Trying to find something to keep me occupied during the off-season, so I've been rewatching some basketball and football games. One thing I noticed on some of these second go-rounds, is that Crooks is a lot more athletic than you would think. I use for evidence of this, the fact that she almost always won the opening tip. She can jump more than her frame would suggest. She even won two tips against Aoka Lee, who stands 3 inches taller than her, in that double OT game. She won the opening tip and then the first OT tip. I didn't get to see the second OT tip because I was just watching a highlights video.

….. great performances by Lil Big Town and Chris Stapleton, but especially by George Strait. He played 31 songs at 72 years old, so time has been kind to his level of stamina. These accolades are coming from a guy who is generally indifferent about country music but has seen many concerts in the last 45 years.

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I’ll have to admit, this one was pretty cool to see. I’ve known Will since he was a seven year old and I helped coach he and my son’s club baseball team. Time flies!

ISU becomes his first P4 offer and it wouldn’t surprise me if he commits in the not too distant future.

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The Biden campaign couldn’t wait for the prearranged verdict they have set up in the Trump NY trial to come out to show what the next step in their plan. They sent out TDS sufferer DeNiro to speak in front of the courthouse about how Trump will be a dictatorial tyrant who will destroy the country and the world. All while a car alarm went off in the background.

Do they even need to attend class?

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I'm making a quick down-and-back trip to Kansas City & Hy-Vee Arena this afternoon and evening for day one of the Nike EYBL Session 4 (gotta get back for the big concert at JTS tomorrow evening!).

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let the NFL and NBA pay for the farm teams of the universities. the whole amateur world of sports is disappearing, GREED

….commemorating my 25th anniversary (in December) on this network, or anybody’s subscription anniversary for that matter? I joined before it was on the Rivals network, and I think Jonathan Narcissist was the owner at that time. Some current members were here before I joined (JerseyCy, AAC?).

Haven 't seen any press releases bragging about them, so I assume they aren't going well. Which wouldn't be a surprise considering the schedule. I've been following ISU football since the early 1960s and I can't remember a less attractive home schedule.

Polls can be inconsistent, biased, have poor methodology and sampling techniques...and are a simple datapoint rather than a broad analysis of a campaigns viability. SOME of these shortcomings are mitigate by using polling averages but they still persist to an extent. Betting markets on the other hand, are built to minimize bias in favor of making money...a powerful incentive to be as objective, and comprehensive, as is feasible. Because of this, its reasonable to put MORE stock in betting markets than in polls as a stand alone measure.

Today's betting market data:

Trump 51.2% chance of winning
Biden 36.5% chance of winning
RFK 3% chance of winning

Those numbers, by any measure, are both decisive and remarkable.

Pretty obvious in terms of the findings but I'm sure it will come as a shock that not only are these not the brightest individuals, they have issues with not feeling superior to others.

And you guys think he is winning. LOL

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Trump lies about crowd which is video from Joe Biden visiting new york.

Community notes on twitter flags it and corrects it.

Musk removes the community notes stating the deception.

Laughable is too nice.... my goodness.

What group of people encourages being lied to like this?

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If you are coming to Algona tomorrow for the Tailgate Tour, it may take a boat. The river came up and out faster than I can remember.

The drought is over. It may well start up again, but it will be starting from a full tub.

Has anyone been to any of the tour stops? What are the discussions?

Can't wait to see Horizon on the big screen. Movie series by Kevin Costner that he has been working on since 1988.

Horizons (Chapter 1 and 2)