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Not surprised things aren't going swimmingly for the Russian military. The only reason the Russian Army looks even somewhat competent is because the Russian Navy exists. If you want a laugh, go watch some videos on YouTube about the Pacific 2nd Squadron in the Russo-Japanese War.

Fun fact, the only state title my hometown has won in high school football was back in the year I was born, 1984. In the semifinals they beat Westlake (who was the huge favorite, obviously) on penetrations. /coolstarrybra

Starting to think these NFL offenses might be getting a bit out of control. I enjoy seeing TDs just like the next guy, but damn.

This game is fucking wild.

Julian Edelman might be regretting that $100k bet right about now.

To this day it still chaps my ass that people don't understand how much luck and outside forces control an athlete's destiny, especially in football. Everyone now is of the opinion that Vince wasn't great in the NFL (I'd argue his ever improving stats suggest he just hadn't hit his stride yet). Someone in this very thread stated that Vince just couldn't hack it in the NFL because he didn't want to commit to the grind. Yeah, ok. Sure, buddy. Being drafted by the Titans to play for a HC that not only didn't want him as a QB, who was actively trying to sabotage his career, probably hurt his chances of becoming a great NFL QB. Maybe having an idiot HC who favored a washed-up drunk and Norm Chow as an OC might have hurt his chances a bit. Just maybe. Now compare Vince's situation to, say, Aaron Rodgers. Instead of going to a bottom-feeder team with no talent and an idiotic, malicious HC, he fell down to the bottom of the 1st round of the Draft and got picked by the Packers. Instead of being immediately thrown to the wolves with no help, Aaron got to sit on the sidelines and learn the game. He got to watch future HoFer Brett Favre play every week. Instead of being sabotaged at every turn, ol' Aaron had the full support of a top-flight organization who did everything to nurture this guy's talent and help him maximize his talent. Or do you all think Aaron Rodgers would be a sure-fire HoF lock and a Super Bowl winner under Fisher with the Titans? We all get that life isn't fair. So I'll never understand why we only acknowledge that when things don't work out for us or others. When people get lucky with their circumstances we act like they got there all on their own through just their hard work and talent. Bull-fucking-shit. Tom Brady would be a middling, retired QB who might not have even seen the field if he didn't A) get drafted by Belichick and B) if Drew Bledsoe didn't get obliterated against the Jets. All credit to Brady for making the most of his chance, but he got incredibly lucky. All of that to say, Jamaal absolutely deserves to be in the Hall. Forces outside his control severely limited his playing time early in his career, made him basically a one-man show in KC, and then eventually wrecked his knees and ended his career. Despite everything, dude still did stuff no one else has managed to achieve. Maybe one day Tyreek Hill or some other super special talent will surpass his YPC, but Jamaal did it first. And he didn't have a Mahomes or a Kelce or an Andy Reid to help him. People always love to talk about speed, but I think the word that goes best with Jamaal is agility. Like, he personifies the word. I have a picture of him somewhere on an old hard drive in a game for the Horns where he is making a cut and he is legitimately almost perpendicular with the ground. Dude had radical balance. He could bounce out of almost anything. You think he'll be going down any second now and he just keeps cutting and moving and dodging and embarrassing the fuck out of defenders. He was a once-in-a-generation talent. Oh, and he also happens to be a nice dude, too. Sorry about the rant, but fuck anyone not bowing down to the greatness of Jamaal fucking Charles. He was one of the greatest players we've ever had on the 40 acres and he took that to the NFL and dominated. If he had stronger knee ligaments he'd be going down in history as arguably the greatest RB of all-time.

Kambosas just shocked the world by beating Lopez for the Lightweight title. Great fight.

This is a fucking fight.

WOW!

Holy fuck this fight is amazing. I have it even so far.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! Shove that maple syrup down their throats!

Oh, Canada! Take this trash out. Just a shame there isn't another team in CONCACAF to push La Cucarachas out of the WC.

So I guess Canelo read my post. Dude is trying to put a fight together with Ilunga Junior Makabu at Cruiserweight. Though this article seems to suggest it might be fought at 190 instead of 200. Still, that'll be almost 50 pounds Canelo has walked up over his career. Absolutely nuts. https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/32648380/canelo-alvarez-gets-wbc-approval-fight-illunga-junior-makabu-cruiserweight-title Canelo Alvarez could chase a title in a fifth weight class. At the WBC Convention on Wednesday in Mexico City, the organization approved the request of Canelo's trainer and manager, Eddy Reynoso, to have Alvarez challenge Ilunga Junior Makabu for the cruiserweight championship. Alvarez, ESPN's No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer, became undisputed champion at 168 pounds earlier this month with an 11th-round TKO of Caleb Plant. A win over Makabu would make Canelo (57-1-2, 39 KOs) a five-division champion. Alvarez has never competed at cruiserweight, so Reynoso needed to petition the WBC to order the title fight. Now that the fight has been approved, negotiations can begin, and if no deal is struck, a purse bid will be ordered. "I know ... what he has done with the heavyweights he spars with, and that is why we asked for the fight," Reynoso told ESPN Deportes' Salvador Rodriguez. "We know that [Makabu] is strong, but Canelo can beat him. ... Many may say that it is crazy, but they also said that it was crazy when Canelo was junior middleweight champion and we were looking for middleweights, super middleweight, light heavyweights. "I have a lot of confidence in Canelo. He is very strong and has many qualities, and I know that he is going to win that fight." Alvarez, 31, fought once at 175 pounds, a November 2019 TKO victory over Sergey Kovalev to win a light heavyweight title. He unified titles at 154 pounds and 160 pounds before that. The cruiserweight limit is 200 pounds, but the WBC recently introduced an 18th weight class -- bridgerweight -- with a limit of 224 pounds. In a corresponding move, the Mexico-based organization is reducing the cruiserweight limit to 190 pounds, the same weight when the division was introduced in 1979 before it was increased by 10 pounds in 2004. Reynoso told Rodriguez there have been some offers to fight in Congo, Makabu's birthplace. "Let's see if something can be arranged for that to happen," he said. "It is one more challenge. Just as we took the challenges at 168 and 175 pounds, now we are going to cruiserweight." Makabu, ESPN's No. 4 cruiserweight, has reeled off nine consecutive wins since he lost the title to Tony Bellew via third-round TKO in 2016. He is promoted by Don King, who last month announced a deal for Makabu to fight Thabiso Mchunu. However, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman claimed Mchunu wasn't ready to fight on Jan. 8 as planned. Makabu said he was excited about the prospect of fighting Alvarez. "I'm feeling very happy because I fight the best boxer in the planet," Makabu, a 34-year-old resides in Johannesburg, told Rodriguez. "Canelo has been beating everyone ... but now he's fighting one tough man. "I'll fight anywhere. Even if they put on the fight in his own house with no public. I'll fight."

Lucky to escape with a point there. We are phenomenally bad when Gerg starts playing his special lineups.

Every Robinson cross sails into the fucking stratosphere.

I drove 90mph home from work to catch this second half. If I'd known we were gonna look this bad I wouldn't have taken the risk.

DOSACERO you bean eating sonsofbitches. /noracist

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!

Fuck calm heads! Make it TRESACERO!!!

McKennie!!!!!!!!! Capitulation by the cockroaches!!!

Hell, I was gonna say CR7.

There we go boys!!!!

Homeboy just grabbed Aaronson by the face. What the actual fuck.

Love Aaronson and his hustle, but his corners have been abysmal tonight.

What a fucking save by Ochoa. Better by us though.