UnluckyforSome

So I watched most of the 3rd. I will take a look at the score here and there. Packers-Lions will be more compelling I think.

Oh an interception!! Get that Panthers O back out there now. Make 'em pay.

Maybe the defense will be worth watching. The offense surely wasn't.

He's improved! With new weapons! And opening with Jacksonville means Superbowl!

8/17 for 56 yards? And 1 int? That can't be the real statline on the tv.

Steelers win in a highly entertaining game vs the Jets. Better than I thought it would be. I guess I will watch some Panthers football now!

Credit where credit is due, Browns have made the playoffs more often and more recently than us.

Godd old-fashioned shootout going on in Steelers-Jets game.

It sounds like it's not going well. Watching Steelers-Jets on CBS instead and it's been entertaining at least.

I honestly wouldn't mind it at all. Our best times have been when the rest of the country thinks we are nothing but a lucky team with a cute mascot that plays in Mayberry.

On the bright side, it will be good to get the first loss out of the way so undefeated talk doesn't become an overwhelming distraction. Jags, 24ish to 13ish.

Maybe we should've offered them a backup center? Parsons would certainly help the pass rush. Probably not be beneficial at all to stopping the run though.

Despite these being marketed to men, I have never used them, or even thought about the necessity of buying this product. I am wondering, since it shows a size of XL, are there other sizes? I would assume most would want the largest size possible.

I wasn't expecting a UNC win, but nor was I anticipating a continuation of the Bill-sure-misses-Tom series of games.

Well. That sure seems like its the ballgame.

I think it was. He is a TCU alum IIRC.

Not looking too good.

Finebaum has not been disappointing so far. Extra salty callers today.

I think there is a bit of a dead feeling because some of the players are essentially mercenaries these days. You can't really fault them for it though, as these schools raked in money hand over fist because of the success of the teams. On top of that, SMU and the Pony Express was not the only example of players being paid to play, they were just the ones that got caught, so at least it is out in the open now.

"There is no justification for a top overall pick to not be better than half of the other players at their position." is a fundamentally different statement than pointing out there is nuance in not simply comparing top overall pick in the draft to a previous year's top overall pick in the draft. It is not the pivot you might be seeing it as. I don't know what else to tell you on this, and I realize you are maybe getting caught up on the basic meaning of the word. I don't think there is much more to say about it really.

Money ruins everything.

Well, you are comparing apples to oranges with that, and that is fine. I know you and I have differing perspectives on the team, and differences are good to have. My apologies for causing you to become a bit dizzy.

I really think eventually it will be more of Premier League setup, and in many ways it is already moving to that with the possible playoff expansion and the framework that has been bantered around. Honestly, do conferences even matter anymore? Does the NCAA even matter anymore. There have been fundamental changes now that really seem to make both of those things a bit redundant and needless now.

Of course that is not true. That would be the case in a vacuum, as what I think you are saying is not taking position differences into account, but rather making a year over year comparison of top pick to top pick. There is no justification for a top overall pick to not be better than half of the other players at their position. So, there is a bit of nuance that shouldn't just be ignored, and any lowering of expectations of a top overall pick entering their 3rd year should not be entertained.

At first, I thought it was yet another Carr from the Carr qb family. He isn't, he is the grandson of former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr, and as any Wolverine fan can attest, you can't spell Lloyd without 2 Ls.