Ball Security

Lions select Jha’Quan Jackson, WR, Tulane. Making the claim to be the best prospect named Jha’Quan in years.

If SC’s 4-8 players had to play Iowa’s 4-8 players, they’d win by 40 points.

Detroit Lions select KT Leveston, OL, Kansas St.

Threaded the needle today with a Purdue +11.5, Alabama under 74.5, UConn +8.5 parlay. Money be rolling in. Now, if I could only stay away from baseball.

Alabama played great. And still lost by double digits. If Purdue’s PG plays like he did today, UConn by 20+.

Whew. I had Purdue by 11.5 and NC State jacked up that meaningless shot there at the end.

It sucks because you want to see UConn take a shot there, but it definitely knocked 24 off of 5. There was a successful switch, but I think the ref is taking too much heat from ESPN.

I thought so in real time, but on replay, yeah it’s a foul. She did the same thing a couple of possessions earlier on the baseline that freed up a corner three…that missed. UConn’s #3 blocks and drives the defender better than Wylie.

Iowa is pretty fortunate to only be down six at the half. They should keep feeding 45 in the low post.

You definitely hear in the media that credit card balances are rising. But, as you mention timeframes, this is coming in after credit card balances dropped in late 2020 and 2021 with COVID stimulus. I’ll try to find some time to dig into @bearrock’s link.

I’d like to see standard government reports on consumer debt spending. So we can compare over time. For example, I’ve read that outstanding credit card balances are shooting up. Then the following conclusion is that Americans are going into debt to keep up with inflation. I’d imagine there’s something to that. But I also can see a scenario where borrowers are scrapping HELOCs due to rates and putting home improvements on zero percent credit cards.

Detroit Lions select Wallace, ILB, Kentucky.

I watched this documentary last night called Red, White, and Wasted. It is about the “mudding” culture in central Florida. Think of big ass trucks riding around off road, kicking up mud, destroying the wetlands, in the name of freedom. It follows this man and his family who have been part of the culture for decades. The man has thousands of hours of video of the weekly Sunday hangouts over the years. But, sadly, progress and corporate greed (cell phones with cameras and Disney expansion) have threatened their way of the life. The doc is all observational with no director narrative. I don’t think they try to make the viewer see the subjects one way or the other. But it’s filmed on the backdrop of the Trump 2016 election through the 2018 midterms. Lots of confederate flags, lots of racism, well it can’t really be racism if slavery ended over 100 years ago, now can it? Checkmate libtards. Lots of xenophobia too. Ninety minutes, I thought I’d give it a few minutes, but it captured me, the redneckness of it all.

He’s getting nickeled and dined. Not hit hard at all. But too many uncompetitive pitches and no swing and miss stuff when he gets to two strikes.

The nukes that President Kennedy launched over the British Virgin Islands was a mistake by the new marketing director and wasn’t vetted by the President. So, not his bad. The marketing director was probably vaccinated and doesn’t believe in freedom.

Good thread. Would like to hear more about your brother. I wonder what will happen with mine when the time comes for my folks move on. No falling out, just no effort is made in having any type of relationship. Not sure if any of the poll choices fit my relationship with my in-laws. As I’ve gotten older, the less I give a rats ass about how they feel about me. I know that annoys them, but it’s the healthiest path for me. Time is short and nothing lasts forever (even cold November rain). I think if your in law family has characteristics or ways about them that are different than your own, you end up finding annoyances and faults. But neither one is really wrong. I have a laundry list of events from early in my marriage that really bothered me with them. But the way I see them treat my sister in law (wife’s brother’s wife) bothers me more than how they’ve interacted with me over the years. They are loving grandparents to my children which is really all I care about. And we’re fortunate that our politics somewhat align. That made navigating COVID a lot easier for us than others.

Three doubles for Garcia tonight. An excellent sign. (I’ll look past his base running blunder).

Winker and Weems got sick on Monday. Robles leaves the game early with a hamstring.

Definitely a different skill set at the five than Gafford. I liked the pick at the time, glad he’s playing stateside now.

We’ll see what that Trump floor is. There are plenty of people who vote for him because he’s not a D. Traditionally they vote for anyone R. Can RFKJr pull a significant number of those people that it offsets the Biden defections? The attacks on choice and IVF are not going to do Trump any favors to suppress the turnout.

Frontline did an episode on this guy that was on tonight. They covered a lot of ground in an hour. - Flaws in the clearance process - Lackadaisical oversight of SCIFFs - Inability /unwillingness to police social media sites. - Chronically online exacerbated by the Pandemic. - Disgusting, alarming toxic, horrific racism/sexism/xenophobia/anti-semitism/violence porn shared by young people. Admittedly, I know very little about Discord. But damn, maybe we’d be better off if we got rid of electricity.

Just like @@DCGoldPantssaid, most teams that have an outdoor stadium, especially non west coast teams, usually schedule an off day after the home opener. If you have a ticket for the Home Opener, and it gets rained out, you want them to have a chance to watch it on the offday.

To make room for Tyler Nevin. 🤣 wut?!

Lions take OT Matt Goncalves, Pittsburgh.

Iowa’s #44 has given them a lot of good minutes in that third quarter with #45 in foul trouble.