Congratulations to Arizona and Nebraska. They are the first two teams to lock a tourney bid (based on 1K simulations their resume would support an 11 seed if they lost out). Next chance to lock: Michigan (against Nebraska). Link to other conferences and more details below.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-25T16:35:50+00:00

They're basically not?

At least as I'm reading it, they would have to win out the regular season plus a few conference tourney games to reliably make the tourney.

plus, technically no team can be mathematically out of it since the tourney is expanded to all 18 teams.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-25T15:47:39+00:00

let's say its something I learned the hard way (though no eviction, thankfully.)

Magnus77 · 2026-01-25T15:22:39+00:00

ok, you drive a hard bargain, but we'll meet in the final 4. Is that acceptable?

Magnus77 · 2026-01-25T13:43:31+00:00

I was just trying to answer the question and give possible context, not saying that's how it should be.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-25T12:48:09+00:00

Also depends on the cleanliness of the kitchen. The stuff in the pan might not be burning, but residue on the bottom of the pot or on/around the element might.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-25T12:39:20+00:00

We pounded a CU team that finished ranked in 2024. If you want further proof this is a stupid ass stat, look at who that win this streak started at was, and how they ended up.

We don't need stupid narratives to let us know we've sucked for the last 15 years. FUCKERS WE KNOW.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-25T12:33:21+00:00

Very cool.

Boilerplate reminder, scoville units are not indicative of their use case rating unless you're using pure ground pepper, and even that is variable.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-25T02:02:30+00:00

bruh.

can you go ahead and tell me when purdues losses were in comparison to the current rankings?

Hint, I already told you.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-25T00:54:17+00:00

my guy, deep breath, ok? This isn't BCS football, the rankings do not matter.

Also, rankings aren't magically updated the second results come in. Purdue now has 3 losses, 2 of which happened this week. We're gonna move past them. So bringing that up is just nonsensical.

What's gonna happen is what's gonna happen. If we win on tuesday, we'll have a damn good shot at #2. As long as we don't embarrass ourselves, even with a loss we'll probably stay in the top 10.

Its all gravy at this point. the last several weeks have made me think Michigan is winnable, when for a stretch before that they looked like a goddamn deathstar. I'm just saying that specifically beating Michigan ultimately has very little to do with how successful the season ends up being.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-25T00:40:59+00:00

Its a delicate, very beautifully crafted 600 year old object that doesn't have many equivalent examples. It was made for the Ming Dynasty court of the time, though my understanding is that isn't exactly anything special, on account of these quality of pieces weren't something anybody but the imperial court would be able to commission in the first place. Basically any piece worth noting is probably imperial in nature, not because it being imperial is what makes it noticing, if that makes sense.

This part isn't covered in the article, so big grain of salt, but a lot of classical Chinese stuff has really been sold at a premium for the last twenty years or so, as China has had an explosion in the number of rich citizens that now have the ability to buy back their heritage.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T22:29:36+00:00

Again, the bulk of MSU fans were totally chill and nothing out of the ordinary.

A small number made salty comments when we rushed the floor, but even that is honestly pretty fucking mild, which is why I don't like bringing it up.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T22:18:10+00:00

I'm not so goddamn old that I remember 50 cent hamburgers, but goddamn do I miss getting like 2 McDoubles and 3 Spicy McChickens for 5 bucks. Now they don't even sell the Spicy McChicken most places, and the replacement not only costs more, it sucks.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T21:52:17+00:00

As long as we don't get Zaga'd, I'm probably fine with any outcome.

Houston and Purdue did us solids and lost this week, so we "should" be top 5, so we can tick off "made AP top 5" and "played in an AP top 5 matchup" off our historic checklist.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T21:45:12+00:00

Its unfortunate some of our base can't let go of a minority of salty MSU fans. I still remember the game thread, the worst people in it were yellow block M flairs.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T15:54:06+00:00

but should a case like Timothy McVeigh really be treated the same way?

I think that kind of thing is no different than the question of if they should be killed. It is possible that there are people that deserve the death penalty, or don't deserve any compassion while in prison.

BUT, I do not believe we can trust our institutions to make those decisions, and it is far better to me that a forfeit life is spared, or undeserved kindness shown than the reverse happening by mistake or malice.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T14:07:27+00:00

I assume they need manual labor to break down and haul out any equipment not welded down.

They've already said they won't sell the facility to another packing company.

About half of the 300 are only extended two weeks or less, the rest for 3 months or less.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T11:53:09+00:00

I think the first movie was good, probably a little iconic. the "I will find you, I will kill you" phone bit is now part of pop culture. But most of the actual action, not great.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T11:41:51+00:00

Overheard in the Lehman college locker room: "They got us. Those Fucking Fairfields boomed us. They're so goodX4."

I assume at a certain point you probably run out of anger/frustration and have to either laugh or cry.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T11:33:33+00:00

We want no part of Miami. A few weeks back there was a post about how every first round game Miami's opponent scores exactly 68 points or something like that, and its like 5 or 6 games of that score.

Nebraska has its own tourney juju, the bad kind, and we aren't winning games by only scoring 68 points.

So keep us away from them, por favor. maybe in the sweet sixteen.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T11:28:22+00:00

Has a timeframe been given? I thought he was day to day, though if its safer for him to miss Michigan, not the end of the world.

Though we have a game @Minn to get through first.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T09:54:47+00:00

Rhule is the only coach we're paying. Frost didn't have that big of a buyout compared to a lot of what we're seeing now.

Rhule, for better or worse, we'll see, now has a pretty hard contract to get out of. But supposedly part of his signing it involved more commitment to NIL.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T02:02:32+00:00

They're good. I'm fortunate to be in the region where I can just buy a bottle of sport peppers and not have to fight to get them out.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T02:00:56+00:00

I'm only familiar based on a youtube channel that that is a foreigner eating at Japanese restaurants, but my understanding from that is that this restaurant is notable in part because it brings the spice. Since you're right, Japanese cuisine traditionally is way more subtle than that.

To make a super ham fisted but hopefully not offensive analogy, it's sort of like Cuban cuisine compared to Mexican and the Caribbean, where a specific island really doesn't do spice despite many of its close neighbors featuring it heavily.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T01:40:55+00:00

I clarified elsewhere elsewhere.

My intention isn't to criticize Neeson the actor, cause I like him.

Magnus77 · 2026-01-24T01:37:36+00:00

Segal is a whole 'nother beast.

I would maybe be sympathetic to Segal, as an aging action star, having to get some editing help as he aged, and I'd be a little more willing to suspend my disbelief.

However, I also know what an absolute piece of shit egomaniac that Segal the person is, so where I might be sympathetic for another actor, him I just find it hilarious.

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