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Sorry, back to the weather and talking about our next big wintry threat... I got nothing.

BTW, I mistyped my post - I meant to say that I was NOT convinced that 9-7-1 would be enough. You're right about the draft, it's not a QB draft like last year was. Our mistake was not prioritizing the QB need the past several seasons. Now, here we are at a crossroads and the well to draft from is pretty dry. Might need to package a few players in a trade at this point. I'd love to see them beef up the OL and get back to pounding the ball. Like Penn State, we just can't run the ball effectively. That bothers me.

All NHL games are off until next week.

I think they'll likely finish 9-7-1. I do now think they'll beat CLE and BAL - I'm convinced that will be enough. A lot of teams at 8-6/7-7 right now. The Training game will might define the season for the Black and Gold. If they fail to reach the postseason, all eyes will reflect back to Detroit first and foremost.

You have every right (obviously) to feel the way that you do, and every right (I believe) to express it. Maybe it's not what others want to read, but every opinion is worth sharing. I wasn't going to share this, but you sort of "inspired" me to do so - there is a met on the west coast, he's not on here and not nationally known. He is however; revered by Sierra ski industry as a legendary expert on pattern recognition and forecasting. His name is Howard Sheckter, he is both the premier weather guy in CA as well a real estate agent, ha. At any rate, he feels very strongly that the MJO will remain stuck in 7, and he believes that the trough will remain in the west (and ridging in the east) through at least the middle of January. Of course, his thoughts are just one of many and he certainly could be wrong, but I've been reading this guy's thoughts for years and I'll just say that he's right far more often than he's wrong. As with most things in life...time will tell.

I agree...what I said to my son, I was mostly trying to convince myself. LOL

I was trying to convince my son that the best thing that could happen is for the team to lose out. My fear is will win "just enough" games to continue to justify not making any changes in leadership. The Standard is the Standard is increasingly becoming Sub-Standard.

Probably the most annoying gimmick in televised sports history. I hated that with all my might.

I think so? I was reading the breaking news on my ESPN app while doing my parsing, LOL

I saw that last night while I was parsing the 0z Euro. Basically a 5 day "break".

I mean...I'd rather it be cold and snowy, which is certainly will not be. So, I might as well root to be right for once.

Lovin' me some 12z GFS.

We always win when there's a 975mb low centered over Ontario.

Joel Embiid. He was incredible last night. I'm going down on Thursday and I'm almost certain he'll lay a turd. He's done it 6 of the 7 games I've been to so far this year.

I think the ICON is underrated. Ah, @Bubbler86beat me to it!

One thing I'll say about booing that I sort of relate to is there are games I attend that it's obvious that either a player, or even a team collectively, is "going through the motions" - while I realize that there are nights when athletes might not be feeling it, their salary should command effort if nothing else. It's hard to stomach a lack of effort from someone who is making more money that season than I'll make in my life.

It's Iconic.

I missed that. That's horrible. And agree about the booing. For the record, for all the games that I attend in person, and I attend about 60 professional games a year, I do not boo. I haven't in years. I just don't.

Man, that is so very true. Between wanting to be the first to break the news, and the dynamic of intentionally posting things to stir the kettle...we've all probably been guilty of that from time to time.

Yes, and that's precisely why I haven't. It wasn't healthy for me or my marriage to be up in the middle of the night analyzing. I get everything that I need right here. But the itch doesn't go away...

Tryout time. Steelers are going to be in the market for a new punter (again) in the offseason. Swing that leg and drive through the ball...you got this!

It was time. Admittedly, I myself had not looked at one model since last winter. No need to...expert analysis was already being provided. Good info. I live for numbers. Always have. I remember the weirdest things when it come to numbers...I can honestly recall the paid attendance at my first Phillies game (hadn't had an opportunity to see a real team (Orioles) at that point) back in 1972. Numbers, numbers, numbers...I've always loved playing with numbers. I'm sick that way.

I was going to bring that up - I haven't gotten into model review much this season yet but I did parse the overnight Euro. I thought it was a pretty ugly run. But, it was one run of an OP.

Has HIA gotten below freezing yet this season?

19 was the low here, back to back mornings in the teens. Currently it's 21.