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boilerhorn

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  1. Will refrain from asking @Nicole44 her middle name re: Rainey.
  2. If only Rozelle would have let him buy an NFL team.
  3. I hope I do not get banned for this, but each of us is going to die. Not much we can do about it. Wishing death on someone is a colossal waste of emotional energy.
  4. Westbrook w/o the appeal and athleticism? Barkley talks about high stats players on shitty teams. Perhaps the WNBA equivalent of Barkley needs to step up.
  5. "Let me get my shoes" https://www.mediaite.com/trump/let-me-get-my-shoes-microphone-captures-trumps-comments-just-after-shooting/ Followed a drudge link (perhaps to my disappointment)
  6. Did not try hard enough
  7. What in the ever-living fuck? He should be ashamed - and then impeached.
  8. IMO, we should not try to turn this into a 2nd amendmant rights, laws, Indiana farmer, etc. thing. Criminals will always find a way to have access to the materials to be criminals.
  9. Reagan visited Purdue when I was a Sr. in HS, landing at the WL airport. The Secret Service was all over the crowd, etc. At one point, Reagan went "off script" and stepped up on the door sill of his bullet proof limo. EVERY secret service agent instantly became 1000% more attentive. He went off script. Not good. I am sure he was chastised for it. FIL's friend was a SS agent under LBJ. If the POTUS goes off script, the SS lets him know.
  10. I was wondering how long this would take.
  11. Holy crap. I thought it was that guy's real hair in the visor. Turns out you can buy a visor w/ replica Trump hair https://www.amazon.com/HAFKOIS-Spiked-Novelty-Baseball-Birthday/dp/B0CZ87KK3S/
  12. Shit, so we have to suffer through Mackovic again? Let’s just hope GGG’s successor has our 2026 WC team at 1995 levels and not 1997 levels. This feels more like 1997 Mackovic to me. Talent? Yes. Coaching? No. That said, there is an “inmates running the asylum feel” to GGG that jives with McWilliams.
  13. Was GGG our Charlie Strong or our Tom Herman?
  14. Absolutely. And grayer. Austin gets 227 days of sunlight per year. Eugene: 157.
  15. I'll continue the weather talk, but I really think that has little to do with it (no inside info). No surprise, Texas is warmer than Oregon in the summer. The mild summer temperatures in the Pac NW and Midwest almost make the winters worth it. Almost.
  16. Comparing any college player to any MLB Hall of Famer seems like a fool's errand, but it is Surly. Fwiw, Maddux, Warren Spahn, and Gaylord Perry all had lifetime BAA of around 0.240. They did not walk many, so their lifetime OP%-A are in the 0.280 area - which is true for many HOF pitchers. WHIP for the above: 1.143, 1.195, and 1.181, respectively. Let's not get Helobius'd by this one
  17. That article highlights some of the other deferred contracts that are still being paid out. Bobby Bonilla - Mets paying him $1.19mm per year through 2035 Bret Saberhagen - Mets paying him $250k per year through 2029 Ken Griffy, Jr. - Reds paying him $3.59mm per year through this year (he was the 4th highest paid red in 2023) Manny Ramirez - Red Sox paying him $2mm per year from 2011 through 2027 A couple other notes on Bonilla's deal. Mets owed him $5.9mm in 2000 and decided to use their high returns from their Madoff investment to fund the annuity. Oops. Apparently Bonilla spent money as fast as it came in. Bonilla's agent liked the deal because it *might* guarantee Bonilla would not be broke in 2002.
  18. Just throw it at the bull. Trust me.
  19. James's twitter probably auto-corrected "brazillion-dollar" to "billion-dollar." Likewise, Bauer's auto-correct converted "provably" to "probably."
  20. We started my BIL's bachelor party at Sullivan's in 2002. The adjacent table included Chris Simms, Kyle Shanahan, Mike Shanahan, and the rest of Simms/Shanahan football crew. No one bothered them at all, but they might be one tier of popularity below Quaid. And it was 2002.
  21. The coaches and GMs need to share the following aphorism: A rising tide will lift all boats. Clark is the primary catalyst to the rising tide (increased interest, attendance, and $$). Her peers need to recognize this and take the high road. Rather than say, "it's not just her; what about me?" Just say, "I am excited about the increased interest in the WNBA. This rookie class is definitely a part of it, and it will allow more people to see just how exciting our league is." Or something like that. People like to watch superstars who are interesting. Clark is certainly that. Over time, perhaps others in the league will become more interesting. And the tide will rise further.
  22. I have daughters (no pics) who are teachers. They'd be smiling ear to ear at $120k.
  23. That's fair. The "Time Watched Per User" stat is interesting - 1min, 12s. Some clearly were watching the game b/c of Reese. For reference, the cumulative watch time was 145 days 16h. Given the game lasted 1:58 (stats below), that's roughly the same as 1777 fans sitting through the entire thing. So, we've established the extrema: 1777 to 600k. I like this comment from the articlek, which would have surely been a barrier to entry: “Anybody who watched it should send three bucks to the person—I don’t even know who it is,” Reeve said. I think that what I would say is that the growth is happening so fast. It’s so accelerated. And I’ve been saying this in our own organization—that business as usual isn’t going to work anymore.
  24. That was one of the first "interviews" that showed up when I searched "Angel Reese." Each WNBA player has her own form of antics, taunting, etc. on the court. It is part of the game, as it is for the me. What separates Clark from Reese is the behavior in front of the camera of the court. Reese has a chip on her shoulder on and off the court. Clark appears far more down to earth and humble OFF the court than Reese. In the interview, Reese says, "It's because of me, too." Well, that is not supported by the data. The actu
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