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BOK Center in Tulsa.

The last time I saw them live was during the Lightening Bolt tour…which, holy shit, was 11 years ago at this point… But even then their live show was freaking incredible. They played like 3.5 hours and did two encores… they played just about everything you’d want to hear… was an incredible experience. I remember about halfway through the show when they played “Jeremy” it just really hit me that I was seeing PEARL JAM and it was like I completely channeled my 21-year-old brain and it was in heaven… 🙂

James Madison is basically twice the size of NDSU (22k students vs. 12k) and is also situated in a highly populated state surrounded by other highly populated states... it's a 2-hour drive to metro D.C., Baltimore, etc. NDSU is in Fargo surrounded by several low population states. There's only one decent sized city anywhere close (Minneapolis-St. Paul) and it's 3.5 hours away. It just seems that James Madison may have several built-in advantages, in terms of potential resources and recruiting base, that NDSU just doesn't have.

Saw on Reddit their season opener with North Dakota State has been moved to the Thursday night prime time spot in week 1. This feels like a very high potential for early week 1 lulz.

Nice. Yeah you need to come back and experience it in its full glory. You should also check out the Woody Guthrie Center and the Bob Dylan Archives some time when you're in town if you haven't. Also the Church Studio... those are must-sees for music fans.

Bummer dude. Have you ever been to a show at Cain's?

She's playing her first show ever at Cain's on May 8. I'm so bummed I'm gonna miss it because I'm gonna be in Houston for work.. ugg.

The more I listen to "Only God Was Above Us" the more I absolutely love it. I don't think Vampire Weekend will ever top the masterpiece that was "Modern Vampires of the City" but this one is right below it in my book as their 2nd best album. It's just really really excellent.

Finally cashed in a gift card for a local store that I’ve been sitting on for like 6 months, lol. Picked up the new Vampire Weekend record (excellent) as well as a few classics I’ve wanted forever but just never picked up.

Yeah really love the new Vampire Weekend. While I liked the sprawling “jam band” vibe of “Father of the Bride” at the time, I don’t go back to it too often just because it’s so unweildy. ”Only God Above Us” feels more like a proper follow-up to “Modern Vampires of the City.” I’m really, really liking it a lot.

Yeah TCU is turrible this year. Too bad. I always look forward to them eliminating Aggy in the regionals.

Can't wait for The Dude's always accurate season predictions as well. Watching him predict a WVU win for every single game, then disappear for days after each loss and then come back and do it all over again the next week was always a treat.

Well to be fair, the studios probably DID think he did well. TFA was a HUGE hit and fans only began to drag it in retrospect. Same with his Star Trek re-boot.

J.J. Abrams is the Hollywood equivalent of a cover band.

I'm really digging the new Old 97's record. I think it's my favorite of theirs since "Most Messed Up." The first three tracks are classic Old 97's rockers. Also really dig the two Murry songs and also "Western Stars."

K-State and Iowa State fans are listing Texas as their "biggest rival?" Umm... I seriously doubt that. I don't doubt other Texas schools, and forgot about Arkansas... don't doubt that one. Nebraska? Umm no. That's going to be OU, or maybe some rando team in the B1G, depending on the fan's age. I think you're confusing "schools who enjoy Texas losing" with "schools who list Texas as their biggest rival."

Yeah I'd like to see the details of this very scientific sounding "study." Obviously OU and Aggy are going to list Texas as their biggest rival. Beyond that, maybe a handful of Texas-based FBS schools... maybe Tech, TCU, Baylor, Houston... maybe SMU... who are the other four? UTSA? SFA? Rice? Texas A&M-CC?

Has the SEC announced theirs? Better buckle up because now that we have the stupid unwieldy large conferences with no divisions and unbalanced schedules everyone is going to be subject to the same tie-breaker chaos that the Big 12 went through last year.

Yeah we hear this literally every year. Gundy just keeps "lucking" his way into 10-win seasons over and over again. We basically have our entire team back this coming year plus we get our best WR back (Stribling) who missed basically the entire year. Unless we have an injury wipeout year like we did in 2022 we'll be around the top of the league again.

Someone mentioned it earlier but I think the "desirability" of jobs is more about fan support and organizational commitment to football. Obviously more fans makes a job more desirable, which is literally all the last 10 years of realignment has been about. If you have lots of fans and eyeballs on your team you'll have a seat at the table no matter your on-field results. Then in terms of organizational commitment, it used to be purely about investing in facilities. Now it's about investing in facilities and NIL. And really NIL is probably more important at this point. The Arizona schools may be in a desirable location with population growth, but I'm not certain that they are fully committed on the second part yet so I question their overall desirability. If the reports out of Arizona are true that basically they turned down an offer to match Washington to keep Fisch, then that's troubling from a "commitment to football" standpoint. By those standards, I think OSU, KSU, BYU and Utah stand above the rest of the BIg 12 as we speak, with maybe Iowa State and Texas Tech right below them. TCU I think is committed to football, but with a smaller fan base than those larger state schools; same goes for Baylor. Kansas has potential but they need to show that they can keep things going for more than a few years at a time or will be back to 10K fans in the stands. And yeah Colorado seems like it's a tough place to win WITH Deion, so we'll have to see how their first few seasons play out in the Big 12 an then (more importantly) what happens when inevitably leaves.

Guys... hear me out...

What a week for Alabama: Bass Pro micro penis shrinkage guy Conner stuck in the urn Saban retires

So we have a home-and-home with Bama in 2028-29. Many people are saying this is why Saban is retiring.

You guys know I’ve been the Bowman apologist from day 1. I believe I predicted a 10-win season this year…. It was looking dicey there for a bit but we pulled it off. So I’ll say it now - we’ll win the Big 12 and go to the CFP next year. Boom.

OMG List eater! Blast from the Internet days of yore….