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Well it's been a nice 3-4 week run for me and I'm now back to respectability. Those first couple weeks just killed me. Can't help but wonder if the shortened preseason had a part in it? Some teams just seemed to be asleep for the first month.

I tend to agree that Michigan looks better this year. They shouldn't have that deer in the head lights look like last year. Losing Corum could haunt them against Georgia. Having him and Edwards is like Dallas having Zeke and Pollard. Pollard is more explosive and a better catcher but you need that bell cow to balance it out.

During the B1G championship the announcers talked about Brohm and Louisville and said he turned them down once already to stay at Purdue.

Hey at least let us Michigan fans enjoy the pregame activities! Realistically, Michigan has a shot but only if its like a 7-10 gap at halftime. They have proven all year to be able to make in game adjustments, but yeah, I don't have urge to bet on them. If Michigan has to play osu again at least it will have been earned on their part.

Man I am just doing every pick wrong this year and forgot about the 10am kickoff. I think maybe I will actually start using the coin flip meathod for half the games and see if that works better

Yep, Coolio nailed that one. Only remember a couple songs of his but that one still gets the volume turned up. He at least he lived to see 59

Fred Ward passed recently. He was in The Right Stuff and what I really remember him from, Tremors! He was in a lot of other things but he'll always be from Tremors in my mind.

Curious, who did you root for in GOT? Ned who lied to his wife and entire family and Jon? Robb who pledged to marry a Lords daughter and betrayed him costing him his and his mothers and hundreds of Stark soldiers? Jon who loved Ygritte and yet still betrayed her? Who loved Dany and still killed her. I was with you, I knew early on who was good and who I was rooting for only to see later the bad choices they make and the innocent lives that died because of them. This show is just letting us see their flaws early on. I also can't see how anyone is rooting against the Princess, why because she had sex? Because she didn't want her prudish friend to know about it? I'm rooting for her and to a lesser extent Daemon. I like to be able to switch off my mind and root for someone who just says fuck it and does as he/she pleases and is willing to face the consequences. I like dark characters like that.

I only feel the conflict was rushed between them. The Kingsguard are higher than any knights and most Lords I think so it's pretty much hands off them with only the King having say over them. The other KG should have been around the King and even the Princess during that chaos not abandoning them to see who is fighting, that would have been stupid. He may have been seen as protecting a royal family member and the guy did bare a blade during the fight that he has concealed which I am sure is a major crime. Having weapons in the presence of the King and then baring the blade is probably grounds for execution.

Part 1 sort of agree. She has been shown to be more prudish so the thought of her only friend lying to her face, swearing on her dead mother sets her off. Put that together with her dad telling her that Rhenrya will have to kill Aegon to be the Queen and anyone should see why her attitude is changing. Part 2 The part with Cole and running away..they have clearly shown that she wants to be the Queen. She doesn't want the political marriage part of being the Queen is all. She wants to have sex like a man is allowed to and still be Queen and can't understand why Cole has an issue with that. Remember she was pretty innocent and pure until her Uncle took her to the brothel and was ready to have sex with her. That is all she knows about sex, what he taught her. So she assumes Cole will go along with it. Part 3 is the one I feel wasn't fleshed out very well. They probably need to show the Princess feeling betrayed by the Queen and taking Cole, her lover, is a good way to piss her off.

Too bad we lost Rhea as soon as we met her, I'm pretty sure she would have been a great character, I got strong Asha Greyjoy feel from her. So why did Cole attack him? I mean I know he approached Cole and told him he knows about what he did with the Princess but to attack him in front of everyone? I guess they are trying to show us how unbalanced he is? Also, the Littlefinger clone with the crutches, I wish him a horrible death. I don't like him not one little bit. I do like how they are trying to show us why the war that is coming is inevitable. Giving us the view from both the Queen and Princess side helps. One thing that is hurting my enjoyment of the show a little bit is that I keep looking for characters that we already know. Like Littlefinger = Larys Strong. Leanor = Renly and Jofrey = Loras.. Hopefully I can turn this part of my mind off while watching future episodes.

So you watched the show and was going to give it a 9, but since people here can't agree on a scene you decide lower your score to a 6?

It was made clear that they did not have sex. Daemon can't get it up. The likely reason his wife is so inhospitable as he puts it is because he can't do his husbandly deeds. He then makes jokes about her and stays away to hide his issue. He can't do the deed in the brothel, she even comments on it offering to wear a silver wig if it would help. In the after the episode commentary they specifically mention him being impotent.

Yeah it seems clear her being such a mean woman is likely due to his inability to perform in the bedroom. To save face he stays away from her and makes jokes about her. The brothel scene was inevitable as far as the two of them almost hooking up, seemed telegraphed from Ep 1 but it didn't make it any less creepy. The best thing the did was have her get aggressive towards him when he started pulling away. Kind of let everyone see she was wanting this as much as him. Then of course poor Christen is now part of the drama. He didn't protest too much though. The poor Queen can't enjoy being the Queen since the Princess keeps pointing out she is basically just there for the name and breeding.

I have been known to nit pick

Can't buy into this. Maybe only because I watched a lot of Jordan playing and less of LeBron, maybe I am biased but it would be weird because I hated Jordan and the Bulls since I am a Pistons fan. That and because I've seen LeBron step aside and let people score so he wouldn't get posterized. I don't recall seeing that from Jordan.

Umm yes and yes. Passing a basketball is in no way shape or form comparable to hitting a baseball. And if everyone knows LeBron was so great a defender then why didn't he get rewarded for it like Jordan did?

Quantify this statement. Hot take or not or not that's horrible! I'd equate defensive skills, more to hand eye coordination than anything else. Jordan, defensive player of the year once, 9 time all def first team. LeBron, no def player of the year and 5 time all def first team despite playing three more seasons.

My pick is in for tonight, hopefully you all forget

Man this one fires me up for some reason. HOW can anyone say LeBron has great hand eye coordination as it relates to baseball and use basketball passing as the reason why? In what world do those skills match? Hitting a ball is about timing, focus on the ball all the way in, picking up on rotation, release points etc. I could see LeBron as a tight end in the NFL due to his hands, size and body, but baseball? There is no legitimate basis to say he could. Just because Michael Jordan some what did it doesn't mean anything about anyone else. Jordan played ball in high school and received scholarship offers to play, LeBron didn't even play. Dave Winfield would be a better comparison. He was drafted to the MLB, NBA, ABA and the NFL...despite never playing college football, was more of a gimmick pick.

So the guy who never played even high school level baseball would have been great? Could have pitched???... I know you are kind of just tossing out hypotheticals but damn at least ground them in reality!

Interesting topic that seemed to get derailed by semantics. I'd think that someone like Daley Thompson who was a decathlete and won back to back Olympic gold medals would be in consideration. Jim Thorpe would be another. Won gold medals as pentathlon and decathlon. played professional baseball and football and is in the pro football hall of fame. Bo Jackson was a modern athlete who was fast enough to be a NCAA track runner, competed in decathlon and qualified for NCAA nationals. Oh, and he played pro football and pro baseball at all star levels.

So far I think I am enjoying this as much as I did the first season of GOT. I watched S1 unspoiled and then read all the books that were available before S2 came out, including Dunk and Egg, and I have to say it changed things a bit. I had my perception of characters and how I thought the story should go from S2 on. I do own the book this is based on (beautiful illustrations) but never actually fully read it yet, but do know the back story. I think I'll stay unspoiled and just enjoy the journey.

Would his family be in charge of Casterly ROCK?

Gave it a 7, same as the premiere. Episode was designed to set up the drama to come. Nice bit of rebel in the Princess going to Dragonstone unannounced and getting things somewhat diffused. I like how Daemon reminded Corlys not to disrespect the King, even though he does it. Nice reminder that he is still his brother and most importantly you are not. Strangely I didn't find this episode slow or boring at all.