Simon

Yeah, it looks like it might move through a little faster than anticipated

A winter hat that covers ears Thicker waterproof gloves, preferably mittens to keep your fingers together A thin thermal base layer against your body (upper and lower) and then multiple layers added to your upper body on top of that. Make sure your pants over the thermal layer are thickish and loose fitting (not denim) and an extra pair of shorts under those pants to protect your ass from a cold bench is a plus. Layers work infinitely better than a single large coat because they retain multiple pockets of warmer air between them that can't escape as easily. Two pairs of socks (the outer ones wool) and a comfortable pair of work boots. If any kind of precipitation is expected, make sure your outer layer is water resistant (I prefer wool, but something with goretex is also acceptable)

Light winds and no more than 2-3" accumulation, so no blizzard. Just a quick dump of an inch or two that can get everybody good and fired up and trigger a raucous party.

Yeah but you're part of that 10% of weirdos I left space for that are more interested in genuine understanding than the fallacy of surface impressions. Freak.

Didn't want to bury this in a 30 page thread because some might be interested. There is a very real possibility that there is going to be a 2-3 hr window right smack dab in the middle of this game where a couple inches of snow might fall on Orchard Park. I mention this because we have all seen times when a fast blast of accumulating snow seemingly comes out of nowhere during a Bills home game. And we also have all seen how it can turn that stadium electric reeeeeal quick and have a legitimate impact on a game. In addition to the interesting matchup, tomorrow could become extra entertaining for the folks in attendance. ❄️ Enjoy! ❄️

Who knows? You never factor it in. You just make "assumptions" about most of it and then complain about them.

Well, now we know where Planet X is.

That whole team didn't even look like they belonged on the same field as Georgia.

Instead of watching all the things he's actually doing on the field, you're trying to quantify something with this tiny little data set of arbitrary statistics that only represent a fraction of what is actually being done. You act like the only negative impact plays are sacks or TFLs, but you never talk about him tossing a Tackle into the 3 hole to blow up a play and put the offense behind the sticks to endanger their possession. You never talk about how fast he makes a key read and blows up a screen on 3rd down to force a change of possession. You never quantify how often he repeatedly sheds and puts the offense into broken chaos because their playcall just went out the window. You never talk about how many times he uses those 10' arms to instantly drive a Tackle into the QB's field of vision and force a throwaway to avoid 600 lbs of humanity quickly bearing down on him. All of these things (and more) are negative plays, all of these things (and more) happen every week and all of these things (and more) are completely ignored by you guys who want to take just 1-2 things that are easy to see and count while ignoring 10 other things that aren't. Micah Parson could have a game where he makes 5 negative impact plays, 3 of which are sacks; while Rousseau has a game where he makes 6 negative impact plays, only one of which is a sack, and you guys will be on here throwing 3 column charts around acting like that covers everything and complaining Rousseau is invisible. Now it's 3rd/5 and Micah Parson rips off a spin move to tackle a QB climbing the pocket for a 3 1/2 yrd loss and force a punt; meanwhile on 3rd/2, Rousseau throws a Tackle into a Guard, completely blowing up the offense and forcing the back to stop and cut back into Deaone Walker's arms for a 1 1/2 yard loss that forces a punt. These are equally impactful negative plays with the only difference between them being 2 yrds of field position; and you're counting one of those equally impactful plays as everything and the other one as nothing. Your methodology is wrong and that makes your perspective skewed, incomplete and inaccurate because you're totally disregarding most of the game.

I don't know how good/bad the 'Bama offense typically is but that Georgia D looks like it's about 2 series away from starting to actually hurt some people.

You may want to check the color and tint settings on your TV.

If anybody is hanging out watching some conference championship games, here's a place to talk about 'em if you're interested.

I honestly think that 90% of it is simply about personal experience. A lot of folks haven't been lucky enough to spend a lot of time on a field and learn what really counts. It doesn't make them stupid; it's just that the more experience you have working any particular complex problem, the more you come to understand what's actually important in those complexities and what's just tlts on a bull. It's like an accountant from Raleigh looking to buy a tractor; he doesn't have much experience so the first thing he's going to look at is the paint job. When the reality is that even some farmbilly from the red clay hills of Central Caroline has been elbows deep often enough to know from experience what's important, no matter how big a rube he might be!

At what point will you figure out that I simply do not give a shlt about pretend math? Good grief....

Thank you for more math and less football. There's nothing sneaky about him being good if you're actually watching him play instead of cherry-picking numbers to advance a narrative you've decided to dedicate yourself to.

Clearly. And I would put forth that yours is rooted in math and highlight reels while mine is simply based on actual football. You are free to rely on yours to advance your agenda and I am free to rely on mine to discuss what actually happened. 🤷‍♂️

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. - Capt. Verne

I'm less interested in math than football. He spent the entire game disrupting multiple aspects of their offense, throwing Texan Olinemen all over the place and then made two key plays on 3rd downs in the 4th qrtr that both forced punts and actually gave the Bills a chance to win. And if you want to play the silly math game that you're trying to manipulate to make a terribly inaccurate point, ESPN has him listed #1 on the defense with 6 tackles. He played outstanding football all night long and there is no massaging of statistics designed to advance an agenda that can alter that fact.

I'm sorry, but this is entirely unfair to the legend of Captain Nemo.

Two weeks ago

Well, now we see where all of House's money went

A Total Points primer for Sports Info Solutions (the data-based site the chart was taken from)

I think this perfectly points up the size of this molehill that some folks with pre-existing agendas want to turn into a mountain. 👍

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/12/steve-cropper-obituary/685152/

Conversely, I wonder if it might even grease the skids a little bit with other GM's around the league who are more than happy with Beane to see him messing with Roseman and the Eagles.