OT: What a crap month

[Hans Sprungfeld]

You should take a longer nap!

I'm on the case.

In a couple hours, I leave for my aunt's 90th birthday celebration just north of the CT border. She has made 3 requests: no presents, no politics, and no electronic devices. After the gathering, Lady Hans & I are doing 3 nights in the CT River valley: downtime, couple time, a break from social media (I'm looking at you, Boneyard).

I returned home yesterday from a simple, gosh darn haircut and read about MAL. Now, I'm giving the universe until Tuesday evening to delight me one way or another.

Our closest civilization starting tonight will be Middletown. Taino? Krust? Both? Neither? Something else?

We will not be watching the Women's Final, and might or might not watch the Men's, depending on who's playing and how much I want to say I watched none of this year's tournament live except Oregon's 7-0 run to overtake and closeout URI.

 

[August_West]

But seriously we will be officially playing in a new conference in less than 8 years 4 months and the announcement of that move will be made in less than six years.

 

[huskymedic]

Little early to call the baseball team as not making the tournament

... and they (baseball) made the NCAA tourney last spring.

 

[shizzle787]

You know I'm right.

 

[ctchamps]

THE BAD:

The women ended the streak the same day MAL asked for release. Seems KO's is negatively affecting the women players as well as the men's players.
Someone stole checks from my mailbox, forged and cashed two of them. Happened the week all this stuff (firings, transfers, release) started to happen.
Two of my neighbors passed away this week.
I helped someone move her parents to be closer to her home. Mom who seemed to be doing well suddenly died a week later. One year gone bye and she calls me yesterday to let me know her step dad has gone through her savings. I told her a year ago not to support him. She called to vent. I've had my fill of venting in this forum so I cut her short.


The Good:

Pats won!
The women actually exceeded pre season expectations by a long shot.
Syracuse's bad loss was against UConn. They got bounced out of the NIT first round.
KO to the NBA rumors squashed.
A whole slew of new casual fans have posted in this forum recently. Good thing for Tom since many posters have jumped off a ledge.
We had an informal hanging of Deepster.

The TBD:

We have Killer recruiters so we should all Chill. Or not.
We will rise like a Phoenix or end up like BCU or Rutgers.
WSU will join or won't. It will help or it won't.
KO is over his head or circumstance beyond his control are the reason for this disaster.

 

[Chief00]

I know the pluses and minuses but at this point with no P5 coming anytime soon - it's time to get back to the Big East. For football, we can be a football only member like Navy or go independent. If we really worked at our schedule - it could be as good or better than today.
Sources say we will need to give the Big East a time commitment - how many years we won't jump to a P5. Since, given our current state, we are unlikely to be invited soon - how much that will that cost us? We need to get Georgetown onboard - they are the most opposed to letting us back in. The Chris Mullins /JT3 thing fired up attendance at the Big East tournament - so UConn joining to help that is less powerful sources say.

 

[shizzle787]

THE BAD:

The women ended the streak the same day MAL asked for release. Seems KO's is negatively affecting the women players as well as the men's players.
Someone stole checks from my mailbox, forged and cashed two of them. Happened the week all this stuff (firings, transfers, release) started to happen.
Two of my neighbors passed away this week.
I helped someone move her parents to be closer to her home. Mom who seemed to be doing well suddenly died a week later. One year gone bye and she calls me yesterday to let me know her step dad has gone through her savings. I told her a year ago not to support him. She called to vent. I've had my fill of venting in this forum so I cut her short.
Pats won!

The Good:

The women actually exceeded pre season expectations by a long shot.
Syracuse's bad loss was against UConn. They got bounced out of the NIT first round.
KO to the NBA rumors squashed.
A whole slew of new casual fans have posted in this forum recently. Good thing for Tom since many posters have jumped off a ledge.
We had an informal hanging of Deepster.

The TBD:

We have Killer recruiters so we should all Chill. Or not.
We will rise like a Phoenix or end up like BCU or Rutgers.
WSU will join or won't. It will help or it won't.
KO is over his head or circumstance beyond his control are the reason for this disaster.

FIFY

 

[ctchamps]

FIFY

That FIFY coming from you makes the victory even better!

 

[Rocktheworld]

We will rise like a Phoenix or end up like BCU or Rutgers.

Liked basically everything but then hit this. There is a very important distinction between "Has been" and "Never was". We could end up worse than BCU or Rutgers on the court but we will never "end up like" them.

 

[ucp990411]

He's not leaving for the next six years, and we won't be in the AAC in six years.

Promise?

 

[shizzle787]

Promise?

The announcement of our leaving will be around April of 2023 give or take a few months.

 

[HuskyNan]

THE BAD:

The women ended the streak the same day MAL asked for release. Seems KO's is negatively affecting the women players as well as the men's players.
Someone stole checks from my mailbox, forged and cashed two of them. Happened the week all this stuff (firings, transfers, release) started to happen.
Two of my neighbors passed away this week.
I helped someone move her parents to be closer to her home. Mom who seemed to be doing well suddenly died a week later. One year gone bye and she calls me yesterday to let me know her step dad has gone through her savings. I told her a year ago not to support him. She called to vent. I've had my fill of venting in this forum so I cut her short.


The Good:

Pats won!
The women actually exceeded pre season expectations by a long shot.
Syracuse's bad loss was against UConn. They got bounced out of the NIT first round.
KO to the NBA rumors squashed.
A whole slew of new casual fans have posted in this forum recently. Good thing for Tom since many posters have jumped off a ledge.
We had an informal hanging of Deepster.

The TBD:

We have Killer recruiters so we should all Chill. Or not.
We will rise like a Phoenix or end up like BCU or Rutgers.
WSU will join or won't. It will help or it won't.
KO is over his head or circumstance beyond his control are the reason for this disaster.

Randy Edsall is back.

 

[ctchamps]

Randy Edsall is back.

Forgot that. Good news and he took a big pay hit to help the football program.
There is definitely things to be concerned about with regards to athletics.
My toes are a little sore right now, but they are still all in.

 

[intlzncster]

We're a football school now

Where can I go to be shot?

 

[shizzle787]

Where can I go to be shot?

According to Deepster, Hartford.

 

[chiller99.5]

I think when push comes to shove KO will stand his ground and later for these whiny prima donna snowflakes. Truly respect Ollie as a guy who would go to war and not back down.

 

[whaler11]

Forgot that. Good news and he took a big pay hit to help the football program.
There is definitely things to be concerned about with regards to athletics.
My toes are a little sore right now, but they are still all in.

He took an under market deal but there is way the Lions were paying him 7 figures.

 

[BUConn10]

He's not leaving for the next six years, and we won't be in the AAC in six years.

I'll make two separate $100 bets that both of those predictions are false.

 

[temery]

The new seasons of Archer and Storage Wars start this month.

Storage Wars is still a thing?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Little early to call the baseball team as not making the tournament

Right? 15-9 2-0 and already have some nice wins.

 

[Chief00]

He took an under market deal but there is way the Lions were paying him 7 figures.

He is getting paid by MD for awhile.

 

[whaler11]

He is getting paid by MD for awhile.

Pretty sure that is over and why he had a not coaching title with the Lions.

 

[Chief00]

Pretty sure that is over and why he had a not coaching title with the Lions.

Confirmed: You are correct - he got over $2.6M but it's over now.

 

[Dove]

Fishy...would you like to help me organize a Shovel Drive for the people of Bogota? I have a contact with Home Depot and a local hardware store. I could use help financing a bunch of fliers. You could also take pictures at the event.

Has to be in the next week or two. Shovels are needed now.

 

[Bryan Lord]

is the word of the month.