UConn James

WOW. 😲 Say what you want about Jerruh but that is a beautiful facility and that was an amazing video (drone?).

Hoping & thinking that we do keep 7 WRs and cut Taiwan Jones. Very little risk that anyone is going to pick up a 33-year-old special teamer. If/when we may need him he’ll be there and/or can be put on the PS.

I mean… the Bears half-hearted any tackle attempts - number 48 especially as well as the punter.

There’s no Tom Brady exception to this? I mean… nothing life-long but just enough to finally put an end his football career and relieve America from having to see his mug everywhere.

This article highlights a number of reasons why I’m in favor of a retractable roof. Weather-related degrading of the concrete — even for the concrete from the 2013 renovations — is extensive. Constructing new with concrete and still leaving it exposed to the brutal elements and freeze/thaw isn’t going to make concrete magically last longer. Same goes for plastic seating that turns brittle, paint, electronics, etc. Being able to close a roof when the weather turns would save a lot of future repairs, to say nothing of making it more usable year-round and as the NFL year gets extended to 18 games and another bye week.

My thing is that this stadium has to be built for the next 50+ years, and from everything we’re seeing and what’s predicted by those who are experts, climate patterns are changing and weather is getting more at the extremes. I’m in favor of a retractable roof so the place can be used year-round. As the NFL season gets games added, they’re gonna be playing into mid-January in regular season and into February for playoffs. If, as reported, they’re going to have a partial covering over seating (something akin to the old Dallas stadium) then why not do a retractable for the 10% of roof that’s left?

Dunno. May be that his pride was hurt most of all, or perhaps goldbricking an injury to explain the fumble. Seemed to be pointing at his side / wind knocked out.

Errr…. No. It was clearly helmet to helmet. That’s a good way for two guys to get a concussion. And right on cue, the Lions player is holding his head and going into the blue tent for evaluation.

I also didn’t get to read the full article (paywall) but wondering what the prime-time viewership decline, if any, was. That’s where the bread and butter is made. interesting article from elsewhere that the next Games being held in Paris are going to be done on a relative shoestring venue construction budget of less than $4B. Whereas Eastern host countries have spent huge amounts $20B+ in new building, Paris is going to be using a number of existing sites and some temporary units for sport venues. Village housing will be done in some of the ‘banlieu’ areas off of the city center that have historically been run-down and poorer areas and then used for apartments after the games are done. I mean… why not try to make this stuff more economical? China and Japan have gone on spending sprees with their hosting… which might explain why they’ve had so many of these big sporting events in the past 20 years. Nagano, Beijing, Japan-Korea World Cup. Tokyo now. Winter Olympics for Beijing. And no wonder… the people who vote to select these sites get their palms greased, big time💰.

I dunno how much the time difference (16 hours?) that led to reported results may have impacted viewership. I’m much less inclined to watch something if it’s not live and I know the score. And it also led to a bunch of stuff shown live after midnight here e.g. a lot of the volleyball and diving, iirc.

There are quite a few countries where they pay that and more for football ⚽️ players. Cowherd’s message here is a refreshing break from the onslaught of Equality™️ that endlessly spews from the media and politicians.

Is there enough mascara for her in Buffalo?

Some of the more obscure Olympic event names:

Is there a shade called Gold Digger?

Stayed up to an early hour ~2 a.m. to watch the women’s volleyball final with our gals winning gold 🥇 in straight sets. Annie Drews with a number of great blocks and kills. First Olympics gold for us in this sport and it put us one ahead of China in the total golds count, 39-38.

Edmunds ain’t an All-Pro, for one. A number of opponents have been rushing on this D with relative ease / for big gains in the past few years. And maybe that’s due partly to scheme…. But I’m just going to write the obvious here: there’s a LOT riding on this season for him wrt his role & future on the team and his contract.

Now why you gotta go and do this to a guy, huh?!!

Bronze medalist in the women’s heptathalon, Emma Oosterwegel, Netherlands 🇳🇱. 😍

Which includes me, too! 🎂 #ThisIs41 Happy co- natal anniversary, Marv! And Martin Sheen. And, yes, **** you, Tom Brady.

Sydney McLaughlin 😍. That is all.

This whole thing has been so ham-fisted, from the announcement with its shot across the bow that left a slightly bad taste in what should have just been a celebratory announcement, to it now being leaked to the press. This should happen behind closed doors. All sides in this just look so extremely crass and petty and money-crazy. Zero tact.

I had wanted to highlight the ROC women’s volleyball player Nataliya Goncharova, who at 34 was the player of the match in beating our 🇺🇸 ladies 3 sets to 0. Wow. I couldn’t take my eyes off of her. 😍. Where is LABillsFan with his Russian mail-order brides site?

This was insane. I don’t know how that was physically possible… being in 5th and a body length back with 50m left and boom. Just… how?!?!!! That was an awe-some thing to watch. Also, Ledecky in the anchor leg of the 4x200 freestyle. Franklin did not get them off to a good start, but the others recovered a bit of ground. Then Katie L. Thought she was gonna make it past the Chinese there, but she just barely ran out of pool. 🥈

As the reporter Roland Hedley on the “Doonesbury” strip says, “Twitter is the first rough draft of gossip.”