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The phrase "If the damn fully fails" should be a clue as to why they cant communicate actual times of each event.

say it aint so, @Macklemore

Asheville NC has had 10 inches of rain so far, and the eye is still in Florida. Crazy Edit - I guess that good chunks of that earlier were from a different system.

At this point in our idiocracy, I'd be surprised if even 5% of the US population has read a single article in its entirety from any scientific journal in the last year. We're much more comfortable building our opinions by listening to our favorite comedian's podcast (or AM talk radio for the olds). I'm not arguing the dysfunction of the industry, I just dont think it matters as it relates to public trust.

Its a crap shoot. Like I mentioned, last year even in late Sept it snowed a bunch at higher altitudes and on my last day in Glacier, the Going to The Sun Road was closed at the Avalanche Lake trailhead, which means you arent seeing a good chunk of the park. It opened up again several days later, but it would suck to plan a trip and get snowed out. By this time of year, most of the campgrounds are closed because they know that the potential is there for some snowdumps. But the 10 day forecast looks pretty good this year into early Oct. Also some years, they close that road early due to road construction/maintenance they try to squeeze in before the snows come. If that's the case, access from one side to Logan's pass will be fine, while access from the other side is limited. (https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/news/logan-pass-opening-and-closing-dates.htm).

All I can figure is that drinking copious quantities of milk straight from the tap until the age of 20 must stunt your growth.

imma sang it better

And that's what these schools and collectives hide behind. Everyone knows the real score and if Texas didn't do what it has done through the efforts of the various collectives, we would have been left in the dust as a competitive program. It's the direction college sports is heading and no amount of message board agonizing is changing shit. I just laugh at the notion that someone with an IQ over 75 can see the direction the sport has taken and actually believe its anything but "pay for play" regardless of the semantics. Obviously the public positions of the UT athletic staff and collectives will be whatever they need to be to stay within whatever loose guidelines are in place.

Its strange. Playing football is a job for these highly recruited athletes. I can think of no other job where a highly desirable candidate takes his first job, or switches jobs without knowing what his salary will be. That goes for business majors, engineers, college professors, college coaches and administrators, professional athletes. There maybe variable bonuses, but the structure of their compensation is defined. But I guess college athletes simply don't care about all that, and just figure it will all work itself out. Quinn probably just liked the campus when he signed with Texas. Presumably your "out" is the bolded part, but to me that's a completely meaningless distinction. And for what its worth, I'm sure Texas does make an attempt to stay within the guidelines. But the guidelines were set up to be abused, and you cant be the only team playing it straight and narrow. NIL is absolutely used as an inducement to sign top players. Players are having these conversations before committing, so yeah.....its pay for play. Everyone with a fucking brain knows what's going on, and sees how its turned college sports into a shitshow.

Of course they are. Does anyone think when Ewers was considering schools to transfer to, his biggest worry was the quality of the strength and conditioning facilities or the quality of his QB coach? Fuck no, he was finding out what he would get paid at each school. To think Texas coaches were 100% removed from those discussions and not aware of how we stacked up vs the other schools is naive as shit, when you're talking about a must have recruit. But of course NIL can't be used as an inducement, and the conversations can only begin once the player has signed with a school.

Lulz. I'm sure it will all work out, and costs wont spiral out of control, because obviously AD's will be every bit as disciplined in an arms race as pro sports GMs. It may work out at Texas, because of our revenue generation and CDC being an elite AD, but coming up with enough coin to pay these players will fuck over a lot of schools. And if they cant come up with the money, it will fall back on the collectives and we're back to the same place except with a greater tie in between schools and collectives. NIL as implemented today is a complete fucking joke, and I see nothing that indicates the coming years will be any better. Tennessee jacking up fees 10% is just the start. At least the pros dont let you switch teams every year, and have some semblance of a salary cap.

That certainly explains why the head coach is on the phone explaining what payments will and will not be made.

Why would UNLV be paying anything? I thought NIL could not come from a university?

I bought a stonk and calls on a company called Poet Technologies months ago. Calls were expiring in Oct, so I had a set sell order when they doubled my price. It hit yesterday and sold in the morning. If I still held them, my 100% gain would be a 200% gain. Still no real revenue, but they are announcing a ton of "design wins" Just holding shares. Long term leaps are still fairly cheap, so I will wait for the recent surge to fall back down, and probably buy some Jan 27 calls. This one is as stonky as they get.

I think Glacier NP might be my favorite place in the country. Back to back years Ive hit it up in late sept after the crowds are largely gone. Last year it was snowing/sleeting over logan pass on Going to the sun road. Today was 70 degrees. VID_20240924_161024.mp4 Staying in a VRBO cabin outside of Bigfork on Echo Lake. Like the lake is 30 feet from my balcony. About $150/night after all fees and shit. About a 50 minute drive to the west entrance. But even the drives up here are worth it.

Fuck that clown. They can Parkinson's his ass in prison. He's been a dumb piece of shit his whole life. Oh, but sure could play football....

That's debatable

shitcanning a first time head coach 3 games into his career seems aggressive even for Tepper.

I got a combined 1 pt out of Andrews/Shaheed/Fairbairn and somehow still eeked out a win (thanks to Allen and K Williams). but I got stomped in my other league by putting up a whopping 70 pts. I thought Stroud was gonna be a difference maker, lulz.

I'd take Daniels over Trevor Lawrence right now. Factor in he's 3 games into his rookie contract and Lawrence is three games into his 5 year/$255M contract, and its a f'n no brainer.

It would explain his passion for meat

I was curious as well. This year there will be 4 weeks with two MNF games. It made some sense when the games are staggered by 2-3 hours, but this year they always start about 1 hour apart. Who the fuck knows why they thought that was a good idea. I'm sure it translates to more money, but I doubt the total audience is that much greater.

These NFL celebrations are so f'n ridiculous. Hamlin just had a pick of Lawrence with a return to the ~40 yard line, and next thing you know there were like 15 Bills posing in the endzone like they just won the game. Edit- I just backed up to the play and there were 17 bills in the end zone celebrating a pick. So 6 guys came off the bench to celebrate. Fuck that and get off my lawn.

Its impressive that they have tied the commerce website directly to real time inventory, and it looks like stock levels are getting dangerously low. Act fast or Trump wont be able to take your rube money.