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    Football Tony Petitti: Big Ten maintains 'deep commitment' to 24-team College Football Playoff

    A 24 team playoff doesn’t bother me at all. Would be approx 18% of FBS schools, not excessive at all. I have never understood how a larger playoff will “demean” the regular season. If anything it will increase interest around the country. Much rather watch meaningful playoff games than...
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    OT: Top 10 Rock Band List

    Both the “Rubber Soul” album in 1965 and “Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” album in 1967 are very much groundbreaking albums. Not just having many great songs lyrically but sonically they were game changing. Without question they are “rock” albums.
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    OT: Top 10 Rock Band List

    I can appreciate the interest and sentiment, but how can anyone come up with a top 10 or even top 50 song list? Even if it’s limited to American artists ? It’s the land of rock and roll and I doubt I could get out of the first decade of rock music (1954-1964) without naming 100 songs which...
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    The Greatest Programs In College Football History In Tiers

    FSU’s run from 1987 -2000 is one of the best in college football history. I believe it was 13 straight years with 10 or more wins and in the top 5 in the final rankings. During that period they alone of the Florida schools played both Miami and Florida, which were pretty much top 5 programs for...
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    OT: Mets 2026 Season Thread

    It’s the usual formula, those who are most culpable for failure are the last to be fired, if they are fired at all.
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    OT: Knicks / NY fans

    First, there are 9.5 million people in the NYC boroughs. Not making excuses for morons , but there are going to be many in that environment. Secondly, I’m very glad I grew up when I did in the ‘70’s and early ‘80’s. If there were cameras everywhere and 24/7 news shows like today I would have...
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    Hendrix was well versed in more traditional blues but he wasn’t a purist by any stretch. He only cut one 12 bar blues tune with “Red House”. He might have a cut a pure blues album at some point but I think the improvisation aspect of jazz would have been very appealing, he was going to do an...
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    Football Athlon Sports predicts Big Ten standings, order of finish during 2026 season

    I will see what Phil Steele’s mag states when it comes out. The rest of the rags base everything on what happened the previous year, no real analysis. In any event, the team needs to exceed expectations this year, otherwise things are going to get hot.
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    Sounds like they are just jamming here, messing around and having some fun improvising. For his part, Hendrix became musically bored quickly and rarely played his scripted songs the same way live. His solos were usually different each time. It’s difficult to know which direction musically he...
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    Attached is a very good article on Hubert Sumlin. Sumlin was a mainstay of the Chicago electric blues scene. He played with Howlin Wolf for a long time and others. He was respected and a very well liked musician by both blues and rock musicians. A very nice guy , who incidentally lived the last...
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    This gets back to the importance of being a very good rhythm player to be a good guitar player. I’m copying a few covers of Jimi Hendrix off the “Axis: Bold As Love” album (highly recommend that album for those who are not overly familiar with Hendrix. Many beautiful tunes). This gentleman does...
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    Those are 4 of the best in the electric blues/blues rock world. BB King and Albert King were very large influences for Eric Clapton. Albert King was Stevie Ray Vaughan’s musical idol, his playing style replicated King’s in many ways. Both BB (Riley B King) and Albert (no relation) were...
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    OT: RIP Peabo Bryson

    RIP. Great singer.
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    I think this gets back to the point of the interest in many who play guitar, to want to play “fast”. I don’t single out Van Halen specifically. He was certainly a great player, a virtuoso. Personally speaking, his soloing did not resonate or interest me as much as many others. For me, the 1980s...
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    OT: New Music (Released January 2020 or Later)

    New music from Peter Frampton:
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