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I’m torn. I like the irony of the PAC-12 finally proving it can win it all, but a Michigan win gets us years and years of debate about whether their championship comes with an asterisk because of the sign stealing scandal.
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I generally love Kirk’s Watch Grids, but he seems to have a different philosophy when it comes to Bowl Season than me. I think he could have chosen at least one Watch This game per few days.
For example, Miami (OH) v. App State is an interesting game. As the MAC Champion, Miami seems to be on the rise, knocking off a Toledo that I certainly thought would win. App State is looking to bounce back to its 5 game winning streak form and show that its loss to Troy in the Sun Belt Championship wasn’t indicative of their program.
While that game is nowhere near the “Must Watch” status of FSU v. Georgia, it’s one I’ll be watching on the 16th.
Curious what “must watch” games others put on their list that might be flying under the radar.
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I’m an east coaster and fell asleep too early to watch this game. But today made me hate realignment even more. The Apple Cup in particular showed how dynamic the PAC-12 is.
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I don’t know about anyone else, but for me this has been my favorite weekend of college football this entire season. Every game has been great. Really living up to the hype.
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That was fucking brutal. SEC Shorts is killing it this season.
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I have to work for part of today, and normally that would annoy me, but I feel like this week’s slate is pretty meh. A couple of good games, sure, but not one of those days that I’m watching from noon to midnight.
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My family is pretty meh on football, I wonder what happens if I turn on Rutgers / Iowa. Time to find out.
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On our /c/cfb poll I have Washington at 3, under Michigan and Ohio State. I don’t understand why the press remains so enamored with Georgia.
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I would say it’s largely because I’m bad at this, and you’re probably right.
EDIT: I just noticed the Coaches Poll did something similar to me. Of course, the Coaches Poll is often bizarre.
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1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. Ohio State 4. Florida State 5. Washington 6. Oregon 7. Texas 8. Alabama 9. Penn State 10. Ole Miss 11. Louisville 12. Oregon State 13. Utah 14. Tennessee 15. Oklahoma State 16. Missouri 17. Oklahoma 18. LSU 19. Kansas 20. Tulane 21. James Madison 22. Notre Dame 23. Arizona 24. North Carolina 25. Liberty Others Recieving Votes: Fresno St. 73, Kansas St. 73, Southern Cal 46, Air Force 26, Toledo 25, UCLA 11, Iowa 6, SMU 5, Duke 4, West Virginia 3, Texas A&M 1, NC State 1, Clemson 1.
1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. Ohio State 4. Florida State 5. Washington 6. Oregon 7. Texas 8. Alabama 9. Penn State 10. Ole Miss 11. Louisville 12. Tennessee 13. Oregon State 14. Utah 15. Missouri 16. Oklahoma 17. Oklahoma State 18. Kansas 19. LSU 20. Tulane 21. James Madison 22. Notre Dame 23. North Carolina 24. Arizona 25. Fresno State Schools Dropped Out No. 17 Air Force; No. 20 UCLA; No. 22 USC; Others Receiving Votes Air Force 78; Iowa 57; USC 56; Kansas State 52; Liberty 50; Duke 24; UCLA 22; SMU 20; UNLV 10; Toledo 8; North Carolina State 4; Kentucky 4; Troy 2; West Virginia 1;
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I found today’s poll super hard. My methodology is what it always is: look at the last week’s rankings, look at the results, and vibe my way through it.
The hardest part of this week was when I got to 20, realized I forgot about Oklahoma, and had to figure out the middle again.
I have very low confidence on my picks under the 10 or 11 slot, but based on this week’s results, so do the professional pollers too.
- Michigan
- Ohio State
- Washington
- Florida
- Georgia
- Oregon
- Penn State
- Texas
- Alabama
- Louisville
- Ole Miss
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- Oregon State
- Utah
- Tennessee
- LSU
- Kansas
- Notre Dame
- Tulane
- USC
- Oklahoma State
- Clemson
- Arizona
- UCLA
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Appreciate it!
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This is so hilarious I’m sorry I’m missing it.
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Why are we still talking about them? Gameday just did a segment on their game. Like, who cares? I think in a few years they may be good but it’s just not interesting anymore.
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I think the criticism of McAfee on Gameday has been good for him. I didn’t like the zany energy he brought at first because it was way too over the top. The fact that the fans didn’t embrace it forced him to tone it down, and I think that’s made him more of a team player on the panel.
I frankly wouldn’t mind if he came back next year anymore. His rapport with Herbie is particularly good, and he does a good job of bringing the crowd into it. So long as he keeps in mind he isn’t the one and only star of the show he’s a good addition.
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These are very helpful blog posts, thank you.
I skimmed the posts and saw some shortcuts about sending Things links to Obsidian. Is that the post you’re referring to? It seems that method can be adapted to a regular URL, but I’m curious your thoughts.
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I recently started using Obsidian and have slowly been working it into my daily workflow. One thing I’d like to be able to do is to use the iOS share sheet to send a URL to Obsidian with the ability to choose where it goes and make a note about it so I can keep track of bookmarks for various projects. Is there any way to do this inside Obsidian or using iOS shortcuts with Obisdian? Thanks!
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I don’t know what to do with ranking Michigan anymore. I honestly think they are number 1 in the country, but that may not be due to talent, it could be due to unfair competitive advantage.
The next couple of weeks will prove if they’re for real or not.
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The may very well be my favorite SEC Short of all time.
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It’s nice to finally have a MAC game not on ESPN+.
Can’t wait for MACtion.
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That coffin corner punt downed at the .5 yard line was incredible to behold. Not just the punt itself, but the footwork of the special teamer to stay off the goal line.
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I’m a pretty competent home networker who has volunteered to help a friend figure out some persistent networking problems. I think there may be an issue of signal loss due to the positioning of the router, and I want to be able to demonstrate that with data. Does anyone know of a network surveying tool that would display, at a minimum, signal strength at various sample points? Ideally I’d like to be able to use this on iOS, but I can also use it on MacOS. I’m very comfortable with the command line if there are tools you would suggest using there. Thanks!
On this day in 1921, Oberlin College accomplished something that no other Ohio school has accomplished in 102 years—they defeated The Ohio State University by a score of 7-6. As you can imagine if we’re talking about this over a century later, it’s one of the few things ever accomplished by my alma mater in football, so take a moment, sit back, and enjoy. You may have never heard of Oberlin College. Oberlin is a liberal arts college which is about 45 minutes southwest of Cleveland. We have several famous alumni in the media: Lena Dunham went here (and HBO’s “Girls” is basically every Obie’s post-college experience) and we have countless public radio personalities as alumni (RadioLab’s Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich, Gimlet Media’s and This American Life’s Alex Blumberg, This American Life’s Ben Calhoun & Alix Spiegel, 99% Invisible’s Roman Mars, NPR’s Jon Hamilton, and the BBC’s Aleks Krotoski). Perhaps you also know us for our history: we are the first college to admit women, the first college to admit students “irregardless of color.” Co-ed dorms? You have us to thank for that, as one of the first colleges to have them, and the college to best represent that cause, with a cover article in Life Magazine about the subject in 1970. We also have the second oldest conservatory of music and oldest continually operating conservatory in the United States. But what we’re not known for is football—or, perhaps, I should correct that statement. We’re not known for *good* football. The Oberlin Yeoman lost more games from 1990-2001 than any other team in college football. *Any* other team. From 1990-2000, we won 3 games. 3. Games. In. 10. Years. For a record of 3-105. During that time we nursed two—count ‘em, two—40+ game losing streams. Perhaps the most ignoble part of this is that Oberlin once was a shining light of college football. On campus stands the John W. Heisman Club Field House, named after, yes, *that* John Heisman. We were the first school he ever coached and he lead us to an undefeated season in 1892. In that year we defeated both The Ohio State University and Michigan (although that Michigan game itself is controversial—after our final score, going up 24-22 with 1 minute left, the ref declared time had expired on the game since the team captains had agreed to a 4:50 PM end time. Apparently in those years each team brought their own refs, and the Oberlin ref declared 4:50 had been reached and the game was over. Oberlin left the field. Then the Michigan ref declared that the game wasn’t over and Michigan walked the ball down the field and scored. Both teams count it as a win). Basically from the inception of the program until 1929 we were good. We had winning records, beat The Ohio State University more than once, had a couple of undefeated seasons—although that, itself, was not without misery, like in 1916 when The Ohio State University dealt us a shutout of 128 - 0. But let’s return to 102 years ago today, when we accomplished the greatest thing that we have accomplished on the football field, becoming the last in-state team to defeat The Ohio State University. The Oberlin Review’s full page headline announcing the win was “Oberlin Invasion Topples State 7 to 6.” Newspaper accounts of the day indicate that the night before brought a soaking rain, leaving the field sloppy and wet. Ohio State scored once in that game, when sometime in the first quarter a special teamer named Huffman blocked Oberlin’s punt and returned it for a touchdown. But—in what turned out to be a decisive moment in the game—their kicker, Pixley, missed the field goal leaving The Ohio State University up 6-0. It was apparently a defensive struggle. The stats of the game give only 5 first downs to Ohio State, with The Review stating that “too much praise cannot be given the Oberlin element for its gallant stand in the first half and its irresistible rush in that great third quarter. State was outclassed at every point, finding it almost impossible to penetrate the Oberlin line for any appreciable gain.” State only saw 1 completed pass (to Oberlin’s 2—although apparently Ohio State got 14 yards on that one pass), and, as was more the case in these days, 76 yards in rushing (to Oberlin’s 136). “The Crimson and Gold linemen,” The Oberlin Review writes, “plunged through again and again, hurling back State’s runners for losses…Bowen, Withrow, Parkhill, and McPhee also repeatedly got behind the line and drove State’s backfield stars back for for big retrogressions.” Oberlin’s points came at the beginning of the second half. Showing “plenty of pep and confidence” and “urged on by ‘Mickey’s’ war whoop, ‘They aren’t invisible,’” Oberlin received the ball off of a punt at their 16 yard line. They then “started a march down the field, the like of which had not been seen by state fans for five years.” First play after the punt was from Oberlin’s right half Wood, who made an impressive 28 yard gain. After a few short runs, the quarterback broke free for 10 yards, putting the ball on Ohio State’s 42 yard line. Oberlin used “plunges, sneaks, passes, and end runs,” finally ending up on Ohio State’s 7 yard line. With the Oberlin War Cry of “the bigger they are, the harder they fall” ringing out from the supporters in the stadium, Oberlin’s quarterback, Wheeler, dropped back and hit a 20 yarder to the fullback Parkhill in the end zone for 6. Parkhill—apparently also serving as Oberlin’s placekicker—then put the ball through the uprights, sending Oberlin ahead 7-6. “The 10,000 state rooters were left dazed and silent by this unbelievable drive, which culminated in their team’s defeat.” At that point, the game was surprisingly out of hand. The Oberlin defense intercepted 2 passes in the 4th quarter, stalling The Ohio State University in both of their possessions. Despite that, at the end of the game, Ohio State’s supporters gave their team “a great ovation” as it trotted off the field. Oberlin went on to win every other game of that season, except for a tie with Case Tech. 2 Oberlin men were appointed to the All Ohio Team that year, and 4 were appointed to the second team. “The Championship Song” was sung at the Football Banquet on 11/21/1921: “Oberlin, the champions of Ohio, Oberlin, the leaders of the state, Oberlin has good old Parkhill— Oberlin has good old Parkhill— Parkhill—Parkhill—O—ber—lin— O—Oberlin, the champions of Ohio.” Alas the tune, as far as I can tell, is lost to memory. And so that is the story of the last time an in-state team beat The Ohio State University. This year, the Oberlin Albino Squirrels (our official unofficial mascot) sits 1-4, with one victory being 37-35 over Concordia University Chicago. Hey, at least we aren’t nursing a 40 game losing streak.
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Amtrak’s website is a godawful mess. It’s hard to search, hard to book, and hard to follow train updates. Fortunately there’s a number of good tools out there: https://juckins.net/amtrak_status/archive/html/resources.php - one of the most comprehensive websites for Amtrak data. The most valuable part of this website is the on-time performance data. You can look at historical on-time data for any train and get a sense of how late you’ll be (because, really, is Amtrak ever early?). https://railrat.net - The answer to the perrienial problem that Wi-Fi sucks on trains and no one ever tells you how late you are. This is a train status website that is optimized for quick loading. It is stripped down to the most basic text elements so you can get the info you need even with one bar. There’s even a QR code link so you can share it with folks you meet on the train. https://amtraker.com - a very nice map based train tracking tool. Lots of good visualization here about how late a train is running, and if you click a train number you can zoom in for more info. https://railforless.us - An attempt—and a very good one at that—to try to make viewing a range of dates on Amtrak easier. The developer discussed the challenges and limitations in the About link on the page—basically Amtrak has very sophisticated bot detection software on its website, which, frankly, is shocking given how horrible their website is otherwise. Anyway, if you want to go somewhere on Amtrak and it doesn’t exactly matter when, this is a good site. I’d love to hear about other tools people use with Amtrak!