Khavanon

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[–] Khavanon@lemmy.today 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

When he asked you where you wanted to go, were you thrilled or maybe a little scared since it was unexpected?

[–] Khavanon@lemmy.today 1 points 9 months ago

Same. Best non-vacation week of the year for me.

[–] Khavanon@lemmy.today 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

SEC Shorts conspicuously missing its Herbstreit endorsement this week.

[–] Khavanon@lemmy.today 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Bo Nix announced he will play in the Fiesta Bowl.

[–] Khavanon@lemmy.today 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I don't think the committee could reward a team with a playoff spot for losing a H2H and then not playing in a conference title game the following week if the team that beat them lost said title game and was left out. That would be a terrible precident to set. Any scenario where Ohio State qualifies should also require Michigan to qualify.

I think FSU, Texas, and Alabama would have to lose, and maybe even Oregon to be safe, depending on how you rate a one-loss Washington against OSU.

[–] Khavanon@lemmy.today 4 points 9 months ago

And then the transfer portal will follow and deplete them further. Oregon State football is pretty much toast. I've had a lot of feelings about the Pac-12 saga, but now with 108 seasons of Pac-12 football as we knew it over with forever, and with what's to come for the Beavs and WSU, I'm sick to my stomach.

[–] Khavanon@lemmy.today 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah, the Pac have created their own mini circle of suck among the one-loss teams, so head-to-head "transitive wins/losses" no longer apply:

Oregon State > Utah > UCLA > WSU > Oregon State

[–] Khavanon@lemmy.today 3 points 11 months ago

Just using Oregon's schedule, we're playing every team in the conference within the first two years except Nebraska. Wisconsin and Washington twice, with Washington a protected rivalry, and then finally Nebraska the next two years. It'll be weird not playing almost all the same teams every year.

In 2024:

  • Michigan vs Texas, Oregon, USC, OSU, Washington.
  • USC vs LSU, Notre Dame, Michigan, Washington, Penn State.
[–] Khavanon@lemmy.today 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The effects of gravity spread at the speed of light. If the sun suddenly blinked out of existence, it would take eight minutes to both see it disappear from Earth and notice a change in our planet's motion. In other words, the planet would continue to orbit that empty space in the middle because the sun's gravity, much like it's light, would still be extending out to us.

The universe is expanding in every part of space all at once. Some places are so far apart that the collective expansion between them is growing at greater distances in a given amount of time than light can travel. And the same can be said for the effects of gravity, but the motion of objects caused by gravity at great distances is far, far slower than the speed of light.

Our galaxy is moving in a direction that is caused partly by something called "The Great Attractor." But even though it's causing us to move, we will never reach it, and it's influence on us will gradually weaken. And it's not even that far away compared to most of what we know is out there.

That being said, this news is interesting.

[–] Khavanon@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're making a Netflix animated series coming this November featuring the entire original cast and based more on the graphic novels than the film was. I can't think of too many reboots with the original cast, but I hope it's awesome. I liked the film quite a bit, so if for some reason it's not I can always fall back on that.