Good luck to your team. Unless your team is Baylor. Screw them.
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Good luck to your team. Unless your team is Baylor. Screw them.
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Josie
Couldn’t agree more.
Mike J
Bush kept Baylor from winning. Except for all those times he didn’t.
eldorado
hmmm. haven’t seen the schedule today, but i have a guess…
El Tiburon
Remember Baylor is in the same shithole town that was home to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians. More recently there was a mass gun battle involving a bunch of bikers.
Several years ago the Baylor basketball coach was caught Ina bizarre cover up of a players death. The current football coach apparently allowed a sexual predator to transfer to his team. So yeah, fuck Baylor.
jharp
Any Minneapolis denizens around here?
Where should a 24 year old professional school student live to work at the Minneapolis Veterans Administration?
It is only for one month. And a very cold month I might add.
Many thanks in advance.
shell
Beautiful day for a game. Wish I was following a team.
benw
Neither Tech or Pitt can stop each other. Winner of this game will probably be whoever scores the most points.
Gimlet
@benw:
Yogi lives!!
BD of MN
@jharp: Are you going to be working at the VA Medical Center? The light rail has a stop at their front door, so you would have all sorts of options along the rail line, if commuting is a concern… Otherwise, it’s pretty much going to be budget dependent…
Steve from Antioch
Ta-Nehisi Coates isn’t a terribly rigorous thinker, but even he realizes that it’s wrong to watch football games.
Davebo
Obviously God is rooting for Baylor with Lambert missing a chip shot.
What have you guys in WV done to get God so pissed?
Goblue72
Just waiting for the Michigan- Michigan State game to start. Should be a good one this year.
Steve from Antioch
@efgoldman: In case you get tired of watching a bunch of guys, disproportionately minorities, knock the crap out of each other while wearing tight pants, you can always watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcvlOe5xQLQ
Davebo
@efgoldman:
Originally they went with THE West Virginia but it seems it was taken.
And of course, West Virginia, where the White Welfare is wouldn’t fit on a bumper sticker.
Steve from Antioch
@Davebo:
If you wan’t know how far the coal industry has West Virginia bent over a rusty garbage can, look no further than this: http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/coaltattoo/2011/09/02/mountaineer-football-coal-and-symbols/comment-page-1/
Davebo
@Steve from Antioch:
I’m AMAZED!! Any other amazing tidbits Steve?
But yes, when you decide it’s ok to let a company take away your mountain tops and toss them in your rivers there’s a chance there’s some graft involved.
Luckily, all of WV profits from it which is why their are so many BMW dealers there.
Morgantown is the new Austin only without the great music and food.
Just ribbing you John. Actually Austin has been going down hill for quite a while. Still nice, but nothing like when you could see Stevie Ray live for 8 bucks.
KG
@Davebo: I’ve always thought that West By God Virginia was a name that came from an old Ric Flair promo, but I can’t find it.
Davebo
Ouch! Stick a fork in them. At this point the only hope is to keep it under 62 pts.
Jade
@Goblue72: GO BLUE!!! I will believe the Harbaugh hype if we win today.
jharp
@BD of MN:
Yes. Working at the VA Medical Center. So what do you recommend? Safety first. Then cost.
Thanks in advance.
A guy
Rich rod back at wvu next season
Villago Delenda Est
Local TrackTown media are spinning the 3-3 Fighting Fashion Nightmares as best they can, as said FFNs are in Seattle today to play the Dawgs, and an 11 game FFN win streak over said Dawgs is on the line.
It may well get to the point where people are satisfied if the FFNs beat MooU in the Civil War game.
J R in WV
@KG:
Folks, you are ALL mis-spelling that slogan.
It is properly spelled “West By Gawd Virginia” so as to not be blasphemy.
Well not really the blasphemy part, just to capture the accent correctly.
And to establish the proper differentiation between Old Virginny and West By Gawd Virginia.
54-24 Now, so sad. And in Waco, to boot. Craziest town in Texass.
Davebo
@J R in WV:
Waco is nuts to be sure, but by far not the craziest town in Texas.
Sadly, Cut and Shoot used to be a front runner but Houston has encroached and it seems kids can get a decent education there.
Corrigan has a good shot at it now but I still think Orange wins out.
Corner Stone
@Davebo:
Fucking Californians.
Major Major Major Major
What in god’s name is wrong with florida
“A woman who told police she preferred sex to surrender was arrested Thursday after she and a man she was with refused to come out of a mobile home on Jacksonville’s Westside.”
It gets weirder http://m.jacksonville.com/news/crime/2015-10-15/story/sex-delay-extends-night-long-standoff-police-jacksonvilles-westside#article=68029F040CF9AD292E8DB7CBD0AF69E899E9
SoupCatcher
@Corner Stone:
Heh. You’re discovering what Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Arizona have all discovered.
Or, as I prefer to think of them, Northern, Northern northern, Eastern, and South eastern California.
I think the only state that doesn’t mind our exports is Idaho, as that’s where our racist police officers go to retire.
Major Major Major Major
@SoupCatcher: you forgot colorado. You know, East Sacramento.
SoupCatcher
@Major Major Major Major: Eastern eastern eastern California?
eta Heh indeedy.
tbone
My hawks move to 7-0, heck yea!
Corner Stone
@SoupCatcher: I, for one, would appreciate it if you’d kindly keep your assholes in your own state. We have more than enough already, tanksvermucho.
benw
Urgh. Pitt wins on a looong FG. This Tech season is a disaster.
Major Major Major Major
@SoupCatcher: I guess it’s more East Tahoe.
Sierras suck go Rockies Quartz ftw #geologypride
MattF
Apparently… when Martin Winterkorn resigned as CEO of Volkswagon, he– somehow– managed to keep the post of CEO at the holding company that owns the majority of Volkswagon shares. But that was then. Oopsie.
SoupCatcher
@Corner Stone: Applying the rule of 27 to our population, we should have around 10 million assholes. We’re a bit under-budget on our RFID implant program – thanks a lot, Prop 13 – so it’s understandable a few million are getting past us. Might be a good idea to hype the State of Jefferson again, that seems a nice shiny object that keeps them in state.
Shorter version: assholes gonna asshole. Whaddyagonnado?
Villago Delenda Est
@Major Major Major Major: It’s America’s wang. What more do you need to know?
lamh36
Meh…I’m not much for football.
My sister and baby Zoe have left me, so now I’m catching up on DVR queue…first up Sleepy Hollow
Major Major Major Major
@Villago Delenda Est: but I usually like wangs :-/
Roger Moore
@Major Major Major Major:
“Don’t Californicate Colorado. Coloradicate California!”
Roger Moore
@efgoldman:
Florida Woman has been a thing for quite a while.
MattF
Via Krugman, for the ‘Yes, David Brooks lies all the time’ folder:
Corey Robin annotates Brooks’ recent column about how Republicans are failing conservatism, showing that the bad behavior that Brooks complains about has been going on for a long time.
There’s also a comment to the Robin post that includes a telling anecdote from Tony Judt.
Davebo
@Corner Stone: Colorado says the same thing about Texans.
Corner Stone
@Davebo: The difference being that Colorado, as a state, had plenty of assholes and Christianist right wing nuts.
Austin, however, used to be pretty laid back and awesome. Now it has a bunch of assholes from California who came in here and trashed the place, and it wasn’t their place.
Corner Stone
@Davebo: Where are Texans migrating to in CO?
Mike J
@Davebo: When my dad was a wee tot and it was foggy outside, his parents would tell him the Texans had stolen the mountains.
Corner Stone
@efgoldman: Yeah and they keep fucking propagating somehow, too. The latest up and coming threat is our lopsided-eye asshole Land Commish. I guess he can thank dad for those.
Felonius Monk
@efgoldman:
By chance would you be referring to that family with the “All Hat and No Cattle” son?
raven
Two hours till kickoff, it will already be dark when we get over there. Spectacular day.
Steeplejack (phone)
@efgoldman:
Mizzou. Georgia is favored, but both teams are shaky enough that it could go either way. I’d take Mizzou and the points, as I believe Raven said earlier today.
raven
@efgoldman: If “doesn’t matter” means the team that wasn’t going to win the national championship is now not going to win the national championship then what does it matter to you and the FIRE RICHT morons?
raven
@Steeplejack (phone): yup
raven
There was just a goal line review in Ann Arbor and the camera was on this kid that flipped the bird and mouthed FUCK YOU at the camera. They swooped away but it was too late. . . and too funny.
raven
@efgoldman: I have our Hokies on the main pic so I’m half ass following the other game.
PaulW
South Florida Bulls win! first winning streak (two games) since 2013!!!
It’s looking like USF can win in the AAC conference. Hopefully the team can get over 6 wins, maybe even go to 7 or 8 wins for a decent bowl invite…
Davebo
@Corner Stone: Seriously?
I know you are from TX so I can only ask, have you been to CO?
Davebo
@Corner Stone:
Used to be you had to travel west of Cap O’ Tex freeway to find those “Christianist right wing nuts”.
Now they are on Oltorf and everywhere north of it seemingly. And that spread won’t stop.
Seems the east side is all that’s left.
Corner Stone
@Davebo: Yes, seriously. I’ve been through CO a few times but not for a bit. I drove a 2WD Ford Explorer through there in the late 90’s and people thought I was crazy. They said they thought all the visitors from TX went to Durango. I was headed for the UT/CO border.
How would I know where the fuck Texans were migrating to in CO? I don’t smoke dope and I don’t live there.
Steeplejack (phone)
Is every play in this MI game being reviewed? Every time I switch over they’re standing around.
oldgold
The Hawks are flying high. 7-0.
Steeplejack (phone)
Holy shnikeys!
Steeplejack (phone)
Michigan State wins on muffed punt on last play of game.
Davebo
@Corner Stone:
Texans have been buying up property in CO for over 30 years now. And the locals don’t like it. Which is why I’m retiring to WA soon. Plus, better fishing!
I love Texas but I’ve had enough. It’s not just because the lunatics have taken over the asylum but with $45 a barrel oil what’s the point anymore? And I can listen to Lyle and Stevie on Spotify anywhere.
Origuy
As they say in Colorado, if God had meant for Texans to ski, He would have made cowshit white.