Repping66
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Been thinking about this a lot 😭
Brave new World and Mandalorian & Grogu both feel like legacy sequels to 2008 movies audience already didn't like.
In turn, they too were poorly received. Really feels like the end of line for uninspired, boring franchise sequels in a hollowed out media landscape that no longer has any creative ideas.
YungJunko@YungJunko
I think its funny that this is the 2nd year in a row Disney has released a film that follows up on characters and plot threads from a movie that came out when I was like in 5th grade
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@Schizointel Alot of military estimates over the past decade or so had us losing like 100 combat fighters at least from an armed conflict with Iran plus saying potential for losing a supercarrier.
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We have lost 42 aircraft of which 24 are drones so that leaves us with 18 manned aircraft losses. Out of these three were friendly fire and 7 were from the rescue operation of the F-15E that was shot down over Iran.
24 aircraft losses spread out across over 10,200 air sorties striking over 13,000 individual targets. With nearly 40% of the aircraft lost from a single event, I don't think that's a sign of US power decline in the slightest.
Phillips P. OBrien@PhillipsPOBrien
Just sent out this post. US losses across the board fighting Iran, but particularly involving aircraft, are revealing worrying signs that US military efficiency is in decline and not what it was. The loss rates are many times higher than Vietnam and Desert Storm. A fish rots from the head down.
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@theocho48 @Shakadelik61569 @CFBKings Conferences have never been equal to each other in cfb. Especially now with consolidation and the destruction of regional conferences. I would agree with idea if we had the conference makeups of the late 1900s or early 2000s
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@TheRepublic66 @Shakadelik61569 @CFBKings I think AQ for each conference would be better than committee and computers
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One of the biggest flaws (of which there are many) in the expansionist’s argument is the comparison to other sports.
“The NFL lets 44% of their teams in!”
“The NBA has a big playoffs bracket!”
“The FCS has 24 teams, let’s copy that!”
“The NFL gets more viewers, so…”
“College Basketball lets lower seeds in they have Cinderellas!”
Why don’t all these people go watch those then? They’re literally pointing out all the alternatives that they could go freely partake in.
But instead it’s “we have to make the last unique sport look like all these other sports that people could simply go watch instead.”
Why does CFB have to change? The expansionists should be the ones changing.
Change sports and go watch any of those formats you clearly prefer.
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@Shakadelik61569 @CFBKings Remove the committee and have computers do it. The conferences are too messy and unbalanced that a committee of ADs dont care to evaluate SoS and victory margins
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@CFBKings Fans don't want expansion simply to make CFB like other sports. They want expansion for the same season they have for decades: easier to control your own destiny and less likely to get shafted by a committee.
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@FlagOnThePlayX @crazyunclelou Yeah because the G5 teams do so well in the playoffs this decade....
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@crazyunclelou Childish? First off, it’s the P4 that are being childish in doing everything in their power over the last several decades to keep the G5/6 out of the money pool.
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16 team playoff with 8 G6 teams and 4 G6 teams are guaranteed to make the final 8 lmao. Troy instead of Notre Dame. Jacksonville State instead of Oregon ahahahahahahahha these are the people who want to expand the playoffs ahahahahaha
Flatland Sports🌵@flatland_sports
People would hate this, but it also would make the regular season matter more than any other playoff format. I support it.
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The Battle for Starkiller Base is so terribly boring. Everything in it, we have seen before, but better. A truly uninspired rehash of a finale.
The Sietch of Sci-Fi |@TSoS_
I'm bored and I'm sick, so fuck it: Sequel Trilogy rewatch.
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@NickyPerkss Out of all the Saban games during Alabama that honestly made zero sense how that offense looked so bad in that first half
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Some of yall aren’t old enough to remember the collective crashout from Bama’s fanbase at halftime
In hindsight, it was hilarious
The Next Round@NextRoundLive
Danny’s forgetting that Alabama & @CitadelFootball were tied at halftime in 2018
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Have you ever wondered what Alabama’s OC/DC pairings have looked like over the years since Nick Saban’s arrival in 2007?
If so, here it is in one picture.
What are your thoughts? Which pairing was the best in your opinion? 🤔
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College football has committed itself to transitioning from being a completely unique and fun alternative to the NFL with its own character to being a shitty NFL knock off that dispenses with all that was great about CFB and replaces it with none of what is great about the NFL
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@CoachTimmyHyde @CFBKings Yeah we dont need participation awards for mediocre college coaches. That happens enough already with HS
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@TheRepublic66 @CFBKings Back to back weekends of home playoff games in December is killing the sport?
Beyond ridiculous by fans.
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A 24-team College Football Playoff format would be disastrous for College Football.
In 2018, if a 24-team CFP format existed, it would have included SIX 4-loss teams and even 5-LOSS Northwestern as an at-large bid…
That Northwestern team lost to 4-8 Akron at home, lost to Duke by 14, and lost to all three of the Top 15 teams they faced. That is who people are currently arguing should make the Playoff.
The regular season would be annihilated, bowl season would be finished, losing wouldn’t matter, making the CFP wouldn’t even be an accomplishment, and all for what? To watch these teams get smoked by the real contenders?
College Football is not College Basketball.
College Football is not the NFL.
College Football is not the NBA/NHL/MLB.
The enormous implications of each Saturday during the REGULAR SEASON is part of what makes our sport so great.
The coaches on the AFCA Board who voted to support expanding the playoff to 24 basically just gave the middle finger to each fan, because they’re literally rooting for CFB to become a watered-down, corporatized NFL Jr. and a shell of its former self.
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@CoachTimmyHyde @CFBKings They don't deserve to be there to start with
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@CFBKings & those teams would play on the road & more than likely lose. That’s killing the sport?
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"2 weeks to stop the spread" was 6 years ago...
Flesh Simulator@fleshsimulator
march of 2020 was more than six years ago lol
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@TheRepublic66 @Clowfb You ever see a drug dealer get robbed of his stash and then call the cops to report it?
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Nobody would debate the talent has been spread out now and schools can’t stockpile depth the way they once could, but did Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia, Florida, Texas, USC, LSU, Oregon, Texas A&M, Penn State, Oklahoma, Clemson, Miami etc not have those same baked in advantages?
Ralph D. Russo@ralphDrussoATH
Good column. Saban has a blind spot for this. He capitalized on a system where Alabama had all kinds of baked in advantages over the competition. Now, he did so in an unprecedented way and Bama wasn't the only school that had those advantages. He was best at optimizing them.
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@Wonderful_Chip @TheBenAsscrack @PSU_Dylan There should be less classifications then. Sick all of these teams getting in playoffs and winning district titles with losing records. The current generation of HS coaches just want participation trophies now.
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@TheBenAsscrack @PSU_Dylan Private schools play by different rules. I don’t care to see them compete with public schools.
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Long overdue!
Andy Villamarzo@Andy_Villamarzo
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My grandfather heard this after Wallace Wade left. My father heard it after Frank Thomas retired. I heard it after Coach Bryant retired. My son is hearing it since Saban stepped down.
Never forget, the lowest IQ journalism is sports journalism. Generationally stupid people.
Ari Wasserman@AriWasserman
Alabama has been the most successful program of my entire adult life. No question. Now, though? Fans need to readjust expectations in the new world.
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@__whatley__ Indiana needs the underdog card to he successful. It is like "lik Ole Clemson." Easier to motivate underdogs than the king
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So dramatic😂
IU kicked our teeth in. All Bama fans share this view.
Simpson said how flawless their defense was in the Rose Bowl. Crazy this stuff has gotten so many riled up.
IU will be a contender as long as Cignetti is there. Hopefully Bama keeps growing under DeBoer.
Nick Rodecap@NickRodecap
Prior to the Rose Bowl, an Alabama reporter asked Curt Cignetti about the “Bama mystique.” With a straight face. I don’t think Tide fans or media can handle that they’re not invincible anymore. They expect everyone to worship the ground they walk on. Such an odd group. #iufb
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Well it looks like the Pope’s interference in American politics is still top of the news cycle, so I want to repeat something.
The Democrat/Media Complex deliberately set this up so faithful Catholics would be forced to choose: Trump or your faith?
That’s a false dichotomy. The Pope is speaking on politics, offering his opinion only and he is not speaking ex cathedra.
You are not obligated to agree with the Pope in these matters where he speaks as an ordinary human.
If you are a Catholic, you can still support Trump, and disagree with what the Pope is saying about the Iran War and American politics, and still remain true to your Catholic faith.
Please do not fall for the either/or con job.
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@SendixBunny @QuetzalPhoenix Yet the US Catholic Church has been suing this administration multiple times for any changes in immigration funding. The Church sees the US and American Catholics as a piggy bank.
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@TheRepublic66 @QuetzalPhoenix He wasn't Pope during the Biden administration.
He also has made the statements that should be seen as approval of thr president's actions. He specifically said "No one believes the United States should have open borders" and has told Christians to stay in their homelands.
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I can guarantee that even in this century this is not even a top 10 in offensive things US presidents have said about Catholics.
This entire media spin is just trying to make US Catholic voters become 80% Democrats like they used to be 50 years ago when the current Pope grew up.
Breaking911@Breaking911
TRUMP: “Pope Leo is WEAK on crime, and terrible for foreign policy.”
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@SendixBunny @QuetzalPhoenix The Pope has been constantly making passive aggressive attacks on the president and conservative Catholics. That energy was not there during Biden a Catholic president who was promoting a major abortion and Trans agenda.
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@QuetzalPhoenix Trump watched a 60 Minutes interview of three Cardinal Bishops and thought one of them was the Pope.
This was an unforced error and should not be defended.
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