Brandon

For my part, I think you're absolutely right about that. Her primary motivation has always been her sense of entitlement that she deserves the Iron Throne as the daughter of Aerys Targaryen.

One idea that's out there is that Lyanna not only wanted Ned to protect Jon, but also to press Jon's claim to the Iron Throne as Rhaegar's heir. As such, Ned actually broke part of his promise to her.

I hate making comparisons, but yes, he does remind me quite a bit of Fred Jackson.

Its been a year and a half since he's been on the field, but I've seen a significant majority of his college plays. Taking their entire careers into account, he was a better player at Arkansas than Alex Collins was, which isn't a knock against Collins. The writeups are generally accurate to my impression of him: he's a high effort, physical and consistent between the tackles runner with just enough speed and quickness to make someone miss or to do serious damage outside. The one thing that always stood out to me that was that he's one of those guys who always seems to find that extra yard or two (or three or four) when he should be tackled. Plus, he catches the ball well enough to get by with. The only thing I can really knock him for is that he fumbles a little too often while fighting for extra yardage. In any case, if he comes back 100% from that injury, I think the Bills and the fans will be happy they picked him.

You're right. After double-checking that scene, it actually was Carl rather than Glenn.

I may be wrong, but if memory serves, they made a point of having Glenn pick the gun up and notice the carving on the grip a couple of episodes ago. At any rate, I think, at the very least, we can be nearly certain that the one killed was from the same point of view as from the first person perspective in the cage earlier in the episode, narrowing it down to just four.

Its one of the people in the cage. They had all the first person glimpses from inside the cage earlier in the episode, followed by a first person death scene. That narrows it down to Glen, Daryl, Rosita or Michonne. I think its Glen. Its not the only hint, but an episode or two back, Glen picked up a handgun that had a baseball bat carved into the grips. That was pretty obviously foreshadowing his fate.

On the other hand, Newton makes himself a very easy target for that kind of thing with his ego, his showboating and his mouth. He didn't show maturity, only that he can't sit there and take the same kind of crap that he dishes out to everyone else.

That was my count as well, or stated another way, I can only see three Super Bowl winning QBs in that time that I can say with certainty that will never make the HOF. The others either have made it, will make it, or will recieve very serious consideration.

How many of those 25 games were won by a current or future Hall of Famer? A whole bunch of them.

I've seen that poll data before (the question was on universal background checks), and I think there's something seriously screwed up in those numbers. It might have a majority, but the margin is nowhere near that large. For evidence, I'd present the election results in the state of Washington last year, where it passed, yes, but by a little under 60%. Considering that Washington is a left-leaning state and not known as a particular hotbed of NRA/gun rights support, it seems very likely to me that it would be a loser in a good number of states, especially in the south, including in my own.

Whatever they are, if you disagree with them, you are an idiot and you lack common sense. I hate that stupid phrase and it amazes me that they think it helps them. Sure, it may sound good when they're preaching to the choir, but for the people they're trying to convince, its pretty damn arrogant and condescending.

You may need to find a better example. The problem is, Chris Christie is HIGHLY unpopular with 2A advocates for his past support of the New Jersey Assault Weapons Ban. The guy is just pandering to 2A voters, big time, and they know it. Its a big part of the reason he can't and won't break out of the low single digits nationally. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/10/chris-christie-s-faking-it-on-gun-rights.html

EJ needs to catch those passes, damn it. And he needs to pass protect better, too.

There have been some changes, but its not Season 5 of Game of Thrones in that department. For the most part, aside from some filler, its been a relatively close adaptation of the books. To this point, elevating Dutch to a major recurring character was probably the biggest change, but going forward, and if they want more than another season or two out of it, I think they're probably going to have to introduce new non-book storylines and characters, as they're nearing the end of book 2 material. On that note, I'm not sure how they're going to turn what's left of book 2 into an entire season, given that book 2's ending (you think the situation is bad now?) isn't something I would think they'd want falling into the middle of a season, but rather the end of it.

I've probably already said more than I should, but...

Having read the books, I won't say whether she makes it to the end or not, just in case someone decides to read them, but I will say this: she definitely did not die in that scene. Though the basic setup was similar, it unfolded quite a bit differently. Ephraim, for instance, wasn't even there.

Yep. You know its going to happen. I've heard of people getting DUIs on lawnmowers. Can't imagine that Barbie jeep is going to be viewed much differently.

Why not? The league has no authority to enforce its rules. I say that the next time the offense is facing a 3rd and 30, the QB needs to break out a nerf football. He doesn't know he can be punished for it, right? 5 seconds to go in the game and down by 2 at your own 40? Fill that football with some helium for the kicker! He doesn't know he can be punished, so its alright!

If I were those guys, I'd be filing a lawsuit immediately.

Looked like it may have been slightly tipped at the line to me.

He kind of reminds me of a more annoying version of Carl from the Walking Dead...and Carl is pretty damned annoying to begin with. In their defense, that's consistent with the book version of Zack.

No spoilers, but there's a definite reason for that. With the character that's being introduced next week, you'll probably have a much better idea why soon.

If you think show-Dany is stupid and annoying, you should try reading her book arc. By the time I finished book 5, I was hoping one of the dragons would eat her. Otherwise, I thought it was a good episode that brings us more or less to the same point as the end of the last book, although they definitely rushed the final scene. All that time wasted on Olly this season could've been put to better use, but whatever. In any event, I'm not in the slightest bit convinced that Jon is permanently dead in either the books or the show, regardless of how many times they send Kit Harrington out for interviews saying otherwise. I don't think Stannis is dead, either, but on that, I'm less certain. It seemed to me that Brienne was unsure at the end, having built Stannis up as one thing in her own mind and instead being confronted with a pathetic, broken man in the end. I think she spared him, and at this point, for Stannis, that may well be worse than death. If he didn't realize at the start of the episode that Melisandre had led him down a dark path on a fool's errand, he clearly did by the last time we saw him.

Yep. I can't see any way that doesn't have huge repercussions in any future dealings between Dorne and Dany.