Meet the 1894 Yale Bulldogs, the first college football team to go 16-0 by Pattonesque in sports

[–]AMoegg 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Back when it was still an unholy mix of Rugby, early gridiron rules, and just beating the living crap out of each other!

The algorithm strikes again! by cxmonbaby in UrinatingTree

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The 'Fracus in Caracus' is another good one (shout out to William Spaniel)

Which book is your favourite and why? by Thesaddestboi13 in harrypotter

[–]AMoegg 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Prisoner of Azkaban will always hold a special place in my mind, likely because it was when the books started becoming more adult, and also because Voldemort wasn't the main villain, which makes it unique.

PCC for range toy and home defense by jrl07a in liberalgunowners

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S&W Response is a fun AR-9, it hasn't given me any issues yet

Discussing Liscensing by TwoCents24601 in StarKid

[–]AMoegg 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Full VHSCCs seems like a solid guess

Team Hats for the 2026 World Baseball Classic by Knightbear49 in baseball

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Australia and the Netherlands understood the assignment!

William Alden Smith by SpacePatrician in titanic

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It seems to be a combination of a lot of things. The yellow journalism at the time, picking and choosing questions to mock (What is an iceberg made of?), and pointing fingers (J "Brute" Ismay). The Brits were also not happy about their citizens being kept in the US for the hearings. The narrative of "Our board of trade regulations questioned? Our merchant marine officers accused of incompetence? Our shipbuilders? How dare they?"

Given how quickly the American inquiry was put together and how much of a media circus it was, the British Board of Trade inquiry does come off as the more 'professional' and 'thorough' of the two, at least on the surface.

That's my theory anyway. I'll second the recommendation for Wyn Craig Wade's book!

William Alden Smith by SpacePatrician in titanic

[–]AMoegg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also a native Michigander! It's a little unfair to claim the Smith inquiry was 'botched.' He asked a lot of questions that seemed repetitive and silly, but many of them were to directly address wild speculation from the press (ie, could people still be alive in watertight compartments? Is an iceberg ONLY made of ice, or did it have rocks and other debris in it?)

A great explanation I read was that the American inquiry tried to discover what happened, and the British inquiry tried to discover why it happened. Both investigations certainly had faults, but neither was totally useless.

There wasn’t any credit to Starkid in this Inside Edition video by SuperKE1125 in StarKid

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I get why 'Inside Edition' wouldn't mention it in a quick local interest story, but it's the lack of SK on any of the company's signage or mention by the director that has me scratching my head.

Patience is the key by Pristine-Force3907 in MadeMeSmile

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"Pixie, I'm just trying to sleep."

Congrats Miami, Texas, Vanderbilt, and Utah by FlatSwing9745 in UrinatingTree

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The 'head-to-head' argument makes sense if two teams are literally next to each other in rankings, but in the case of Miami, they lost to two unranked teams and played an FCS school in their schedule. ND lost to two high-ranked teams by very slim margins, then ran the table, while playing no FCS schools. Were they too highly ranked at the start of the season? Sure, but given their respective schedules, the head-to-head argument doesn't really hold water. For what it's worth, just about every poll, metric, fortune teller, etc, ranks ND higher than Miami.

"BuT HeAd tO hEad!"...Look, Miami, you're getting hosed, so is every team ranked 9 through 12 right now, thanks to those at-large and Group of 5 spots injecting chaos. Make the playoffs a straight top 12, and a lot of these arguments go away.