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INDEPENDENCE WEEKEND OPEN THREAD

INDEPENDENCE WEEKEND OPEN THREAD

Consider this a sandbox to test out the new site's features. Questions/concerns/rebuttals? Hit me up, I'll answer them (probably).

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Monday July 21 Open Thread

The Wreck of the Edmund Glizzgerald. Happy Monday, all. The American Athletic Conference is now just The American. And it has a creepy mascot!

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Wednesday July 30th Open Thread

Your loyal otter is fucking off to God's Time Zone. Midwestern beer reviews to come! * Sports stuff: let's rank schedules! * Politics stuff: Big Ten NATO!

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Thursday July 31 Open Thread

Thursday July 31 Open Thread

Happy Thursday, y'all. Comin' to you live from God's Time Zone.

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Tuesday July 29 Open Thread

It's my Friday. Huzzah! * Apologies for yet another Athletic link, but hey Tony Pettiti: we don't want this. No one wants this. Quit it. * RIP to Ryne Sandberg. Dammit. Fuck cancer.

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Monday July 28 Open Thread

Another Monday. But hey, I only have two days of work and then I'm absconding out of the sauna that is Northern Virginia and jetting back to God's Country. I'm coming for you, Milwaukee. Prepare the beer and cheese.

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Friday July 25 Open Thread

Friday July 25 Open Thread

* Trump issued an EO on college sports. Unsurprisingly, here's the pull quote of choice: "“In many ways, this helps schools more than athletes,” one athletic director told The Athletic on the condition of anonymity. “Not sure how enforceable it is, but it’s a step in the

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Thursday July 24 Open Thread

It's Thursday. Tomorrow is Friday. Huzzah. Big Ten Media Days continue. 31 days until CFB ships up to Dublin. LFG! * Nice piece on the Scott Frost "wrong job" comments from OTE stalwart DeadRead. * Is there any more of a Northwestern-styled QB name than Preston Stone?

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Wednesday July 23 Open Thread

Wednesday July 23 Open Thread

Huzzah, it's midweek. And the B1G Media Days continue. * Purdue coach Barry Odom takes a shot at Coach Cignetti. * Cigs talks scheduling philosophy. * Bielema on the CFB world * Schiano talks about stuff too

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Tuesday July 22 Open Thread

Tuesday July 22 Open Thread

* B1G Commish Tony Petitti says that Michigan has suffered enough. Sure. We'd hate to cheat them of future opportunities! * Northwestern's potentially taking on a new QB when they open the season at Tulane. * Indiana has brought back the bison. Only Illinois and Michigan remain without a

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