Things that bothered me before/during the OSU game- Festivus edition

Submitted by RealElonMusk on December 22nd, 2022 at 3:00 PM

Michigan was getting a ton of disrespect before THE GAME-

8pt betting dog

5 of 6 Fox analysts predict OSU victory (F them)

Reggie Bush-  Michigan only scored 1 TD versus Illinois-  half time "OSU took Michigan's best shot"

OSU Defense greatly improved

Urban Meyer-  "Can Wolverine receivers separate from man coverage?"  "They (OSU) will stop the run" - Michigan had 252 yards rushing so Urban's prediction did not age well.

Michigan is overrated- they haven't played anyone

This is a fun 26 minute rant that covers most of this-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6M7iOoKvYQ&t=840s

 

 

Buy Bushwood

December 22nd, 2022 at 3:28 PM ^

Since OSU made the playoff, the disrespect has again been put into high gear.  OSU is apparently still much more talented, likely to win a rematch, the only team that can beat Georgia, and was only some tactical missteps from winning.  Apparently OSU having literally zero perseverance and leadership doesn't affect future football games.  

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Midukman

December 22nd, 2022 at 3:36 PM ^

“We were outplayed”. Granted, Knowles is a buffoon and pissed down his leg the entire second half but their D was getting gassed, as was their O line. I especially like how we’ve now “stolen signs”. I mean, Days offense was so predictable that anyone outside of Don Brown could have guessed their next play. Oh yeah, we’re now using the Dantonio nutrition program. Fuk ‘em!

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smotheringD

December 23rd, 2022 at 1:23 AM ^

I liked Brian's analogy, that Knowles was on a meth bender.

Do you know what else I found really disrespectful.  The fact that they kept us off the field during the National Anthem.  What's up with that?

But you know, it just made getting the stops and the picks and gashing their defense with explosive plays like a hot knife through butter that much more satisfying.

I am going to thoroughly and repeatedly savor this win for the next 337 days when I suspect we will crush them again in Ann Arbor.  JJ and Donovan for the threepeat!

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BlueRude

December 22nd, 2022 at 3:37 PM ^

It's worth noting that Space X is deeply involved in the new nuclear energy using Thorium. There are 2 companies I'm aware of that Buffet has his portfolio in. I'm sure DARPA, DOD, Space Force and others are working up there to make this energy viable. 

https://www.wiseinternational.org/nuclear-energy/thorium-new-and-improved-nuclear-energy?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwpjbqImO_AIVEcCGCh3H3AASEAAYASAAEgKw2_D_BwE

 

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1VaBlue1

December 22nd, 2022 at 9:35 PM ^

I read your link, it has absolutely NOTHING to do with SpaceX.  Doesn't mention a single company involved with anything!  It's just an anti-nuclear power website devoted to "fighting nuclear power anywhere, anytime".  Hardly a source of non-biased 'facts'.

It is true that DARPA and NASA are working on nuclear propulsion for spacecraft - and why wouldn't they?  I mean, cutting edge technology is the purpose of those agencies!  But no, SpaceX is not "deeply involved in the new nuclear energy using Thorium".  SpaceX is deeply involved in getting its Starship product to Mars. 

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yoyo

December 22nd, 2022 at 4:29 PM ^

He deserves a lot of credit for Tesla, helping it become a successful company and building a team that changed the game for ev. 

 

Space x was also a huge accomplishment although a good portion of the credit should also go to the president of the company gwynne shotwell. 

 

For PayPal, the staff basically forced him out. The company was not doing well under him and lost the support of the staff. 

 

I think he's good a driving companies forward and building teams. I almost think he's playing at being an idiot now to avoid being hated by one spectrum of the population. That coupled with being a narcissist and socially awkward has ruined his reputation. 

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gihurdler34

December 22nd, 2022 at 5:40 PM ^

Reputation depends on who you ask. I'm not sure what part of his behavior is playing at being an idiot. He's doing what he thinks is best for his companies.  Given how badly Twitter was run from a financial perspective before he bought it, he should get more than 6 weeks before determining if what he's doing works.

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turtleboy

December 22nd, 2022 at 6:05 PM ^

I feel that this is an impossible thing to claim, though there are many ways of measuring success. Given his track record of essentially creating 3 new highly profitable industries, and radically transforming two of them through multiple major crisis, I'd be more inclined to give him leeway, and expect he knows what he's doing.

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jdraman

December 22nd, 2022 at 7:01 PM ^

He literally said this himself on a twitter space with twitter employees. And the debt included the $1B in interest payments that twitter has to make for Elon’s leveraged buyout. He’s cut costs like a motherfucker, but the advertisers he’s lost by just being himself and the debt payments are massive losses.

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JMo

December 22nd, 2022 at 3:23 PM ^

Does his plan also involve Twitter inadvertently helping tank his "real" company's stock? It's kind of a weird situation to allow your "hobby" company to start to creep into the thing youve spent your life building.

I'm trying to think of a metaphor...  maybe something like my house value goes down because I'm getting in too many fights playing 40+ rec center hoops?

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1VaBlue1

December 22nd, 2022 at 8:06 PM ^

Since he involved himself in Twitter and his bent towards far right politics have become more publicly known, Tesla has tanked.  I'm not entirely sure he realized that the vast majority of Tesla owners/purchasers/fans were liberals worried about the environment.  Nonetheless, his politics in running Twitter have alienated them in a big way.

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Underhill's Gold

December 22nd, 2022 at 3:09 PM ^

I thought Urban's comments pre-game were actually quite insightful. No it didn't turn out to be a correct prediction, but it very accurately illustrated the OSU game plan. I have to think he knew from talking to coaches exactly what the plan was. OSU sold out hard to stop the run.  

The relevant distinction that only the playing the game could reveal was that OSU didn't only sell out to stop the run, they very much oversold to stop the run. 

In the first half, we saw how selling out to stop the run by spending safeties close to the line of scrimmage cost them in pass defense as CJ (twice) and CL found the endzone.  

In the second half, Edwards was the one who made them pay, as safeties and linebackers attacked the LOS aggressively looking for a stop. 

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