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New wrestling facility put on hold - Jamie Pollard statement
I don't really think that's how it works for college sports though. People don't follow college sports to see the best teams/athletes out of a pure love of the game. At least not the main revenue sports - those who avidly follow Track or Gymnastics may follow them for that reason. People... -
Nigel's horrible take on 90's NBA
I think that you allude to it in your own post but this is a weird take. You're essentially saying that the players of that era were bad because they don't train for today's style of play. It doesn't make sense. They did not evaluate the game through the lens of advanced stats and min/max...- agrabes
- Post #138
- Forum: Pro Sports
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Williams & Blum Pod: Red alert on bowl season, Liberty Bowl thoughts & hoops wrap-up
With various family events today I haven't had a chance to listen to the podcast so I don't know what they say in it. I agree that if the message is "wake up guys, this game didn't actually matter", it's a poor choice of message. After weeks of buildup and talking about how the game mattered... -
Jamie Pollard statement regarding ticket scanning process during home opener
I honestly think a lot of these comments about Pollard being "backhanded" are over the top. He literally said they failed and provided a terrible customer service experience. If that's not enough for you, then I think that's more of a reflection on you than on him. That said - the main thing... -
Principal Financial-Remote work
I was reading a thread on Reddit which made me think of this thread. Clearly I'm in the minority here and a ton of people either can't understand my point about community or think it's just more fun to make fun of me about it. Anyway - that Reddit thread was about having friendships with... -
Principal Financial-Remote work
I hear people say things like this every now and again. Honestly what it makes me wonder the most is are there actually jobs like this in the world? As a salaried employee are you truly regularly done with everything you need to do in 10 hours a week? There is enough work at my job that I... -
Principal Financial-Remote work
I think you're misunderstanding my point - I'm not saying that the workplace is the only place that you can develop social skills or that we should view the workplace as like.. the best or primary source of community or anything like that. What I'm saying is that in a world where traditional... -
Principal Financial-Remote work
I mean, that's great. Your daily routine isn't my business and I'm not trying to say you are some kind of degenerate. But I will say this - running to the store or going to work out at the gym aren't the same as working in an office with 50 random people 8 hours a day 5 days a week. The same... -
Principal Financial-Remote work
It's a whole is greater than the sum of its parts thing. What are you individually robbing from society by working from home? Not much - our ability to see and interact with you as you do your work moving around and physically interacting with your local community. But if it's only one person... -
Principal Financial-Remote work
I'll have to check that out, seems interesting. It definitely matches my own experience. During my company's fully remote period, we did get things done in a certain respect. We maintained pace and productivity on "business as usual" types of tasks, but weren't successful on implementing new... -
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
You need eyeballs, yes. Being in a larger metro you do have a larger opportunity to get fans eventually, but it doesn't make it likely. Even when Houston had Tom Herman and had a few years back to back with high level success, they didn't create a sustaining high performing team even within...- agrabes
- Post #21,204
- Forum: General College Sports
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How bad is Allegiant?
As someone who flies 1-2 times per month for business, I think there is budget and then there's *budget*. I would fly airlines like Frontier or Southwest any time. They offer a little bit less vs the main airlines but have multiple flights per day and in my experience have generally been on... -
*** Official IOWA STATE vs #3 Kansas Game(Day) Thread ***
Anyone else keep getting a video feed of two dudes who definitely don't know they're on camera during this halftime? I think Hulu must have me on the ESPN+ video rather than the regular TV video?- agrabes
- Post #506
- Forum: Mens Basketball
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"Next" Saturday
Both are wrong. First of all, why are we assuming that we are in next week?? How about this: Today is Wednesday Jan 11th. "This Tuesday" would have been Tuesday Jan 10th - the Tuesday that belongs to the current week. However, "This Tuesday" becomes an invalid phrase on Tuesday and can't be... -
Is Aaron Rodgers done?
Woah, woah, woah - T-Swift wrote two of those and put them out in 2014. Let's not lump her in with Aaron Rodgers here haha.- agrabes
- Post #51
- Forum: General Discussion
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How many people donated to We Will today?
Most likely - it's referring to the way just about everything is going to a subscription model. You know - $17 for Netflix, $40 for your weekly delivered groceries, $50 for the service that sends you new clothes, etc. I don't fault We Will for going that way (people do it because it works)...- agrabes
- Post #22
- Forum: General Discussion
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Cryptocurrency
I don't mean to pile on, but come on man. Yes, there is a relatively high risk of nuclear war right now (I would argue it's relatively unchanged since the invasion of Ukraine though) and probably higher than any time since the Cuban missile crisis. However it's significantly lower than it was... -
ESPN, Fox Open Discussions for Next Big 12 Deal
To be fair - I have 4 hours of driving to Ames and back (2 hours each way) on gamedays, plus generally 5-6 hours of tailgating after I got there. I guess I'm not sitting in traffic so it's a little less stressful but the amount of time is the same. A game is a full day event for me and I've...- agrabes
- Post #299
- Forum: Big XII Conference
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ESPN, Fox Open Discussions for Next Big 12 Deal
There are a lot of people doing exactly that - not saying you are or even necessarily anyone in this thread. But, the talking heads in the national media used it as an excuse for empty stadiums, even during big games. Their basic argument was - oh there are tons of fans of (Team X) but they...- agrabes
- Post #290
- Forum: Big XII Conference
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ESPN, Fox Open Discussions for Next Big 12 Deal
I think part of it is maybe a perspective from someone who grew up in a rural area and has never lived in a major city vs. someone who does. I agree with you - the folks I know in Ann Arbor or the Detroit Metro would not say it's better than LA. In fact, a lot of them do wish they could go to...- agrabes
- Post #288
- Forum: Big XII Conference