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Brian Kelly to L$U
LSU does not look like LSU anymore. Let’s be real, since Saban left they haven’t been what anyone could call a “well coached team.” They just had stupidly athletic aggressive playmakers and beat you up, an actual link of boudin could have been wearing the headset and under Ogre— basically was. Combine that with the nightmare of Tiger Stadium, where the BAC is higher than the average GPA and it was hopeless unless a Bama or UGA team with similar athletes but real coaching came to play. The stadium was even out of it. You saw flashes in the 2nd quarter, but it was obvious that LSU was not as good athletically or schematically and the only hope was for A&M to beat itself. Maybe booting SC coach Moffitt WAS that big of a mistake.
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A&M at LSU on ABC
Based on roster, results, past history under Freeman I think ND is a top ten team or close. I think they’d smoke GT (a very good team but if you want to talk about REALLY playing no one…) and would easily beat BYU. We already know they are competitive with A&M and Miami. They’re competitive if not better than Vandy. They’d be competitive with Ole Miss. Behind them? Tennessee is a team that can play with anyone. Other than that, who? OU, Tech? A top ten has to to have ten teams in it. ND lost to two very good teams early in the top ten and beyond that has played every bit like a top ten team outclassing opponents.
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A&M at LSU on ABC
Eh, you can basically pencil in Alabama and Georgia as top tier every season so ducking them is huge. More seasons than not, LSU at home and Florida is going to be a tougher draw than Ole Miss and OU (most thought it would be this year). And we still have UT at DKR which is going to be a brutal game to play. We ended up getting a favorable draw this year, absolutely. There was far from a guarantee that it would actually work out that way.
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A&M at LSU on ABC
The dude is doing a bit. He has another one where he claims thet A&M regularly only gets 40k to the stadium and that we are less valuable than Arky or UK when it comes to football tv ratings (A&M was a top ten most most watched team in 2024). https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-most-watched-in-2024-6596e696ebaf
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A&M at LSU on ABC
- A&M at LSU on ABC
I can’t see LSU ditching Kelly unless some sort of social contagion takes over. This is gonna be a sellers market for NCAA HCs, you dont fire a coach at this point unless you have to.- A&M at LSU on ABC
Well, they gave up a touchdown on the opening 2nd half drive, 3-out and a punt return TD, then had another short drive and gave up a TD. Not a big surprise they didn’t lean on the run.- A&M at LSU on ABC
He’s playing hurt. You can tell he’s in quite a bit of pain and limited rotation ability. He’s also behind a line that’s not really good and is missing starters. The Heisman hype for him was never real, but he’s not this bad of a QB.- Trumps War on Everything
They’ve built semi-submersibles that will do transatlantic and even South America to Solomon Islands.- Trumps War on Everything
Also can be dropped at sea with a beacon and then picked up by a commercial vessel or yacht. Which then might try to go into port or try to get into territorial waters and the then drop again so small vessels that won’t go through customs can do a quick run to pick up. It’s a dynamic, it’s cheaper logistically to do one large shipment but less chance of interdiction to diversify routes. Don’t get the situation wrong, these strikes are illegal and morally wrong but the boats (and for sure the semi-submersible that had survivors) are carrying drugs.- ICE activity/raids
Kind of proving my point with Giuliani. He didn’t spring fully formed into City Hall; his election was a reaction. Colvin’s paper bag is the exact opposite of “zero tolerance.” Low level things like peddling counterfeit shit, prostitution, small-time drug dealing, etc are tolerable when kept discreet and it’s not in people’s faces. You’ve got to leave a direction where people can turn their heads and look the other way. When they don’t have that, you get a Giuliani or worse.- ICE activity/raids
It’s honestly a political masterclass. At any time in the past decades there could have been a quiet move to disrupt them while they were setting up and then proceed to removal. And a quick press release: “Federal law enforcement disrupted a counterfeit goods market and detained X individuals. In the process, X number of unauthorized immigrants with unrelated warrants and criminal convictions were detained and are in removal proceedings.” No one would have given a shit. Easy, done. On the whole, better for everyone. These raids are performative. Trump’s getting people to play their role: the progressive who says that having illegal markets staffed by people with criminal convictions is fine. Better, actually, than not having them there. That’s the choice Trump and MAGA want people to make. Even Bernie recently made this point.- ICE activity/raids
The Canal Street stuff is such a microcosm for where we are and how we got here. The DHS thread and these raids are performative cruelty and degrading. However: it is undeniable that there was a bustling illegal counterfeit market run by unauthorized immigrants that just existed in the open in the middle of town. It’s absolutely implausible to argue that its existence benefited anyone save counterfeit bag manufacturers and unauthorized immigrants and aside from the public annoyance likely incurred other costs as well beyond just the occupation of a common public space for illegal activities. I’m reminded here of Bunny Colvin in The Wire giving his brown paper bag speech. About how critical the nod to the social contract. And what I can say is that jn a lot of areas— immigration enforcement, urban disorder, petty crime, etc.— we went through a stretch where no one was using a paper bag and nodding at the social contract. If you’re on the left it’s time to acknowledge that most people are in favor of securing borders, most people don’t want to see open illegal activity on city streets, most people are aggravated by petty criminality and shit like fare jumping, most people just want to adhere to the social contract. It’s super politically dangerous when the authorities or institutions claim that these things can’t be managed (because they plainly can do so) and even more politically dangerous to imply that trying to manage them is inhumane. Because then you surrender the issue to people who are willing to solve the problems by being inhumane. And you’re gonna lose that one: force people to either vote like a good person or vote for street cleanup and border enforcement. This is how these problems metastasize— it’s trying to push a rock uphill against human nature and it all kind of exploded in with the added stress of COVID.- Based on the last week, Jigsaw has earned her own thread
- The Democratic Party
I think that it’s pretty important as a culture to offer some sort of framework for people who held bad and even abhorrent views to change their minds and rejoin what used to be called “polite society.” At the same time, I think there’s a push and pull and you have to work within the framework and engage honestly. I kind of reject the idea that asking hard questions about his SS tattoo is some sort of betrayal. He’s running for office and first you have to win a primary. His opponents are supposed to ask about things like Nazi tattoos and they are supposed to criticize him. I’m getting flashback to the Bernie bros who had this weirdly righteous anger at the D candidates who had the audacity to run against him and get more votes. “I can maybe overlook the giant Nazi tattoo but it’s hard for me to get past that he’s a GWOT vet” is a wild and frankly jarring take. A stark reminder that there remains a yawning gulf between the leftist flank and the normal people you need to win elections.- Uniform Pron
At first I thought this was another boring grumpy animal in a sailor hat. But in a snow hat—- you son of a bitch! I’m back in!- Trump’s America
My best guess is there’s a shortfall in some multiyear account that they are raiding and crafted this as a fig lead for congressional GOP and to make him look beneficent to the enlisted ranks.- Trump’s America
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-says-private-donor-gave-215523828.html- Trump’s America
Can confidently say: this is the most fucked up and dangerous thing that has happened yet.- ChatGPT AI Tool— We all work for robots now
I don’t know if the jury is out on the Internet. I think it has made America worse in a lot of ways: I think it’s played a big role in declining real standards of living for the average American, increased social polarization, increased social isolation, and more. I don’t think the marginal conveniences it brings to my day to day outweigh that. I think our society was objectively healthier in the late 1990s before broad consumer adoption. Maybe the Insta thots do make it worth it.- San Antonio
I can’t believe I’m about to do this. It’s not “really fucking good” but it (was) better than most other regional/national chains or buffets. This is all tempered by the fact I haven’t been in one for maybe 20 years so ymmv. Peter Piper used actual pizza ovens with rotating pizza stones that the pizzas sat on. Most chains use conveyer style ovens, the pizza goes through either in a pan or directly on the belt. Either way: the surface area and direct heat in a real oven will crisp and blister the crust while conveyer pizza is going to be sort of limp and sometimes soggy like she always complains about. A quick google shows that at least some Piper locations use the real ovens. And they will absolutely give a nicer, crispier crust with more similarities to a NY pie, although the rest of the dough is a bit different. I also seem to recall their sauce being tangier and less sweet than Pizza Hut or Dominoes or the like which I prefer. For toppings and cheese: who are we kidding it’s all the same shit. None of the places in this price point are using artisanal meat or fresh mozzarella or imported San Marzano tomatoes theu simmer in house. At the buffet or carry out price point it was a notch above unless you have a local joint that does slices and uses a real oven. But you have to subject yourself to the arcade noise.- Hegseth & the Boys
Not a single semi-credible outlet signed TripleSecDef’s loyalty oath and now MyPillow TV is our Pentagon press corps.- Русский корабль - иди нахуй
The sanctions on the oil majors are really big. They aren’t going to completely suffocate Rosneft and Lukoil (the two largest Russian oil companies) but they will make buying Russian oil harder and more expensive; and Russia will have to eat that cost because India and China won’t. More importantly it’s a signal that we have lost patience and a cue for the more aggressive Europeans to move out on other options— Russian sovereign assets scheme? It tells the Hungarians and the Slovaks that they can’t cover their bullshit with MAGA. Don’t get twisted, this is the most significant U.S. move taken against Russia in the sanctions space. The messaging of “ceasefire now” is good, as good as it can get. It’s the formulation the Russians have really been resisting. And it bears repeating: this could have been done earlier. Biden could have done it. Nonsensical to wait this long. Bessent is quietly a really strong Ukraine ally navigating a minefield around this. In this case- credit to him.- The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Gar have different behavior. They tend to float along at the surface or hang out around or near deeper water or under vegetation. They don’t like to hide under logs and riverbank burrows like catfish. I don’t think there’s ever been a case of a gar biting a human that wasn’t trying to handle it somehow.- The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
I got 45 on the quiz. But while I have hung out with people who smoke cigarettes, they’re all European and I think that would knock off like 10 points or so if it was weighted. - A&M at LSU on ABC
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