jackwebster

Steve Albini once said something like "One prerequisite for holding any public office ought to be documented proof that the candidate has taken psychedelic drugs." I kinda get it. I don't trust people like Lee. They seem to be missing out on lots of quientessentially human experiences.

What does the Miami Vice Crockett Bear mean? It's like MV = certain kinda 80s TV cool; Bear = cuddliness; leaning on car = indifference ... Waiting .. Posing ... Idk. My semiotics training is failing me on this one.

What happened to Charley Branch?

My guess is that he didn't invent this shtick. How many football/b-ball guys have already done this?

Idk. When they have to change the rules to beat you, you are doing something right.

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You're right. It totally looks like some bdsm dungeon stuff.

As noted above, I don't know what these are for. Help the ignorant?

My bad ... These were just questions for the board. (Snark understood)

All true. But, I still think Lee protested too much by pretending that he didn't know his name.

I loved this. Lee acted like Cardinals was so insignificant that he couldn't remember his name. BS. It bothered Lee that Cardinale didn't just concede after the two sets of backs in the first. Re context: Lee backed straight out of bounds. It was a textbook stall. Cardinale did seem to be motioning to the ref. Edit: Plus, I don't think this situation satisfies the "goes wrong" criteria. Lee -- if I'm remembering correctly -- didn't respond. He was satisfied to just hold pisition.

Tangential questions: Would you rather get pinned in the NCAA finals or finish 3rd? What about getting teched or tech-decked in the finals? If you would rather get 3rd than be embarrassed in the finals, would it change your mind if you were able able to score some points other than from releases? What you Todrinked yourself?

This thing: I don't know what they are for, but I saw them in the Krasnoyarsk (Mindiashvilli?) gym.

His post-college career has been a mystery.

Idk. I imagine there are just as many $$$ hunters in these subcultures as there are in the general population. And, staging competitions has proven an effective way to monetize art and human expression. Ballet, opera, and symphonies could take a lesson from the X-Games.

I think some of the refs misses it too.

I must have misunderstood that rule for a decade. I thought they had eliminated reaction time for any takedown situation. As a result, we got calls that first year like the one in the Kindig vs Houdashelt match. I'm a dummy.

Could you clarify what you mean when you say that there has always been reaction time? Are you saying that the recent rule change only concerned rear standing? In any event, I think what most folks didn't like about the no reaction time rule were calls like this: https://www.facebook.com/FloWrestling/videos/midnightsnackjosh-kindig-sends-drake-houdashelt-over-the-top/1177188199001680/

Perry is going to ISU? I missed this story. Do we have a link? Is this a good fit? Forum chatter suggests that his guys love him. If Carrol decamps to follow Perry, I guess there might be some truth to this. Disclaimer: Perry is my poster-boy for every critical cliche about OSU wrestling's style, stategies, and tactics. I'm embarrassed by the way I cheered on his masterful stalling in his two final appearances. Yeah, he "got two" like he said he would, but goddamn. As I've said before, I wish Brown would have pulled it out. When he didn't, it seemed like Perry and the whole team doubled down on their commitment to winning ugly.

Word. And I don't think it would take years for him to catch up. All those 1 of 1 dudes would compete immediately. We could post vids of Gray Simons' Aldatov-style outside-step head-outside low single, Smith's god-mode defense, Fadzaev's roided out hi-c lifts vs roided out Cubans, etc all day long and they might not change many minds bc they're not in HD. But at the risk of sounding like LIMarty, they would do just fine.

But then again, the ancient Greek origins of drama are closely connected with conpetition, right? Tragedies were staged in a competition as a part of the Festival of Dionysus. They declared a winner.

To throw out another, it would be like adding painting: Norway would send Odd Nerdrum, US would send the new upstart Wiley, Germany Gerhard Richter, China Leng Jun , etc. All got superior fine motor skills, but it ain't sport . . . like by definition.

Except, you know, the house fires and subsequent riots ... See the "take it higher" note above.

You're such a weirdo about typos.

Like that Sajidov guy? Picked that dude's pocket, right? I know it's sacrilege to mock him, but we shouldn't just give Sanderson the fantasy win. Edit: Of course, Sanderson does win at the stipulated 197. At catch weight, idk.