Nova Carmina

The famous Don Ohlmeyer quote is so useful so often: "The answer to all your questions is money." And the SEC is home to metric shit tons of it. I don't buy the logic that the SEC has "earned" some sort of credit by being the toughest conference. Washington, Michigan, definitely. Florida St. should be a definite, but I heard talking heads whining about their strength of schedule. Texas beat Alabama, so there's a head to head, apples to apples. I know it was early, but that's not some cupcake matchup. If I'm voting: Washington, Michigan, FSU, Texas.

I was giving my nerves a break from the LFC v Fulham match and just popped 'round to comment on this! How can we not love this headline: "Euro 2024 draw: Uefa investigates after sex noises disrupt broadcast"

I think something similar happened to Samson's team . . . I had long hair in high school (didn't get it cut between 9th grade and senior year -- my mullet was permed; it was so sweet!) but I was a lead in the Spring play my senior year, and on a whim I got it whacked short. My friends were nonplussed, but my drama teacher was relieved. I started growing it out again, but between sophomore and junior year of college, I got it cut into a flat top, and two years after that I just buzzed it down to stubble (never a razor, but no guard on the clippers); that was '94, I think, and I haven't had hair since.

Hmm, since I suppose Spotify came 'round after both were released, the ten-year head start of "Anagram" probably doesn't factor into it, so there goes my first theory.

So you're still hoping for the NFC South crown, eh?

Considering what we know the Blackhawks will tolerate, this must've been something special . . .

You may very well be right, but it's more likely to cause problems for quickie-make-a-buck operations like the one that owns the hollowed-out husk of SI. When you buy a "gold standard" asset, strip it for parts, and retain only the cachet attached to the name -- that will only last for so long. Actual journalism will probably find ways to work with/around AI, but the "corporate" part of it will always want more, faster, cheaper.

If you choose not to decide . . . you have chosen "option three." And so I have.

It was that soft defense that really cost the Bills.

Hey, we might be the same person . . .

Oh, this is me with my cleverness reach exceeding my grasp. I just meant it as a joke about the crap fans from Philly doing things like throwing things at opposing players, thus linking Rakow with Philadelphia.

Damn me if it wasn't! What a game.

Is this 'ere Rakow a suburb of Philly, then, is it?

While acknowledging my bias, the whiny playacting from Man City is a disgrace to the game. Bernardo should get some sort of BAFTA for his pantomime today. Hang on, LFC!

Apropos of a conversation in the NFL thread about the playing of Rush songs, during the dying moments of the Mizzou-Arkansas game yesterday, the stadium PA broke out "Working Man." That was nice to hear.

Gotta prefer facing the Welsh -- no telling how well or how badly they'll play, and it might be a down game. The Finns seem more slow and steady.

RIP

Let's hear it for Marquette! Sticking it to Kansas, and getting chippy with some argy-bargy in the process!

Yeah, brutal. Imagine wasting a season of Mahomes's prime.

Neat!

I will only believe when I see it. I think their enthusiasm has waned. Unlike ours.

(A disclaimer to deflect claims of bandwagonism) I came of sporting age in the late '70s, with parents who didn't care at all about it, so I choose from the teams that were on my TV or that my schoolmates knew, thus: St. Louis Cardinals -- an A-. Good in the '80s, good again in the '00s; several WS titles. Popular everywhere. Kansas City Royals -- a C. Good 1976-1986, 2014-2015; very, very terrible the rest of the time. Should probably be worse, but this is a gentleman's C. Dallas Cowboys -- a C-. Very good (with a dip) up until about 1995; very mediocre since then. Much psychic pain. Liverpool FC -- A-. Very good in the '80s, periodically very good since about 2005. St. Louis Blues -- B-. Came to the Blues a little later (college friends); mostly mediocre, with occasional high. NBA -- n/a. I rooted for the Lakers against the Celtics, but after the "Dream Team" (aka "The US throws a tantrum about losing and so gathers a team of ringers to feel good about themselves again") I checked out. At the college level, I'm sort of all over the place, but I support Kentucky basketball (grad school) (A-) and Missouri football (children's' alma mater, local school) (C). Averaging all those scores, I get a B- . Sounds about right. Watching so much crap play over the years, though, has taught me to enjoy the little moments of joy -- the great catch, the great save, the late-game heroics -- separately from the outcome.

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