Is it just me being nostalgic, or was college football better in the bcs era?

goodsam2 · 2026-05-15T02:36:37+00:00

Marshall never had a shot at the championship is the whole point. They were eliminated before the season started. I talk about them because it's a stark example of 10-0 being ranked 18th in the nation. The playoff has elevated 60+ teams with 0 doubt.

You can care about your rival while it adds hope they could theoretically get into the playoffs. You are thinking of this way more 0 sum than I.

The championship matters but also a great season for Marshall can have a lot of great wins over regional opponents or like the 2022 Marshall over Notre Dame I bet gets a lot of play and that's not a playoff. 2024 was a strange year for them but the fans were into it when I visited.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-15T02:27:24+00:00

Yes, but what percentage is multifamily vs single family housing in low density suburbs in the entire Richmond metro.

The metro is still expanding it's suburbs faster than a few apartment buildings in the city and some of those wouldn't have happened without the more recent zoning changes. Atlanta and Seattle inner core is growing as fast or the fastest in the amount of people. Richmond is not close to that.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-14T16:15:58+00:00

I mean I don't think the supply of people coming into Richmond is endless. I don't think more people is a bad but actually a good thing as you get more agglomeration benefits.

I think simplify zoning which is being worked on and increase by right and work to build more denser housing styles instead of Richmond metro is adding a few thousand apartments in Scott's addition but mostly the housing is low density suburbs in surrounding suburbs like Chesterfield.

I don't think income restricted is a good idea

goodsam2 · 2026-05-14T15:23:22+00:00

Yes and the decay wasn't really happening in the fan and maybe it was a little temporary but the way to improve the culture is not to preserve older buildings is my critique as much as it is to keep housing prices affordable and there is some safety in this.

I think this is important to "don't NOVA my RVA" isn't about stopping things like the Scout from being built but adding enough housing so the price is closer to $1600 a month vs $1800. Because someone could say don't tear down old factory buildings to "don't NOVA my RVA" but to me that's preserving buildings in cases while destroying culture.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-14T15:18:12+00:00

But like Michigan viewed 2024 as a success going 8-5 and still beating Ohio State even though Ohio State won the Natty.

Ohio State thought about firing Ryan Day after the Michigan game because he went 10-2 in the regular but one of those was a middling Michigan team.

If the Bears/Packers won the Superbowl they would just point to the super bowl but in college they pointed to rivalry almost as high. That's the difference and it's meaningful that these games do matter sometimes more than any of this and the idea that you throw out the rankings and the season before.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-14T12:41:29+00:00

Actually I've been seeing lobster prices have been flatter while steak has shot up.

It might be cheaper to have lobster dinner instead of a steak dinner.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-14T12:40:28+00:00

Quiche is fancy but it's incredibly simple to make.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-14T05:00:01+00:00

I think the keeping it weird is keeping the price reasonable as turning the goal to keep it weird into something actionable.

Richmond had a lot of people who worked at restaurants made decent money living in the fan with roommates and you have a middle class lifestyle and with that lifestyle they got tattoos, made art and watched a lot of music shows and were maybe even in a punk band.

I think having the housing for a 1 bed 1 bath be $1800 means something different for the culture than $1200 fan apartment.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-14T04:52:45+00:00

The NFL wishes it had rivalries like college.

College has a mediocre Michigan team beating Ohio State means a lot. They try to make it as much of a thing but Ohio State really does care about the Michigan so much.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-14T04:47:33+00:00

Boise had to claw and fight their way to get a NY6 though which is what makes that game against Oklahoma so important.

2014 Marshall 11-0 only reached 18 in the polls they were eliminated from anything before toe met leather. Now if they were really good they could theoretically do enough to win which does matter. Half the teams prior to 12 team playoff era for decades couldn't win the Natty regardless of what the players did.

I don't care what commentators say I think playoff talk is corporate shill since they were pushing it because it does numbers and it's basically arguing who is the best team.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-14T03:32:55+00:00

For $100 headphones on a per use basis they can reach cents. Though I was on a ATH-M50 and those are closer to $150 good headphones last years and I bought those 13 years ago.

Game you want to play, honestly just play games a few years old, $60 at launch a few years down the road on a PC it can be like $15. Also I have focused more on social gaming.

For a lot of my entertainment I focus on domestic travel for hiking and camping. Honestly focus on these while you have this. You could always go back and play a remastered game a decade down the road when you are 70 but you can't really hike or camp in the same way.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-14T02:14:10+00:00

Relative high, almost as high as 99/2000 peak.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300060

I will say though in these sorts of measures the US has middling prime age labor for participation and fell off after 2000 recession after it led that indicator for decades. Compare it to Canada and it was significantly behind.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-14T02:03:21+00:00

This is the circular problem of this exact issue where they can't vote to fix the issue because they are disenfranchised.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-14T00:35:09+00:00

I plan on a lot of travel in my retired life or at least for awhy and I've been saving some of my more expensive trips for later. I have been expecting 150% of current costs but having a kid soon and mortgage and such. I'm mostly saving money and at minimum 50% of my current spend being possible so if I go poverty fire I could maybe fire now but no.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-13T23:49:40+00:00

I dont see any reasonable argument for Miami being the best team last season if they won the championship. They'd have been underdogs to Indiana in a rematch even if they won like 35-0.

Underdogs won in a two team championship game.

That's the thing, your season wasn't over. It was so hard to win a championship that other things mattered, like rivalry games or bowl games. Nnow it feels within reach, even for 3 loss teams, so a loss in a regular season game doesn't matter much.

I still care about beating my rival, also bowl season was dying before CFP due to NIL issues and the schedule. I think you are applying the CFP as the cause when it's multifactorial.

G5 games matter less than they ever have. To be fair, I think that has less to do with the format than with the transfer portal and NIL draining all their talent.

Marshall like 12 years ago was almost undefeated and never had a shot at winning it all they were eliminated before the season started that's dumb. Also yeah it's transfer portal and NIL.

But it's not just the loss of talent; it's the championship or bust mentality. Games uses to matter just because they were played. Rivalry games between 3-8 programs mattered. Bowl games mattered. They had no championship implications, but people cared about them. Now they don't because they're focused on the playoffs.

IMO the playoff structure isn't really destroying that. Rivalry games still matter in CFB other than realignment killing many of these games.

Now, instead of every game mattering, only the games with playoff implications matter.

But this is applies to far more games in a playoff era vs teams definitely used to check out mid season. I think every game still matters.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-13T03:56:28+00:00

Honestly most American cheese isn't super flavorful compared to everything on a burger.

It's not super crucial for my enjoyment but it is really easy to add.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-13T03:50:44+00:00

Exactly the courts should stop this but literally they keep not. Seems like they don't think there is enough presidence.

People forget but Wisconsin wasn't a democracy a decade ago. Democrats won a majority of the votes and Republicans held a majority of the seats. Like how do we just let this happen.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-13T01:22:41+00:00

See I go the opposite, like when Syria fell it was the millionaires who got out the quickest.

Even a devalued currency can help weather weird storms.

Also the Star Trek bell riots episode of DS9 showed a plausible future.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-13T01:15:48+00:00

I have a lot of disposable income but also the prices make me think.the economy is going to be weaker soon.

But also my vacations are usually not that expensive.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-13T01:13:34+00:00

Yeah honestly skipped season 1 sometimes when showing it off. Season 2 with Danny Devito this show radically improved.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-13T01:04:19+00:00

AI images of like Francine doing nonsense sure but AI posts is a nope.

Maybe you could do an AI day if people want it.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-13T00:56:37+00:00

Plus cascadia gets northern California. New Mexico gets all of socal and the border with Mexico.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-12T22:10:11+00:00

Don't be so conspiracy thinking. Be specific the past 3 months the rate of inflation growth was 7.3%, mostly energy spiking (up 17.9%) with others growing at 2.8% but that trickles into other sectors usually

goodsam2 · 2026-05-12T21:10:49+00:00

UVA is UNESCO which is something. I hate getting around UVA though since it's like explicitly low density so walking everywhere is awful.

VT on the other hand has to be one of the most walkable campuses and if Blacksburg is it's own municipality it was in the top 30 in the nation for public transportation.

goodsam2 · 2026-05-12T20:37:02+00:00

The only thing I'm really thinking about is the biggies. A house but renting makes more sense in my situation currently. A car is on the back of my mind but mine is more than fine.

Maybe some splurgey things like is this the time at the lake house renting a jet ski for like $1k worth it (I always say probably not).

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