That Aud Smell

The water's fine. Just dive in!

That's fair. I don't know any of their music other than that stadium anthem. I have no use for the song except in stadium or arena settings. It's just fun to sing along with a crowd. The experience of doing so can touch something in the soul.

The thistle patch is over that way, Eeyore. Ha. A joke. Mostly. I was there. I barely know the words to the song. But they display the lyrics. I sang along. It was a bit of fun. "It's not that deep," as my Gen Z 20-somethings are wont to say. Lots of things have replaced that essential human experience that most people used to have in/at a house of worship -- live sporting experiences among them. For my money, live music is a better replacement. The guy taking this video was in the row ahead of me for this show in Cleveland. Seemed like the whole damn amp was singing along - the 1:00 mark still gives me chills!

He was making light of my disappointment in Alan Pergament's journalistic failure (by sardonically suggesting that journalists have been sh1tty for a long, long time).

That’s a touch too cynical for my taste. It used to be the Fourth Estate, for heaven’s sake.

I care. The same owner who skimps on sending a contingent of employees to Europe is the same owner who skimps on overall team salary (e.g., the same owner who has a bottom 5 (or thereabouts) salary cap hit even though this team is absolutely not in a rebuild).

Sure. And perhaps he wishes that journalistic standards had eroded to a point where he could insert an -eye roll- emoji to show his incredulity. But he doesn't - or at least shouldn't - get off that easy. Why not do some gumshoeing to show that what he was told is BS? I noodled around for less than 10 minutes and found internet bread crumbs belying what the team had told him.

Good intell. So the Pegulas have been cheap about this since at least as far back as 2019. (Although, in 2019, RJ probably didn't want to go either.)

Sure. At this point, my gripe is more with Pergament who accepted at face value a representation that it's standard for NHL teams not to send their home broadcast crew for season opening games in Europe. And it looks like several NHL teams have sent their home broadcast crew to Europe. The Sabres won't -- at least not in 2024. Did the Sabres send their broadcast team when they went over and got waxed twice by the Lightning?

The Predators apparently sent their play by play guy in 2022. This is the ultra basic research that Alan Pergament could not be bothered to do -- he just went with what he was told.

Detroit sent a full contingent when they went to Sweden last season -- including their broadcast team. https://www.instagram.com/p/CzqaSwpOR9c/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

I suppose that's possible. It's certainly what Alan Pergament was being told. The NFL has a couple of games in Germany this season. I wonder if those teams sending their broadcasters.

Fear not. Alan Pergament from the remnants of The Buffalo News is all over it. We're at a point where a journalist (?) publishes a piece in which it's stated: "I'm being told."

Dunleavy and Ray aren't going. Feckin' cheapskate organization. How much more money is it to send a skeleton broadcast crew?

the hot take business is a tough business.

I believe Michigan (The Big House) can claim responsibility as being the originator. It spread from there.

It was fun.

Well that's a different point than the one you made initially upthread -- that Lawrence has become what critics said Allen would be. I also don't think the point immediately above is accurate. Lawrence was widely regarded as an elite pro prospect. Just by way of example, Mel Kiper said he'd only ever rated a few QB prospects higher than Lawrence (the one that sticks out is Andrew Luck).

If current trends mostly hold, Allen is going to get Joe Brady a HC gig for the 2025 season. We were walking up Abbott to the stadium last night. And there was a dude ahead of us in a teal Lawrence jersey who had actual hair similar to Lawrence's -- just think more along the lines of 40 year old dude who's a regular at Jacksonville's most popular strip clubs. As we caught sight of him, my kid says with expert timing: "Trevor! Why aren't you at the stadium yet?" Gave me such a chuckle.

Trevor Lawrence is a below average game manager. I'm not sure what critics thought Josh Allen would be, but I think it was more in the nature of a guy who would do some crazy sh1t but would not be consistent enough to be a good NFL QB. Like a more athletic Jeff George maybe.

Hasn't there been enough of a sample size for the Jags to conclude that Trevor Lawrence is sorta as.s? Bully for Damar for getting that INT -- but holy jeebus. Dude on the PA sound board would have won an NFL in-game fan experience trophy if he'd cued up Styx "Come Sail Away."

lol. i remember a time when this line of thought was essentially a consensus among fans. not anymore. not for me. get yo bag, swayman. and f*ck the jacobs family.

lol. i liked the year where all nfl caps had insanely small logos on them -- the 49ers especially -- you needed some sort of scoping device (micro? tele?) to make out what was on shanahan's cap.

i laughed.