Post Race!

[Shaggy Hiker]

That Spotify stuff is a few thousand per million downloads, by one source I saw. That may be 60% of his current revenue, but it's also duck feed.

Furthermore, Neil Young has been doing things to sabotage his career as long as he's had a career. It has never mattered to him.

[Shaggy Hiker]

What still amazes me is that he got there so FAST. You took years to get as far. There must have been some SERIOUS churn going on in the Post Race back then.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Though, now that I think about it, there IS a way he could pull away from you, and it might even have something to do with how those post counts got so high: All it would take is merging in some other threads that he posted in before you were on the forum. His post count would rise, yours would not.

[dday9]

That would be fun.

[Shaggy Hiker]

He has a reputation count, despite having left us before reputations were added to the forum.

[dday9]

Who is the banned person at 5,100 posts?

[dday9]

Whoever it was must have had a hard ban because there are some posts where Parskie mentions "we're passed up 1000 posts" but the post count was like 940ish.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I don't think it is one person. I believe that is Guest. I forget what that account was used for.

[Shaggy Hiker]

My red bum goes "wagga" in the moonlight.

Is that still true?

[Shaggy Hiker]

Indeed!

But when we all post some words on every visit we'll rach 1000 soon! (~800 remained) Sorry but this Messages was too long to post word by word

I think the Post Race probably did manage to reach 1000 posts. That was the goal. Now we're overachievers.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Whoever it was must have had a hard ban because there are some posts where Parskie mentions "we're passed up 1000 posts" but the post count was like 940ish.

The Post Race started so far back that it may well have been impacted by The Great Crash. A whole lot of accounts and posts got wiped away in a server crash. Some got restored, others didn't.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Who is the banned person at 5,100 posts?

I went to look up a banned person, and they are there, just with the Banned title. If it was more of a ban than that, I don't know about it, so I guess I'd need a little banned aid.

[Bonker Gudd]

Is that still true?

You want pictures?

[Shaggy Hiker]

No, probably not.

[wes4dbt]

Another fun football Sunday.

How does KC score touchdowns their first three possessions then their next eight possessions they only score 3 point. How amazing is that.

The NFC games was fun too. Wasn't really rooting for either team but it did make happy to see Stafford get to the Super Bowl. That guy took a beating for years in Detroit. Another plus is I don't have to see bunches of people wearing all the 49er's gear. I live @ 90miles from SF. Can you believe there is over 20million people in So Ca. and half the fans in their stadium are rooting for the other team. That must suck. lol

[Shaggy Hiker]

In the first half, I figured KC was just going to walk away with that one. In the second half....they couldn't move the ball.

[dday9]

Dude, both games were phenomenal.

[dday9]

I was rooting for the Bengals because, well it's Joe Burrow and Ja'marr Chase. I was listening to the game on the radio on my way back home and when I got home I turned on the TV and told my wife "the Bengals just aren't able to stop Mahomes. He's 12/13 for 150 yards and 2 touchdowns" and then shortly after that he scored his third. But man that goal line stance at then end of the first half really changed the momentum.

[dday9]

I was rooting for both the Rams and the 49ers to continue in overtime indefinitely so that neither team won. But to that point, I am glad that Stafford is going to a Super Bowl. Pauvre bebe did take a beating in Detroit for years.

[Shaggy Hiker]

So many teams come out of the half with a different defensive strategy. That sure seemed to be the case with the Bungles. They couldn't do anything in the first half, but they sure could in the second.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I somewhat favor the Rams in the SuperBowl. I think their d-line will do mighty well against the o-line that allowed so many sacks in the regular season. Could be a high scoring game, though.

[dday9]

I was reading the bleacher report about the Bengals win and they were going over the various offensive weapons, but when then got to the offensive line they said "well, there's five of them".

[wes4dbt]

I was reading the bleacher report about the Bengals win and they were going over the various offensive weapons, but when then got to the offensive line they said "well, there's five of them".

That's funny. The Rams defensive line could be a real problem for the Bengals. But the Bengals O line did a decent job against KC. But Burrow did get sacked nine times against the Titans. Who knows? lol

[Shaggy Hiker]

The KC defense was good for a time in the middle of the season, but they were really bad to start the season, and reverted to form there at the end. Any good quarterback was lighting them up.

Could be a good game, and I don't particularly like or dislike either team, so I can root for both of them.

[homer13j]

Fun fact: The Cincinnati Bengals franchise wouldn't even exist if former Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell (spit) hadn't fired Paul Brown.

[dday9]

Could you elaborate? I've always wondered how a state like Ohio gets two teams when it doesn't seem large enough to justify it.

Texas makes sense. It is basically the size of 2 European countries. California makes sense, although they all seem to be around the same area.

[homer13j]

Could you elaborate?

It was basically a clash between two giant egos. Paul Brown was one of the team's founders, part owner, head coach, general manager, and of course the namesake of the team. Art Modell (spit) was a Brooklyn businessman who purchased a controlling interest in the team in 1961, mostly with borrowed money.

Following the 1962 season (a disappointing 7-6-1 and 3rd place in the NFL East) Brown traded away all-pro halfback Bobby Mitchell and first-round draft pick fullback Leroy Jackson to Washington for Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis, who was diagnosed with terminal leukemia shortly after the trade. Modell was furious with Brown for making the trade and demanded Brown play Davis and Brown refused citing Davis' health concerns. Modell even brought in doctors who claimed Davis was healthy enough to play. Modell then fired Brown in January of '63. Davis never played a single down for the Browns and died the following May. Modell promoted assistant coach Blanton Collier to the head coaching job and he led the Browns to the 1964 championship with what was essentially Brown's team.

Brown stayed away from the game for five years collecting his salary from Art Modell (spit) until the rival AFL granted him a new franchise in Cincinnati where he was once again head coach and general manager. The Bengals began play in 1968. When the AFL and NFL merged in 1970 both the Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers franchises joined the AFL teams in the new American Football Conference to balance the number of teams in each conference.

And that's how Ohio ended up with two NFL teams. It really shouldn't be much of an issue since the game was invented in Ohio in the first place.

[dday9]

I still don't get why they kept the Bengals in the merger. It seems logical that the NFL would say, we can't have two teams in Ohio and Cincinnati is only 2 years old, so y'all don't make the cut.

[Shaggy Hiker]

So, what you are saying is that the Browns have been dysfunctional from birth?

[Shaggy Hiker]

I do remember that I confidently predicted that the Browns would win their division this year. Sure nailed that one.

[homer13j]

It seems logical that the NFL would say, we can't have two teams in Ohio and Cincinnati is only 2 years old, so y'all don't make the cut.

No, it doesn't seem logical. The 1970 census shows Ohio was the sixth largest state (5th in 1960) and Cincy was pretty much the same size as other AFL cities like KC, Buffalo, and Denver and considerably larger than Oakland and a few NFL cities at the time. The NFL had a real desire to expand and getting rid of franchises would be detrimental to that purpose.

What do you have against Ohio, anyway? We invented the damn game and only three states (all considerably larger) can claim as many D1 college programs.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Makes more sense to have two in Ohio than three in Florida. Cincinasty is a good sized city, as is Cleveland. Not so sure about Jacksonville.

If you think about cities in the area, there's Indianapolis, Chicago, Pittsburg, Cincy and Cleveland. Perhaps a case could also be made for Columbus, but those are all fairly large cities.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Besides, it's not like they are hogging the Super Bowl trophies.

[homer13j]

So, what you are saying is that the Browns have been dysfunctional from birth?

No I'm saying they've been dysfunctional since Art Modell (spit) bought the team and began his long and troublesome history of meddling in its operation. The guy never played or coached a single down of organized football in his entire life. 7 championships (including four in the AAFC that don't really count) in the pre-Modell era and only one in Cleveland since that was Paul Brown's team, anyway. He got one more in Baltimore, but that was after he finally learned his lesson, quit meddling and let his hired staff run the team. Heck, Modell also ran Sam Rutigliano, Marty Schottenheimer, Bud Carson, and Bill Belichick out of Cleveland because they all refused to listen to his orders.

[homer13j]

Makes more sense to have two in Ohio than three in Florida. Cincinasty is a good sized city, as is Cleveland. Not so sure about Jacksonville.

If you think about cities in the area, there's Indianapolis, Chicago, Pittsburg, Cincy and Cleveland. Perhaps a case could also be made for Columbus, but those are all fairly large cities.

I read somewhere that Jacksonville is the largest city in the US - in land area. And Columbus surpassed Cleveland in population when they annexed most of their suburbs and are currently the only big city in Ohio that's growing in population - mainly because of the ever-growing state government. All the rest of Ohio's cities are shrinking like George Costanza's manhood when he was in the pool.

[dday9]

I'm not against it, I guess I never realized how large Ohio is.

[dday9]

Bidi Bidi Bom Bom.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Needling Cleveland fans is one of the great joys in life.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I went to college roughly midway between Pittsburg and Cleveland in the late 80s when both teams really sucked (though Cleveland was slightly less bad). Most of the students were drawn from one of those two cities, or the area around them, so the Pittsburg-Cleveland games were always entertaining. The fans split their time between ripping on the other team and ripping on their own team.

When both teams are good, the rivalry is more tense. When only one team is good, the rivalry is really lame. When both teams suck, that's when it's the most fun.

[homer13j]

Needling Cleveland fans is one of the great joys in life.

Hey, at least the Cavaliers are doing well even without whats-his-name.