@tbranley@KendallRogers@UCSB_Baseball@CalPolyBSB@BigWestSports He’s saying that UCSB is in no matter what, even if cal poly gets the auto bid. So 2 teams from BWest bumps a bubble team as CP/Fullerton don’t get an at large bid if UCSB wins tournament.
Harry Potter is extremely overrated as a Quidditch player. Here are the facts:
First, he has an equipment advantage.
Year 1: he didn't even try out. McGonagall just put him on the team. Then he gets a Nimbus 2000 while everyone else is on discount, budget, school-issued brooms
Year 3: Harry's Nimbus 2000 gets destroyed by the Whomping Willow and he gets a Firebolt. Once again, he has an equipment advantage
Second, he misses too many games. The best ability is availability. Harry played in 9 Quidditch games at Hogwarts. Gryffindor had 13 games during that time. Harry missed 31% of his team's games
Now, let's look at Gryffindor's record with and without Harry
Book 1: Harry plays the first two games and misses the last one (infirmary). Team goes 2-1. He's 2-0 in games he plays
Book 2: Harry plays one game, last two get canceled. Team is 1-0
Book 3: the ONLY season Harry plays all three games. Gryffindor goes 2-1
Book 4: no Quidditch (Triwizard Tournament)
Book 5: Harry plays one game, attacks Malfoy, banned for life. Ginny steps in. Gryffindor wins the cup anyway
Book 6: Harry plays first two games, misses the last one. Gryffindor wins the cup anyway
Book 7: Harry is hunting Horcruxes with Ron and Hermione. Does not appear that Quidditch was played while school was under control of Death Eaters
In the 4 games Harry missed, Gryffindor went 2-2. Not great, but they survived without him
It's simple. Harry Potter is a great wizard. But as a Quidditch player? He's wildly overrated. You could argue that there are several people better than Harry at Quidditch: Victor Krum, Charlie Weasley, Cedric Diggory, Ludo Bagman, Ginny Weasley, Eunice Murray, Hamish McFarland
Also, it's been decades since Harry Potter played Quidditch. The game is much faster now. There are more analytics. The players are more athletic. Even the coaching is different
Let's stop hyping Harry as a Quidditch player
@michaelrizman@SamBrownUSA Not true.. likely a same day flight change and he got only seats available. Biggest AListPreferred benefit for years was same day change and still get a good seat.
@chris_kratovil@SouthwestAir Preboarders. I believe it’s bc there was little benefit to being A-List Preferred when you had to board behind 15-30 preboarders. SWA had no ability to question the validity of who actually should be part of the group and it ruined the process for everyone.
@DALLASBRADEN209 The unsaid part of this is that he assumed the Guards would use the $ saved to sign other guys. They have left him with no protection and frankly 3-4 AAAA in the lineup every year since he signed the deal. He deserves better for being the good guy
I can't stress this enough. You have to stay healthy. You have to avoid needing medical care for as long as possible. Your doctor may have a sub 500 MCAT and a 2.7 GPA.
@JustinBuettner@streetsavvyGMG It’s a bummer Casa’s 2008 team didn’t get to play in the state championship. Best small school team I’ve ever seen. St Mary’s played Cathedral catholic in their place.
Scott Galloway: “The second worst thing to happen to young people is remote work. 1 and 3 relationships began at work; this is where you find friends, mentors, and mates.”
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@thedawgspodcast I like the idea of bringing in Mac Jones on a 1 year deal ($10M like Darnold in MN) to compete with the 2 rookies and draft a LT/WR with the two 1sts.