And please leave comments when you attend a speech, good or bad! They really help us get better. I know going forward, I'm going to push myself to provide genuine feedback.

Sure, but have you considered the fact that they could very easily win four of their next seven and continue treading water indefinitely? Compelling case to be made.

I’m watching this now and the psychological three car pile up of nostalgia for my youth, our music, and our pop culture is causing me physical pain.

Really enjoyed the piece. I want to suggest one thing: Lullabies to Paralyze is the second half of the double album that begins with SFTD. It's widely underrated by fans of the band because it follows a masterpiece, but I think Lullabies is almost as good.

The Hexx by Pavement has a great football verse

Crazy when the exact thing you assume will happen happens.