Alton

Will tweet about Michigan sports, history, language, geography, other random stuff.

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

1:48 to go. Michigan lining up, down 20-13. Second and goal. The view from my seat.

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

Movies are more enjoyable if you willingly suspend your disbelief

Politics are more enjoyable if you willingly suspend your belief

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@trumwill https://t.co/Rp0Y5sxscK

[The Declaration of Independence @DeclIndepUSA]

And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

[The Declaration of Independence @DeclIndepUSA]

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@ProjSports Isn't the College World Series game on ABC, not ESPN?

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@Chris_Ruffner84 @YostBuilt Yeah, I got that email about 10 minutes after I posted that. I jumped the gun here.

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@stephenrjking @YostBuilt Ah, good point. I assumed that was the explanation, but I had this lurking fear that it was some new BTN thing.

(it actually wouldn't be the worst idea for the BTN, since they show volleyball on Friday and football on Saturday in the fall).

[Om Patel @om_patel5]

THIS GUY LIVES UNDER SFO'S TAKEOFF PATH SO HE BUILT A CEILING PROJECTOR THAT TRACKS EVERY PLANE FLYING OVER HIS HOUSE IN REAL TIME

he uses a cheap $30 radio receiver to pick up the signals that planes broadcast while flying.

then projects them onto his ceiling in real time

when a jet flies over his house you hear it outside and at the exact same moment a plane glides across his ceiling labeled with the airline, aircraft type, and destination

pure black background so the projector's rectangle disappears and only the aircraft are visible

but he didn't stop at planes

it also draws the real sky behind them. sun, moon, bright stars, constellations, and live satellites including the ISS. all at their true positions for his exact location and time in real time

so he's lying in bed watching the actual night sky projected onto his ceiling with real planes crossing through it as they take off from SFO

there is a huge market for every man alive that runs outside to see the helicopter

vibe coded the whole thing himself with a cheap radio, a projector, and some clever software

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@xbot1909 @nhathcoat413 @Theinsiders @CalPolyBSB Yep. ESPN gave the NCAA baseball committee an 11 am time slot for Saturday.

NCAA had to put UGA-MSU or UNC-USC in that time slot. (they wanted WV v Cal Poly on ESPN2 at noon).

Because it's g1 for UGA, they were the easier choice--no rest concerns and also UNC is playing PT team

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@nhathcoat413 @Theinsiders @CalPolyBSB Fair enough.

But look at which station gets the time slots. 12-3-8 ET are on ESPN2, 5:00 ET is on ESPNU.

They put what will certainly be the least watched game (Troy-Little Rock) on ESPNU. I'm sure the TV partner had a lot of input into that decision.

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@Theinsiders @JMHCFBSports The other problem is that they want to get all of the weekend games on ESPN or ESPN2. If you want to show a quadruple header, you have to have a 9 pm ET time slot.

If you have a west coast super, then it's no problem. Otherwise you have to start a couple of games at 8 pm CDT.

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@ringwiss Usually adopted unanimously. But show the one at the end of the 34th Congress (March 1857) that barely passed on what was mostly a party line vote.

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@Bananasaur_Rex @AlexGodofsky 4.383 kilodays.

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@PatrickEbert44 @GregHulsey So easy.

Instead of starting Tuesday and doing 4-4-2-4-2-1, why not go to single elimination?

Top 4 get double byes to the QF, 5-8 get single byes to the second round, and 9-16 play in the first round. 3-3-3-3-2-1. Still start on Tuesday, and no 9 am starts!

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@HuskerFan4Ever9 @Gopher1boyJay @huskers2k26jj They will have to play a DH one day because the tournament has to end on Sunday.

Most likely they will schedule 4 games on Sat (the two postponed games from today plus the 2 semifinals) leaving one game for Sun.

I'm assuming they won't try to play Michigan v Nebraska tonight.

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@RollToms1988 @PatrickEbert44 I also see the conference has taken down the old link that showed common opponents as the number two tiebreaker, and replaced it with the correct "top eight and ties" tiebreaker some time in the last three hours.

[Alton @YpsiAlton]

@RollToms1988 @PatrickEbert44 Yeah I see Mr. Ebert is saying that the Big Ten posted incorrect information on their official page.

My fault for trusting the conference office. My apologies for reposting something that isn't true.