Magus Ossis

Yes. Week-to-week implies might be ready in a week or two. Some strains nag for the whole season: the low floor on the time estimate for recovery should not be taken to imply a low ceiling.

It is notoriously hard to prognosticate regarding strains. Think hamstring for a rough analogy to this injury.

This. Our evidence for what is likely in the future is what has happened repeatedly in the past. Prone doesn't inherently refer to the past or future anyway-- in this usage it merely (figuratively) means inclined (toward).

Nebraska is not what I'd consider a destination job, but they may have enough money to keep a guy like Rhule long-term now that he has already tried dipping his toes in the NFL. My own gut is that the Florida is not the place nor now the time. I would not be shocked to see him at Michigan after another year or two.

Some refs are unintentionally biased (read: all), sometimes enough so that it colors their officiating. Some are consciously biased and allow it to color their officiating. All have moments of inattention for whatever reason-- back hurts, thinking of soon-to-be ex-wife that is leaving them, have to sneeze, etc. They are often quick to defer to a colleague, magnifying errors that should have been corrected by a second set of eyes. Often only one set of eyes is on a play, and the moment of inattention means that it is seen out of context or not seen. Multiplying it out, there are on the order of 100,000 instances of a player being on the field for a play in FBS in a week. How curious it would be if millions of detectives with pause and rewind on their screens could find few or no examples of official error in such a large sample. The problem lies in sorting out and trying to address the distinct forms of error. We are not going to be able to do much for the guy who is distracted because he spends his game trying to hold in a wet fart. The egregious face-mask on the ball-carrier or the all-penalties-on-one-team behavior merits inquiry by a body with the will and ability to apply meaningful consequences.

I piggy-backed off that fact and did a little internet sleuthing. It is their worst combined start since 1947-- the inaugural year for FSU football.

When was the last time UF and FSU were a combined 1-5? What a train wreck!

Churn beats the heck out of orange slices.

M.O. son #2's 6-man team got up early so he got snaps (usually not so much-- he's a So, only started FB last fall). Recorded his first pressure, TFL, and TD.

And just imagine how tragic would be our lives were they squandered in the shadow of such common acronym errors, left all uncorrected.

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Tua was so upset about the lousy wrestling tonight, that he went down to the garage and in a fit of depression cut off his own head

The point is well-taken that referees see fouls differently. I honestly felt the first one should have been called. There was formerly (and may still be-- I have not looked to see what modifications have been formally introduced) a specific instruction that when it was not clear whether contact constituted targeting, the call should be made.

Targeting: (1 ) No player shall initiate contact and target an opponent with the crown (top) of his helmet. This is defined as a point within 6 inches of the apex. (2) No player shall initiate contact and target a defenseless opponent above the shoulders. A ball-carrier is not considered defenseless.

Failing to keep one's eyes up while tackling (i.e., spearing, [one form of] targeting) is the kind of "bad form" that has far and away the greatest impact on risk of cervical spine fractures that cause quadriplegia (in the offending player). There were once people against requiring helmets also.

Yeah, but you guys didn't hear the moving speeches he's given to the team. His oratorical acumen is the proverbial tie that binds this close-knit team together.

Market opportunity for YTTV/Fubo etc client software?

On the crawler it showed LSU -7 but FPI prediction 51%. Somebody's model could use a tweak.

I haven't heard a Joe Bloggs reference in a while.

Whisky Tango Foxtrot!

I don't have the data, but there is probably some metric that shows blowouts past a certain margin are extremely rare, and I suspect that affects lines for teams that have not yet made a habit of proving themselves to be an obvious exception.

I'm not arguing against that. Who 15 years ago would have guessed that we would be discussing the possibility of the Pac12 coming calling for Texas State or the likelihood that they are better off turning down the offer?

I'm no expert at conference building. Is there any chance they would try to add a couple of "partner" schools from Texas to get a market presence here? Some combo of Rice, TXST, UTSA, UTEP?