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Blotto

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  1. Its an interesting decline when viewed against the laughably ridiculous trend where just about every athlete interviewed on TV after a game begins with some variant of "first I would just like to say that all things were made possible by my lord and savior jesus christ, and I couldn't do anything without him." I heard a guy the other day that practically began with a sermon. And then they probably all shower, hit the bars, and fuck a bunch of women out of wedlock. Its almost as if celebrity culture increasingly demands you at least pretend to be religious, which I find bizarre when fewer of us give a fuck about the subject every year. My observations of friends, family, and peer's lifestyles mirror the trend of declining religiosity in everyday life, but for some reason the meathead contingent feels the need to parrot the same phrases every time they open their mouth. Maybe its in their NIL deals, who knows.
  2. What an odd comment, at least based on this story anyway. Are black students incapable of avoiding drinking and driving? With the possible exception of Georgia, I'm pretty sure most schools don't encourage drinking and driving, and yet we've seen athletes (black and white) get DUI's at Texas and pretty much every other major college athletics program. Now, I've long been on record as saying BYU will never be able to consistently recruit enough high level athletes to regularly compete in the sports that matter, because a lot of young men like to party and fuck. But they are pretty up front about their standards and its not like they swept the Brandon Davies situation under the rug. You would have to be a fucking moron to not understand what you are walking into when attending BYU. I've never set foot on that campus, and I am aware of the scene.
  3. I killed more than a few of those back in the day. Only thing I ever really ordered at McD other than egg mcmuffin meals. Numerous drunk conversations with buddies about how there was no way in hell a $100 meal was 33 f'n times better than that $2.99 cheeseburger meal.
  4. I'm gonna laugh if a lot of these SPACs and other shitty penny stock companies seeking to emulate MSTR go bankrupt because they funneled money they could use on growing their core business into a BTC treasury, in many cases diluting the company significantly or borrowing funds just to make the purchases. HODL will transition from a stupid reddit meme to a corporate mantra as these companies circle the drain.
  5. I caught this SPY quote on some SPY puts I have as a hedge...
  6. pipe down over there, yevgeny
  7. out on my bike, I'll see dozens of them, and they are 100% more consistent than a soccer mom in a huge SUV just texting away. Which got me to thinking about how much shit the really obnoxious bikers will try and get away with once all cars on the road are autopilot. The cars have a 360 field of vision and software that errs on the side of caution rather than "fuck em, I have the right of way". Once they figure out the cars will never hit 'em....goddamn they might never stop at a stop sign again.
  8. NBC sports network channel isnt exclusive to YTTV, its just the first carrier to launch. Xfinity will be next, and they have already stated they will try to sign up multiple carriers, probably every one they can. Its tough to sell advertising when you cap your audience at ~10M households. And the big ten conference splits their games between Fox, CBS, and NBC Fox: Will air games in the "Big Noon" window and alternate years for the championship game. Fox also has majority ownership of the Big Ten Network. CBS: Will air games in the afternoon slot, including a Black Friday game, and alternate years for the championship game. NBC: Will air games in the primetime "Big Ten Saturday Night" slot and alternate years for the championship game. Peacock: Will exclusively stream some games each season and simulcast some games that also appear on the NBC broadcast network. Big Ten Network (BTN): Continues to air a comprehensive slate of games in addition to the broadcast and streaming options. The "big ten sat night" is already on the main NBC network, so all you are likely gaining on the new sports network are the games on Peacock, which will now likely be simulcast on their new network. I cant imagine this would pressure Disney at all. As they now offer a subscription bundle ($40) with Fox that gives you access to all ESPN networks, the SEC networks, Fox sports, FS1, FS2, and Big Ten network. Thats at least 20X more sports than this new NBC channel will have, when you consider its all of the ESPN+ games as well.
  9. Ha. I actually googled the phrase "Double Barrel Cheryl" to see if I could catch that clip, and I guess it's origin was some dude on the Theo Von show. But the funnier aspect is the first google result was some poor broad with that unfortunate insta handle. I imagine she might see an increase in traffic and interesting commentary on her posts https://www.instagram.com/doublebarrelcheryl/
  10. Most of those color rush unis are garbage, but this pats version is better than most. I kinda dig that shade of blue.
  11. They can start a sports channel and get in the broadcasting business if they are morons, but without the multi-year media rights to college football, college hoops, the NFL, the NBA, MLB, etc...what the fuck are they going to show that people will pay for? The Big10 media rights come up for renewal in 2030, the SEC in 2034, the NBA in 2037, the NFL in 2033, etc.. I guess they can send this guy out with a camera and hope nobody notices him on the sideline It amuses me that people think YTTV has much leverage here. They are one of many distribution channels for the ESPN suite. Without details on what pricing is currently being rejected by YTTV and the pricing paid by the other streaming/cable channels its a bit hard to say who is being the bigger asshole here. But at the end of the day, Disney owns the content, and that is leverage that matters. If YTTV wants special pricing that would cause Disney to have to renegotiate their other deals, I would tell google to eat a dick as well. People will follow the content and that lost money this qtr will slowly come back as people migrate to different solutions.
  12. Dude is gonna die an early death being in the senate. he aint holding up well at all.
  13. may she pass to aggy valhalla
  14. Blotto

    Brian Kelly to L$U

    It's like those dumb fucking corndogs don't understand there is video of governor dingleberry gleefully discussing the firing of Brian Kelly. Do they think once the broadcast was over, it just disappeared into the ether? I'm pretty sure Kelly could hire me for a lawyer and we'd win in court while we shotgunned beers every 30 minutes and lit our farts every hour on the hour.
  15. Tobin Anderson was only at FDU for that one season, before bolting to Iona after upsetting Purdue. Replacing Pitino was probably not the correct decision, as Iona shitcanned him after two seasons and a 33-34(22-18 conf) record.
  16. The one positive aspect of our dogshit non-conference scheduling approach is that it absolutely destroys the resell market. These prices include the fees on seatgeek, and the seat map is for tonights game. Comical how cheap it is to get into Moody for these games. Obviously its the STH/brokers that feel the pain, as the university could give a fuck once the tickets are sold originally.
  17. because there are some gaping fucking pussies that want to talk politics, but are afraid of the CR. So now it spills out lots of places.
  18. I could see Kyrie going on a hunger strike or some stupid shit.
  19. Yeah, I only caught the second half but Toppin was ballin. Looks like another solid squad. I actually watched the game on regular old youtube. I think its hilarious that this spat is ongoing between Disney and YTTV and pretty much most college games are easy to find. Not the case with NFL and NBA, but the college games always seem to get posted.
  20. Supposedly happened a few hours ago: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/11/turkish-military-plane-20-aboard-crashes-near-azerbaijan-georgia-border
  21. well if you feel strongly about it, you can win better than 2 to 1 odds on your money from all the major prediction markets as the GOP is a strong favorite to win the Senate. Interestingly the Dems are favored by about the same amount to win the House.
  22. They will work out a deal, and we'll likely never know the final resolution, but my guess is the final number is a lot closer to Disney's ask than YTTV's . He who has the content has the leverage. I can get ESPN through any number of providers, but a good chunk of college football I can only get watching disney. A few additional folks may start pirating, but most people would already be pirating if that was their thing. Just on this thread count how many people have already started investigating Sling, Fubo, DTV, spectrum, etc.... Now compare that to the number of people that declared they would just stop watching sports. People will go where they can get the content they want. Its a good ole fashioned dick measuring contest right now, but Mickey is swinging the bigger bat.
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