MattPie
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4 hours ago, Doohicksie said:
I think it will add into the argument about when to go for 2 and when to just kick the 1.
It does. Interestingly, when I search about this a minute ago it appears that teams are struggling with them this year (around 30% compared to 55% last year), but finding a good list of succeeded vs attempted is surprisingly hard so it's hard to tell. In any case, in the longer term even if 2pt makes sense, when it's just a bit over 50% a string of a few misses and you've given away a field goal. Attempting one in the 3rd quarter wasn't a particular good idea, even more so when the Ravens' season record was apparently 1/4.
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12 hours ago, Doohicksie said:
Did anyone else notice that if, instead of trying a two-point conversion (twice), the Ravens had just kicked the PATs both times, they would have tied the Bills late?
There were a ton of Ravens fans yelling about this in comments somewhere. Along with Andrews getting money from the NFL, though, so you have to question how well these people perceive reality.
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2 hours ago, JP51 said:
thats where I am at... how many teams have never registered a shot on goal in a period... that in and of itself is just telling...
It does happen occasionally. The Rangers, however, are the only team that registered 0 shots in a game, on Oct 12 1958. They lost 3-0 to the Red Wings.
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4 hours ago, shrader said:
The woman at the front desk of the gym this morning saw my bills shirt and asked when they play next. When I answered that, she asked who. After hearing that answer she got very excited and said how great both quarterbacks are. I’m amazed that someone can be both aware and unaware at the same time.
To be fair, I have no idea who is playing in the NFC, but would be able to name Goff as QB of the Lions. And he's not nearly as highlight-worthy as Allen or Jackson.
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20 hours ago, mjd1001 said:
On one hand, I say if you can 'still get back into it' then you are never out of it.
Realistically, they are done for the year. IF they run off a huge streak and get a lot closer, then I'll say "I was wrong" and change my thinking.
Here is the updated reality of things:
-Ottawa is in the 8th spot right now with 52.6% of the points. They have to win 9 more in a row just to get to that level. (and then continue to play well to maintain that 8th spot)
-Over the last 5 seasons, you would have needed an average of 58.6% (averaged out, some years less, some more) to get the last playoff spot. (96 points) They would need to win the next 16 in a row to get there. And after that of course, continue to play well to maintain that spot.
-or- as others have said, they have to play the 2nd half of the year at a 122 point pace just to get to 96 points.
This is the math I was looking for. 122-point pace? That'll sure happen, lol.
18 hours ago, thewookie1 said:At the rate the league is going we won’t need 90 pts lol.
I sure is he’ll wouldn’t bet on it but if we were to string a few 3-1-1 streaks together we’d be right back into the mix barring someone actually deciding to run away with WC2
Until it doesn't, it'll always take 93-96 points, lol. Sure it doesn't look like it right now, but a couple teams get hot every year and the points end up in the same place in the end.
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16 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
This organizational structure is exactly like the Jets. The owner is way too involved, he thinks he is the smartest person in the room, he has cut the front office back because of money and less voices to interrupt him, he's arrogant, and frankly he is a failure. I could run the Sabres better and I am some rando on the internet.
No, you're our rando on the internet. 💙
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The Sabres/NHL aren't even getting YouTube highlights revenue from me this year for 90% of the games.
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On 12/8/2024 at 12:54 PM, Doohicksie said:
It's funny, I don't think of WNY having an accent, but living in Texas I can pick up the speech patter of someone from the Great Lakes region instantly.
I was asked about my accent shortly after moving from Buffalo to Binghamton, lol.
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November 14th, I presume?
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Nice @Doohicksie! I did my first metric a few weeks ago. It was... an experience, lol. I'd do it again, although probably on a bit less gravel, and not having done a climby ride the night before.
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21 hours ago, RangerDave said:
The "Bickering Sabres"?
Hey, it worked for one Buffalo team years ago. Maybe it'll work again for another?
Come on, you have "Squabbling Sabres" sitting right there!
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4 hours ago, Weave said:
Tyrod Taylor still in the league? Good for him.
The guy is making a career out of 1-2 year deals. Definitely good for him, I'm glad to see him moderately successful.
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On 8/30/2024 at 3:13 PM, PerreaultForever said:
I can guess perhaps that this is a new distinction police make for traffic incidents to distinguish them from EBikes or other motorized cycles. It might change some of the legalities around where you are on the road etc.
Not really, bicycles, ebikes, and motorcycles are normal road users and can use the entire lane if they need to.
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51 minutes ago, Getpucksdeep said:
Nice job. A few familiar names on the start list. Face plant at around 2:30 minics my CX experience lol, I stick to the road.
The guy that won was apparently a pro for awhile, but I'm not sure what level.
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Cyclocross is freaking hard. Not my video, but somewhere in it you'll see me get lapped.
EDIT: ~26:05, I'm in orange and navy kit.
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5 hours ago, mjd1001 said:
The new Stadium is great and all, but give it 10 or so years, and once Pegula is gone (maybe before), I find it hard to see how the team will stay in Buffalo long term when there are so many other cities that can generate 4x, 5 times, or more revenue than here. Unless the Bills find a way to tap into that Toronto/southern Ontario market/money a lot better than they did last time...
If only they could have put the stadium somewhere that was more convenient to people coming over the border. Heck, find the right place and you could have run a ferry so people didn't have to drive. If only that place existed. Sigh.
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32 minutes ago, nfreeman said:
Having said that, if Calgary were to retain $2.5MM or so, I would trade for Kadri in a heartbeat. He is exactly what the doctor ordered for this team.
I kinda agree. At a cap-hit of like $4.5M, that's something that I bet a lot of teams are carrying around with a bad contract or two. You could even trade him and retain some and I bet there'd be takers.
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I can't believe the state of this franchise; they can't even get PTO players to sign here!
(Did I do that right?)
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- Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time series is a really good read; sci-fi distant future stuff
- A Half-built Garden by Ruthanna Emyrs is a good near-future sci-fi book where people work together rather than have corporations dictate tastes
- NK Jemisin The City We Became and The World We Make is a fun comic-book-ish horror series centered around NYC
- Currently reading The Ray Nayler The Mountain in the Sea, more near-future but dystopian sci-fi that I'm really digging
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On 8/10/2024 at 8:08 PM, Doohickie said:
Nope, hadn't heard of those yet. Intriguing.
My new bike has tubeless tires. I wonder what it will be like when I get a puncture. Supposedly small holes self-seal with the sealant inside the tire. For larger holes I have a plug kit that can quickly inject a plug in a hole, and yes I have a coupla CO2 cartridges to fill the tire afterward.
Most people recommend to carry a tube just in case you get something that you can't plug. We had this happen on a recent gravel ride; oddly enough, it was a guy on MTB. Unfortunately, he ended up walking for awhile until one of us got back and picked him up with the car.
If you get a really bad hole, you can also use a wrapper or dollar inside the tire to cover the hole and it'll hold until you get home. FWIW, my gravel bike didn't like getting set up tubeless, so I'm still running tubes there.
Speaking of bikes, I might be in Ft Worth in October; my tradition for work trips is to bring my bike and ride a couple days after the trip is done. Are there some good places to ride out there?
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10 hours ago, Flashsabre said:
I mean, easy in hindsight but there *were* some big question marks at the time.
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On 7/19/2024 at 7:20 PM, thewookie1 said:
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5 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
When I lived in L.A. in the 1980s, we only had one car so I would often take my bike to work just south of LAX. We lived a little north of LAX. It was longer to ride, but I would often ride out to the strand on the beach than take the shorter "overland" route up on the bluff.
Since those innocent days I've heard the Ballona Creek bicycle path got kind of dangerous, with people getting mugged/bikes stolen.
Oh jeez, we were staying right where you worked. AC Hotel on Nash and Maple a block or two south of LAX. I didn't ride Ballona Creek path (although that was on my radar), I was going to ride along Playa Del Beach, but instead went to Venice beach and then rode from there up to the end of the path past Santa Monica pier and back. I rode a bit of that section of Imperial Highway and I found it uninspiring, other than airplane-fan me looking over at LAX.
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Some more LA photos. Turns out, you can ride a bike up to the top of Mt Lee behind the Hollywood sign. Also some Santa Monica beach pics in there.
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GdT Sabres in Vanc: Jan 21/25. Like 10 tn; you figure it out
in The Aud Club
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It's just the next edition in a long series of low points for the Sabres. I look forward see what the next low point entails; trading away the few players that show promise? A heroic run to 10th in the EC that'll "give the team some momentum going into 2025-26"? Multiple players players demanding trades? We'll see!