nvasil1
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Hellinois |
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| Registered on: | 10/11/2009 |
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re: 2026 NASCAR Season Thread
Posted by nvasil1 on 2/11/26 at 9:04 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Rowdy looked fast. I'm going to pop in a zone pouch for him.:lol:
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re: 2026 NASCAR Season Thread
Posted by nvasil1 on 2/11/26 at 8:53 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Heim put down some impressive laps tonight.
That was weird as hell to have an east coast B1G game on that early anyway, and Maryland blows this year. The arena was half empty.
Not to mention, NASCAR premiered that awesome new commercial on Sunday. So they got people excited just for their broadcaster to move the start of qualifying to FS2.
FOX Sports stupidity in a nutshell.
Not to mention, NASCAR premiered that awesome new commercial on Sunday. So they got people excited just for their broadcaster to move the start of qualifying to FS2.
FOX Sports stupidity in a nutshell.
I think the new graphics package looks way better, even though the bar was pretty low for FOX to clear.
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I mean why send it to them in the first place. It's the equivalent of sending it to People Magazine.
Yeah, TMZ and People are known for their celebrity tabloid fluff, but TMZ has broken some big stories, and both have done reputable investigative journalism on high-profile cases.
Whether the notes are legit or not, if the sender wants them seen and known about, TMZ is going to get the information out there quicker than just about anybody.
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I wouldn't walk across the street for one if he was giving them out for free.
You aren't the only one.
He did a bit on Kimmel's show recently where he asked passers-by to take a pic of him next to his star on Hollywood Boulevard, and nobody paid attention to him or recognized him.
re: The Motor City Bowl is no more
Posted by nvasil1 on 2/11/26 at 8:44 am to Ralph_Wiggum
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FYI, The Motor City Bowl and the Pizza Bowl was not the same as the Quick Lane Bowl and Game Above Bowl. The Lions wanted to host their own bowl game so they created the Quick Lane Bowl with Ford as a sponsor and the Motor City and Pizza Bowl went away.
This. The Motor City Bowl has technically been gone for over a decade already.
It's sort of too bad because the original game became the de facto reward for the MAC Champion to play a major conference team when the MAC didn't have a ton of bowl tie-ins.
When the Quick Lane Bowl replaced it, they basically took whatever middling team they wanted, and the matchups weren't as fun.
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how does the band mate factor into this?
He has a criminal history and the internet thinks the nest camera images look like him when they use AI to place a ski mask onto old photos of him.
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Lived in Chicago for 4 years and I don't understand why people like Culvers. It's big, clean, but the food is bland. This restaurant would get it's arse handed to it outside of the midwest because you can't taste the damn food.
I honestly have never seen someone call Culver's bland before.:lol:
I think their burgers are great. My parents love their cod sandwich and pork loin sandwich. Their fries are nothing special, but everyone I know gets the cheese curds as their side anyway.
Wash it all down with their in-house root beer, and you have yourself a damn good meal.
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Demonstrators voiced opposition to the environmental impacts of constructing Olympic venues, as well as what they describe as the “economic and social harm” caused by the Games.
Aren't the vast majority of venues at these Olympics temporary or they already existed? I thought the hockey arena was the only true new building.
Hell, the San Siro is 100 years old and is going to be demolished soon.:lol:
re: What happened to USA speed staking. We had Eric Heiden and Bonnie Blair and Apollo Anton..
Posted by nvasil1 on 2/9/26 at 11:17 am to Ralph_Wiggum
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speed staking
re: How is it possible to ski with a torn ACL?
Posted by nvasil1 on 2/8/26 at 1:00 pm to GalacticaCannon
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She’s a world class athlete. And from what I’ve read, pro skiers have some of the strongest quads sport for sport on the planet.
She likely ran a battery of tests and thought the margins of asymmetry were enough to give it a go.
Exactly. World-class athletes know their bodies and the limits to which they can push themselves, especially ones as accomplished and experienced as Vonn.
Yet there are still countless keyboard warriors boasting that they knew better than her. I've seen more tweets today calling her "selfish" than ones hoping her injuries aren't severe. These people are insane.
re: How is it possible to ski with a torn ACL?
Posted by nvasil1 on 2/8/26 at 9:19 am to Cowboyfan89
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So it seems like all of this "she shouldn't have competed" nonsense is based more in vitriol for the person than a knowledge of the sport.
Yep. It's pathetic how many lard-asses and mouthbreathers on social media this morning are suddenly skiing and orthopedic experts.
re: If the game of Football was not so popular and loved in the USA
Posted by nvasil1 on 2/7/26 at 11:31 pm to Big Scrub TX
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And then of course it's quite natural to assume that you represent the median viewer and thus the NFL should be aiming their focus squarely at you.
To be fair, we've seen eventual issues with sports leagues who neglect their core fans and chase wider audiences. Just look at what happened to NASCAR.
There has been a recent boom of soccer fans in Europe, particularly the UK, opting to support local lower-league and non-league teams because bigger clubs have priced them out in favor of tourist fans who will pay premiums for tickets. It has led to sterile home environments and even empty seats due to fan boycotts or protests.
Sure, chasing global audiences looks good to the bottom line now, but the novelty has shown to wear off eventually. We saw it happen with the World League/NFL Europe. The NFL believes they can still crack the international code, but I don't think they can force a sports culture to grow through halftime shows.
I've always been a fan of Huggy Bear, but bringing a 73 yr old drunk with heart issues to southern Louisiana probably isn't a great idea.
That's mercifully over. Good for Preece though.
re: 2026 NASCAR Season Thread
Posted by nvasil1 on 2/4/26 at 7:34 pm to BayouBengal51
Yeah this is becoming a slog to watch.:lol:
Kind of a shame too because there was some decent racing in the first 100 laps once the tires began falling off.
Kind of a shame too because there was some decent racing in the first 100 laps once the tires began falling off.
Is that someone's nose in the booth that keeps whistling into the mic? It's driving me crazy.:lol:
re: Ryan Leaf confronts Dr David Chao on Radio Row
Posted by nvasil1 on 2/4/26 at 6:34 pm to bstaceyau19
Not saying Leaf should have confronted Chao in that setting, but he's not the only person to have a problem with the guy.
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Once the team doctor for the Los Angeles Chargers, Chao has been sued by nearly two dozen patients and accused of aiding his former medical partner’s addiction to prescription painkillers. The California Medical Board, which placed Chao on five-year probation in 2014, investigated him for prescribing Ambien to Junior Seau in the months prior to his suicide.
Funny that they used a clip from 2007 for what "we grew up watching". Nobody watched then either.
The last time I remember people somewhat caring about the game, the uniforms looked like this:
The last time I remember people somewhat caring about the game, the uniforms looked like this:
re: Winter Games start Friday and little to no hype about it?
Posted by nvasil1 on 2/4/26 at 11:11 am to TigerintheNO
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Do you watch any NBC shows or Peacock? Aside from Sunday night football I couldn't even tell you what their programming is anymore.
Exactly. NBC has been running teaser ads for months now, but unless you're watching their networks, you won't notice. Competition for eyeballs is just bigger than back in the day.
I think contributing to that is the dwindling hype from other forms of media. Years ago, every magazine from Newsweek to TV Guide did Olympic previews and introduced storylines to watch for. Companies featured more athletes in commercials and print ads, too. You couldn't avoid it. That world doesn't exist anymore.
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