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Director's Cup Standings as of 4/9/24:

jacobugath INSUFFERABLE KNOW IT ALL

2:09pm

Wake Forest X account has updates for the playoff

spidercoug

2:03pm

Tom Brady says he didn’t like how the roast affected his kids.

Ten_Hour_Drives

1:58pm

Or their friends texted them clips or they saw clips on social?

Chester Copperpot

2:01pm

Poor kids and their millions in their trust fund

cougaman

2:01pm

his oldest is 16, hard to let them watch it or not when its on Netflix. Even

4mack

2:01pm

He takes the big paycheck then feels bad about it… I feel for the kids, but what

cougaman

2:04pm

Those roasts are brutal. I get how it would suck.

EDthoracotomy

2:07pm

Byu sports camp. Has anyone gotten the info pack for girls basketball camp yet?

foreverblueblood

1:56pm

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga debuts to a 90% on RT after 21 initial reviews. A 90 (!) on MetaCritic

TCuz Coastal Elite

1:56pm

Tried watching the original Mad Max last night to prepare...bad, very bad.

ChiefBeef

1:58pm

Do you mean 1979 Mad Max? If so, hard disagree

Clark Addison

2:04pm

I just can't see how it could be bad. People dressed in crazy costumes driving

Mikey

1:58pm

I’m one of the only people who didn’t love fury road.

Jay Rick

2:01pm

One of my favorite movies of the past decade. I can rewatch it and it never

BYUheaven

2:04pm

Fury road is one of most well made, most uncomfortable movies I’ve ever seen. I

VACougMD

2:03pm

CBS sports ranked P4 coaches 1-68. Kyle at #6 and Sitake #49 (bottom 20) both seem a bit high IMO

byuTX mutual friends

1:53pm

Kyle is a good coach. BYU trained. Same for Sarkesian.

Acorn

1:55pm

Kyle gets more milage out of losing 4-5 games every year than anyone in the history of the world

JOPE

2:08pm

Or losing Rose Bowls.

AF_Puma

2:09pm

NFL Christmas Day games on Netflix: Chiefs at Steelers at 1pm ET, then Ravens at Texans at 4:30pm ET.

rainorsnow

1:52pm

RIP NBA on Christmas. You had a good run. It’s over.

TCuz

1:58pm

There have always been ups and downs but I think the world is getting better

Undefeated

1:51pm

Interesting comparison between CyberTruck and Ram 2500 Diesel towing a 28' RV

Corn Pop

1:48pm

85 miles? That shouldn't even have a hitch

BYUheaven

1:52pm

Think of the memories you'll make, stopping for an hour for every hour driven.

Corn Pop

1:55pm

This is great as you can hit every Starbucks.

JAGA97

1:59pm

Why anyone would buy a cyber truck to pull anything is crazy. More of a

Blue for Life

1:54pm

They were just driving on flat ground. Try hauling that up the mountain. You

JAGA97

1:58pm

The $ comparison from your last paragraph is the best part of this little lesson.

IdahoCoug

2:00pm

maybe the best Larry David bit I've seen

Socrates Johnson

1:44pm

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rainorsnow

1:41pm

And...we're getting a Happy Gilmore 2

RockyBalboa

1:38pm

I hope it’s good.

MormonThug

1:40pm

Can't see it

Plato

1:56pm

Shooter McGavin responds

IdahoCoug

1:40pm

Bob Barker responds

JAGA97

1:46pm

RE: Bob Barker responds

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

1:59pm

I've got news for Shooter: Happy writes the script.

Corn Pop

1:49pm

Is going to write in Kevin James, Dave Spade, etc. in as well?

mudpupper

1:48pm

Adam Sandler is a serious person...

COUGND

1:52pm

Better include this guy

Niiineteeen84

1:59pm

I’m guessing it will be like Caddyshack II, just terrible

RC Vikings

2:03pm

Through two scrimmages, Jaxson Robinson is shooting 30% (6/20) from the field

DieHarder

1:37pm

looks like he had 1 bad game and 1 solid game

LeonMarek

1:39pm

I bet it will be NBA or UK

RGGeemer

1:39pm

Criddle on ESPN960 was saying this week that many 2nd round draft picks

AF_Puma

1:56pm

Rant: My son and another senior will not get to be Valedictorians because Junior

IDAHO 4 Y

1:36pm

It's frustrating. Sorry. We had something similar happen to our oldest. She was the clear winner but they decided to

HarlemCoug

1:44pm

I graduated as junior and was part of the graduating class that year.

dratax

1:50pm

Good look at upcoming roster for BYU WBB. (for those with articles turned off) Lose a lot but some good

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

1:23pm

Schools who get the most production from the portal. BYU 23rd

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

1:22pm

Sad face for Aly Khalifa

sakar12

1:27pm

Pope loved the portal

RGGeemer

1:33pm

In comparison w most D1 HCs when the Portal became a more accessable thing?: Not really.

SinkingQuffa

1:37pm

Notre Dame didn't used to do something. I believe it was "red shirting" players

AF_Puma

1:35pm

They didn't take JC transfers.

Genghis Spreads

1:49pm

And Rudy came from a 4 year college, and not a JC right?

AF_Puma

2:06pm

Finished watching Masters of the Air on Apple+. It’s made by the same producers of Band of Brothers.

Texas Hammer Amazon’s favorite customer

1:21pm

It's not nearly up to the standard of BoB, but still worth a watch, and still a story about brave men doing hard things

CalGTR

1:41pm

True, but not many shows are up to BoB’s standards.

Texas Hammer

1:48pm

Not sure anything will ever live to those standards, but I agree

RockyBalboa

1:52pm

What would be the most annoying (and realistic) paid streaming service for a single major NFL game?

TCuz Coastal Elite

1:21pm

Hulu and Apple TV, because I don’t have those regularly.

cougaman

1:24pm

Peacock might be the answer. Or Apple TV+

JuicyJam

1:25pm

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VinnyBYU

1:16pm

Is ASU leadership sponsoring this change?

BYUtka

1:18pm

For those in finance, have you seen much benefit to using copilot 365?

Dr T-bone

1:16pm

Any fellow hunters draw Utah big game permits? My son drew Monroe late bull elk

tander123

1:15pm

RE: Any fellow hunters draw Utah big game permits? My son drew Monroe late bull

I'mYourHuckleberry

1:19pm

there's some big Elk up on the Monroe... Congrats

kerm

1:19pm

None for me or anyone in my family. Not even a general season deer tag for any

phillycc

1:28pm

My 15yo drew general deer Beaver. I’m on my last year of dedicated hunter there. Disappointed that my 13yo didn’t draw

Bar7h

1:30pm

Late hunts can be harder. Good chance at big bulls. Broken tines from the rut

crimedog

1:36pm

Buck Archery Stansbury

MacroCougar

1:40pm

Blog: Early Look At BYU Women’s Basketball Roster For 2024-25 Season View

[KSL Sports]

1:14pm

PSA - If you are adding a room or addition

Corn

1:09pm

RE: PSA - If you are adding a room or addition

the rural juror

1:14pm

Nobody uses screws when framing

TSTTKB

2:08pm

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COUGZ Bernard4Heisman

1:09pm

I work w/ a guy who's son was a 4* recruit, committed to Penn St and will start

Das_Countach

1:06pm

Sorry if a stupid question, but is the $ per month all year, or just the season?

gangbusters

1:09pm

He implied it was all year, so $30K/yr for Fr, 50-60K for So and 100K+ for

Das_Countach

1:13pm

Wow. Plus full ride scholarship. What an opportunity for a wise kid.

gangbusters

1:13pm

I take it for tax purposes it will be reported on a 1099

fresnoa

1:14pm

Hopefully someone is counseling them concerning paying taxes.

AF_Puma

1:18pm

BYU was already paying stipends for their FB players for years. Anyone

AF_Puma

1:17pm

I think this is pretty common for football programs, including BYU. The stars

Junior Deputy

1:18pm

IMO NIL is smarter when spending on proven talent

CougarCanuck76

1:21pm

Position?

Cougstreak

1:25pm

Where was the kid from? I am always intrigued by these types of kids. Why did he

Chester Copperpot

1:30pm

Can you imagine making $8k at that age, then not getting into the NFL.

Mister P

1:36pm

Wow. Cooper Jones birdied his last hole to put BYU in T-5th place w/ Wake Forest. Top 5 advance to the NCAA championship

RdF3 Inactive user

1:06pm

How do they decide the tiebreaker??.....golfstat is showing BYU as out

BYUheaven

1:08pm

Team playoff. 5 guys on 5 holes. Low cumulative score advances. Golfstat

CougGolf

1:12pm

any other way to follow this outside of golfstat?

BYUheaven

1:13pm

Stressful

Phreddy

1:22pm

I'm not positive, but I believe it's a two-team, 10-man playoff to determine who moves on.

RdF3

1:12pm

My one EV story

Archaea

1:05pm

I bet the car is probably work $150K. It's the decal that costs $400K.

MarylandFan

1:08pm

What does an ICE Rolls Royce cost? Specs aren't what make them expensive.

Madam Pattirini

1:15pm

The ICE has a wide range from the 300s to the 600s and more.

Archaea

1:17pm

Yikes, I was off a bit. Starting at 500k and over 660k

Archaea

1:19pm

Are you enjoying it so far?

Phreddy

1:25pm

Advice needed

TADOW All-American

1:02pm

Call the clinic. At the very least I’ll usually have people come in for a new cast.

5150man

1:05pm

Need to make sure that it wasn't casted too soon before the swelling had gone

BYU I Bleed Blue

1:07pm

yes take her in and have them reassess what is going on

nybyblue

1:53pm

make sure you let them know that you consulted with a CB attorney who so advised

nybyblue

1:55pm

I got some ice cream from a stand out in the country where I could see the cows in the field by the stand.

TN_Coug meh

12:52pm

RE: I got some ice cream from a stand out in the country where I could see the

It's A Bowling Ball

12:52pm

Were they brown cows, white cows, or strawberry cows?

Knee Brace

12:54pm

There were 16 different flavors out today.

TN_Coug

12:55pm

16 flavors from black and white cows? Hmmm. The math ain't mathing.

Knee Brace

12:57pm

I looked on the website and it was 22 flavors today.

TN_Coug

1:11pm

what is the website? We want ice cream now.

Blue for Life

1:29pm

That’s the beauty of white and black cows: whether using light or pigment theory, they each contain all possible colors

mvtoro

1:30pm

Cowreplacement theory in action

byuTX

12:59pm

Nope, they were all bulls

Chester Copperpot

1:15pm

RE: Nope, they were all bulls

It's A Bowling Ball

1:16pm

sounds like you're having a great day.

qwerew

1:33pm

how could you not resist and just drive on by? asking for a friend.

qwerew

1:34pm

Can any QuickBooks gurus help me generate a report that I would assume should be

volleyjiver

12:50pm

Don't know QB, but most GL programs have a Vendor Payment Report and you input

Acorn

12:56pm

Yep this. Pivot table

dahurt45

12:58pm

Likely a total by vendor option in the report options.

niqmadu

12:58pm

BYU tied for the last qualifying spot and they’re on the final hole.

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

12:47pm

Zac Jones needs a birdie on 18 (Actually 9) and BYU can be in. Otherwise I think

BYU I Bleed Blue

12:55pm

You’re right, dang it. Gonna be tough. Not a great day to end the tournament

VirginiaPeanut

12:57pm

And that’s final, we lost the tiebreaker. Bummer

VirginiaPeanut

12:58pm

BYU headed in to the day in great shape but had a triple and double bogey on

BYU I Bleed Blue

12:57pm

Holy cow, Texas is amazing

VirginiaPeanut

12:57pm

It's their home course. That helps a lot.

spidercoug

12:58pm

Both BYU and Wake Forest just finished in a tie. I think we lose the tiebreaker

BYU I Bleed Blue

12:59pm

Is it just based on the final day or total non-counting scores over all 3 days?

chilawcoug

1:00pm

RE: Is it just based on the final day or total non-counting scores over all 3

chilawcoug

1:02pm

I don’t think that’s how it works at Regionals. They will likely have a 5-player

CougGolf

1:06pm

These rules are found online for regional tiebreakers:

BYU I Bleed Blue

1:09pm

So guessing that leaves us out?

Soupie

1:13pm

Here is a comparison of the non-counting scores from players during the tourney:

BYU I Bleed Blue

1:12pm

On the list of Rolling Stone's 500 greatest albums I just listened to...

Russell Feathers

12:41pm

When i was about 12 and getting into music, one of my leaders told me, "Get Fleetwood Mac Rumours. It doesn't get better

dryflyelk

12:44pm

Definitely belongs on that list.

Zooropa

12:44pm

Most artist could spend a whole career and not put out half the quality

EarlSpeak

12:47pm

Rumours is the GOAT album.

goldengoose

12:48pm

Not a bad song on it.

pittsburghcoug

1:16pm

I hated that album when I was young. Now I know better.

ForzaPuma

1:37pm

One of my favs. When I put it on in the pickup I can listen to it through about five or six times before taking it out.

lightmann

1:46pm

BYU in top 25 for production of transfers.

Kdubb

12:41pm

Not sure how far back it goes but Elijah Bryant had a fantastic second year as a transfer

puntersarepeople

12:57pm

Tied with Wake Forest for final spot. Each with best and 3rd best on final hole.

spidercoug

12:39pm

What's the tie-breaker? Do you know?

Soupie

12:42pm

playoff

spidercoug

12:45pm

Isn't the first tiebreak cumulative total of non-counting scores?

NarfUte

12:49pm

That's probably right. I couldn't find the exact tiebreak order, but I saw stuff

spidercoug

12:50pm

And WF’s highest score is +10 and ours is +11

Phreddy

12:55pm

Don't they change every day which score they drop? So it is total of the dropped

chilawcoug

12:58pm

Yeah highest each day added up. I see WF +13, BYU +15

NarfUte

1:00pm

That seems right to me. Dang. That's why even your non-counting score matters.

chilawcoug

1:01pm

Nope, I was wrong, looks like a playoff. Tiebreaks must be for playoff ties? idk

NarfUte

1:23pm

Or for seeding but not berths?

chilawcoug

1:30pm

Both Wake Forest guys bogey last hole. We par double bogey last hole. Painful.

Phreddy

12:48pm

I think you might be misreading the scorecard? They are finishing on hole 9

chilawcoug

12:57pm

Thank you. You are correct.

Phreddy

1:15pm

April Mayhem! Elite Eight results are in. The Final Four is tomorrow.

jacobugath INSUFFERABLE KNOW IT ALL

12:32pm

Looks like all four songs I voted for lost...

AfterShocks

12:38pm

I thnk Circle of Life will take it.

Ted Lasso

12:44pm

Interesting. All from the "Disney Renaissance" from 1989-1994

MarylandFan

12:44pm

And also, coincidentally, when many CBers were still in the target audience.

DubuMfalme

12:53pm

Perhaps. Also the same composer for 3 of the 4.

MarylandFan

1:11pm

He's the GOAT. Only Elton John wrote a song that could compete.

Ted Lasso

1:22pm

There is probably a bias against more recent music, which is unfortunate. I think Encanto especially got shafted.

jacobugath

2:02pm

Can't believe "Let It Go" did not make the cut. That song is amazing.

pittsburghcoug

1:30pm

Incredible video series following Clayton Young’s prep for the marathon in the Paris Olympics.

CrimWalCoug All-American in practice

12:30pm

Didn't watch it all, but their first set of 3 miles at 4:44 - each mile is faster than I've ever ran one mile in my life

lightmann

1:53pm

Traveling to Turks and Caicos:

King of Y

12:26pm

My friends went down there last month and said it was a third world beach town with Santa Monica prices

WP17

12:39pm

That’s why we started going to Kokomo

Ojiisan

1:18pm

Do you get there fast?

King of Y

1:32pm

Yep, but then we take it slow

Mississippi

1:38pm

I too prefer the yacht bases in the Med. But you can't beat Caribbean diving.

justAnotherCoug

1:21pm

Turks and Caicos are a territory of the United Kingdom...

Mississippi

1:30pm

Haven’t been myself, don’t plan to. Just know my friends said it seemed pretty third world and boring.

WP17

2:04pm

It's the best. Get off the main beach. Eat Island Scoop everyday and

toadie

1:30pm

My sister and BIL got robbed while staying there

RockyBalboa

1:33pm

Hey! BYU FB wins something!! It's got a top communications team. Yay!!

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

12:25pm

RE: Hey! BYU FB wins something!! It's got a top communications team. Yay!!

TheHop

12:32pm

Congrats are in order! We also were at the top of the list, #1 position. 😉

Syre

12:45pm

NIL is a major reason why KY is the right guy.

TailgateU

12:22pm

That seems to be more of a function of who is writing the checks and what your budget is

Indy Coug

12:32pm

yeah harsh tyrannical coaches aren't going to work anymore, that's for sure.

cwilke1

12:40pm

Players do not "want all the money". Nobody objective would say that there is

BYU'01

12:45pm

POLL: When will you buy an EV?

Archaea

12:17pm

I have a plug-in hybrid now, and plan to buy a full EV probably next year.

Japan Coug

12:18pm

Totally depends on how the technology progresses.

XORCoug

12:18pm

Or totally depends on if they can figure out how to break the laws of physics

King of Y

12:59pm

When it makes sense, and isn't a major inconvenience, same as most

Jericho

12:19pm

I'm like most people in that I need a vehicle that can operate without the

BYUMizzou

12:23pm

Been driving an ev for ~6 years. Not going back to gas, too inconvenient and $

delux_247

12:31pm

320 miles of range, and charge at home when needed. Never going back to gas

CougarForLife

12:39pm

You never go further than that in one day? I just can't until the range increases or the charge time decreases.

Black Diamond Bay

12:42pm

We usually end up giving our older cars to our kids when we get a new one

BYUMizzou

12:48pm

I am waiting until (i) range increases and (ii) charging stations increase in

Archaea

12:53pm

Seems reasonable

Black Diamond Bay

12:59pm

Isn't Archaea always reasonable? 🙂

Archaea

1:00pm

Biggest current factor here: Tesla or not

stansburycoug

1:48pm

How is refueling in 2 minutes too inconvenient? Particularly compared to having

BYUMizzou

12:50pm

With Type 3 chargers, most newer EVs charge much faster. Hyundai's Ioniq 5 gets

Japan Coug

12:58pm

Imagine the gas station is at your house and you wake up every morning to a

delux_247

1:25pm

There's talk that 600 mile batteries are coming. That might do it.

DubuMfalme

12:33pm

I'll get a hybrid before all EV

BYUBandfan

12:38pm

The problem is most manufacturers have a limited number of hybrid

Archaea

12:54pm

I'm probably 10-15 years from not driving anymore. Upfront cost biggest problem.

Florwood

12:38pm

I'm not going to buy a plug-in electric until I have no other choice

StantonMac

12:44pm

Is the cost of adding a homebased charging station high?

Archaea

12:55pm

RE: Is the cost of adding a homebased charging station high?

StantonMac

1:06pm

Not buying one until range improves drastically. And even then I don't

Dangerous

12:51pm

Never going to EVs, too inconvenient

2FarGone

1:03pm

They are quieter and have great acceleration.

Archaea

1:07pm

A lot of cars have great acceleration

2FarGone

1:10pm

I am considering buying a hybrid. Does that count?

Superman21

1:07pm

No.

Archaea

1:22pm

Love my Tesla!

lobocoug

1:12pm

Will skip EVs and go Hydrogen. Unless Tesla keeps dropping prices.

Shawarma

1:15pm

I commute 50 miles each way. Tesla M3 saves me $700/mo in gas. I can charge in

Unfrozen Caveman

1:22pm

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