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  1. Let’s say 11-1 ND is in. Let’s say one ACC team is in. One G5 champ is in. Let’s say tOSU wins the B1G and UGA wins the SEC. That leaves seven spots. 12-1 Oregon. 11-1 Indiana. 11-1 PSU 11-2 Texas 10-2 Tennessee 10-2 Ole Miss 10-2 Alabama 10-2 Missouri 10-2 Clemson 11-2 SMU Which four of those teams would the B12 CG loser get in ahead of, even if it is a 12-1 BYU? I’ll give you SMU and Missouri. Who else?
  2. What? That throw wasn’t going anywhere, because Utah blew up the pass protection. Utah won the game, in that play, and Mar’s crew stole it from them by flagging something irrelevant to the play that had not been called all game. Man, just bask in being the Big 12’s darling this year.
  3. Kevin Mar does what the conference wants him to. The NBA has crews like that- they know what outcome the league wants (to extend a playoff series, for example) and they assign them as needed.
  4. Yormark…”the Big 12 conference prioritizes professionalism, integrity, and fairness…” Ha-ha-ha-ha!
  5. Eh, they needed forty yards for a last FG attempt to avoid OT. It’s not too much to ask your second year QB, making his eighth start, to understand that he should kneel and take the sack if anything goes awry.
  6. Those guys bitching about Arnold were all predicting 3,200 yards, 30 TDs, 800 yards rushing, for him last off season. I love how they’re all bitching about their schedule.
  7. We were in a “no win”. Big, bad Texas was supposed to win despite screw jobs. We had a relatively mild public reaction after the 2015 OSU game; media said that only losers complain about calls and the league said they backed the crew. Last year, after the Mar crew allowed the KSU secondary to mug our receivers to let KSU back in the game, Sark had a simple display of the non calls, and merely commented, “I don’t even know what PI is anymore “. The next week, against TCU, the Frog star cornerback and Dykes lost their shit when PI was called on them. I think Sark handled that as effectively as possible, given the situation.
  8. Joel Klatt had a great discussion about the Defensive Holding call late in the BYU-Utah game. His point- secondary pass coverage is really difficult to call. You have to look at it in the context of the game. You ask the officials to call it consistently throughout- are they calling it tight, all game? Or did they spend the first 55 minutes “letting them play”? That was the first pass coverage call on Utah, for the entire game, he found. BYU had one pass coverage penalty, the entire game. His point- he didn’t like the call because the officials had been allowing contact the entire game, in pass coverage, and called the penalty on the o r play where Utah won the game, and the contact was not egregious enough to warrant it. Kevin Mar and the Big XII!
  9. There were precursor events, by the Macabi fans, and there was coordinated attacks by the Muslim Dutch youths- https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/calls-for-jew-hunt-preceded-attacks-in-amsterdam-e3311e21?st=hEeU1k&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink
  10. Thats a great point. BYU is #7 in the new AP poll. BSU is 13. CU and KSU are 18 and 19. No way will the B12 allow the #4 seed go to a MW team.
  11. Latest Sagarins: http://sagarin.com/sports/cfsend.htm Top 10: three B1G, six SEC and ND. ACC comes in with the11th team, then the 15th and 16th. B12 with the 17th, 19th and 20th. Boise has top G5 team at 23rd.
  12. I bet the Utah AD lost his shit in the game because of a bunch of calls/no calls to get to that point. Kind of like the Texas - OSU game in 2022. Utah AD- “Why the hell is a big game officiated by that Kevin Mar dipshit we fired from the PAC for being an idiot?” (Answer- he is a good company man)
  13. News reading tip: when the headline is posed as a question, the answer is “no”
  14. NPR article: https://www.npr.org/2024/11/08/nx-s1-5183812/israeli-soccer-fans-attacked-in-amsterdam “seem to show” is doing a lot of work. Do I believe such videos are real? Yes Do I believe they were shared among the assailants? Yes. Do I believe the actions in noted videos occurred at the game and related activities? I think that is worth checking out. It appears news organizations are hedging their bets, with respect to that.
  15. The other day, I was reading the Baylor SicEm365 board, for laughs. Two things they believe: 1. Art Briles was a good man that was scapegoated 2. The B12 can get two, maybe three teams into the CFP. A one loss B12 team is better than a two loss SEC team.
  16. No. But it is ok to bomb Hamas terrorists that are actively trying to kill you. If they imbed among civilians (they do), then their (Hamas) actions lead to innocent civilian deaths and injuries.
  17. I count three people in the picture. Are they the only three that were attacked? Good rule of thumb. It is ok to judge people for what they do. It is not k to judge people for who they are. Attack the three that take down a flag? FAFO. Attack other people for giving indications that they are Jewish, or Israelis? Anti semitic pogrom.
  18. Schools that want to compete have a revenue problem. The SEC makes over twice in media revenue, per school, than the B12, and the B1G makes even more. Then there is game revenue- the price per ticket, the number of tickets, and donations required annually for the best seats; that all favors the B1G and SEC. Where does that revenue go? Right now, SEC and the B1G use that money for large, NFL style scouting and support staffs. The B12 and ACC schools want to compete, but with smaller staffs, have to have their assistants do a lot of that work. We are about to see B12 and ACC coaches jump to the SEC and B1G just as readily as they jump from FCS to FBS, and for more reasons than just money- the life is better. The B12, led by Yormark and Livingston, have already had discussions with PE about cash infusions, to close that competitive gap. FSU has, as well, as it tries to compete with Power 2 programs on a Mid 2 budget. I’m sure the B12 is seeking a structure that will allow them to compete better. I’m also sure the SEC and B1G are working on their own plan.
  19. Is “dismissed” the right term? Are you sure it wasn’t voluntary?
  20. Oops. Yep. I reported to moderators
  21. I’m going to try this again. The truth isn’t always your friend, but you shouldn’t let the truth be your enemy. Here is the truth. Trump is not popular or liked by more than 48% of the electorate, on his best day. That was also true on Tuesday. A few million voters that disliked Trump voted for him. A few million voters that voted against him in 2020 voted for him in 2024. Why? I have a guess. The main Dem argument was that Trump is disqualified, for many reasons, but primarily for what he did on January 6, 2021. That is a really great argument. Does it follow that the opponent must be elected? Yes, to quite a few, but not all. A tiny percent of the electorate (you can play the game of counting the deltas in the swing states and come to a conclusion that their election was swung by a few tenths of one percent of the voters) decided it in Trump’s favor. I contend that the Dem strategy error was not working enough to follow up “Trump is disqualified” with enough “Harris administration will do this and this, and stop that”. Instead, she pointedly refused to separate from the Biden administration in any meaningful way. You can argue that was unnecessary. It was unnecessary, for a huge chunk of voters, but not quite enough. Counterfactual- what would the campaign theme and strategy for the Dems have been if the assassin had been successful and the GOP had put DeSantis at the top of the ticket? It would have been something other than “Trump is a fascist”, right? Where was that policy-based campaign, with Trump as opposition? Isn’t that basic blocking and tackling? Here is what will happen. I am 99.99% sure that the GOP will believe (or act as if they believe) that they have a mandate and start ramming through controversial stuff. That will be an error. They don’t have a mandate. Trump’s “honeymoon” will last as long as that of a retread coach of the NY Jets. None of my conservative friends will listen, but Trump is not popular. His administration will almost certainly overstep (I can not imagine a scenario where he doesn’t). And then the real politics can start up again.
  22. Thanks for the link. Briles used every tool he had available to advocate for his miscreant players and help guide them through the judicial or disciplinary system, with a goal of maximizing talent on his roster. Yes, that makes him an asshole, maybe even a sociopath. However, it could be argued that our system is based on the accused getting a vigorous defense. To me, it’s Baylor University that really looks bad, because the victims were also Baylor students, in most cases. Yes, the accused may deserve a good defense; but providing it shouldn’t come at the expense of the victim, who is actually paying Baylor tuition. Baylor is one fucked up place.
  23. Great points. It is the deceased’s assets; the problem is, it hurts to realize the deceased took better care of his stepchildren than his own children. That isn’t a good memory. Yes, it’s clear how this happens again and again. The later wife genuinely fears for her future. She genuinely cares more for her children than her stepchildren. That brings out the worst in them. Then you get shitty situations where one side is saying, “The bitch froze us out of our dad’s life” and the other side is saying, “It’s a good thing we are here to take care of him because his own children hardly come around”. The key is discussing this before the later marriage, if they’re capable. A lot of people aren’t. Some families discuss money and some just don’t. A good way to broach the subject is, “Dad, I would like for you to be mindful in how you structure your affairs, so we can all have continuing good relationships after you pass. You want that, too, right?”
  24. Not necessarily. You don’t think they fair them flush with a special sealant overcoat?
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