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  1. 1 hour ago, Park Gothic said:

    I think he was saying "Al" as in short for Alfred, not "AI" as in artificial intelligence. Which I assume is a reference to @Al_4_ISU, who does make some good points. 

    But perhaps I've misunderstood. 

    You have no idea how specifically annoying artificial intelligence has become for guys named “Al”

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  2. 20 hours ago, texifornia said:

    Holy shit they're actually wearing their school colors for a big game.

    Their script helmet is mid, but the ref and yellow is always appreciated.

    I absolutely love these.  Script Cyclones was big when I was born, and all over my little kid ISU gear.

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  3. Kinda forgot this thread. We went up to Lake Superior last month and I got 4 days of riding between Duluth, Bayfield WI, and Hayward WI. 3 days on the incredible Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Trails.

    Wet summer and a toddler have limited my riding. Heading up to northern MN over Labor Day for one last hurrah before harvest.

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  4. On 7/25/2025 at 9:37 PM, Celery Man said:

    Snipe Hunter is interesting. Definitely a different sound. I thought I hated it at first but I think I’m going to wind up sitting with it and coming around.

    I really hate Down Under.

    i fuckin’ love Eatin’ Big Time, Bitin’ List, Oneida, and Grindstone.

    Everything else is fine.  Really, this seems to be where I’ve come down on every album since Purgatory.  Some great songs, but just not a great album.

  5. 6 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    I don’t disagree on that. But if for some reason KU was ever going to leave the Big 12, that was the logical landing point because the B1G and SEC don’t want to dilute their football brands with a mid program with few accomplishments.

    The Big 12 should absolutely own their status as the premier MBB conference instead of trying to force their way into the CFB adult table 

    KU wouldn’t leave the Big 12 unless it was for the SEC or Big 10.

    The ACC is behind the Big 12 in hoops, likely losing their best hoops program in the next 5 years, and they would lose a ton of needle moving games.

    I really think the Big 12 and the ACC schools that don’t get SEC/B1G invites will merge, making this a moot point anyhow.

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  6. 1 hour ago, Js1 said:

    KU fans always seem to think their basketball program will get them into the big leagues.  Football rules the day ($$$), so I'm not sure why they think they're going to get an exclusive invite to the big dog club with a mediocre football program.

    They should have always been trying to get into the ACC to join up with Duke, NC, NCST and Louisville.  Probably a better choice for the ACC than Cal or Stanford. 

    Big 12’s been a better hoops league than the ACC for awhile now, and a lot of those programs will probably be on KU’s schedule before long.

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  7. 44 minutes ago, LTbear said:

    CU and Utah fans both think they're B1G candidates. Tech seems to be getting a little delusional. Anecdotally, it seems like most of the other fanbases know they're not going to the B1G or SEC. Maybe a few jayhawks - I don't see them much. 

    Personally, I'm just interested in who's left from the ACC if the big brands every do leave. Maybe a couple from Louisville/ Pitt/ NC State/ Ga Tech/ Va Tech/ Miami become available. 

    If the Big 10 wanted CU or Utah, they would have added them in ‘23.  I see KU fans bring it up sometimes, but again - how many rounds of Big 10 expansion come and gone without it?

    Pretty clear they’re waiting for the end of the ACC GOR.

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  8. 14 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    On XM 84 today, they were covering the Big 10 Media Days and they played clips of Petitti's speech. It was insightful, particularly since he doesn't speak publicly much. They seem resolute on eventually getting their way. Someone should post the clip if they can find it. 

    Separately, on Finebaum today, he was talking with one of his regular reporters who covers CFB. I can't remember which, but they talked relatively extensively about the SEC position regarding the 8 versus 9 game schedules. They confirmed that ESPN has recently told Sankey and the SEC leadership that they'll pay them more money to put the 9th game on the schedule. It sounded as if the money would not be chump change and it would far outweigh the loss of an additional home game every other year for each team. I know we've discussed this previously, and articles have been posted on it, but it was good to hear that this hasn't cooled off from ESPN's end. 

    They both went on to agree that there is no longer a justifiable position from the SEC end to stay at 8 games after expansion. The momentum is with 9 games. Sankey wants 9 games, and said as much multiple times last week. Then Finebaum gave the ol'innuendo maneuver that "the most powerful programs within the conference want 9 games". He talked about brand damage being done actively right now to the league from all college media angles and the perceptions of other conference fanbases viewing the SEC as cowards. Then they talked about not being in the CFP finals the last two years, with Texas being their only hope last year and converting 4th and 13 to get to the semis. "The noise gets even louder if an SEC team isn't in the finals or winning it this coming January."

    For Finebaum to be talking like this to his audience, he's been given guidance that he probably should be doing so. I know Texas is worried about the ever-present notion that they're heavy-handed with their partners, but the perception of being pussies, or weak, in the eyes of everyone else in the space is not something they're jazzed about having associated to their brand. Being considered weak or cowardly is untenable compared to being considered a meanie. Alabama is at least one of the other giants that is in the same boat. I don't think this gets solved for 2026, but I do think the 8 conference game argument is losing both credibility and momentum. The easiest path for that to disappear is for Sankey to come to the agreement with the Big 10 on whichever playoff set-up the Big 10 wants. 

    My understanding is that the Big 10 would buckle on the 4-4-2-2 if the SEC would agree to play 9 games.

  9. 17 minutes ago, PGFrog said:

    The argument for has always been to bring in the Metroplex, but in my mind that has been about as accurate as you bring in UH for the Houston market.

    Same thing historically has gone for SMU as well which brings us back to the uncomfortable truth this isn't about competition, the pageantry of college sports, rivalries and all that bull shit and cut to the chase it is simply about money and greed. 

    The only question to me is how much longer until members of the SEC and the Big 1 0 start to turn on each other for bigger pieces of the pie because I have seen this story before and in the end the knives will come out.  

    Vandy and Purdue will be getting their pay cut soon, I’d imagine.

  10. I'm still looking for a place that will sell singles of all three of the OMs in [mention=1238]Al_4_ISU[/mention]'s uncle's beer fridge to try at happy hour. I could go to Milwaukee, I guess, or just buy a sixer of each -- likely not to cost much more than three decent craft singles.
    But then we'd have to drink 'em all, because we don't even throw out frozen beer.

    Just do the 6er. Ain’t nothing wrong with Old Mil and Premo

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    Sunday Haze. Castle Danger Brewing, Two Harbors MN

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  11. That guy is extremely cringey.  He had a funny ISU character in one video that got forwarded to me, but most of it reminded of those terrible niche comedians that are making jokes for some weird insular community.  Like an explicitly Christian comedian. 

  12. 27 minutes ago, redswingline said:

    Not sure how you travel, but when I go see us play on the road, I go do things in the local vicinity if there is something worth doing.

    And there is a lot more going on in the old P12 vs most of the sec destinations. 

     

     

    I used to go to a lot of road games.  It would be a weekend trip designed around soaking in the game day experience of that school, with little time for exploring the greater locale.  I would much rather do this in a place like Baton Rouge than Palo Alto.  The amount of fun I had in a trip had a lot to do with the game itself and experience around it.

    I travel around the US as much as I can, and my actual vacations rarely overlap with places that have major colleges.

  13. 9 hours ago, redswingline said:

    I disagree. Us, UW, USC, OR and the dumb fucks in Norman would have shifted the landscape. Especially if this was done +10 years ago as the P12 would have secured far better TV deals the last 1-2 rounds.

    "insane cultural disparity" outside of football, what in the fuck do we have in common with sec?

     

    I would have enjoyed this trip

     

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    Over plantation tours

     

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    Then take the trip?  This is about football and not fan vacations, football is far and away the most important cultural touchstone.

    The Pac 12 didnt put sports at the top of their priority list and now they don’t exist.

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