Another near miss

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Folarin Balogun is the name to know for the U.S. men's national team during this 2026 World Cup. The 24-year-old was responsible for the USMNT's first goal vs. Australia on Friday, June 19.

Balogun broke free on the left side of the field and fired the ball into the center of the box just in front of goal. The ball ricocheted off the feet of an Australian defender and into the net for an own goal. The US leads 1-0 in the 11th minute.

Dest is a maniac

Our speed is too much for them. They have a good chance of 5 or more yellows if they actually call it right

Australian bar fight…ref needs to get the cards out

Richards playing another good game

Oooh Weston, so close

2 strikers is killing these statue CBs they have. Killing them.

Likely an own goal, but who cares

Ausie Ausie Ausie! Behind Behind Behind!

Speed kills baby!!!

Bad turnovers early, but also good pressure up front

Dislike the ref style early in here. Should've been a yellow there

4-4-2 for us is different. Lets hope Pepi and Flo figure it out together this time

Plan on the Aussies parking the bus for 90 minutes imo. Probably smart for them as well work the upset in hand already. As long as it doesn't get super physical we'll be ok I think

125kg - Hendrickson over Parris 9-5. Good match.
70kg - Retherford over Lovett 2-1. Zain is still so solid.
79kg - Levi over Marstellar 6-1. And it wasn't that close to be fair.
74kg - James 'OG' Green over Carr 6-3. He was slick...
97kg - Snyder over Buchanan 5-2. Wrestled really well.
61kg - Blaze over Forrest 2-2. Blaze did a really nice job and you always knew he was coming.
57kg - Lee over Luke 7-1. It's what was expected last time, but here we are. Lee looked good.
86kg - Zahid over Dake 3-2. Dake looked better than last time. I still have Dake.

In theory, the purpose of much higher education was to teach people how to think, not to be some sort of vocational program. Yet somehow it became that, and the tuition and admissions process matched accordingly. Now that business model is collapsing for various reasons. Perhaps it's time for it to pivot again, but something needs to be done about the cost for that to happen.

Bucklion said:

A college degree without a plan (e.g. graduate school, professional school, getting a degree in something like nursing or engineering that you can get a good tangible job with, etc.) is a waste of time and money in 2026. It can still be useful in many circumstances, but the days of it mattering in and of itself are clearly over. And the cost of "finding yourself" given that real professors hardly ever actually teach anymore is really, really hard to justify.

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So.. I think this depends on a few things. Kind of like the saying, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." The value of the college education is different for a lot of people. And I'm not talking about lawyers and doctors and countless other professions. Some professions really need a bunch of education after high school. And, like I said, I'm an engineer. I wouldn't hire some guy to build me a tower who didn't go to college for this. But for what I do.... so my old boss and mentor for 20+ years didn't graduate from college. He didn't need to. He got a job and worked his way up. Then, somewhere along the way, the managers decided that new hires needed college education. So they got me. And the most difficult thing I did for 5 years or more was V=IR. And it hasn't gotten much more complicated than that since. What value is there in having an engineering degree, when the guy with the engineering degree is asking the guy without one for help and advice?
Then, when they decided to clean house, they kept those of us with degrees and got rid of a lot of people without them. So there's the value of it - the people signing the pay checks think someone with a degree is better than someone without one.
On top of that, I've got the top certifications in my field. Great. But that just means that I can pass a test. It doesn't mean I shouldn't listen to nerds with lower (or no) certifications.
And on top of that, I have PE licenses in a shitload of states. I'm the smartestest person ever, right? Pfft. But they keep giving me money based on that kind of thing, so it's good to me.
But to actually do what I do, take your high school physics class, learn how to use Microsoft Word and Excel. Maybe some Powerpoint. Learn to write the date on the top of every single one of your data sheets. And that's about it.

Final X True Third
Shumate loses 10-0 to Plott. Keckeisen beats Sinclair 5-5. Wick over Kennedy. Desanto, Bartlett and Robideau win by forfeit. Davino, McKenna and another I can't think of forfeited.

FINAL X

+4 after two rounds. Cut line is currently projected at +3, but hopefully the wind will kick up and he can make it on the number.

Bestbuck36 said:

He really deserves that 1000 yard, 10 touchdown kind of SR season. He's been a true Buckeye and is actually always freaking open!

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Would love to see him have a final season like a former FL/OSU WR, Johnnie Dixon

I remember beating this high school down on multiple occasions during my career. If you told me they'd have a legit p5 prospect i wouldn't have believed you.

Jaxbuck said:

Unless a kid is in that bubble of child of elite class-->going to elite U -->where they recruit for the elite six figure jobs right out of school then a "normal" kid is better off getting the degree (especially undergrad) as cheaply as possible. The name on the certificate means nothing.

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This is exactly how I see it with the additional exception that if a kid has a very specific talent or passionate interest in something, "elite U" might mean just an elite or unusual specialty program at an otherwise non-elite U, even if the initial money prospects aren't great. I do think that college is generally beneficial beyond just typically improving one's job prospects, but a lot of kids who aren't ready for it still think it's their only option when they could be better served to learn a skill or trade, or maybe do a few years in the military, first (or maybe long-term) if it turns out they like it. The son of my former office manager is making bank as a welder working in oil fields in the Dakotas, and has hardly any expenses as they cover his housing. It's probably hard to do that for a really long time (the office manager tells his son to learn everything and be the guy who owns the company not just the welder long-term), but if you do it for five years and bank away money in retirement accounts and/or for a house down payment well before you're 25, you're well ahead of most. College will still take your money later and you'll have a big maturity edge over others if you go back later (and you might get an employer to pay for it too ...).