LMU

2 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

 

If I wasn't a mod, I probably would have replied with " and you while we're at it", but I am a mod so I didn't.

Oh come now, don’t let that pesky mod title stop you.

On 10/15/2023 at 5:09 PM, Lights Out said:

"Ass" is exaggerating it, I think, but they're very uninspired.

Hmmm... Wavy white wordmark on blue background with a hand-drawn basketball-like shape?

6 minutes ago, monkeypower said:

Hmm...

Side note: is this tweet from who I think it is @infrared41@IceCap@CS85?

Yep, that's @Still MIGHTY in his professional sportswriting glory.

1 hour ago, Sport said:

 

They and the Astros along with a few other teams in the past (namely the stupid Cardinals and stupid Giants of the early 2010's) have me convinced that some teams are just better at playoff baseball. People say this is luck and there is an element of BABIP at play and there is, but I also don't see why it couldn't be a skill that some teams have and some teams don't (the Dodgers, for example)

From years of watching the Dodgers lay eggs, I think for the most part playoff baseball requires an ability to harness and channel emotion. The Dodgers, for example, are a team full of talent but at the same time is a team too stoic and professional. You need more Schwarbers and Harpers out there throwing their bats 30 feet as opposed to the Dodgers only bringing themselves to do the Freddie flailing arm dance.

Fitting that the team named after an actual law enforcement agency is this year's Team Justice™.

4 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

I'd say Barstow is where this league is at the moment, but the only reason that won't happen is there's not an arena big enough out there. 

Come now.  This is the AFL 3.0 we're talking about.  Just shove a field in the abandoned outlet center and call it a day.

Seeing where this league is going, I'd say that Bakersfield is probably the most appropriate venue for the California team.

We knew the Dodgers starting rotation was held together with tape but holy f***.

That's one loud, obnoxious banner.  Fitting for the organization.

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Kings finally on the ad train. Mercury Insurance it is.

"Heat Culture" has officially become the new "Cardinal Way" in its lack of self awareness.

9 hours ago, Red Comet said:

It’s fool’s gold if the administration, ownership and coaching staff are beyond incompetent like they are in Glendale or Arlington Park. Otherwise? Yeah, there’s a shot at reinvigorating a franchise. 

Third time's a charm can apply to a lot of things, but drafting a third quarterback with a first round pick in seven years is a complete institutional failure.

I have a theory as a Rams fan.

Sean McVay just sucks at putting together a run game.  He was shielded when the last few millimeters of cartilage were still in Todd Gurley's knee but he has been repeatedly exposed since, only to be briefly covered up by whatever random veteran they'd bring in at the last minute (CJ Anderson, Sony Michel, etc.)  This is made all the more confounding by McVay's love of play action which is a cakewalk to defend when you assume it's a pass every time.

Taking a look at the Cam Akers situation, after attempting to decipher McVay-speak, I'm willing to bet that Akers was the one running back to actually call McVay out on now knowing what he was doing and McVay's ego couldn't handle it.  McVay frequently coded the situation as a "misunderstanding on usage" which really seems to be code for "I don't know what I'm doing but Akers dared to question how I was throwing him into the line for two yards a carry."  With the announcers tonight frequently saying how little McVay trusted the run and how the offense was one-dimensional I just laughed to myself because it's obvious that McVay doesn't trust the run because he's clueless with it.  It's also hilarious that he didn't trust the run after he traded Akers and threw all his eggs into the "Kyren Williams is our savior" basket - so much for that ego restoration there, Sean.

14 hours ago, SFGiants58 said:

Portland chose their MLS club over AAA baseball. That alone should tell MLB expansion folk to back off and leave the city alone.

Choosing a team in a top-level league over a minor league team doesn't seem like a very hard decision.  You can't use that as an apples-to-apples comparison for MLB expansion interest, especially with a city such as Portland where the only stadium options were converting the ballpark in the city or playing way out at a rec league field in the suburbs.

2 minutes ago, the admiral said:

The week 1 Monday doubleheader was fun because you'd get an obligatory Raiders game and some weird cobbled-together broadcast team for some novel background noise, but those weren't concurrent games. Why not give people an alternative to Sunday nights, too? 

Hell, simulcast one with the Mannings and the other with the Nick slime cannons.

The problem that has to be solved with natural grass in domes is how it'll be stored/maintained when non-football events are taking place.  It's great in theory to have natural grass at SoFi but what do you do when the building is taken over by Swifties and the Bey Hive for weeks on end?

7 hours ago, TBGKon said:

GCU and Denver are a hard no.  The American commissioner Aresco has said any expansion would be within the current footprint.

 

Belmont is a good option, since they're in Nashville.  VCU has also been talked about in chatter online.

If GCU or Denver get targeted for anything it’d be the WCC’s BYU replacement. Or hell, just drag them in with Seattle to get to 12 as potential Gonzaga insurance.

The reports of Matthew Stafford's demise have apparently been greatly exaggerated.

The Angels have become the Onion.

Well, so long Scott Boras free agency bonanza.

Also, despite being a dumpster fire it’s not like Temple is being evicted by the Eagles any time soon so I don’t think UNLV has much to worry about.