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I never did figure out what was going on with Balls In. As soon as Bananas or Jordan were inside the ring, TJ blew the horn and it was over. They didn't even use the ball receptacle thing. Why was it even there other than the guys would go drop the ball in it as there opponent was walking away. It was like it was ceremonial. Then when the gals went, Nany would juke Aneesa and have a free run to the receptacle. It seems like it should be over there and Nany gets a point, but she tries to drop the ball in the thing and misses and it's no point. I don't get it. Am I missing something or would Nany have won both of those points if she had just held onto the ball until TJ blew the horn. If so, why didn't TJ blow the horn as soon as she was inside the ring? Very confused and would greatly appreciate an explanation if someone understood what was happening in that damn game. The Aneesa thing is just pathetic. I guess you're not going to pass up free money and she actually does add quite a bit to the show (whether you want to admit it or not), but damn. She needs to lose about 60-75 pounds and give this thing one real shot before it's too late. Which it probably already is. I was listening to Devin this morning talking about how the last final inspired him to get in shape. I didn't remember this, but apparently he had a pretty good lead but couldn't get his out of shape ass up a hill and ended up losing. So he did what Aneesa hasn't probably ever even considered and worked on his biggest weakness. She is pretty good at every aspect of the game except the one thing she needs to actually win it. So she'll keep collecting checks, kicking ass in eliminations, and flaming out near the end because she's out of shape.

LALD came out when I was 9, so it was my first real intro into Bond. Cool theme song by the guy from the Beatles. The 7-Up guy. Even at 9 years old Jane Seymour made me tingly. But the movie is really terrible. Bad guy is pretty lame and the movie is really slow. What really gets me about it is the normally awesome first scene where Bond does something cool is easily the worst opening scene in a Bond movie. It's a stupid scene from the UN and the fucking New Orleans funeral parade. Bond isn't even in it. Shitting all over the opening scene in a Bond film is sacrilege. Moore skiing off a mountain and opening a big ass Union Jack flag parachute or Brosnan bungie jumping 1000 feet is a Bond opening. This is some stupid shit that should have been the first scene after the opening credits where Moore did something cool as shit. It was his first damn Bond movie, so you'd think our introduction to him would be memorable. Nope, just sit over there Rog and we'll work you in eventually. We'll make it up to you when you get to say Bond, James Bond for the first time. Just kidding. It's this little light hearted exchange where he sounds like a total pussy I think I go on this anti-LALD rant in every Bond thread and I really want someone to tell me what I'm missing. I thought this was one of my favorite Bond films until I rewatched it after not seeing it for 40 years. Really took a big old dump on a childhood memory.

Did Pac-Man Jones play for Cincinnati?

How do all the dumbest players end up playing for Cincy?

58 just blew it. Total goat

How is this team #11?

I believe he's talking about the OSU students chanting it. The game was in Stillwater.

"Pure unadulterated" didn't come from me. I'm just saying you're optimistic. Especially compared to me. While I think Gundy may have lost his fastball or desire, I don't really think he's the big problem. I could be wrong and he's totally motivated. He's just fucked. The changing landscape of CFB works against us on every level. If Gundy's personality or coaching choices are factoring in to why proven starters are bailing on us, then we're just extra fucked. Either way, we're fucked. At least on a national level. We can't really compete nationally anyway, but we can trick people into thinking we can when the schedule, QB, and experience all fall in place for a good season. I don't see how that is going to happen when we are going to lose some of our most important players every off season to the portal. Last year was a trickle and this year was a flood. I imagine it will level out to be 3 or 4 of our best players taking whatever big money offer is thrown at them. You may be right, but it's hard to imagine, in a system that is set up against teams at our level, we're going to be one of the programs that handle it the best. The key to managing this new world of CFB is probably going to be flexibility. That isn't exactly Gundy's calling card. His way is the only way, even though it's outdated. I hope you're right and I'm wrong.

The word "probably" does not belong in that sentence. With or without ref assistance, we've done ok against Texas. The same is not true vs. OU.

Yeah, I'm et tu like a mother fucker. It's not next year I'm so worried about. It's three years from now. What's going to stop this from continuing to happen every year? We're losing important starters who have proven they are high quality power 5 players. For the most part, that's not what we're getting back. Fortunately it's the off season, so you're entitled to your optimism. I'm just having a hard time seeing what you're seeing. I think we'll look back at 48-0 as the beginning of the end. Season success will be based on if we made a bowl game or not. And the best players on those bowl teams will immediately head off to aggy for a fat payday. And there isn't a thing Gundy can do about it. At least we are in a conference with teams in the same position as us.

Good decision. I can't imagine who would want to join this sinking ship other than DIII WRs

This movie is being marketed terribly. The commercials make it look like 90 minutes of Tom Hanks being a crabby asshole. Doesn't look very appealing, but now I'm rethinking this.

Saturday Night Fever (1977) Fucking awesome. Total time capsule movie.

He was fine (actually better than fine) when he was just The Bass Player and he did as he was told and sung whatever badass rock n roll song they gave him. Once all the songwriters who were actually born with testicles left the band and he was left to his own devices, this is the level of schlock he came up with. I see one song on there that doesn't make me pull a muscle attempting to get that shit off my radio as fast as possible. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/1579/works I've never heard this song, Ghetto Love. Gotta say, I'm a bit intrigued.

I don't think you're being fair. He is a much shittier person that just about everybody outside of Bear who has ever been banned. Maybe Camilla, but I'm not going to be the one to tell her. Fucking psycho.

Man, I don't know. I acknowledged the few good songs in my post that you mentioned for the most part. I'm listening to Wake Up Sunshine right now to see if I judged it too harshly. If a song could take on a human persona, that song would be a total pussy and get it's ass kicked and it's lunch money stolen by every song on CTA. There's 23 damn songs on this album and most of them fit that description. I think I hate the Peter Cetera version of Chicago that anything that even approaches his level of pussyness just bugs me. They were total badasses on their first album and it feels like they lost most of their balls between albums. Once Kath died and Cetera took the lead, they basically transitioned with full bottom surgery. By the way, have you seen the Chicago rock doc on one of the streaming services? It's amazing how perfectly it follows their arc. The first half is awesome, but once it reaches the Cetera era, just like the band, the doc takes a severe down turn. Worth it though for the first half. tl:dr Apparently, I really dislike Peter Cetera.

I hate this overused cliche, but this is the perfect time to use it.

Anyone know what time the stream drops fir tonight’s episode on Paramount+?

That would explain it

I've never figured out how to effectively search for an old thread so I can't find the Breaking Bad thread. I'm sure it's a me problem. Anyway, I'm just about finished with a rewatch of BB and I'm curious if anyone else had this "on second thought" reaction. Skyler is not the unbearable bitch I thought she was the first time through. Walter is a total piece of shit and any bitchy reaction she had was warranted.

Believe it or not, this is showing up for this team. If ISU had any kind of functional offense, we’d have finished the season with 4 consecutive blow outs (5 after next week). This is who this team is. We are bereft of talent at DB, OL, LB and maybe RB. Hard to tell because of the OL.

Anyone who’s paid attention the past month is not surprised by this.

I enjoyed Jordan falling backwards into the correct strategy because his partner is too fat to jump 4'. Looks like the German's were close on the strategy. I think the strategy would be to get swinging as much as possible and have your partner jump on you when you are at the crest of your upswing. It seemed like he was trying to time it so she got to him when he was at the end of his downswing instead of at the very top of it. Or else she was just terrible at timing a jump.

Right before TC, one of the guys who turned on him said he and the other turncoat were the swing votes. So tonight, either James will go home or me & turncoat will flip on Dwight and he will go home. I'm with Lemonlime and am completely confused by who is with who and what a lot of their names are.

and yet, they’ll probably overturn it