The Sicatoka

A case of Grain Belt and we'd be all square.

There are grave idiots afoot today.

I'd be ticked too. If you're gonna drench me in beer have it be something decent, not Coors Fright.

When you choose the lesser of two evils you still chose evil. I'm cheering for the ice, the boards, the glass, and the pipes.

Kingfisher? KINGfisher. That's patriarchal and male biased. Next.

Locked. Loaded.

Was there a live remote broadcast at the meeting of this worldwide web hit show? Sheldon doing PxP?

The Great Split https://sports.yahoo.com/is-college-athletics-headed-for-the-great-split-we-need-to-recreate-or-relaunch-the-ncaa-160523061.html

< goes to window with morning coffee > < looks out > < drops coffee mug > Oh crap. Are those four angry looking dudes on horseback coming over the horizon who I think they are?

But that might cost the NCAA some travel money.

For starters: analytics >>> "stogies and scotch". (PWR is a far better system.) Pseudo-regionalization is a joke: Per Massey ... #13 gets #65 #9 gets #35 #8 gets #38, but ... #10 gets #12? Finally, run a "bottom" FCS tournament for the HBCUs, non-scholly (Pioneer), and Ivys if they want in.

Someone else can wear the #1 in polls bullseye. I prefer being sniper to being target.

PWR is not a poll (opinion based); PWR is analytics (data based). Subtle but finite nuance.

Only poll that matters is the pole you raise a banner on.

I'll give you forty reasons to not try to 'jack my ride.

Most evenly matched (per Massey) FCS game this weekend? You guessed it ... https://masseyratings.com/cf/fcs/games?dt=20231125

Call me crazy but I'll take the quick zone exits we saw v UW.

< wet blanket alert > What I saw this weekend was slower play by the Dmen than we saw v. Army, UW, UMn. Too much "skateblade to stick"; too slow in moving the puck; I bet it was double the time to get from D in the corner to out of zone compared to Army weekend. That won't work against The Beaver; they're immediately on you. Need to get back to the crisp, quick actions we had against Army and the Red Menace of the West.

I can see the rationalization (notice I didn't say logic): Hit the two, up nine, two score game. But hit the one and up eight makes them hit a two-point.

At start of postseason: Sagarin: 9 Massey: 10

< golf clap >

Um, how's 'bout we take care our bidnez. Them beavs are never a pushover.

Outdoors. Altitude. A rested (angry) MSU. Not a pleasant combo.