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    Should be calm and high 50s for the next two games. Sunday possible storms in the afternoon. Teams are pretty evenly matched. Now that we're into games with the 3-4 starters and probably lots of bullpen innings, I guess that favors the Padres. Especially since I think Rob Thomson will have a quick hook and Phillies have to pray not to get blown out from like the 4th-7th innings. SD bullpen is pretty strong even in the middle. Games probably come down to which bats get hot beyond the handful of MVP types.
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    Damn that was easy. It's definitely surprising, but in Philly we knew weeks ago things were setting up pretty well. We had an easy schedule down the stretch and were getting healthy. The bracket was setting up for us to get the Central champ (pushover) followed by the East champ, and neither ATL/NYM really had to deal with the full strength Phillies recently. The West teams are beatable too. A little concerned both those teams have bullpens that can slam the door from like the 5th inning on. Hope it's the Padres since they've waited so long as well.
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    Strider's start was so aborted, Herschel Walker paid for it
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    I'd be more scared of Yordan than any hitter in the playoffs. Grown ass man mode
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    Mets fans were blaming the format too...won 100 games and now have to play these undeserving pests. (Who traveled thousands of miles to beat you on your home field.) Follow the Premier League, if your team is best across the whole season, you can have the trophy clinched weeks before the season even ends.
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    Rhule

    Bartles replied to tonedeaf's topic in Football

    No statue and the group that idolizes JoePa has dwindled steadily since they were so publicly embarrassed in 2011. No joke, I'm sure COVID claimed a lot of them. Rhule played and coached under Paterno and has spoken very highly of him. Message boards will always have a "nuke Pedo State" faction so it continually comes up. I wonder how many of them are also in the "hire Matt Rhule" or "we should go after Franklin" factions.
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    Spurning Penn State at Michigan to go back to Knoxville next week (Bama at Tenn). Maybe some blowback from the B1G upcoming contact which freezes out ABC/ESPN
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    Cards division wasn't exactly "grueling" with two 100 loss teams plus the Cubs. And they were sputtering down the stretch anyway. Both them and Toronto got taken down on their home field by teams coming off decade-long playoff droughts. Games were exciting. Final week of regular season had more intrigue. WC round was awesome
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    Second half of City games is like late in the NBA all star game. Just trying to feed Haaland while the other dudes fire some shots too
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    Agreed, it's rare to see an original idea on these signs
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    Eh, changing my pick to Knoxville. They can't go SEC-free for the entire month of September LOL they just announced Knoxville. No points for my prediction
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    They have a tough choice: Florida at Tennessee would be a good crowd for the show, but nationally no one thinks either of them is "back"; and game is CBS Duke at Kansas would be a bonkers crowd, but again wrong network (FS1) and football CGD doesn't like focusing much on hoops which would be impossible to avoid here. KU should beat Duke, which opens up the option of GameDay coming in for Iowa State, a likely ABC game the next week. Clemson at Wake Forest ticks all the boxes. ABC game, Herbie doesn't have to travel (plus his son plays for Clemson), one actual CFP contender in the game. Minor subplot that WFU was GameDay's first COVID show, but fans were relegated to a drive-in theater down the street. ESPN could make it up to them with a live show. I think the home network advantage wins out for Wake.
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    Haaland goal today looked more like D & GK panic than his own skill. But that's what teams have to account for. He gets loose and they assume he's going to embarrass them so they take risks.
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    I noticed this today on that same walk from Crystals to Cosmo - it was like 11 am and this tall chick in tiny spandex shorts popped out of nowhere. Thankfully she zeroed in on two dudes walking a bit ahead of me. They didn't seem interested but she kept talking/walking with them. This was a brief trip for work. Cosmo wasn't crowded on Monday night, so it was nice to get some $15 craps tables. Slot machines are too damn complicated, I'm sure I'm not the only older adult to say this nowadays. I won over $100 on Wheel of Fortune but I have no idea what happened. Too many lines going on. Sitting at airport gate now. Fucking redeye delayed 90 minutes for maintenance.
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    Ewers unofficially with 134, all passing. A quick scan I think Futureman won with 149 yards (15 over). I had 116 (18 under). I would donate my winnings back into the pot, or to Surly, whatever. I was being harshly pessimistic, not expecting an injury, much less after carving Bama up for a few drives.
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    First sign I saw said "Penis-Vagina-Penis-Vagina"
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    Alabama 48, Texas 3 Ewers 116 total yards
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    @FartingDreamer just saw this, I don't know for sure but I really doubt it. You can only enter/exit from the stadium side and there are staff around just keeping an eye on things. You could probably pull it off with like a bottle in your jacket, but not a cooler or anything.
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    I've been to a few games there, agree with much of above. I was never overly impressed with the noise, but it's still a great venue. The Moshofsky Center next door does make for a good spot to sit down and rest, but don't expect much from the food/drink. The Cooler is a great pre-game spot like 10 minutes walk to the north of the stadium. Really good breakfast food if you get an early kickoff. Off the Waffle is another top notch breakfast, there are a couple locations not far. Voodoo Doughnut is something to check off the list. UO campus is pretty nice too. Just an all around great CFP spot
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    I definitely don't miss having to scroll past all the posts fetishizing about the gun specs, saying shit like "Luckily he was too dumb to modify with a Gx3 amulet, that would have taken out the whole parade in half the time. I only use mine for raccoons...for now LOL"
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    Really recommend the new docs Keep Sweet and Gladbeck, both mentioned above. Both are shocking and disturbing in their own ways, and both have plenty of original footage and photos to really take us into those worlds. Cliff notes: Fundamentalist LDS are evil monsters...and 80s Germans were incredibly chill about just hanging out and smoking with armed perpetrators of an active hostage situation.
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    Hustle

    Bartles replied to Baboontyme's topic in Movies and TV

    I really wanted to like it, being set in Philly and featuring some Sixers, but it all felt cliche to me. Granted, I pretty much never enjoy movies centered on baseball/basketball/football, probably because the action is laughable and the storylines are never realistic. Add the fact that there are so many familiar faces, some playing themselves and others not, Hustle just never held my interest as a movie.
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    I went to a game there a few years ago. There are lots and garages in that cluster of buildings beyond the track stadium. It's probably similar to TCU in terms of game day car access.
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    What was his intention then if not to get the ball out of trouble, in whatever direction he could? By the definition they gave on air, it should have counted. But we didn't get a single look at the initial pass which may have been offside anyway. I think NBC/EPL shows more replays than this.

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