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[TerryP]

 

[TerryP]

Inside the NCAA’s years-long, twisting investigation into Mississippi football

 

[JoshB]

What the hell is Go90?

 

[PhillyGirl]

"So the point of all of this isn’t to determine if Ole Miss was cheating. That’s a given. The point of the NCAA’s investigation could only prove whether or not Ole Miss was any good at cheating. (Spoiler: Not at all.)"

The sooner we stop pretending that every high profile program (whether it's a blue blood or a program experiencing very sudden success like Ole Miss) is not cheating, the better. Most folks are cheating; some are just better at getting away with it.

“The problem at Ole Miss was that the head coach was searching his own name on Twitter every damn day,” a former staffer in the Ole Miss program said. “He became fixated on the criticism. He never got it, never understood it’s just part of the job. And most [head] coaches don’t give a shit about what’s said about them on social media because they aren’t reading it anyway.”

This is hilarious. What a wimp. People who obsess over what others say on them on social media have zero balls.

"For years, whispers of hypocrisy had followed Freeze for publicly intertwining his faith with the moral ambiguity required to run a successful college football program. His undoing was too cliche even for awful fiction."

Freeze is the epitome of hypocrisy.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Freeze is a scum bag. He is a habitual liar with a pathological flair. The fact that he was able to do himself in when the NCAA couldn't is the best case of poetic justice and timing I've ever witnessed. So the article was just another very long overview of all the combatants in this melodrama that barely make it past hearsay when you add up the score. It's still nice to know that the real crook got his in the end.

 

[planomateo]

Inside the NCAA’s years-long, twisting investigation into Mississippi football

Definitely worth a read...

 

[planomateo]

What the hell is Go90?

Part of the Verizon empire. I would imagine Go90 is an attempt at solving for the next iteration of tv programming or digital media. At some point, cable/satellite tv will be dead as we know it today.

AOL and Yahoo fall under the Oath brand along with Go90, Oath is part of Verizon. I don't have a Verizon phone or Verizon tv, but I would imagine they have Oath integrated with their platforms.

Good read, Verizon insiders describe the fight to save go90, its video service that has burned more than $200 million trying to catch the eye of millennials

 

[JoshB]

What the hell is Go90?

Part of the Verizon empire. I would imagine Go90 is an attempt at solving for the next iteration of tv programming or digital media. At some point, cable/satellite tv will be dead as we know it today.

AOL and Yahoo fall under the Oath brand along with Go90, Oath is part of Verizon. I don't have a Verizon phone or Verizon tv, but I would imagine they have Oath integrated with their platforms.

Good read, Verizon insiders describe the fight to save go90, its video service that has burned more than $200 million trying to catch the eye of millennials

I've kinda been fighting the cord cutting stuff but man, cable networks are getting MASSIVELY desperate right now. Fox just paid the WWE 2 billion dollars for a show that doesn't even draw 3 million viewers and NBC/USA gave WWE another 1.5 billion for a show that barely gets 3 million. There is absolutely no chance that they're going to make that money back with advertising (wrestling gets notoriously low ad rates) and they still have to pay for all the other content they're bringing in. Add to that ESPN just continues to lose subscribers and is probably going to be giving massive contracts to the NFL, NBA, SEC, etc. in the next few years. These networks are just going to continue overextending themselves. Advertisers are going to start pouring more and more money into Amazon, Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, etc., while cutting back on traditional TV.

 

[JoshB]

Finally read that entire story during lunch... holy cow... I've always thought the NCAA was a joke but my God.

 

[TUSKtimes]

I've kinda been fighting the cord cutting stuff but man, cable networks are getting MASSIVELY desperate right now. Fox just paid the WWE 2 billion dollars for a show that doesn't even draw 3 million viewers and NBC/USA gave WWE another 1.5 billion for a show that barely gets 3 million. There is absolutely no chance that they're going to make that money back with advertising (wrestling gets notoriously low ad rates) and they still have to pay for all the other content they're bringing in. Add to that ESPN just continues to lose subscribers and is probably going to be giving massive contracts to the NFL, NBA, SEC, etc. in the next few years. These networks are just going to continue overextending themselves. Advertisers are going to start pouring more and more money into Amazon, Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, etc., while cutting back on traditional TV.

I decided to take advantage of all the free trials each of these internet TV folks were giving. To be honest, after my first trial with PS Vue I was hooked. My TV looked every bit as good as my cable company's version of HD. Then I went to Sling TV and Hulu for their free demo just to do some comparison shopping and it was pretty good too. In my opinion, nobody does pricing and packaging of TV channels better than Sling TV. Just a heads up, any self-respecting Bama fan will have to fight through and get over the emotional dilemma of the so-called "blue and orange" TV packages. But in the end, more options, better price, better TV grid to navigate than the other IPTV services I've tried. (YouTube TV is not in my area yet) As soon as the NBA season was over I switched to just their Blue package with the "Entertainment and Hollywood tier for $5 buck/month each. I'm watching TV on all 3 of my TV sets for $35.00/ a month. Like that renowned philosopher "MC Hammer" once said, "can't touch this.

 

[c5vetman]

I've kinda been fighting the cord cutting stuff but man, cable networks are getting MASSIVELY desperate right now. Fox just paid the WWE 2 billion dollars for a show that doesn't even draw 3 million viewers and NBC/USA gave WWE another 1.5 billion for a show that barely gets 3 million. There is absolutely no chance that they're going to make that money back with advertising (wrestling gets notoriously low ad rates) and they still have to pay for all the other content they're bringing in. Add to that ESPN just continues to lose subscribers and is probably going to be giving massive contracts to the NFL, NBA, SEC, etc. in the next few years. These networks are just going to continue overextending themselves. Advertisers are going to start pouring more and more money into Amazon, Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, etc., while cutting back on traditional TV.

I decided to take advantage of all the free trials each of these internet TV folks were giving. To be honest, after my first trial with PS Vue I was hooked. My TV looked every bit as good as my cable company's version of HD. Then I went to Sling TV and Hulu for their free demo just to do some comparison shopping and it was pretty good too. In my opinion, nobody does pricing and packaging of TV channels better than Sling TV. Just a heads up, any self-respecting Bama fan will have to fight through and get over the emotional dilemma of the so-called "blue and orange" TV packages. But in the end, more options, better price, better TV grid to navigate than the other IPTV services I've tried. (YouTube TV is not in my area yet) As soon as the NBA season was over I switched to just their Blue package with the "Entertainment and Hollywood tier for $5 buck/month each. I'm watching TV on all 3 of my TV sets for $35.00/ a month. Like that renowned philosopher "MC Hammer" once said, "can't touch this.

I've tried them all, too. Youtube tv seems to be the best out of Sling, and the others. It offers the most simultaneous streams, flexibility on different devices, most sports channels (all 3 espn's plus MLBtv and I think NBA and NFL, too) all for the best price, plus an unlimited size DVR. The only other option for me is Philio, but that offers no sports, but at $16/month, I can live with it over the summer...

 

[JoshB]

I've kinda been fighting the cord cutting stuff but man, cable networks are getting MASSIVELY desperate right now. Fox just paid the WWE 2 billion dollars for a show that doesn't even draw 3 million viewers and NBC/USA gave WWE another 1.5 billion for a show that barely gets 3 million. There is absolutely no chance that they're going to make that money back with advertising (wrestling gets notoriously low ad rates) and they still have to pay for all the other content they're bringing in. Add to that ESPN just continues to lose subscribers and is probably going to be giving massive contracts to the NFL, NBA, SEC, etc. in the next few years. These networks are just going to continue overextending themselves. Advertisers are going to start pouring more and more money into Amazon, Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, etc., while cutting back on traditional TV.

I decided to take advantage of all the free trials each of these internet TV folks were giving. To be honest, after my first trial with PS Vue I was hooked. My TV looked every bit as good as my cable company's version of HD. Then I went to Sling TV and Hulu for their free demo just to do some comparison shopping and it was pretty good too. In my opinion, nobody does pricing and packaging of TV channels better than Sling TV. Just a heads up, any self-respecting Bama fan will have to fight through and get over the emotional dilemma of the so-called "blue and orange" TV packages. But in the end, more options, better price, better TV grid to navigate than the other IPTV services I've tried. (YouTube TV is not in my area yet) As soon as the NBA season was over I switched to just their Blue package with the "Entertainment and Hollywood tier for $5 buck/month each. I'm watching TV on all 3 of my TV sets for $35.00/ a month. Like that renowned philosopher "MC Hammer" once said, "can't touch this.

When we first moved into our current home a cpl years ago I went the Sling TV route just to try it out but the internet connection at the time was pretty shit. So, I ended up going back to Dish. Right now I pay $160 a month for Dish (pretty much every channel plus all the movie channels) plus $60 for internet (which is alot better now). We're probably going to go the Sling route again after the contract is up unless Dish decides to throw out some spectacular deal here in the next year. I like Dish, it's just too expensive when there are other cheaper options of similar quality.

 

[TUSKtimes]

When we first moved into our current home a cpl years ago I went the Sling TV route just to try it out but the internet connection at the time was pretty shit. So, I ended up going back to Dish. Right now I pay $160 a month for Dish (pretty much every channel plus all the movie channels) plus $60 for internet (which is alot better now). We're probably going to go the Sling route again after the contract is up unless Dish decides to throw out some spectacular deal here in the next year. I like Dish, it's just too expensive when there are other cheaper options of similar quality.

I know they run the company separately from Dish but that's who owns Sling TV. I had Dish for a number of years and really liked it. But as soon as these IPTV services got the bugs out I was in. If you have a beefier internet it will make a big difference. I get 100 Mbps for $39.00/month if I promised to sign a 2-year agreement. I just laughed, make it 5 years if you like.

 

[JoshB]

When we first moved into our current home a cpl years ago I went the Sling TV route just to try it out but the internet connection at the time was pretty shit. So, I ended up going back to Dish. Right now I pay $160 a month for Dish (pretty much every channel plus all the movie channels) plus $60 for internet (which is alot better now). We're probably going to go the Sling route again after the contract is up unless Dish decides to throw out some spectacular deal here in the next year. I like Dish, it's just too expensive when there are other cheaper options of similar quality.

I know they run the company separately from Dish but that's who owns Sling TV. I had Dish for a number of years and really liked it. But as soon as these IPTV services got the bugs out I was in. If you have a beefier internet it will make a big difference. I get 100 Mbps for $39.00/month if I promised to sign a 2-year agreement. I just laughed, make it 5 years if you like.

I like Dish, too. One of the biggest complaints I've always heard was that you would lose signal in the smallest storm. That is completely untrue. We rarely EVER lose signal, including in the middle of a hurricane. The HD picture is gorgeous, the on-demand services are great, they are adding new apps almost monthly, etc. but the price is just too much at this point with so many other options.