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TKthunder2

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  1. He said rather do Ivy than Big Ten. Doesn’t mean they want to join the Ivy League. I could see them going independent in football and joining the WCC or making a hybrid public/private league with Cal with the best of the WCC and Big West for their other sports. Stanford is an odd bird like that.
  2. Pitt, Den, Sea, KC are really popular, so how about Cle, Cin, LAC, Buff, Tenn, TB, Jax, NYJ instead? I’m sure the TB/JAX fan won’t root for Miami, nor the Chargers change loyalty to the Rams, nor Buff/Jet fans root for the Giants. Also fuck Tennessee and anything Ohio, no shits given.
  3. You can still watch tech play zone at midnight just not in a game that will mean anything towards a national title…all that changes is that that game might actually mean something. It could decide who gets into a ccg or who might make the playoff in the lesser league. If that’s what you love about college football why should you care if your in the AA league?
  4. I know plenty of fans from the old left behind SWC schools that still rooted for their teams (TCU, SMU, RICE, UH) but also became fans of the schools that moved onto the B12 (Texas, aggy, tech), many TCU fans I know liked and watched Texas until they were invited back into the Big 12. Will it happen over night? Obviously not but sports nuts are sports nuts and they’ll watch again and find a team to cheer for (or against, see Dallas Cowboy viewership/fans).
  5. Do you like watching USC play Oregon St? Or Clemson play Wake Forest? Other than an in state rivalry game most people don’t give a shit about most of these secondary schools and the viewership numbers show that. Some solid schools like Oklahoma State will get left out and college football may forever lose those viewers but more casual fans will tune in to see USC play Michigan, Ohio St, Penn St than they would to see them play Oregon St, Wazzu, Arizona St. They might lose 3 million hard core OrSU, WSU, ASU fans but will likely gain more viewers that may not had ever wanted to watch previously. And yes I know the Big Ten has uninteresting schools like Rutgers, Illinois, and Purdue too, but lowering the total number of uninteresting schools in major college football is only going to increase interest and revenue for the majority.
  6. Big Ten wants AAU schools. The list of P5 non B1G/SEC AAU schools: Duke, Georgia Tech, Stanford, Arizona, Cal, Colorado, Kansas, UNC, Oregon, Pitt, Utah, Virginia, Washington The Big Ten also wants big fans bases and media markets so they’ll make exceptions for: Notre Dame, Boston College, Miami, Syracuse, Arizona St I’d also not 100% rule out them going after Oklahoma/Mizzou in an attempt at getting the best of the Big 8 gang back together as a bridge to their new Western flank (OU, CU, NU, KU, MU). Most likely scenario, whatever it take for ND, fortify western flank with UO/UW and possibly more, and maybe make a play for UNC/UVA. The SEC wants geographically close schools with large fan bases in the Central or Eastern time zone that are good at football and/or bring at good contingent of “other” to the table (academic, markets, basketball). List of non SEC/B1G that fit in order of most wins: Notre Dame, Florida St, Miami, Clemson, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Georgia Tech, Pitt, UNC, Texas Tech, TCU, Oklahoma St, Louisville, Virginia, NC State, Baylor, Duke, Kansas, Iowa St, Wake Forest (after UNC most are extreme long shots, save UVA, Duke, Kansas) Most likely scenario: FSU/Clemson are virtual locks, then the SEC makes a play for UNC/UVA by offering to take their partners Duke/VT…successful or not then who knows..?..lock out Big Ten from moving South by locking down Miami/GT, grab more territory with West Virginia/Pitt, or try to make Oklahoma/Mizzou feel more at home by bringing in Oklahoma State/Kansas (Bedlam/Border War), settle for NCSU/VT if they can’t pull in UNC/UVA, lots of options. So both lists have 20 schools and some overlap, these 8 are they only ones they may be fighting over: ND (obvious top piece on the board, likely Big Ten or bust/stay independent for them) UNC, UVA, Duke (both would take these, likely the biggest remaining flashpoint in realignment outside of whether of not ND joins the B1G) GT, Miami (next tier may be more or less desired depending on how much expansion is going on) Pitt, Kansas (filler that both would accept to round out numbers)
  7. There are 12 schools in the PAC12, 9 of which are AAU (not OSU, WSU, ASU) Big Ten (14) + 9 = 23 with Notre Dame as the final piece of the puzzle for 24. 24 AAU schools save ND and Nebraska. That would set the table for the SEC to expand too. SEC (16) + Miami, FSU, Clemson, UNC, Duke, UVA, VT, and Kansas(or West Virginia) = 24 The only problem I see is that somehow I left out one of the top colleges of all time in Syracuse.
  8. UNC and Washington probably a lock too.
  9. Wow, not sure how I inserted a NOT in there. Fucking brain.
  10. For FHA’s? I’m getting my PMI removed in August on my conventional 30 year, I have to pay for an appraisal since we’re not under 80 on the original contracted price but with the market doubling it didn’t really matter.
  11. Major problem with analytics is employers cutting headcount to the bone and constantly pushing to do more with less. It creates this vicious cycle where a long tenured/valuable employee leaves for more money or less stress and it throws an entire team/department into chaos. Leadership starts hearing the complaints 6 months after the fact and throws money at the problem but recruiting/hiring/onboarding takes nearly another year for the team to recover and then as soon as they do someone else leaves and starts the cycle all over again. This leads to stress and job dissatisfaction which does not inspire loyalty or raise morale. This is the type of shit that the pre 2000s working world didn’t have to deal with and it makes your 8 hours a day miserable.
  12. I don’t believe you. Carl told me we have no thots in Austin anymore.
  13. True but he’s not wrong. UT should be buying as much as they can around campus. It’s not a bad investment and it can benefit their students and faculty. Put it in a holding company and buy up as much as possible.
  14. It’s turned into a Dallas/Fort Worth rivalry, where Dallas people don’t care or think about FW, but FW people trying and convince everyone how much better it is than Dallas. San Antonio people don’t like that the Texas triangle has shifted to Austin from SA. They don’t like that Austin has got so popular and they’ve been relegated to 2nd tier status (even though they’ve still been growing steadily). For years they’ve complained about rich Mexicans coming across the border and buying vacation homes in their fancy neighborhoods (like Alamo Heights or Shavano Park) and now they complain that they are doing the same thing in Austin.
  15. The PAC12 like every conference has bloat. The problem is that their top dogs aren’t bringing in the same revenue numbers as the new SEC/B1G. That is going to drive USC/Oregon away. Not sure Washington or UCLA will just be able to just up and leave due to state politics so I could see them just adding 2 for now to get to 16 and illustrating to all that the PAC12/10 is dying and that they need to let them ditch their little brothers (or see if they can force them into the deal like Cal). Notre Dame can’t leave the ACC or join anywhere else in football until 2036 so I could see the B1G making a move now for some immediate TV money and weakening the PAC so that when they come calling in 10 years they have less resistance in finishing their final alignment with any combo ND+PAC+ACC(maybe KU) academic schools.
  16. A 3/4 bathroom add on cost us $40k not including any finishes (tile, vanity, sink, toilet, faucet, shower head, window, lights, fan, glass, towel bars, toilet paper holder). That did include a sump pump, roofing, door, new foundation, electrical, plumbing and all the labor.
  17. https://www.plumbingsupply.com/tankless-water-heater-maintenance-guide.html Some of the basic shit on here you can easily do yourself every few months. Descaling and cleaning the burner are a little more advanced and that’s what our plumber recommended we do every two years.
  18. Wasn’t that the game at Wyoming? That goes to their tv deal not ours. Our last ppv home game was back in 2007 I thought…
  19. This is fair and accurate. But I do hate Baylor and hope that entire place burns to the ground.
  20. If you have a reason to be worried call the applicable repair company for a quote and they’ll inspect what you’re worried about. if you have no settling cracks, no water issues, electrical all acts correctly then I would just count your blessings and pocket the money. The only thing I get inspected regularly is my HVAC (though I will have a plumber descale and inspect my tankless water heater every two years going forward). Inspectors always try to find something, sure they could uncover something major but 9 times out of 10 with a new build that “major” issue won’t turn into a big deal for at least another decade. Standard inspection report bullshit includes poor grading, poor/insufficient flashing, settling cracks (that they recommend getting a foundation inspector to look at), roof concerns (same as what I just typed), caulking around windows, tile/grout/caulking around kitchen/bath, leaky sinks/toilet, filters need to be replaced, dryer hose full of lint, HVAC not balanced, loose railing, doors/windows binding, vegetation touching the home…
  21. Bought our house August 2020. Got a great deal, the comps they sent us in 2021 had us at the 5th lowest price per square foot (because the house needed some work and we got a ton of concessions). 2022 value in the comps would put us towards to top of the list with a fat 90% increase. Pulled our own comps from our realtor and used the price per square foot methodology to justify a 50% increase which also fell in line with what our realtor pulled. Felt pretty confident going into the call. They didn’t give a shit. Offered me the same value. Going to the panel in 2 weeks probably going to need to get a lawyer. Fuck TCAD.
  22. UK launches new visa for world’s top graduates — is your college on the list? The list of eligible colleges is based on university rankings from around the world. Here’s the 2021/22 rundown of eligible universities. ‘High potential individual’ visa 2021 college list
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