Quote from: wadesworld on November 27, 2025, 09:23:51 AMIt's not at the cost of a worse non-con slate. It's not lazy, it's college athletics.

UCONN plays 2 neutral court non-con games in NYC and one in Boston. I'm sure you'll spin this into "UCONN has fans all over NYC!" Or "NYC is a destination city!" It's no different than MU. So apparently UCONN's basketball program is clueless and lazy.

Gonzaga is playing Kentucky in Nashville, UCLA in Seattle, and Oregon in Portland. Guess those are more of destination cities than Chicago. Or Gonzaga is lazy, only cares about the dollar, and doesn't care about their fanbase.

Alabama is playing Illinois in Chicago and Arizona in Birmingham.

Illinois plays Alabama in Chicago, UCONN in NYC, Tennessee in Nashville, and Mizzou in St. Louis.

Arizona plays Florida in Las Vegas and Alabama in Birmingham.

Wisconsin plays BYU in Salt Lake City and Villanova in Milwaukee.

BYU plays Villanova in Las Vegas, Wisconsin in Salt Lake City, Cal Baptist in Salt Lake City, Clemson in NYC, and UCONN in Boston.

Literally none of the teams I looked at have less than 2 neutral site, one off games. The whole college basketball world is lazy and running their fans away from their support!

Pretty sure you must not have read all that stuff you wrote before hitting the "post" button. Because not one on your list plays two neutral site games in the same city, which is one of the most salient parts of what you quoted.

Quote from: MU82 on November 27, 2025, 12:18:32 PMWatched the first two new Stranger Things episodes. Pretty much as expected: Easy-to-watch escapist theater.

Watched the first two episodes of Netflix's Death By Lightning. Interesting story, and surprised how much we laughed. Great cast: Michael Shannon, Matthew Macfadyen, Nick Offerman, Bradley Whitford, Betty Gilpin, Paula Malcomson, Shea Whigham. Every minute Macfadyen is on the screen is fantastic.

I will eventually watch it, but I couldn't have been less moved by the return of Stranger Things. Churning out 3 seasons in 3 years...and then taking 6 years to release the final 2 just takes all momentum away.  That is also not even speaking to the absurdity of the aging out of the main cast into the mid 20s while their characters are still young.  Actors in their 20s have been playing teens for decades but it's different when they were introduced to the world as young kids within the show and are not just playing teens in their 20s, but teens that can't even drive yet.

Totally agree about Death by Lightning. Entertaining and well done look at a fairly under the radar period in US history. Offerman was great at Chester Arthur and a pretty fantastic representation of what an curiosity his brief political rise was

RIP Fuzzy Zoeller, 2-time major winner, 19 career wins on tour.  Fried Chicken hater

Watched the first two new Stranger Things episodes. Pretty much as expected: Easy-to-watch escapist theater.

Watched the first two episodes of Netflix's Death By Lightning. Interesting story, and surprised how much we laughed. Great cast: Michael Shannon, Matthew Macfadyen, Nick Offerman, Bradley Whitford, Betty Gilpin, Paula Malcomson, Shea Whigham. Every minute Macfadyen is on the screen is fantastic.

Quote from: Skatastrophy on November 27, 2025, 09:52:31 AMHis first name is Rayford.

We should be calling him Traeford.

Unfortunately our problems go way further than him.

Classic case of everyone caring way more about a podcaster (Trae distracted much?) than they ever do about 2 Guards. Keaton Wallace is not going to get things done. 

Quote from: panda on November 26, 2025, 02:22:54 PMRule 1,2 and 3 of medicine - never stop learning.

I'll repeat since you didn't answer my question and it will help clarify your initial query "He re- tore it playing 2k and had another surgery?" - what is your typical 0-2 week protocol for a BTB ACL reconstruction on a high level athlete? does it include jumping?

To answer the question you presented from my question - some surgeons, not me, are more comfortable harvesting the gracilis and offers less post op anterior knee pain. Some consider the graft to be stiffer as well which in a vacuum I agree with however modern fixation methods allow the same or even greater stiffness with bone plugs and the patellar tendon. Different ways to skin a cat.

Obviously, no jumping for the first two weeks. What are your criteria for progression to plyometrics? Wouldn't you agree that if he injured it in an excited 2k moment, it likely would have also happened walking to class, getting out of the shower, showing EGBs on the bench?

Kumiko blew me away this past Sunday. Went and had the tasting menu for my wife's birthday and it was an unreal experience. It ended up being 7 courses, with the culmination of the savory dishes being a sort of bento-esque sampler.

Hard to nail down a favorite bite (althoughmaybe a custard with blue prawn that was made from a broth of the shells of the prawn, if i have to pick a favorite). With the sake pairing it was a pricey meal, but one of the few that I have found to actually meet the hype. Strongly recommend for a memorable night out.

Quote from: JWags85 on November 27, 2025, 11:08:33 AMI mean, they are in a mid major conference and the unquestioned number 2 program in the state, not to mention they have no real football history to speak of.  2 coaches there in the last 70 years have had winning records, and one (McElwain) was only there 3 years. Even with CU sucking for awhile, CSU is still little brother...in a state that doesn't produce a ton of D1 talent 

How dare you call The Conference of Champions^TM a mid-major.

Quote from: drbob on November 27, 2025, 11:10:35 AMI think Shaka is a fine coach but honestly the one facet of his tenure that has been disappointing is his recruiting.  I expected much better results on the national level.

He is no Wojo

Quote from: MU82 on November 27, 2025, 11:03:45 AMAt various points during the game, the announcers were criticizing St. John's fundamentals and game plan. Which, if I didn't know that Pitino was on the sideline, would have sounded like an indictment of the coach.

Oh  my  Gawd! That's horrible. And inexcusable and unacceptable.