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    UConn announces progress on fund raising, growth of endowment.

    UConn really needs to grow that endowment. It would help the school be weather state budget constraints like it's going through right now. I find the impact of sports on higher education very interesting. I don't live in Connecticut and I'm old enough that my undergrad degree doesn't mean...
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    Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

    I don't necessarily disagree. I think they whole system is ridiculous. But, in other states, they don't think it's stupid. I guess if I had billions I'd consider buying players for the school each year.
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    Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

    But it's more than that. The founder of FedEx went to Yale. We just don't have the same state pride in the Northeast as other regions. The millionaire/billionaire Connecticut residents that went to Ivy League (or other non-sports focused schools) should support UConn athletics as a state...
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    The Official 2025 New York Yankees Thread

    Question for the fans that go to games. My brother-in-law and 9 year old nephew are coming to NJ from LA this weekend. The 9 year old is a huge Yankee fan so BIL just got 4 tix for Saturday. Old Timers Day which just makes things more crowded, but maybe spreads out the traffic. I live in...
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    Way OT: Happy Gilmore 2

    I went into Happy Gilmore 2 with very low expectations. Probably because of how mediocre to bad Coming 2 America and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F were, coupled with how bad certain Sandler movies can be. That said, my family really enjoyed HG2. I won't go into all the reasons why, because it...
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    Way OT: Happy Gilmore 2

    Happy Gilmore 2 was primarily filmed in New Jersey. Lot's of Sandler sightings in Bergen County during the filming.
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    Memphis proposing lucrative offer to join Big 12, but it lacks support from conference leadership: Sources

    Some universities have made it their identities and believe it's their only way to thrive or even survive. We know that US higher education is in for a big change with changing demographics and at least currently due to political reasons (loss of international full pay students). SMU got its...
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    NFL women's flag championships?

    The NFL is spending a lot of money on flag football and they will keep spending. I think it's a brilliant play by the NFL. Flag football does two things for the NFL: I don't know the numbers and don't care enough to research, but there was definitely concern from parents letting their boys...
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    Windows to Mac

    This might be part of it. People say Macs are expensive, but I think you need to compare them to more expensive PCs. We've always had a home computer. My wife is usually the user because I use an ipad for most of my personal stuff and she handles more of our family stuff anyway. We've gone...
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    Windows to Mac

    I switched to Mac about 10 years ago and went back to PC. It just felt too personal focused and not as business focused (apps, navigation). That may have been 30 years of bias. My company went to "bring your own device" and I'm an Apple user (phone and tablet), so I switched again (Macbook...
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    Memphis to the Big East??? Really??,

    This is all that needs to be said on this topic. We know it's not a place we'd want to be forever, so it's all about flexibility and short term financial terms.
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    Grizzlies Sign Cam Spencer To A Guaranteed Contract

    I'm not a Rutgers hater. I actually root for them a bit because I'm a Jersey guy. This is all based on hearsay, but.... I don't think your first sentence is true. I've read rumors that Georgetown was trying to lure Cam away from RU, and tampering would be on brand for Cooley. But...
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    OT: What was your first job as a teenager?

    Cashier at Bradlees. Not fun. Then camp counselor for a bunch of years. Job was okay, but after hours were a blast. This actually triggers something I've been wondering about. Both my kids work. My son was a counselor and then cashier. Daughter has worked at a local shop during school...
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    What are you binge watching?

    My wife and I are not into horror movies, but our daughter talked us into trying The Haunting of Bly Manor. We liked it and we're now halfway into The Fall of the House of Usher. They have the occasional jump scare, but they aren't shocking. Mike Flanagan uses most of the same actors in the...
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    OT: Trumbull CT little league

    But everyone loved Big Al! Make sure you watch past the first couple kids.
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