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So far not much has changed for me. Working for a company who mainly does contract work for O&G, we got called in for a meeting about how the virus is screwing things up but how really the bottom falling out of oil is going to screw us. So no more overtime unless we're on a billable job. Fine by me, I thought. Instead of waking up at 4 to be in to work at 5:30-6, I can sleep an extra hour and get in a little bit before 7. I fully expected work to immediately dry up and us to be stuck at the yard, but nope. Friday I spent 12 hours straight out in the field. And we'll be finishing up some well hookups this week. Most of my coworkers are boomers and they aren't taking this virus stuff seriously at all. I'm out here wearing gloves when filling up the truck, staying away from people as much as I can, and these guys are still acting like it's NBD. So I fully expect we're going to be down a few people here in a week or so. Which will mean even more work put on my shoulders unless the lag time from the oil crash catches up and things really do dry up with a quickness. But hey, I still have a job and can still pay my outrageous rent, so who am I to bitch when people are out there having their lives destroyed? One of the few coworkers I have who is younger than me has three kids and zero money saved up. If we start laying people off he's the first to go. Can't imagine how nerve wracking that must be. Hope you all stay safe and that everything works out for you and yours.

That was a fucking beating. Figured Fury would do better with a modified game plan and some extra weight, but holy shit. Maybe I was just imagining it, but Wilder didn't look right even before the fight started IMO. Don't know if he just mentally wasn't ready or he had something else going on, but he looked off. Of course once he took that shot to the back of the ear he was definitely off and it was a no hope situation from that point on. One thing I am sure of, Lennox is an absolute beating as an announcer. The old boxer being a bad announcer is cliche as fuck at this point, but damn.

Maybe I was unclear. Mahomes is phenomenal. Let's not be silly, though. He has benefited wildly from playing for Andy Reid, an offensive genius who loves passing the ball, and having arguably the best pass-catching TE in the game with Kelce, while also getting to throw to the fastest motherfucker in football in Hill. You can't seriously tell me he'd be going to Disney World as a SB MVP if he was playing for the fucking Browns. He's absolutely amazing and is doing crazy fucking things on the field. If he was playing for Jeff Fisher he'd be handing the ball off 30 times a game, watching as his team kicked a bunch of field goals, and finishing every year at 7-9 . My point was, it's a team game. Everything matters. You need a GM/front office that aren't idiots and draft/sign well. You need a HC that knows what the fuck they're doing on game day and how to run the team. You need an O-line. No matter how good you and your offense are you need a defense that isn't dead last. Mahomes at Tech, like you pointed out, proves that point. Dan Marino was a pretty good QB, right? Does he have a SB ring? Nope. Cause he played for the fucking Dolphins. Life ain't fair. Football sure as fuck ain't. And to Iceman: Yes, Vince being in Philly's offense for less than a year behind Vick until he went down and Andy Reid already basically being on the way out is totally Reid building an offense around Vince. 🙄

People seem to always overlook the luck factor in sports in general, but it's really prevalent in football. It's a team game, but people want to act like one guy and his talent can make all the difference. Roethlisberger is an ok QB. He won a SB while being fairly awful because he played for the Steelers with guys like Troy Polamalu on defense. Brad Johnson won a SB with the Bucs and Trent fucking Dilfer did it with the Ravens because they got lucky and had All-World defenses. Meanwhile, Cleveland has killed the careers of many a promising QB because that organization is a shit-show from top to bottom. If Mahomes goes to Cleveland in the draft he's a nobody who, if he was lucky, gets traded and works his way into a starting role somewhere else. More than likely he gets the shit pounded out of him and has the Cleveland stink put on him and carries a clipboard for the rest of his career or is out of the league within 5 years. If Vince had gotten drafted literally anywhere else, I believe he'd still be in the NFL today. Instead, as luck would have it, he went to a mediocre to bad organization with the biggest loser shit stain for a HC who specifically hated Vince and didn't want him as his QB. 31-7 record as a starter. Improved his QB rating year after year. Got set up and blackballed. Out of the NFL. Imagine if Vince had gotten to play for a guy like Reid who wanted him, knew what he could do, and molded an offense around him. It would have been glorious.

Guy I work with just turned 23 and he has three kids with two different women. And he's out at the bar almost every night "looking for his next baby momma."

Took the one of the same classes as him at UT. Talked to him a bit at the project event we had at the end of the semester. Seemed like a really nice guy.

Kelce droppin' F bombs on live TV. LAWL.

Still seems weird that a Tech QB just beat an Aggy QB to make it to the SB.

I'd like it to be San Fran. They have a legit defense so seeing Bosa and crew v. Mahomes and crew could make for a really great game.

Welp. Chiefs are going to the show. Good luck, boys.

Mahomes is no joke. Mahomes to Hill is fucking filthy.

Rooting for the Chiefs. But on the other hand, seeing the Titans win a Super Bowl and knowing Fuckface Fisher is crying into his soup at home with no chance of ever sniffing the NFL coaching ranks again would warm my cold, dead heart. I would guess the Titans win. The only way you beat Mahomes and Co. is to keep that offense off the field. The only way to do that is to run the ball and have a vice grip on TOP. And that's all the Titans do.

Don't really have anything against the guy. Just remember that he cried about Mack "campaigning" for the Rose Bowl when clearly it should have been his Pac 10 team going. Then they proceeded to get beat by Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl.

41 unanswered. And the Chiefs missed a PAT. LULZ.

FIFY

With that missed PAT, all we need now is a Pick 6 and a safety and this game will have hit for the cycle.

24-0 to 28-24 in a half. Ho-lee Fuck.

Man, I'm just enjoying the insanity. This game has me excited about football again. Herman's shit show this year had just about killed my interest in it.

I think there has never been a more appropriate time for the use of "Our pets heads are falling off" than right now.

Goddamn but this is one of the weirdest games I've ever seen. Lovin' every minute of it too. 🍿

I'm still so appreciative that upperclassmen got allotted tickets. Got to see us beat Michigan as a Junior. Got to go back as a Senior. I've never seen so many people in one place as there were outside the game before kickoff. Just a sea of people. From the bougie Cali people, to the "Fuck Ya'll, I'm From Texas" folks, to doomsday preachers holding signs saying the END IS NEAR. Crazy part is, I had more fun during the game when we beat Michigan. I was just happy to be there, no expectations, etc. I was a nervous wreck during the game against USC.

Not to mention the whole "face melt off from Indiana Jones" shit looked weird as fuck.

Wanted to see it for the schadenfreude. Just got back. Wasn't disappointed. JJ is incapable of making movies any other way. Here's a thing! Quick! Here's another thing! But wait! Here's something/someone you remember! And something else you remember! No time to stop and think! Go, go, go, go! All while hitting every predictable plot point you know he's going to hit. The characters matter so little you can have one of the main bad guys in this trilogy reveal he's a spy for the Resistance and then be unceremoniously killed off 30 seconds later. I was literally falling asleep during this. Almost missed the Evil Rey part. Which would have been interesting and cool if, ya know, Rey actually went evil. So of course we're not doing that. I ain't even mad. It's just nonsensical goofiness with zero weight to it. And the point people have made on this trilogy versus the Prequels is bang on. The Prequels are garbage, but at least Lucas had a clear idea of what he wanted to do and stuck to it through three films. These movies are so disjointed and all over the place that it just becomes silly. Disney really needed someone with some brains at the top running this whole thing from start to finish. I doubt with their market-tested, please as many people as possible, while selling as many toys as possible MO that we'd have gotten some all-time great films, but it would have been better than this. Save us, Dave Filoni. You're our only hope!

Ok, cool. Hook 'Em.

Only 90% sure? Disney straight up wouldn't let the LA Times come to screenings because they refused to suck Disney's dick and were out there exposing their bullshit. Eventually the pushback forced them to change their stance. https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-et-mn-disney-lifts-ban-20171107-story.html Of course, that doesn't mean Disney has changed one bit. They can easily pressure smaller outlets/critics/etc. And of course, there is implicit pressure to write favorable reviews because, as a critic, you need the early screenings to get a jump on your competition, stay relevant, and keep getting invited back. Oh, and the swag Disney hands out, getting to meet the actors, etc. These Disney/Marvel movies get equivalent or higher critic ratings than all-time masterpieces. The Last Jedi is 91% on RT. The Shawshank Redemption? 90%. Come on.