smith.  The entire saga is comprehensible through that lens, misguided as their conclusion may be.

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