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Al_4_ISU

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  1. I still like the idea of automatic berths for conference champions. Just don't seed off of that. Having a play in situation is great entertainment, and I'm sure that's what this is going to turn into. All the multi bid conferences are going to have internal playoffs to determine their 4 or 2 automatic participants, and that's how it will increase the monetization of all this. You'll have 4 games in the SEC and Big 10 determining these spots, and 2 in the Big 12 and ACC. Maybe the G5 does some kind of tournament to determine their entrant. It's a ploy to create more "meaningful" inventory, and get more money. More, more, more. And I'll fucking watch it because it's what I do.
  2. It's pretty stupid though, and at this rate (whether any of us here live to see it or not) it's inevitable that without some kind of central leadership, college football is going to eat itself in the relentless pursuit of greed. The absurdity of what's happening off the field is largely overshadowing the action on the field, and everyone is cool with it until the leopard eats their face, because they're convinced the leopard could never eat their face. It's really kind of a mirror of American society in many ways. And just like America, those of us bitching the most about it are probably staying here anyways and going down with the ship because it's just been hardwired into us.
  3. I thought he was sort of dumb, but well meaning and open minded. I don't mind people like that at all. It also seemed like he had a level of self awareness about it that eventually turned into a sort of parody. The grifting side of wasn't evident to me at all prior to Covid. He really did have people from all sides, and the left leaning people weren't just chum. He took a hard right pivot after Covid.
  4. It was really most of what I knew of him. I liked Newsradio, didn't really follow his stand up, but I enjoyed the show back when he was bringing in legitimately interesting people and I felt like I was being exposed to some worthwhile things. And to that end, I was. I wouldn't know SC Gwynne if not for JRE. I've absolutely learned and been entertained from his (Gwynne's) work. The podcast turned me off because it became obvious that either he was really, really stupid or that he had absolutely no moral compass and was just willing to host anyone for the right money. He no longer felt like a flawed, but earnest person who was legitimately interested in expanding themselves. He was suckled to the teat of the great right wing grift.
  5. It's pretty close. I was losing interest shortly before he moved to Spotify, but I don't think I've listened to a single pod since he made that switch. So it was coming ahead of that, but it's gotten much worse in the aftermath.
  6. I was in the same boat, and he lost me during Covid as well. He absolutely changed his outlook, message, and completely bit into the MAGA verse. Who he was prior to that was fine for the most part, and I don't really feel bad about listening to his show or vouching for him back then, but man he lost the trail as hard as anyone ever has.
  7. I'm going to the gym until Friday or so. Turning into a pussy I guess.
  8. It's fuckin' cold today.
  9. Watching my other Alma mater (Drake) on ESPN2. I think if they win out in the regular season they might get an at large bid.
  10. But honestly, 0 with no wind is better than 30 and blustery, just like a dry 100 is more comfortable than a humid 85.
  11. It’s not so bad without the wind.
  12. Moon Man, of course. I’ll keep you in the loop. Likely will be heading back to NEIA on Saturday night, but who knows.
  13. Love O’So. Stop there every time I visit my cousin. The place in Titonka is really new. I think the only account they distribute to is Dixie’s in Decorah (the original Toppling Goliath building), which is where I had it yesterday. It’s probably the stout you’re thinking of.
  14. You in Central WI? My cousin lives in Plover and I’m taking her son (my godson) skiing at Nordic next Saturday
  15. That’s her grandpa’s old ISU hat circa ‘77 or so. Shrunk to toddler size after decades of washing and drying.
  16. Midday Shenanigans (session IPA) - Titonka Brewing Co, Titonka IA pop. 511
  17. I remember seeing that and not even realizing that they played at the same time, and probably have beef going back decades. And I'm sure both of those men, paragons of sobriety and sound judgment, were of sound mind whilst on Bourbon Street.
  18. Hey now, I grew up cleaning out open-fronted unheated hog barns with an open cab Bobcat 863 that had the roof sawed off to fit inside the barn.
  19. We're spoiled with these heated skids.
  20. Yeah, I'm pretty excited for this one as well. Weathervanes completely changed the way I felt about his career's direction. In hindsight it seems pretty obvious that was his "divorce" album. However he seems to be mining some dark shit here in the title track. I haven't fully figured it out, but between the mood and a few of the couplets that stuck in my head, it seems fairly fucked up in the right ways.
  21. 15-20 MPH here - nothing crazy by our standards. But we're supposed to get a few inches of fluffy snow, so it might be a bit of a headache. I'm sure I'll have to go move snow at the farm in the AM.
  22. It's not so bad without the wind.
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