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- Tue May 07, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 163
- Views: 5810
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
It's a weird sport, in terms of growing it at the youth level. Soccer "spread" like wildfire in the 70s and 80s for a bunch of reasons. First off, it was already deeply embedded in a ton of immigrant communities. That's why fairly random cities like St. Louis was a "hot bed" pret...
- Tue May 07, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Griffith Observatory Thread
- Replies: 123
- Views: 9673
Re: The Griffith Observatory Thread
The combo of this thread and the fact that I recently visited the place... now it just cracks me up every time it's used as the quintessential LA establishing shot.
Sugar uses it about every episode by my reckoning.
Sugar uses it about every episode by my reckoning.
- Tue May 07, 2024 7:46 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 163
- Views: 5810
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
Yeah, mostly true, but... California has a ton of lax as does Colorado. But, yeah, the real hotbeds are in Long Island, Maryland and Ontario.
- Mon May 06, 2024 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 163
- Views: 5810
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
That MI v. Denver first round game is sneaky good. Michigan has figured something out on D, holding a team to 4 goals in a championship game is impressive. After allowing Hop to up 6-1 in the first Q, the Wolverines clamped down and only allowed 1 more goal(!) the rest of the way in the semis.
- Mon May 06, 2024 12:34 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Wlu_lax6's Glod Star Trivai
- Replies: 115
- Views: 8359
Re: Wlu_lax6's Glod Star Trivai
I thought Idaho, for sure, but I think the migration of big $$ during COVID may have taken a bunch of those mountain states out of the mix.
- Mon May 06, 2024 9:17 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8955
- Views: 447438
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
One thing I like about watching English soccer is that if the game is scheduled to start at 5:00, it starts at 5:00. Sports in the US (and Canada) never actually start at the advertised time. I was again reminded of this watching the NFL draft. Advertised to start at 5:00 PDT, the first pick went d...
- Mon May 06, 2024 9:06 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 163
- Views: 5810
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
Huh. Saw the story on CBS Saturday Morning... Quick take was "why are dudes surfing in cartel controlled territory?"... but that was kind of the spin the news story put on it, I imagine they probably felt like they were remote enough not to be in danger. I guess?
- Mon May 06, 2024 9:00 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Wlu_lax6's Glod Star Trivai
- Replies: 115
- Views: 8359
Re: Wlu_lax6's Glod Star Trivai
I looked it up... Very difficult question... There are something like 10 other states that have 1 billionaire apiece, in addition to these three.
- Sat May 04, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
- Replies: 2056
- Views: 59681
- Fri May 03, 2024 3:34 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
- Replies: 2056
- Views: 59681
Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Well, it matters to me in the sense I'd like to imagine he is actually sitting in his own shit and stinking up the courtroom.
- Fri May 03, 2024 3:03 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
- Replies: 2056
- Views: 59681
- Fri May 03, 2024 3:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
- Replies: 2056
- Views: 59681
Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
With entirely different characters, it would almost be sweet in a "peeing your pants is the coolest" sort of way. That's what I was thinking. I was also thinking that these are the same people that cackle with glee when Trump makes fun of reporters with CP and all sorts of other hateful a...
- Fri May 03, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3085
- Views: 276791
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Given degen's posts, I think it's something like Inter-Confederation Playoff winner or something like that.
- Fri May 03, 2024 1:11 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Electric Vehicles
- Replies: 147
- Views: 3681
Re: Electric Vehicles
I guess the way my brain has dealt with Tesla is that, as you've said (dave), that company was full of really brilliant, creative and innovative people before Elon came along. I'm not discounting his role in elevating/advancing the company, but to act like everything that has come out of Tesla is so...
- Fri May 03, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3085
- Views: 276791
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Any guesses who the 3 overaged American players will be? Obviously total guesses, but you have to filter out guys that are 100 percent going to play in the Copa and then kind of think about where you get the most bang for your buck. So, IMO, you get the most reward with solid, veteran type guys alo...
- Fri May 03, 2024 12:42 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3085
- Views: 276791
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Fri May 03, 2024 9:44 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3085
- Views: 276791
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Asian U23. Japan, Uzbekistan and Iraq qualify for the Olympics. It'll be Indonesia vs Guinea in a playoff next Thursday in Paris for the final spot and will go into Group A with France, USA and New Zealand. Unless New Zealand is sneaky good, US really should come out of that group without too much ...
- Thu May 02, 2024 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
- Replies: 2800
- Views: 108589
Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
These are all terrible variations on the improve mantra.
- Wed May 01, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: I love you, Dad
- Replies: 25
- Views: 205
Re: I love you, Dad
Condolences, my man. Thanks for sharing... I know I find it cathartic to get stuff written down and this place is a great place to just... Let it out.
- Wed May 01, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1320
- Views: 80383
Re: Return of Confessions
I don't find Monty Python all that funny. I don't think a lot of their stuff a) ages all that well and b) transfers from the Brit to the American audience all that well. ETA - I mean, I'm trying to be objective, so I might be overstating this, as they are hugely popular. I would lean much more on &...
- Wed May 01, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Electric Vehicles
- Replies: 147
- Views: 3681
Re: Electric Vehicles
It's just so jarring and when you look at how cool/clean the lines are on the Rivian you really have to wonder WTF ppl are thinking.
- Wed May 01, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9322
- Views: 502856
Re: Random Politics
On my business card, next round.
- Wed May 01, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Defector.com
- Replies: 309
- Views: 10307
Re: Defector.com
That was a lengthy stretch of time to figure WTF you guys were talking about.
And, no, not I said the fly.
And, no, not I said the fly.
- Wed May 01, 2024 10:38 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9322
- Views: 502856
Re: Random Politics
(Some of you guys seem incapable of reading "this isn't my opinion, I'm just conveying a school of thought" I guess.)
((And I'm just kidding, I get it.))
((And I'm just kidding, I get it.))
- Wed May 01, 2024 10:37 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9322
- Views: 502856
Re: Random Politics
My personal opinion is that people are dying in a genocide and all bets are off. I continue to hold the opinion that there are enough cultural/societal issues that make voting for anyone other than Biden in November is the ultimate cutting off your nose to spite your face. It's unconscionable, tbh. ...
- Wed May 01, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3085
- Views: 276791
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
I mean, I'm sure there's a ton more to the story, I'm just getting that from his interview with the D3 soccer guy called Simple Coach.
- Wed May 01, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9322
- Views: 502856
Re: Random Politics
I'm not really staking out a position here, but it's not about one individual person complaining on social, it's the overall effect of many people going after Biden and creating a general atmosphere of negativity. That overall effect *could* suppress the youth vote. Biden's inactions, more than the...
- Wed May 01, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9322
- Views: 502856
Re: Random Politics
I'm not really staking out a position here, but it's not about one individual person complaining on social, it's the overall effect of many people going after Biden and creating a general atmosphere of negativity.
That overall effect *could* suppress the youth vote.
That overall effect *could* suppress the youth vote.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
- Replies: 902
- Views: 72608
Re: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
The Baseball Club competes in league play as a division 1 member of the National Club Baseball Association (NCBA). The team is affiliated with the North Atlantic – North Division, competing against Boston College, Northeastern, SUNY – Albany, UConn, and UMass Amherst.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:45 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
- Replies: 143
- Views: 3832
Re: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
I can just as easily say that people that agree with the pick are just finding reasons to justify a really bad decision.
The amount of bullshit this is going to cause in the locker room, alone, shows how little the GM and Coach thought this through.
The amount of bullshit this is going to cause in the locker room, alone, shows how little the GM and Coach thought this through.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:42 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3085
- Views: 276791
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
His wife got a new job in Baltimore and he said "it was my turn to take one for the team career-wise."
But, yes, it's wild that a guy that built a national contender had to step away from the program. Goes to show how little (relatively speaking) those folks get paid.
But, yes, it's wild that a guy that built a national contender had to step away from the program. Goes to show how little (relatively speaking) those folks get paid.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:30 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3085
- Views: 276791
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
As I've rambled many times, the rule is going to change, hopefully prior to the 2026 WC. They were piloting the switch in some leagues, but I don't know where things have gone from the pilot stage.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
- Replies: 143
- Views: 3832
Re: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
Yeah, in a vacuum, you take Penix at 8... That's not (for me) the argument. They are trying to spin this that they are setting up for the future but trying to win now. That isn't how they sold this to Kirk, who I'm sure would've loved Odunze or as bri said someone on the OL to protect his old ass. ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
- Replies: 143
- Views: 3832
Re: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
Yeah, in a vacuum, you take Penix at 8... That's not (for me) the argument. They are trying to spin this that they are setting up for the future but trying to win now. That isn't how they sold this to Kirk, who I'm sure would've loved Odunze or as bri said someone on the OL to protect his old ass. F...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
- Replies: 143
- Views: 3832
Re: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
Appreciate you dying on Penix Mountain.
(The guys I respect that cover the league are baffled... I will retain my bafflement.)
(The guys I respect that cover the league are baffled... I will retain my bafflement.)
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
- Replies: 143
- Views: 3832
Re: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
(The other slightly hilarious thing is that the reason Penix is such an "old" draft pick is... He's dealt with a ton of injuries!!)
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
- Replies: 143
- Views: 3832
Re: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
Right, which a lot of folks were talking about running up to this draft so... We're back to where we started.
Shithouse Crazy Train.
Shithouse Crazy Train.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:30 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
- Replies: 143
- Views: 3832
Re: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
The ONLY way to come up with a reasonable defense is to point out that Cousins is coming off of the type of injury that has the potential of being a long term problem.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:15 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
- Replies: 143
- Views: 3832
Re: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
I mean, I'm on record up there.
I think it's almost like it didn't really need to be said because SO MANY folks were saying it.
I think it's almost like it didn't really need to be said because SO MANY folks were saying it.
Re: Podcasts
Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but I'm really digging The Rewatchables, which is a Bill Simmons production where he and 2 or 3 other folks go back over some of the most rewatchable movies from the 80s on up through early 2000s. It goes back to 2018 so there are a ton of episodes and y...