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Not officially, but they don't control their destiny now. Way too many two win teams than playoff spots.

The Vols...

Have had this in the background for a few hours now, flipped to ABC, NBC, and CBS for a bit here and there. Breaking Points is easily the most even keel, treat your audience as adults, and objective discussion across the board.

While I'm not a fan of Christmas, it's been clear since my childhood putting decorations is a post Thanksgiving meal (and booze) activity. Those who practice should respect traditions.

It would be some futuristic cool stuff if a CROWS mount with a 240B could pop out of the trunk.

The books probably love it. Alabama had to be where the money was. And who knows how many parlays this busted.

Amazing life, fantastic talent. The arts lost a great one.

Even if Georgia pulls one out of their hat, there have to be a lot of people quite unhappy Alabama is still this good after a massive coaching staff change. The rest of the SEC are probably thankful for a 12- team playoff starting this year.

Have a co-worker who lives in Florida. She spent the day enrolling her boys in the school system of the inland home she bought earlier in the year. Her home in St. Petersburg took an 8ft wave and won't be habitable for a while apparently. She sent me this Twitter post and said it was a neighbors house on fire in the video

There's gold in them thar hills.

What a loving tribute. Hope it hurts just a little less tomorrow, and a little less each day going forward.

What use are you looking at a bag for? I bought a Lightweight Flight Messenger Bag from TImbuk2 three years ago for my day to day home to office needs. Quite happy with it.

Anyone here like going to Vols games? You're gonna be paying for more for the players it seems. Tennessee is the first, won't be the last. https://sports.yahoo.com/tennessee-to-add-talent-fee-surcharge-to-season-tickets-in-2025-in-anticipation-of-player-revenue-sharing-161909512.html

Yeah, the problem with federal legislation is it can help or hurt. Better to have a do no harm approach with regards to Washington. A good litmus test is ask yourself what this bill would look like if a California or New York democrat wrote it.

One of the best I've had. I took it up almost out of boredom after not having a job my first year, and found it very fulfilling. Ran the study hall two years for the freshman players Mon-Thu with a couple of sorority gals, with us helping them get used to college, making sure they did their work, which for some of them was quite an adjustment after being pushed through public schools. I got to work with the harder cases. Some of them were just there to play ball and skated by, but for the ones who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity a full ride provided and make an effort, I was happy to help teach/coach/mentor where I could. It was also nice to not have to mind my language or worry about coming on too strong in communicating with the guys.

When I was working with the football team at MTSU as an academic mentor, they went to Alabama to be sacrificed in Bama's home opener. The players enjoyed the experience and a chance to play in famous stadium. The ones who were from Alabama got their parents tickets to the game. Blue Raiders got spanked, but the team made the most of it.

Why? Kent State got $1.35mil to travel for this game. It's normal for schools outside the big conferences to take a thumping as a way to help fund their athletic departments. It's also an opportunity for the players. Being able to have some game tape against a far better team helps when NFL scouts are evaluating them.

It might get out of committee...but i doubt it. Anyone filing legislation that isn't on the "must pass" list this late in an election year is just posturing for press releases. If he's serious, he can re-file it in January 2025 and try to drum up support.

No. It's people stretching confirmation bias. This site shows the problem is getting a lot worse, overall. https://k12ssdb.org/data-visualizations

Don't be hating...

I'd imagine plenty of LSU fans would take him back in a heartbeat.

Two points...the schools aren't paying that directly. It's a combo of local endorsements and booster funding. Yeah, I get it's murky, but the athletic department budget isn't funding this on their ledger. But let's say the murky makes it a direct line. $20 million is a large number, but it's a fraction of the $80 to $100 million Ohio State is getting as a cut of the Big10 media deal. Add in what the boosters would otherwise donate direct to the program, ticket sales, merchandise revenue, and team sponsorships... that makes the $20 million to the players (uneven as it's distributed) pretty low for your labor pool as a total deduction from revenue. The NFL has a contractually mandated 48% revenue split with the players union by comparison, the NBA is 50%. NIL is still a bargain for these programs.

When it comes to college football, the NCAA is not in any real position of authority. The best analogy I heard a while back was the conferences are like the five families back in the NYC Mafia days, running their own territory and occasionally having some turf wars that need adjudicated. Everything being done is being driven by the SEC and Big10. The rest are just trying to keep up. The players are still learning sportsmanship, I think. Team loyalty is subjective. This is (and always was) a business, it's just more apparent now. The players should work their options as much as the coaches do.

The rotating clown show that ended with Sunak just made the UK Conservative party look spent, and the voters weren't rewarding perpetual failure. It's crazy that a national government can have the same turnover and turmoil as our House of Representatives in the top leadership for all those years, but it works for them. One interesting tidbit of the last election there, Nigel Farage is back. He's a seated MP and head of the Reform party with its five MPs after this election. That's a drop in the House of Commons, but Reform came in third with 14% of the overall vote, so they're not some fringe act the Conservatives and Labour can ignore. Populism sways the UK enough to let a spark become a fire from time to time. All that to say, I wish we had a viable third option over here that wasn't hostile to guns. I'm not about to be lambasted into voting for Trump and I'm not doing the same for Kamala. I'm desperate for a political home that isn't the better choice of you gotta be f'n kidding me.

Just sharing this for anyone who may have these products in the fridge. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bugs-mold-mildew-inspection-boars-head-plant-listeria/ I'm a fan of their London Broil, but haven't had it in a while. Looks like I'll need a new source for a bit.