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Big Ten and Shifting Power Dynamics from South to North

And then there are the southern takes grasping at straw!


Forget the bowl games with opt outs - if our middle of the pack is “still” so much worse than theirs why did ours go 2-0 in direct match ups? USC beat A&M. Illinois took down South Carolina. Seems more like their middle of the pack records are being propelled by an extra cupcake game.

Derkack needs to get benched

Too much wild swing about this kid. I've been somewhat down on him (his bully ball NEC tactics against smaller and less athletic opponents wouldnt translate to B10 and that turned out correct, and he needed to work on other parts of his game), but he shouldnt be a DNP.

He does have the athleticism to play in the B10. He just needs to learn or be taught his role:

  1. Not to be an offensive focal point
  2. Not to drive against trees if any shot clock left
  3. Never to wave off Dylan when he has the ball
  4. Never ever loaf on getting back on D.
  5. Focus on tough man D and becoming as much of a stopper as possible
  6. Rebound
  7. Move the ball and dont let it stick
  8. Be the 50/50 ball winner
  9. perpetual motion and cutting on O and NOT standing outside and calling for the ball
Playing within the necessary scope and focus could make him effective. While Acuff can score, he is as slow a B10 defender as we've seen and Dercakck could be real effective in some of those minutes playing D and scrapping. The issue has been that he has played outside opf the scope which has limited his effectiveness. Hopefully Pike can make him a scrapper and utilize him in this manner.

OT: Moderate to Significant Snow (and some rain SE of 95) for Sunday, 1/19.

the 18z and 0z runs plus tomorrow mornings 2 nests will be the key to the forecast...if general consistency exists over the next 24 hours, going to see more confidnet forecasts for moderate type event here

The Canadian and RGEM definitely present issues with that rain/snow line, further ticks to the west wouldnt be good for snow lovers

the euro is way southeast and back to a 1-2 minor event
Agree with all of this, which is why I wouldn't get too excited for snow yet - as DT always says, people need to look for what can go "wrong" with any forecast and it's plenty for this one, like any snow in these parts, where we're so often on the knife's edge between either snow or rain or snow and no snow.

OT: oh oh oh Ozempic !

It’s got a black box label for thyroid cancer .
There are a lot of people on places like Reddit saying they know people that got pancreatic cancer because of it . I think if you’re really obese, it could be worth a shot.
But if you’re looking to lose 20 lbs diet and excercise is better.
I heard of a guy that took it and then got hit by a bus. Therefore, Ozempic causes death by bus.

Sorry, Plum, but correlations like this are meaningless for so many reasons. Let's start with numbers - about 15 million people use a GLP-1 inhibitor in the USA. About 65K people get pancreatic cancer per year. There are about 250M people >18 years old in the USA. 65K/250M = 0.026% get pancreatic cancer

18M Ozempic users x 0.026% means that 4,680, by chance, will develop pancreatic cancer.

In other words, if people who used Ozempic did NOT get pancreatic cancer, it would be even more of a miracle drug.
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