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Oh hells yes. Now we're really cooking with gas.

Judge you? Throw in the Siren/Bird Lady from last season and now we're cooking with gas.

One cannot be betrayed, if one has no people.

I'd say when they are "elite" people still pay attention... does a large swath of the country really pay that much attention if Miami is basically just firing out 7-5 seasons every year? Because other than the rare 10-win season with Mark Richt in 2017, that's basically what they've been doing for the past two decades. Since they fired Larry Coker after the 2006 season, they've only finished the year ranked 4 times and are a staggering 1-10 in bowl games. But yeah, I get that they still have "the brand", but that brand value was based on them being elite in college football from basically 1980-2001. I just wonder, how long do you have to be just barely above average for that "brand" to lose some of its value?

The Venn diagram of people who complained about Skylar and the people who complained about every episode of The Sopranos that focused on Tony's home/family life instead of mafia stuff is a perfect circle.

The Miami thing is fascinating to me. How is it that a small private school that doesn't draw dick and basically has all of its historical success on the field confined to a 20-year window that ended 20 years ago so valuable to broadcast networks? The power of the "U" brand, I suppose. But damn, it's like the thing with Nebraska... exactly how long do you have to suck before some of that value starts to erode away?

Super solid advice here. My first wife and I would have failed all three of these, so having the miscarriage and then getting divorced before we had kids was 100% a blessing, even if it felt like blowing up my life in my late 30s/early 40s was an awful, terrible thing.

I think this is born of two things: 1. Our administration actually thinks and behaves like adults, not psycho message board posters (*cough* Aggy *cough*). 2. Our administration is pretty confident that we end up in an acceptable spot when all of the dust finally settles; and that spot could very well be the Prestige Worldwide version of the SEC when it expands to 18-24 schools, so it's best to not go burning bridges in the short term.

I want this in my mouth.

Yeah. It’s something I thought about a lot before I finally had kids. Luckily I do have lots of nieces and nephews, but still… glad I have my two kids now. On a related note, it’s interesting that my first wife (who finally told me she didn’t want kids after I had burned through my 30s) used to always talk about how she didn’t want to be alone and a “burden” in her later years is heading directly down that path. She hasn’t been able to establish any kind of relationship since we were divorced 5+ years ago and is now in her mid-40s staring spinsterism directly in the face. Some people just can’t get out of their own way enough to avoid what they are actively trying to avoid.

Yeah I don't know how it will work out exactly, in terms of what it means for the character, but I do think she is somehow "saved" by Jimmy. It was so good having Kim and Jesse in that scene together last week, given both of their roles in Walter's/Jimmy's lives. Did they both bear some responsibility? Absolutely. But unlike Walter and Jimmy, both were shown to have remorse and ultimately feel responsible for their actions; both were also pushed much, much farther to the "dark side" than they would have gone otherwise if not for Walter/Jimmy.

Yep. In particular, Seehorn, Dalton and Fabian were EXCELLENT additions to the cast that helped take this show to the next level.

I don't know if I'd call BCS *completely* different... it was much more different in the early seasons for sure... the past few seasons, save for the Gene/Omaha stuff, has been pretty similar to Breaking Bad. But it's a good question. One that immediately comes to mind is Frasier. While just as funny/great as Cheers, it was a much different show.

I don't know.... Gilligan/Gould are very good at subverting expectations. I would be very surprised if Jimmy/Saul/Gene died just because that's also how Walter ended. Walter was a murderer whose only atonement could come through sacrificing his life for Jesse. Saul is con man, not a murderer. He deserves punishment, but not death. And the person he needs to save is Kim. I think he somehow steps forward and gives himself up to the Feds or the Albuquerque DA or whomever to save Kim from going to jail.

Roger that. And on this topic, how fucking stupid is it that NFL makes them do this? Like what exactly is the point? A “non-bleeped” version of the show exists, but you’re going to “bleep” subsequent airings *on HBO* because…. Reasons? So fucking stupid.

So this is random, but were the curse words “bleeped” for anyone else? I know in the past they “bleeped” them for second runs on HBO and also the streaming versions on HBO Max, but they “first run” of each episode on HBO always had them. I thought I had “recorded” the first run episode on HBO (via YouTube TV) the other night but the curse words were “bleeped” when I watched. Wondering if somehow I didn’t catch the first airing or the NFL pulled some shit this year and wouldn’t let curse words air…? (Which wouldn’t surprise me)

Another great touch in this week's episode was how Derek is just as much of a dork as a vampire as he was a human.

Haha yeah.... my wife and I talked about that last night. The burned up "half Baron" had me fucking rolling every time he was on screen. We also love "The Sire" because he's just so fucking absurd, lol. But yeah "new Baron" definitely has some potential. I think it's his "checklist" of wishes for Nandor isn't it?

Yeah as a very new parent with two kids now, the other thing I'm learning is how totally different sleeping habits can be. My boy (now almost 18 months) was an absolute fucking terrorist for the first 3-4 months. My wife and I had to sleep in shifts because he was up every 2-3 hours like clockwork all night that whole time and often had to be rocked back to sleep even after a bottle. It was awful. We were both zombies until he started going stretches of at least 4-5 hours. But now he's a great sleeper. We put him down 7:30-8:00 and he'll normally wake up 7:30-8:00 but is happy to stay and mess around in bed until 8:30 most mornings. My daughter (2 months now) is the complete opposite of what my boy was. We literally had to wake her up to feed her the first 2-3 nights we were home. Now she has settled into basically only getting up once a night...we give her a last bottle around 10:00 and then she usually doesn't wake up until in between 4:00-5:30, and then immediately goes back to sleep after the bottle. She even will sometimes sleep until 6:00-7:00... and then again typically right back to sleep for another 3-4 hours. My boy never did that until he was like at least 4-5 months old. So who knows how she'll do when we she gets a little older and gets more into the scheduled sleep/nap schedule, but for now it's awesome considering her age.

It continues to amuse me that the OU hive mind basically ran Venables out of town in favor of Visor McDickgobbler's brother, but now all of a sudden he is like a combination of Knute Rockne, Nick Saban and Bill Belichick before he has ever coached a single game as a head coach.

I have State Farm and while they threw a fit about my roof (had to be replaced) they gave zero fucks about the aluminum wiring. Didn't even bring it up.

Has anyone in this thread mentioned our historic 1945 national championship yet?

Yeah... like I said... we were able to out-score Andrew Luck and Stanford in the Fiesta, which was a much, much worse matchup for us. The OSU defense that year gave up a bunch of yards but thrived on creating turnovers because of the pressure our offense put on the opposing offense to keep up. I really think it possibly could have gotten ugly if we got up a few scores and then they are relying on Jordan Jefferson to throw every down to try and catch up.

LOL re-reading that I’m not even sure if I think we would have won or not.