College Football Week Zero Thread: Give Ireland Back to the Irish

[da man]

Just wondering: How big is Delaware's football traveling party? 100 or so? I know that airport is busy and schedules are important, but why didn't they hold the plane for a group that big? Did the plane leave with that many empty seats?

A friend of mine flew to Ireland for the Tech game and her flight from Atlanta to JFK was delayed seven hours, which made her miss her connection. Turns out about half the passengers on that flight were Tech people making the same connection, and the flight to Ireland left half empty.

In case anyone is wondering, she got there the next day and has been having a blast this week.

 

[MileHigh]

A friend of mine flew to Ireland for the Tech game and her flight from Atlanta to JFK was delayed seven hours, which made her miss her connection. Turns out about half the passengers on that flight were Tech people making the same connection, and the flight to Ireland left half empty.

In case anyone is wondering, she got there the next day and has been having a blast this week.

No direct flights from Atlanta to Dublin?

 

[da man]

No direct flights from Atlanta to Dublin?

They were flying into Shannon, so I don't know.

 

[Machine Head]

While I'm doing a drive by today I just want to stop by and say Fear the Gopher! and have a nice day.

 

[I Should Coco]

While I'm doing a drive by today I just want to stop by and say Fear the Gopher! and have a nice day.

It takes a long time to row the boat from Minneapolis to the Puget Sound.

 

[Batman]

It takes a long time to row the boat from Minneapolis to the Puget Sound.

Could he shorten the trip by going through the Northwest(ern) Passage?

 

[TrooperBari]

My take of the day.

College football is now what it always actually was and has been, but we tried to convince ourselves was about something more. School and state pride, developing young men, the pageantry etc. The anxiety comes from actually admitting it.

Colorado Football Coach Went to Saudi Arabia to Get NIL Funding from LIV Golf Owners: Report

Unfortunate timing by the Buffs, then, going to Saudi for NIL money just as the PIF is turning its focus inward.
https://on.ft.com/3yDszOk (gift link)

For much of the past decade, Saudi Arabia has been a major draw for dealmakers, bankers and asset managers seeking capital as its ambitious sovereign wealth fund went on a multibillion-dollar global spending spree. But as the kingdom reassesses its priorities and the $925bn Public Investment Fund shifts focus to huge domestic commitments, the era of Saudi Arabia being perceived as a source of easy money is drawing to a close.

... The frenzy of activity coincided with tightening liquidity in other parts of the world, marking out Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich Gulf states as go-to sources for funding. That sentiment grew after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent energy prices to multiyear highs, creating a boom in the Gulf and helping Saudi Arabia post a budget surplus in 2022 — its first in almost a decade. But since then, the kingdom has slashed oil production in a bid to stabilise softening crude prices. That has hit government revenues and returned the budget to a deficit with Riyadh facing massive financial commitments to fund development plans. Deals have also fallen through, bankers say. "For the last eight years, Saudi Arabia has gone out to the rest of the world with an open hand of money. Now the fist is clenching and pulling back to the country," said a London-based investment banker. "It's part of the maturing strategy. They could not have gone on like this forever."

 

[dixiehack]

SNL cast members having a fist fight in the parking lot to see who gets to play Gretchen Whitmer.

 

[TigerVols]

SNL cast members having a fist fight in the parking lot to see who gets to play Gretchen Whitmer.

What team is she on?

 

[dixiehack]

Houston Cougars, obvi.

Fail, Great Lake of

 

[dixiehack]

Need some crowd sourcing for the rabbit hole I've gone down this morning. I want to do a playlist of signature singalong songs for different schools. Sometimes this is a band song (Neck at LSU) and sometimes it is an iconic introduction (Enter Sandman for VT). But more often it is just a song that comes on the PA during the game that gets the crowd belting it out in unison and/or the players going nuts on the sidelines.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Need some crowd sourcing for the rabbit hole I've gone down this morning. I want to do a playlist of signature singalong songs for different schools. Sometimes this is a band song (Neck at LSU) and sometimes it is an iconic introduction (Enter Sandman for VT). But more often it is just a song that comes on the PA during the game that gets the crowd belting it out in unison and/or the players going nuts on the sidelines.

The work is already done for you.


Top college football fan singalong songs?