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And they Lionsed it.

[tweet] [/tweet] WTF is this? First, it's 1st and goal not 4th and goal. What are you doing stretching the ball out for the end zone? Second, who the fuck tries to go over the top from the 3 yard line? That's a "ball inside the 1 yard line" move.

Kansas is 4-0. The last time Kansas won 4 games in a season was 2009. In the last 3 years, Kansas is a combined 5-28. If they can get one more conference win, it will be the first time since 2008 they've had more than 1 win in the Big 12.

Since June 1, Edwin Diaz has thrown 37 1/3 Edwin Diaz since June 1: 37 1/3 IP, 17 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 8 BB, 72 K, 0.72 ERA, .349 OPS (with a .309 BABIP) and a 0.06 FIP.

I understand running the clock down but I didn’t get why Arkansas didn’t just send the FG unit out there to save the timeout. Could have gotten the ball back with a stop with that second timeout. Now they won’t.

I would understand it more if the score was 42-42 and neither team could get a stop, though even then you still just get the ball in the end zone. But you allowed 217 yards total in the game! Trust your defense to not give up a TD in less than 40 seconds.

Weird that a game from August is still being talked about.

Baez 2016 vs. the Giants mention at the end!

[tweet] [/tweet] 2022 has the advantage at the 9 spot!

The ND one nearly had a crazy finish. Two different Cal players had a chance to come down with their Hail Mary.

Federer is the first guy I really remember watching play. Like I watched Sampras and Agassi sometimes in the 90's but I didn't really get into it until the early 2000's. I remember being at my grandparents house in 2001 and watching a 19 year old Federer knock off Sampras at Wimbledon when Sampras had won the last 4 titles and 7 of the last 8 there. Then two years later he gets his first major there after never having even made a major semi. And then it was on. He won 16 of the next 27 majors. Starting in Wimbledon 2004, he lost 9 times in majors. 6 of those were to Nadal, one to Djokovic, one to del Potro and one to Marat Safin From 2005 Wimbledon to 2010 Aussie Open he played in 19 majors. He won 12, lost in the final 6 times and lost in the semis once. Death, taxes and Federer in the final. You never knew who would come out of the bottom half. But you knew nobody was beating him in the top half. Any GOAT case for Federer starts with his consistency. -He made a record 10 consecutive major finals. Second best streak is 8 straight, also done by Federer. Djokovic's best was 6. Nadal's was 5. -He made a record 23 consecutive major semifinals. Second best streak is Djokovic at 14. Nadal's best streak is 7. -He made a record 36 consecutive major quarterfinals. Second best streak is Djokovic at 28. Nadal's best streak is 11. Djokovic and Nadal have more major titles. I've said this before but Nadal is way too one dimensional to me as far as the GOAT debate goes. Top-5 all time for sure. But we're picking nits here but you can't have 60% of your majors on one surface. Djokovic you could sell me on being better. He's got the same consistency as Federer as he's got between 81 and 86 wins at all four majors. Nadal has 112 at the French but his second most is only 76 at the Aussie Open. Federer's totals would be better (105, 102, 89, 73) if he hadn't stopped playing the French after 2015. But there is a part of me that truly believes Federer's greatness pushed Nadal and Djokovic to another level. Of course those two would have won a ton of majors because they're ridiculously good players who had the drive to keep getting better. But it's easier to maintain that drive when you're still chasing someone else. And personal preference but I always enjoyed watching Federer play more than I did Nadal and Djokovic. He was just so smooth out there on the court and it seemed effortless to him. Nadal was pure effort all the time. You could tell he was giving 100% on every single point. For both him and Djokovic, for a while they both seemed content to just get the ball back, wait for the other person to make an error and eventually wear down their opponent with their fitness and stamina. The 2012 Australian Open final between Djokovic and Nadal was a prime example. It went 5 sets and nearly 6 hours and I watched every second. It was a great match but also kind of boring. I also remember a Nadal-Verdasco match in Australia where both players just rallied back and forth. Nadal should have just been able to overwhelm Verdasco. But he was content to just sit back and rally knowing Verdasco would make more mistakes than he would. Nadal and Djokovic are both super slow players, the Pedro Baez's of tennis. I remember early Djokovic, the more tension was in a point, the more he would bounce the ball before his serve. Nadal was also a very meticulous player also who had his routine before every point. For both players, I could use the skip forward 30 second button after a point when they were serving and it would still leave a couple seconds before their next serve. Federer would just get a couple new balls and get ready to serve. Well, that was longer than I thought it was going to be when I started but boy did I love watching that dude play tennis.

I sign up for 2 months (normally 3 but the condensed group stage this year saves me money) and then cancel. Then I sign up for 3 months in the spring.

I'm not "fine" with the FG decision, but if you're going to do that....do it with 1:00 left after a timeout. Still have 2 other TOs and maybe you get the ball back for 2 or 3 more plays. Of course, that's even still more reason to go for it on 4th since a failure is the same result that saves you 7 yards. I believe I read 64+ yard FGs have been made 2 of 47 attempts in NFL history. Those are terrible odds, especially not in Denver where I know at least 1 of those 2 kicks made it. A friend texted me about the FG attempt last night and when I saw the distance, I just assumed the game was in Denver.

Could even have called a play quickly (or called two before the third down play) and if you don't get it, you have 3 timeouts left where you could get the ball back if you get a quick stop. Unlikely you drive down in 40ish seconds for a FG attempt with no timeouts but we've seen crazier things happen. Like you said, just an awful decision.

Looks like a good week to do anything else on Saturday.

LOL. Tell me you don't care about winning the game without telling me you don't care about winning the game.

They’ll probably either miss the FG or they’ll make it but Young will drive Bama down for the winning score. I know nobody is shocked but nailed it.

They’ll probably either miss the FG or they’ll make it but Young will drive Bama down for the winning score. Or you take that sack Still made it, but SO MUCH TIME left I thought after the sack the kicker was definitely missing the FG.

They’ll probably either miss the FG or they’ll make it but Young will drive Bama down for the winning score.

Bama’s offense has been awful after the first two drives. And they’ve committed a ton of penalties.

Agreed. Texas gets the ball in the second half too. If by some chance you get the TD there and drive down for another TD in the second half, that’s massive. Got to take some chances against Bama. Plus they were at the 2. It’s not like you’re at the 10. Go for the TD.

Not batshit crazy enough for the conspiracies thread and not political either so it goes here. Why the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the accession of King Charles III portends great things for the Sacramento Kings

I can’t believe they fired him so quickly and yet I can believe it because it’s Chelsea and that’s what they do. Last manager to last 3 full seasons at Chelsea was Mourinho the first time he was there.

With Medvedev losing yesterday and Nadal going down today, the only player left on the men's side to have won a major is Marin Cilic, who is currently down 2-1 late in the 4th set. So if he loses, we'll guaranteed get a 1st time major winner.

Man I wish I had watched that live. I was cackling as I saw the highlights. Right when they started showing the extra point I thought "well this won't end well" because why else would they show it.