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Charleston SC - which is where I’ll be for the next few days. Post away, my Pretties. I love Charleston because it is arguably the culinary capital of the US South.
-Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, "the oldest continuous use Jewish worship" sanctuary in America
-The Francis Marion Hotel. Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" is recognized as a father of guerilla warfare, or a terrorist, depending on whose side one is on.
Almost late enough in the season to be tolerable. When I was there for work once in August, it was 98 degrees and 98% humidity. And then the tv weather guy came on and said "After today, this cold snap of dry weather will be over." He wasn't wrong.
Have you ever gone to that thing where people open up their houses? I recall there was some sort of day where you could visit those nice old private homes, but maybe I am losing my mind. Always a possibility!
No, but that sound neat. I've been to Charleston a few times already and have been to a few places where you pay to get in. If I remember correctly, it was the Nathaniel Russell House
and the other was some Confederate dude's house near Battery. I think it was the Williams Mansion, but my memory is a bit foggy on that one. I am doing a gospel service at a North Charleston Baptist church, so that should be interesting.
i have only been once, and that was relatively recently for a rather fancy wedding.
that friend owns a historic house in the nice part of town, so hopefully we'll have more chances to go down in the future.
interestingly, people seem to drive around town in golf carts. and because you dont need a drivers license, you see a lot of kids driving around town. i thought that was funny.
I've noticed the golf cart thing in lots of white, wealthy suburbs in the South. Some even have dedicated paths/roadways for them (but forget about adding bike lanes to improve accessibility--that's for the commoners)
A week, after the Columbus Day hurricane in 1962. My daughter went nearly the same length of time (on the same farm) a few years ago, after the biggest ice storm in a couple of decades.
That sounds awful. I've wondered whether it would be worse to lose power during peak winter or peak summer. I think summer would be worse (though we're on gas and have a wood-burning fireplace, which would make things easier)
I have often thought about this and I suppose the answer depends on where you live and how hot or cold it gets. Take Phoenix for example, going without power in the winter would probably be fine but not having it in the summer would would be miserable and potentially life threatening.
We were going stir crazy for sure! We have a very small generator to charge phones, run the fridge a few hours a day and even and old portable DVD player with a small library. We have gas water heater, and gas stove top, so we were comfortable in that aspect. In 2021, we stayed warm with a wall furnace in our back unit, but the front of the house was in the mid-forties. We now have a wood burning insert and last year it was amazing during the outage we had (I think longest last year was 3 or 4 days). I'd rather be without power in the winter, it is so odd to not have power when it is warm out. Plus, those PSPSs tend to happen when the sky is choked out with smoke, so you are trapped inside with no power, which really sucks!
we had a bad storm in NY once where i think power was out for 4-5 days. but we have one of those portable backup generators that plugs into an alternate subpanel in the house, so it didnt seem so bad.
3.5 days after the Atlanta ice storm (2000 Atlanta Super Bowl week). We were several hours from giving up on trying to keep warm in the house/moving to a hotel with power when the magic lights went on. It would be much harder to last that long during a July/Aug Atlanta power outage.
I was out for a couple of days after the derecho storm in the DC area in summer 2012, but my house is built into a hill, so the lower levels were cool enough to sleep. I had friends who were out for 5 days & it was around 100F every day. Just ass.
Actually, I have been in a lost power situation for more than 48 hours. January 1982 when a mudslide took out transmission towers over the Santa Cruz Mtns. That was one consequence of a steady rainstorm that dumped 14 inches on the Santa Cruz Mtns. We also lost the aqueduct connecting Loch Lomond to Santa Cruz, restricting the water supply.
3 days after a windstorm in late winter 2018. We went 2 days without power after another windstorm earlier this year (plus an additional 2 days without internet)
You mean while in a location that is expected to have immediate access to electricity? Probably about 24 hours. Maybe less. Even in the years when I lived in New Jersey and ice storms knocked out electricity, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCPL) restored service in under a day.
This happened three years ago. If you have 6 minutes and 15 seconds, this dude in Utah saw what he thought were little bobcats. No it was a mountain lion and her cubs. I see people approach wildlife all the time and I keep warning them to keep their distance and they never ever listen.
Yesterday morning on my run I came across a turkey with two young poults in the middle of the trail. Usually they run off into the brush but the two poults were kind of sleeping on the trail and they just stayed there. Having had a hen fly up at me a year ago, I turned around and backtracked. You don't mess with wildlife, especially if young are involved.
Is IBs the one just down from Asian Ghetto? I think I bought No 2 a cheesesteak there last year. I also think there's one on Lakeshore in Oakland over by the lake.
Poll shows that GOP voters see Trump as more religiously devout than Pence, Romney, or Biden. Same poll indicates that 69% of all American voters say that choosing a person of faith was important.
Footnote in Judge Engoron's ruling against Trump cited that Trump's defense that he wasn't inflating property value because he could sell property for any value to the Saudis as a line of credit was evidence that Trump was corrupted by the Saudis.
US Senate wrotes a bipartisan stopgap bill in an attempt to avert a Federal shutdown given that the House wasn't getting it done. Kevin McCarthy kills the bill.
Corporate sent out an all-hands email today about what happens for anyone whose contract is suspended and a decent proportion of the team are spooked now. Whee.
Michael Cohen - former Trump personal lawyer - says that Trump likely isn't liquid enough to pay damages so will have to liquidate something big and not before having to pay fines and interest.
Not for reals, but taking over trump tower, converting the empty offices to apartments and renting them out on Section 8 would be a wonderful bit of trolling. And provide some low income housing in NYC.
I have discovered the John Wick series and enjoyed the visceral thrill, though, IMHO, the continuous frenetic fights scenes became tedious after a while.
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There's talk of a five, but it won't be the same without Keanu Reeves.
James Cameron tells story about how he almost died filming The Abyss when his air failed while underwater. That has happened to me - go to draw a breath and there's nothing.
Sir Michael Gambon has passed away at the age of 82. He had a very long and storied career, but he is most known for his contemporary work as Prof. Dumbledore in 6 of the 8 Harry Potter films, replacing Richard Harris who passed after the Chamber of Secrets wrapped filming.
Only Murders in the Building (S3 E9). What a brilliant series climax and cliffhanger. I can't wait for the season finally next week. Definitely one of the better series on TV now.
Cubs collapsed in the late innings again, now tied with Fish for last WC spot, with Miami holding tiebreaker. Cubbies seem screwed. At least I can turn my attention to the PAC 12 title contending Cal football team, right????
It isn’t often that you’ll find an NFL head coach speaking lightly of an opponent, no matter what their record is. Some head coaches, like Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots, will gush about an 0-14 team as if they’re destined to make a Super Bowl run.
49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has always been respectful of his upcoming opponent. Shanahan was once in the same shoes as Cardinals head coach Johnathan Gannon, when Kyle needed to re-tool San Francisco’s roster back in 2017.
Justin Herbert has been one of the NFL’s most productive quarterbacks through the first three weeks of the season as he he compiled stellar statistics.
Next for Herbert is a home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday (kickoff is is set for 1:05 p.m. PT). The Raiders, whose defense has been struggling this season, have had trouble defending against Herbert since he entered the NFL in 2020.
I like Herbert, he is a very good QB who puts up big numbers but like his time at Oregon, he just can’t come up with a clutch drive to win a game, let alone a big game.
Oakland dropped their second straight to the Twins tonight, losing their 110th game of the season to Minnesota by a final of 6-4.
Rookie pitcher Joey Estes got the ball today looking to make one last big final impression on the coaching staff before the long offseason begins. Wouldn’t having a great performance sit in the coaching staff’s mind all winter be a nice thing for him coming into spring?
The best and most exciting part of the 2023 San Francisco Giants season was the rookies. The 2023 San Francisco Giants rookies did not play particularly good baseball.
Both of these things can be true. I know they can both be true because they both are true.
The Padres had not won an extra innings game all year, and were in line to match the expansion Expos for the most extra innings ever. But the Giants (and Gabe's baffling lineup and roster management) were there to save them from themselves.
The Dodgers followed the script of their previous win, once again relying on strong pitching by a rookie and outstanding offense to beat the Rockies in Coors Field, 8-2 on Wednesday night.
Making his second start at Coors Field in his rookie season, Emmet Sheehan kicked things up a notch, as the right-hander was superb against the Rox.
BERKELEY – The California women's tennis team will open the 2023-24 season with the annual Cal Fall Invitational that runs Friday through Sunday at the Hellman Tennis Complex and Channing Tennis Courts.
As with all regular-season Cal tennis matches at Hellman and Channing, admission is free to the Cal Fall Invitational.
California sixth-year senior center Matthew Cindric was named a semifinalist for the 2022 William V. Campbell Trophy® on Wednesday, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame announced. Celebrating its 34th year, the Campbell Trophy® recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
BERKELEY – California volleyball will look to earn its first Pac-12 win this weekend at Haas Pavilion, hosting Arizona on Friday night at 7 p.m. PT and No. 25 Arizona State on Sunday at noon.
The Golden Bears (11-2, 0-2 Pac-12) rank fifth in the country in opponent hitting percentage, having held foes to just .136 through their first 13 matches. They also stand at 24th nationally with 13.81 kills per set and 25th with 12.83 assists per set.
BERKELEY – The California field hockey team renews its rivalry with Stanford this week. The Bears and Cardinal will play a split home and away series with both games being televised on the Pac-12 Network. Cal will host Stanford on Friday for an America East contest that will begin at 4 p.m. PT. On Sunday, the Cardinal will host the Bears for a nonconference clash at noon.
BERKELEY – Bragging rights will be on the line Thursday as the California men's and women's golf teams join forces to face their Stanford counterparts in the Big Match at Menlo Country Club in Woodside.
The unique match-play event – which starts at noon PT Thursday – will be played for the fourth time since its creation in 2018. The Golden Bears won the first two editions of the competition in 2018 and 2019 while Stanford pulled out a victory last September. Seven mixed pairs from each rival school compete in a better ball match play format. Each of the seven matches is worth one point, with a total of seven points available in the overall match competition.
You never know how far belief is going to get you.
A lot of times, it's the belief you have within that allows you to go far. Other times, it's the belief that others have in you.
When Adrian Weinberg was preparing to start his freshman season in 2019, he knew he was joining a California men's water polo roster that already had three older goalkeepers, one of whom was coming off an All-American campaign. With that in mind, he headed to Berkeley placing higher hopes on his academic prospects than his water polo ones.
SEASIDE – Closing out the Molly Collegiate Invitational Tuesday at Bayonet Golf Course, the California women's golf team capped off its best collective performance ever, shattering yet another all-time program record with a 28-under-par 836 team score that tied No. 2 Oregon for first place.
The Golden Bears bested their previous 54-hole record – set in 2008 at the Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic – by 10 strokes. It was Cal's fourth program record in two days.
BERKELEY – The California men's soccer team continues Pac-12 play when the Golden Bears play at 17th-ranked San Diego State on Thursday and at UCLA on Sunday.
Thursday's game will air on the Aztec Digital Network, while the Pac-12 Networks will broadcast Sunday's match.
BERKELEY- The California women's soccer team is set for a pair of Pac-12 Conference matches at Edwards Stadium this week. The Golden Bears (4-3-2, 1-0-0) will host Arizona (4-2-3, 1-0-0) on Thursday, followed by a matchup with Arizona State (6-1-3, 1-0-0) on Sunday.
On this day in 1968 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Colorado 10-0. The Bears scored on a 38 yard reverse by Paul Williams in the third quarter and a Ron Miller field goal with 2:48 remaining in the fourth quarter. Cal’s Bear Minimum defense yielded only 39 points in their first seven games as the Bears achieved a top ten ranking en route to a 7-3-1 campaign — the Bears first winning season in ten years.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
its just baffling to me that they think they can do this. The exit fees next year will be $100M-ish each and buying back their media rights in the 300-350M range. Each. No move will make up for that... unless ESPN wants it to happen for some reason. That is the only way
probably. They have lost a significant portion of their cable base in the last 10 years or so. Hence all the layoffs and cost cutting. The existing media arrangements for college football w/ESPN will be the highest revenue wise for teams. It will only go down from here.
Yeah, I have to wonder how much maneuvering ESPN is doing here- they could figure that an imploding ACC is in their favor, scoop best teams for their SEC contract, donate 1 or 2 to Fox/Big 10, and then be able to renegotiate ACC contract more on level of American league pay- or ditch them all together. If ESPN is meddling here, wonder what legal recourse ACC remainders would have? And would NCAA ever have guts to step in and say enough, all conference realignment halted until we figure out football/separate it from the rest of collegiate sports?
UVA! There’s a tag-along in every friend group I guess. Like that dude Jeff from my high school that was somehow always around and no one could recall inviting.
Everybody knew that there were schools looking to leave the ACC. That's why the rest of the conference voted to add more schools, so that their current conference can remain stable (as long as they have at least 15 the ESPN deal remains in place).
We'll be fine. Games (but not finances) are net-sum-zero. For some, they end up winning more, which ends up being a upward spiral for their programs - like Clemson and Miami. For others, they don't end up doing well in the new conference - like BC, Virginia Tech, and Syracuse and end up with downward pressure on their programs. Cal is joining the ACC at the right time - Syracuse, BC, VA Tech, Wake Forest, Pitt, UVA, Louisville, and NC State are all very beatable. Duke's Mike Elko has to be a hot commodity now and has to be a target of a bigger program. With FSU, UNC, Miami, and/or Clemson gone and some new invitees entering, Cal could be the Iowa of the West - be very average and yet go 8-4 with Sun Bowl invitation every year.
My question is less about the strength of Cal's program and much more about the stability and staying power of the ACC. Given that TV networks, not ADs or university presidents, run college football now, what is the long term status of the ACC likely to be?
I think this is just a bunch of hot air. When Texas/Oklahoma and USC/UCLA left, it was done quietly and only broke once it was a done deal. For them to leave the ACC they would have to pay the exit fees, which is a significant amount of money. ESPN is having financial troubles and bleeding viewership, so I have a hard time believing that they could up with the money for the SEC to add Clemson and FSU. Do you think Clemson and FSU would take a smaller share like Cal/Stanford or even Oregon and UW have? I seriously doubt their pride would allow that.
Whether it’s hot air or actually has some legs, in the next go around, Cal may find itself on the outside looking in. Unless we sack up and fire Wilcox this year and ACTUALLY invest in football. We were lucky to be invited to the ACC, but if we’re still a doormat program in the next round of contraction/ expansion, we might find ourselves in OSU’s or Wazzu’s shoes.
This ACC move is a gift to Wilcox. Even this year's deeply flawed team would likely be bowl-bound in the ACC (especially if the extra OOC game is used to play a low-level G5 team).
I would normally believe this but losses to Colorado and Arizona prove otherwise. Not to mention he will have to navigate the whole east coast travel which means we would probably lose at Virginia this season.
Brenda Tracy said that the MSU Board of Trustees leaked her name in the Mel Tucker issue. On a related note, Mel Tucker was officially notified of his firing for cause.
Chuck Connors?
Y'ALL. I am in London and today I saw a Fenton's Ice Cream parlor. When are we gonna get photos in this joint, I need to show you!
I support the use of photos in comments. It would make the DBD much more interesting.
agreed. i typically dump everything into Google photos and it is easy to create and share links
put it on imgur and link that?
Charleston SC
Charleston stands out for a number of things:
-Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, "the oldest continuous use Jewish worship" sanctuary in America
-The Francis Marion Hotel. Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" is recognized as a father of guerilla warfare, or a terrorist, depending on whose side one is on.
-shrimp and grits
I'm going twice within the span of two weeks. I am going to stuff myself with crabs, oysters, and other mud-crawlies that happen to taste great.
Almost late enough in the season to be tolerable. When I was there for work once in August, it was 98 degrees and 98% humidity. And then the tv weather guy came on and said "After today, this cold snap of dry weather will be over." He wasn't wrong.
Do yourself a favor and have dinner at Melfi's, and lunch at The Obstinate Daughter on Sullivan's Island.
As luck would have it, I am having lunch at the Obstinate Daughter on the 13th
Have you ever gone to that thing where people open up their houses? I recall there was some sort of day where you could visit those nice old private homes, but maybe I am losing my mind. Always a possibility!
No, but that sound neat. I've been to Charleston a few times already and have been to a few places where you pay to get in. If I remember correctly, it was the Nathaniel Russell House
https://www.historiccharleston.org/house-museums/nathaniel-russell-house/
and the other was some Confederate dude's house near Battery. I think it was the Williams Mansion, but my memory is a bit foggy on that one. I am doing a gospel service at a North Charleston Baptist church, so that should be interesting.
super fun town, great food, great history.
i have only been once, and that was relatively recently for a rather fancy wedding.
that friend owns a historic house in the nice part of town, so hopefully we'll have more chances to go down in the future.
interestingly, people seem to drive around town in golf carts. and because you dont need a drivers license, you see a lot of kids driving around town. i thought that was funny.
I've noticed the golf cart thing in lots of white, wealthy suburbs in the South. Some even have dedicated paths/roadways for them (but forget about adding bike lanes to improve accessibility--that's for the commoners)
Not just in the south; check out the traffic in and around any number of golf course communities. Got a couple nearby in western Oregon.
oh it's worse than that, bikes are for foreigners and socialists
What's the longest you've gone without electricity?
A week, after the Columbus Day hurricane in 1962. My daughter went nearly the same length of time (on the same farm) a few years ago, after the biggest ice storm in a couple of decades.
A night.
It was miserable.
in a house? probably 24 hours. Not in a house? 6 weeks.
Snowmaggedon 2021, 10 days without electricity, living in town. Friends further out of town were without power for over 21 days.
That sounds awful. I've wondered whether it would be worse to lose power during peak winter or peak summer. I think summer would be worse (though we're on gas and have a wood-burning fireplace, which would make things easier)
I have often thought about this and I suppose the answer depends on where you live and how hot or cold it gets. Take Phoenix for example, going without power in the winter would probably be fine but not having it in the summer would would be miserable and potentially life threatening.
Agree. You can deal with the cold in a lot more ways than extreme heat without not only cooling, but probably also water.
We were going stir crazy for sure! We have a very small generator to charge phones, run the fridge a few hours a day and even and old portable DVD player with a small library. We have gas water heater, and gas stove top, so we were comfortable in that aspect. In 2021, we stayed warm with a wall furnace in our back unit, but the front of the house was in the mid-forties. We now have a wood burning insert and last year it was amazing during the outage we had (I think longest last year was 3 or 4 days). I'd rather be without power in the winter, it is so odd to not have power when it is warm out. Plus, those PSPSs tend to happen when the sky is choked out with smoke, so you are trapped inside with no power, which really sucks!
5 day backpacking trip is the longest w/o electricity and that was actually on purpose!
we had a bad storm in NY once where i think power was out for 4-5 days. but we have one of those portable backup generators that plugs into an alternate subpanel in the house, so it didnt seem so bad.
3.5 days after the Atlanta ice storm (2000 Atlanta Super Bowl week). We were several hours from giving up on trying to keep warm in the house/moving to a hotel with power when the magic lights went on. It would be much harder to last that long during a July/Aug Atlanta power outage.
I was out for a couple of days after the derecho storm in the DC area in summer 2012, but my house is built into a hill, so the lower levels were cool enough to sleep. I had friends who were out for 5 days & it was around 100F every day. Just ass.
Actually, I have been in a lost power situation for more than 48 hours. January 1982 when a mudslide took out transmission towers over the Santa Cruz Mtns. That was one consequence of a steady rainstorm that dumped 14 inches on the Santa Cruz Mtns. We also lost the aqueduct connecting Loch Lomond to Santa Cruz, restricting the water supply.
That was an El Nino winter.
3 days after a windstorm in late winter 2018. We went 2 days without power after another windstorm earlier this year (plus an additional 2 days without internet)
Probably 1.5 days during the PG&E Shutdowns during the high wind events.
You mean while in a location that is expected to have immediate access to electricity? Probably about 24 hours. Maybe less. Even in the years when I lived in New Jersey and ice storms knocked out electricity, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCPL) restored service in under a day.
This happened three years ago. If you have 6 minutes and 15 seconds, this dude in Utah saw what he thought were little bobcats. No it was a mountain lion and her cubs. I see people approach wildlife all the time and I keep warning them to keep their distance and they never ever listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pg2CDCm34w
Yesterday morning on my run I came across a turkey with two young poults in the middle of the trail. Usually they run off into the brush but the two poults were kind of sleeping on the trail and they just stayed there. Having had a hen fly up at me a year ago, I turned around and backtracked. You don't mess with wildlife, especially if young are involved.
IB's Cheesesteaks
IB gonna be served a California Memorial Stadium
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxtq3jYPegZ/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Where in the stadium and starting when?!?! Oh, my, I'm gonna need to up my cholesterol meds.
Bruh. A large IB Cheesesteak is now $24
https://ibscheesesteaks.com/product/ibs-original-2/
Thanks Biden
what
I remember the day that IB Cheesesteaks opened. It was 3 doors down from my apartment. It was a good thing that I was constantly broke.
Is IBs the one just down from Asian Ghetto? I think I bought No 2 a cheesesteak there last year. I also think there's one on Lakeshore in Oakland over by the lake.
This is correct.
sadly i think i have never had IBs. next time ..
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Blinken-182
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4227757-blinken-kicks-off-state-dept-music-diplomacy-initiative-with-his-own-performance/
Poll shows that GOP voters see Trump as more religiously devout than Pence, Romney, or Biden. Same poll indicates that 69% of all American voters say that choosing a person of faith was important.
https://www.deseret.com/2023/9/26/23891360/trump-biden-man-of-faith-religious-mitt-romney-vivek-ramaswamy
I simply do not know how you change the minds of people who are so fanatically ignorant
Just more evidence that the GOP base is fucking delusional.
Footnote in Judge Engoron's ruling against Trump cited that Trump's defense that he wasn't inflating property value because he could sell property for any value to the Saudis as a line of credit was evidence that Trump was corrupted by the Saudis.
https://newrepublic.com/post/175806/trump-brag-saudi-arabia-influence-buying-new-york-fraud-case
US Senate wrotes a bipartisan stopgap bill in an attempt to avert a Federal shutdown given that the House wasn't getting it done. Kevin McCarthy kills the bill.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kevin-mccarthy-kills-bipartisan-senate-bill-to-avert-government-shutdown
I will be absolutely shocked if there is not a federal shutdown
Same here.
Corporate sent out an all-hands email today about what happens for anyone whose contract is suspended and a decent proportion of the team are spooked now. Whee.
Do you get to stop work and call it free PTO?
Michael Cohen - former Trump personal lawyer - says that Trump likely isn't liquid enough to pay damages so will have to liquidate something big and not before having to pay fines and interest.
Not for reals, but taking over trump tower, converting the empty offices to apartments and renting them out on Section 8 would be a wonderful bit of trolling. And provide some low income housing in NYC.
Judge Chutkan denies Trump motion to recuse her.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-justice-department-special-counsel-jan-6-8439ca0fcae8e7cf2a15663f9888e75a
DBD AV CLUB
Guilty pleasure.
I have discovered the John Wick series and enjoyed the visceral thrill, though, IMHO, the continuous frenetic fights scenes became tedious after a while.
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There's talk of a five, but it won't be the same without Keanu Reeves.
James Cameron tells story about how he almost died filming The Abyss when his air failed while underwater. That has happened to me - go to draw a breath and there's nothing.
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/james-cameron-the-abyss-4k-1235738502/
Sir Michael Gambon has passed away at the age of 82. He had a very long and storied career, but he is most known for his contemporary work as Prof. Dumbledore in 6 of the 8 Harry Potter films, replacing Richard Harris who passed after the Chamber of Secrets wrapped filming.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66949848
RIP, Dumbledore.
Apple starts marketing their new big-tent thriller series
https://twitter.com/argyllemovie/status/1707289311161229524
Only Murders in the Building (S3 E9). What a brilliant series climax and cliffhanger. I can't wait for the season finally next week. Definitely one of the better series on TV now.
PRO
Raider's Chandler Jones is not having a good day on social media
https://twitter.com/chanjones55
I can't tell because Twitter's asinine algorithm shows tweets from the last 8 years in no particular order
Cubs collapsed in the late innings again, now tied with Fish for last WC spot, with Miami holding tiebreaker. Cubbies seem screwed. At least I can turn my attention to the PAC 12 title contending Cal football team, right????
Kyle Shanahan on the Cardinals: ‘They’re a team that should be 3-0’
https://www.ninersnation.com/2023/9/28/23893497/kyle-shanahan-johnathan-gannon-49ers-cardinals-week-4
It isn’t often that you’ll find an NFL head coach speaking lightly of an opponent, no matter what their record is. Some head coaches, like Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots, will gush about an 0-14 team as if they’re destined to make a Super Bowl run.
49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has always been respectful of his upcoming opponent. Shanahan was once in the same shoes as Cardinals head coach Johnathan Gannon, when Kyle needed to re-tool San Francisco’s roster back in 2017.
Raiders’ defense bracing for Justin Herbert
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2023/9/28/23891594/raiderschargers-justin-herbert-week-4
Justin Herbert has been one of the NFL’s most productive quarterbacks through the first three weeks of the season as he he compiled stellar statistics.
Next for Herbert is a home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday (kickoff is is set for 1:05 p.m. PT). The Raiders, whose defense has been struggling this season, have had trouble defending against Herbert since he entered the NFL in 2020.
I like Herbert, he is a very good QB who puts up big numbers but like his time at Oregon, he just can’t come up with a clutch drive to win a game, let alone a big game.
Athletics drop another one to Twins 6-4
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2023/9/27/23893280/athletics-drop-another-one-to-twins-6-4
Oakland dropped their second straight to the Twins tonight, losing their 110th game of the season to Minnesota by a final of 6-4.
Rookie pitcher Joey Estes got the ball today looking to make one last big final impression on the coaching staff before the long offseason begins. Wouldn’t having a great performance sit in the coaching staff’s mind all winter be a nice thing for him coming into spring?
I suppose the reverse boyoctt is not working?
Errors, a loss, an eye toward the future
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/9/27/23893684/giants-padres-recap-marco-luciano-tyler-fitzgerald-patrick-bailey-sean-manaea-thairo-estrada
The best and most exciting part of the 2023 San Francisco Giants season was the rookies. The 2023 San Francisco Giants rookies did not play particularly good baseball.
Both of these things can be true. I know they can both be true because they both are true.
The Padres had not won an extra innings game all year, and were in line to match the expansion Expos for the most extra innings ever. But the Giants (and Gabe's baffling lineup and roster management) were there to save them from themselves.
Emmet Sheehan strikes out career-high 10 as Dodgers trounce Rockies
https://www.truebluela.com/2023/9/27/23893741/emmet-sheehan-strikeouts-freddie-freeman-dodgers-rcokies
The Dodgers followed the script of their previous win, once again relying on strong pitching by a rookie and outstanding offense to beat the Rockies in Coors Field, 8-2 on Wednesday night.
Making his second start at Coors Field in his rookie season, Emmet Sheehan kicked things up a notch, as the right-hander was superb against the Rox.
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#FireWilcox
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[WTEN] Women’s Tennis Begins Season With Cal Fall Invite
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/27/womens-tennis-womens-tennis-begins-season-with-cal-fall-invite.aspx
BERKELEY – The California women's tennis team will open the 2023-24 season with the annual Cal Fall Invitational that runs Friday through Sunday at the Hellman Tennis Complex and Channing Tennis Courts.
As with all regular-season Cal tennis matches at Hellman and Channing, admission is free to the Cal Fall Invitational.
[FB] Cindric Named Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/27/football-cindric-named-campbell-trophy-semifinalist.aspx
California sixth-year senior center Matthew Cindric was named a semifinalist for the 2022 William V. Campbell Trophy® on Wednesday, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame announced. Celebrating its 34th year, the Campbell Trophy® recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
[VB] Bears Set To Host Arizona, No. 25 Arizona State
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/27/volleyball-bears-set-to-host-arizona-no-25-arizona-state.aspx
BERKELEY – California volleyball will look to earn its first Pac-12 win this weekend at Haas Pavilion, hosting Arizona on Friday night at 7 p.m. PT and No. 25 Arizona State on Sunday at noon.
The Golden Bears (11-2, 0-2 Pac-12) rank fifth in the country in opponent hitting percentage, having held foes to just .136 through their first 13 matches. They also stand at 24th nationally with 13.81 kills per set and 25th with 12.83 assists per set.
[FH] Bears Battle Stanford In Split Series
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/27/field-hockey-bears-battle-stanford-in-split-series.aspx
BERKELEY – The California field hockey team renews its rivalry with Stanford this week. The Bears and Cardinal will play a split home and away series with both games being televised on the Pac-12 Network. Cal will host Stanford on Friday for an America East contest that will begin at 4 p.m. PT. On Sunday, the Cardinal will host the Bears for a nonconference clash at noon.
[MGOLF] Rivals Meet In Woodside For Big Match
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/27/mens-golf-rivals-meet-in-woodside-for-big-match.aspx
BERKELEY – Bragging rights will be on the line Thursday as the California men's and women's golf teams join forces to face their Stanford counterparts in the Big Match at Menlo Country Club in Woodside.
The unique match-play event – which starts at noon PT Thursday – will be played for the fourth time since its creation in 2018. The Golden Bears won the first two editions of the competition in 2018 and 2019 while Stanford pulled out a victory last September. Seven mixed pairs from each rival school compete in a better ball match play format. Each of the seven matches is worth one point, with a total of seven points available in the overall match competition.
[MPOLO] The Power Of Belief
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/27/mens-water-polo-the-power-of-belief.aspx
You never know how far belief is going to get you.
A lot of times, it's the belief you have within that allows you to go far. Other times, it's the belief that others have in you.
When Adrian Weinberg was preparing to start his freshman season in 2019, he knew he was joining a California men's water polo roster that already had three older goalkeepers, one of whom was coming off an All-American campaign. With that in mind, he headed to Berkeley placing higher hopes on his academic prospects than his water polo ones.
[WGOLF] Record-Breaking Bears Win Molly Invitational
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/26/womens-golf-record-breaking-bears-win-molly-invitational.aspx
SEASIDE – Closing out the Molly Collegiate Invitational Tuesday at Bayonet Golf Course, the California women's golf team capped off its best collective performance ever, shattering yet another all-time program record with a 28-under-par 836 team score that tied No. 2 Oregon for first place.
The Golden Bears bested their previous 54-hole record – set in 2008 at the Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic – by 10 strokes. It was Cal's fourth program record in two days.
[MSOC] Cal Heads South To Face No. 17 SDSU, UCLA
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/26/mens-soccer-cal-heads-south-to-face-no-17-sdsu-ucla.aspx
BERKELEY – The California men's soccer team continues Pac-12 play when the Golden Bears play at 17th-ranked San Diego State on Thursday and at UCLA on Sunday.
Thursday's game will air on the Aztec Digital Network, while the Pac-12 Networks will broadcast Sunday's match.
[WSOC] Cal To Host Arizona, Arizona State
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/26/womens-soccer-cal-to-host-arizona-arizona-state.aspx
BERKELEY- The California women's soccer team is set for a pair of Pac-12 Conference matches at Edwards Stadium this week. The Golden Bears (4-3-2, 1-0-0) will host Arizona (4-2-3, 1-0-0) on Thursday, followed by a matchup with Arizona State (6-1-3, 1-0-0) on Sunday.
On this day in 1968 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Colorado 10-0. The Bears scored on a 38 yard reverse by Paul Williams in the third quarter and a Ron Miller field goal with 2:48 remaining in the fourth quarter. Cal’s Bear Minimum defense yielded only 39 points in their first seven games as the Bears achieved a top ten ranking en route to a 7-3-1 campaign — the Bears first winning season in ten years.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
Berkeley PD investigating the stealing of a sign by someone at Sigma Chi. The sign was worth $25k, so it's felony Grand Theft. Kids are stupid.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/stolen-sign-spotted-uc-berkeley-fraternity-roof-18392995.php
Sigma Chi, house of Greg Gutfeld. Enough said.
Had no idea that clown went to Cal.
Oh yes. Class of 1987.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Exactly a decade ago, this legend revealed his glory to the world https://twitter.com/TDISportsClips/status/1707243814681817296
Wazzu deserves better than relegation
Their popcorn in the rain game is world class.
Yes, it sucks.
It was one of the best of several Coug it classics back in that era.
The fan "Jet Bird" moment, when the Jets were struggling in the season opener is a contender.
Wazzu deserves to win the Pac12 this year.
After they dismantle us, I will be rooting for them.
The Post & Courier's Gene Sapakoff says his sources say that Clemson is working on an exit from the ACC. I presume that this is a move to the SEC.
https://saturdayroad.com/clemson-tigers/clemsons-acc-exit-could-come-sooner-than-later-per-report/
Rumors are that Clemson, Florida St, UNC, and UVA are exploring an exit together.
its just baffling to me that they think they can do this. The exit fees next year will be $100M-ish each and buying back their media rights in the 300-350M range. Each. No move will make up for that... unless ESPN wants it to happen for some reason. That is the only way
Yeah, I'm just not seeing it. In five years, maybe. Right now the exit fees are just too high.
Is ESPN being shopped by Disney along with ABC?
probably. They have lost a significant portion of their cable base in the last 10 years or so. Hence all the layoffs and cost cutting. The existing media arrangements for college football w/ESPN will be the highest revenue wise for teams. It will only go down from here.
Yeah, I have to wonder how much maneuvering ESPN is doing here- they could figure that an imploding ACC is in their favor, scoop best teams for their SEC contract, donate 1 or 2 to Fox/Big 10, and then be able to renegotiate ACC contract more on level of American league pay- or ditch them all together. If ESPN is meddling here, wonder what legal recourse ACC remainders would have? And would NCAA ever have guts to step in and say enough, all conference realignment halted until we figure out football/separate it from the rest of collegiate sports?
UVA! There’s a tag-along in every friend group I guess. Like that dude Jeff from my high school that was somehow always around and no one could recall inviting.
Miami, I get. UVA makes no sense.
UVA is good in many sports. Football is not generally one of them.
heh...NC State thought they could tag along with UNC. Turns out it's UVa.
If they leave, can we add Wazzu and OSU, so we have some folks out here? Maybe SDSU too?
If, in fact, there are at least three ACC schools looking to leave the conference, it calls into question the stability of the conference.
What did we get ourselves into?
Everybody knew that there were schools looking to leave the ACC. That's why the rest of the conference voted to add more schools, so that their current conference can remain stable (as long as they have at least 15 the ESPN deal remains in place).
So let's add WSU and OSU.
We'll be fine. Games (but not finances) are net-sum-zero. For some, they end up winning more, which ends up being a upward spiral for their programs - like Clemson and Miami. For others, they don't end up doing well in the new conference - like BC, Virginia Tech, and Syracuse and end up with downward pressure on their programs. Cal is joining the ACC at the right time - Syracuse, BC, VA Tech, Wake Forest, Pitt, UVA, Louisville, and NC State are all very beatable. Duke's Mike Elko has to be a hot commodity now and has to be a target of a bigger program. With FSU, UNC, Miami, and/or Clemson gone and some new invitees entering, Cal could be the Iowa of the West - be very average and yet go 8-4 with Sun Bowl invitation every year.
My question is less about the strength of Cal's program and much more about the stability and staying power of the ACC. Given that TV networks, not ADs or university presidents, run college football now, what is the long term status of the ACC likely to be?
I think this is just a bunch of hot air. When Texas/Oklahoma and USC/UCLA left, it was done quietly and only broke once it was a done deal. For them to leave the ACC they would have to pay the exit fees, which is a significant amount of money. ESPN is having financial troubles and bleeding viewership, so I have a hard time believing that they could up with the money for the SEC to add Clemson and FSU. Do you think Clemson and FSU would take a smaller share like Cal/Stanford or even Oregon and UW have? I seriously doubt their pride would allow that.
Whether it’s hot air or actually has some legs, in the next go around, Cal may find itself on the outside looking in. Unless we sack up and fire Wilcox this year and ACTUALLY invest in football. We were lucky to be invited to the ACC, but if we’re still a doormat program in the next round of contraction/ expansion, we might find ourselves in OSU’s or Wazzu’s shoes.
This ACC move is a gift to Wilcox. Even this year's deeply flawed team would likely be bowl-bound in the ACC (especially if the extra OOC game is used to play a low-level G5 team).
I would normally believe this but losses to Colorado and Arizona prove otherwise. Not to mention he will have to navigate the whole east coast travel which means we would probably lose at Virginia this season.
Get ready for all the road games to be at 9am pacific time, and all home games to be night games.
This is giving Wilcox too much credit. The man lost to winless teams in back to back years.
They're not winless if they beat us! At least, that's probably Knowlton's justification for keeping Wilcox around a couple more seasons
Brenda Tracy said that the MSU Board of Trustees leaked her name in the Mel Tucker issue. On a related note, Mel Tucker was officially notified of his firing for cause.
https://statenews.com/article/2023/09/tucker-accuser-said-leak-came-from-msu-boardroom
Hope she goes after them too. Of all the Boards of Trustees that should be educated on matters of sexual assault/privacy matters...
Charles, Chuck, Chas, Chad, or other similar name
Barkley!
How much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Sorry. I just had to say it.
As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
After typing that out, I've now got jamais vu, the sensation that familiar words sound bizarre and alien. FET, a study on that phenomenon won an Ignoble Prize this year: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09658211.2020.1727519
I've always needed a name for that sensation- thank you!
In third grade I was reading a Ramona Quimby book and all of a sudden I didn’t recognize the word “poster.” Freaked me out!
Muncie! Too late to include in the poll?!
Done. Gold star for you.