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by DSafetyGuy
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 457
Views: 9258

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:06 pm Huge win for the Caps tonight.
And the Wings now get Carolina, Florida, and Tampa on the road. It was a nice ride while it lasted.
by DSafetyGuy
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 81
Views: 761

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:03 pm Just another example of this country's "fuck it" attitude when it comes to infrastructure.
This.

And I say that because there are bridges and bridges and bridges everywhere across this country.
by DSafetyGuy
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: MLB 2024
Replies: 105
Views: 1502

Re: MLB 2024

A_B wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:14 am T mobile mlb TV is back.
Thanks for the heads-up. Been waiting for that.

Now, if only DirecTV will also do it again...
by DSafetyGuy
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:17 pmGeneral consensus is they were able to get The Guy in terms of available candidates and they beat out L'ville (reportedly) to do so.
Louisville sports reporter/columnist, Friday evening:

by DSafetyGuy
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Man's Best Friend
Replies: 2243
Views: 103267

Re: Man's Best Friend

Sorry, Duff.
by DSafetyGuy
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:27 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Since the tournament shifted to having every game televised in its current manner, CBS has had an exclusive window for the first two games of the second round on both Saturday and Sunday. They choose the doubleheader that they want for air, usually based on a combination of grabbing high seeds and ...
by DSafetyGuy
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9202
Views: 462543

Re: Random Politics

The fundamental problem is that for-profit corporations exist to make profits for their shareholders. Their managers have a fiduciary duty to do so. Historically, hasn’t the (supposedly) ideologically neutral media been the exception rather than the rule? Yes, for privately owned media. The end of ...
by DSafetyGuy
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Since the tournament shifted to having every game televised in its current manner, CBS has had an exclusive window for the first two games of the second round on both Saturday and Sunday. They choose the doubleheader that they want for air, usually based on a combination of grabbing high seeds and n...
by DSafetyGuy
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:06 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90006

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

Jerloma wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:52 pmThank you, D!!!
Don't even need to ... this one.
by DSafetyGuy
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:02 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA FB 2023
Replies: 1011
Views: 16107

Re: NCAA FB 2023

I was worried no one would offer a scholarship, so I was almost more relieved than anything else. They brought him in with three different guys on the roster who kicked last year, so I expect he'll win the job. I hope Akron improves. I would like for him to play in more winning games over his four a...
by DSafetyGuy
Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA FB 2023
Replies: 1011
Views: 16107

Re: NCAA FB 2023

This guy is taking eight classes this semester to graduate this spring (although the post-grad degree is not his primary aim). https://twitter.com/GSmith2021/status/1748150290728010230 And he better pass them all because he has another commitment in his life. https://twitter.com/GSmith2021/status/1...
by DSafetyGuy
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:02 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

L-Jam3 wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:49 am What’s going on in this Northwestern-FAU game?
Don't know, the news broke in to tell me about cancer in the royal family.
by DSafetyGuy
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:41 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Roadhouse (1989), 9 p.m. ET 3/26
Replies: 511
Views: 4015

Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Roadhouse (1989), 9 p.m. ET 3/26

I'm going to a friend's place in Connecticut for the weekend, as is another of our college friends (host's wife is out of town). I may get to watch it whether I want to or not.

And are we going to watch "Ambulance" at some point?
by DSafetyGuy
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:25 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

mister d wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:53 pm I must have turned off the Dayton game at the absolute lowest point because I just found out they won and I’m shocked. A-10 cannot be stopped.
by DSafetyGuy
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:23 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Roadhouse (1989), 9 p.m. ET 3/26
Replies: 511
Views: 4015

Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Roadhouse (1989), 9 p.m. ET 3/26

brian wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:21 pmThe reviews so far have been….not bad?
The review at the A/V Club was pretty rough.
[+] spoiler
The gist is McGregor is (unsurprisingly) terrible, Gyllenhall can't carry the movie, the plot is unnecessarily complicated.
by DSafetyGuy
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:21 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 208
Views: 2903

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

People on the podcasts and twitters are saying that SF may be looking to deal one of their receivers before the draft and the Steelers are in the market and have some cap room maybe and I know Aiyuk is younger, but the idea of Deebo being on the Steelers gets me rock hard. My favorite non-Steeler b...
by DSafetyGuy
Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

https://theathletic.com/5348619/2024/03/17/long-beach-state-ncaa-tournament-dan-monson/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookhq&source=fbhq&fbclid=IwAR1BTJdJbpbX06HgHxdnNm_eA5DnqbkuMWfO11cY1oNE_Tgy7r3AlW1gGA8 This is a wild story... Long Beach State coach, and former Gonzaga/Minnesota...
by DSafetyGuy
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Presidential Election 2024
Replies: 501
Views: 12084

Re: Presidential Election 2024

I'm starting to assume that the mainstream media is doing anything to talk up TGS's chances of keeping this closer than it will be solely for the clicks, because if this comes down to the sizes of the war chests , it's going to be a veritable ass-whupping. Unfortunately, all of his buffoonery bring...
by DSafetyGuy
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:03 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

My apologies to everyone who had to watch or even read about that mess. For some reason this particular uva team would occasionally show up to games with no interest in playing hard in offense. You could usually see it in the first few possessions, which was true last night. Ugh. They could probabl...
by DSafetyGuy
Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Everyone OK?
Replies: 54
Views: 703

Re: Everyone OK?

I am having a sustained panic attack. Like, for days and days. But otherwise ok. I had a nice 48+-hour meltdown last Wednesday through Friday (and the ripples are still there), so it happens to more people than you're aware of. You can imagine I put a pithy cliche of encouragement here, but you sho...
by DSafetyGuy
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Replies: 2005
Views: 43303

Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years

Pruitt IV wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:34 pm Can't his Capo son-in-law pony up some of the Saudi money he's been collecting?
Would you pay for him?
by DSafetyGuy
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:03 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Giff wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:10 am Super stoked to be in Lake Charles for the McNeese St. first-round game.
It would not be a stretch to say Christian Shumate is the best in-game dunker in college basketball.
by DSafetyGuy
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:19 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Getting the spins
Replies: 3278
Views: 193566

Re: Getting the spins

rass wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:45 am He can honk that bobo
Damn, rass, some people are Swamping at work.
by DSafetyGuy
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:18 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 208
Views: 2903

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

Remember that time we dedicated like 9 posts to Justin Fields Ten. Ian Rapoport tweeted Fields wanted to go to Pittsburgh, even after they signed Wilson. I imagine the mutual interest was not acted upon before Wilson came on the market because the Bears were asking for too much. I also imagine Pitt...
by DSafetyGuy
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 208
Views: 2903

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

Prior to the combine, Atlanta and Pittsburgh were the two teams most frequently connected to Fields (I never bought the Raiders because the offense with Getsy stunk). Wilson had not been released by that point and many expected Minnesota to bring back Cousins and Tampa to bring back Mayfield (althou...
by DSafetyGuy
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:14 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 208
Views: 2903

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

We want to do right by Justin. Seems like essentially sentencing him to backup quarterback status and contracts for the rest of his NFL career, or at least doing so during his peak playing years, is a strange way of doing that. Playing behind the husk of Russell Wilson seems like one of the better ...
by DSafetyGuy
Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:25 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 208
Views: 2903

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

Justin Fields to the Steelers for a 6th. Is he backing up Russ? Yes. The Bears traded him for a 2025 6th-rounder that can become a 4th-rounder based on playing time. It’s really fucking smart by Pittsburgh. They get to decline his 5th-year option, then work with him while he's on their bench for a ...
by DSafetyGuy
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 208
Views: 2903

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

Justin Fields must be stoked to have two WR1's to throw to next season. Conversely, wtf are the Chargers doing? They’ve lost every decent weapon Herbert had. They were in cap hell and decided keeping Bosa was the bigger priority. Not hard to move on from the WR with a significant injury history who...
by DSafetyGuy
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 208
Views: 2903

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

Justin Fields must be stoked to have two WR1's to throw to next season.
by DSafetyGuy
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:04 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Seems like his stints in the NBA might've helped. I can't believe he's been at UH for 10 years. He does a great job recruiting to his style of play (not a great half-court offense, very aggressive defense, and pounding the offensive boards). That's not for everybody, particularly the first part. An...
by DSafetyGuy
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 457
Views: 9258

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

Well, DSafe, Dylan Larkin may be the most valuable player, because the Wings can’t win without him. 2-8 this season without him, which goes to 2-10 if you include the two games in which he has been injured and did not return. Athletic had a column today about their slide and how his absence has bee...
by DSafetyGuy
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:47 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6840

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

One of my favorite memories was greatly inconveniencing him during the 2003 Final Four. We were walking down the ramps after the games were over and we noticed he was walking behind us with his wife. One of my good friends at the time was a huge OU fan, so I thought I'd ask him for his autograph an...
by DSafetyGuy
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9202
Views: 462543

Re: Random Politics

by DSafetyGuy
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:42 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Live Music thread...
Replies: 2109
Views: 177623

Re: The Live Music thread...

Missed opportunity for "every time I do it makes me laugh".
by DSafetyGuy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 457
Views: 9258

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

mister d wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:41 pm Practice fight today too.
Pushing and shoving, no punches thrown.
by DSafetyGuy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 208
Views: 2903

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

Brontoburglar wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:22 pm that tweet is missing the second-rounder they got from the Giants, FYI (and the Panthers now have a new GM who made the Brian Burns deal)

note: this is not a defense, just adding context
I guess the smart candidates are just passing on Tepper.
by DSafetyGuy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 208
Views: 2903

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

So, since a trade is unlikely, it appears the most likely scenario is that the Bears release Fields rather than pick up the option? And, then Fields goes elsewhere as a backup, at a much lower price? No the Bears are on the hook for his salary for 2024 anyway so what they’d likely do is decline the...
by DSafetyGuy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 457
Views: 9258

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

Well, DSafe, Dylan Larkin may be the most valuable player, because the Wings can’t win without him. 2-8 this season without him, which goes to 2-10 if you include the two games in which he has been injured and did not return. Athletic had a column today about their slide and how his absence has bee...
by DSafetyGuy
Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:35 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 208
Views: 2903

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

There are some tweets reporting a couple playoff contender-ish teams are kicking the tires on bringing Fields as a backup. Every goddamn story about his trade value in the last month listed it peaking as a third-rounder (except for some unnamed coach saying he would get a second). I know I don't kn...
by DSafetyGuy
Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:14 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6196
Views: 340822

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

L-Jam3 wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:27 am
sancarlos wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:21 am
The Sybian wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:15 am And ScarJo looks so hot as Britt.
IMHO, she looks hotter as herself.
Personally, I’d think ScarJo would look hot as Kenny Britt. But I’ve always had a thing for her.
"Don Jon" is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

You're welcome.