With you all the way. Depp has become a formula kind of like Tom Cruise. I love Depp’s work in Scissorhands and Fear and Loathing among others. But the reality is that he is not a broadly talented actor as much as he can play caricatures. This is effective when the role calls for it. I’m not sure anyone does the…

I’m with you. I could see that being sent in a text message or informal email, but that isn’t even an innocent mistake like confusing “you’re” and “your”. Flite isn’t even a word. I’m pretty sure Top-flite golf balls originated it.

Good point. That played no small part in their dominance, similar to Germany. The entire 2006 Italian squad played in Italy with most of their starters playing for Juventus and AC Milan. They played like a team.

Nice post. I actually learned something today... And it was on deadspin. I’m not sure if that is good or bad.

It’s like when you’re a wildebeest, and you’re hanging out at the watering hole, and you look up to see there’s a hyena 20 feet away. At that point, it’s over. You’re done. You just wince and hope the hyena doesn’t tow your car.

The fact is that they don’t have to trade that. I’m not sure what the NFL would have to do negatively impact revenue. Maybe have star QBs die or become incapacitated while playing or very shortly after. Even in that case I don’t think fans would care. Drivers dying doesn’t hurt racing revenues. Boxing revenues are…

The conflating of NFL revenue and the performance of Goodell is misguided. Goodell has virtually no impact on revenue, good or bad. Goodell’s sole impact is on labor negotiations. Labor negotiations are a function of public opinion and will.

Right, I meant to put that in. He didn’t play much in the WC IIRC.

And make those fines relative to their pay. It is approximately a 400:1 ratio for Tuberville and his players. So a $100 fine for a player is $40,000 for Tuberville.

They were very good...and very successful. The made it to the final and lost 1-0. They might have had a shot if Di Maria had been healthy. Even then, nobody stacked up against Germany talent-wise. Germany was a truly great team and on a level nobody else could match.

I don’t believe the idea is that “Public Administration” is inherently bogus. The issue is that the PA undergrad major at Auburn was likely a complete joke. Majors like this are chosen or created because they don’t have obvious standards like physics, accounting, education, etc. Public Admin is rather nebulous.

Boateng: *thanks German teammates for being stacked*

He’s the kind of player who is good enough to blend in and contribute occasionally when he can be the weakest player on the pitch. But if he needs to be relied upon he is clearly not up to snuff. I guess that could be said about many players though.

It is a real shame. Wilson was an exceptional driver. He won a few times with a clearly inferior car. The other drivers always knew that he could beat anybody on a road course. You could also tell that he drove with great class rarely taking undue risks with other drivers’ races.

Well it didn’t go in. Coutinho showed significant potential last year, but I’m shocked at how much stronger his shot has become. He looks like a talent that may not be long for Liverpool given he is only 23 and getting better quickly.

That was also an insane move and shot by Coutinho.

The only time I think mentioning “they are in it for the money” is kosher is when someone attempts to portray themselves as not being interested in how financially lucrative their occupation is. I’ve known a few doctors who liked to get on their high horses. Practicing medicine can be commendable for sure, but don’t…

No modern top level race series have “canopy” style setups where the one exit is via the top. The closed cockpits on LMP cars have doors that open to both sides. If the car ends up on its top both sides can be opened. If it ends up on its side the other side should be open.

It is hubris. Hubris is borne of taking unreasonable risks enough times that the risk taker becomes convinced there is no risk. See Bill Cosby, Jared Fogle, cops who harass people, etc. this was hubris on the part of Baylor AND Ukwuachu.

If nothing else, he is now a walking lawsuit or settlement. Any whiff of impropriety and his employer is signing some big checks. The combination of bad PR and high odds of legal costs will make this guy worthless.