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Article on the Court: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/14/opinion/supreme-court-politics-jackson.html "The increasingly bitter partisan battles over Supreme Court nominations reflect the degree of influence that a single court of nine unelected judges exercises over life in America. As Ketanji B...

OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 8:21 pm This is Maryland’s game to lose. They’re better than I gave them credit for. Apparently this is the real Princeton as well. Yale has a chance to take the Ivy this year.

My conclusion from this game so far is that Stony Brook is pretty good.

I like Maryland’s calm demeanor here.

More madness from the "religious" Right? Just the most feckless group of numbheads. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/12/us/politics/gop-joseph-hatchett-florida.html?referringSource=articleShare "In a bitterly divided Congress, it was a rare measure that had been expected to sail throug...

This is one of those games where I have no stinky idea. Not even a hunch or a gut feeling. Nada, zip, zilch. As wlaxphan20 says, two very well-coached teams. Depends on how the various units perform. When Fish is on, Princeton's defense is formidable...and it'll have to be against a team that appea...

The problem is the actual games played head-to-head... Head-to-head is only relevant in that the head-to-head game creates a win for one team and a loss for the other. But the Rankings aren't based on head-to-head results. The Rankings are based on each team's entire W and L resume. I basically und...

Rank, Team, Win Percentage, Win Rank, Loss Rank – Team W% W L 1 North Carolina 100% 1 1 2 Northwestern 86% 2 4 3 Boston College 93% 3 2 4 Loyola 92% 5 5 5 Syracuse 79% 3 9 6 Stony Brook 82% 8 7 7 Maryland 92% 6 8 8 Duke 93% 9 5 9 Denver 92% 12 3 10 Princeton 78% 11 10 11 Florida 69% 15 12 12 Rutger...

But, but, but...Hunter!!!! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/12/us/politics/jan-6-capitol-riot-sullivan-trump.html One week before an angry mob stormed the Capitol, a communications expert named Jason Sullivan, a onetime aide to Roger J. Stone Jr., joined a conference call with a group of President Do...

Rank, Team, Win Percentage, Win Rank, Loss Rank – Team W% W L 1 North Carolina 100% 1 1 2 Northwestern 86% 2 4 3 Boston College 93% 3 2 4 Loyola 92% 5 5 5 Syracuse 79% 3 9 6 Stony Brook 82% 8 7 7 Maryland 92% 6 8 8 Duke 93% 9 5 9 Denver 92% 12 3 10 Princeton 78% 11 10 11 Florida 69% 15 12 12 Rutger...

Based on this season alone, Duke's schedule does not balance out with teams like UF, SB, and JMU. Loyola ends up being somewhat limited in OOC scheduling because of the size of the Patriot League (10 teams) and Loyola's SOS is really brought down by some really bad teams in the Patriot League with ...

Scott is who he is but, speaking as a white dude, I don’t see why race requires they all be in lockstep. Same with Hispanics. No group is monolithic. Harping on this is wrong IMO as it views Scott as Black and nothing more. He may not stand for much but he is a person. Do I think much of Scott’s de...

Tim Scott, who stayed quiet: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/12/tim-scott-ketanji-jackson-brown/ "Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court, has a well-earned place in history. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) also deserves a footnote at t...

Is this all as stupid and pointless as it sounds? https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/04/12/youngkin-veto-general-assembly-loudoun-schools/ "Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) continued to stoke partisan rancor this week with a flurry of unusual vetoes and bill amendments that political opponents...

In Jersey, cloudy and 70+ degrees. ESPN+. Predictions? Hopes and dreams?

Donovan on Cordingly? Help me understand what's going to happen.

Princeton 13-12.

DMac wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:49 pm So I'm sitting here wondering why you wouldn't have Nattie Smith out on the draw circle. Good GB girl, fast, dependable stick...lo and behold there she is.
Then she takes the FPS in and places it by the GK....imagine that!!!

Yep, she's having a nice night.

OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:26 pm

Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:25 pm Does the older Hasselbeck see the field at all this year?

Precious little.

Weird. She saw a lot of time last year, and the midfield ranks haven’t changed much (save for Agostini coming in and one of the Weekses getting hurt).

Does the older Hasselbeck see the field at all this year?

My bracketology for the week, following same guidelines as committee namely seeding top 8 teams to host and making geographical adjustments to limit travel: 1. UNC bye Ohio State vs Jacksonville 2. BC bye UMass vs Yale 3. Northwestern bye UConn vs Michigan 4. Syracuse vs Central Michigan Rutgers vs...

If The Geneva Convention is still in effect and Russian military and support personnel have done what is alleged, then, I reckon the calls for, "Never Again", are just hallow echos from a decade far gone. Yes, the war crimes only exacerbate the problems here in adherence to the post-WW2 r...

More on the creepy cocktail of American Right Wing Theocratic thinking and politics. Sorry I can't copy the crazy photos from the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/christian-right-wing-politics.html "They opened with an invocation, summoning God’s “hedge of thorns and fire” to prot...