Which is to say, nothing disappoints, frustrates, and infuriates me (in that order) than nobody coming to class for the first 40 minutes.
It’s a 50 minute class. I was signing out of the computer and putting on my coat and “dismissing the class early” when a student finally showed up.
I mean, better late than never, especially for an overdue playing quiz, but you could have used that time to practice and warm up, which might also be helpful for it.
Anyway I’m just ranting because I’m drafting this on my phone before makeup students in a few minutes, and because I didn’t write up the Nocturnes Magazine 12-game road trip update last night since I had a gig and just thought of doing that now. In conclusion, come to class… Internet people who are very much not enrolled in my class.
Okay, news:
-Not football related, but what in the fuck are the Fightin’ Ballmers doing, other than probably flooding the zone with weird basketball moves to distract from the cap-circumventing one AND the one where they gave the Thunder all the ammo to be good for the next 6 years even though they may not lose another game this season.
-THE BEN thinks Tomlin could go to the still-vacant Penn State if he parts ways. The Standard is… I’m not gonna finish that sentence for obvious reasons.
-The Thanksgiving Racism Redux Memorial Game (TM) (that would be Chefs vs. N-GCP, because we no longer have the ‘Dacteds) was the most-watched game in NFL history. Because AMURCA. And colonialism.
-Now in the practice window: Mike Evans (TB), Jalen McMillan (TB), Massagefiend (CLE)
How about tonight?
Iceball:
-Bring your beer swords! vs. Flyera actually was the suggested autocorrect, I shit you not. (BUF vs. PHI, 7:30, TNT)
-Tusky the Tusk Man vs. Saturday Morning Cartoon Fever Dream (UTA vs. ANA, 10:00, TNT)
Roundball that gets John Tesh: No national ESPN games according to the ESPN app
Roundball that doesn’t get John Tesh: It’s the ACC/SEC Challenge, if you care about that sort of thing. Louisville vs. Pirate Kansas, then Wolven Sort vs. War Damn Eagle, on the main ESPN.
Are Vikings fans getting ed up with the coaching staff? Wasn’t he a “quaterback whisperer” and COTY favorite at one point?
He’s not wrong:
https://youtu.be/eDN3jnJQ4AE?si=t-931BfkbUhbKIVJ
Did I spend part of my day editing down an episode of 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown I have on my plex server to just mute the bit where they sing Little Drummer Boy? Damn right I did.
/May take the game too seriously
I just spent two hours editing Sexy Friday copy. So I sympathize.
Was it like 5 minutes of “editing” and 55 minutes of refraction, repeat?
One handed, or two?
Gonna just go ahead and bow out as we have multiple flights and I know my wife and daughter will pull me out to go shopping in Mystic and Hartford.
I’m sorry, both of those places are within 45 minutes of me and not so much as a note?
Lowratio is gonna be crushed.
Then get off of him
You told me you were going to be in Key West!
Wolven Sort pacing with #20 Auburn.
Look at Hippo’s lil wolves! Just like Rory Calhoun!
If Deion Jr. gets benched for Watson, it may break the internet. The Factory of Sadness could become self-sustaining.
I kind of wonder if the Browns are just an elaborate experiment to test the bounds of humanity’s capability for irrational attachment to ultimately meaningless things like sports teams? There are somehow still quite a few Browns fans so they haven’t found the limit just yet. Remarkable!
Found a Party Box size of Eldorada chips at an Italian market. Just the right amount of greasy and salty. And it’s in a cardboard silo that a prototype ICBM could be fired from!
Was it next to the 6 lb buckets of Maldon salt?
Not to mess with Redshirt’s head at all, but I really think Cincinnati can go undefeated and make a run at the playoffs.
Fuck, they may actually win the division!
Oh, now you’ve done it.
Need that meme of the superhero trying to decide which button to push:
Unexpected AFC North title
Or
Inevitable Zac Taylor four-year contract extension as a result
/Redshirt wipes brow for 37th time in three minutes
https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/Two-Buttons
Fixed it
Frankly, the other one made more sense for a Cincy fan….
🐶
I am 100% confident that the AFCN winner will be 8-9. As I told the oft-suffering Magical Pony over the weekend…if the Bengals get to 8-9, it’s almost inconceivable that they’d lose any tiebreaker.
Any tiebreaker would likely involve beating the Ravens and the Browns and the Ravens and Steelers splitting. That would eliminate the Ravens by 2-0 sweep and the Steelers by 5-1 vs. 4-2 Division Record.
Problem with 8-9 is finding three losses in Pittsburgh and Baltimore. Pittsburgh can get swept by Baltimore and lose to Detroit but then New England and Green Bay need to beat Baltimore. Also, the 9th loss for Cincinnati can’t come from a division rival as that could cost the tiebreaker.
Way too early to tell though. Honestly, we don’t know if last Thursday was a sign the Bengals defense is starting to figure things out or if they caught Baltimore having a bad day. Check back in two weeks. If the Bengals have beaten a playoff contender Buffalo and an embarrassed Baltimore with complementary football and not having to rely on the offense putting up 40-50, then we know this team is for real. Until then, all we have is a good game and a pile of garbage before that.
That’s way too much math for a Tuesday
That’s too much math for any day.
No math!
I think a Steelers split with Baltimore is highly likely. I don’t see Baltimore beating New England AND Green Bay. They can beat one, but not both.
Steelers can beat the Browns and split with Ravens.
Bengals can easily win the rest of their games.