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This is going to be the week where somebody who knows nothing about football wins your office pick'em pools.

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I don't think officials try to affect outcomes of games. I believe in their integrity. That said, I've been shocked at the penalties called against Miami in today's game. The broadcasters, Greg Gumbel and Bruce Arians have been polite but have pointedly disagreed with calls repeatedly. Absent the ca...

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Man, I wouldn't have believed it, but Oregon is kicking the hell out of Stanford. Heh. I wrote the post above as Oregon scored to make the score 31-7. But, on replay, they decided (I disagree) that the Oregon guy was out of bounds at the one yard line, so they took the score off the board. Two play...

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Man, I wouldn't have believed it, but Oregon is kicking the hell out of Stanford. The Oregon QB Justin Herbert is going to be playing on Sundays next year.

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I know this isn't exactly news, but if Tiger gets back to being a real competitor on a weekly basis, it would be the best thing for the popularity of the PGA since... since Tiger was previously a real competitor on a weekly basis.

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Yup, that’s absolutely brutal. Wow, that was a M. Night Shamalayan level twist at the end. I legit LOL'd. Holy shit! Off to look up what this guy has done... I guess Thanksgiving's a bit awkward at the Gosar house. I was thinking the same thing. But, then again they probably have a great time, beca...

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Some time ago we had an interesting discussion in the Swamp Album Draft thread regarding the song California Stars by Wilco and Billy Bragg. I was caused to remember that discussion just now because I saw a commercial on tv advertising Gavin Newsom's candidacy for governor of California, and heard J...

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From a Magary/Deadspin story today:

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Draisaitl being included is based as much on upside than prior production. So in that sense you're right. But I don't think a Pacific Division top five including Karlsson, McDavid, Kopitar, Doughty and Draisaitl is indefensible. I wouldn't trade him for anyone on Anaheim, Calgary, Vancouver, Arizon...

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Edmonton didn't make any big moves to improve but you have to assume they'll be better than they were last year based off of progression alone. Unless something happens to McDavid. Then all bets are off. No wingers and no defense. It's all McDavid and Talbot. They should split McDavid and Draisitel...

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So I am tempted by the Athletic. Anyone besides Rass subscribing? Worth it? I like some of the writers who have made the jump but generally have found paying for content disappointing. I am...I paid an intro rate of $40 for the year, I think...not sure what it will be when it comes up for renewal. ...

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mister d wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:11 pm I'm teetering on the point of wondering if "something" else factored in when Beane made the trade.

That's the only logical answer.

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I suspect one bloc of having ulterior motives in their voting!

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Johnnie wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:54 am And tonight is the first of 3 Cruz/Beto debates:

Maybe we'll finally learn where Beto stands regarding barbecue!

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Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:23 am
A_B wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:20 am The circus will be there no matter what.
the overrating of "media" and "distractions" will never cease to amaze me

You're not exactly unbiased, though.

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I got a bit excited after the Sharks playing mostly kids and minor leaguers beat the Ducks last night, with the Ducks playing some of their best players.

I'm more excited for this season than I have been for awhile. Should be a great race for the Pacific division, Brian.

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I had to double-check to make sure this tweet wasn't from The Onion.

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Seattle has a bigger grip there. ALW is a .538 division versus the ALE .520. Thanks, Baltimore. Huh? Seattle has a bigger gripe because they've played tougher competition than Tampa Bay. They have? One really bad team (the O's) skews the numbers. Otherwise you're left telling the crowd that the Ang...

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EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:55 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Sep 20, 2018 12:36 pm Seattle has a bigger grip there. ALW is a .538 division versus the ALE .520. Thanks, Baltimore.
Huh?

Seattle has a bigger gripe because they've played tougher competition than Tampa Bay.

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I thought that Oakland was the only stadium that played on a dirt infield. I stand corrected.

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Now you eastern conference fans will get to see firsthand what a dick asshole is Max Domi. The apple didn't fall far from the tree. I'll always remember that horrible blindside cheap shot Tie Domi laid on Scott Niedermeyer, knocking him out of the playoffs, literally.

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It's about time Oakland moved their AAA team back into their same time zone. Didn't Sacramento used to be the Oakland affiliate? I guess that was just too logical? The Giants stole Sacto from the A's. Ah. I kinda lost touch. Weren't the Giants in Fresno forever? True. I don't know why they ever lef...

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So after some (non-physical) conflict with his roommate, my son was offered the chance to move to another dorm. This is a more traditional setup, with a long hallway with double rooms on both sides. And as it happened, one of the rooms had no one in it, meaning that my son now has a double-sized ro...

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$100 on Chelsea

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rass wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:31 pm Unrelated open question: How much would you need to be paid to spend a week next winter listening to Maroon 5 rehearse a medley of their greatest hits?

Took me half a day to get this one. Probably much less time required for DSafetyguy.

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One on One
Blue Chips
Space Jam

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Our neighbour works for Vail Resorts (I think he's in accounting.) The HQ is like 4 miles from Casa de Rush. There's this too ...and 90K in Greeley is like a 130K anywhere else, though you'd probably blow it all at WeldWerks. The wife applied for three jobs at Vail Resorts. Two of them close to you...

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Can't go wrong with Albert, Freddie or B.B.!

Funny how many famous guitarists have similar names - Alvin Lee, Albert Lee, Albert King, Freddie King, B.B. King...

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Thanks for firing up this thread again, Rush.

Here's one that's been in my brain all week.

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In my money league, I suffered an epic bad beat last week. I had a four point lead with the game almost completely over. CBS rated it as 99% chance of winning. My opponent had only Seattle tight end Will Disley playing. He had done exactly NOTHING up to that point in the game. Seattle gets the ball ...

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So, my wife and daughter left yesterday morning on their drive to Seattle to move my daughter in to the dorms at UW. (They are on quarters, hence the start in late September). I bowed out on joining them because I couldn't get the time off from my new mailman job. And my wife made arrangements with ...

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So, I gave it a couple weeks, but I just quit my mailman job. It wasn't what I was expecting, and I wasn't acclimating to what it really was. After the heart attack, I wanted a low-stress job and thought this would be that way. It is fucking HIGH stress. They keep track of you via the GPS on your sc...

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bump NFL Hall of Fame members threaten boycott of inductions A group of Pro Football Hall of Famers led by Eric Dickerson is demanding health insurance coverage and a share of NFL revenues or else those former players will boycott the induction ceremonies. I certainly don't have a problem with retir...

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Man, this thread can make me hungry!

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rass wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 5:11 pm
sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 4:54 pm I always love it when you guys comment on a story without providing context.
Meow.

Yeah, I've been in a shitty mood for a couple days now.

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I always love it when you guys comment on a story without providing context. Luckily I had already read McButterpants' story. (Anecdote was about Morris being an unhelpful dick to Mahomes Senior years ago - contrasted with Alex Smith being a good guy last season with Mahomes Junior). To me, the twee...

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Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 2:53 pm
sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 5:02 pm It's about time Oakland moved their AAA team back into their same time zone.
Didn't Sacramento used to be the Oakland affiliate? I guess that was just too logical?

The Giants stole Sacto from the A's.

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