Posts made by mayjay

@wissox I haven’t heard whether you entered the portal this time after volunteering last year? Still waiting for that HCBS p/c, right? or are you holding out for a bag?

Re: Uzzu.tv–Lots of reviews complain about fake refund promises, and recommend using a single-use credit card. They claim to be in “the States” and you can visit at 90 N Gould St, Sheridan WY (no zip given). Google maps shows that address to be associated with “Swiftify” of 30 N Gould Street, which according to the Sheridan newspaper is the location of a well-known “registered agent” of hundreds, maybe thousands, of fly-by-night companies. I.e., ain’t no company there, just an “I know nothing” bozo who files papers. Being monitored by the Wyoming A.G. office.

The Uzzu app was removed from Firestick and elsewhere, and they offer instructions for sideloading onto Firestick, Apple products, phones, smart tvs, Roku, etc., using a login code they give you.

No phone number, no domain name revealed in their email, no physical contact info. Yep, sounds legit to me.

@nuleafjhawk Not a fair comparison. If they are in the top combo position, literally every other team, or roughly 99.7% of men’s teams, have a chance to do better. Betting the field that is that large is pretty safe.

@bskeet I just got done reading it, right before clicking over here to see what’s going on. Very gratifying to finally see other people reading The Atlantic. Also known as Signal Live.

Trump is so proud of his business acumen in using bankruptcies that he thinks tanking the US economy will allow us to eliminate the national debt.

@DCHawker said in The portal.:

Is he a starter or another bench piece, like Dawson? Played just 23 mpg for a middling Illini team

The article says started 31 of 32 games.

Salary caps in pro leagues only are allowed because they have been negotiated in collective bargaining. Any effort to control the money athletes can get by having an NCAA impose a salary cap will run into the same problems as when they imposed a cap of zero. The system will only start working when schools accept that athletes are labor, and treat them accordingly.

Has anyone answered the Q about whether Flory, as an international recruit, is able to get NIL? Grady wasn’t, but he didn’t go to HS in the US. Flory did, I think, so is that the difference? I thought it was a student visa restriction…don’t want to jeopardize a visa right now!

Postseason blaming going on as usual…not for me. I prefer to remember the good and the fun, and to be grateful for our extraordinary record that causes so many people to get so angry during disappointments. It is a game, and hopefully not the center of anyone’s existence. Good luck to everyone and lets see if the Royals surprise again!

I had a friend whose pacemaker failed as he was walking out of a theater with his wife. He dropped like a sack of potatoes and she saved his life by doing CPR until the ambulance came. He always told the story to include a little joke: when he came to, he said, he was surprised to find out she still wanted him around.

Sounds like your wife worked hard to keep you around. Treat her well!

@SlimShaddy54 Actually 3 previous schools did it: South Carolina (2006), Eastern Illinois (1998) and Centenary LA (1992).

@dylans Donovan Smith, who was the subject of lots of annoyed questions about why the Chiefs didn’t sign him instead of DJH, was rehabbing an injury last season. He is now very healthy and is mentioned as a possible LT for KC. I’ve read Kingsley has inside track on LG job.

Not sure why it is BS’s fault that no one can get a rebound or a layup, but sure, yeah, blame the coach. Roy Williams missed all those shots against Syracuse, too. Damn, this is easy.

My prediction is that we won’t see the first 4 mins of the game on ESPN.

@rockchalkjayhawk

My choices to retain with new contracts are in bold. (These assume Kelce and a few others retire or are cut to increase salary cap space, which right now is only $11 mil+)

QB Carson Wentz G Trey Smith T D.J. Humphries RB Kareem Hunt RB Samaje Perine TE Jody Fortson WR Marquise Brown WR Mecole Hardman WR DeAndre Hopkins WR JuJu Smith-Schuster WR Justin Watson S Justin Reid LB Nick Bolton DE Charles Omenihu DE Joshua Uche DT Derrick Nnadi DT Mike Pennel DT Marlon Tuipulotu DT Tershawn Wharton LS James Winchester

@kjayhawks Title in '22 seems pretty recent, especially considering the '20 team that many considered likely to win before covid cancelled it all. But sure, two years not as good means those were just flukes.

@kjayhawks Self has won 2 titles, only one less than Reid, and has done so in a sport with 10 times as many teams and 5 times as many in the playoffs. All while having guaranteed 100% roster turnover every few years at most, and without a draft process that guarantees entitlement to 7 of the top 250 players from colleges who prepare players for the pro’s. And without having an owner’s hundreds of millions of dollars available–actually, required–to spend on salaries while having only an arbitrarily limited staff.

Both face one constant: fans who are oh-so-certain they know everything.

I’m a bit surprised all our Chicken Littles haven’t already screamed that Andy Reid can’t adjust to the modern game and should be fired.

What I like about Reid and Mahomes is that they don’t give a crap about those awards. Very few can get to a level where individual accolades mean nothing because they perennially lead their teams to the highest level in the game.

After hearing so much here about Self’s crappy coaching, and the guys not caring anymore, this game comes along. Didn’t watch…did Self resign? Maybe we let the pouting transfers coach themselves?

@FarmerJayhawk said in Ad Astra Per Aspera!:

Also pardon John Brown

Have to petition the Commonwealth of Virginia for that. But a few years later that part of Virginia became West Virginia, so if the sins run with the land good luck finding anyone who will listen!.

@approxinfinity said in Putting things in context:

We root for a mythical bird[…]

…or a Civil War band of vigilantes waging war on slavers. That might be more relevant now than it was when we all attended!

Uzzu and Superbox are both a lot cheaper for watching copyrighted movies and sports telecasts as long as you are happy knowing you are doing it illegally!

I had a separated shoulder from playing intramural football while at Univ of Mich. (Pretty cool…we played on the Wolverines’ artificial turf practice field that they stopped using to move to an indoor one when Schembechler thought UM was losing all their bowl games because of not practicing in warm enough conditions.)

Separated shoulder is very different from dislocated one, where they pop it back in. I kept playing because I figured it wasn’t badly hurt since you couldn’t see any swelling or anything. Within about 3 days I couldn’t raise my arm above elbow height, went to doctor, was ordered to rest it for @ 6 weeks. Healed okay, but I feel a lot of empathy for KJ!

Chiefs didn’t play defensived game plan they will use in playoffs. Reid and players said it was essentially a preseason “basic vanilla” defensive plan. And the Chiefs were 0-4 in preseason. DJ wasn’t very good but didn’t have the first string OL in most of his time.

@wissox said in Central Flaw rid unh-uh:

@DanR I was thinking about getting one. Any suggestions?

Muck Fizzou is always good. But get a few fb player friends if you wander near Meth U.

@rockchalkjayhawk said in Central Flaw rid unh-uh:

Ah. Gotcha. Come on out to the sunny west coast. You only have earthquakes, wildfires and tsunamis to contend with. Ice free.

Oh, and we’ve oddly added tornadoes to our weather lately. crazy.

I am astounded you West Coasters continue to live in utter ignorance of the threat posed by aliens. The little green Martians, not immigrants.

@dylans said in West Virginia- a game finally:

“If KU was undefeated at this moment none of us would have heard a peep from [kuballin].”

I have accomplished that blissful omission of all those peeps by simply pressing that magical button @approx has graciously supplied us. More certain than better W/L!

@wissox Bo Ryan held up a mbb transfer request in 2012. I remember losing a lot of respect for him because it seemed pretty vindictive.

https://www.si.com/more-sports/2012/04/20/bo-ryan-transfer

Rape conviction overturned on appeal due to police and prosecutor mistakes. Defense was the woman charging rape actually had been a sex worker, but the judge didn’t allow defense evidense on this claim (probably a poor application of rape-shield law that doesn’t allow evidence of victim’s sexual history; doesn’t apply if the evidence is about the crime itself). She claimed he had had a half hour interview for a job with him, then he called her back to pay for her time, at which time he raped her at gunpoint. Article doesn’t really analyze very well.

Interestingly, the police never searched for a gun due to not wanting to have bad PR since he was a famous black athlete.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/appeals-court-overturns-dana-stubblefields-rape-conviction

@drgnslayr Remember, Barkley was a great stats player but never a champ.

@kjayhawks said in 2024 NFL Season:

@Crimsonorblue22 said in 2024 NFL Season:

Gonzales said he’d pay the fine

To me that’s asinine that’s it’s a penalty to pay homage to a guys record you just broke. Not sure what is different in doing the dunk compared to dancing

I think knowing you will get penalized makes it more meaningful and memorable.

Most of KJ’s rebounds seem to be offensive boards. On defense, he isn’t trying to rebound because he is usually off to the races. Would everyone be happier if HD had 2 less rebs and KJ had 2 more?

@wissox Ah, you I know post tongue in cheek… Except when you discuss coach K, of course, whose name I believe will be your personal “Rosebud” on your lips at the end, alas never to be understood by the AI staff in 2093 in the Old Jayhawks’ Home.

Chiefs and KU are the worst teams with their records ever. Everyone would like the Chiefs more if they had two more losses along with PM getting another 100 yds per game if we just blew out the ones we beat. Losses don’t matter as much as gaudy stats achieved in blowouts. KU has a shitty coach who has lost the locker room because there is no other possiblity for disappointing performances by top flight transfers and losing 2 upsets.

Man, I wish I liked drinking more so I could become blind drunk and forget the doonsday crap flying before and after every game!

@wissox You somehow forgot that along with all those things, HCBS has no idea how to coach.

Keep those kids off my lawn! Where’s my 50 cent beer? Dammit, Mabel, no, we won’t get one of them there new-fangled Touch Tone telephones–just crank it and tell the operator who you want to talk to. And who, fer cryin’ out loud, said we had to let those damned ath-e-leets negotiate? By Gawd, the world is comin’ apart at the seams. Next thing you know, peeple’ll be demandin’ not to wear suits to work. So blasted hard to get used to things these days.

@Crimsonorblue22 Apparently Humphries just strained his hammie, not torn. Reid says he is out of practice but not actually officially declaring him out: “we’ll see how he does.”

One article says he will skip Cleveland but be ready to play Houston next week.

Donovan Smith has again sent out a “Hello? I’m here” type of tweet indicating his availability.

@nuleafjhawk I agree. I hate paying for things I thoroughly enjoy.

@kjayhawks said in 2024 NFL Season:

So now that Eric bieniemy has been relieved of his duties at UCLA, anyone want him back in KC?

I’d rather get a new training and strength coach. Most of our injuries, it seems, have come in practice. How do 2 kickers on one team suffer IR-level injuries in practice? Why so many hamstrings?

Seems like the stretching and flexibility regimen might need some upgrading at least!

@wissox Let them have their fun. For me, it is another puzzle in my day to go with Sudoku and Wordle: Trying to figure out what was written by posters I have blocked.

Just a bit of history: Successful charioteers and gladiators in ancient Rome had huge followings of adoring fans (even graffiti on wall!) and were quite wealthy. Their “sports” were more dangerous than modern pro sports, of course, but the doctors, firemen, and centurions earned a mere pittance comparatively.

The love of sports, and iconization of athletes, is pretty universal across cultures and eras.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Chiefs Are Just Lucky:

@mayjay hear anything about Humpries hammy? Gotta get an O lineman!

No news yet. Waiting to get MRI results.

Meanwhile, Chiefs signed CB Steven Nelson (Chiefs’ draftee, 2015) to the practice squad. Josh Williams getting hurt Sunday might mean yet another ex-Chief returning to the nest will play meaningful minutes, maybe this weekend.

Seth Keysor has a Substack blog (“Chiefs fan in the north”). His column today is about the anxiety dominating almost every game as fans have had to wait until the last second to finally feel optimistic. Quite funny!

Subscription was $12 and absolutely worth it. Each week he has 2 articles minimum with film analysis and deep dives into coaching decisions, roster changes, etc.

The Athletic says so!

Good thing the NFL made sure the Chiefs would win by sneaking into Arrowhead and greasing the top 10 feet of the left upright. The league will do ANYTHING!

@nuleafjhawk I knew it was 5MEB, never heard of Tesla! One of my favorite songs from oh-so-many years ago.

@kjayhawks Humphries probably hasn’t played in that amount of noise before. Be patient. Things’ll get better.

In other news, we will have infinite energy and world peace by midnight!

@Zabudda Arlo? What does he have to do with it?

Kadarius Toney just muffed a punt for his latest team, ending the Browns’ last gasp attempt to come back against the Steelers.