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Time to create a new thread for this season. Latest from Mike Reiss

I found this fascinating. I think it also provides a window into just what UConn has done the last two seasons. We really are not running an ordinary college offense and it shows.

Kicking of a new year with Rebel Moon. Zack Snyder movie on Netflix. It's basically a DC superhero movie set in space. It has all the same flaws that those recent DC movies have. Too much emphasis on fight scenes, slow motion and a lack of an actual story arc. It's amazing how similar this...

It's Husky Nation, but I won't complain. Which of these folks are yarders? I planned to be at The Wheel, but we found out another law school friend was in town, and he was at the Oread so we went to the Bird Dog (he had just texted us that AD Dave arrived), Johnnies Tavern (which would be...

Check in Here if you are going to Lawrence for the game. I was considering waiting until after UNH, but even if it is a "Trap Game" I'm just not worried about it. So let's see who will be there in Allen Field House. If you can't tell, I'm more than usually excited for this one. I am aware...

So I'm off to Las Vegas Thursday. My evenings are packed with three concerts. Cheap Trick Thursday, U2 at the Sphere Friday and....um Barry Manilow on Saturday. Yes, lame. But my wife met him a couple of times back in the 70s and wanted to see him. I'm sure he's a good entertainer. I'll...

Might as well get ahead of this since I'll be hearing about it from @August_West and others no matter what it is. Enjoy, I'm headed to Las Vegas anyway. https://www.si.com/college/2023/10/10/kansas-basketball-infractions-ruling-delivered-wednesday

Now that is a blockbuster for the Eastern Conference.

This is kind of a fad I suppose, like Avocado Toast (which I've never had). Still, now that I'm back in the office 3 days a week (boo) I was eating an English Muffin for breakfast, but it was too early in the day. I found myself hungry at 10 AM. So I decided to try the overnight oats. No...

This seemed a popular topic in the Cooper Flagg thread, so let's move it here. Good. On the whole, I'm going to like smaller cities with some greenery and natural scenery with minimal tall buildings. Burlington VT is good example. l liked San Diego 40 years ago as a kid, probably still would...

Not that it matters what he or anyone thinks, but UConn shows up in Tier 2 "Fully Capable". "Connecticut isn't going anywhere, and with the mix of title run experience and some incredibly high-upside talents on his roster, Hurley has confidence and knows what it takes to win in March. All is...

So some of us, it was a memorable event. MTV went live on August 1st, 42 years ago. The first 4 videos : • “Video Killed the Radio Star” - The Buggles • “You Better Run” - Pat Benatar • “She Won't Dance With Me” - Rod Stewart • “You Better You Bet” - The Who No idea who picked #3. I have...

We haven’t had one of these threads in some time. Still summer so I thought I’d see if anyone has had good or bad luck. We use our slider from Kitchen to the deck all the time. We replaced an old door that wasn’t working with an expensive, fancy JenWeld door about 3 years ago. I’ve tinkered...

Team practices in front of Jim Calhoun at St. Joseph. https://www.courant.com/2023/07/29/cam-spencer-samson-johnson-and-other-huskies-show-out-ahead-of-uconns-european-tour/

Figured there would be activity of interest to us aside from the threads about the UConn guys in the draft on the Basketball board. This was interesting.

For the folks at Food and Wine. I have eaten at zero of these places. I am still confident that some are wrong. Vermont: The correct answer is Worthy Burger. The #2 answer is Mad Taco. Some French fry place is not the answer. California: The correct answer is Tommy's Burgers (not...

Since the Boneyard is an endless fountain of unfiltered opinions and occasionally, actual knowledge, I thought I'd toss this out for consideration. Wife and I are thinking of moving. We've got a single family home in the Boston 495 suburbs that is a bigger than we need, on an acre lot...

End of the month, taking a 4 day trip to quickly check out three locations. St. Augustine, Amelia Island/Fernandino Beach FL and St. Simon's Island, GA. I know a little about each but have never been. This is the first of many potential scouting trips for possible retirement or snow-birding...

Borges posted this, but I found the official announcement from The Big East. Can't complain too much. Andre as honorable mention perhaps, but he has been up and down. Glas to see Alex was unanimous. Can't believe Sanogo wasn't unanimous...

There's a fair amount of discussion of the top teams. Including astonishment at Bill Self winning his 17th regular season title in 20 tries. On UConn "The seeming decline was understandably hard to stomach. Here was a team that had destroyed everything in its path in the nonconference...

Spring training is underway, so time to kick this off. It's going to be an interesting season, very hard to predict. Perhaps no player is more of a question mark than Yoshida. Many thought the Sox overpaid for him, but they needed a guy who can get on base at a high rate and there wasn't much...

I feel like this is an under appreciated form of media and entertainment. Without looking it up, I think gaming does more revenue than movies. Increasingly, quality game stories are becoming movies and shows, like The Last of Us. That being said, what are you playing or have you played and...

This is just a beautiful and entirely accurate takedown after JJ Redick made a bunch of ignorant comments about Larry Bird. “In today’s NBA game, I don’t know what game he’s looking at, you can’t touch the guy. Anytime you touch the guy, a 3-point shooter, or come close to them when they’re...

https%3A//uconnhuskies.com/news/2023/2/9/mens-basketball-sanogo-named-to-advanced-watch-lists.aspx']And also, the mid-season top 30 for the Naismith award[/URL]. Well deserved honors for the big fella.

This is nice to see, top ten candidate at the Nation's best shooting guard. Well deserved with his outstanding recent play...

Didn't put this on @Irish Loop's thread because I think more people will see this. It's not the Premier League approach, which wouldn't work because Americans love playoffs. But it's much more fair and reasonable that it has been. Here's an outstanding deep dive on what it all means. I think...

Wanted to make sure we have a thread for the coming year, and a very important off season. They are "looking at everything". I predict: Patricia will be gone or will slide into a defensive job if Mayo leaves (good chance) Judge will be gone or will take over Special Teams. Cam Achord has to...

Happy to take any suggestions, my wife is already in full planning mode. Planning trips is her favorite thing, even above taking them I suspect. We won't be in the south, other than a trip to Naples & Mt. Vesuvius. Planning to see a little of several places, not stay in one place too long...

I have a big bulky, formerly expensive treadmill in my basement. It's up against the wall because it stopped working. Wife just wants it out of the house. We like to walk, and need to walk, for exercise. With winter coming, I find our walking decreases. There has been a lot of interest in...

So, minus a key starter and the backup starter at the 5, they have dispatched the two best teams in their conference Oh, and without the head coach too. People can sleep on this team if they want, but it’s the best squad in the eastern conference. Milwaukee will be a teat.

Noticed we don't have one of these. I've been playing video games since PONG, but off an on over all those years. I'm an RPG guy, I enjoy exploring and leveling my character to meet new challenges. Elder Scrolls Diablo 2, Skyrim, also Fallout, Dragon Age: Origins, Witcher III (not much...

Still some time for silly OT threads and everybody is a little too intense in the Celtics Coach thread. So, how far are you from Bacon based on people you’ve engaged with in person. Me-> Law School roommate went to high school with -> Brad Pitt was in sleepers with -> Kevin Bacon Me->...

So Eli Manning went undercover as a walk-on at Penn State. Funny stuff.

I feel stir crazy. I'll probably go visit my parents in South Carolina in November. I have 12 days of vacation left and need a break with my wife. Preference is to fly non-stop from Providence, or drive less than 5 hours or so. Could possibly consider a flight with a stop or flying from...

Figured I'd throw this up because it's just so weird and is highly annoying and you'll likely make jokes about the name. A week ago, my wife's birthday, I decided to smoke a turkey breast that had accidentally thawed and needed to be cooked. But I had to put it on the smoker during lunch. I...