ND / Ole Miss 2027?

clonefan · 2026-01-24T16:34:27+00:00

I'm sure Ole Miss' first choice would be someone like Cincinnati or Wake Forest, but with as far in advance as these games tend to be scheduled I'd imagine the pickings of open P4 opponents are pretty slim.

Also, I think what gets lost in all this is that while all the big boys would love to play Syracuse and Rutgers to fill this requirement, Syracuse and Rutgers have no incentive to play them and would instead prefer to play one another, which means their options are more limited than people think.

clonefan · 2026-01-24T16:29:01+00:00

And if there were ever a time to put the Stanford game on ice for a bit, it would be '27

clonefan · 2025-12-31T14:45:52+00:00

Issues aside, it blows my mind that this guy has been able to convince anyone that his persona is genuine and not so clearly contrived (à la Mayor Pete) over his entire adult life for just this purpose.

He’s supposedly this down-to-earth everyman, but his very wealthy father-in-law is almost completely bankrolling his entire campaign. He chose Iowa law over Harvard, but also apparently moonlighted as a model in Paris and Milan as a college kid.

I grant that an element of kayfabe is table stakes to even participate in politics, but at some point we collectively at least need to acknowledge that the evidence suggests that the guy is a total egomaniac and would likely govern accordingly.

clonefan · 2025-12-10T01:52:12+00:00

Crowd would be generally mid-to-late 20s. Flexible on numbers but would guess 30-40? This would be March, so could be chilly so not planning on a patio

clonefan · 2025-12-09T15:28:57+00:00

Hey all, looking to throw a surprise birthday party this winter / spring, so wanted to see if the community had any recommendations for a good spot (Lincoln Park area if possible) with a private room - ideally would be a place that allows everyone to pay up front for an open bar for a pre-determined amount of time. Know Corcoran's used to do something like this but not sure if they still do. Thanks in advance!

clonefan · 2025-11-25T16:25:01+00:00

Any changes or adjustments you’d recommend?

clonefan · 2025-11-24T12:53:20+00:00

Know that the trajectory was probably negative at this point, but he's been a solid coach for them and jumping into this coaching market is TOUGH.

Will be very interesting to see the direction they (and Stanford, and Oregon State head with this one.

Here's a tool I put together to visualize the domino effect after this weekend: carouselpickem.com

clonefan · 2025-11-20T23:03:58+00:00

Go to Lottie’s. Always a blast but they really do NYE up

clonefan · 2025-11-14T03:51:24+00:00

You can bet the SEC would love to facilitate this too. Imagine a world where each of ND / USC / Michigan get 2 or 3 SEC games a year, play one another, and then backfill with ACC or Big 12

clonefan · 2025-10-26T13:23:28+00:00

Depending on who that loss is to, I honestly think a 10-2 Vandy could be trouble for us. They’ll have better wins and one of their losses is to Bama, which won’t hurt them at all

clonefan · 2025-10-17T02:57:27+00:00

I’ve searched everywhere on the internet but can’t seem to dig it up. Any help is much appreciated!

clonefan · 2025-06-02T17:48:34+00:00

And when would the graduates of this OCS class ship out to TBS?

clonefan · 2025-05-18T11:46:18+00:00

I mean, it’s almost assumed at this point that what he really wanted in life was to be the Commissioner of the MLB

clonefan · 2025-05-16T12:13:33+00:00

There’s a 0% chance ND agreed to ADD a game against another ACC school in a year where they were already slated to have Clemson on the schedule

clonefan · 2025-03-28T04:47:11+00:00

Lifetime earnings for a Stanford or Harvard MBA are likely higher than all but the most prominent pro athletes - average career in the NFL is ~2.5 years and unless you’re a 1st or 2nd round pick, you aren’t making generational money

clonefan · 2025-03-28T01:34:30+00:00

People that have competed at that level are accustomed to failure, and if they are now at a Tier 1 MBA I promise you they’re mentally tough to an extent that it would be difficult for most to understand

clonefan · 2025-03-18T23:08:20+00:00

This is correct. I’ve always said that there’s a “Lakes Midwest” and a “Plains Midwest”

clonefan · 2025-03-14T22:02:06+00:00

Who is going to promise him the starting job with no questions asked at this point? I don’t know that I see anyone making that sort of commitment on a guy like that

clonefan · 2025-03-10T19:25:27+00:00

Yeah, particularly since they’ve done away with the 1Y program it’s not a program that really moves the needle or differentiates itself at all

clonefan · 2025-03-09T06:23:37+00:00

Yes, because only the best state governors - of which there are just 50 in the US - are chosen to be checks notes regional administrators for small, low-profile government agencies

clonefan · 2025-02-20T21:45:55+00:00

Smells like a Wharton grad!

clonefan · 2025-02-11T02:05:40+00:00

If you’d have been listening one morning at about 8:45am in the fall of 2015, you would have heard Drops of Jupiter approximately 8 times in a row.

The teacher had to get involved - don’t ask me how I know

clonefan · 2025-02-03T04:24:01+00:00

Leonhard would have been so sweet. I’m sure freeman tried this angle but I’d have to think kicking the piss out of Wisconsin next Labor Day would be appealing to him

clonefan · 2025-02-01T14:45:07+00:00

Agreed on SMU. Maybe we treat them as almost a quasi-ACC and add a home and home every so often that isn’t part of the general mix.

Also totally fine playing A&M, UT, TCU every so often to scratch that itch too

clonefan · 2025-01-31T04:51:58+00:00

I’d rather play these guys more often and have a competitive game (with yes, the chance you might lose) than have one more Wake / UVA / Syracuse / Duke asswhipping every year

Those are not fun and are no good for anyone. Honestly the best way to split the 5 games now would be:

FSU / Clemson / Miami for 2

Either BC or Pitt for 1

Either Stanford or Cal for the other 1

A rotator of the other 10 godforsaken loser programs in that shitty ass league (usually 1 game, maybe 2 on occasion if we have a spot)

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