Recent content by SnakePlissken

He's played a lot of excellent golf this year. He had the looks but couldn't get a putt to drop today. Gotta keep knocking on the door.

Well, there's always next week...

He's now -7 on the back with the 18th still to play. A tale of two nines, for sure! edit: Bah, bogey on 18. Clearly my fault...

https://www.espn.com/nba/trainingcamp08/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&page=outdoorgame-081012 The NBA season is October through April. There's precisely zero chance of a regular season outdoor game being scheduled in Chicago.

Gotcha, thanks all. It's a bit odd since technically your ping pong ball would come up, but it makes sense. Hopefully we're not consistently in a situation where it would matter, but the light at the end of the tunnel looks very small right now.

So...if you finish last and wind up with the first overall pick, does that count as winning the lottery? Asking for a friend...

...and got lit up last night by Dallas. TB is a fringe playoff team. Long way to go, but as @Joel Goodson said, this could be a pretty good pick if they land in the 11-15 range.

Also very nice rounds from Detry (66) and Hardy (67) today to make the cut at the RSM. At this point I assume Nick is safely in the "next 10" and will get into the two upsized events next year, while Thomas needs a really good finish this weekend to move up a few spots and qualify.

No, no, one thousand times no. We were ahead by 4 points. There were multiple ways we could have won that game - stop them, false start, fumble, etc. - but Tepper's "plan" was to try to get to overtime (no way to foresee failed PAT) by moving the ball 40+ yards in <45 seconds on a day where we...

Man, this is a tough gig! On the surface, it seemed like Hardy (T23) and Detry (T38) did well this week, but Nick dropped from 53rd to 55th and Thomas from 60th to 62nd in the FedEx Fall standings. Gotta keep grinding.

Marquette changed nickname/moniker and mascot. Since you're in favor of keeping Fighting Illini, Marquette seems like an odd example to put forth as the model for Illinois. Alabama, on the other hand, I agree with. Just like us, they have a nickname/moniker that is very general. They went...

Marquette Nickname/Moniker - Golden Eagles Mascot - Iggy the Golden Eagle Logo - MU Monogram So...what is it you actually want for Illinois? Is it just our version of Iggy to patrol the sidelines? I don't want to put words in your mouth, but given that you mention logos and mascots along with...

Totally agree, with the caveat that Native Americans, like any other population grouping, are not in complete agreement on how best to manage and maintain their imagery, culture, and legacy. :)

With respect to the Kingfisher, I disagree. I believe that group 100% wants a name change. Once again, I don't believe name change is the goal of Blocky or Alma supporters (more likely, quite the opposite). That said, I wouldn't use the word sinister to describe the Kingfisher movement. I...

I agree with the factual argument here, but I'm not sure it matters. Do the majority of people who found the Chief offensive also associate Fighting Illini with Native American imagery and therefore want the name changed? I think so. Heck, I associated the name with Native American imagery...