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I will be very surprised if they keep 3 QB’s. I expect Hooker to be out.

The problem is they haven’t signed Hutch yet to his long term deal. That would have to happen before they went out and signed anyone else especially another DE.

I don’t think it has anything to do with UM’s money being a profit center for the NCAA. The cash just means they have the money to sue the NCAA in an actual court of law if they don’t like the ruling or penalties. Tennessee did this exact move and the NCAA folded like a cheap suit at the first sign UT was serious about litigation.

NCAA will rule on punishment for the Stalions case today. I am expecting them to accept the prior self imposed sanctions on the team and only give very minor additional punishments like a few less summer practice days or a recruiting weekend. They will come down hard on Stalions, Harbaugh, and the CMU coaching staff.

The rest of the league has to assume that one of the goalie prospects has to go. There will be more rumors on them. With Augustine at MSU again this year there’s no urgency for Stevie to get it done now (Just like everything else in this organization!). I think it waits until next year unless someone blows their doors off, which trading their top prospect like Savoie would definitely quality.

Ideally, they find a way to sign Jamo to a deal they can get out of after 3 years while Teslaa plays on his 3rd round rookie contract. I expect big things on the field from Jamo this season but I’m not as confident that he gets through the year without more outside stuff popping up.

In a normal world, I’d say cmon that’s tongue in cheek and he’s obviously just making a joke. This isn’t a normal world. I have no doubt that he will be naming himself as an honoree next year. There will also be no shortage of bootlicking congressional cucks that will applaud the decision.

The only way that I see this administration caring about Social Security is if there’s a way to make billionaires more money while punishing any previous woke polices and owning libs while doing it.

Got sucked into the 5 hour Billy Joel doc on HBOMax. This was amazing. It’s broken into 2 parts and is done really, really well. I like Billy but I wouldn’t consider myself a fanboy. Easy watch that tells his entire story. I didn’t quite realize the depths of greatness and the complications of his life. What stuck in my head was the contrast in his songwriting process to that we saw of Paul McCartney in the Peter Jackson Beatles doc. These are arguably the 2 best songwriters of our time (can’t be argued that both are at least top 5) and they couldn’t be more different. Paul typically came up with the arrangement first and the filed in lyrics as they came to him. Sometimes just using gibberish to fill the space until he find something that fits his melody. Watching how the lyrics to Back in the USSR came to be was amazing. Billy usually started with lyrics first and then built his composition around it to create the song. He was able to write and compose a few complete songs within a few hours. He typically would write about specific things that happened in his life. You May Be Right came after a single line one of his wives said to him after a night out partying and ringing his motorcycle home in the rain. He often builds his melodies off classical music instead of the traditional folk and blues that we see in most rock. He played Uptown Girl on his piano in a classical style and it did sound like a Rachmaninoff piece. One commonality these two had is after they achieved a pinnacle of success, they quickly got bored of one style of songwriting and would constantly try to change things dramatically from album to album

The king doesn’t need permission. He takes what he wants. Our laws don’t apply to him.

The air quality here from the Canadian wildfires is terrible. This is the 2nd straight year we’ve had this problem. I wish there was somebody that could tell those damn Canucks to blow the smoke away from America. If they aren’t willing to do it then maybe we need to send our military in to take care of their problem. They can also stop the massive network of Canadian fentanyl that makes up the .02% of what’s brought into America. 🇺🇸

Looks like Lord Abbott of Texas is taking a page from the King when it comes to ruling his fiefdom.

Hopefully things end up better for Morton than it did the last C-Mo we had.

Managing the cap is easier than it’s ever been. It’s barely a hindrance anymore. It continues to go up at a ridiculous pace. It has gone up nearly $100M in just the 5 years after Covid. The league just signed a massive new deal with ESPN that will drive it up even more.

I feel the exact same as I did with Garrett, Crosby, or Hendrickson. I’d give them 3 or 4 1st’s. Brad was on a Rams staff that showed that you maintain and improve a strong existing core by trading high picks for veteran pro bowlers. These picks will be in the late 20’s or early 30’s. It’s not the same as a top 10 pick.

They were touting 147,000 jobs gained in June. Turned out it was only 14,000. Actually, it wasn’t even that since the numbers will get adjusted a final time when they get their annual adjustment for the end of the year. The reality is that we lost jobs in June instead of gaining near 150k. Dow was up 344 points and Nasdaq 1% on the day the cooked numbers were announced.

Another day. Another post on how ****ing flawed these BLS reports are. When will the media and markets start treating these numbers Ike the made up garbage they are. Every month is the same. “Hey, surprise beat on jobs. The economy is doing better than we thought”. Stocks rally. Fast forward a few months and here comes an adjustment and it turns out that was a mistake in the poll and not some positive surprise in the numbers.

AJ doesn’t use a closer

The Tigers are the only team in MLB where their entire division has thrown in the towel. Everyone else sold and essentially conceded the playoff spot. They didn’t need to be as aggressive as others today since they aren’t fighting to secure a playoff spot. Everyone else has to put pedal to metal just to ensure they get in. Playoffs are a crapshoot either way. You can’t just build the best team and expect to win the World Series. They could’ve added Suarez, Miller, and Bednar today and it still wouldn’t improve their chances of winning it all. Definitely would’ve helped get them in the playoffs but that’s not an issue.

Darn. Used up all my likes today.

I’m not saying they fire sale but why aren’t they shopping Ozuna or Iglesias. Neither are going to be back next year. Ozzie Albies struggles this year brings his future into question even as Atlanta has affordable team options the next 2 years on his deal. Drake Baldwin looks like their catcher of the future and that makes Sean Murphy expendable.

AJ Preller is the Angel Hernandez of GM’s. I guess he learned nothing from the Soto trade.

Does that open up an opportunity for Suárez for us?

What’s Atlanta doing? They are so out of it and have many valuable pieces. I haven’t heard many of their guys mentioned in deals.

The day is still young. I think he will prove you wrong and trade some of the prospects outside the top 7 for a Bednar, Keller, or Alcántara. Maybe even 2 of them. 🤞