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1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:
As is......then as the President plans to reevaluate after the 15 days and go from there.
Regardless of what you think.......when this shakes out in the end the death rate is what will matter.
99% of Italy's deaths were over 50 years of age WITH at least three pre-existing health conditions. (Dr. Deborah Birx)
Incorrect. 99.2% of Italy's deaths came from people with ONE or more pre-existing condition. IIRC, the split was about 25% had one condition, 25% had two, and 50% had three or more.
BTW, the pre-existing conditions included high blood pressure and diabetes. By this metric, 40-50% of adult Americans would fall into one of these categories.
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2 hours ago, yzerman19 said:
Jared Leto is that you?
Goddammit.
Beat me to it. lol
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4 hours ago, .357 said:
"However, one category of U.S. citizens is exempted from these rules: the 20,000 soldiers beginning to arrive from the United States in European ports and airports for the Defender Europe 20 exercise, the largest U.S. troop deployment in Europe in the last 25 years. Including those already present, about 30,000 U.S. troops will participate in April and May, flanked by 7,000 troops from 17 NATO member and partner countries, including Italy."
That article is from three days ago, with no mention in my feeds of reducing these numbers or sending them back, unless you can show otherwise. The number of personnel participating is more like 37,000, actually.
The following were some of many articles about the reduction that I found with a 30sec Google search, and it was from 4 days ago. And I went to the website you got your source from. Holy !@#$. If that's what you consider a credible news source, I don't know what to tell you other than lay off the crack pipe.
Here's an article talking about the reduction and cancellation of parts of Defender-20 from 4 days ago:
QuoteThe U.S. military will reduce the number of troops expected to participate in a multinational exercise in Europe for the “health protection” of forces, U.S. European Command announced Wednesday, citing concerns about the coronavirus.
QuoteThe news comes the same day the Defense Department announced it would pull U.S. forces from a multinational Arctic exercise in Norway that also has been curtailed due to concerns over coronavirus, which causes the disease known as COVID-19.
That exercise, which began earlier this month but ended a week early, involved more than 15,000 service members from 10 countries.
In addition, several exercises based in South Korea have been canceled, as have two joint drills with Israel, and the multinational Operation African Lion has been pared down.
Or this article from 2 days ago:
QuoteOn Wednesday, U.S. European Command announced that the number of U.S. troops participating in DEFENDER-Europe 20 was being cut back, although several U.S. units have already arrived and moved into position in NATO alliance states.
DEFENDER-Europe 20 was set to be the biggest deployment for an exercise in 25 years, with 20,000 soldiers deploying from the U.S. and training with 17,000 allies.
"In light of the current coronavirus outbreak, we will modify the exercise by reducing the number of U.S. participants," the EUCOM statement said. "Activities associated with the exercise will be adjusted accordingly, and we'll work closely with allies and partners to meet our highest priority training objectives."
Quote"This is just the beginning of widespread curtailment of military exercises overseas," he said. "[Europe] is not more dangerous than the United States. It would be different if the United States was unaffected [by the virus] and [troops] were going to a place that was severely affected, but that's not the case."
But as the virus continues spreading, he said the U.S. will most likely have to "eliminate virtually all future military exercises overseas" and quarantine the troops and equipment deployed to participate in exercises like DEFENDER-Europe 20.
The announcement followed on EUCOM's cancellation of two other joint training exercises within a week that were already underway -- one in Norway and a second in Israel.
A statement Wednesday from EUCOM headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, said that Norwegian authorities had called off the remainder of Exercise Cold Response.
We'll see if any part of Defender-20 will still be a go by Monday night. I'm betting it will be reduced to pretty much just a cargo transport exercise by that point. But maybe it was too far gone to stop, and they will quarantine in place either in Europe or back on American bases.
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10 minutes ago, .357 said:
Well, sorry to inform you, because the troops are just arriving there, according to that article. Quite a risk to place our 30,000 troops & local population there in, yes? After all, this is a growing pandemic, according to the news outlets.
What do you make of this decision, iramurphy, to go ahead with this military exercise, considering that the rest of the world is going into lockdown?
It was 20k, not 30k, and it was reduced last week to less than that. It still might not happen, and those troops might come back or hunker in place to assist if needed.
And the most important part of the exercise is actually practicing getting everything there and getting it back. The military rarely gets a chance to practice moving large amounts of men and equipment to Europe at the same time as if it were a war scenario. They might decide to trim the exercise to just that.
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2 hours ago, SWSiouxMN said:
Nebraska basketball team quarantined at the Big 10 tourney because Hoiberg wasn't feeling well.
I have never seen a day like this in my life. Ever.
ESPN and others reporting that he was sent home from the hospital after an influenza A diagnosis. The team is no longer quarantined.
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5 hours ago, UNDBIZ said:
Was he out of the game 2009-2015?
Yes(mostly). HS principal and district superintendent during that time at three different schools.
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5 hours ago, Hammersmith said:
Word is they're going with the high school coach.
Spoke too soon. Now leaking that they're going with Doug Phillips. Who knows if true, but some insiders saying the HS coach wanted more money for assistants, so they went with the other guy.
Phillips's resume:
COACHING CAREER
YEAR: SCHOOL - POSITION
1991-92: Youngstown State - Graduate Assistant
1997-2000: Springfield Local HS - Head Coach
2001-05: Salem HS - Head Coach
2006: Ohio State - Quality Control (Defense)
2007-08: Bowling Green - DE/Recruiting Coord.
2016: Iowa State - Director of Player Personnel
2017: Cincinnati - Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends
2018-: Cincinnati - Running Backs -
On 2/5/2020 at 9:54 AM, stonebreaker said:
Tressel has pretty nice list of candidates for HC at Youngstown, JMU offensive coordinator and some P5 assistants in the running.
https://footballscoop.com/news/update-at-youngstown-state/
Word is they're going with the high school coach.
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2 hours ago, jdub27 said:
Not ruling it out if he wasn't injured his true freshman year, just seems different than how it normally works. But who knows with the NCAA.
You have it correct. If Moody/UND can prove that he was injured during his true freshman season, then he'll have a shot at a replacement year of competition. But if he redshirted that first year for developmental reasons, it shouldn't matter whether they designate this a medical redshirt year or not.
OTOH, I guess it's useful to declare it a medical redshirt year in case he gets injured again; then he could at least get three full seasons of competition.
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12 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:
which reporter? link?
https://whotv.com/2014/08/26/soundoff-whats-bugging-andy-12/
https://whotv.com/2014/08/31/whats-bugging-andy-bison-beat-iowa-state/
https://whotv.com/2017/10/08/whats-bugging-andy-not-the-north-dakota-state-bison/
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49 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:
I never said it went a full yard back. It was slight but looked pretty clearly a lateral at the least to me.
The full yard back comment wasn't directed at you. Couple other posters here were saying that.
Here's a comment from an actual official about the play and the philosophy. The guy is a HS, DII & DIII official that tries to explain things to BV rubes that are as bad about understanding officiating calls as the rubes here(or any other fan site).
QuoteFirst, there is no such thing as a lateral. Every pass is either forward or backward. Lateral is an announcer word and since most people (including coaches) get their rules knowledge from announcers they use the word lateral. Second, the side announcers were wrong with the location references when they analyzed it. The back foot of the passer was on the big line and the arm is generally above that foot or behind it when he releases it. The receiver was straddling that line when he attempted to catch it and it came into the middle of his body. Third, when it's very close like that, the default call is forward and not backward to avoid a cheap turnover.
If that was obviously backward replay can get involved and change the call since there was an immediate recovery. They did not do that. It wasn't obviously forward, but that is the right call in that situation. -
16 minutes ago, Siouxphan27 said:
Today's lesson in Homerism 101 brought to you by the letters W, T, and F.
LMAO. Dude, you are one of the posters on here that gives graduate classes in that subject.
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2 hours ago, geaux_sioux said:
NDSU threw out to the flat and the ball went slightly backward down the line. It was low and the WR muffed the shoelace catch. The ball was on the ground and a DB picked it up and scampered into the end zone. The refs blew it dead as an incomplete pass. NFL refs would have erred on the fumble side to preserve the ability to review.
The replay is now available on ESPN. It wasn't a low throw, and it is super tough to tell if it went backward or not. If it was backwards, it was by about 3 inches over 20 yards.The play is at 1:14:45.
Lance threw it with his back foot just in front of the 45 on the near hash. His throwing arm was slightly behind his foot because of the direction he was throwing the ball, so the ball was released either directly over the 45 or maybe an inch or two in front of it. The receiver was about five yards beyond the far hash, facing towards Lance and with both of his feet close together just barely behind the 45 and his body leaning slightly forward. The ball hit him right in the gut, which was directly over the 45.
The idea that the ball was a full yard back is idiotic, and mostly due to misremembering and some moron announcers that think they know the rules but don't. If this was a higher profile game with a rules specialist on standby(like NFL or big college games), the official would have said that the officiating philosophy for situations like this is that the ball must be clearly moving backwards before it becomes a fumble. This throw might have been ever so slightly backwards, but that wouldn't be enough; especially on review. Very close call, but ruled correctly on the field.
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5 hours ago, zonadub said:
And the clock starts even if a student athlete is only practicing with the team (practice squad) and does not see any actual intercollegiate playing time? Even if a PWO, with no scholarship?
didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night
The clock starts with either the first day of practice or the first day of class, whichever comes first.
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9 minutes ago, FlinFlan80 said:
What in the world does this have to do with the 2020 Hawk Football Season? Frankly, I don't care how many time Zach Vraa broke his collarbone. Maybe this is why UND is struggling to be more than average. The fanbase is dwelling on some dudes collarbone.
It's less about Vraa and more about how the NCAA administers hardship waivers. There always seems to be confusion from fans whether an injured player can get a 6th year or not. The fan confusion normally seems to happen with a UND player at least every other year, which is typical. jdub was thinking Vraa was a case where the NCAA went against their own rules, the rest of us were trying to show that they didn't.
That's not to say the NCAA has never gone against their own rules(in this matter), but it happens far more rarely than people think. We tend to focus on and remember the handful of outliers, and never hear about or forget the dozens upon dozens of regular cases.
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36 minutes ago, jdub27 said:
Yeah, unless he broke it three times....that isn't correct at all. The second break came his 2nd season as he was trying to come back after getting hurt in the first game. That's my point on his hardship being confusing, 2011 is the only season he is listed as losing due to injury.
https://gobison.com/sports/football/roster/zach-vraa/6271
He did break two different collarbones a total of three times. It's one of the reasons they switched to surgically repairing them with a metal sheath towards the end instead of letting them heal naturally like they did at first.
He broke his right collarbone during fall practice his true freshman season. He broke his left collarbone the first game of his RFr season. Later in that same season, he re-broke his right collarbone during practice.
https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/ndsu-football-thats-progression-bison-receiver-wants-follow
QuoteHe broke it in fall camp in his first year at NDSU when it appeared he was poised to break into the lineup as a true freshman. He broke the collarbone on his other side in the 2011 season opener against Lafayette College (Pa.). Just as it appeared he was ready to get back into the lineup, he broke it again in practice in November and watched the FCS playoffs from the sideline.
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On 12/6/2019 at 6:16 AM, The Sicatoka said:
The central campus portion (Coulee to Columbia) is complete and open for a couple months.
My post was from early October.
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Also, you really need to read McFeely's column about the experience of the WDAY/Forum Comm crew when they traveled down to Nicholls for the Bison game back in 2004. Whatever your feelings about McFeely or NDSU, the column is gold.
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6 hours ago, nodak651 said:
According to the budget submitted to the NCAA, the Alerus rental fee is 32k Other gameday expenses brought the total up to about 50k.
Using this info, the simple break-even attendance point for a $50k bid(internal max) was about 5800 tickets at $20 each. The break-even point of the submitted bid was 7500. More than likely UND would have made its full 25% cut in the first case, but lost some of it had they won the hosting with the actual bid. (I suspect the actual attendance would have been closer to 6k.)
My work:
75% NCAA cut of net * (ticket price * attendance - overhead) = UND bid
.75(20x-50,000)=75,000
15x-37,500=75000
15x=112,500
x=7500
At 7500 tickets sold(all full price), UND would have made about $25k on the game, maybe less(the NCAA only guarantees a host 15% of the net).
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26 minutes ago, nd1sufan said:
Not very many have a chance to win the BB tourneys, but comparing making it to the “Big Dance” in BB and making the FCS playoffs are worlds apart. And if it means only 6 at large bids, so be it. That gives 2 each for the Big Sky and MVFC, and the other two split between the CAA and Southland. If you are fourth or worse in your conference you are out of luck.
It's pretty much locked in NCAA policy that there must be at least 1 at-large bid for every 1 autobid. That's for every DI tournament, not just FCS or MBB. As for cutting down the FCS autobids, you can't really do that. If you just arbitrarily choose who gets them, you could be looking at a lawsuit you can't win. And there's no easy criteria you can use to exclude anyone that also gets you down to 8. And if you can't get down to 8, what's the point?
The thing that upset the apple cart was the NEC adding scholarships. Prior to that, the committee was able to exclude them and the Pioneer because they were non-scholarship. That was a concrete reason to exclude, and not just some arbitrary "you're not good enough". But when the NEC became a scholarship conference, they had a right to an autobid. At that point, you might as well add at least the Pioneer and go to 20 teams(10+10). And once you go to 20, you might as well go to 24 to clean up the bracket. And having space for two more autobids makes sense in case the SWAC and MEAC ever want to rejoin, or the Ivy decides to take part, or a new conference forms like the Great West almost did before being absorbed into the Big Sky.
Wanting the playoffs to go back to 16 is just unrealistic and a waste of time.
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5 hours ago, geaux_sioux said:
Is the answer the Patriot League?
The answer is that the SWAC and MEAC don't get autobids, so how can you take them away?
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7 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:
In today’s political climate, or any for that matter, if the FCS tried to remove the “Privilege” of an autobid from two conferences containing HBCUs there would be an absolute PR World War.
You're missing my point. (hint: check out the actual list of autobid conferences)
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1 minute ago, geaux_sioux said:
Lol. Kaepernick would be all over that.
Either I'm missing your point or you're missing mine.
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41 minutes ago, nd1sufan said:
How about cutting it down to 16. There are at least 8 teams that have ZERO chance of winning a title. Give everybody a bye week before the playoffs and get rid of regionalization, seed everyone 1-16. Tell the SWAC and MEAC if they want to play in the Celebration bowl they lose their AQ. If they want somebody in the playoffs their second place teams better have a great resume. I think that would be 8 AQ’s and 8 at large bids.
Yeah, go tell the MEAC and SWAC that they're going to lose their autobids. That should be a funny conversation.
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2020 Dumpster Fire (Enter at your own risk)
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Reminds me of a story James May told during an episode of The Grand Tour being filmed in Stuttgart. He said he was having a conversation about losing your driver's license with a friend from California and a friend from Germany, and it went something like this:
California Friend(CF): In Germany what would happen if you lost your license and then drove your car?
German Friend(GF): No, you cannot do this.
CF: Well, yeah, I know you're not supposed to, but what if you did?
GF: No, you cannot drive, you have no license.
CF: Yeah man, but late one night you just go for a drive...
GF: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT A LICENSE!!!