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by Joe K
Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:59 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Football 2019 --> Offseason --> 2020
Replies: 439
Views: 10073

Re: NCAA Football 2019 --> Offseason --> 2020



Mike Leach is the absolute worst. It’s never his fault; it’s always the fault of the young men he coaches for being millennials, snowflakes, malcontents, etc.
by Joe K
Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:49 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Football 2019 --> Offseason --> 2020
Replies: 439
Views: 10073

Re: NCAA Football 2019 --> Offseason --> 2020

Square Rob wrote: Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:02 am I think I aged a whole year during the Bama v Ole Miss game last night. Mercy, the Alabama D looked like shit.
Whole game was a defensive debacle.

by Joe K
Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:47 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Tennis 2020
Replies: 29
Views: 822

Re: Tennis 2020

Swiatek from Poland, unseeded 19 year old, just won the French Open without dropping a set, never even faced a set point, in 7 matches. No one even got 5 games off her in a set. She played some pretty legit competition, too. She destroyed Vondrousova (2019 finalist); Halep (seeded #1, former Champ ...
by Joe K
Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:11 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 MLB Season, Sponsored by Sprint
Replies: 635
Views: 12638

Re: 2020 MLB Season, Sponsored by Sprint

The unbiased part of me agrees. You appreciate baseball. Even when it hurts. I don't see how anyone can like Chapman as a person. Like everyone else, I've rooted for bad people before who played on teams I like, but seeing Brosseau take him deep was a great karmic moment for me just wanting to see ...
by Joe K
Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:01 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
Replies: 306
Views: 5920

Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs

Hot take: Lakers are currently drenched in champagne if they subbed in JR Smith instead of Green for that last offensive possession.
by Joe K
Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
Replies: 306
Views: 5920

Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs

The non-AD/LBJ Lakers don't have to be very good for them to win, but they were Butler v. UConn level bad tonight. I don't think Danny Green has hit a pressure shot since 2013.
by Joe K
Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
Replies: 306
Views: 5920

Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs

I know I’m a lebron Stan but this game is great. I can’t be mad either way. Fun stuff. Butler has been great but Lakers keying on him in fourth. He can overly dramatic at times but for appreciation of sheer athletic excellence it's hard not to be a LeBron Stan. He's both the most physically gifted ...
by Joe K
Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:18 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
Replies: 306
Views: 5920

Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs

I know it's a broken record at this point but man, is Mark Jackson intolerable. The quality of play in the NBA has been great for years now but they have the single most annoying color commentator possible for all the marquee games.
by Joe K
Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:10 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 MLB Season, Sponsored by Sprint
Replies: 635
Views: 12638

Re: 2020 MLB Season, Sponsored by Sprint

<r><QUOTE author="A_B" post_id="294741" time="1602296507" user_id="62"><s>[quote=A_B post_id=294741 time=1602296507 user_id=62]</s> “He’s destroyed left handed pitchers but Chapman is no regular lefty”. <br/> <br/> <br/> Homer. That’s a fun call. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> Given the backstory, that's g...
by Joe K
Fri Oct 09, 2020 9:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Replies: 2136
Views: 31679

Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate

A_B wrote: Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:47 pm
mister d wrote: Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:44 pm If you’re asking why Kanye is doing this, it’s because he’s an insanely rich, mentally ill egomaniac.
Wow. 66 percent the same as trump!
He's lost his mind for sure, but Kanye's first 5 or 6 albums are a million times more worthwhile than anything Trump has ever done.
by Joe K
Fri Oct 09, 2020 4:02 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Coronavirus - All Sports
Replies: 891
Views: 22840

Re: Coronavirus - All Sports

One of the towns that has a contract with the health department my wife works for had an 8th grader test positive earlier this week. Close contacts in school have been quarantined. The mother of one of those quarantined kids emailed the health officer for a dispensation for her son because it is im...
by Joe K
Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:06 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Whitey Ford
Replies: 22
Views: 225

Re: Whitey Ford

He was so I just assumed. (Also, not to go all Francesa, but its weird the Yankees have the history they do and Ford is their all-time best SP.) Speaking of 1960s Yankee drunks, one of my friend’s fathers told me a great story of seeing Joe Pepitone beat up two much bigger guys in a barfight in you...
by Joe K
Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:01 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Whitey Ford
Replies: 22
Views: 225

Re: Whitey Ford

mister d wrote: Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:58 am Same. I thought he went before Mantle.
He was part of the raging alcoholic Yankee crew with Mantle and Martin, right? If so, I’m impressed he made it to 91 years old.
by Joe K
Fri Oct 09, 2020 9:09 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Replies: 2136
Views: 31679

Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate

Is Barr the first to turn on Trump? https://www.axios.com/barr-durham-report-election-3c02ec6a-7613-4083-b35c-4844de6da16b.html I would view that as more likely to mean they can't find anything to indict anyone for, so no reason to say that out loud and ruin one of the President's biggest storyline...
by Joe K
Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:33 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Replies: 2136
Views: 31679

Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate

Is Barr the first to turn on Trump? https://www.axios.com/barr-durham-report-election-3c02ec6a-7613-4083-b35c-4844de6da16b.html I would view that as more likely to mean they can't find anything to indict anyone for, so no reason to say that out loud and ruin one of the President's biggest storyline...
by Joe K
Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:18 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Replies: 2136
Views: 31679

Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate

Joe, credibility depends on the writer's history and what he (almost always) is using as evidence to support his argument. If they say obviously wrong and slated stuff (like Savage), or have a history of saying obviously slanted stuff (like Greenwald), or if they put their desire to attack the Demo...
by Joe K
Thu Oct 08, 2020 10:07 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Replies: 2136
Views: 31679

Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate

Why Liberals Feign Powerlessness Uh-huh. Someone who says that the Dems have abandoned the New Deal - when the Dems are the only reason Social Security has survived decades of R attempts to weaken it - is not credible. Is there any journalist who criticizes the Democratic Party from the left that y...
by Joe K
Wed Oct 07, 2020 8:33 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9202
Views: 462530

Re: Random Politics

Katie Hill’s former staffers are NOT happy about her getting the hero treatment from a new TV movie and make some pretty astute points in this thread. Hill claims this is a “hack” but the thread sure reads as legit. https://twitter.com/repkatiehill/status/1313703826646466562?s=21 Here’s the key poin...
by Joe K
Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: (The End of) Journalism Thread
Replies: 782
Views: 60085

Re: (The End of) Journalism Thread

Hewitt was a longtime Reagan White House staffer and President of the Richard Nixon Foundation. He’s like Exhibit A for my view that the only thing new about Trump compared to the modern GOP is the Twitter trolling.
by Joe K
Tue Oct 06, 2020 10:40 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
Replies: 306
Views: 5920

Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs

"A hero is more than a sandwich." Can someone please either punch Mark Jackson in the face or give him a head coaching job? Just get him off the TV. He's the fucking worst. Once the story came out a couple of years ago about Mark Jackson having Steph Curry come to his church so he could &...
by Joe K
Tue Oct 06, 2020 10:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
Replies: 306
Views: 5920

Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs

A_B wrote: Tue Oct 06, 2020 9:13 pm I think both him and AD are playing bad. Lethargic. Settling.
Well they woke up in the second half. Davis had a really, really good game overall. An efficient 22 points and excellent defense. LeBron was also much more engaged after the break.
by Joe K
Tue Oct 06, 2020 9:40 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
Replies: 306
Views: 5920

Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs

I don’t think bam is well enough to be in. I think he's looked decent but they were saying during one of the earlier games that Bam hates needles, so I'm not sure what if any painkiller injections he's been taking. I feel bad from Dragic. It sounds like he desperately wants to play but I just don't...
by Joe K
Tue Oct 06, 2020 9:09 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
Replies: 306
Views: 5920

Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs

LeBron is playing really poorly tonight. Lakers should be up double digits at half the way the rest of their team is playing, but he’s been a turnover machine and isn’t taking on any of the key defensive assignments.
by Joe K
Tue Oct 06, 2020 5:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Replies: 2136
Views: 31679

Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate

I suspect the “no Covid relief bill before Election Day” proclamation is heavily influenced by McConnell. Mitch wants his 6-3 Supreme Court above all else and is probably willing to take his chances negotiating either in a lame duck session or post-inauguration. Because the obvious political play fo...
by Joe K
Tue Oct 06, 2020 4:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Eddie Van Halen
Replies: 24
Views: 419

Re: Eddie Van Halen

I’m not that much of a Van Halen fan but I saw them live at MSG c. 2007 with a college friend who was a massive fan of theirs. It was a pretty good show, with an amusingly intoxicated crowd, and Eddie could definitely shred it live.
by Joe K
Tue Oct 06, 2020 2:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Eddie Van Halen
Replies: 24
Views: 419

Re: Eddie Van Halen

It’s true.

by Joe K
Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:01 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL Week 4 (2020) - Old Flacco v Young Rypien
Replies: 121
Views: 1815

Re: NFL Week 4 (2020) - Old Flacco v Young Rypien

I’m starting my Chiefs this week and hoping. I could’ve started Stafford in place of Mahomes one league, but I really need the win. I benched Mahomes because my opponent has Cam as his QB1 and Derrick Henry as his RB1 and is probably screwed. I think I should still win the matchup starting a QB2 an...
by Joe K
Sat Oct 03, 2020 9:11 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
Replies: 306
Views: 5920

Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs

The thing I see is AD is so big but he can do things smaller guys can do as well. If lebron had him on Cleveland instead of love I think those four series end up differently. For sure. Davis is an incredible player. He’s (at worst) the second best offensive big man and single best defensive big man...
by Joe K
Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:12 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
Replies: 306
Views: 5920

Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs

This Finals is a wipeout from a competitive standpoint with Dragic and Adebayo hurt, but I've been thinking that this Lakers team is a good example for the "sports strategy is cyclical" school of thought. As a consequence of the Warriors' 2014-2019 reign of terror, so many teams built thei...
by Joe K
Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:36 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Bob Gibson
Replies: 17
Views: 174

Re: Bob Gibson

Pretty tough for fans around here to have Brock and Gibson die within a one-month span. The "Best Fans in Baseball" shtick draws plenty of deserved jokes, but those two guys are both legitimate legends who are borderline mythical figures to Cards fans. Put yadi in a soft case. Or Pujols. ...
by Joe K
Fri Oct 02, 2020 10:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Bob Gibson
Replies: 17
Views: 174

Re: Bob Gibson

Pretty tough for fans around here to have Brock and Gibson die within a one-month span. The "Best Fans in Baseball" shtick draws plenty of deserved jokes, but those two guys are both legitimate legends who are borderline mythical figures to Cards fans. Put yadi in a soft case. Or Pujols. ...
by Joe K
Fri Oct 02, 2020 10:27 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Bob Gibson
Replies: 17
Views: 174

Re: Bob Gibson

Pretty tough for fans around here to have Brock and Gibson die within a one-month span. The "Best Fans in Baseball" shtick draws plenty of deserved jokes, but those two guys are both legitimate legends who are borderline mythical figures to Cards fans. Put yadi in a soft case. Or Pujols. ...
by Joe K
Fri Oct 02, 2020 10:25 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Bob Gibson
Replies: 17
Views: 174

Re: Bob Gibson

degenerasian wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 10:13 pm 28 complete games in a season is insane
255 complete games for his career. Damn. He had more career complete games than wins! That will certainly never happen again.
by Joe K
Fri Oct 02, 2020 10:19 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Bob Gibson
Replies: 17
Views: 174

Re: Bob Gibson

Pretty tough for fans around here to have Brock and Gibson die within a one-month span. The "Best Fans in Baseball" shtick draws plenty of deserved jokes, but those two guys are both legitimate legends who are borderline mythical figures to Cards fans.
by Joe K
Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Replies: 2136
Views: 31679

Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate

My wife asked me this morning what would happen with regard to the election if Trump were to pass away. I'm not an expert of US election law, but given the primary has passed, the nominee is picked, with ballots printed and people have already voted, wouldn't Trump's name stay on the ballot? There ...
by Joe K
Thu Oct 01, 2020 9:45 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Replies: 2136
Views: 31679

Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate

Okay, so now we’re back to your boogeyman about privileged, straight, white male non-voters. But as I showed you before with the Pew data from 2016, that stereotype is nothing like what the non-voter share of the electorate actually looks like. It’s easy for you to be angry at mythical “Bernie Bros,...
by Joe K
Thu Oct 01, 2020 9:30 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
Replies: 306
Views: 5920

Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs

Lakers went on a 77-32 run over roughly 2 quarters of play after falling down 23-10. And Dragic tore his plantar fascia. Even without the injuries, I don’t see what Miami can do besides play zone and hope LeBron just forgets how to beat a zone. There’s just too many Miami players that are easy picki...
by Joe K
Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:02 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Replies: 2136
Views: 31679

Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate

I can’t stand those privileged white male socialists who just hate the rich and don’t care about minorities! Straw man slain. Good job. Ok. So can we agree that combating economic inequality would help working women, racial minorities and the less educated most of all? And not the educated, white, ...
by Joe K
Wed Sep 30, 2020 5:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Replies: 2136
Views: 31679

Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate

Very timely article from the WaPost given our discussion earlier. https://apple.news/Axl7Myt3yRdyMh4dylYmDoA The economic collapse sparked by the pandemic is triggering the most unequal recession in modern U.S. history, delivering a mild setback for those at or near the top and a depression-like blo...
by Joe K
Wed Sep 30, 2020 4:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Replies: 2136
Views: 31679

Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate

I’m just going to throw out the prediction now that even if he gets a Democratic House and Senate, Biden backs away from a public option. (But I’m sure we’ll hear how it’s just not possible to have even a public option because of Manchin and Sinema and progressives need to stop being so idealistic...)