Mizzou Links, 2-15-12
by Bill C. on Feb 15, 2012 5:38 AM CST
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Mizzou Basketball Links
- Time For Revenge
MUtigers.com: No. 3 Mizzou Hosts Oklahoma State Wednesday
MUtigers.com: Mizzou vs. Oklahoma State Game Sold Out
Post-Dispatch: MU learned valuable lesson in OSU loss
PowerMizzou: Oklahoma State taught Tigers a lesson
PowerMizzou: PMTV-HD: OSU Preparation
KBIA Sports Extra: Mizzou focused on stopping "versatile" Cowboys freshman - Dixon
The Missourian: Missouri's Michael Dixon doesn't start, but ends games
KC Star: MU's Dixon delivers spark off bench - 'Cardo Still Has A Chance
The Trib: Ex-Beavers star Johnson keeps eye on Ricardo Ratliffe's pursuit of record
Fox Sports MW: Ratliffe chasing NCAA single-season record
Other Basketball Links
- Texas > Oklahoma
Burnt Orange Nation: Texas Surges Past OU in Second Half, Wins 69-58
Austin American-Statesman: Longhorns defeat Sooners - A&M > Tech
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Offense stalls for Tech in loss to Aggies - Just Because...
CBS Sports: The Religion and Community of The Palestra
Mizzou Football Links
- 2013 Recruiting
PowerMizzou: Eric Beisel makes the rounds
PowerMizzou: Clay Rhodes gets offer, sets visit - Bud Foster And Dave Steckel: BFFs
Roanoke.com: [Va. Tech Defensive Coordinator] Bud Foster Q&A: Working with Missouri and aiming for a dominant defense
SEC (And EXPANSIONAPALOOZA)
- Big East "Terminates" Relationship With West Virginia
Daily Oklahoman: West Virginia settles Big East lawsuit, will join Big 12 in July
The Smoking Musket: Parting Words For John Marinatto And The Big East - Big 12 Releases 2012 Schedule
Pre-Snap Read: The Big 12 Erupts With... Actual News!
Daily Oklahoman: Sooners face gauntlet over final three weeks of season
Austin American-Statesman: Weighing in on Horns', Big 12 football schedule
Dallas Morning News: 'Poorly placed' open dates fuel fire that Big 12 always gives Texas Tech a bad football schedule - Mount USA!
SB Nation (Self-Share): Conference Realignment: Progressive Scheduling And Mount USA - Schadenfreude
SI.com (AP): Texas asking fans for patience with Longhorn Network - Rivalry
Saturday Blitz: Reinventing Rivalry In The Era Of Realignment
Other Mizzou Links
You knew it probably wasn't going to be a good year for Mizzou women's basketball when Robin Pingeton came out before the season and said "it probably isn't going to be a good year for us." She said it took her two years to get her foundation in place at her last job, and it would probably take the same this time around Still ... I'm pretty sure she didn't see the Lady Tigers going winless in conference play. They are improving -- four of their last eight losses have been by four points or less -- but still. Lots of youth, lots of close losses. We'll see how Year Three goes; Mizzou will once again have to replace their two best players and submit fully to the youth movement, but as good as the SEC tends to be up top, it probably isn't quite as deep as the Big 12, so there might be a few more winnable games along the way.
- Mizzou Women's Basketball
MUtigers.com: Late Run Pushes Aggies Past Tigers, 56-52
The Missourian: Missouri's upset bid falls short
The Missourian: PHOTO GALLERY: Missouri comes up short
The Maneater: Missouri's upset chance slips away in loss to Texas A&M
MUtigers.com: Simmons Named Big 12 Freshman of the Week - Mizzou Baseball
MUtigers.com: Tigers Picked Fifth in Big 12 Preseason Poll
SimmonsField.com: HI NOTES: Big 9, Records, Auburn Awaits, High Noon
MUtigers.com: Baseball Opens Season at Auburn - Mizzou Gymnastics
MUtigers.com: Mizzou Gymnastics Offers Twitter Promotion
Other
- Interesting
SB Nation: Close Encounters: How Often Do Sports Provide Exciting Finishes? - Sad Face
Rolling Stone: Steve Van Zandt on New Show, Life Without Clarence Clemons - NERD FURY
Serious Eats: How to Find the Best Food in a Foreign City, According to Anthony Bourdain
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Seriously...
I’d give BST hell for his remarks again, but judging by last night’s thread, it’ll be a while before he sees it.
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by Bill C. on Feb 15, 2012 6:05 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Speaking of last night's Valentines Day thread...
I had three green posts! I’m not sure if that’s awesome or incredibly depressing.
Annoying You Since 1986
if it makes you feel any better Bill C., I feel like absolute death right now.
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 8:56 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
no one saw that coming!
Thanks for entertaining us.
What did your wife think of you drunk blogging on your date?
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 9:05 AM CST up reply actions
She was pretty well lit also, so she didnt notice much
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:16 AM CST up reply actions
What a perfect match.
I can’t get away with anything no matter how overserved my wife is. She can quote entire conversations from party nights. It’s amazing.
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 9:19 AM CST up reply actions
Luckily other friends were there, so there was some crazy conversations going on about hair coloring and crap like that
So I played the touch screen and drank heavily with some blogging in between.
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:20 AM CST up reply actions
breastfeading and midgets was fun...
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 9:26 AM CST up reply actions
hmm, dont remember that one
Gonna have to go back and read that thread
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:27 AM CST up reply actions
But, you have lost that speech impediment from last night.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy" – Teets
by 1Believer on Feb 15, 2012 9:08 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
More Steve please!
Go Tigers!
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 15, 2012 6:47 AM CST reply actions 7 recs
I'm actually re-watching this game right now on STEEEEVESPN3
by Fullback U on Feb 15, 2012 6:51 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
I wish I would have SteVo'd the game to watch later.
"Myself and my teammates are a bunch of winners," ~ Marcus Denmon
by M Krip on Feb 15, 2012 11:31 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
i need to buy a new steeveee r.
Genesis 1:1
by threadkiller on Feb 15, 2012 11:54 AM CST up reply actions
It's even Steeeeevier in fast motion.
Greened
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 8:49 AM CST up reply actions
Awesome!
Block party started.
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 15, 2012 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
Its incredible how he comes into the picture from half court at full sprint and finishes the play.
"Myself and my teammates are a bunch of winners," ~ Marcus Denmon
I just wish the crowd had appreciated it at all.
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
The Palestra article is fantastic
My undergrad adviser got his PhD from the Wharton School at Penn. I heard much about the Palestra.
Had the opportunity
to see quite a few games while in grad school there. For all the battery-throwing knuckle-dragging Philly sports fans, the city has plenty to offer as well.
by preise on Feb 15, 2012 9:15 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
Dave Steckel doesn't have friends, he just has people he hasn't killed yet.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
by Gaknar on Feb 15, 2012 8:20 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Wait...
Someone in the big 12 is unhappy with what they perceive to be the conference treating them unfairly, especially compared to Texas? I Don’t Believe It.
Annoying You Since 1986
I wonder if Mizzou might not have left the B12,
had it not been for the LHN. Pinkel’s comments on the subject made that sound like the deal-breaker. Texas couldn’t be happy with a 99 percent advantage in recruiting over us. They had to throw their weight around to get a 100 percent advantage.
Mizzou had no future in a conference with no network
Everyone brags about the super media deal that’s coming up, but that’s what they said about the last Big XII media deal. After a few years, it was overshadowed by the SEC CBS deal, the Big Ten Network and the Pac-12. It’s going to happen again after those conferences renew their own deals, and the non-Longhorn non-Sooner schools won’t have any way to compete with schools outside the conference unless they have a T. Boone Pickens they’re willing to hand their school over to.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
I think the 6 year only 'golden handcuffs'
was the killer. I don’t think the MU leadership believes the current structure is anything more than a holding pattern for UT (and to a lesser degree OU) to figure out what they really want to do, after giving LHN a chance to clearly succeed or fail.
The irony will be that the little guys may be stuck hoping LHN succeeds (as the anchor that will keep them in the conf.), when that success will disadvantage them even more. And OU will just keep getting more pissed with the whole deal.
I am curious what will happen with the plans for the second conference game on LHN this year. Not sure any school other than KU will readily give up that game, whether big daddy gets them some local broadcast rights to offset it or not.
If I were a fan of the other B12 schools, I would feel much better if Joe Castiglione gets the commissioner job. It would seem to both indicate that UT is willing to give OU some goodies, and I think if Joe says no, it is a sign that OU is looking at other options for 5 years down the road. I honestly think OU and OSU to the SEC in about 5 years is very possible, likely because UT is going or clearly trying to go out west again.
It will be much more palatable to watch the drama from a safe new home, instead of wondering if our house is the one about to be burned down.
ain't that the truth
but it will still surely be OUR fault.
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 9:28 AM CST up reply actions
if everything goes to crap-
I wonder if there will be any recognition among our fellow ‘forgotten five’ friends that we really were doing what we had to. My guess would be that we would still somehow be the linchpin that destroyed everything.
And I hate the ‘jealousy’ argument that certain fanbases (KU and NU) loved to throw at us everytime we had the temerity to celebrate a win over them, but I do sense more than a bit of that in the ‘oh, they’ll get killed/they don’t belong/they have no right to endanger more important programs (looking at you, Seth Davis)’ BS we hear so often. We just aren’t big enough of a deal to get to go to a great conference in many folks eyes, hence a lot of pissy potshots. "Who? Them?! Well… never won a championship/no final four/conf. realignment floosie/they only want their TV markets, et. al.
From limited experience...
After the SEC announcement, the NU fans I talk to seem to have mellowed on us. KU, of course, just the opposite.
by galactahack on Feb 15, 2012 12:45 PM CST up reply actions
Nubs fans don't really have much room to talk any more
We both got away from Texas and we both ended up in better conferences.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
Don't worry,
there’s still plenty of blowback from SEC teams who think we aren’t “worthy”.
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
Rocky Balboa once told me, "Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are."
I've always believe the dies was not cast
until the dueling press conferences. That was when the split became irreversible.
My gut says
The Sooner Network and LHN go to war in the very near future, with the other schools being sucked in as satellites. Imagine Kansas signing a content deal with LHN and K-State siding with the Sooners as junior partners. You could potentially have four networks (BTM, SECN, SoonerN and LHN) battling for ratings in KC. That might actually be enough to keep the conference going for a while, but I can’t imagine it remains stable for the long term.
Of course, I’ve been wrong about pretty much everything else regarding conference alignment, so take it for what it’s worth.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
I don't think the leapard changes it's spots
UT will continue to push, and those that have any degree of other options will continue to wonder if they can live with it.
I actually think the conference would have a better chance to survive it they HADN’T gone to equal revenue distribution. I could see OU wondering what exactly is advantageous to them in the new B12- don’t see any advantage any more for them being a big boy w/o a big fat ‘special advantage’ like the LHN deal. And I don’t buy that UT and OU aren’t looking a bit sideways at TCU (who I doubt either had any interest in sharing a conf. with) and WVU (more value, but travel will be a bitch) right now. And having to pay to get WVU out is probably a bit annoying to them, too.
won't aTm and MU be doing the "paying" to get WVU and then some?
Surely they’ll drag more than $20 mil out of our two schools for the exit fee?
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 10:08 AM CST up reply actions
If the Texas didn't create the LHN, I imagine they would have went to the Pac or B1G.
If anything, I think the LHN helped to temporarily keep the Big 12 together because it kept the other conferences from wanting to bring Texas in.
If the Pac would have accepted the LHN or if there was no LHN, Texas and its wallflowers would already be gone. After the second time they flirted with the Pac, I agree with our leaders that it was time to bug out while the getting was good.
"Myself and my teammates are a bunch of winners," ~ Marcus Denmon
I like it
the LHN/ESPN deal = Texas’ gift to conference stability.
And for my wedding present can I have a Geisha girl?
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
o/t, but I know some fellow RMN-ers also toil in IT
how do you deal with coworkers who can’t parse if/then statements?
Put them in an infitite GOTO loop
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
by Gaknar on Feb 15, 2012 8:23 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
IF they can't do that THEN they need to take a logic class.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
if it's not "ku sucks" or "pie/cake"
it’s ot.
Genesis 1:1
by threadkiller on Feb 15, 2012 8:31 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I've been lurking in anonymity for long enough and decided to join the party yesterday...
I hereby pledge my allegiance to Team Cake, aka, West Berlin.
by Z Dubs on Feb 15, 2012 8:39 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
I'm sorry you felt inclined to make the biggest mistake of your life.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
by drewder on Feb 15, 2012 8:42 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Way to alienate 75% right out the gate.
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 8:55 AM CST up reply actions
You wish you had that kind of numbers.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 15, 2012 9:09 AM CST up reply actions
Sorry T&C, even the Tiger hoops team survey reflected the truth in our pie society.
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 9:17 AM CST up reply actions
Respect for Kimmeh
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
by drewder on Feb 15, 2012 9:18 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
this comment should go purple or blue, whatever comes after green.
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 9:22 AM CST up reply actions
Respect for MARCUS FREAKING DENMON!
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 15, 2012 9:26 AM CST up reply actions
Respect the Steeeeeeeeve!
This could go on all day!
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 9:29 AM CST up reply actions
That was not a complete poll. :)
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 15, 2012 9:19 AM CST up reply actions
we have heart
and when you’ve got heart, you can do anything.
Upholding fine Mizzou traditions in Maryland.
MvP, RoC official Nemesis
very medical of you, Doc!
BST is cakey, but he’s mostly liver!
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 9:23 AM CST up reply actions
Not nearly as much liver this morning than he was yesterday though
Advocating for the "Snarkbone" since 2012
Rock M Nation
by The Beef on Feb 15, 2012 9:27 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
welp i do have a 3 day weekend coming up
and that always means day drinking!
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:40 AM CST up reply actions
I think there is a few holes in your liver argument.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy" – Teets
by 1Believer on Feb 15, 2012 9:33 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I dunno
Wind is pretty lame too
"You better call your crew, you gon’ need help." - Jay Bilas' advice to teams facing Mizzou in b-ball this year
Fair enough but Rocky had heart.
"You better call your crew, you gon’ need help." - Jay Bilas' advice to teams facing Mizzou in b-ball this year
so did E.T.
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 10:09 AM CST up reply actions
here comes the spin...
I’m just reporting fair and balanced. ;-)
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 9:21 AM CST up reply actions
T&C fan, thank goodness for this weather today, its making my hangover much more tollerable
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:23 AM CST up reply actions
Dark & dreary?
I guess the sun wouldn’t help much.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 15, 2012 9:25 AM CST up reply actions
yup, I love it from my window
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:27 AM CST up reply actions
I'm actually in the downtown loop with you...
…must be a cake thing.
must be
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 10:14 AM CST up reply actions
Have you seen some of the cakes
at the grocery store downtown?
They have some beauts.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 15, 2012 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
I have not, i'll have to swing by there and take a look
As long as there are no pies in sight!
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 10:19 AM CST up reply actions
Unfortunately, they commit a serious travesty
They put the cakes along side Tippen’s Pie.
It's a proximity to a downtown that
connects the Cake eaters!!
High society!!!!
Pie is for the people.
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 15, 2012 10:51 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
So I am a 1 percenter?
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 10:53 AM CST up reply actions
well that is a first, but i'll take it
so quiet down you poor people!
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 10:56 AM CST up reply actions
See the inherent violence in the system!!
Free yourselfs from tyranny go with PIE!!!
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 15, 2012 10:57 AM CST up reply actions
Dont make me repo all your homes so youll have no place to store your beloved pies!
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 11:02 AM CST up reply actions
hes a cake man
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
Huh, maybe so
I work in downtown CoMo and am a cake person.
by jschooltiger on Feb 15, 2012 10:53 AM CST up reply actions
SEE !! SEE!!
Data points keep pie-lying up!
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 15, 2012 10:55 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Bill C. works downtown, in his living room
and hes a good cake man!
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
No Dixon, no Ratliffe
and neither of the Pressey men weighed in.
So I would say this is an incomplete poll.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 15, 2012 9:27 AM CST up reply actions
Oh the Presseys' weighed in
it just didn’t add up to much.
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 15, 2012 10:52 AM CST up reply actions
Did you say "weighed in"? This man wants to weigh in too.
"Myself and my teammates are a bunch of winners," ~ Marcus Denmon
Kake U!
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 12:13 PM CST up reply actions
Flagged.
Team Cake wants nothing to do with Mangino. He’s polluted.
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
Rocky Balboa once told me, "Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are."
polluted with cake.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Feb 15, 2012 3:14 PM CST up reply actions
Mangino says, "Give me cake or give me death"
How about death by cake?
"Myself and my teammates are a bunch of winners," ~ Marcus Denmon
yessssssssssssssssssssss you can join me at the bar for some hair of the dog soon!
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 8:58 AM CST up reply actions
it makes cake taste better
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 9:06 AM CST up reply actions
Welcome Aboard.
Clearly you are an intelligent, good-looking, well read and informed, educated, smiling, happy person.
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
Rocky Balboa once told me, "Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are."
by Kpz1234 on Feb 15, 2012 10:43 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
BOOOOOO!!!
Worst. Comment. Ever.
:)
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 15, 2012 10:48 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Welcome to the club, we're glad to have you
Check out the up-and-coming Mizzou blog: http://www.zoulogy.com
actual conversation from yesterday
coworker: Why don’t we have anything on our website about the new AP basketball site?
jst: You told me hold off on putting that up until it had the ads, and they aren’t there yet
cw: Oh, ok. So the ads aren’t up yet?
jst: Yep, not yet. Haven’t heard from AP.
cw: OK, so when are we going to have something on our site about it?
jst: When the ads are up, I’ll have the newsroom add the links
cw: OK. So, what’s the holdup with getting it on our site?
by jschooltiger on Feb 15, 2012 8:44 AM CST up reply actions
kansas "grad?"
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 8:56 AM CST up reply actions
Actual conversation from yesterday here:
supervisor: Why were our receipts wrong this morning?
u2: Because (co-worker) overwrote the code on the server with an old version of the code. I had a backup and reinstalled it so we’re fine now.
su: So, how do we prevent this happening again?
u2: Um, (co-worker) just needs to be careful what they’re installing.
su: Is it because we have Windows 7 on the PCs?
u2: No, just the wrong code was installed. It’s fixed now, and I deleted the version they had stored.
su: Ok, so how do we keep this from happening again?
u2: ….??
by u2nspenserfan on Feb 15, 2012 8:58 AM CST up reply actions
People are dumb, doesnt matter what industry you work in
IT managers just might be the dumbest of all people tho. They have zero idea how your doing what you do, they just want you to do it faster.
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 8:59 AM CST up reply actions
My boss is actually a really good boss IMO
I’ve been lucky to have good bosses this place and the last one I worked at. Neither have really been IT people though, so it can be frustrating trying to get your point across.
by u2nspenserfan on Feb 15, 2012 9:04 AM CST up reply actions
That is a plus
I mainly do consulting work now, so I bounce around a lot and have seen the whole gamut of idiots and great people who still just don’t understand what I’m trying to tell them.
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:17 AM CST up reply actions
god, backups are such a PITA
two major comprehension problems:
1) backups run as a cron job, so that’s why if you write over a file, all I can give you is the last version from when the job ran
2) the system backs up whatever version of the file you saved when it runs. So if you write over a file then the backup job runs, that’s the backup. “Backup” doesn’t mean “the version I had without the errors.” It means “save the file elsewhere.”
by jschooltiger on Feb 15, 2012 9:03 AM CST up reply actions
Literally I have no idea what you guys are talking about
and I would be asking the exact same questions as your bosses.
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
basically the thing to keep in mind is that computers are completely logical
and will do exactly what you tell them to do. So if you write a bad file somewhere, the computer won’t take your hand and say “whoops, you just overwrote all our sales data with episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.” And then if that data sits on the server and a backup runs, that data becomes the backup.
by jschooltiger on Feb 15, 2012 9:07 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Ah.
That makes a bit more sense. Me and computers have never got along very well, but I’m learning
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
I think My Little Pony was the clincher.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
by drewder on Feb 15, 2012 9:14 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
No doubt about it
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
"'[W]hoops, you just overwrote all our sales data with episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.'"
All of the sudden, the trends in newspaper revenues make total sense.
RockMNation.com (@rockmnation)
Fighting mob mentality since 2007
Yeah, I've taken to doing manual backups of everything I do.
I’ve learned the hard way that automated backups suck. I once lost a week’s worth of code because we had a server fail and the backup hadn’t been running for several days. It’s a PITA to do it that way, but it’s definitely better than redoing work.
by u2nspenserfan on Feb 15, 2012 9:07 AM CST up reply actions
yeah, my personal backup system is slightly paranoid
we also pay the university a fair amount for backups that back up to an identical server, and also to tape, but they cycle out after seven days. Does not stop people from asking me to retrieve things they deleted several months ago.
by jschooltiger on Feb 15, 2012 9:09 AM CST up reply actions
Glad I don't have to deal with that anymore.
I used to be all IT – programming, servers and everything else. I’m just programming now, and I very much enjoy only having my sphere to deal with.
by u2nspenserfan on Feb 15, 2012 9:16 AM CST up reply actions
Being specialized is so much better
You have your tasks and no one bothers you about anything except those tasks.
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:17 AM CST up reply actions
That is the beauty of programming.
My boss doesn’t sit there and look at my work and ask questions. He just asks when will it be done and does it work.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
Years ago, I took over the IT at a facility
I was told: here’s the backup system, it works, don’t screw with it. So I focused on the 100 million other things I had to do since that was taken care of. When I went to upgrade the server to a RAID array, I discovered that the backups hadn’t been running since before I was hired. There had been a power outage, and the person from corporate had neglected to put the backup process in the startup script. When I told the woman who’d set it up, she just shrugged.
haha
That is sadly very typical
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:32 AM CST up reply actions
I hate inheriting systems
especially when they aren’t set up in anything resembling a logical manner. Ex: we have a set of servers that run billing and ad placement apps for us. These apps run on the server as apps, not services. So logging directly into the server creates a new user login and breaks everything. About a third of the time I forget to console in and break the entire system.
by jschooltiger on Feb 15, 2012 9:42 AM CST up reply actions
haha, i have done this multiple times also
Thats why I dont touch anything besides my software anymore
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:43 AM CST up reply actions
well, yes that too
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:44 AM CST up reply actions
we actually bought Apple software from these people
(again, before my time). I have the initial emails to determine the SRS. The IT pro before me referred to several things that had to run in the Finder. Actual response from this company was “please define Finder.”
by jschooltiger on Feb 15, 2012 9:46 AM CST up reply actions
Forget IT specific
If you can’t handle an if/then, there’s no room for you in any sort of knowledge worker position. Seriously.
Those responses...
Are more valid if you consider the personality of the respondant. Some coworkers, and many managers, aren’t detail people. More like salesmen, driven by “success.” So when they ask some question, look behind the technical phrasing, and instead ask why the situation referenced hasn’t been resolved.
So maybe you mentally reword “Why aren’t the ads up” into “How about you call AP and tell them to get us those damn ads,” or mentally reword “So how do we keep this from happening again” into “Ha ha, we all know your coworker is an idiot, so don’t bother trying to train him, and instead devise some foolproof system by which our backups will be immune to his incompetence.”
I’m just saying, with some people I’ve had much more success by trying to decipher their goals instead of their actual words.
True to a point
You do have to figure out what people are really asking. However, the onus is also on them to make sure that they are understood.
However, if you can’t follow a logical chain of thought, or think that simply repeating a query that didn’t give you the expected results will somehow get you different results, there is little hope for you.
see: Kansas basketball fans
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
by Gaknar on Feb 15, 2012 1:13 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Pretty decent article by Death Star
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
How do you have SO many children that you have to send some to grandma to be raised...
and then have MORE kids???? Were they trying to field a football team?
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 9:04 AM CST up reply actions
Maybe it's religious, like Catholic or whatever the Duggar's are
or………they like doin it?
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Duggars = Quiverfull movement
scary scary shit.
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 15, 2012 9:27 AM CST up reply actions
Not wanting to start a discussion on religion
But wow. Out breeding everyone else to gain more supporters is one way to go I guess…
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
The Good Book does say
be fruitful and multiply…
As for the Duggars, they are a bit on the fundamentalist side, but they enjoy themselves (in the biblical way). however, I would hope their primary care physician tells them to ease up a bit.
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I all for living and let live
but it cannot be healthy to have that many kids. But hey, the Thanksgiving family football game must be pretty epic!
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
She doesn't give birth
the kids just bunjee jump with the umbilical cord.
by SEC Supremacist on Feb 15, 2012 10:29 AM CST up reply actions
The Star article on Dixon is great
Easily my favorite player.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
"The boy has a big set of onions"
Indeed.
by McZou on Feb 15, 2012 9:18 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Just saw this and got really excited....
by DC_Tiger on Feb 15, 2012 8:49 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
I thought we played kU on Feb 28?
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 12:53 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Pow!!!!!
I would totally rec this if I could, but im using the mobile app.
by SECspeeeeed on Feb 15, 2012 3:03 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
me too
the bottom half of that bracket could be ugly.
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I want no part of UNC...
Really don’t like izzo in march either, but when you get to elite 8 games you have to play somebody.
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I feel the exact same about those two
But it would make it even more special if we beat a UNC or MSU on the way to our first (of many to come) final four
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:41 AM CST up reply actions
St. Louis as an 8?
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Depending on how they finish, could be even higher
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Wow did not know they were doing that well
I guess I would have heard more about it if I was home
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Just took a pair on the road in Philly over the weekend
Honestly, they have about 5 regular season games left, and I believe the toughest is Xavier at home. If they can withstand the trip-up, they’d go to the A-10 tourney 25-5 and either 1st or 2nd I believe. Win that, and I can see MAYBE as high as a 6.
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Plus they already took Xavier away.
Here’s to winning at home.
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Pie Forever!
they might even get a 5 if they win the A-10 tourney.
that’d be close to 30 wins with a decent RPI and some love from other metrics.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 15, 2012 10:02 AM CST up reply actions
At best they will finish the season with 1 top 50 win.
I’d honestly be a little surprised to see them at 6 if they won out. I think they will likely be a 7 or 8.
Annoying You Since 1986
but if they win their conference?
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by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 15, 2012 10:23 AM CST up reply actions
The conference is solid.
But really their profile is similar to Cal. Good RPI. Decent conference winner, little to no top 50 wins, lots of 51-100 wins, couple iffy losses. It’s possible they could get a 6 if they won out and won the conference tourney with a win over Temple in there, but I sitll see them at a 7 or 8 when all is said and done.
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and playing kU in the second round, plz
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 15, 2012 11:39 AM CST up reply actions
and I would fill my closet full of Bills stuff if SLU won that.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
Deathmatch of the mythical blue birds?
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 11:45 AM CST up reply actions
oops
must’ve been on a BST bender combining "Spoon"auer and Pelican.
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 11:51 AM CST up reply actions
Yes but would you rather have Duke or Baylor for a possible 3rd or 4th time.
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I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to get Duke.
Duke is in my mind by far the best matchup for this team. And we couldn’t play Baylor until at least the final four as they place the top 3 teams from each conference into different regions. Of the possible 1 and 2 seeds, eliminating ourselves, ku, and baylor, the possible matchups would be
Kentucky, Syr, OSU, UNC, Duke, MSU…….and of those the order I would want to play them would be…
Duke, MSU, Syr, OSU, UNC, Kentucky
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I think most conference placement rules went out the window a while back...
…if Mizzou is the first Big 12 team taken, then they won’t end up in a region with Kansas or Baylor (or probably any other Big 12 team), but otherwise it’s fair game.
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pretty sure the first three teams chosen are all put into different regions.
then it’s fair game after that.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 15, 2012 10:03 AM CST up reply actions
This is from Greg Shaheen himself
gashaheen Greg Shaheen
NCAA SELECTION PRIMER: The best 16 tms are first assigned to closest avail regional. First 3 from a conf separated by region.
So we will not be in a region with Baylor or Kansas. We could however get Texas, KSU, or ISU.
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Yes, but...
…my point was that most bracket rules tend to get cast aside when we start having to deal with eight teams (or more) from one conference getting crammed in. The “top three” rule is pretty easy to adhere to (since the bracket issues don’t really happen until the sixth, seventh or eighth team), but my point was just that things get silly, and rules get blurry.
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oh well yeah.
but the point is that mizzou is guaranteed to avoid having kansas or baylor in their region. but they could face isu or someone else as early as the second (or third—whatever we’re calling it) round.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 15, 2012 10:23 AM CST up reply actions
Then I guess I'm confused by your response to mine.
I’m curious as to what rule you were referring to in my post.
Annoying You Since 1986
All of the ones that start with "teams in the same conference..."
The point was simply that they are blurry, and if sticking teams in the bracket gets difficult, then technically Mizzou could end up with Kansas or Baylor. It almost certainly won’t happen, but my point was that nothing is black-and-white.
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I think the first 3 from a conference is a set rule.
I know there have been second round matchups within a conference, but I don’t think 2 of the top 3 seeded teams from a conference have ever been in the same region.
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word is Bob Ryan is retiring from the Globe
A link from his paper says he’s done what he’s wanted, and it’s time to step aside, but an article on ESPN Boston tells a story that his time has come and gone, mostly because he can’t get behind the tweeting and blogging.
I don’t know which is really true, but sad to see him go. I liked him.
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He is a great writer
I really like his insight on some of the espn doc’s.
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 9:42 AM CST up reply actions
When I was in high school
It was the tail end of this. In those pre-Web days, the Sunday Globe Sports Section was the closest one got to sports Nerdvana.
I remember my freshman and sophomore years going over to Walter Williams Hall to read the hard copy of the Sunday Globe three days after it came out.
Ole Chipper with some info....
ChipBrownOB Chip Brown
A source in the Big 12 tells Orangebloods.com the combined exit fees of Missouri and Texas A&M will total between $31 mil and $34 mil.
if thats the case, our fees will be about double of what Nebraska and Colorado paid of 8-9 million each.
Annoying You Since 1986
Since aTm gave more notice, and we waited til the last minute...
and TCU for aTm was free, vs. WVU for us cost $20 mil:
MU will owe $20 and aTm will owe $12.
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 10:12 AM CST up reply actions
I wouldn't be surprised if Mizzou paid more, but I doubt its 70% more.
Annoying You Since 1986
it's a pie to cake ratio derivative.
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
4 TCU football players just arrested by the DEA in an on campus bust for selling drugs on and off campus.
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 10:08 AM CST reply actions
Heres the story
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 10:09 AM CST up reply actions
They were having a big coke party to celebrate the arrival of their hoops team
after upsetting number 11 UNLV.
aTm’s exit fee just went up to pay for the legal fees.
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 10:14 AM CST up reply actions
odd that religious schools
have had some of the ugliest scandals- the Baylor BB program ugliness, this, and also the SMU death penalty stuff.
Not sure what’s up with that.
that is true
damn religions!
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 10:30 AM CST up reply actions
something tells me dave bliss might not be a baptist.
Genesis 1:1
by threadkiller on Feb 15, 2012 10:32 AM CST up reply actions
Well, as long as they weren't dancing.
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by Gaknar on Feb 15, 2012 10:48 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
The supposed reason for the no dancing rule is that it's a pagan ritual.
Yet every Christmas, the Baptist church I went to growing up had a decorated pine tree……..
by Babbalynski on Feb 15, 2012 10:57 AM CST up reply actions
All Texas religious schools too
Let’s not forget the FIVE DEAD HOOKERS either.
Proud Meth Aggie since 2011.
they say football is a religion down there...
maybe there is some confusion relating to that point.
by tigertiger on Feb 15, 2012 10:45 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
is there any sort of off season for soccer?
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
You spelled boring wrong.
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by MUTIGERS86 on Feb 15, 2012 11:12 AM CST up reply actions 8 recs
I could never have said it better
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 11:12 AM CST up reply actions
To each his own.
Most people who enjoy sport can find something to like in seeing a game at the highest level in an electric atmosphere. But there are some who can’t.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Feb 15, 2012 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
I have gotten into sporting kc lately
I just cant get into other games that arent my towns team.
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 11:16 AM CST up reply actions
I don't have anything against soccer.
I’m personally a huge hockey fan. And soccer is basically hockey without the skates, sticks, checking, and fighting. Or everything that makes hockey fun to watch.
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I too am a hockey fan and I dont see enough of it sadly.
Av’s are my team.
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
I also love hockey probably because the movement of the players off the ball/puck are similar.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
I hate what Gary Bettman has done to hockey.
Realignment / teams in divisions that don’t make sense – for example, how can Minnesota not be in the same division as Detroit and Chicago?
Continuing crackdown on fighting.
Petty moves like blocking the Coyotes from returning to Winnipeg (not that it stopped Winnipeg from getting another team, but that’s not the point) and not exploring potential new markets like Seattle while sticking to failing Sun Belt markets.
Etc….
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
Rocky Balboa once told me, "Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are."
I agree with alot of that
Also, KC could be a great hockey town, but for some reason the NHL really hasnt looked into aside from 1 pre-season game each year. which has sold out the last few years.
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 3:02 PM CST up reply actions
"[W]hile sticking to failing Sun Belt markets."
Like Atlanta?
And the NHL governors came up with realignment that put Minnesota in the same division as Detroit and Chicago but the NHLPA failed to ratify it as A) a response to increased travel and B) a power play for labor negotiations.
Bettman has earned every bit of criticism he has received, but those two seem a bit odd.
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Cake is obligation
Pie is love.
More votes to come tonight (hopefully Dixon, Ratliffe, Pressii and Coach Haith)
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by SleepyFloyd7 on Feb 15, 2012 11:11 AM CST reply actions 3 recs
I believe there needs to be a panel discussion on your over this topic, I'd be happy to call in and present my case
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
sh*t, panel discussion on your show*
i may still be drunk, i know i was this morning when I woke up
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 11:13 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Yes, such as
1. What was in front of you when you blew out your birthday candles?
2. What was/will be served at your wedding?
3. Upon what is icing placed in the old saying referencing an ideal outcome?
4. What dessert is taken when a scenario beats all others?
Case Closed.
by Z Dubs on Feb 15, 2012 11:17 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
TESTIFY!!!
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
Rocky Balboa once told me, "Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are."
just as Sleepy pointed out: Cake is for obligation.
Hey you’re getting old and gross, here’s a cake to memorialize it!
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 11:23 AM CST up reply actions
speak for yourself, I keep getting better looking by the day
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
not all of us are full time roller skaters
And when she steps away, you get a lot less good looking. :-)
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 11:29 AM CST up reply actions
Cake's for obligations,
Pie’s for faces.
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
Rocky Balboa once told me, "Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are."
OK
1. Pie
2. Pie
3. Icing? What are you, Seven?
4. I’m glad the cake was taken by the scenario, and the pie left for me.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Feb 15, 2012 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
I will always be loyal to Team Cake
but if Haith is a pie man, then I may let the topic rest.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 15, 2012 11:15 AM CST up reply actions
Can someone please explain the cake/pie thing?
I read about everything on this website but anytime there is a cake/pie comment string, I just skip ahead. It is starting to overtake all comments, so I must ask where did this start and what is it?
PS-Where would I stand if I prefer warm brownies or cookies with Andy’s Frozen Custard on top?
I am beginning to hate it
I don’t read the pie/cake comments anymore either.
Just the same old things being reposted over and over. Nothing witty at all.
Proud Meth Aggie since 2011.
Im sorry, I have never posted anything witty.
Mainly just dong and fart jokes, I am an overgrown child.
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 11:17 AM CST up reply actions
No, you're one of the funnier posters
except when this subject comes up. Again. And again. And again.
Proud Meth Aggie since 2011.
So, so, so tired
just completely played out. A dozen people care for some unknown reason, and the rest of us are just sick of it.
by AlaTiger on Feb 15, 2012 1:16 PM CST up reply actions 8 recs
Can we turn this green?
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
i comment on the pie/cake thing sometimes,
but i’d be ok with this. otoh, i skip through parts where people are talking about I.T. or some tv show i don’t watch, and it isn’t bothersome to me. it’s like an offensive radio or tv program; you don’t like it, don’t read it. no big deal.
Genesis 1:1
by threadkiller on Feb 15, 2012 1:57 PM CST up reply actions
I wouldn't mind it
if it didn’t happen nearly every day and go on for 50+ comments.
Proud Meth Aggie since 2011.
Yep.
Who would have guessed an internet joke would be beaten into the ground?
Er, LINternet joke, pardon me.
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by RPT on Feb 15, 2012 2:49 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I trademarked "The Seven Deadly Lins" in case he wins the next game for them.
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 3:10 PM CST up reply actions
Things to do today:
1. Allienate 75% of a message bored by stating love of cake
2. Allienate another 20% who disdain the conversation altogether
3. Befriend the resident drunk rollerskating chef
All before Noon. Ready…Break!
by Z Dubs on Feb 15, 2012 11:29 AM CST up reply actions 6 recs
Drunk Rollerskating Chef
That is going on my business cards!
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 11:30 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
AND you just called Bill's site a message "bored."
That’s the trifecta baby.
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 11:31 AM CST up reply actions
Ha...it seems like a pretty solid ice-breaker, however...
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by Bill C. on Feb 15, 2012 11:49 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
team LHN is good for stability here
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 12:00 PM CST up reply actions
the definer of wit has spoken
but I think this sets a dangerous precedent. If we are going to only post comments that are witty, I think most people on this board need to pack it on up (myself included of course).
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I don't like this rule.
Not sure I want to spend all day talking to myself.
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witless?
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 2:19 PM CST up reply actions
Well the pie/cake thing has taken a lot of heat off me
As the most annoying thing about RMN, so I say keep it going.
Annoying You Since 1986
SOURCES!!!!
GETTING BLOWN OUT!!!!!
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 15, 2012 11:41 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
It could be worse.
Much worse.
"It was one of those good, deep sleeps; you know, the ones where you wake up and a stream of drool is steadily racing down your shirt? Yes, that kind of sleep." -Landry Fields
by Thelonious Dunk on Feb 15, 2012 11:43 AM CST up reply actions
You've made a huge comeback this week
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by Gaknar on Feb 15, 2012 11:55 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I'm not really sure how to take this.
Annoying You Since 1986
Badly
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 12:26 PM CST up reply actions
Well in that case...
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by MUTIGERS86 on Feb 15, 2012 12:28 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Has everyone seen this? HIllarious...
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by MUTIGERS86 on Feb 15, 2012 12:26 PM CST reply actions 9 recs
I can't stop staring
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by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 12:37 PM CST up reply actions
I laughed for a good minute or two at this.
That expression is classic.
by Babbalynski on Feb 15, 2012 12:41 PM CST up reply actions
It's looking like TCU is going out of their way to give Kansas a conference win
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
One of the TCU linebackers said in an affidavit that only 20 members of the football team would be able to pass a drug test.
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 15, 2012 12:57 PM CST up reply actions
They really are better than us in every way
All our guys do is drink and drive.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
Maybe when the football team is NCAA'd to the stoneages
they’ll take Baylor’s spot at the bottom of the conference.
It just stuns me how the Big XII can't get out of its own way
Literally every time they come out with good news (West Virginia is on their way! Here’s our schedule!), COTG drops a 10 ton anvil on their heads.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
Arrested TCU player's warrent claims 82 football players failed drug test
Wouldn’t that be the entire team?
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
With walkons there are usually about 100-110 people on the team.
But if it was 82 scholarship players, then uhhh ya everyone except for 3
Annoying You Since 1986
I absolutly LOVE this move. WOW
He has a great motor and he can play for my team any day.
Annoying You Since 1986
How about..
Mel Kiper
Stephen A Smith
Skip Bayless
Jesse Palmer
Craig James
Mark May
Lou Holtz
Stuart Scott
Doug Gottlieb
Dick Vitale
Dan La Batard’s Dad
Colin Cowherd
Mike And/or Mike
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Now I'm just waiting for the other two to be taken off...
But I’m still pissed I have to listen to THIS GUY, Jon Gruden.
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
As much as I can't stand Gruden, Mike Tirico is just pointless.
He adds nothing to the broadcast whatsoever. I disagree with MUPete on Jaworski, he actually knows what players are supposed to be doing and can explain why.
I cant stand any of them!
Jaworski knows what he is talking about, but he just praises and slobbers all over players ALL THE TIME. Then Gruden thinks THIS GUY is better, then Jaworski slaps THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE somewhere into his rebuttal, and then Tirico wakes up from his nap and says the down and distance.
I fail to understand how ESPN’s D level announcers are more listenable than the MNF guys. Madden, for all of his dumb sayings, was the best I’ve heard, because he knew the game and could pretty simply explain what happened without giving a shit about ratings or his next contract.
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Hopefully NBC or CBS can outbid for the next MNF contract.
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
Rocky Balboa once told me, "Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are."
There was an interview recently
with Jaws where he basically says they spend part of the week drumming up these storylines of how great the teams and players are even when the teams and players are horrible. He said they do it to get interest even though him and the other announcers know how terrible the teams and players are. Basically, ESPN makes him say a lot of the stuff he does to create debate and interest. Don’t have a link and I don’t really feel like trying to find it.
That's fine
It just confirmed to everyone that he just throws shit against the wall and hopes it sticks
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Horray!!!
McMurphyCBS Brett McMurphy
Georgia announces senior CB Sanders Commings suspended first 2 games vs. Buffalo & Mizzou as result of his Jan. 21 arrest
He is a stating CB, was 4th on team in tackles last year.
Annoying You Since 1986
Doesn't matter
SEC defensive lines are so dominant that James Franklin will get sacked on every play.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
I like you Gaknar, but that statement is ludicrously stupid
the SEC d-lines will get the ball from Travis Ruth before Franklin can even touch the ball.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
by mizzou2396 on Feb 15, 2012 3:12 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
so what you're saying is it will be like playing aTm every week?
Never forget Wolf Island, or pie! #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Feb 15, 2012 3:15 PM CST up reply actions
I am always cautious about my optimism when a good player won't be playing against us
after what happened when we didn’t have to face RGIII in Columbia a couple years ago.
"Myself and my teammates are a bunch of winners," ~ Marcus Denmon
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