Some winners are more equal than others, some losers too, e.g. OSU loses to Indiana in the Big-Infinity conference championship and still gets a first-round bye. Also Michigan-USC isn't a conference game, it's a damn Rose Bowl.
They had invites to a bowl game. I think in particular the Las Vegas Bowl against the UofU, but apparently that is beneath them.
For me it's always seemed kind of sucky that we had [number] big conferences whose winners/leaders "mattered" in rankings/titles...and also Notre Dame. They've had their own independent schedule, their own TV deals, now their friends-with-benefits thing with the ACC. I don't begrudge them staying outside the conference structure but now that we've got a 12-team playoff (arguable, as some have said, whether this is actually better than crowning by poll) it seems pretty clear that being in a conference is at least a tiebreaker, if not a de facto condition of admission. You pay your money (or in their case, don't), you take your chances.
Breakfast in bed sucks. Who wants to try and eat when they're horizontal? I'd rather get up, take a piss, and sit at a table.
Beds are for sleeping and sex. I don't watch TV in bed, nor do I read. I would always rather be sitting. I really don't know how I will handle any prolonged period of bed rest.
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I live in fear of detaching a retina. No movement. No reading. Nothing for four weeks. It would pretty seriously disrupt my idea of my life.
Ok, here's an unpopular opinion: I HATE all the stupid pre-game shows, with the stupid human interest stories that go on for hours ad nauseum. I give zero sh!ts about your "one shining moment," your background, not any of that stupidity. Make the fvkcing pre-game show 30 minutes long, tell us who's injured or suspended, and play the damn game.
I'm betting that is a pretty popular feeling around here. I was 14 when the Cowboys went to Super Bowl 12. I made my parents arrive at my aunt and uncle's house the full two hours early so we could see all of pre game (they had color TV.) I got bored after 15 minutes and didn't return til kick off. I haven't consciously watched a pre game show since.
I'd prefer this sort of thing, not just for football and so-called 'talent shows' but for ALL TV contests...
When it comes to giving "zero shites" about the human behind a super over-achieving person, I am not quite with you when it comes to sports athletes (though I find myself getting a bit closer to that view as I get older), but I am totally there with the Hollywood crowd - both actors and singers**. Every time they open their mouth its just. .... ugh! So out of touch yet acting like they know everything. There are still relatively many sports athletes that seem like nice, normal dudes, even at the highest level. ** This is why I was very interested when that new AI actress got introduced (Tilly Norwood) and I ate up all the backlash it received from the so-called "human actors". AI can just take over that entire industry as far as I'm concerned.
And yet, the various outlets continue to produce the stoopid hourslong pregame shows, so they must be popular with SOMEONE, beyond the advertisers and gainfully employed talking heads.
I just assume that each and every player is a piece of shyte, because it seems like the turds among professional athletes outnumber the nice, normal dudes. Either way, they give zero sh!ts about you, so I just reflect that same attitude back towards the players. They are just entertainment, so shut your fvkcing holes, and entertain me.
I just went through a medical procedure that required “heavy sedation.” Now I know why people get hooked on narcotics. It was awesome.
Yeah, I thank Christ that opioids are not OTC meds. I once got a scrip for 40 pills when it should have been, I dunno, 10. I had a fun 30 months after that, getting high once a month (or thereabouts.). If I knew I could just get more, I’m legit afraid I would have become an addict. My second favorite drug behind LSD, which I did a handful of times in 1989. I spent a couple of days pondering if I should give up on having a regular life and just become an acid head. It just made me feel so, so good. I voted for giving up on acid and having a wife and kids and a house and a good credit score. It was a closer call than you might think. I loved that shit.
They used to be until 1915 or thereabouts. On the one hand, not everyone would become addicted. On the other hand, still probably the right call.
I was prescribed Vicodin when I had a tooth extracted. It took one and its only effect was to make me puke, which it not fun after you've had a tooth extracted. I trashed the rest.