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| Date | Title | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 1 week 6 days ago | I always liked Miami (YTM) |
I'd taunt my college friends with it because I always used them as my team in NCAA Football and would blast it after every TD |
| 4 weeks 6 days ago | Can someone post this espn insider article on THJ? |
I always lurk and rarely post, so don't think I have enough pts:
Glowing praise about THJ: "Hardaway showed that passion and more Tuesday. He was the best player on the floor for all two hours. He played with terrific intensity, nailed shots from all over the floor and played above the rim whenever he hit the paint. While he doesn't have his father's crossover, he handled the ball against Canaan and was able to get where he wanted on the floor. Hardaway has size, excellent leaping ability and a huge 7-foot wingspan for a shooting guard." |
| 6 weeks 6 days ago | Everyone was expecting a |
Everyone was expecting a decline from Burke after following Morris and now the same of Walton (and he's the highest rated of the 3). Assuming he has work ethic (and I assume he does if he's a JB recruit), I actually expect Walton to be better than Burke as a point guard. Maybe not as a true alpha dog scorer/bigshot type, but in the true sense of distributing the ball and running the offense, I think he will be better if nothing but for he will have an overall better cast to distribute to than Morris or Burke. |
| 7 weeks 5 days ago | Yeah, can't help but feel a |
Yeah, can't help but feel a bit fuzzy when this happens--and a good reason why not to get too upset when certain recruits decline M, as there's nothing wrong with picking your dream school. |
| 7 weeks 5 days ago | Yeah, can't help but feel a |
Yeah, can't help but feel a bit fuzzy when this happens--and a good reason why not to get too upset when certain recruits decline M, as there's nothing wrong with picking your dream school. |
| 8 weeks 5 days ago | Sounds like they're trying to find talent to replace Eso |
More than anything--as Spike will probably play a lot more, and Eso/Corey/Josh graduating, they have to replace some talent in the scout team backcourt. Someone with high basketball IQ and who can handle the ball sounds perfect. |
| 45 weeks 4 days ago | As others have stated: a) The |
As others have stated: a) The delivery "fee" is never given to the driver, that goes to the restaurant. b) More often than not, the driver is responsible for paying gas out of wages and tips. As you can imagine, wages are next to nothing and get eaten up by gas and upkeep on the car, so the driver primarily works only for the tips. I universally tip $5, as I always make deliveries worthwhile by ordering at least $25 worth of food for a few meals. Sometimes a bit more if the order is larger. In your position with the minimal order, I probably would've given $3, maybe even $3.75 to round up. I'd never tip below $3. |
| 1 year 18 weeks ago | I don't know if a B1G championship is in the cards |
But I, for one, am looking forward to a 1st day bye in the conference tourney for once--hopefully that 3-seed. We'll need to make it to Saturday to cement a 4-5 seed I think. |
| 1 year 18 weeks ago | I attended a similar event... |
Except it was at Conor O'Neill's on Main--and I got to see Tara Reid brush elbows with me as she walked by post implants (when she was dating Sergei--for some reason he was there, I think it was for a charity event at Yost). Later in the night, I had the pleasure of using the urinal right next to Kid Rock. I'll just say he was holding a beer in one hand, and standing a good foot or more away... |
| 1 year 21 weeks ago | Wooo, Clark with the walkoff! |
Woooooooo, Clark with the walkoff! |
| 1 year 27 weeks ago | D-nard |
nard dog! |
| 1 year 28 weeks ago | Some issues and my thoughts |
1) Timing--these are student athletes who have to take finals (so have to be careful going deep into December); going deep into January infringes on NFL playoff turf. 2) How do conference championships play a role? Even if you have a 11 game season--you could end up playing a 15 game schedule (conf championship plus quarters, semis, finals under 8 team playoff). This cannot happen. I'd keep the BCS formula and bowl system generally. I'd implement a 4 team playoff (basically like the +1), and you'd have to be a conference champion to be eligible (we'd take the top 4 ranked champs) OR be top 4 in BCS and 4 champs aren't in top 10 (to exclude weak conf champs). One semi is played in the Rose, the other in the Sugar on NYD. The final played one week later on a rotating site like the Super Bowl (could be any site, like Cowboy Stadium, Miami, LA's new NFL stadium, or one of the standard sites like Tempe). Fiesta and Orange still get to have their bowls, and the Citrus and Cotton Bowl joins them as the new 4 bowl BCS, and are free to pick based on lottery in alternating fashion (remaining big conf champs must be picked) This year would produce: 1) Rose: Oklahoma St. v. Oregon 2) Sugar: LSU v. Va Tech In the new BCS, you'd have to pick from Bama, Stanford, Wisconsin, Michigan, Houston, Boise, etc. for awesome marquee matchups. |
| 1 year 40 weeks ago | Single ND ticket, Sec. 2, Row 47 |
FANTASTIC viewpoint (around 35-40 yard line on ND side)--I posted in another thread as well (can't open the spreadsheet?). Taking best cash offer to meet me in AA tomorrow night or Saturday. Have an early offer for $200, will probably take at least $250 to get. |
| 1 year 40 weeks ago | I have a single ticket to sell |
Going to get a student ticket to sit with a friend instead. Sec 2, Row 47 (ND Sideline, but around the 35-40 yd lines--can't beat the view). I've put up some CL ads but would be happy to sell to an MGoLurker instead. Seeking cash and best offer (I've had one for $200 already). I'm coming in from California so I'll be able to meet either late tomorrow night or Saturday anytime morning/afternoon. |
| 1 year 48 weeks ago | I actually just worked on one of the recent Netflix deals |
I can tell you that some of what's been said is absolutely accurate. Netflix is getting murdered by the studios right now on the one side (which means higher licensing fees) and also getting pressure from the broadband side (like Comcast who is also a content provider, threatening to limit bandwidth or slow down speeds when Netflix is used). You see a lot of changes going on right now with windows for both theatrical and video on demand, and the content providers (whether studio, tv network, etc.) want more of the pie. Couple all that with the fact that everything is moving toward streaming, and you have a breakdown of their model. While they realize this and have moved incrementally towards streaming, their ability to secure premium content is become more difficult by the day. At the very least, they cannot get such content on exclusive terms (to prevent Google-Youtube, or Amazon, or anyone else from also buying such content), or with premium windows when people most want them. HBO Go is actually the wave of the future--you're going to see individual networks and studios controlling their content more and more and streaming it directly, and companies like Netflix will be left to get the last bite of the apple, if there's any apple left. |
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| 1 year 49 weeks ago | Protip |
Caveat: I presume you can buy a package and then log in and buy another but I can't confirm. The packages for 2 tix together and single tickets are VASTLY different. I just bought mine 10 min ago, and got ND, Purdue and Minnesota all between the 40s (in Victors and Valiant for Purdue), halfway up. Compare that to when I put in 2 packages, and would've been stuck in the corner or nosebleeds on the non-student, Stadium side endzone. I'm just going to the ND game as I live in Cali, so I'll probably put the Purdue and Minnesota games up for sale close to the games for those of you looking at that time. |
| 1 year 51 weeks ago | I call him the "Chief" to myself sometimes |
Because he looks like Tyrol from Battlestar Galactica...could also go with Cylon, killing would-be stealers with lasers |
| 2 years 2 weeks ago | You have Nd tix? |
Where and how much? |
| 2 years 15 weeks ago | In the immortal words of Ric Flair: |
WOOOOOOOOO!!!!
So what does everyone think...if we lose to Illinois are we in as a 12/11 in the normal field, in the last four play-in, or out? I assume if we win, we're looking at a 10 seed at least. |
| 2 years 15 weeks ago | Mgoblue-harmony |
I was going to stream the game and maybe play some online poker, but I'm willing to trek down Montana to South if anyone feels like meeting up. I know the alum club didn't announce anything, but I still suspect a number of M fans will be there tomorrow. Q's is also a solid option. |
| 2 years 23 weeks ago | Yeah, one for Mac users |
I wish they'd develop Sopcast, StreamTorrent, etc. for Macs :( |
| 2 years 25 weeks ago | I'd be down for a tourney too |
And if anyone is around LA, I'd go play 1/2 at Commerce or play a small tourney ($200 or less buy-in) anytime. |
| 2 years 26 weeks ago | This is it in a nutshell |
The team's biggest issue is redundancy. Its "point guards" are me-first scoring types (Stuckey, Bynum, and now even McGrady backing up on occasion). It has, as you say, too many 2's and 3's on the team (Rip, Tay, McGrady, Gordon, Daye, Summers, Jerebko, even Villanueva plays basically like a 3), and then you have posts with serious liabilities (Wallace with no O, Maxiell is basically Ben, trading worse D for slightly less abysmal O, Monroe who is too soft, Wilcox is worthless, and as I said, V playing out of position). Joe went way too crazy with this "versatility" schtick, grabbing guys that can play multiple positions. Lost the fact that he had complementary pieces in the prior run with Sheed and Billups and that's what works. The problem is Joe has zero leverage with trading Rip and Tay because everyone knows they're easily available. I'd honestly just get rid of both for whatever he can get and just play the young guys (Stuckey, Gordon, Daye, Villanueva, and Monroe) and just play an up and down O-style to pick up some W's where you can and hope for a good pull in the draft. |
| 2 years 26 weeks ago | For those fans of Dexter |
When reading this post, I couldn't help but think of the Trinity Killer (Jon Lithgow) saying: "Hello, Desmond Morgan". Perhaps some sort of nickname for Des could be had from it...the "Dark Passenger" ? |
| 2 years 28 weeks ago | I'm praying for Tempe |
I'm going to be in Phoenix with the girlfriend's family for Christmas and NEED this bowl game to keep my sanity. I've already been promised that I get to go if it happens.
Insight! Insight! Insight! |
| 2 years 33 weeks ago | Prophetic much? |
Jeez |
| 2 years 36 weeks ago | I hope the weather is equally as nice for Iowa. |
I'm coming in from Cali and I see rain on the horizon...my gf won't appreciate trudging through mud in the corn maze |
| 2 years 50 weeks ago | UofM UG |
Went out east for law school; I'm presently GC for both a start-up and entertainment company in LA. You at UofM or in CA? |
