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[LAMUfan]

I know you are from the OC but I have to say In N Out is a mere pretender against the likes of Five Guys and Whataburger. (Full Disclosure: I am from DC but Five Guys really only caught on after my time in the NCR.) Whataburger has stood the test of time, serving three generations of beer swilling night crawlers in the American Southwest with coronary-inducing goodness and has been endorsed by no less an authority than Mr. Hank Hill.

I don't want to start a thing about burgers, but that's just not right.  Now CBB ordering a double double is a mistake, 3 x 3 has the minimum meat to bun ratio to be acceptable at in n out... minimum

[ChicosBailBonds]

I know you are from the OC but I have to say In N Out is a mere pretender against the likes of Five Guys and Whataburger. (Full Disclosure: I am from DC but Five Guys really only caught on after my time in the NCR.) Whataburger has stood the test of time, serving three generations of beer swilling night crawlers in the American Southwest with coronary-inducing goodness and has been endorsed by no less an authority than Mr. Hank Hill.

Not a big Whataburger fan.  These used to be in California when I was a kid, but all have left the state.

Five Guys I go to now and again....I don't consider that fast food, its more like Fast Casual or whatever the last description is.

Last night was In N Out....within walking distance, took the dog who they treat well and give her a few scraps.  Wife and the kids were at Disneyland all day so allowed me to consume some unhealthy food while they aren't around.  Besides, I love that In N Out puts the bible verses on their bags and cups at the bottom (they are a privately held company)...knowing that pisses a few folks off makes me smile.   

If I want a good, non fast food burger, I'll go to the Habit and build my own.

[The Lens]

No idea why people love Five Guys so much.  It's solid but that's it, at best.  In MKE I do Kopp's over Five Guys 10 out of 10.  The What-a-burgers I have been to (in HOU only) have been tremendously ghetto.  It's fun for late night but that's it.

In-N-Out is a near religious experience for me (pardon the pun; their bible verses on wrappers).  Just love that place.  Anytime I go anywhere West I google it.   

[LAMUfan]

Hamburger habit is good, The Counter in Santa Monica (more now I guess), Father's Office is good too, although you can't make any substitutions (anti burger king).  If you ever go to father's office for a burger, get a Oaxacan fizz, it has liquid nicotine in it and is super interesting.  Full disclosure, liquid nicotine can apparently be very toxic... but I had two and survived so give it a shot

[dgies9156]

I do think we have to recognize the reality that ESPN has a monopoly on sports broadcasting. When I wake up in the morning I turn on Mike and Mike. When I'm bored at work I read ESPN. When I can't watch the games, I keep track with my ESPN Score Center App. And while I know my behavior is not generalizeable to all sports fans, it is very close to generalizeable for most basketball recruits. Kids want to play on ESPN. Yes, we will get some coverage by ESPN, but we should expect less stories and less highlights on sportscenter. It's simple economics.

So did CNN with news and look what Fox has done to them.

[96warrior]

oh my dayum, no one beats Five Guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcJFdCmN98s

[mu-rara]

I worry about this also.

So many sports fans simply are conditioned to watch various shows and games on ESPN. I'm one of those sports fans and so are my buddies. During college basketball season, ESPN will have games on multiple channels. They have the college basketball show on most nights to recap all of the games.

This makes me fear that our Big East games will mainly just be watched by fans of the teams playing for at least a year or two unless Fox can create creative enough programming to draw everyday sports fans away from ESPN.

I will change my default power-on channel to FS1.