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Pretty obnoxious to think you have a more valid opinion than someone who knows him. You’ve probably never met Jacobs and know nothing egotistical him except you don’t like his politics, right? Lol, this forum is so far up its own ass…. Anyway, on the bright side, you’re my breaking point. Last post, I won’t be back.

Listened to Meltzer and Alvarez for the first time in awhile, Alvarez couldn’t keep Bron, Braun, and Bron(son) straight, thereby proving Vince’s contention that fans can’r be depended on to tell wrestlers with similar gimmick names or the same first name apart.

Listened to Meltzer and Alvarez for the first time in awhile, Alvarez couldn’t keep Bron, Braun, and Bron(son) straight, thereby proving Vince’s contention that fans can’r be depended on to tell wrestlers with similar gimmick names or the same first name apart.

Lol, she just finished a 7-year run on a highly rated sitcom. Google says she was making $150,000 per episode at the end of the run. Even if thaf’s incorrect, it is probably not far off. It’s safe to assume she got paid very well for those seven years.

He doesn’t owe that entitled fanbase a thing. Fans didn’t come out to support the team even when it was wining and voters have been opposing improvements to the Coliseum for at least twenty-five years. Is it also his fault the Raiders and Warriors left town? Besides, if Manfred and MLB thought the team would be berried off in Oakland, they would still be in Oakland. i don’t think the A’s & MLB have handled this well, but a lot of the blame (most) should fall on the city and its residents.

Granted, he’s looked far better than you’d expect a qb at UNLV to look, but…. he’s the qb at UNLV. Wanna know how you get to be the qb at UNLV? You don’t impress anyone at Texas, Alabama or any of the other 20 bluebloods enough for them to want you. Yeah, if he was promised more money than he’s getting, he’s entitled to walk out and go elsewhere. But, no matter how you rationalize it, he’s still admitting the money means more than winning and he’s still bailing on his teammates mid-season. I don’t doubt he’ll end up in a good spot somewhere. Hope it’s not at my school. Honestly, my advice is for someone to hold up a photo of Arch Manning and say “get over yourself, dude”. Also, if he did stay and UNLV made the playoff, boosters would be lining up to throw money at him and pro scouts would be lining up behind the boosters. Just saying. He seems to have talent. Money’s going to find him somehow unless he goes out of his way to make it harder.

Went to the Backyard Brawl over the weekend (WVU-Pitt) and it was a lot of fun until the last five minutes. Boy, Neil Brown may not be a good football coach at this level, but he sure knows how to kill a fanbase. He somehow won WVU fans over in the offseason and managed to squander all that goodwill in three weeks, WVU was up by ten points with 4:58 to play in the game and Pitt had 4 yards of offense in the second half at that point. Of course, Pitt then proceeded to carve up the WVU secondary not once, but twice in the last five minutes and WVU aided and abetted Pitt’s unlikely come-from-behind win by completely failing to run time off the clock when they got the ball back. Be interesting to see what each team does in conference play. Big 12 lacks a true powerhouse and will probably be wide open. ACC will probably be up for grabs unless Florida State pulls itself together. Saturday's game didn’t convince me either team will contend when all is said and done, but stranger things have happened. Both coaches are probably in precarious positions, since neither one has been consistently impressive and the athletic directors who hired them have both been fired. Both Narduzzi & Brown have made it this far in large part due to premature contract extensions that guarantee them most of their money unless fired for cause. I’m guessing luck runs out for at least one of them this December, probably Brown.

Smallmon picked a team then they circled back around and were doing bits based around “the home visit”. Smallmon was in Green Bay for the first time (?) this weekend. I dunno. I don’t dislike Smallmon -she seems likable and is very attractive - but I feel like she rarely has a distinctive viewpoint that adds to the show. I don’t dislike Unsportsmanlike but I’ve watched for the better part of a year and it has never hooked me. I felt m same way about Keyshawn, JWill and Max, but Keyshawn and JWill have some interesting viewpoints based on their playing days (I like Max Kellerman as a box of analyst, but the less said about his morning talk show, the better).

Considering the 2022 season was only a year and a half ago, the Dolphins seem very unprepared for a season without Tua. I dunno how you move forward after 2022 and don’t have a better replacement than Skylar Thompson on the bench. They thought Tua would never suffer another concussion? That seems charmingly naive. There’s a rumor going around that Brady might be interested in suiting up for the Fins, but I’m nots expecting that to work out even if he is interested. i’ll be surprised if Tua is back on the field any time soon. But it’s entirely his decision (and his doctors), not mine. Mostly annoyed by the faux concern and hand-wringing going on. I know ESPN talking heads have to talk about something, but when you’re opining that the team or the league should force Tua into retirement for his own good, I think you need some perspective. Tua’s an adult and, so far as I know, competent to make decisions for himself. I am guessing that, if he get cleared and plays again, it’s because he likes playing. Not all of us treat jobs as some sort of punishment from God. Some of us work because we like it. At this point, I am guessing he has reasons to keep playing besides finances. The decision to retire or not should be entirely up to Tua and his family. I don’t know enough about his life, the specifics of the situation, or how he feels about anything to even begin to have an informed opinion about what he should do. I’ve never even had a conversation with his neurologist. Also, it’s less than 24 hours later since the latest incident. He hadn’t even had time to get a proper neurological assessment. Maybe save the hand-wringing for after the doctor comes in to give him a report. On the plus side, the Tua debate did finally motivate me to turn off the Chris Canty morning show in annoyance. Probably won’t turn it back on anytime soon. I don’t particularly enjoy it so I dunno why I watch. Haven’t liked an ESPN talk show since Mike and Mike split up and Bayless left the network. It was a relief that Canty and cohosts spent so much time talking about Tua that they skipped the dopey Bachlorette parody they’ve been doing with Michelle Smallmon picking a new team to root for.

PS5 Pro price and specs are close to what was rumored, so price doesn’t faze me. Companies have taken a loss on console sales for decades, reasoning that they would make it up on software sales, but component prices are extremely high right now and Sony is allegedly under fire internally for slim profit margins There will be a lot of grumbling, but I will be surprised if Pro 5 doesn’t sell respectably well. Of course, if it does, it will set the precedent for PS6 to be even more expensive. Worth noting that PS4 Pro only accounted for 15% of PS4 sales. I’ve barely touched my PS5 or Series X this year, so rather looking forward to getting a 5 Pro and firing up Stellar Blade and Black Myth Wukong.

At the moment, my “Just Don’t Get It” list is topped by anything Wyatt related (Bray, Wyatt Sycks, Alexis talking to the doll, etc.) and “Timeless” Toni Storm. Popularity of both just baffles me. Unlikely to spend another 60 seconds of my life watching either one.

Finally getting around to Ted Lasso. Wife and I really loved season one, I rarely enjoy comedies, so s1 is probably the first sitcom I’ve particularly liked in a decade or so. Season 2 is a different story. Not digging it nearly as much. They got away from the soccer and filled the time with relationship plots that seem very much things that mostly only happen in sitcoms. Watching the Coach Beard after dark episode now. Think my streaming box is broken. Counter says the episode is 43 minutes long, but it feels like we’ve been watching it for at least 143 min. Hope Season 3 refocuses on the things that worked in s1. Ted is a fun character. And Roy Kent was probably a blast to play. He’s such a ridiculous character.

I tried to say this yesterday, but the board was acting up. The comment was “Halle Berry looked hot in the 90’s. What happened?”. Time. Time is what happened. Berry was 33 in 1999, which makes her 58 today, I don’t follow her career much, but Google suggests she looks stunning for 58 (or 48, for that matter). I doubt there’s a huge number of better-looking 58-year-olds on the planet.

Edit: board won’t display post properly.