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Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, and Other Good Stuff
Al_4_ISU replied to Seasick Sailor's topic in Music
This song is older than Purgatory. One of his many fan favorites that never made it past a terribly recorded YouTube clip -
While I completely agree with your general premise, I had a buddy who lived in SoCal for 5 years and somewhere after year 3 got sick and tired of the weather never fucking changing.
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This seems like a far more logical way of operating. The Big 10 is always going on about their academic consortium, like they can only collaborate with schools that are part of their athletic conference, academically.
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Seems to me the goal of the Pac was to become the best non-power league and the path to do that was by getting the serious MWC schools on board. Now they’re the only conference besides the MAC to exist solely on the same side of the Mississippi, and have the largest G6 (we have to call it that, right?) fanbases in one spot. I think this is a league that understands their position really well and has put together a compelling product that I’ll be tuning into. Most of the time, the G6 rep will come out of here, I suspect. In hoops, they will be extremely salty and there will be a debate as to whether they’re a high or mid major.
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Not for some schools. I think it’s utterly moronic to think who you play sports with says anything about your academics, but that’s 100% how Stanford and Cal think, as well as large swaths of the Big 10.
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Fuckin’ love Rocco. Dude’s got the winning gene where he just finds ways to make big plays in the crunch. Downside is he’s a little bit of a gunslinger and when he throws picks (which isn’t often) they almost always end up being pick 6s. He’s a very effective runner, although it’s not a cornerstone of his game. As a human being, he seems like a great guy. His teammates love him, and after a town in Iowa had a school shooting in the spring of ‘24, he put on a free camp for the kids there. He’s gonna be 3rd or 4th round guy, and likely have a long career as a backup and elite locker room guy. Then again, there’s a lot of Purdy in his game and maybe he’ll go beyond that.
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It’s delusional, but who really cares? There are teams in that league who can beat teams in every other league in this graphic.
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Less of a travesty than 83% of the membership bailing.
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It definitely started with money, but I'm starting to wonder if ego is driving the bus. There are definitely folks who just like the idea of relegation simply out of malevolence. They want these institutions to suffer.
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With the G5 getting into the playoffs it makes their conference games more intriguing and there are plenty of entertaining games at the level. Having Penn State vs Akron in week 3 is worth getting a Boise vs San Diego State Friday night playoff spot on the line banger, IMO. And you can shore up non-conference schedules without formal relegation or separation.
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Yeah, I could see that happening but it still feels totally unnecessary and would create a less entertaining product across the board. Especially if you have a hoops tournament without mid and low majors.
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All those schools outside the top 50% are contributing views to the top 50%. If those top 18 were actually sharing money outside their conferences, I'd get it. They're not. So what do they gain by refusing to let the others play? And also, Tony Altimore? Lulz.
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I really think if you make the top division any smaller than that, you start to weaken ratings. That's why (well, and of course personal wishcasting) I don't think a Big 10/SEC break off would result in anyone making more money. If you start marginalizing wide segments of the sport and relegating them to a lower division, those fanbases aren't going to be that interested in watching the higher division. Right now Big 12 and ACC fans are watching plenty of Big 10 and SEC games, largely because those schools play in the same division and what happens in those leagues can affect your team. If that goes away, so do those viewers. And the same thing happens to a lesser extent with Big 10 and SEC fans watching Big 12 and ACC games. If all of a sudden those schools are all in different divisions where they aren't theoretically playing for the same thing, the amount of viewership outside of one's interest level will go down. Yeah, the Big 10 and SEC have enough fans to be economically viable without those other fans tuning in, but it's still going to mean lower ratings than what they have today, and there will be no tangible gain as it's not like the Big 10 and SEC are currently sharing anything financially with other leagues. They're getting a ratings boost from the rest of the country without having to give them really anything in return other than being involved. On top of all that, these games are going to be on TV. Even a bottom tier ACC/Big 12 matchup is going to draw more eyeballs than any other programming those networks could put into those slots, and it's cheap to produce. Why would these networks intentionally devalue their own product to that level?
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Funny you should bring that up... We used to sit immediately behind these guys. Years ago there were about 4 guys (who all look like him) that sat together in hand drawn versions of that shirt (as well as their clean cut dad or uncle or whatever). They told me to "clean up my act" after I vigorously cussed out an officiating crew. We sat in those seats for 5 seasons. Those guys were in front of us every year, and they were always fucking weird.
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Talks have intensified? Shit, this has seemed like a done deal for at least a month.
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