(Technically three hits, but) Tuffy Rhodes, opening day 1994. Three consecutive home runs off Doc Gooden in his first three at bats. I remember watching that game in my room at Joint House, and that night I used "Tuffy" as my name during a game of Zonk, which I won.
Yep, I want to watch kids graduate and play as multi-year teammates. I think a more robust G-League would be a great development for college hoops. Plus, dozens more kids going straight to the pros means more scholarships for kids who would love to get an education that they might not otherwise be able to afford.
I love Euchre and Oh Hell!, but Bridge is the pinnacle of Whist-based card games. I live in a neighborhood on Chicago's far south side where there's a nice little resurgence of the game going on. Players aged 30 to 100+. Once you get the hang of it, the game pairs incredibly well with hefty Scotch pours.
I was a senior in high school when Eric McGinnis was murdered. Knew several people in the book (not Eric). It's funny because a few years later, I'm bellied up at the Touchdown Cafe (nna the Blue Leprechaun, I think), and Michael Rosenpenis comes in a sits next to me. We chatted for a bit about writing, and I was telling him about the Benton Harbor/St. Joe dichotomy, crazy stuff that happened there, and how someone should really write about book about it. He was so smug and dismissive.
Yeah, Benton Harbor here (now Far South Side Chicago). I dutifully toe the company line and say all the right things about hating the Buckeyes, but in my vitriolic heart of hearts, it's all about ND. I suspect that's widely endemic to those of us from "Michiana." Sure, I want to beat OSU, but really, this past season was bliss for me. Can't help it. Still smiling. The year before, it was over after game 1.
Was there - junior year. I remember how eerie it was when 100,000+ went instantly silent, except my best friend standing next to me who was screaming "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!" over and over and over at the top of his lungs. As awful as it was, I had to admit it was the most amazing sporting event I'd personally witnessed -- that is, until May 6, 1998, Wrigley Field -- Woody's 20Ks. Ho-ly sheep-shit. (Kevin Orie's a lollygagger!)
I just want Beilein to come back to Crisler (or Michigan Stadium) to get the ovation he deserves. Maybe not until they honor the 2012 conference champion team in 2022? The final OSU MSU game that season is easily the hardest I've ever rooted for the nuts, and the reaction of our team as they watched the ending is probably my top moment of the Beilein era. Go Blue!
All that said, I love the Howard hire. I was in the Fab5's class and lived in South Quad my freshman year, so I ran into them a bit. Juwan wouldn't know me from Adam, but he was a classy kid even back then.
I've heard that St. Bernardus somehow appropriated the exact yeast strain used by the Trappists at Westvleteran, making their 12 a virtual clone. I've never researched the exact story, but I assume Netflix will eventually make a series about it. I could see that going for @ four seasons. 12 Monks?
I love the fantasy of college football relegation (most any sport, really), and since fantasizing is what’s happening here....
How about 14-team, tiered divisions throughout college football. End of conferences.
Everyone plays everyone within the division once for a 13-game regular season. At the end of the regular season, the bottom two teams in a division are automatically relegated for next season. No postseason for them. There would be two types of playoffs within each division: one for promotion (or championship), and one for survival/relegation. The top eight teams make the promotion playoff: (1 plays 8, 2 plays 7, 3 plays 6, 4 plays 5); the winners are promoted. In the relegation playoff: 9 plays 12, and 10 plays 11; with the losers joining the bottom two teams in relegation. So four move up, and four move down. The only difference would be in the top tier division, where the “promotion” tournament continues to the semifinal and final stages. Winner of that tournament is your national champion.
Every game counts--even in the lower tiers.
If we went with the current top 14 for tier one, our schedule next year could be the following:
I read somewhere that a couple of the named plaintiffs in depositions said they thought better players should be paid more. I wonder if, after certification is denied, their lawyers will be thinking, "We probably should have coached them not to say that." Bad law-talkin' guyin'.
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Air Force can’t run the ball.
The Big Ten Network was playing the 2017 tournament final against Wisconsin this morning.
We were so gloriously spoiled.
Risk 1.0 bot
They just don't understand.
You mean Dr. Rosenpenis?
Eleven games in 24 days. When do they get to play school?
We live in a world where nearly a million people have died from COVID-19--but, yes, technically "over 200k."
Great show!
(Technically three hits, but) Tuffy Rhodes, opening day 1994. Three consecutive home runs off Doc Gooden in his first three at bats. I remember watching that game in my room at Joint House, and that night I used "Tuffy" as my name during a game of Zonk, which I won.
Yep, I want to watch kids graduate and play as multi-year teammates. I think a more robust G-League would be a great development for college hoops. Plus, dozens more kids going straight to the pros means more scholarships for kids who would love to get an education that they might not otherwise be able to afford.
I love Euchre and Oh Hell!, but Bridge is the pinnacle of Whist-based card games. I live in a neighborhood on Chicago's far south side where there's a nice little resurgence of the game going on. Players aged 30 to 100+. Once you get the hang of it, the game pairs incredibly well with hefty Scotch pours.
Buzzers are scavengers, for what it's worth.
And the 2006 (?) NIT final. I remember thinking then that Rutger could be a program on the rise...
I was a senior in high school when Eric McGinnis was murdered. Knew several people in the book (not Eric). It's funny because a few years later, I'm bellied up at the Touchdown Cafe (nna the Blue Leprechaun, I think), and Michael Rosenpenis comes in a sits next to me. We chatted for a bit about writing, and I was telling him about the Benton Harbor/St. Joe dichotomy, crazy stuff that happened there, and how someone should really write about book about it. He was so smug and dismissive.
Yeah, Benton Harbor here (now Far South Side Chicago). I dutifully toe the company line and say all the right things about hating the Buckeyes, but in my vitriolic heart of hearts, it's all about ND. I suspect that's widely endemic to those of us from "Michiana." Sure, I want to beat OSU, but really, this past season was bliss for me. Can't help it. Still smiling. The year before, it was over after game 1.
Driving from Chicago to Cranes for a slice of raspberry pie. It's destination pie.
Which Miami offered him?
Was there - junior year. I remember how eerie it was when 100,000+ went instantly silent, except my best friend standing next to me who was screaming "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!" over and over and over at the top of his lungs. As awful as it was, I had to admit it was the most amazing sporting event I'd personally witnessed -- that is, until May 6, 1998, Wrigley Field -- Woody's 20Ks. Ho-ly sheep-shit. (Kevin Orie's a lollygagger!)
Don't throw Pb in glass houses.
I just want Beilein to come back to Crisler (or Michigan Stadium) to get the ovation he deserves. Maybe not until they honor the 2012 conference champion team in 2022? The final OSU MSU game that season is easily the hardest I've ever rooted for the nuts, and the reaction of our team as they watched the ending is probably my top moment of the Beilein era. Go Blue!
All that said, I love the Howard hire. I was in the Fab5's class and lived in South Quad my freshman year, so I ran into them a bit. Juwan wouldn't know me from Adam, but he was a classy kid even back then.
Larry David’s Prius.
Yak
Can't believe it took that long for someone to say "Trouble."
Tom Izzo is a whiny little bitch.
It is known.
You're supposed to respect wood.
I've heard that St. Bernardus somehow appropriated the exact yeast strain used by the Trappists at Westvleteran, making their 12 a virtual clone. I've never researched the exact story, but I assume Netflix will eventually make a series about it. I could see that going for @ four seasons. 12 Monks?
I love the fantasy of college football relegation (most any sport, really), and since fantasizing is what’s happening here....
How about 14-team, tiered divisions throughout college football. End of conferences.
Everyone plays everyone within the division once for a 13-game regular season. At the end of the regular season, the bottom two teams in a division are automatically relegated for next season. No postseason for them. There would be two types of playoffs within each division: one for promotion (or championship), and one for survival/relegation. The top eight teams make the promotion playoff: (1 plays 8, 2 plays 7, 3 plays 6, 4 plays 5); the winners are promoted. In the relegation playoff: 9 plays 12, and 10 plays 11; with the losers joining the bottom two teams in relegation. So four move up, and four move down. The only difference would be in the top tier division, where the “promotion” tournament continues to the semifinal and final stages. Winner of that tournament is your national champion.
Every game counts--even in the lower tiers.
If we went with the current top 14 for tier one, our schedule next year could be the following:
I always root for the visiting team in this series. The televised shots of despondent home fans maximize the schadenfreude.
Vocals – Freddie Mercury
Lead – Jimmy Page
Rhythm – Keith Richards
Bass – Ronnie Lane
Drums – Ginger Baker
Piano – Nicky Hopkins
Util – John Lennon
Util – Paul McCartney
Util – Ray Davies
Go Blue -- and my square!
We lost by TWO!!!!!!!
It's a
Shouldn't we have those fancier, burgundy velvet-covered ropes and stanchions that they use at the opera?
Michigan 20, Minnesota 9
UAB still be down by 9?
I read somewhere that a couple of the named plaintiffs in depositions said they thought better players should be paid more. I wonder if, after certification is denied, their lawyers will be thinking, "We probably should have coached them not to say that." Bad law-talkin' guyin'.
Elbow + PJ Hill face = Con? I guess my condar is broke.
just give Jalen the banners?