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I was the first in my family…

I was the first in my family to go to college and I had a similar mindset: go do something to make money. I was a nuclear engineer and it has not disappointed me. I’m not rich or anything, but I make more than I could have reasonably expected when I was 17. I finished pretty much at the bottom of my class and I struggled mightily. I didn’t know what the hell I was in for when I went from a rural high school to an elite university. My opinion is that there are pretty much two tracks if you don’t want to try grad school (which wasn’t an option for me with my academic record): business and engineering. Obviously there will be exceptions, but either of those is a good start. Good luck to the young man. May he struggle less than I did. 

I live in Harrison Township …

I live in Harrison Township (aka Boat Town). Lake St Clair is amazing and huge and grants you access to all the Great Lakes. Mt Clemens is a bigger city with a downtown that’s very close. St Clair Shores is a bit more hip, but less nice for raising children, IMO (still probably pretty good). There are marinas and boats everywhere and we’re 25 minutes from Detroit and an hour from AA. Houses on the lake or on canals are pretty affordable relative to a lot of places. 

Of course, I want him here,…

Of course, I want him here, but I also very much want him to pursue the NFL if that’s what he wants. He only has so many years of coaching left and it would be a shame if looked back and felt some regret for not pursuing a Super Bowl ring. If he wants to be here, then that’s awesome, but he’s also given us something nobody else could and he would be leaving in fantastic shape if he left. 

I’m looking for 2 tickets to…

I’m looking for 2 tickets to UNLV on 9/9. 
 

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Exactly. TN deserves to be…

Exactly. TN deserves to be above us because their resume is better. Now our resume is better than OSU. I don’t lose sleep over rankings this early, but I agree with you. 

*and Radiological Sciences!!…

*and Radiological Sciences!! Glow Blue!

If we would have had Herbert…

If we would have had Herbert around with Denard, it would have broken the game of football. 

If you’re going to be a…

If you’re going to be a snarky douche, your delivery has to be smooth and fun. The guy just stumbles through it hoping they’ll interrupt him with raucous laughter and they tell him he’s a loser (he is). Also, he’s a callous shit and deserves the shit press.

I have a 26' Sea Ray cruiser…

I have a 26' Sea Ray cruiser (maybe a cuddy, depending on the definition) on Lake St. Clair. It's excellent for the family to take out, though it would be nice to have something a little bigger at some point, maybe something ~30' to get more adventurous. I don't get out a ton during the week, having very young kids.

We could certainly have some nicer things in our lives (e.g., more/better vacations and nicer house) if we didn't spend the money on the lake house and boat, but being on water makes living in cold Michigan bearable, in my opinion.

Don't think so. I was pretty…

Don't think so. I was pretty desperate for classes I could pass when I was a student. I think I would have discovered that one.

He's older than JJ, so no…

He's older than JJ, so no. The relevant metric here is age.

Maybe too cliche, but if…

Maybe too cliche, but if Cade shows getting hit in the last drive affects how he plays on this one, when do we decide he's not ready for next week?

Win will cause me to double…

Win will cause me to double check to see if we covered the spread.

Loss will cause me to cancel my plans with my State friends for next weekend.

Tie a billion-dollar check…

Tie a billion-dollar check to them and toss them in the SEC pen.

Yep, I was being absurd, but…

Yep, I was being absurd, but there is no *obvious* reason to me that nice versions of things that facilitate getting an education cannot be provided.

If I were an athlete, I…

If I were an athlete, I would suggest I need to get to class in a Maserati.

Lol, I don't neg for…

Lol, I don't neg for coherent disagreement. I understand the counterpoints to my argument and that's okay. I think rules ought to be in place to mitigate the burden on college students to choose between their health, academics, and social life and their athletic commitments. I don't think it's fair to put that on amateur (in a strict sense) athletes. I understand there may still be incentives for them to participate in unsanctioned activities. I don't think the rules should codify perverse incentives, though.

I suspect our disagreement is in degree rather than kind. There is obviously a logical extreme where it would be inconcienable to ask players to perform. I think covid crosses the line, but I understand if others don't see it that way.

I'm not sure it's fair to…

I'm not sure it's fair to say that "nobody put a gun to their head". I see what you're saying since they players did have a choice - and that was appropriate. However, there is a penalty to be paid for opting out (e.g. loss of status with coaches and teammates). It's just like how players were clamoring to play this year. I believe it may have been genuine, but they also couldn't say the opposite without inviting criticism that they were soft. People above their heads have to make that decision for them.

It's the same reason there are practice time limits. You can't have coach-led official team activities that are optional because they would be de-facto requirements if you want to see playing time. To protect players from having to make the choice, there have to be rules. *It's not lost on me that players obviously still do athletic work outside of official activities, but I still think it's right to limit official team activities.

Mow Your Lawn: How to Spend…

Mow Your Lawn: How to Spend Fall Saturdays

I hadn't used your services…

I hadn't used your services in a little while, but thank you very much for this evening. I casted to my TV and the quality was quite good.

Those olives sound incredible

Those olives sound incredible

1. SF, HOU, SEA, and BAL

2…

1. SF, HOU, SEA, and BAL

2. LSU by 100

3. 1792 bourbon (only my second bottle ever and really digging it)

Well-said. My comments are…

Well-said. My comments are rare on this board and my thumb can rarely be bothered to click an upvote or downvote. Thanks for the lucid thoughts on the subject; you've convinced me.

He was suspended…

He was suspended indefinitely.

(Indefinitely)/2=?

This is the most problematic part of your comment, IMO.

Oh and the race baiting. Forgot about the race baiting. NVM.

Money move on the good guys…

Money move on the good guys at +19.

I got

ORE -4.5 vs USC

UT …

I got

ORE -4.5 vs USC

UT -3 vs UW

UGA -6 vs UF

PUR +135 vs NEB

Passing out candy, but it's…

Passing out candy, but it's slow. We have a 15-mo old, so too young to go out yet, but I have to say I'm really looking forward to those years.

They're both fucking…

They're both fucking adjectives baby!!! Words that describe nouns and adjectives are both fucking adjectives baby!!!

There are football games and…

There are football games and there are some football fucking games!! Shameless comment on the first post! Neg me I don't giveadamn!!! Wooooo!

Mom! Get the fuckin Muppets!…

Mom! Get the fuckin Muppets!!!!

Good on him for responding…

Good on him for responding. I imagine this schtick gets used every year for negative recruiting. He should just keep the .docx file on his desktop and send it out periodically.

Reviews have to exist. It's…

Reviews have to exist. It's too important to get calls right. I wish the burden of overturning a call was preponderance of evidence rather than indisputable evidence, though. There is no reason, in my mind, to give primacy to humans making coin flip calls with imperfect views in fractions of a second. I have a lot of respect for refereeing; I can only imagine how difficult it is. I think we can maintain the dignity of refereeing without giving their impulsive calls so much weight. I think it undermines the dignity of the refereeing (and the game) when calls go the wrong way because of arbitrary rules about reviews.

I saw one of his players on…

I saw one of his players on Twitter a week or so ago lamenting how he was not one of those asked to take the redshirt. This is a problem. If players were just inhuman pawns to jockey around, maybe this strategy works, but this is brutally unfair to the guys spilling their guts out to play football at the highest level they'll ever achieve in their lives. They will not get these games back. Their coach doesn't give a shit and wants to throw all that away to increase their chance of making the playoffs from 0.05% to 0.1%. It's shortsighted and cruel. High School kids will obviously notice this behavior and not look at it favorably.

UVA throwing to their huge…

UVA throwing to their huge WRs despite being "covered" and it's working.

Upvote. We may be friends…

Upvote. We may be friends someday.

It's funny how that line…

It's funny how that line looks unbelievable in retrospect. The way I feel about those two teams now, I should have put up the farm.

Gotta mention I put a live…

Gotta mention I put a live bet on SJS +400 when they scored the first TD. Whoops, hahaha.

Got some live action on Duke…

Got some live action on Duke -4.5, lol. Also put a live action bet on PSU -40.5 when they were up 38-0. MD offense can simply not move forward.

I think I understand now…

I think I understand now that it was the run part of the option? If so, is the decision to throw supposed to be pure pre-snap? I have a long way to go before I understand.

For the uninitiated, why is…

For the uninitiated, why is the RB squirting out to leave the DE unblocked? If the play is designed to make the ball come out quickly (i.e. no time to get to the RB in the progression), why even let him go? Is it just to put it out there in case the RB is the first read in a variant of this play?

If someone knows of an OSU…

If someone knows of an OSU troll who actually claims to be on the OSU beat, please make a thread to tell me who (I won't be revisiting this reply). I will follow that person on Twitter and gleefully hope all his/her nonsense is true. This would actually improve my mood about NCAA football by about 2.5 points.

For anyone in the Livonia/FH…

For anyone in the Livonia/FH area, I found these at Meadows on Farmington Rd (in case these are somehow rare).

You can buy these now. My…

You can buy these now. My wife is a big fan. I don't love IPAs, but she does and endorses the UM one. I use the Sparty version to clear drain clogs.

If the cast icon is provided…

If the cast icon is provided, then obviously yes. If that's not there, then some Vizio TVs are also compatible with Smart View. If you have smart view on your phone (mine is in my quick settings), then you can cast your phone screen and audio to your TV. Smart view is a bit glitchy in my experience, but it works.

What could have motivated…

What could have motivated this? The new site is mobile friendly!

Seriously, though, nobody tell Brian.

It better not. Almost…

It better not. Almost bedtime already

Meh. If Saban really is…

Meh. If Saban really is treating guys like shit when they want to leave, then he incentivizes this behavior.

Bye, felicia. May he lose…

Bye, felicia. May he lose any influence he has left and die in obscurity.

Yeah that exchange with…

Yeah that exchange with branham was gold. Love a recruit telling a grown ass man what a petulent douche he is. Bye yoder. May we never hear from you again.

The formula you've recycled…

The formula you've recycled to generate your comment is cliche and you should feel bad.