According to the Fed, we're millionaires on average. This is also a good time to remind people that there's a huge difference between mean and median averages. Median is less than $200k per household.
I would buy a six-pack of tallboys if I could hear you do your own version of speak-singing Rocketman - but you'll be required to do it smoking a cigarette like you're making sweet love to it. I'll buy 2 cases of beer if you do it in a tuxedo shirt anywhere close to what he's wearing.
Yeah, it's a good song, period. I'm partial to the Nirvana one myself because I've spent a lot of time with that Unplugged performance, but the original Bowie flavor is of course excellent.
The instructions are clearly marked on the tall-boy pint: “Drink from the can.” Kimmich is adamant that Heady Topper dies as soon as it’s poured into a glass. He explains that a layer of CO2 in the can essentially preserves the terpenes, aromatics, and hop essence that make the brew so Heady.
Australian media leaked the Anthony Pratt audio. The audio has lots of juicy nuggets that support a reason perhaps why Jack Smith was so interested - they support proving motive in stealing classified documents
[Argentina] Peronista Massa (who oversaw triple-digit inflation) and the wingnut who wants to make it worse Milei go to a run-off. Blackmarket exchange rates take a hit as the peso loses nearly a fifth of its value overnight
Ex-Trump lawyer/fixer Michael Cohen testifies in New York that Trump told him to cook the books and make asset valuations whatever he told them they should be
There are too many weird, icky things Trump did recently, so I'll have to consolidate them: Trump vows to ban people who don't like "our religion" if elected
Trump files motion to dismiss Federal case against him because [checks notes]... the US has never prosecuted a President like this so it's clearly vindictive prosecution
Seven of the nine candidates for the Speaker voted to not certifying Biden's 2020 elections. The other 2 signed onto a brief supporting a Texas lawsuit that would have invalidated the election results in four key states. So all 9 are anti-Democratic traitors.
COMMENT: Same shite, different day (or week, if you prefer). Emmer may have broad support, but there will always be holdouts within the GOP conference. At what point do the so-called "moderates" decide that enough is enough and reach out to Dems in the spirit of bipartisanship and avoiding a shutdown?
More evidence that the GOP conference is fatally divided. Trump called Emmer a RINO. Emmer couldn't get the votes neecessary to become Speaker from withing the GOP conference. Apparently, Emmer saw the handwriting on the wall.
When will the so-called "moderates" in the GOP decide that enough is enough?
The couple that bought the unit above mine last year are in Indiana. He's a professor and interim dean of the international studies school. She's the director of the Asian Cultural Center on campus. They're here during school breaks but mostly still there. I think retirements are expected in the next couple years and more time here.
lived in Indiana for 8 yrs during grad school. while it was not necessarily my first choice, it ended up being a great experience and a good time in my life.
7 yrs in Bloomington and 1 yr in Indianapolis.
i could have probably avoided coming to Bloomington my last year since i was mostly just writing my thesis, except that i played basketball for a couple hours at lunchtime every day. i am sure that contributed to at least an extra year of grad school, but i didnt mind.
that final year in Indi was the first year after being married and my wife was doing her internship year right after med school.
where i first moved there in '92 everyone called it Indi-a-no-place since there was very little to do in Indi. but over the years they revitalized the downtown area, the Pacers and Reggie Miller were really good and the Colts were decent too. there started to a be nice vibe after a while with decent food and some places to go out.
Pilot from Pleasant Hill CA is arrested for 83 charges of attempted murder after trying to crash a plane in Portland by disabling the engines. WTF, man.
He was charged with 80 counts of attempted murder and 80 counts of passenger endangerment as well as another charge that sounded like sabotage (I can't recall the specific charge).
Someone (unknown at this point) shot windows on the ground floor of the EBMWU building in downtown Oakland. This was apparently in the wee small hours of this past Saturday. Which is fortunate because there was no one in the rooms with the windows that were shot.
This pisses me off to no end. Dude had a $250MM roster and couldn't make the playoffs this year. How is this in any way an upgrade? Sorry, bud, you're getting a team with 1/3 the talent, now go get us to the NLDS at a minimum.
They're making a serious run at Yamamoto...maybe that helps lure Ohtani.
Based on Farhan's history, coupled with the Johnson's desire to spend money on Lauren Boebert's campaign rather than elite bats, both seem unlikely but you never know. I'd be shocked if they got Ohtani, less so with Yamamoto.
Leclerc drives me crazy. I wanted to see the end of the game before going to bed and he comes in with an eight-run lead and gives up a homer right away and walks people and goes to long counts. He gets the job done but doesn't seem like it's ever easy.
Bruce Bochy now has a shot to join Sparky Anderson and Tony LaRussa as the only managers in MLB history to win a World Series with teams in the AL and the NL.
Anderson won the World Series managing the Cincinnati Red (NL) in '75 and '76 and the Detroit Tigers (AL) in '84. In '84, the Tigers won their first 9 games and 35 of their first 40 games. The Tigers won 104 games that season and played the San Diego Padres in the World Series. A back-up catcher on that Padres team was one Bruce Bochy.
Tony LaRussa won the World Series managing the Oakland A's (AL) in '89 and the St. Louis Cardinals in '06 and '11.
The '89 World Series was a 4-game sweep against the Giants.
The '06 Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 1 in the World Series.
The '11 Cardinals defeated the Texas Rangers in the '11 World Series, 4 games to 3.
No. Dusty only has the one World Series win. He came close to having a World Series win in 2002 except for an injured Rob Nenn. Or put another way, yanking Russ Ortiz an inning too early.
They definitely got behind the eight ball when the first two drives ended in a red-zone fumble and a missed field goal. Should have had 6 to 10 points and had none.
The D is the big issue. In recent weeks, Minnesota's O has been held largely in check by Carolina and Chicago, yet torched the Niners. Did Javon Hargreave even get a mention from Buck? The DL was an utter non-factor. Cousins did arguably have the game of his life, making quick reads and fitting the ball in tight, tight windows. But O'Connell clearly saw something with the Niners D, as he schemed Vikings receivers open all night.
A puzzling effort from the D, when this team absolutely needed the D to win them a tough game on the road. Despite the INT, Moonie Ward killed them, with the flub v Addison at the end of the 1H proving decisive.
Mrs Slug says that Shanahan is "donezo" (pronounced DUN-zo). I have a hard time arguing against that notion since I have observed in the past that Shanahan's apparent ceiling is getting to the Super Bowl, but not winning it.
PREDICTION: if the 49ers win it all this year, Shanahan will be be extended. If not, he's donezo.
The last two losses are merely more evidence that Shanahan can't win a Super Bowl. Super Bowl teams shouldn't have big letdowns two weeks in a row to sub .500 teams. (CORRECTION: Cleveland was 2-2 before beating the 49ers in Week 6.)
This could be similar to the knock on Steve Young before the 49ers dispatched San Diego in Super Bowl XXIX. Difference being that a 49ers team quarterbacked by Young *did*, in fact, win a Super Bowl.
I'm doubting that a Shanahan coached 49ers squad can win a Super Bowl. This year's team may be the last best chance for a while.
1. The 2019 team was extremely close to winning the Super Bowl. Like, one missed deep throw from Jimmy G close. I don't see how this "proves" Shanahan can't win.
2. The 2021 team wasn't actually that good and it was impressive they even got to the NFC Championship Game. I actually chalk this up as a mark in Shanahan's favor that he got that team through two playoff games.
3. The 2022 team maybe WAS good enough, but all their quarterbacks got hurt in one playoff game. How is that the coach's fault?
1. The 49ers lost Super Bowl LIV by 11 points, 2 possessions. That's not "close". What's worse is that the 49ers had a 10 point lead at the end of the 3rd quarter and couldn't hold the lead. They could barely get a few first downs, much less score in the critical 4th quarter when they gave up 21 *unanswered* points. Score a TD and prevent KC from scoring one of their three 4th quarter TDs and the 49ers win Super Bowl LIV. Didn't happen, though.
2. The 2021 team still did not win a Super Bowl. They had a shot at getting to Super Bowl LVI, but their defense dropped the ball (literally) at a critical point in the NFC Championship game.
3. Again, the 2022 49ers didn't win the Super Bowl. They didn't even get to the Super Bowl.
Kyle Shanahan cannot win the biggest game. And he has a track record of losing big leads. See Super Bowl LI and the biggest collapse in Super Bowl history. 31 *unanswered* points. Sound familiar?
There's a simple way to refute the hypothesis: a Kyle Shanahan-coached 49ers team wins a Super Bowl. Any Super Bowl.
On this day in 1970 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Washington State, 45-0. After a scoreless first quarter in which WSU twice entered the Cal red zone without scoring, the Bear offense exploded. A 44 yard TD pass from Dave Penhall to running back Bob Darby provided the second of two second quarter scores. Isaac Curtis had two second half TD runs and Darby added a second score to his ledger. The Bears racked up 23 first downs to 10 for the Cougars. The previous week the Bears had suffered a heart-breaking loss to the Bruins with the winning TD coming with four seconds remaining on a play in which UCLA QB Dennis Dummit had clearly stepped out of bounds but the Bears rebounded from that disappointment for the blow out win.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
I remember that UCLA game rather vividly. I'm pretty sure it was the same drive in which Dummit also was stopped at least 1 yard short of the line to gain on 4th down, but was, nevertheless, awarded the first down by a game official. The cascade of boos stays with me in my memory.
Big Ten officiating has often been an exemplar of officiating. You'd think that both conferences who send a champion to the Rose Bowl could have not just competent officiating, but also excellent officiating.
One of my closest friends wife is an SMU grad and they live in Dallas. We're already discussing annual meetups and trips to CA for this game. Also means I likely have a SMU tailgate in
I feel like it's a big assumption they're going to go for home/away balance. It's going to be an unbalanced schedule no matter what, why would they make their lives hard like that?
Get ready for trips to Syracuse and Boston College, and big nighttime/weeknight home games against Virginia and Wake Forest.
But it might still be better than the games that likey fill out OSU & WSU's independent schedules against UMass, New Mexico St, and Charlotte. Should be memorable.
DBD Street Journal
According to the Fed, we're millionaires on average. This is also a good time to remind people that there's a huge difference between mean and median averages. Median is less than $200k per household.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/standard-american-household-now-millionaire-104639340.html
A song with "man" in the title
Fanfare for the Common Man
- Aaron Copeland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KxMc_tyQBo
Spoonman
- Soundgarden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_zzCLLRvE
Rocketman, the William Shatner version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wI4jMxveyI&ab_channel=AmbientMinds%2CMusicandMedia
I would buy a six-pack of tallboys if I could hear you do your own version of speak-singing Rocketman - but you'll be required to do it smoking a cigarette like you're making sweet love to it. I'll buy 2 cases of beer if you do it in a tuxedo shirt anywhere close to what he's wearing.
Simple Man- Lynyrd Skynyrd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eNoms9wsGc
The Man Who Sold The World
- David Bowie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3MX-rUtS6M
Wow! I hadn't heard Bowie's original version until now. I was only familiar with Nirvana's Unplugged performance of that. Bowie's is fantastic!
Yeah, it's a good song, period. I'm partial to the Nirvana one myself because I've spent a lot of time with that Unplugged performance, but the original Bowie flavor is of course excellent.
Man! I Feel Like a Woman
Shania Twain
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL4UGSbeFg
Man of Constant Sorrow (Traditional)
Dan Tyminski Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eusIDGf5_w
Stand by Your Man - Tammy Wynette
Walk Like a Man - Four Seasons
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
Rambling Man - Allman Brothers
Street Fighting Man - Rolling Stones
Ain’t No Other Man - Christina Aguilera
REM
Superman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7N3IypQVYg
My favorite REM song and probably top few ever.
Man on the Moon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnLhqX7GdaM
Should've been Superman was my favorite REM song.
Nowhere Man
- The Beatles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8scSwaKbE64
Piano Man
- Billy Joel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0
Taxman
-The Beatles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMdcE8jdz70
Third World Man
- Steely Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGQtq9PD9iA
reminds of one of my favorite songs by Rush, New World Man
Southern Man, Neil Young. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5FCcDEA6mY
Mr. Sandman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX45pYvxDiA
The Man with the Golden Gun (you know, the one about Saruman during his bellbottom phase)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vkvds0fjuIQ
Something that's difficult to do quietly
Get dressed in a closet with pockets full of loose change.
Eat carrots.
You mean eat raw carrots.
Correct.
slurp Japanese noodles
Fart
You're unfamiliar with the one cheek sneak?
there's the risk of GBL (gambled but lost), resulting in moist undies :-/
I guess I'm not good at sneaky.
[rising d-flat trombone note]
Tallboy beers
Heady Topper, the somewhat-rare and well-regarded IPA from VT, comes in a tall can.
great way to unwind after a good day of skiing
https://vinepair.com/articles/12-things-need-know-heady-topper/
The instructions are clearly marked on the tall-boy pint: “Drink from the can.” Kimmich is adamant that Heady Topper dies as soon as it’s poured into a glass. He explains that a layer of CO2 in the can essentially preserves the terpenes, aromatics, and hop essence that make the brew so Heady.
It's a good beer, although I do wonder how much of people's enthusiasm is driven by the difficulty of getting it.
probably true
[INSERT POLITICAL STUFF HERE]
As expected, former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis gets a plea deal for cooperation regarding the Fulton County RICO indictment
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/former-trump-attorney-jenna-ellis-reaches-plea-deal-georgia-election-interference-case/L4QBNXO2UJA7NBZQHGYVBLDS6M/
Australian media leaked the Anthony Pratt audio. The audio has lots of juicy nuggets that support a reason perhaps why Jack Smith was so interested - they support proving motive in stealing classified documents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVFT-2k8eWQ
Mark Meadows flips on Trump for immunity. Hahahhahahaha! He's so fucked!
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/24/politics/mark-meadows/index.html
Fingers crossed.
You get immunity, and you get immunity, and you get immunity. Only one person (maybe 2 or 3) not getting immunity.
I'm OK if Rudy never does.
He is the one that made me think of adding 2.
[Argentina] Peronista Massa (who oversaw triple-digit inflation) and the wingnut who wants to make it worse Milei go to a run-off. Blackmarket exchange rates take a hit as the peso loses nearly a fifth of its value overnight
https://bluedollar.net/informal-rate/
Ex-Trump lawyer/fixer Michael Cohen testifies in New York that Trump told him to cook the books and make asset valuations whatever he told them they should be
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-letitia-james-michael-cohen-fraud-new-york-8e49619e3f5ebb6931e6947c4dabda87
There are too many weird, icky things Trump did recently, so I'll have to consolidate them: Trump vows to ban people who don't like "our religion" if elected
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-vows-to-ban-immigrants-who-dont-like-our-religion/
Trump said he was never indicted. At this point, he's just a blubbering firehose of projection, lies, and partial speaking points
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1716521420426215801
Rudy claims Biden is an Iranian spy.
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1716177486713655517
Trump like Orban and calls him Turkey's leader
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1716539683990114683
It's called polio, shit for brains
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1716546893784678423
Trump tells his supporters that they don't have to vote for him
https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1716590839009624303
Trump comes up with the unlikely claim that Kim Jong Un is still in touch with him for the purpose of criticizing Biden
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-kim-jong-un-biden-b2434785.html
Trump files motion to dismiss Federal case against him because [checks notes]... the US has never prosecuted a President like this so it's clearly vindictive prosecution
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24077013-mtd-selective-prosecution
Washington state lawmaker (R-Longview) arrested for being too American
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-state-senator-arrested-in-hong-kong/
WHY ISN'T HE PLAYING GOLF AGAIN?
https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1716216066295156900
Seven of the nine candidates for the Speaker voted to not certifying Biden's 2020 elections. The other 2 signed onto a brief supporting a Texas lawsuit that would have invalidated the election results in four key states. So all 9 are anti-Democratic traitors.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/7-9-house-speaker-candidates-voted-overturn-2020-election-results-rcna121640
Gary Palmer has dropped out. He was one of those who voted to not certify Biden's election
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/seven-candidates-remain-in-speaker-race-as-one-drops-out-196283461574
I think you mean anti-democratic traitors. Little "d" versus Big "D".
That is all.
both, really
Agreed. The little "d" goes with the descriptor of "traitors", though.
funnily enough, I was thinking I should have made that clarification, great minds etc
Country over party.
GOP Majority Whip Tom Emmer is the latest GOP nominee for House Speaker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/24/house-speaker-vote/
COMMENT: Same shite, different day (or week, if you prefer). Emmer may have broad support, but there will always be holdouts within the GOP conference. At what point do the so-called "moderates" decide that enough is enough and reach out to Dems in the spirit of bipartisanship and avoiding a shutdown?
Emmer drops out mere hours after becoming the GOP nominee for speaker -
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/24/house-speaker-vote/
More evidence that the GOP conference is fatally divided. Trump called Emmer a RINO. Emmer couldn't get the votes neecessary to become Speaker from withing the GOP conference. Apparently, Emmer saw the handwriting on the wall.
When will the so-called "moderates" in the GOP decide that enough is enough?
well that didnt last long. i cant imagine it is better for the persons who didnt come in 1st place!
I wonder about the capacity for sadism or masochism of anyone willing to run for Speaker *from the GOP side* under the current conditions.
It's probably like the best person for President is the person that doesn't want to be the president.
not until an actual shut down.
Yeah, that's my take, too.
Fakes
The Roman Catholics of Stockton (CA) are warning about believing in fake stuff
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/roman-catholic-diocese-warns-fake-priests-are-preying-california-paris-rcna121753
Like the Shroud of Turin.
INDIANA
The above picture is a set of office buildings in Indianapolis Indiana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pyramids_(Indianapolis)
Jones.
My Brittany spaniel pup's namesake!
...and the Temple of Doom
The couple that bought the unit above mine last year are in Indiana. He's a professor and interim dean of the international studies school. She's the director of the Asian Cultural Center on campus. They're here during school breaks but mostly still there. I think retirements are expected in the next couple years and more time here.
lived in Indiana for 8 yrs during grad school. while it was not necessarily my first choice, it ended up being a great experience and a good time in my life.
7 yrs in Bloomington and 1 yr in Indianapolis.
i could have probably avoided coming to Bloomington my last year since i was mostly just writing my thesis, except that i played basketball for a couple hours at lunchtime every day. i am sure that contributed to at least an extra year of grad school, but i didnt mind.
that final year in Indi was the first year after being married and my wife was doing her internship year right after med school.
where i first moved there in '92 everyone called it Indi-a-no-place since there was very little to do in Indi. but over the years they revitalized the downtown area, the Pacers and Reggie Miller were really good and the Colts were decent too. there started to a be nice vibe after a while with decent food and some places to go out.
WEIRDNESS ACROSS THE USA
Pilot from Pleasant Hill CA is arrested for 83 charges of attempted murder after trying to crash a plane in Portland by disabling the engines. WTF, man.
https://www.newsweek.com/joseph-emerson-accused-trying-kill-plane-engines-1837033
he claims it was his first time doing shrooms and he got all messed up. Dude, just do it in the rose garden, it's much easier that way.
He was charged with 80 counts of attempted murder and 80 counts of passenger endangerment as well as another charge that sounded like sabotage (I can't recall the specific charge).
Maybe we should deplane in order by weight
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/jetblue-plane-tipped-jfk/index.html
Second safest to Kabul?
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-second-safest-city-to-drive-in-sellmax-study/
A wave of children shooting hunters in MN.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/boy-accidentally-shoots-hunter-near-bemidji/
Young woman shot dead across the street from where folks were restoring an anti-gun violence mural
https://www.wtae.com/article/homewood-police-injury-finance-street/45607840
Someone (unknown at this point) shot windows on the ground floor of the EBMWU building in downtown Oakland. This was apparently in the wee small hours of this past Saturday. Which is fortunate because there was no one in the rooms with the windows that were shot.
sewer rates go up recently?
PRO
[The Athletic] Giants to hire Bob Melvin
This pisses me off to no end. Dude had a $250MM roster and couldn't make the playoffs this year. How is this in any way an upgrade? Sorry, bud, you're getting a team with 1/3 the talent, now go get us to the NLDS at a minimum.
Well, if I can't have Bruce Bochy, Bob Melvin is the guy I'd want to have managing my team.
At least Farhan got that right.
Now will Farhan Zaidi provide him with a Major League caliber roster...
No. unless by accident.
I tend to agree.
They're making a serious run at Yamamoto...maybe that helps lure Ohtani.
Based on Farhan's history, coupled with the Johnson's desire to spend money on Lauren Boebert's campaign rather than elite bats, both seem unlikely but you never know. I'd be shocked if they got Ohtani, less so with Yamamoto.
[Wojo] Giannis 3-year $186m extension
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1716584391063814289?s=46&t=Y_KXHBgeHwLgY9UkD4KA1A
Adolis Garcia and the Texas Rangers go to the World Series, send the Astros home with an 11-4 Game 7 victory
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38730134/adolis-garcia-rangers-cruise-astros-win-alcs
Leclerc drives me crazy. I wanted to see the end of the game before going to bed and he comes in with an eight-run lead and gives up a homer right away and walks people and goes to long counts. He gets the job done but doesn't seem like it's ever easy.
Bruce Bochy now has a shot to join Sparky Anderson and Tony LaRussa as the only managers in MLB history to win a World Series with teams in the AL and the NL.
Anderson won the World Series managing the Cincinnati Red (NL) in '75 and '76 and the Detroit Tigers (AL) in '84. In '84, the Tigers won their first 9 games and 35 of their first 40 games. The Tigers won 104 games that season and played the San Diego Padres in the World Series. A back-up catcher on that Padres team was one Bruce Bochy.
Tony LaRussa won the World Series managing the Oakland A's (AL) in '89 and the St. Louis Cardinals in '06 and '11.
The '89 World Series was a 4-game sweep against the Giants.
The '06 Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 1 in the World Series.
The '11 Cardinals defeated the Texas Rangers in the '11 World Series, 4 games to 3.
Dusty came close, yeah? With the Astros now in the AL
No. Dusty only has the one World Series win. He came close to having a World Series win in 2002 except for an injured Rob Nenn. Or put another way, yanking Russ Ortiz an inning too early.
that's what I meant by close...the Game 6 meltdown in 2002.
that woulda been the NL one. altho in alt history, we wouldn't have 10, 12, and 14.
I wonder what Dusty's career trajectory would have been if the Giants win the 2002 World Series.
49ers lose to Vikings 22-17 as mistakes doom their comeback bid
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38730702/struggling-san-francisco-49ers-drop-second-straight-game
Cam Bynum has a career day
https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1716659753596731623
What infectious energy.
First time the 49ers' defense was actively bad, and was the main reason they lost.
Also, I still like Purdy but that last interception was a "what the heck was that" moment, one of the few I've had with him.
also hard to win with three turnovers, especially one in the red zone.
They definitely got behind the eight ball when the first two drives ended in a red-zone fumble and a missed field goal. Should have had 6 to 10 points and had none.
The D is the big issue. In recent weeks, Minnesota's O has been held largely in check by Carolina and Chicago, yet torched the Niners. Did Javon Hargreave even get a mention from Buck? The DL was an utter non-factor. Cousins did arguably have the game of his life, making quick reads and fitting the ball in tight, tight windows. But O'Connell clearly saw something with the Niners D, as he schemed Vikings receivers open all night.
A puzzling effort from the D, when this team absolutely needed the D to win them a tough game on the road. Despite the INT, Moonie Ward killed them, with the flub v Addison at the end of the 1H proving decisive.
Mrs Slug says that Shanahan is "donezo" (pronounced DUN-zo). I have a hard time arguing against that notion since I have observed in the past that Shanahan's apparent ceiling is getting to the Super Bowl, but not winning it.
PREDICTION: if the 49ers win it all this year, Shanahan will be be extended. If not, he's donezo.
This seems like a wild overreaction to a 5-2 team.
Is it, though?
The last two losses are merely more evidence that Shanahan can't win a Super Bowl. Super Bowl teams shouldn't have big letdowns two weeks in a row to sub .500 teams. (CORRECTION: Cleveland was 2-2 before beating the 49ers in Week 6.)
This could be similar to the knock on Steve Young before the 49ers dispatched San Diego in Super Bowl XXIX. Difference being that a 49ers team quarterbacked by Young *did*, in fact, win a Super Bowl.
I'm doubting that a Shanahan coached 49ers squad can win a Super Bowl. This year's team may be the last best chance for a while.
Here's my further argument, though:
1. The 2019 team was extremely close to winning the Super Bowl. Like, one missed deep throw from Jimmy G close. I don't see how this "proves" Shanahan can't win.
2. The 2021 team wasn't actually that good and it was impressive they even got to the NFC Championship Game. I actually chalk this up as a mark in Shanahan's favor that he got that team through two playoff games.
3. The 2022 team maybe WAS good enough, but all their quarterbacks got hurt in one playoff game. How is that the coach's fault?
1. The 49ers lost Super Bowl LIV by 11 points, 2 possessions. That's not "close". What's worse is that the 49ers had a 10 point lead at the end of the 3rd quarter and couldn't hold the lead. They could barely get a few first downs, much less score in the critical 4th quarter when they gave up 21 *unanswered* points. Score a TD and prevent KC from scoring one of their three 4th quarter TDs and the 49ers win Super Bowl LIV. Didn't happen, though.
2. The 2021 team still did not win a Super Bowl. They had a shot at getting to Super Bowl LVI, but their defense dropped the ball (literally) at a critical point in the NFC Championship game.
3. Again, the 2022 49ers didn't win the Super Bowl. They didn't even get to the Super Bowl.
Kyle Shanahan cannot win the biggest game. And he has a track record of losing big leads. See Super Bowl LI and the biggest collapse in Super Bowl history. 31 *unanswered* points. Sound familiar?
There's a simple way to refute the hypothesis: a Kyle Shanahan-coached 49ers team wins a Super Bowl. Any Super Bowl.
Two losses in October? Yes, it is.
child #2 wore Warriors jersey (#22 Wiggins) to school today and is excited for season opener.
Marvin Jones is stepping away from the team, and perhaps ending his career.
Sounds like something going on at home. Hope everyone's OK.
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ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Bruh.
https://twitter.com/alex_crescenti/status/1715849000602263842
Let's check in to see how Kevin Sumlin is doing
https://twitter.com/unnecroughness/status/1716615323728920616
Michigan State is sorry they let someone show Hitler's picture on the big screen. The Michigan schools just can't stay out of trouble this season
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michigan-state-university-apologizes-hitler-image-displayed-video-boar-rcna121594
CAL
On this day in 1970 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Washington State, 45-0. After a scoreless first quarter in which WSU twice entered the Cal red zone without scoring, the Bear offense exploded. A 44 yard TD pass from Dave Penhall to running back Bob Darby provided the second of two second quarter scores. Isaac Curtis had two second half TD runs and Darby added a second score to his ledger. The Bears racked up 23 first downs to 10 for the Cougars. The previous week the Bears had suffered a heart-breaking loss to the Bruins with the winning TD coming with four seconds remaining on a play in which UCLA QB Dennis Dummit had clearly stepped out of bounds but the Bears rebounded from that disappointment for the blow out win.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
I remember that UCLA game rather vividly. I'm pretty sure it was the same drive in which Dummit also was stopped at least 1 yard short of the line to gain on 4th down, but was, nevertheless, awarded the first down by a game official. The cascade of boos stays with me in my memory.
It's not like bad officiating is new to the conference.
Pac-8 & Pac-10 officiating definitely should have helped establish our expectations for Pac-12 officiation.
Big Ten officiating has often been an exemplar of officiating. You'd think that both conferences who send a champion to the Rose Bowl could have not just competent officiating, but also excellent officiating.
No. No, it's not. In a sense, that was my introduction to bad officiating.
There's the Big Game. And now - there will be the annual SMU Game, which deserves a new name.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/17f233v/oc_what_we_know_about_future_acc_scheduling_and/
If true, Cal may play Notre Dame again
So you're saying the saga of Bus 2 lives...?
That sounded so focking miserable.
It is part of CGB lore
One of my closest friends wife is an SMU grad and they live in Dallas. We're already discussing annual meetups and trips to CA for this game. Also means I likely have a SMU tailgate in
Where's the Sailgate in Dallas?
sounds like fun.
I feel like it's a big assumption they're going to go for home/away balance. It's going to be an unbalanced schedule no matter what, why would they make their lives hard like that?
So instead of playing the likes of U$C, UCLA, UW and Oregon every year we get an annual clash with the Mustangs. Sheesh.
Well, it's better than a Mountain West schedule.
I'd almost rather have an annual game with OSU and Wazzu. Fill out the schedule with Mountain West teams and Big XII teams.
Agreed.
Get ready for trips to Syracuse and Boston College, and big nighttime/weeknight home games against Virginia and Wake Forest.
But it might still be better than the games that likey fill out OSU & WSU's independent schedules against UMass, New Mexico St, and Charlotte. Should be memorable.