Orion

That sounds like something you may have heard before. From a parent, perhaps? Tilley could probably help you with that, if you were to ask. The implication, son, is that it is a bad thing to be "black". The saying only works if others perceive blackness to be an undesirable trait. Absent that, let's suggest that a vase were accusing another vase of being ceramic, this is less an accusation and more an observation. This is what is referred to as symbolic terminology, but with negative connotations re: individuals and groups. Also, it suggests that blackness denotes hard use/abuse. A frying pan, a teakettle, a pot...none of these things are black (typically) when new. Blackness is acquired through use, and is something to be avoided if possible. You may as well be referring to someone as "unclean" or "undesired". If you want to get historical, then we can even examine the differences between the kettle and the pot. You mentioned that the phrase is old. In those days, a pot would have been warmed over a fire, while a kettle would have found itself resting in the coals themselves. The pot would be black as a result of the soot from the wood or coal, the kettle would have remained gleaming. The pot calling the kettle black, therefore, would be less about the kettle being black, and more about the pot, seeing it's reflection in the kettle and attaching the previously discussed undesirable nature of blackness to itself, wishing only to insult that which is "better" than itself. *Orion listens to hear if any more racial witticisms fall out of Geeto's mouth/keyboard. Hearing none, he smiles*

My issue with you has nothing to do with Eli. You are both pompous assholes, Eli just has a personality. My issue with you stems from you being a pompous asshole, lacking personality, and your implied racism. Sort of like my "implied" threat. You FEEL threatened, and thus you interpret what I say as threatening. A command may be followed for more reasons than the threat of violence or harm. It may be followed out of love, or respect. It may be followed because it is the right or correct thing to do. Or, in this case, it is followed because the commanded has no other choice but to obey. You won't do anything else, because much like the antagonist in the movie, you CAN do nothing else. Of course we do. You like me.

Additionally, I thought John Wick was a very entertaining movie.

An open threat would sounds something like, "If you do that again, I will beat you like the drum that you are." I'm 1200 miles away from you...what could I legitimately threaten you with? My ire? You've already earned that. What I said was, "Don't do it again." That is not a threat, it is a command. One you would be wise to follow. You still do. I'm good like that.

Damn near everything you say is offensive to someone intelligent and cultured, Newman.

I know what the fuck you meant. Don't do it again, Nedry.

According to ESPN, QBR was developed to measure the degree to which a quarterback contributed to scoring points for the team, and also to a win by the team. For example, completing a pass to earn a first down at the quarterback's own 20-yard-line with 30 seconds left in the game is unlikely to lead to any points for his team, but if they are already leading it increases the probability of winning, as it usually enables the leading team to run out the clock. This second criterion is quantified using a "win probability" function which ESPN developed by analyzing data for each play of NFL games over the previous decade. The computation requires an examination of each play in which the quarterback was involved. For each play, the change in the expected value of the points scored by the two teams is determined along with the maximum possible change in points for each team. The net points gained by the offense on the play are divided between the players involved in the play based on how much each contributed to the points gained or lost. For example, on a play where the quarterback immediately hands the ball off to a running back after the snap, the quarterback's contribution is negligible. On passing plays the quarterback is likely to have a major contribution, along with the blockers and the receiver. The resulting value is compared to the maximum possible net point gain, and this comparison leads to a "net points percentage" value between 0 and 100 for the quarterback on each play which roughly represents the percentage of the possible point gain that the quarterback produced. This value is transformed so that a value of 50 represents the average net point gain of an NFL quarterback on the play. The win probability function is then used to compute a "clutch index" for each play ranging from 0.3 to 3.0, with higher values corresponding to plays that have a greater influence on winning or losing the game. The QBR is obtained by taking the weighted average of the "points gained percentage" for each play, with each play having a weight equal to its clutch index. Thus the QBR has a range from 0 to 100 with 50 being considered average. Dale didn't have a lot to do with our win, and we were favored by three td's. We were SUPPOSED to win, and he was SUPPOSED to have a good day. On the flip side, Sudfield was playing the 6th ranked defense in the country, and was expecting to get blown out. In the most clutch situations, Dale was either invisible or making mistakes. I can't find an actual metric breakdown (pretty sure thats ESPN's "secret recipe"), but I would think it's pretty heavily weighted to those moments.

Make another black joke...I fucking dare you.

UCLA goin down. ND goin down. Miss got whupped. GA got choke slammed. Rough saturday on the higher ranked teams.

Anyone else notice how Tom Herman has turned the Cougars into an offensive juggernaut in like half a season? When Urban DOES retire, I hope Herman is available. Also, he does stuff like this... http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2574827-houston-coach-tom-herman-kicks-boosters-out-of-1st-class-to-make-room-for-o-line :fuckyeah:

The problem with the F22 and the F35 is that they have an "F" in front, and not an "A". That sounds silly, but it's true. Those jets were designed with Air to Air combat in mind first, and everything else was secondary. In this world, though, there isn't going to be much opportunity for a nation to legitimately have a chance at controlling the skies against the US, and so there will always be a need for a close air support specialist. If they don't recognize that, it's going to take getting our asses kicked for a while to drive it home.

I'd say this wins this weeks "Tilley stream of consciousness" award. "Zander" is a douchebag name. Our QB situation is a problem. And the staff knows it. NO confidence whatsoever in the passing game to get us a first down late in the game. I'm not sure if it's Warriner or Beck I need to blame for calling edge rushing plays in clutch situations when your heisman candidate RB already has 200+ yards running between the tackles, but whoever it is, that mutherfucker can gargle my sweaty nutsack. I want to give Jive shit right now....but I got nothin. Turns out Georgia is still that bitch that we thought they were.

Lord have mercy, a BLACK jersey, with GREEN buckeye leaves...Tilley is going to have an aneurysm.

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Golf.

I'm not a huge believer in Ole Miss. It's entirely possible that they lose two division games, and bama wins out. I'm not becoming a bama homer or anything, it's just that, like ttun, if anyone is crushing bama dreams, I want it to be US.

So...kind of like what OSU did last year? Jussayin.

This season's wager, right there. Book it. If Bama wins it all, Bravo gets the Alabama "A" cut into his hair. Done.

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:barf: I had to live my childhood through all of those years, so beleive me when I say "Fuck TTUN...right in their neon yellow and boring blue asses". That very fact is what makes me feel the way I do. So what? We ran another shitty coach out of town when UM was already having a losing season. No, fuck that, the faces of those kids and coaches at the end of the 2006 season, when they were #2 and we were #1 and we punked them and crushed all those fucking hopes and dreams...THAT'S the face I want to see on UM fans, coaches, and students EVERY Saturday after Thanksgiving....EVER.

Lollerskates. Taylor struggling with the difference between intentional grammatical silliness and actual ignorance. I supposed that should come as a surprise to no one. Another flag, this time for illegal procedure. Your drive is going nowhere. A breakdown of your actual post would go something like this; Boise St is NOT a player in the CFB playoff (unless you are one that considers the role of "spoiler" to be one of import), and won't be, until they join a legit conference (far be it from me to suggest the Big12 is "legit", but the world is a strange place). Additionally, bringing up a bowl win from 8 years ago earns you 4.5 out of 5 "snoozies" for use of an irrelevant example. A freshman in that program today was in elementary school when that win occurred. The Pac12 is hardly "overrated", but there are some overrated teams in that conference. Zona, for one, and probably Oregon, at least this year. I wouldn't be surprised, though, if the winner of that conference is in the playoff. I would be equally unsurprised, however, if that winner of that conference has 2 losses. The B1G is better when TTUN is relevant. I hope they win every game except for one, because then it will feel so much better to crush those dreams.

Credit for teh funneh on that one, however, I have to agree with Aaron. If you are going to call someone dumb, you better not look dumb doing it. The "Lose/Loose" error is like the "false start" or shit talking. You didn't even get credit for running a play. I look at that whole post, all I see is "I can't spell, I'm dumb".

Apparently, that is straight "PJ Fleck". It's his big thing, and he has managed to convince them to put it on the uniforms. I'll say this, watch out for that dude. PJ is gonna be a big time coach, and probably in the next few years. Judges say they will accept the Stanford Cardinal/Tree thing, as long as we throw in the Alabama Crimson Tide/Elephant. One more I noticed, that isn't cross-species, but is still weird, is Minnesota and "Ski-U-Mah", which crosses the language barrier.

Weird cross species athletic slogans: #ArizonaWildcats with "Bear Down", #Auburnfootball with "War Eagle"...others?

Why are Aggie and Bert playing in Dallas? A conference game at a "neutral site"? Dafuq kind of sense does that make?