GAWD, did they make a game of it against all reasonably possible odds: Not only were they sans JBIII and Step I but the other guys had the big guy, Joel Embiid. Seven Foot Sixers led 30-10 after one. Then in the 2Q they lost Multiple Recent Assholes Winner Draymond Green to a foot injury. Peaceniks trailed by 22 at HT. But in the second half they found their mojo and nearly found a shocking dub. 24-32 in the 3rd cut it to fourteen. 32-19 in the 4th and you can do the math, they fell one point short. FT Phila. 99 San Fran 98.
Thursday, December 04, 2025
It's only the Lizards...
...But Beans not only beat them tonight they squished them, 146-101. Boston has won three straight, two over legitimate teams, at Sensitive City, and home to Mamdani City. They have also won four of five (over first place Least Zollner, and now 13-8 Dire Wolves). After starting the season ohfer three, Beans is now 13-9, in 5th place, one game behind the "Heat" and only four from the top. Impressive, impressive will by Boston.
When the Best in the West Play the Best in the Least...
...The Best in the West win, even in the Least's gym. La-La Lu-ka, 2nd in the West (15-5, now 16-5) just beat 2nd-Least Ontario State (15-7, now 15-8) in Donald J. Trump Place.
Public Occurrences December 4, 2025
JUSTICE! Grand Jury Refuses to Indict Letitia James
INJUSTICE! Supreme Court Allows Texas Racist Congressional Redistricting
5:52 pmPutin Punks Trump Again
Putin says there are points he can’t agree to in the US proposal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine
After 23 games...
...the 2025/26 Sensitive City "Cavaliers" are 13-10.
After 23 games in the 2024/25 season Sensitive City was 20-3.
Joel is back and Seven Foot Sixers are pounding Peaceniks...
...Well, they were pounding them. It was 30-10 end 1Q!. It's now 33-30, 8:47 2Q. JBIII and Steph I were ruled out for the game.
Day 53
National Signing Day was YESTERDAY. How did Paterno-Sandusky Do?
7:02 pm:
This makes a lot of sense:
Tyler Donohue
@TDsTake
Recent hours revealed increased confidence from a variety of conversations at Penn State, Iowa State and nationally, that momentum is building between PSU and Matt Campbell.
Anticipated roster resources are an enticing piece. Campbell long considered a "do-more-with-less" coach.
6:26 pm:
Meanwhile, how are things in Blacksburg?
From 124 to 22: James Franklin on Virginia Tech's hot Signing Day finish, which included 11 Penn State flips
Penn State's recruiting has sunk to a new low since Franklin was fired. Now at Virginia Tech, the Hokies' recruiting class is set to be their best in at least 13 years.
Schadenfreude's a bitch, ain't it Paterno-Sandusky???
Franklin has flipped 10 Penn State commitments to Virginia Tech, sinking the Nittany Lions' class to No. 150 in the rankings, one spot below FCS South Dakota State.
OMG!!!!!!!!
Schadenfreude's a bitch, ain't it Paterno-Sandusky???
Twenty-three players have decommitted from Penn State since Franklin's firing, leaving only two signees in the class of 2026.
Tyoo!!!! lolol
...one of the most stunning turnarounds in recent recruiting memory. Franklin has lifted a class that once sat at No. 124 in the 247Sports Composite Team Recruiting Rankings all the way to No. 22 as night fell Wednesday, which was the first day of the three-day early signing period.
Penn State's botched coaching search turns signing day into unprecedented disaster
...the class is effectively gone.
The damage is staggering.
"Other coaches are looking around going, 'What is going on over there?'" 247Sports recruiting analyst Brian Dohn said during live National Signing Day coverage. "Penn State will come back from it because it's Penn State and it's the dominant program in the region. ... They'll be fine in the long run, but in the short term, 'embarrassing' is putting it mildly."
CBS Sports Dec. 3
Tuesday was the most dramatic day of the Penn State coaching search, as their pursuit of BYU coach Kalani Sitake seemed to be completed, only for BYU's donors to rally and lock Sitake into an extension in Provo.
Penn State getting spurned by a Sitake extension continued a trend of their coaching search, where most of the top candidates for the job have opted to re-sign with their current schools rather than make the jump to Happy Valley. At this point...it's not abundantly clear where Penn State turns from here.
6:14 pm:
Make that nine.
Kalani Sitake sends Penn State coaching search back to drawing board again as eight targets spurn interest
Tuesday was the most dramatic day of the Penn State coaching search, as their pursuit of BYU coach Kalani Sitake seemed to be completed, only for BYU's donors to rally and lock Sitake into an extension in Provo.
Penn State getting spurned by a Sitake extension continued a trend of their coaching search, where most of the top candidates for the job have opted to re-sign with their current schools rather than make the jump to Happy Valley. At this point...it's not abundantly clear where Penn State turns from here.
...
As Penn State turns to whatever counts as Plan B (or, more accurately, Plan C or Plan D), the program needs a hard look in the mirror. This search has been an embarrassment, largely because athletic director Pat Kraft and the administration have vastly overestimated how the Penn State job is viewed nationally.
This is eerily similar to Steve Pederson overestimating Nebraska's pull after firing Frank Solich.
Penn State has been operating like a truly elite program, but the market is telling a different story. You don't pry coaches from other good jobs or their alma maters unless you're the destination job (see: LSU). Penn State is learning a harsh truth: most coaches don't view it that way.
It's a good job -- but probably the fifth-best in the Big Ten, behind Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan and USC.
5:11 pm:
Nits nixed again: DeBoer denies PSU job interest
Other coaches who were linked to Penn State's search, including Vanderbilt's Clark Lea, Louisville's Jeff Brohm, Georgia Tech's Brent Key and BYU's Kalani Sitake, agreed to contract extensions with their current schools.
Not for the first time, PSU is embarrassing themselves.
Wednesday, December 03, 2025
Around the Association, Last Call
Sensitive City lost for the 10th time in 23 games to Portlandia 110-122 by Lake Mistake.
Disney (13-9) lost to Tottenham in Borelando 112-114.
Pigeons (13-10) lost in Hotlanta.
Male Deer (10-13) beat Zollner (17-5) in Beer.
Mamdani City (14-7) won.
They call the Eastern Conference the Least, and for good reason. All of the top teams in the conference except Mamdani City lost.
At the end of a night when the dismal "wind was in the East", the playoff standings are almost entirely unchanged.
1. Zollner
2. Ontario State, 2 back.
3. Mamdani City, -2.5
4. Miami, -3
5. Disney, -4
6. Surprising Beans (I'm happy for them), -4.5.
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7. Sensitive City, -4.5 (% points out of the top six)
All and any one of those teams could win this conference, no exaggeration.
FT Dallas 118 Miami 108
Shocking loss against a dysfunctional team. The "Heat" couldn't shoot tonight for most of the game. The final percentages were 40 (30). Heaters and Haters, you are going to be the Washington Lizards if you play 82 games shooting like that. But neither could we play defense. D: 51% (50%). We couldn't rebound: 50- 41. Anthony Davis played one of his quota of 10% games tonight and he was a monster: 17 pts, 17 rebs, 3 blks in 28'. He dominated Bam on the boards and had as many rebs as Bam and Kel'el Ware combined. We played at a running pace, 101 possessions to 91, but when you can't knock down the shots, you might as well keep running! Interesting that given our rebound deficiency our points in the paint were 56 to their 44. It all, or most of it, came down to outside shooting.
We didn't have Norman Powell. I don't know who Erik Spoelstra would have started if he had been game. There's not enough ball for Norman and Tyler on the floor at the same time unless Spo clearly defines who the primary shooter is, and how to choose between Tyler and Norman. But having Norman available would have allowed Spo to sub in either Norman or Tyler for poor Andrew Wiggins, who was terrible tonight, 33' 11 pts 4/18 (1/3). It's hard to believe that all of our shooters except Tyler--Andrew, 3J (3/10), Simone (2/8), Pelle, mainly a playmaker (1/5), and Davion, mainly a playmaker and glue guy, 2/7 (0/2), ALL had off nights on the same night. But it is IMPOSSIBLE to believe that the contagion would have spread to Norman Powell, our highest percentage shooter, when it also spared Tyler.
What Spo could have done even if Norman had been available is play Kel'el Ware more. Kel'el was elite tonight. In 25' he had 22 pts on, note these numbers, 8/11 from the field, 4/5 from range. He also had 10 rebs, 3 more than Bam. He outscored Bam 22-21 while playing three fewer minutes. Dallas had no answer for Kel'el tonight. Imagine Norman and Tyler, Bam and Kel'el on the floor for the bulk of time, with Davion the de facto playmaker. Hindsight is 20/20 but I see the "Heat" smearing Dallas tonight with those five playing as a unit for the majority of the game.
This is the National Basketball Association. Teams are going to go cold. They are going to lose games unless they're Oklahoma City. Miami is 14-8. I'll take that every day and twice on Sunday.
USMLE
When I got me feet wet in this a year and a half ago zi was on a three-way call with Ana and one of her study buddies. "It's almost INHUMAN" I said about the test.
NIH study USMLE students:
75.1 % had depression, 71.96% had anxiety, 4.98% had low stress, 71.9% had moderate, and 20.5% had severe perceived stress.
I texted her back:
"😔see. it's everybody, not just you! we're working as hard as we are capable. we ARE going to get through this, on OUR timetable, NOT anyone else's."
It pains me to know what my daughter-in-law is going through. She Will Never Walk Alone.
'Allas 28 Miami 33, end 1
Caleb Martin plays for 'Allas.
Caleb checked in at 3:41. He got a D reb, missed a shot, fouled Kel'el (2 pts), fouled Simone (2 pts), got a double T with Simone, and was subbed out at :25.6. Three mins, -2.
"He made it all about him. I think he wakes up every morning, looks at himself in the mirror, and tells himself he loves him. I think that's who he cares about most. I think he cares about himself more than anything on this earth, including his family."--Olé Miss graduate Taylor Cauthen, at the Oxford, Miss. airport as Lane Kiffin left.
(I did that publicly here just a few days ago. :( )
It is
The Penn State coaching search the modern equivalent to the infamous 2003-04 Nebraska coaching search
Neb. spent 41 days looking for somebody, anybody to taken the head coaching position. They got Bill Callahan who was fired after four years and going 27-22. Nebraska football never recovered.
And now in 2025, the PSU coaching search has gone 51 days. They have been turned down more than Trump has for the Nobel Prize.
The great Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley famously said, "When a change is necessary eventually, it must be made immediately." PSU was right to fire James Franklin on Oct. 12. A little known codicil to Foley's famous statement was "I have a list of three or four replacements in my pocket at all times. I'll offer it to all and one will take it." It was a realistic dream list.
PSU had no realistic dream list in mind. Their suit jacket pockets were empty on Oct. 12. Interim Terry Smith's name was chanted by the fans at their last home game. So did the players post-game. At this point, with such a talented roster, with the continuity that Smith offers and a 3-game win streak to back himself up, PSU's best choice is Terry Smith.
Tuesday, December 02, 2025
Kalani Sitake Punks Paterno-Sandusky to stay at Bee Why Ew?
Where the HAIL are PSU going to find a respectable coach. I have an idea: interim Terry Smith.
Green Beans are giving opponents a "pain in the tummy"
Beans beat Mamdani City tonight in Bean Town 123-117. Beans were a tragic team entering 2025-26, losing Jayson Tatum and off-loading Kristaps Porzingis and they started 3L. Then they had 3W. So a reset back to 0-0 after 6 games. But then they lost 3 of 4 and 4 of 5, and 4 of 6. They were 5-7 on Nov. 11. Since then they have gone 7-2. They have always been Team Yo-Yo. They are 12-9 and 8th in the Least. They are 5 games out of first and 1/2 game from Sensitive City in 6th place, the last slot to avoid the play-in. Their next game is a gimme at Lizards.
Beans are coming, they are respectable already. What's their ceiling? I don't know. But they are a team opponents will be checking over their shoulder more frequently.
Out West it's The Dynasty and "in other action". They are 20-1 and lead Peackniks by 6 after 1 in San Fran.
Serious?
Second boat strike tests GOP loyalty to Trump
Republicans have largely marched in lockstep with President Donald Trump’s campaign to kill alleged drug smugglers off the coast of Latin America. But after the recent revelation of potential war crimes, that unity is starting to show significant cracks.
First, Epstein, then Indiana, now second boat strike.
GOP lawmakers have backed the president amid months of legally questionable strikes against suspected drug boats and increasing tensions with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. But top Republicans now say they must investigate a second follow-up strike in September that killed survivors wounded in the first hit. ...
I don't get what's going on with Trump and his loyalists.
To the Manning Family
And now Cooper's son Arch:
The first family of American tackle football and the most solid family. Good people.
Monday, December 01, 2025
FT Miami (14-7) 140 La-La Clip-Clip (5-16) 123
Every available player for MIA saw at least one minute. All but one of the Clips, who have reverted to being Sterling-esque. The "Heat's" largest lead was 38, L-A C-C'S largest tyoo. It was never a game. The whole 4Q was garbage time and L.A. made the margin less deplorable with a +15 4th.
We shot 53% on 100 possessions. We took an astounding 46 triples and made a ridiculous 52% of them. Not much a game like this is going to tell you.
Individually, some players and numbers that stand out:
Norman was team-high with 30, tied for team high with 32'. He was +33, tied for second team high.
Davion. Unsung "Off Night" Davion. team-high with +37. 16 points, 12 asts, 2 t.o.s (6-1 is exceptional), 2 steals in 31'.
Bam 27 and 14 in 32'
Andrew: 22 in 32, 9 rebs, 3 assts, 3 t.o.s, 3 blocks. That stood out for a guard.
Tyler, among the starters, was once again low man in +/-, still a great +12 if you ignore the blowout. He took 15 shots, 3rd high, played starter-low.
Nobody on the bench was above water in +/-. In fact, they were albatrosses: -10, -2, -13; Kel'el was -16 in 16'. Every time Kel'el set foot on hardwood he leeched a point a minute. Dru Smith was the anchor man, -18 in 16'. 3J was -13 in 21'.
I'm glad Tyler shot less frequently. Tyler's like a black hole, the ball goes in, it doesn't come out.
Glad that Norman took the most shots. Tyler: Spo wants New Miami. You can't hold the fucking ball; you don't have the green light to shoot at will Let Davion play point and rotate the way the wheel calls for. Learn to pass the fucking ball, Tyler. You had two asts tonight, tied with two others who played 21+ mins. 3J had 5 asts in 8 fewer mins than you. Simone had the same number you did in 8 fewer mins. You are not fitting in, Herro. GET WITH THE FUCKING PROGRAM OR TAKE YOUR TALENTS ELSEWHERE.
I continue to see a Tyler problem that is gunking up a New Miami offense. He needs his role defined point blank.
We're playing .66 ball which translates to 55 dubs if we can keep this pace over 82. We;re in 3rd place, 3 behind Zollner.
The target of the Paterno-Sandusky coach search is...a MORMON!
Kalani Sitake is not melanin-deprived however (but don't tell Pee Esse Ew'ers). Sitake was born in Tonga and is the head coach at Bee Why Ew. Of course he played at Be Why Ew and has led the "Cougars" for ten years, his only head coaching position. His overall record is 83-44, .653, which equates to 8 wins in a 12-game schedule. The "Cougs" were 11-1 this season and 11-2 in 2024.
Okay, get this...
...Well, first the actual like score, 100-64. We are shooting 57% from the field :o...Wait: And 61% from the Florida Keys.
I think this is the same starting group...
Wig-o
Bam-o
Nahmin
Davion
Herr-o
Tyler, though, has played the fewest mins of the starters, right now 17'. The other four are at 19' and 20'. He has the "worst" +/- of the starters, +15. His shots are down, too, 7 tonight to Nahmin's 12.
THIS is the UNIVERSITY of Pittsburgh
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