UConn James

Joe Tessirore was in my local broadcast area, WFSB the CBS for Hartford, for a long time in one of his early gigs. So there is a bit of goodwill built up for him in my mind, but... I don’t know how to describe it any way other than that he just does not have a football voice.

I caught the BBC feed of several Wimbledon matches a few years ago w/o commentators and it was AWESOME. Still had the sounds of the players and the ball hitting the grass and the umpire for score, but not someone in your ear telling you what you just saw or what to think about it. Felt more like you were right there, just another spectator. I hope that with the next step of digital broadcasting, ATSC 3.0, which allows more interaction / choices and has started in several markets and due in 60 more maybe by the end of the year/early next because of virus delays, we can be allowed to choose audio commentary feeds... or none.

The only way to make it workable would be to send video to NY and have the head of officiating in a sealed room, given no context about what the situation or ruling on the field was, and give an overarching verdict of the proper call. The refs and their union HATED this rule and did everything they could to give a big middle finger to the competition committee and the fans. They want to have that control to change the course of a game with a single call, and in my heart of hearts, I believe the league gives them direction to favor some teams / players, and to keep games close so teevee ratings stay high.

BJ’s character progression was a bit weird, coming in as a fresh-faced, clean-cut, optimistic replacement for Trapper. He transitions to a guy with too similar qualities to Hawkeye... only with a nuclear family back home including the trope of a daughter he’s never seen and frustrations resulting.

You take that back!!! Allison Janet is a national treasure. Except for the feature episode on TWW when she goes back to Dayton, OH, for her class reunion with her speech supposed to be titled “The Promise of a Generation” (take a drink every time that’s said in the ep). I really chalk that up to really bad writing. —— I would say that mine is the blonde one from Desperate Housewives. I watched the first season. I hated the character and I really loathe the actress (who has recently been involved in the college admissions scandals). Everything I’ve seen her in, I hate her character as she just plays controlling, manipulative, snarky b————.

If you’re looking for a licensed one, the Nike Game version is a heat-pressed vinyl/silicone, at ~$99. The Limited is a standard cut jersey with sewn twill name & numbers at ~$175. The Elite is a game cut jersey (close, although still not what the players wear on the field) with sewn name & numbers at ~$300. You can try other sites and knock-offs at your own risk wrt quality, ethics of copyright law, etc. I actually messaged a company out of Colorado yesterday about ordering a set of twill names / numbers for a Kelly-era jersey whose numbers have started to peel off. Can then have a seamstress see them on. I don’t know if they’re still in business, or if they’re currently furloughed, or what. https://www.propatchesusa.com/#b

As one of my favorite underground poets, Michael Xavier, wrote: “The modern feminist does not want equality. The modern feminist wants impunity.”

https://www.newsweek.com/dr-fauci-backed-controversial-wuhan-lab-millions-us-dollars-risky-coronavirus-research-1500741 Gain-of-function... bio-weapon manufacturing... what’s the difference?

A few days ago, I filled out the fields on the OP site and then it said that I would need to respond to an email in order to finish the process. I never got the email, even checked in the junk folder. Is this a case of their system being overwhelmed and they will send one anyway, or do I fill it out again?

Took the words out of my mouth.

Paul Lucas’s Uni Watch page today reported (and provided photo proof of some Pats* players wearing the new unis at their homes) that the pants stripes ARE in line with the widths shown on the shoulder, and not an extra-wide white which would have been virtually a match for the Texans’ pants. My question is why do a Uni reveal with a design that isn’t correct? Total SNAFU. Even if it were a case of the lockdown complicating things, they couldn’t have a guy in their marketing department photoshop them with a correct version? Bush league. TB did this for their reveal when Godwin gave his #12 to Brady; they ‘shopped him into his new #14. It’s not that difficult. Still pretty disappointing that there seem to be no plans for a silver or white pant set, per their entry in the NFL Style Guide.

I’ve helped or done a garden for 30+ years, starting in my single digits. Still a bit early here in NE CT; there was a frost warning tonight, actually. It used to be Mother’s Day / mid-May to plant, but that’s crept earlier in the past 10-15 years. Hoping the place I go to for tomato and pepper seedlings (and often a pack of butter / Boston lettuce to start things off with me growing from seeds later on) is still open in a couple of weeks. Other things I just start from direct sow in the garden because seed-starting has never really worked for me ??‍♂️. Need to get the 1980-bought Troy-Bilt tiller running; thing is a beast yet easy to operate. That’s when they made things to last and to get the job done.

+ 1. Got rid of the silver and navy shoulder blobs and side panels. To be honest, I liked the red side piping on the previous home (navy) set where it blended into the navy, but not at the expense of panels+piping on the away (white) set. - 1. The away’s red-blue-red makes logical sense given the home red-white-red... but it just looks off and might work better as blue-red-blue. 2. No teevee numbers on the shoulders or sleeves. Thought this was against the NFL rulebook concerning unis. The Browns wanted to go teevee numberless on their plain brown alts, but the league forced them to add them. Guess the Pats* get excepted from the rules, as ever. May make it a tiny bit harder on refs to identify player numbers for penalties and for viewers to see who’s who in scrums. 3. Not a fan of only having the unitard look. 4. Inconsistent stripe widths on the pants. Should be the same as what’s on the shoulders, not the same width as the red but a MUCH wider white stripe. 5. Besides the helmet, they VERY closely resemble the Texans in overall gestalt (and almost exactly on the pants).

Getting rid of any chest wordmark at all gets a big ?? from me. I do not understand this trend for the NFL, especially writ large like the Jets and now ATL. The NFL is the king of sports. Act like that. Not like you’re some D-II school where no one can even remember the name / location. Solid reversion to the classic. The encroaching sleeve stripes were awful. I don’t understand the blank Color Rash alts, but... whatever.

I’m not a fan of it. Akin to that alternate Buffalo logo with red and blue inside of the B loops that was ?. But at least it won’t be used much. At this point, it’s on the inside the back collar of their jersey. Saw this a couple of days ago and Uni Watch now has a write-up on it. https://uni-watch.com/2020/04/15/exclusive-did-the-colts-copy-this-guys-logo-design/ Cribbed the original design of a high school (5x state champs) logo. It wasn’t trademarked, but the coach who designed it is talking to a lawyer. Bad form, Colts.

There are some outlets that are saying coronavirus was presenting in China as far back as July 2019, and the CCP have covered that up with a disinformation campaign and WHO has gone along with it in lockstep.

I would support picking the best punter, even as early as round 4 if need be. Corey B is SO inconsistent, shanks too many, and doesn’t show much leg strength.

Whether it’s to replace CC isn’t determined yet. I read one that said NBC might try to bid for more games when the broadcasting rights auction is re-upped in a couple-few years (2022?). So, DB might be color analyst for a #2 broadcast team. ??‍♂️

Really does look like a giant Roomba. Maybe that company could become the stadium sponsor if/when alliegent fails.

??. It’s black trim. And it’s entirely inconsistent in its placement. Between the red & blue/white on the shoulders, at the edge of the blue on the helmets and pants, at the edge of the red on the jerseys. Why was black even needed? It’s ‘90s BFBS (black for black’s sake). In this age of HD and 4K/8K, it’s not needed to keep colors from bleeding onscreen. That and the collar that’s changed forty-eleven times since the 2011 redesign. Just make it blue (like the blue throwbacks) and be done with it. As a third wish, I’d ask to have red trim on the name-on-back, as with the throwbacks. Having numbers with trim and names without just looks inconsistent. Those are literally my only gripes. It is SO close to perfect. Uhhhmmm.... ?? Other than the numbers being moved up to the shoulders because of space differences in New Jersey fits, the trim style / thicknesses on the blue throwbacks were absolutely consistent with the classics.

IIRC from some personal profiles, Beane and his wife have a few approaching or in their teens. Free staff / IT workers. ??

Falling from his perch was something Sauron didn’t see coming.

From Paul Lucas’s Uni Watch page, that used to be in SI and then ESPN.... He got a visual preview of the Bucs new uni design a couple of weeks ago, but was not allowed to take any pictures. A designer mocked these up based on Lucas’s description. Basically, reverting to the mid-90s SB era design, minus the orange trim, which I personally never cared for anyway. IMO, this takes them from worst unis to Top-10.

56 is ???. Pretty sure that would be “Autumn in New York” with Richard Gere & Winona Ryder. LLV might be something like: ???‍????. I think 4 is “The Horse Whisperer.” 12. The Pelican Brief? Though it might be better with the more recently released emojis: ??. 33. Psycho, of course.