Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans in disarray!

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

No one could have predicted…

T R E 4 5 O N

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Everybody saw this coming.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

A Senator Walker would also be an insult to reason, rationality, and decency.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

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  2. 2.

    jl

    I’m out of this one. I don’t think the sh*tty, excuse me, I mean, gritty little Bruins are playing this week. Don’t have to worry about a humiliating pasting.

    Edit: though they have won some games. They really have. Seriously.

  4. 4.

    Steeplejack

    Weird. I can get the Kansas State-Missouri game on some obscure cable channel, but no sound. WTF? Back to Stoke City-Liverpool for background accompaniment.

  9. 9.

    Bostondreams

    Today is the day that every Gator fan and alum (like myself) has dreaded: Steve Spurrier, the Ol’ Ballcoach, is coming back to the Swamp, and he is coming with a real honest to God chance to take the East from the Gators.

    Not that we deserve the chance to get drubbed in Atlanta by the War EagleTigers, but still…

  10. 10.

    Corner Stone

    @jl: If by some you mean knocking out Keenum of U of H and then drubbing UT in their house then yes, they definitely have won some games.

  12. 12.

    Phyllis

    @Bostondreams: If the Gamecocks who pantsed ‘Bama show up, y’all are in for a long night. As a Gamecock fan, though, I can attest that we never quite know which team will show up.

  14. 14.

    Phyllis

    @stuckinred: Well, yeah. Also key will be how spectacular the bonehead play Garcia will make is, because you know he’s gonna give us one every game.

  17. 17.

    Joey Maloney

    I got two nieces at Tennessee and a third that’s an Auburn alum. And you would not believe all the internet trickerfuckery I’m going through to watch their games from Tel Aviv.

  19. 19.

    Joey Maloney

    I mean, I don’t usually care too much for football. But it’s a nice anodyne for a bit of homesickness, and It’s a way to feel close to my girls.

    Plus in this case, as a former resident of Oxford I’ll never miss a chance to see Ole Miss humiliated.

  21. 21.

    Joey Maloney

    Thanks. Now, since I haven’t really been paying attention – what’s all this chatter about the Auburn QB? Did he do something wrong?

  22. 22.

    stuckinred

    @Joey Maloney: It goes back to his recruitment by Mississippi State. A friend of an agent (John Bond) claims his old man said it would take $200,000 for him to go to MSU. He didn’t but all kinds of other stuff has surfaced, alleged cheating on tests at Florida, a stolen computer. Somehow the FBI is involved so it’s juicy.

  23. 23.

    MattR

    @Joey Maloney: The short answer is: possibly. The long answer is that a former Miss St player (who was associated with an agent for NFL players) is saying that Cam Newton’s father approached him and said it would take $100K+ for Cam to go to Miss St. That was after he initially denied it when it was initially reported. There are other allegations that Newton plagiarized a couple of papers while he was at Florida. In both cases, there is no real proof of wrongdoing and there is nothing to indicate that Auburn has done anything wrong (though I think it is safe to assume that if Cam’s dad was trying to shakedown Miss St he was also trying with the other schools recruiting his son. I can’t imagine he wouldn’t find at least one school that would pay him, so that leaves the conclusion that Auburn paid him – again assuming that the allegations about Miss St are true)

  31. 31.

    BGinCHI

    And I’m calling a TCU upset right now.

    SDSU will put some points up today.

    If I’m wrong I’ll drink a whole bottle of mid-priced Tempranillo.

  34. 34.

    stuckinred

    @Mark S.: If it is destiny it can’t be controlled, but you weren’t the first one to say it . Big Ten tie breaker for what? The BCS takes who they want. Three years ago Illinois beat Ohio State but, since OSU had a better overall record they got the BCS bid and the Illini went to the Rose Bowl. (also a BSC game)

  35. 35.

    MattR

    @Mark S.: I was actually looking at these last night. If I read them right, nobody controls their own destiny yet.

    FYWP keeps eating this post.

    And for some reason it does not like the link for the Big Ten tiebreakers webpage. I even tried tinyurl

  36. 36.

    MattR

    @stuckinred:There are some quirks to deal with the scenario if all tied teams have not played each other, but basically, the tiebreakers for the Big Ten are head to head, then overall record, then BCS ranking.

  37. 37.

    stuckinred

    Michigan State beat Wisconsin
    Wisconsin Beat Ohio State

    Ohio State does not play Michigan State

    The Big 10 tiebreaker for the Rose Bowl is who ever went last, the other team goes. The conference has no say about the BCS.

  38. 38.

    Mac from Oregon

    YAWN. Another Saturday, another Duck win. We will see someone in the Championship game, LSU maybe?

  40. 40.

    stuckinred

    Bowl selection procedures

    Although the pick order usually corresponds to the conference standings, the bowls are not required to make their choices strictly according to the won-lost records; many factors influence bowl selections, especially the turnout of the fans for past bowl games. Picks are made after BCS selections; the bowl with the #2 pick will have the first pick of the remaining teams in the conference.

    The Capital One, Outback, and Gator Bowls can select any eligible team except a team that has two fewer wins or two more losses than another eligible team. The Insight, Dallas Classic, Texas and Motor City Bowls have no such restrictions, However, the bowls cannot select a 6-6 team if a 7-5 or better team is not selected by a Big Ten-affiliated bowl.[25][26]

  41. 41.

    MattR

    @stuckinred: This is why I was looking at it. If Iowa beats OSU then the three tied teams are all 1-1 against each other. So it goes to overall record which eliminates Iowa who has two losses. Then they go back to head to head and MSU gets in. If OSU beats Iowa you have the situation you describe. Since all three teams did not play each other they go to overall record, but all three teams will be 11-1. So they go to BCS rankings which is currently Wisconsin (7), OSU (9), MSU (11)

  44. 44.

    MattR

    @stuckinred: The BCS has to take the Big Ten champion. The Big Ten gets to decide how that champion is named and they use those tiebreakers to do so. (Which BCS bowl they end up in is a different story)

    EDIT: I have no idea why FYWP won’t let me link to the page on the Big Ten website that I am using, but it is titled “Method to Determine Big Ten Conference Automatic Representative to Bowl Championship Series” If anyone is interested, google that phrase and it is the top result.

  46. 46.

    Mark S.

    I like how the Big 10 talks about tied games, even though tie games were eliminated in like 1997.

    And they use as one of the criteria winning percentage of all games played? Way to encourage teams to play a cream puff non-conference schedule.

  51. 51.

    JPL

    @Corner Stone: Because they could. Personally, it’s ridiculous to do that.
    Cam Newton seems to be playing steady unfortunately for him the rest of the Auburn players look awful.
    Go GA..

  61. 61.

    MattR

    @stuckinred: Ah. That I noticed (both the tight play and Danielson’s critique of it). Thought I missed some Cam Newton drama – I just heard on one of the ESPNs as I was flipping that his father supposedly admitted to soliciting cash without his son’s knowledge.

  64. 64.

    burnspbesq

    Northwestern’s starting QB wrecked his Achilles on the winning TD pass.

    I would love to be able to go to Northwestern – Illinois at Wrigley next week, but there was only room for one trip to a game in the budget, and we’re going to Portland for the Duke-Oregon game over Thanksgiving.

  65. 65.

    Yutsano

    @burnspbesq: Just out of curiosity, how long are you going to be up this way for? As of right now I’m not going home for Thanksgiving and Portland is a direct shot down I-5 from my place.

  67. 67.

    burnspbesq

    @Yutsano:

    Quick trip: arrive at PDX around lunchtime on Friday, and go straight back to PDX after the game on Saturday. Still working out what to do/see on Friday afternoon. Will have spouse and kid with me, so breaking away for a drink may be complicated.

  68. 68.

    burnspbesq

    Good day for Americans abroad: Stuart Holden scored his first goal for Bolton, and Michael Bradley scored for Moenchenbladbach.

  71. 71.

    Yutsano

    @burnspbesq: Suggestion for breakfast if you’re staying in PDX before the game: Zell’s cafe in Belmont. Their scones they serve free with every meal are absolutely addictive, half their menu is guaranteed vegetarian, it’s affordable, and hopefully the weather cooperates enough that you get to dine outside.

  75. 75.

    JPL

    OMG, Even with all the terrible things going on this week, the coach of Auburn was still able to prepare his team. What booster is paying the announcers?

  77. 77.

    John

    @Corner Stone: Because short of just taking a knee on every possession in the second half, I don’t think they could have not scored. IU put forth the worst defensive performance I’ve ever seen from a Division I school, and I grew up watching Northwestern in the era when they set the NCAA record for consecutive losses. On their last possession, UW was using their 3rd string QB–a walk-on transfer from Central Florida–and the Hoosier D basically just let him walk into the end zone.

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