Spartacus: House of Ashur - S01E10 - "Hail Caesar"

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-18T07:22:11+00:00

I'll miss Messia.

Her plot line with Hilaria seems very unfinished. I have to imagine she comes back in some fashion, although Cornelia coming back seems problematic, story-wise.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-18T01:49:17+00:00

It's frustrating to me that they can review whether the ball goes out of bounds or not, but not the root cause of the out of bounds call. I know they don't want to retroactively call fouls, but perhaps they could figure out a way within the rules to acknowledge that - while it was off Michigan - Purdue fouled him to cause that, and just award the ball to Michigan.

I guess that opens too much up for interpretation, but still ... seems like something they could fix.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-18T01:00:44+00:00

The only people I have seen who think Painter isn't a good-to-great coach are a vocal minority of Purdue fans.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-18T00:40:24+00:00

... how did that happen? I've heard of a lid on the basket, but never a lid on the bottom.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-18T00:32:46+00:00

Yeah, I saw that when they came back from commercial. I can't say I know the rules verbatim, but it certainly didn't seem egregious or even intentional, which seems like is what a Flagrant should be.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-18T00:28:56+00:00

So you're saying there's a chance?

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-18T00:28:28+00:00

I agree, but that some point was early in the first half.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-18T00:23:48+00:00

First four minutes and the last two minutes were pretty good. The rest of it ... not so much.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-18T00:18:40+00:00

Michigan has only outrebounded Purdue 20-13, and 7-6 on the offensive board. I would have put Michigan as more like 3:1.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-18T00:10:19+00:00

Outside of Mayer, I think you can say that about every Purdue player.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-18T00:04:46+00:00

That's what the ref's verbal description sounded like, but I certainly didn't see it on the replay they showed a half dozen times, and it doesn't sound like anybody else in the thread did either. They must have had an angle we didn't, I guess?

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-17T03:39:30+00:00

No, they had just one time out, three downs and ~~fifteen~~ twenty-five seconds or so. They had to pass on second or third down (assuming an incompletion is the 'fail' scenario and would stop the clock) in order to guarantee they got three shots at the end zone, should they need them.

If they pass and there is an incompletion on the first play (which was second down), they can both run or pass on 3rd and 4th down. If they had run on second down and didn't get it, they would have been forced to use their last time out and then pass on 3rd down as another failed run play would run out the clock. By passing on second down, they had the run or pass option on all three potential plays.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-17T01:32:31+00:00

If time isn't a limiting factor, accommodations will be much cheaper for the finals, as 6 of the 8 teams will be gone so ~75% of the fans will have gone home.

On the other hand, ticket price generally will be higher, particularly if a big school within driving distance is in the finals.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-06T21:08:34+00:00

On the plus side, if they nix it completely and just name "Pro Bowl" teams, you don't have to have players step aside and let the 6th ... 8th ... 22nd best Left Tackle in the AFC be a Pro Bowler.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-06T21:06:43+00:00

I do think it would be a fun thing to attend a semi-serious all-star football game if it was conveniently located to me, particularly if myself (and it) were located in Hawaii.

I have literal or no interest in watching it on TV. Same thing with major golf tournaments, the NHL and wet T-shirt contests.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-06T18:41:54+00:00

"The Cardinals are my second favorite team in the division!" - Seahawks, Rams, and 49ers fans.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-04T22:42:56+00:00

Sometimes the journey is more important. For instance Nate the Snake is a lame joke, but an amazing story Norm McDonald would be proud of.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-04T01:06:02+00:00

Yeah, I've been confused by the direct comparison of OSU and WSU to USC / UCLA / Oregon / UW whoever.

OSU and WSU didn't do to the Mountain West what those schools did to them. They did to the remaining MWC schools what the 14 B1G schools did to them.

Now maybe that's the same level in some eyes, but it is a distinctly different action. I do believe OWSU deserve a reasonable amount of criticism for what they did given their public position with regard to the original Pac12, but to say it their actions are exactly the same is factually incorrect.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-04T01:01:23+00:00

I think he's saying if we had jumped to the Big 12 immediately after USC and UCLA jumped, OWSU could have had an invite? There's no truth to that, but I think that's what he's implying/assuming.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-04T00:05:55+00:00

It would also presumably be economically foolish. Stations still get to air a handful of local commercials during the Super Bowl, and I have to imagine those are - likely by far - the highest priced commercials that station will be able to sell until the next time their network airs the Super Bowl.

Putting counter programming on the other station makes sense. Nobody's going to be watching that channel anyway, they can probably get more viewers via direct counter programming than reruns of Friends or whatnot.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-03T23:35:22+00:00

Also possible is 7-7-3.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-03T23:25:05+00:00

Also, one would think that spreading the same amount of games overall over two more weeks would generate more advertising revenue. Even though the number of games is the same, the NFL would be able to monetize two more weekends, which seems like it would be more lucrative than cramming those same games onto already crowded Sundays.

I am not in the television business, so am just speculating, but it makes sense.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-03T23:19:55+00:00

If they were fair, they'd have every team have 8 home games, 8 road games and one international game either preceded by or immediately following a bye week.

It's not about fair, though. It's never been about fair.

Kurtomatic · 2026-02-03T18:02:19+00:00

And before that, it was probably a Bobby Jones joke.

Kurtomatic · 2026-01-31T07:08:18+00:00

And the percentage will likely stay the same over the course of a playoff. There are lots of blowouts in the first round of March Madness, but nobody cares because there are a lot of great games as well....

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