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Truer words have not been said on the situation of college football.

And, after yesterday's rig-job, people will WELCOME that result.

Follow-up on the Michigan-Central Michigan rig-job...

I'd really like to know what clock they're using.

Go back to the video I posted.  It shows a brief moment of the replay with an auxiliary clock (NOT the unofficial NBC one on the scorebug -- watch the brief replay on the video I posted or any longer replay you have).  And, as I have always understood, that is the clock they use for time determination on review.

The ball is still several frames in the air before the player touches it (and yes, the player was out of bounds when he jumped, so he would be out and the ball incomplete at the moment of touching) -- and since you are video-reviewing, you can stop it at 0:00 live.

The conferences and Central Michigan have released statements accepting the result.

How much more did they pay you, Central Michigan, to walk away from state superiority in the Big House?

Asking for a friend.

This scares me, knowing what I'm going through...

I've had a health challenge or two in my late 50's this summer.  Vein procedures have apparently been partially botched, leading to blood clots in some of my veins -- and I've had irregular heartbeat and afib a couple times this summer.

So it scares me of the latest professional wrestling news out of Pittsburgh.

It's still in the semi-unconfirmed phase as far as the resolution, but the word out of an independent Pittsburgh wrestling show tonight is that Andy Williams, former AEW "The Butcher" of "The Butcher and the Blade" tag team, collapsed at the end of his match, leading to a CPR attempt and a trip to the hospital.

Reports coming in just as I type this indicate Williams has died.

EDIT TO ADD:  And now conflicting reports, including from the independent company, saying he isn't.  If the initial place which reported it (which DOES NOT have a good reputation in the classic "IWC") is proven to be false, someone is getting fucking sued.

AND FURTHER:  It appears we have confirmation, including condolences from AEW.  Williams has apparently passed away.

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AND MORE BAD NEWS:  Memphis wrestling legend Bill Dundee has been confirmed passed away as well.  He was 82.

AND THEY SAY IT HAPPENS IN THREES:  Jerry Oates, who carved out a solid wrestling career, has also passed away today.

And we've got a live one in Week One!!!

Western Michigan defeated #16 Michigan 12-7 today at the Big House.

That's not what anyone will tell you.

Ladies and gentlemen, a rigged result.

This Blog Should Not Exist, I Don't Remember What Part After 3.xxx: The Clancy Case, And Killing Us All And Letting Their God Sort It Out

This is included in that long-dormant series for reasons which, I hope, will become obvious by the time this is over.

I am left with some thoughts after the Clancy mistrial:  She admitted to killing the kids, but postpartum depression, etc. put the trial to an insanity defense.

And it appears that a jury of nine women and three men in Massachusetts had only one (presumably male) juror not go with the insanity defense.  Mistrial, we'll do it again.

And the bleating and the raising of the groyper pro-rape contingent on X (to the point I have drawn a second suspension in less than 12 hours on my...  10th...  12th...  more???  X account yesterday for basically telling one of them that if we meet, I will kick his ass and he better come armed to shoot me -- and he better if he wants to spew the bullshit) has left me with the following thoughts:

1) If you are interested in removing not only the privilege of voting, but also all involvement of women in places of power, influence, or safety...  How, in that world, can you have any more children being born at all?  Because the ultimate place of those three things is motherhood - and in polite White Right circles, that's the only purpose you have for women in the first place.

If some or all women aren't fit for voting or office or safety issues, etc. because of hormone possibilities, they sure as fuck aren't fit for carrying or raising children.  Especially in a world where all privileges and positions are removed from women.  Would that not immediately result in retaliation against the power (murdering more children)?

2) Some people (probably pro-rape men, mostly) are asking that if the hormonal defense can be used for murder, then why can't it be used for rape??

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Like it has been for years by valuable men like the Stubenville, OH football team, the Stanford swimmer, etc.?

Rapists like Bill Cosby and Donald Trump?

3) People are forgetting she doesn't "get away with it" if she does get the insanity defense.  That means she probably gets permanently locked up.

Of course, I guess any result short of someone finding where she is being kept and shooting her full of holes (or doing so in open court) would not satisfy people.

Which, of course, leads to my fourth and final point...

4) Much like courting transgenderism as mental illness of it's own right, is this another move toward identifying those to be considered mentally ill and executing them all?  (Transgenders, eventually the LGBs, homeless people, many prisoners, etc.?)

Something to keep in mind as the White Right Men (and some of the women almost certainly raped and beaten into submission) are spouting off...

Pre-season Week 3 Fine Blotter

This'll be quick.  Only five for the week.

Point of Emphasis, both for helmet fouls:

• Buffalo:  Jalen Kilgore, $5,560
• New Orleans:  Danny Stutsman, $7,011

All the others:

• Indianapolis:  Cam Taylor-Britt, Striking, etc., $7,791
• Minnesota:  Jermar Jefferson, Face Mask, $5,583
• Pittsburgh:  Donelko Slaughter, Taunting, $4,917

Pre-season Week 2 Fine Blotter

Forgot to do this -- Week 3 should be out later today.  I doubt, again, that any incidents here will count as strikes on the new policy until regular-season Week 1.

Policy-level fines first:

Helmet fouls:

• Arizona:  Karson Sharar, $5,372, on the opening kickoff
• Dallas:  Malik Davis, $6,735
• Las Vegas:  Dre Ogunbawale, $7,222

Hip Drop Tackle:

• Cincinnati:  Shaka Heyward, $5,972

Defenseless Player:

• Arizona:  Dadion Taylor-Demerson, $7,148
• Arizona:  Wydett Williams, $4,935 (all three Arizona fines in the first half, only Taylor-Demerson's was flagged)

Blindside Block:

• Kansas City:  Jake Briningstool, $4,972

Outside the Points of Emphasis:

Conduct, all this week for Taunting:

• Buffalo:  Chase Lundt, $5,868
• Las Vegas:  Jermod McCoy, $6,729
• Tennessee:  Cedric Gray, $7,131

Striking, etc:

• Tampa Bay:  Ted Hurst, $6,985

Sounds like the big loser of the preseason week was facemasks:

• Indianapolis:  Trey Washington, $5,583
• New Orleans:  Treyton Welsh, $5,583
• Seattle:  Andre Fuller, $5,112
• Seattle:  Aaron Smith, $4,917 (the two Seattle fouls were three minutes apart in the fourth quarter, but to the NFL's credit, both of these were flagged)
• Tennessee:  Oluwafemi Oladejo gets the biggest fine of the week, $10,625.