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Sure. I know the head of security. I'll give him a heads up.

I think I may be able to make it after all. Not 100% certain, but it's looking a lot better than it had been. I'll get a ticket somehow if I can, in fact, go; I do not need one of the TW tix.

Just returned from the eye doctor. This works wonders after dilation.

Kovalev was a Sabre killer.

You won't have a problem at a Sens game right now. Ten years ago? Sure. But you should be fine.

Did Rene Robert have an operation that we don't know about?

No kidding?

In some cases, why are they even connected to academics to begin with? It's not like every Auburn or Alabama fan is an alum of either school. It's like pro teams to them. The students aren't from nearby, either, in a lot of cases. And it's not like every pro Buffalo athlete has a connection to our city; very few do. So we *could* just divorce them, already. Separate academics and athletics and let the U of Whatever "sponsor" a team, and Whatever State can sponsor another one.

Treat them the same as student artists or musicians or whatever. When Emma Watson was at Brown, she could still make money off her talent and reputation. The better student musicians will get gigs; the better poets will sell poems; the better scientists might patent something. If a QB gets signed as a car dealership spokesman, fine by me. But paying them to play? I’d rather kill college athletics. Institutions of higher learning are just that, and already too many lose, rather than make, money on sports. (Hi, UB.) Our education dollars should educate, not entertain.

This is almost correct. Ohio State did offer him *some* compensation--a free education--it was up to Bosa to avail himself of it. I'm very interested to see how the California law giving athletes a right to market their names and likenesses changes things.

Oh. I thought this was going to be about the first period yesterday.

He knew it; he raised his left hand as soon as the goal went in to indicate that he knows it's on him.

I know it's all supposed to be a Kruger love fest right now, but he was criticized for not switching up his lines in Edmonton.

Also, was that a trip? Looked like he lost an edge to me.

No, but apparently you need at least 16 shots.

Well, *****.

Fair point there.

No he wasn't. And he didn't put in Jones's effort, either.

No. I mean post-contract Drew Stafford.

I know. That speaks volumes about Jones.

It's like Drew Stafford being traded, all over again.

SKINNER

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Johanson!

The game is back on now, so maybe we can devote the rest of the thread to that.