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2026 Winter Olympics (Milan - Cortina, Feb 6-20)

calibuck
We've been Olympic junkies for years now. But you're correct, seem to lose interest unless there's an American competing. Ice skating certainly. Even though ill-advised, applaud Vonn for giving it the old college try. One trains for years to get to that level, and when the time gets here, a competitor will do any and everything to get to the medal ceremony. Wife was quite a good GS skier. So we watch that, whomever goes downhill. Personally, I prefer biathalon, as was actually a useful event (Finns, Swedes, and Swiss had their armies ski and then shoot for real). But my favorite event is the zamboni. We don't get enough camera time, when that machine sweeps the ice to make it easier for the skaters to compete. Watching those downhillers speed down that mountain, reminds me of the 85 year old guy driving on a busy street. Just keep driving until you hit something. Going 80 mph down a mountain without a bunch of steel wrapped around you? Please. PS, hope Vonn was OK. Had seen rescue sleds certainly, but a helicopter was insane.
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Cleveland Browns (Factory of Sadness)

billmac91
I just don’t think there’s a good enough OT at the Browns pick. If they want an OT in the 1st Rd they should really try and slide back (which would be smart anyways to accumulate more assets).

I hate the way this front office operates though….the thought process should be to punt on the next 2-3 years and build for 2028-ish.

They’re always trying to “win now” though and it’s just not realistic with the “cap hell” they’re in.
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Cleveland Browns (Factory of Sadness)

exhawg
BuckBackHome said:
Browns are officially on the clock. Make your picks now. It should be an OT, but the brain trust will probably grab a DE.
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I think the first pick should be WR, but I wouldn't hate Downs if they wanted to make a good defense even better. They do need to fix the OL, but if Flacco proved anything in Cincy elite WR's are more important than a good OL.
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2025-2026 Ohio State Men's Basketball

calibuck
Next year tOSU will be without Thornton, Tilly and Noel. Still a nice nucleus, but the xfer from Indiana hasn't impressed me. You don't get to be Mr. Ohio without scoring a ton of points, and to date, he hasn't done that. Sure, he can dribble around, but not the same as Thornton's 20+ points per game. Current big backup simply doesn't appear to have the chops that are needed. And who knows who's going to stick around? Mobley is better at the two than the one. He's more of a set-up shooter than a stop-and-pop player, like Thornton and Devin. So, go out and buy a one-hit wonder at center? So far, Diebs is batting one for two.
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NFL Discussion (Official Thread)

Tanner
Not an exact comparison obviously, but that game did give me a little bit of a flashback to the Miami game. NE had to know coming into the game it was going to be a challenge to block Seattle, like we did against Miami, and it seemed like they had no creative plan to beat it, no adjustments. It was just, well if the protection breaks down on this play, the play isn't going to work, oh well. Not a lot of moving the pocket, not a lot of creative quick, short stuff to offset the rush, etc
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RB Legend Bey (Official Thread)

Bestbuck36
pnuts34 said:
I think you’re missing the point of “poor man’s”. He’s saying he just reminds him of Hill. A young, less refined version of Hill. Just like Sayin is comped as a “poor man’s” Drew Brees. He plays similar in style but isn’t at the same level as Brees, but might be one day.
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Oh I understand the vernacular, I just don't like it.
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2026 Winter Olympics (Milan - Cortina, Feb 6-20)

ORD_Buckeye said:
Vonn was an idiot to attempt this. Sometimes, one just has to know when to walk the fuck away.
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People who reach her level of greatness are wired differently. You’re not exactly wrong, but she’d never have become what she has without being an “idiot”.
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NFL Discussion (Official Thread)

buckeyemania11
Zem said:
Klosterman interview about his book. The "death of football" is just a small section of it.

"...in the book I kind of argue what I think's going to happen to football in 60 or 70 years. There are economic issues - particularly with television, advertising, some of these things - that as they balloon to even greater and greater heights, where the amount of money is so great that the NFL can only continue expanding, it does become fragile. ..."

Sounds right - the league continues to expand and London will probably have a team someday.. The NFL admin seems to think the only option is to keep growing. And the salaries get more and more ridiculous. It doesn't seem sustainable. .

The selection of Bad Bunny for the halftime show makes even more sense in this context because he has appeal in Latin America, where they probably also want to expand.
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Is there really enough legit American football interest in these places? I'm sure hardcore cult followings exist but the long term sticking power outside of a novelty in other countries seems like a risky proposition. The NFL obviously seems to ignore these questions though and insists on continuing to try to force America football into being a truly "global" game.

I don't think football will ever "end" but I think definitely the NFL and college are both going to be eventually faced with situations where they have to do a hard reset
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NFL Discussion (Official Thread)

Zem
cincibuck said:
Welp, something for the mods to deal with: Saw a book review in the NY Times abut a book that predicts the death of football, and since this site is full of people who would shed tears at the wake, I thought hmmmmmmm, dare I post this whole thing? So here ya go, mods:

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Klosterman interview about his book. The "death of football" is just a small section of it.

"...in the book I kind of argue what I think's going to happen to football in 60 or 70 years. There are economic issues - particularly with television, advertising, some of these things - that as they balloon to even greater and greater heights, where the amount of money is so great that the NFL can only continue expanding, it does become fragile. ..."

Sounds right - the league continues to expand and London will probably have a team someday.. The NFL admin seems to think the only option is to keep growing. And the salaries get more and more ridiculous. It doesn't seem sustainable.

The selection of Bad Bunny for the halftime show makes even more sense in this context because he has appeal in Latin America, where they probably also want to expand.
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