Reverse question: why can’t someone put together a pro-style offense in college?

Perhaps you’re right that abuse isn’t the right word for it, but the team needs to feel like the manager is on their side. When they’re being knocked in the press for sucking, players want to feel like he’s on their side. I think this is where the “not naming names” strategy is backfiring: everyone knows some of the…

It’s probably a confluence of factors - players tired of his abuse, other teams adapting to Chelsea’s style, loss of the hunger for titles. It falls almost entirely on Mourinho because, until he’s getting secret commands from the owner to make bad decisions, it’s the manager’s job to train and motivate the team. If…

I don’t understand how people being willing to sleep with you says anything about people being willing to sleep with me.

He’s also assuming that rule changes meant to prevent dangerous tackles actually succeed. It’s possible that (for example, I don’t have data to back this up) fear of violating rules about helmet contact discourages wrap tackles and encourages hard hits.

many of whom would be more than willing to fall into bed with you

The London Codswallops

It doesn’t help that football has the most Byzantine rule system of any major sport, possibly barring cricket.

I live in Europe and it’s pretty surprising how often I run into people who randomly follow American football. There are obviously the expats and people who went on an exchange in high school or college, but some are just random, indistinguishable from blue-collar football fans in the US. A couple years back I met a…

I don’t agree with your take on college football. If the NFL opens up its own minor league, there will be more competition for talent, but history has shown that colleges are ruthless when it comes to winning games, especially against big rivals. They’d keep inventing loopholes to sweeten the deal for top prospects to…

Hey, I don’t eat pussy anymore, either. It’s not like I have a choice, but still...

Oh come on. Jordan benefited enormously from refs not calling traveling. No chance he’s as dominant a play as he was without that.

No, but the good movies on that list succeed in spite of telling a story either everyone knows or no ones care about, not because of it.

Priceless expression.

Ugh, I hope not. Origin stories suck.

To be honest, I am uncomfortable with the idea of them being forced to change because the government selectively revokes offensive trademarks. It would just turn them into martyrs against the government and used as a symbol by everyone from DC statehood partisans to Tea Party lunatics.

More importantly, who on Earth thought it was a good look to compare your brand to these and say, in court, “Hey, we’re just as fine as these perfectly valid trademarks!”

Oh right - Dan Snyder.

Please please please let the Iron Fist movie have Luke Cage and be the 70s-cop-show homage/sendup version of Heroes for Hire we’ve always been waiting for.

I want to make a joke that pretends the non-green orc is another example of Hollywood whitewashing, but I’m at least 85% certain that some studio exec at some point did in fact say, “American audiences can’t relate to green characters.”

Meh. I feel the same way about V for Vendetta, actually. It’s supposed to be about anarchism against fascism but V isn’t really an anarchist, he’s just a different kind of fascist.