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They are pulling your chain. The M and NU fans I am around only argue about who would have won the split Natty in 97 if they had played. That gets heated. if you want them to shut up, just mention Urbs and Tressel.

I am on Mich boards as well and I see these comments made, but I would say it is not prevalent. I saw similar comments about PSU after Sandusky, but now Mich, MSU and OSU all have their own versions of Sandusky. I also just saw a post about replacing Maryland and Rutgers with Army and Navy. No mention of NU. I would even go so far as to say that some Mich fans were hoping for a rivalry to develop with NU over the split NC, but after killing the Leaders and Legends division it seemed like the B10 wanted OSU and NU to play more often. Yes.... And the Grammer Nazis on their boards are insufferable. they think they should be an Ivy League school.

Saw the same retweet from Michigan 247 beat writer, Zach Shaw. I guess one guy can tweet something and it can go viral. The big10 might be bummed about NC and UVA, but this would push ND, Miami and some PAC12 leftovers our way….maybe Duke or Kansas.

I agree. It certainly seems like they are waiting. We may as well add two of Stanford, Oregon or Washington soon. We may be able to wait a bit on ACC teams.

https://reason.com/volokh/2022/07/03/oregon-health-officials-delayed-a-meeting-because-urgency-is-a-white-supremacy-value/ "Thank you for your interest in attending the community conversation between Regional Health Equity Coalitions (RHECs) and Community Advisory Councils (CACs) to discuss the Community Investment Collaboratives (CICs)," wrote [the Regional Health Equity Coalition Program Manager]. "We recognize that urgency is a white supremacy value that can get in the way of more intentional and thoughtful work, and we want to attend to this dynamic. Therefore, we will reach out at a later date to reschedule."

They were AAU when they joined the big10 and then got voted off the island sometime later. It was a very tight vote and ironically two big 10 institutions voted NU out. Wiscy and Michigan I believe…if you need some pompous a-holes to hate. Plus NU has a much better brand than TCU. ND is not AAU and either is OU, but the big10 would let them both in. Miami is in the same boat.

Maveric is right. Teams want 7 home games for the $$, which means 10 conference games at the most. Play everyone every 3 years and it's not bad.

From Eleven Warriors: The report says Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, and Colorado are discussioning joining the league on Tuesday.

Seeing this on OSU and MSU sites. Washington is missing.

AAU is the problem, which leaves only Texas and TAMU. I do not think the other brands left are big enough to overcome the perceived lack of academics. I suppose Texas could back out of their SEC commitment, but I am not sure how that works….and do we want that baggage?

I have a gut feeling Oregon is in and the Big Ten is waiting on ND to decide who their partner(s) will be. If ND decides to join, we probably go to 20 with Oregon, Stanford, Washington and wait to see what happens to the ACC. If ND stays in the ACC we grab Oregon and Washington and call it a day. If ND goes to the SEC the Big Ten grabs Oregon and Washington and then goes after likes of Virginia, NC, GT, Miami. The ACC is probably promising their first born to keep ND right now.

What about 3-8-8 with the protected rivals and 1 non-conference game? With these teams, you won't need many non-conference games. Play one challenge weekend with the other super conference or pick one old traditional rival...Iowa vs Iowa St or ND vs Navy or NU vs CU.

I put the divisions up to poke fun at the Big10. good point on the 4-5-5-5 being equivalent to the pods. I didn't think of that. I like the pods system too, and I can handle playing everyone every 3 years. That's better than it is now. ND would not like my pods though. The ND pod...because they are spoiled. ND, USC, Stanford, Purdue, UCLA (pulled in for USC)

He wouldn't be wrong and I have been accused of worse.

I am seeing ND, Stanford, Oregon and then let Washington join. Oregon and Stanford have remained quiet, correct? Not sure how schedules will play out. Probably protected rivalries or pods. PODS: PAC - USC, UCLA, Stanford, Washington, Oregon West - Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern East - Penn State, Maryland, Rutgers, Purdue, Notre Dame Midwest - Michigan, Michigan State, OSU, Illinois, Indiana ...or protected Games: Mich: OSU, MSU, Minn ND: USC, Stanford, Purdue NU: Wiscy, Iowa, Wash USC: UCLA, ND, PSU OSU: Mich, Illinois, PSU UCLA: USC, MSU, Washington Wiscy: Minn, NU, Oregon Minn: Wiscy, Mich, Iowa Wash: Oregon, NU, UCLA Oregon: Wash, Stanford, Wisconsin Stanford: ND, NW, Oregon Purdue: Indiana, ND, Rutgers Indiana: Purdue, MSU, Maryland Illinois: NW, OSU, Rutgers NW: Illinois, Stanford, Iowa Maryland: PSU, Rutgers, Indiana PSU: Maryland, OSU, USC Rutgers: Maryland, Illinois, Purdue Iowa: NU, Minnesota, NW MSU: Mich, UCLA, Indiana Divions: Old School: Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, MSU, Minnesota, OSU, NW, Wisconsin, Purdue Newbies: NU, PSU, Maryland, Rutgers, ND, USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Stanford

Right. And that is what Biden was alluding too and what I meant when I said Dems are enjoying this. Enjoying is an over statement because it will cost them, but they see an opportunity to ween people off of fossil fuels with pain at the pump. As Ram Emmanuel said….never waste a good crisis to help get your policies through. Every once and awhile politicians say this out loud. Oil companies are not in business to go out of business it would not surprise me to see them endorse and send money to candidates that help them stay in business. speaking of global warming, aren’t we doing better and better on emissions? Even in the Trump years? The pandemic probably skewed the 2020 data point, but I thought we were making good progress. Now, thanks to Russia, some European counties are firing up old coal plants.

This is sort of like social media and media in general picking sides in the last election to help move it in a direction they wanted.

Too many responses to cover everything…summary…. It sounds like people think oil companies like the Republicans better because Republican policies help the stock price and year end bonus versus the Democrat policies. Sounds reasonable. That means we might agree that Democrat policies do not favor the long term interests/profits of oil and gas companies. I would agree with this. Back to the original post. This is the second time Bezos has blasted Biden on Twitter for his actions and comments on inflation. This time he accused them of either not knowing economics or playing games. He seems concerned, and seems to think there are solutions the administration can implement to help. Maybe someone with Twitter should ask Bezos what those solutions are. Last I heard, Bezos was a Democrat.

Yes. And Russia will be weakened politically, economically and militarily when this is over. Less of threat, less of an adversary. Maybe that will cause a political revolution in Russia that will be to our benefit. The world’s benefit really.

Where did the idea of TCU come from? They are not AAU or ND.

"And when it comes to the gas prices, we're going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it's over, we'll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over," said Biden.

I was making fun of the title from CNN which implied they were sueing to keep CRT in schools. This plays into the thought that elements of CRT are being taught in schools and I thought that was funny and dumbof them to do. I read the article but now I think it's funny that people are sensitive to this.

I see the benefit of not allowing Russia to take Ukraine and watching them weaken themselves at the same time. Too bad it’s at Ukraines expense. Russia is headed the way of North Korea. Taking Russia down a notch is good for the US. Now we need an administration that will take advantage of it.

Jeff hasn't been listening. The admin is enjoying this. They think the pain will change everyone's habits and usher in renewable fuels.

It’s not the only word being these days.