I think so much of it is simply historical cycles coming back - every group yells at the next group. Happened here on the East Coast. The Irish at the Italians, the Italians at the Greeks, Greeks at the Poles... “oh god, not the Chinese!” “Not the Jews!” “Well, at least they have food but the Indians are taking over…

There was an article about a decade or so ago about a doctor at Spencer, Iowa’s hospital. I read it online, so it could have been the DM Register, but I thought it was from a more national site. Anyway... the one doctor was well into his senior years, a native of the area, and had wanted to retire years ago, but due…

The racing looks like fun.

The spectators are why I live in the Industrial North.

Or a representative from Kansas. It’s so...middle.

well, considering the current development is NCAA—>NFL with *maybe* Arena League or CFL, *anything* would be better than the current version. A true minor league would be really cool - and they could use the minors as a way to expand the game in to different or smaller markets - but until then, they can add an extra…

Exactly. So guys who have the physical tools but not enough time in a pro set offense can have more exposure to the big league. Happens all the time in baseball, hockey and basketball.

Case is pretty good this year; either something clicked in Minnesota, or he made “the leap,” but if Houston had this version of Case Keenum instead of Tom Savage, they beat the Ravens last week, no problem. I’m a Ravens fan, watched every play, and Deshaun Watson would have won that game.

But can’t practice squad guys be signed by other teams, though? I’m talking about a stash-spot where a guy can be groomed without fear of being picked up by another team.

I vaguely remember some quality quarterback play when the NFL Europe league was running. A lot of middle-class level quarterbacks got a chance to hone their skill in the NFL’s version of AAA Baseball, and it worked like a champ. Kurt Warner, Jake Delhomme, Jon Kitna, Brad Johnson, etc...; were given time to develop…

I am not sure what that play was supposed to be, but I liked the “holding a football like a tennis racket” move.

The worst thing about the Georgia Dome implosion the other day was a whole new rash of internet commenters saying “LOOKS JUST LIKE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER!!! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!” bullshit.

I think 9/11 Truthers might be the worst subset of the Infowars morons.

Right, because one of the best comfort foods in the world is Manhattan Clam Stew-not-a-Chowder in a bread bowl, says nobody.

As a 9/11 Truther, Carroll should enjoy watching the tape of this play blow up repeatedly.

Dude’s into human trafficking and kiddie porn; I’m guessing his moral compass is a touch “off”

Can he throw a 15-yard out?

- Buffalo

Yeah, but how do you depress the value of shit? Add puke to it?

It’s Detroit - how the fuck could you depress the value any lower?

By your train of thought : as a resident of the highest-per capita income state in the union, based on a highly-educated, intellectually-flexible and diverse worker pool - Maryland, for the record - I should take joy when yet-another southeastern Ohio town collapses when the local coal mine runs dry, or when…

Nah, not the most Cleveland response - this was too correctly spelled to be true Cleaveland.

They get into my tuna? That’s a fish.