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BattleBots Beat: “Well, I Woke Up to Get Me a Cold Pop…”

Senor Weaselo -
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Yup, we're starting out with a Sweet Brown reference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWtD7x0J8xg And yet you still read this dreck! Welcome back to the BattleBots Beat! As far as BattleBots review columns go. I remain your friendly neighborhood Senor Weaselo, apparently chief correspondent on all non-human competitions—this, the Marble League Rolldown, McNally McMonster hunting seasons, and

Subsequent GTD reflections

Game Time Decision -
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Hello there fellow DFO'er.  Hope you're well today.  And thanks for coming back to see last weeks comments of the week as decided by my brain.  There's no reason as to why some comments make it and others don't. Happy New Year. I'm never sure how long it's okay to

“If Bland Were Whelming!” – An Atlanta Falcons Preview

Beerguyrob -
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I know what you're thinking - "Wait - what the hell is he doing here?" Hold on, pretty deaf girl. I never said I was leaving, just abandoning my Open Thread responsibilities because of an anticipated bump in real-life workload. In fact, it's already started. Summer school finished last Friday, and people

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: John Law

The Maestro -
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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! Well, friends, we've seen just about everything in our time together... cryptocurrency, pickpockets, card sharks, art thieves, midgets, quacks, forgers, escape artists, and more. But I had to leave this one for just now. The timing

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: Trofim Lysenko

The Maestro -
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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! Big news out of the Supreme Court late last week... looks like college sports are gonna be in for a time trying to avoid paying athletes. It was inevitable, really. Some schools were just better than

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: Jerry and Marge Selbee

The Maestro -
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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! I've been reading a lot about these vaccine lotteries lately. Seems like a cool way of getting reluctant folks to do something for the common good... but it does make one wonder whether or not people

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: Jerome Jacobson

The Maestro -
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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! School is almost out, summer is almost here... for some people, the warm weather means focusing on your beach bod, and for others, it means the siren song of delicious treats. I'll be the first to

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: Anthony Gignac

The Maestro -
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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! We gotta talk about gaudy wealth, man. I get it - the bling, the cars, the clothes... you wanna look flashy. It feels good. But as an expert on scamming, you're not paying me to tell

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: Hargobind Tahilramani

The Maestro -
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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! We're into June! Football gets ever closer with every passing day. I can almost taste it. It's the time to start crunching film to prepare for training camps. It's also the time for our planet's best

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: Wade L. Quattlebaum

The Maestro -
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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! As you've seen in previous sneak previews, I've long been an advocate that the big lie is one of the most tried-and-true methods of pulling off an ideal scam. Take a look at my QB depth

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: Ali Dia

The Maestro -
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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! As we move ever closer to summer - and, most importantly, to the return of football training camps - I find myself once again thinking about an age-old question: Is hard work more important to success

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: Bertha Heyman

The Maestro -
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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! I think we're due for another running back revitalization. I know that football people seem to have this conversation every 3 or 4 years, but after seeing the lack of high picks used on running backs,