21 minutes ago. 1/2 million views. It will have 20 million by morning with 10’s of thousands sharing, commenting, adding to, with community notes improving, always there.

Immensely hyper-topical.

Your editor is as deep as you want to dive.

Fascinating.

*not Bigfoot

** I am positive an editor from dying legacy media will post a perspective sometime tomorrow afternoon or the next day you can parrot if you need to.

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UberCougars said:

People should cut out sugary drinks, too. 🤷

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Never said it was going to happen. Just that it needs to. People should really follow my example.

People should cut out sugary drinks, too. 🤷

Flatlandcoug said:

It's doable....but with conferences bloated the way that they are, the idea that there is a "regular season" champion of most conferences is kind of a joke. Those conferences are not going to give up their championship games all that easily....more so since losing the championship game isn't going to matter to the losing team. It's all about ego and money and that's going to be hard to stop.

The good thing about a larger playoff is that it gives teams like WSU a more achievable entry point into the party. Right now, with all of the politics of football, there's a good chance that an 11-1 WSU team could be on the outside looking in on a 16 team playoff....as ridiculous as that seems.

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I don’t see any of those conference administrators giving up their cushy seats voluntarily any time soon.

KRUSTYtheCOUG said:

There's only 2 SERIOUS candidates that actually matter. Taihtsat

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The only reason that’s true is because people have bought into the party lines. If they’d actually look at the other 8…a lot of people would find a candidate they more closely agree with.

Trump and Harris are both shit. People know that, but vote for them anyway. They shouldn’t.

KRUSTYtheCOUG said:

There's only 2 SERIOUS candidates that actually matter. Taihtsat

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I’d probably say you have 4 options

1. Harris
2. Trump
3. Don’t vote
4. Other/“your conscience”/Jill somebody/write-in/etc

Coug90 said:

You probably shouldn’t vote then if they are just gonna give it to Harris 🤷

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I have no predictions in this race. I’m pretty fascinated watching this all unfold real-time in a way none of us predicted nor hold any control over.

You want my true belief(s)? Here goes.

First off, who will win. I don’t have any idea. While I see several plausible scenarios or hypotheticals, I suspect ultimately nobody will be happy and everyone will have their reasons. What happens then? Who knows? I guess we’re back to scenarios and hypotheticals.

What impact do my innermost thoughts and feelings have on influencing any of you on anything? None.

So, why do I do it? Same as you all, I guess.

Anyway,

Go Cougs!

The original fear of a 36 team super league seems to have waned. There’s too much much money left on the table if the bottom 85 programs are left out.

It won’t be as large as the NCAA basketball tournament, but I can certainly envision a 24 or 32 team playoff. The total number of games played would be kept down by expanding the number of 1st round BYES. Unlike basketball, the teams barely squeaking into the tournament aren’t going to be making a Cinderella run though the bracket. They’ll be out after 1, maybe 2 extra games.

Coug90 said:

Ha. No there’s not. There’s literally ten candidates on the ballot. Did X tell you that too?

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There's only 2 SERIOUS candidates that actually matter. Taihtsat

UberCougars said:

There are only 2 candidates. Hope this helps

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Ha. No there’s not. There’s literally ten candidates on the ballot. Did X tell you that too?

UberCougars said:

My narrative?

Rich.

I just watched the video of the guy who couldn’t vote and posted it here.

Happy to hear they pulled the failed machine., aren’t you?

The Laurel County clerk’s office pulled a ballot-marking machine from public use Thursday, the first day of early voting in Kentucky, after someone posted a video on TikTok claiming their intended presidential vote for Republican Donald Trump instead was credited to Democrat Kamala Harris.

Read more at: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article294842374.html#storylink=cpy

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You probably shouldn’t vote then if they are just gonna give it to Harris 🤷

95coug said:

Valid perspective, but…

Insisting on choosing a D or R candidate just perpetuates the issue with the 2 party system and incentivizes neither of them to return to the middle and pick a better candidate.

We have 10 candidates this year. Pick a different one. If 50 million people do that, the wheels start to come off the 2 party system.

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There are only 2 candidates. Hope this helps

UberCougars said:

My narrative?

Rich.

I just watched the video of the guy who couldn’t vote and posted it here.

Happy to hear they pulled the failed machine., aren’t you?

The Laurel County clerk’s office pulled a ballot-marking machine from public use Thursday, the first day of early voting in Kentucky, after someone posted a video on TikTok claiming their intended presidential vote for Republican Donald Trump instead was credited to Democrat Kamala Harris.

Read more at: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article294842374.html#storylink=cpy

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Well.....too many people are saying because one machine in Kentucky was reported.....it's happening everywhere because there is some grand conspiracy. Maybe you aren't one of those people.....but god damn....it's hard to figure out who's a nutjob or not when we see these kind of videos where people only pay attention to the part of the story that suits them.

And yes, I'm glad to hear that the machine was pulled.

Flatlandcoug said:

I know that it doesn't fit your narrative, but according to the article below.....the machine recorded the proper vote on the ballot that came out of the machine......

“Here’s the thing,” the clerk said. “The official who worked with (the woman who posted the TikTok video) said, ‘Did you vote for Trump?’, and she said, ‘Yeah, it’s on my card.’ Of course, she didn’t say anything until she was done. Which doesn’t help.”

Read more at: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article294842374.html#storylink=cpy

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My narrative?

Rich.

I just watched the video of the guy who couldn’t vote and posted it here.

Happy to hear they pulled the failed machine., aren’t you?

The Laurel County clerk’s office pulled a ballot-marking machine from public use Thursday, the first day of early voting in Kentucky, after someone posted a video on TikTok claiming their intended presidential vote for Republican Donald Trump instead was credited to Democrat Kamala Harris.

Read more at: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article294842374.html#storylink=cpy

28 team tournament bracket with 4 first round bye’s takes 5 rounds to find a winner.

Same with 32 team bracket with no first round bye’s.

chugspig said:

As far as I know Jed Collins runs the show. Didn’t know they had a board.

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I saw it once on the page, but don't see it now. From their FAQ:

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CONTRIBUTIONS GO TO THE ATHLETES?​

Between 90 – 95%. The Cougar Collective keeps its overhead costs as low as possible, but must cover expenses related to IT, legal, marketing materials, content creation, student-athlete education, fan engagement experiences, and bookkeeping. The Board of Directors review finances on an on-going basis to ensure funds are spent in ways that maximize student-athlete’s benefit.

Further, being a 501c3, it seems to me they'd need one.

Suudy said:

I see the site has been revamped (not the butter one, but the main one here). They don't list the board. Anyone know who is on the board?

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As far as I know Jed Collins runs the show. Didn’t know they had a board.

I see the site has been revamped (not the butter one, but the main one here). They don't list the board. Anyone know who is on the board?

Yeah, play Arizona State in the first game

Coug90 said:

These guys?? Naaaaww……

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The really fat guy looks a lot like Biggs........

roses04 said:

The problem is the bowls have lost all their meaning, players opt into the portal in December, and the team that qualified for the bowl is a shell of the team that won 8-10 games. A playoff format using the bowls would help 16 bowls a whole lot. You can still have the others for the teams that don't make the playoffs, heck you could even turn the rest of the bowls into an NIT type of format. The lessor bowls are dying, a playoff format could help save them. A 32 team format would require 31 sites for all the games, all meaningful games.

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I agree with this. It seems the only post-season games where players don't opt-out are those that have a path to the NC. Having a tournament would keep players in as long as they believe they have a shot at the NC. But that's the rub. Are bottom seeded teams essentially confirming their status if players don't believe they will make the NC so why bother, and then they are doomed to lose anyway? We probably will never see an upset of a top seed because a) they are really are unable to complete or b) the become unable to compete because their players are opting out or are lured away by NIL after the regular season and before the post-season. It seems most players care more for $$$ than for team loyalty, and this might make that much more obvious.

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I know that it doesn't fit your narrative, but according to the article below.....the machine recorded the proper vote on the ballot that came out of the machine......

“Here’s the thing,” the clerk said. “The official who worked with (the woman who posted the TikTok video) said, ‘Did you vote for Trump?’, and she said, ‘Yeah, it’s on my card.’ Of course, she didn’t say anything until she was done. Which doesn’t help.”

Read more at: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article294842374.html#storylink=cpy

The Match is a pretty good ROI.

Loyal Coug1 said:

You mean Trumpers and MAGA people? I think an IQ of 60 might be generous. And teeth? I'd guess an over/under of 20? (being generous here, I had to count my own full set of teeth to ascertain what is a normal mouthful. Somewhere around 38-40? I just did it with my finger to estimate).

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These guys?? Naaaaww……

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