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JohnnyCockfight
Just watched How I Met Your Mother for the first time (I know it started like 20 years ago but I didn't see it until now). First episode incorporated the Ickey Shuffle and kept my interest piqued until I starting enjoying it a few episodes in. Lined up exactly with my age in those years, and could relate to many of the scenes. Binged through all 9 seasons. Main character routinely wore an Ohio State shirt. Barney character executed fantastically by Neil Patrick Harris. I could never get into Friends after giving it many chances, but I really enjoyed this show.
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DE Mike Vrabel (All B1G, All American, All Pro, Super Bowl Champ, NFL HC of Year, HC New England Patriots)

OregonBuckeye
Steve19 said:
I'm willing to bet that many people on this board have either participated, or come damn close to participating, in many of the moral behaviors discussed. I think the problem arises when people put sports people on a pedestal and then expect them to act according to the moral compass that they think people on that pedestal should follow. I want to be clear...Vrabel's behavior suggests that he does not interpret the importance of several values in the same way as many people here do...and further that he is going down a path that will lead ultimately to some serious issues in his life. If this is true, it will probably affect his performance as a coach, at least for a period of time.

We know what wins in the end, almost all of the time.
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I think the problem arises when people do selfish shit like cheat on their spouses. Yeah, I guess he doesn't "interpret the importance of the value" of breaking his wedding vow to his wife as being on his moral compass. The bending over backwards to make excuses for him is embarrassing

For the record, I don't give a shit about his personal life. But I'm not going to act like he's some kind of victim or doesn't deserve ridicule just because he was a Buckeye
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Ohio State Men's Tennis (2014/2019/2024 ITA Indoor National Champs, 19 Straight B1G Titles)

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What a great career for Jack, who is chasing #8 Mullins and Allare at 116 career singles wins.
Anthrop could climb into sole position of 8th place with two more wins this season.
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Pittsburgh Pirates (5x WS Champions) Ain't Nutting happenin'

iambrutus
Buccos go down 5-1 early, in years past i would have shut it off and been done, but i found myself sticking with it, they fought back and though they ended up short, they made it a game. they had a prime chance to walk it off with 2 on 1 out in the bottom 9th, but just fell short. its going to be a fun summer!
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PGA Tour (Official Thread)

BB73
calibuck said:
Dunno, the way he hit the big stick yesterday, all day, seemed to be the best solution, until it wasn't. Not that I'm near that level, but if you've been doing it, why would you change. Playing if soft, or safely, means you are overthinking it, and have seen that crater more often than not. Golf is not a game where you can 'guide' the ball, you must put your best swing on it at all times. Anyway, he exhibited all day that he has all the shots, and some he made from the boonies were tremendous. Tip of the hat to Rory.
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Sorry, I just can’t buy that. As he approached the tee on 18, the only 2 ways he could lose the tournament was if Cameron Young holed out for an eagle (about 1000 to 1), or if Rory got a double bogey or worse.

The 18th is only a 465 yard par 4, and has a narrow fairway with trouble on either side. A 320-yard drive isn’t needed to par the hole, but an accurate drive is essential in avoiding big numbers. And Rory was a guy who was 90th out of 91 golfers in hitting fairways over the first two days! And now he’s dealing with the pressure of trying to close it out.

He had played well being aggressive from 7 through 17 (4 under for 11 holes), but he needed two great chips to par 16 and 17. He didn’t need a birdie or even a par on 18, he just needed to avoid disaster.

It‘s a similar situation to protecting a lead in football or basketball. A football team might have a strength of throwing the ball, but if they have a lead late they run the ball to close out the game by reducing the chances of disaster and shortening the game. And a basketball team that likes to run and gun, if they aren’t idiots, quit jacking up quick 3s when they have a multi-possession lead in the last minute. It doesn’t maximize their points per possession, but it decreases the chances of blowing the lead at the end of the game.

There are famous situations of folks not closing out contests by failing to be wisely conservative at the end of sporting events. Joe Pisarcik should have taken a knee against the Eagles in 1978; and Jean Van de Velde on the 18th hole at Carnoustie in 1999, where he hit driver with a 3-stroke lead, compounded his problems with his second shot, and lost in a playoff.

If Rory’s bad drive had ended up behind a tree, he could have lived to regret hitting the driver on 18 with a 2-stroke lead.
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