Sundancer

He learned that from Reid. I like it. Coach the team. That's all that matters. You know who else gives an awful press conference? Belichek. Rex gave great press conferences. Maybe the best ever. Giving fun answers to reporters is the last thing I care about.

I'm going to go ahead and imagine Josh Allen could throw to Megatron...or have Tiki Barber in his backfield (2000 total yards in Eli's first year) and Shockey at TE for a second and wonder if Allen would be having a better season. He probably would, wouldn't you think?

Imagine you get rid of your entire offensive starters minus 2 guys, one of who is a project QB. 8 games into the following year, do you expect a really good offense? And oh yeah, his WRs lack a true #1 and are mostly smurf-y. And many drop the ball.

I think we should give up on Allen after 20 games and 8 games into a season with 9 new starters on offense, no true #1 WR, his best TE is a rookie 3rd round pick, and no particular running game yet. Who's with me?

Tyrod had shown his ceiling. We are 20 games into a guy we all knew was a project, and so far he's shown an ability to grow and change his game. What he's not shown is an ability to put it all together yet. Some of that will come from having 9 new starters on offense this year. Some will come from a little lack of talent. Some will come from just not being ready in all phases. Josh>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tryod

In terms of keeping the show going post-Rick, it seems like the path forward is making Neegan into a big player again. That episode was the first one in a while that was good. The plot moved along towards new things for the first time in a while: (1) Eugene's 1-900 friend, (2) Capturing a Whisperer, (3) Neegan's insertion into the Whisperer freakshow, which injected some much-needed fun back into the show (his line last week, "What's a guy gotta do to get eaten around here" is classic.) The poisoning is a dull sidelight with some predictable outcomes...a few people will die and there will be a mass internal killing of walkers. There will be a revolt to attack the Whisperers once they know what's going on. Yada yada. Thank you to the person who noted that Carol was cooking on a propane/gas stove. I didn't catch that. Fantastic. I expect one of the next episodes will be back to the boring kingdom of they dying King and the Gamma-Tinman relationship (yawn central). That crew can all end up dead along with the musical guy, and the 2ish deaf people, none of which have made any impression on the plot except to give Daryl a momentary love interest (yawnx2). We probably won't see Maggie until the last 5 minutes of the last episode this season, when she pulls up in a TESLA or lands in a Harrier.

UC system considering eliminating the SAT, which many schools have done, but with the student numbers it accepts, that would be a shockwave to the standardized test business. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-02/uc-sat-test-optional

The NFL average for kicks over 50 is about 64%. Houschka is a bit below that in the last years. He had maybe a 6/10 shot at making the kick at best. He missed it. It'll happen sometimes. The other kick was a worse miss.

Firing the coach and turning over the team culture every 3 years has worked so well that you would like to repeat it? How long, exactly, did you think the rebuild of the Whaley/Ryan disaster would take? 2 years to become a playoff powerhouse? 3 to the SB?

Angry snowflake fans. Gets a little warm and they start crying for their blankets! The Wahmbulance is coming fellas.

The Bills have no WR as good as either of the Browns' WRs, and they have no RB as good as probably both of the Browns' RBs. The Bills have a project QB playing in his 20th game who has largely outplayed the #1 pick of the draft last year. This was not going to be a 12 win team. They may go 9-7 and miss the playoffs. The Bills have 9 new starters on offense and guess what, they still have holes to fill, some gaping. Im enjoying the season, and remain cautiously optimistic that they are good enough to beat 1-2 of the better teams they need to to get into the playoffs. We will see.

Repeating this. Browns have lost to Niners Rams Titans Seahawks Pats They destroyed the Ravens. They are a long ways from a bad team. That's not apologizing for 266 yards passing, 2 missed FGs, throwing 3 yard passes in the last two minutes, 8 rushing attempts for Singletary, giving up 150 on the ground almost every game seemingly...but they lost to a team playing at home that is far from as bad as their record indicates.

Browns have lost to Niners Rams Titans Seahawks Pats They destroyed the Ravens. They are a long ways from a bad team. That not apologizing for 266 yards passing, 2 missed FGs, throwing 3 yard passes in the last two minutes, 8 rushing attempts for Singletary, giving up 150 on the ground almost every game seemingly...but they lost to a team that is far from as bad as their record indicates.

Just a little reality check on what the Browns are. Their losses are to: Rams Pats Seahawks Niners and they beat the Ravens. My biggest comlpaint wasn't with Allen's 266 passing...it was the last several plays and the 3 yard throws not playing for the W. Jauron-like offensive feel to that.

Inflation does explain the rise in college tuition except in very small part: With more money in the form of loans, colleges found themselves flush with cash. What they didn't do with all that money was keep tuitions steady and build only necessary buildings for education. They built tons of new buildings in the university arms race to get more students, hired lots of administrators, and raised salaries. They did what most people (and government officials) do when they get more money. They spent the new money. Weeeeeee! Then because they had more bills, they, wait for it, raised tuition. And started a cycle. Government funding flooding the university system wasn't the only factor in rising tuition but there's hardly an economist who's looked at this problem that doesn't identify it as the prime one.

It's not just Ivy League. They are only a handful of schools. All private schools do this.

Some of this is true and that's why my sentence was written the way it was. Tuitions rose because the government backed student loans. All that extra money, intended to help students who couldn't afford tuition, poured money into the system that resulted in massive tuition increases. Late 70s, and into the 80s to today were an era of massive federal student loan expansion (the bright green in the bars below). The tuition at a school these days is less an amount to be paid, and more the amount that will be paid if you're rich. Colleges get a lot of PR saying they give need-based scholarships in massive amounts but what they really do is have a target tuition (let's say 40K) they have to get in the door, and charge people who can afford it the sticker price of 55K and those who cannot a lesser price of say the 40K they really need for their budget, and can make that 15K difference into a need based "scholarship" that looks like a great effort of good will, but it's really just an inflated number that was reduced. It's a strange system, and the only truth in college financial aid and admissions is that everyone feels screwed. Which is amusing because our university system is the envy of the world as it should be. But we Americans can sure whine about the good life!

I didn't say there was a reduction in tuition. Scholarships are often given as the result of donations so it's not "seldom." I never said it's "OK to screw over a deserving student." Colleges are recruiting non-privileged and first generation students like mad right now and if they are qualified, they will get excellent treatment in admissions. Illegal quid pro quo is... illegal? Donations should not be a crime. If you donate a building to a school, that's a boon to generations of students, and if the school (a private institution in most cases) admits a student as thanks to that donor, that admission more than benefits the many other students for years. Setting those issues aside, your post is right on!

If only Kawhi was playing in Buffalo. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nba/article-7663959/Kawhi-Leonard-Lou-Williams-spark-comeback-win-LA-Clippers-Portland-Trailbalzers.html

A donation to the school is less money needed to be paid by tuition to secure some benefit. The bribe buys a coach a BMW. This ain't rocket science. One is better and not a crime...And rare.

The difference is substantial. Money donated to the school, which money benefits all the students vs. money going to the personal pocket of some admissions person/coach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFia7FhVmuM

If you donate a few million to the school, are an active alum donor, that's a benefit to the entire school and student body. And such donations are legal. Greasing a guy's pocket and doctoring transcripts, tests, and photos is bribery and fraud--and benefits only the kid that is the subject of the fraud. Pretty big difference. Test scores mean less and less, but your point is true if applicants are close. It's a plus in the column of students who are children of alum.

He is impossible not to like.

16/8 fasting means only eat during an 8 hour window, and fast for the other 16. There's more to it on what you consume in the window (if you eat 4 pizzas and drink 6 liters of coke in 8 hours, the other 16 fasting are not going to help) but that's the general idea. It tends to keep you from eating late before bed, and focuses your eating at two meals. Most would skip breakfast.

The Bills drafted a kid that EVERYONE said was a project QB. We are into the 19th (?) game of the project. He's better now than when he arrived, and that's what I'm looking for in a project QB. And he's improved year to year with accuracy, poise, and decision making. Plus, I like that he remains confident when he makes mistakes. He is in a great spot, except when the fans put unrealistic expectations on his growth. He's going to have bad games in a row. Just look at the upward trends and how he corrects his mistakes.