...to a car eating it. It is hot and it was a black asphalt parking lot, so I thought it was weird. I asked him what he was eating and he said "A nectarine." I don't know even why he would be eating it out in the heat. I should've asked him why he didn't go indoors or sit in his car with the air on while he ate that nectarine, but I'm not a nosy person. I just wonder what would possess someone to eat a nectarine in a parking lot.

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"Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards was announced as the permanent host of the hit syndicated game show on Wednesday, about nine months after the death of longtime host Alex Trebek. Additionally, Mayim Bialik has been tapped to host Jeopardy! primetime and spinoff series, including the just-announced Jeopardy! National College Championship, an all-new tournament which will air in primetime on ABC in 2022."

I thought they both did a really good job. What do y'all think?

Over the last several days I have watched several viewpoints on the direction of college football. All these viewpoints first of all point in one direction. Of course the obvious is money. I watched a youtbube
conversation between Mark Rogers and a discussion of a team in the ACC. The first take I took was about the future of the ACC. While behind the scenes the SEC was having serious talks with Oklahoma and Texas which were kept really quiet the other conferences had no idea of what was about to happen. To the credit of the SEC leaders it was kept quiet until it was leaked by the Houston Chronicle at SEC media days. By that time the deal with Oklahoma and Texas was a done deal. These talks had been going on since January. With that being said the money the SEC schools next to the big 10 were getting double the amount of revenue that the other conferences were getting. So with the addition of these two schools it is estimated that the SEC will get triple the amount than the other schools. The ACC is locked in to a bad media rights contract with ESPN that runs through 2036. As it was reported that if an ACC school would want to exit the ACC it would cost them $50m, plus forgeit their media rights revenue through 2036, which through that period of time would be around $500m. So needless to say there is no ACC school that can afford to leave, no matter what. That is a fact. So with that being said a lot of reporters are saying the ACC needs to add Notre Dame to the conference and then look seriously at UCF. UCF has a student enrollent of over 50,000 and is an up and coming d1 football program. West Virginia would not add much value to the ACC, but WVU is the only d1 school in west virginia but their ls no tv market to speak of. Like Clemson and Florida State they have no relevant tv market to add value. This is what the television experts are saying. When talks were going on with Oklahoma they tried to get Oklahoma State as part of the deal, but the power brokers in the SEC did not want Oklahoma State. Where Oklahoma State goes is a good question. Oklahoma State has a really good sports program, TBONE Pickens before he passed away donated over $500m to upgrade their facilities. Oklahoma State really would be a good addition to a conference, which one is a good question. With the arms race for facilities going on it was also mentioned that there are a lot of schools who still need to update a lot of their facilities but the ACC is stuck with this media rights contract that puts them behind. It is estimated that the Big 10 and SEC each school will receive triple the amount that the ACC schools receive from ESPN. It is imperative that the ACC gets Notre Dame to join the conference full time. Well it was announced yesterday that Notre Dame's football games will be broadcast on on the NBC Peacock network. Well guess what you have to to subscribe to Peacock to watch their games on their streaming platform. Adding Notre Dame and UCF according to a lot of television experts would be the best with West Virginia also being considered. After watching a video by Bob Stoops on you tube he did mention that he knew talks were going on as far back as January and that OU had to do what was best for them and that he hated that OSU did not get invited to the SEC. Where this leads is a question along with the PAC 12 who television revenue is only $28M per school. So adding the 8 remaining members of the Big 12 of whether the added value would be significant would be only slightly. I think I saw where it would add to a little over 35M per school a little lower than the ACC. Where this goes only time will tell. There are a lot of people in the ACC who are concerned that Notre Dame will keep their independent status and of course their annual media rights revenue will stay the same. So if that happens look for the ACC to add Cental Florida and West Virginia. Only time will tell. Lastly there are a lot of people concerned that the ACC football will go down the same path as the Big East basketball.

"The pinnacle of the annual performance of the Perseid meteor shower is at hand, with peak activity of this display occurring late tonight (Aug. 11) into the early hours of Friday morning (Aug. 13)."

I think it’s the right time. Thoughts?

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Welcome to another edition of Gamecock Central Braves Baseball ⚾️ Chat 💬. I am your host @Pfunk Cock along with a plethora of regular participants in the chat.
Roster Movement
The Braves have DFA Shane Greene and called up LHP Minter to shore up the bullpen. This probably spells the end of Hreene unless he agrees to try to work things out in Gwinnett.
The Braves D’Arnaud will catch Ian Anderson on Gwinnett tonight and is scheduled to rejoin the Major League roster tomorrow.

Marcel Ozuna’s Court date has been rescheduled to September 9th as plea deals are being negotiated. It is expected that he will plead to a lesser charge and that no jail time will be attached. MLB will also render a decision on suspension after the legal course has been completed.
Pregame analysis

Th Braves are throwing Smyly tonight against a very good hitting Reds team who are lead by Rookie of the Year Candidate Jonathan India, who really impressed me in the earlier series as he has a good bat and plays excellent defense. They are also lead by a good hitting Nick Castellanos and a resurgent Home run hitting Joey Votto. It will be key for Smyly to limit his pitches per inning, keep the ball in the park and give the Braves more than 4 innings of service. He seems to completely lose effectiveness at the 80-85 pitch count so limiting long counts will determine his longevity.

The Reds are throwing Sonny Gray who is a very good pitcher who relies on fastball placement and control . He will give up home runs but counts on a lot of swings high on the strike zone which has been a problem for some of our hitter to lay off. If the Braves can get him rattled early and ambush him when he gets the ball lower in the zone this could be a great night for the club. Looking at the head to head match ups the Joc Pederson is 0-10 with 7 K’s while Soler is 0-8 with 2k. Vogt has not faced him and Albies is 1-7. The middle of the order has hit him very well so let’s just hope that the te concept and approach to winning baseball is the message on the batting cage.

Starting Lineup Braves
Albies 2B
Soler RF
Freeman 1B
Riley 3B
Swanson ss
Duvall LF
Pederson CF
Vogt C
Smyly LHP

Starting Lineup Reds
India 2B
Stevenson C
Castellanos RF
Votto 1B
Aquino LF
Farmer ss
Suarez 3B
Akiyama CF
Gray RHP

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Wow, worth a look. Especially the weather

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4 tickets to Auburn game November 20th for sale. Section 503 row 10. If interested reply here or PM

4 tickets to Auburn game November 20th for sale.
Section 503 row 10

I'm sure the players love this

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