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Dec 16, 12:33am

What do you take for a severe Sinus infection?

RockyBalboa

2:58am

Anyone know when men’s Volleyball tickets go on sale?

icecougar

2:36am

Huge earthquake hits Vanuatu; destroys US Embassy

SierraCoug All-American

12:56am

Shoot, our ward has a missionary there.

XORCoug

1:51am

Entering the transfer portal is a lot like changing checkout lanes at the store.

DirtyWater

12:29am

Seeing yewts spike the ball because Wilson couldn’t find another home is pretty hilarious.

Niiineteeen84 Blowhard

12:29am

There will be more portal opportunities. Prediction: Isaac finishes his career

DirtyWater

12:34am

Isn’t that the same way we react when our players return from the portal?

XORCoug

1:49am

They really have nothing. Just let them have some sort of happiness. It's X-mas.

TANK

2:09am

Better than a ride on Disneyland’s Temple of Doom?

SierraCoug All-American

12:09am

Wait, the destination is "Killar?"

MarylandFan

12:22am

I think the screamer has PTSD now as a result of this experience.

SierraCoug All-American

Dec 16, 11:49pm

What the heck was that?

TNT

Dec 16, 11:52pm

Are you Rainier Wolfcastle or McBain?

MarylandFan

12:24am

Would you free climb this?

SierraCoug All-American

Dec 16, 11:31pm

RE: Would you free climb this?

Durden

Dec 16, 11:32pm

Well considering I'm old, fat, and scared of heights....

Oregano

Dec 16, 11:34pm

Nope. I’m totally anxious just watching that.

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 11:34pm

Maybe if I was high as Georgia Pine

OU Cougar

Dec 16, 11:36pm

Someone put stairs in there for people.

Blue for Life

Dec 16, 11:41pm

So many cool mountains in China. But no way I free climb that cliff, or any

Japan Coug

Dec 16, 11:41pm

I don't even free climb my stairs anymore.

zonacougar

Dec 16, 11:47pm

I'd probably do it if I could hike off the back side. I wouldn't want to climb

BikeGuy

Dec 16, 11:50pm

Kyle Collinsworth would

palangi

Dec 16, 11:51pm

Light work -

franklyvulgar

12:00am

Honnold is insane, and insanely talented. Enjoy him while he's still around.

BikeGuy

12:04am

Sooner or later the house wins.

SierraCoug

12:09am

Thx, I may not sleep tonight

DrBYU

12:09am

Name to remember for next year: Ethan Thomason. You heard it here first

RealTaysomHill Truly Addicted User

Dec 16, 11:30pm

Notable post

Oregano

Dec 16, 11:31pm

He is super athletic for his size.

kimdaddy35

Dec 16, 11:44pm

Game wasn’t too exciting but it’s always good to watch the Bears lose. It felt like one of those Mastercard commercials

Nuke All-American

Dec 16, 11:17pm

Kyle Collinsworth has lost it

Parker Schnabel

Dec 16, 11:15pm

Someone should tell him about taxes. Imagine how much he can save by not paying

cougaman

Dec 16, 11:18pm

Wow. And I thought his take on sunscreen was bad.

Ted Lasso

Dec 16, 11:21pm

I haven’t had it for 7 years… Christian health share much better if you

Blue chunks

Dec 16, 11:22pm

We got hosed doing this one year

grosven

Dec 16, 11:25pm

Bummer! What happened? Dang 6 figures!

Blue chunks

Dec 16, 11:36pm

That's insurance with a different name

JuicyJam

Dec 16, 11:29pm

It’s technically not true insurance.

rainorsnow

12:01am

We had liberty health share for years and realized they were embezzling money

karatekid

2:10am

Since the laws changed to require insurers to accept anybody and eliminate

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 11:27pm

I went without for a couple years. Not worth the $20k+ per year premium

MHOP

Dec 16, 11:30pm

Depends on how much you have in the bank.

The 435

Dec 16, 11:31pm

Dude has no clue what an out of pocket maximum is. It’s not a scam if you

rainorsnow

Dec 16, 11:47pm

Or catastrophic.

Soupie

Dec 16, 11:50pm

HSA if healthy. HMO if you plan to use it.

CougieMcCougFace

12:51am

Cancer can happen to anyone. Get even the cheapest one through work or on the

rainorsnow

12:56am

Both of those are insurance

CougieMcCougFace

1:24am

HSA is a savings account. Unless you mean HSA WITH an insurance policy/plan.

rainorsnow

1:26am

Yes - You have to have a high deductible plan with an HSA

CougieMcCougFace

1:28am

The plans my work offers, there is practically no circumstance where the HMO is worth it over the high deductible plan.

Radioactive Coug

1:01am

Yeah, this is usually the case. The high deductible plans make the most sense

rainorsnow

1:39am

What are you dufuses asking for for Christmas? My wife informs me I'm boring

macdizzle

Dec 16, 11:14pm

Yoga chair

Tare

Dec 16, 11:17pm

What makes a good one?

AZcougLawyer

2:08am

I was informed I want clothes from Lands End this year.

TheWanderer

Dec 16, 11:26pm

Car dash cam

JupiterJones

Dec 16, 11:38pm

Crud, was hoping BYu was going to go after this left tackle

claw

Dec 16, 10:41pm

Huh? Isn’t Gentry a priority and good fit?

BamaCoug

Dec 16, 10:45pm

To sit on the bench?

claw

Dec 16, 11:07pm

At what point should you stop alternating Xmas/Xgiving with in-laws/parents?

SuperTank

Dec 16, 10:31pm

Now. Today

BYULAWGUY

Dec 16, 10:33pm

Parents live 5 mins away and inlaws live 25 mins away. We just do both everyyear

reagan21

Dec 16, 10:33pm

When you don’t want to travel. We stopped going anywhere and said “feel free to

Superkid

Dec 16, 10:36pm

We stopped after about 6 yrs of marriage.

AnchorsAweigh

Dec 16, 10:38pm

Wife is estranged from her family, but we started inviting my parents a few

Pee Wee Reese

Dec 16, 10:45pm

I never alternated X-mas. I did alternate Christmas. The last of our four

gwalker

Dec 16, 10:49pm

When do you stop getting all the parents gifts? It’s just trading money with

Magneto

Dec 16, 10:50pm

All of my wife’s family is within 5 minutes of us, and my parents are about 35 minutes away. My parents have started

RootieBoy

Dec 16, 10:54pm

My opinion is, I know it can be a hassle, but long term, spending holidays with

UNLVcougar

Dec 16, 11:00pm

I’d suggest staying home for Christmas Day when it’s too big of a pain to travel w/ gifts but

Soupie

Dec 16, 11:49pm

Both our parents live out of state. We stopped traveling for Christmas once we

fredgarvin

1:04am

My parents are of the opinion that Christmas is fun enough for kids without

BaseCoug

1:09am

Do it however you want your kids and grandkids to treat you in the future.

maYbe

2:28am

POLL: Will the Alamo Bowl be Deion's last game coaching for CU?

Cougs4Lfe

Dec 16, 10:25pm

No because it will be a loss 😉

RUNBYU1

Dec 16, 10:28pm

Yes. He goes out with an L

TANK

Dec 16, 11:01pm

Which RMs will be joining the team for next season?

Cougs4Lfe

Dec 16, 10:20pm

Ethan Thomason is notable

The 435

Dec 16, 10:23pm

Ethan Thomason for one

puntersarepeople

Dec 16, 10:25pm

That’s a pretty fruitful class. With some nice DL prospects yet to return. Hope they can get to speed quickly.

SolidBlue

Dec 16, 10:37pm

Ethan Thomason is one that probably no one will mention, and that surprises me.

RootieBoy

Dec 16, 10:33pm

First time hearing about him.

Tesla Coug

Dec 16, 10:43pm

Saimone Davis, Talitui Pututau, Owen Borg, Pierson Watson, David Tangilanu

LeGrandBleu

Dec 16, 10:36pm

Anybody heard if Ethan Thomason is A) joining the team next year and B) notable?

JodyGenessy

Dec 16, 10:59pm

I'm up late and thinking about Ethan Thomason. He'll be a notable addition.

cambo

1:48am

Superman Trailer announcement. I like the subtle nod to John Williams. Hope he

Pee Wee Reese

Dec 16, 10:17pm

Follow-up clip released.

Pee Wee Reese

Dec 16, 10:17pm

This is still the best Superman trailer ever:

Nikomedes

Dec 16, 10:44pm

Odd choice, where they put it in the timeline, and then using Dick Donner’s

Pee Wee Reese

Dec 16, 10:51pm

The Christopher Reeve Superman movies were absolutely terrible movies masked by incredible music. 1 sucked but had some

Sandstone Cougar

Dec 16, 11:12pm

Self-driving cars will reduce traffic fatalities and also change who dies.

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 10:17pm

Expound

macdizzle

Dec 16, 10:19pm

Good drivers today can keep themselves and their passengers safer. Poor drivers

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 10:28pm

I wouldn't want to die because a computer glitched

BYUBandfan

Dec 16, 10:35pm

We are all in a simulation anyway.

macdizzle

Dec 16, 10:37pm

No glitch needed. Its the trolley problem- and it will have to be pre-determined who dies-

BeyondTheMark

Dec 16, 10:38pm

I wouldn’t want to die for any reason. But if I were put in a situation where

jmorrrrr

Dec 16, 10:43pm

To some extent. Good drivers are often victims of bad drivers

JoeExotic

Dec 16, 10:36pm

I’ve saved myself and passengers multiple times with my sweet driving skills.

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 10:40pm

There are many, many situations where defensive driving won’t do a thing

JoeExotic

Dec 16, 10:44pm

True, like when a tunnel ceiling panel fell on an immigrant driving his wife to

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 10:46pm

Who said driving skills don’t matter?

JoeExotic

Dec 16, 10:49pm

if AI continues to progress as most predict, you'll have self driving cars that

franklyvulgar

Dec 16, 10:51pm

We already have it in a few select areas of the country.

jmorrrrr

Dec 16, 11:22pm

A good driver’s reaction time is only as good as a human’s can be. A computer’s

jmorrrrr

Dec 16, 10:46pm

Google says their quantum chip provides evidence the multiverse does exist.

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 10:37pm

because Q bits can be in multiple states at the same time instead of 0/1,

franklyvulgar

Dec 16, 10:40pm

Ha. I know. I read about it and come away more confused than before.

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 10:42pm

Q bits? Like the guy from Star Trek?

TNT

Dec 16, 11:01pm

RE: Q bits? Like the guy from Star Trek?

franklyvulgar

Dec 16, 11:02pm

Is there a John-Luck Pickerd here?

TNT

Dec 16, 11:07pm

RE: Q bits? Like the guy from Star Trek?

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 11:03pm

Great episode

TNT

Dec 16, 11:09pm

For some reason people feel more comfortable if 10 people die because of human

jmorrrrr

Dec 16, 10:40pm

Some good human drivers are better than self-driving cars.

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 10:44pm

I bet you actually stink at driving

JoeExotic

Dec 16, 11:00pm

I bet you stink at taking care of tigers.

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 11:06pm

Uhh…that’s actually exactly one of the things you can definitively prove

jmorrrrr

Dec 16, 11:20pm

Okay. Try it.

DirtyWater

Dec 16, 11:24pm

I’ve always believed, the people who get to live should be the best drivers

RealTaysomHill

Dec 16, 11:31pm

I would really like it if you get a DUI and they say, ok, no more steering wheel

Heath Squashwell

Dec 16, 10:48pm

Amen

TNT

Dec 16, 11:01pm

I can't wait for self driving to become the norm

Blue Cougar

12:58am

I am more worried about motion sickness than deaths

Littlerich

3:35am

The bears could have easily lost to the titans in week 1

novacoug1

Dec 16, 10:05pm

If they don’t get a FG blocked and HM thrown on them then they’re playoff bound

arcawley

Dec 16, 10:31pm

Keep reading about how NBA ratings keep dropping down 48% since 2012 and down 28% this year. And now with the NFL

Osteotome All-American

Dec 16, 10:05pm

Growing up for me in the 90's it was NBA>MLB>NFL. Now it's MLB>NFL>>>>>>>>TNT's mom>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>NBA

Mr. Belding

Dec 16, 10:13pm

Growing up in for me in the 80s & 90s it was NFL>>NBA>>MLB. Now it’s NFL>>>>>NBA

Japan Coug

Dec 16, 11:20pm

Really short-sighted marketing strategy. Bird/Magic, followed by MJ convinced

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 10:14pm

This marketing strategy has led to the worst kinds of fans. The NFL fan base is

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 10:17pm

I think the new style of play is less conducive to star making

novacoug1

Dec 16, 10:34pm

The irony is that people who make that argument often cite selfish play, but

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 10:40pm

Kobe between MJ and Lebron

machete

Dec 16, 10:43pm

Do you live near an NBA team?

Tare

Dec 16, 10:16pm

This. I feel like many CBers link their fandom of a favorite NBA team (e.g Jazz)

Japan Coug

Dec 16, 11:39pm

Accessibility of watching games is bad and only 6 teams are regularly shown

carwasher3000

Dec 16, 10:19pm

It costs too much to follow, the games are boring, and the Jazz will never be

Nakedbootleg

Dec 16, 10:44pm

NBA has zero sense of urgency. I have been a diehard NBA fan my whole life until

Mr. Rumsfield

Dec 16, 10:28pm

They added the NBA Cup precisely to address your point. Nobody cares about it

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 10:34pm

They need to make the games mean something after the cup is over

PHXSUNS31

Dec 16, 10:43pm

But the whole point of the Cup it's to increase ratings before the NFL season

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 10:46pm

I’d make the later games count as 2 wins

PHXSUNS31

Dec 16, 11:09pm

I don’t ever recall anyone saying that the NBA would surpass the NFL in

Japan Coug

Dec 16, 10:39pm

Personally I think the players hopping teams too much and having too much power

Mitty

Dec 16, 10:59pm

NFL seems like full effort every game while the nba often feels like they’re

DiamondMo

Dec 16, 11:40pm

I think it’s access to games. Growing up the games were on the local channel.

BNcoug

Dec 16, 11:44pm

Is anyone else getting pop ups suddenly on CB?

GSwarriorcoug

Dec 16, 10:01pm

I really liked LOTR: War of the Rohirrim. It has it's flaws but I'm glad I saw it.

Jimo Dashen We few, we happy few

Dec 16, 9:58pm

Three of us went on Saturday. I was surprised there weren't more people in the

BYUBandfan

Dec 16, 10:20pm

81 at halftime? This isn't the all-star game!

BYUBandfan

Dec 16, 9:55pm

They felt like giving Harden a gift of nostalgia for Christmas

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 9:56pm

Pat Forde with props to BYU (fall champs) while congratulating UVM

Revolution

Dec 16, 9:53pm

Please football gods land us some great O/D-line recruits for Christmas

TNT

Dec 16, 9:49pm

*transfers* we need immediate contributors

Reasonable1

Dec 16, 10:09pm

You are correct. TNT will retract his prayer

TNT

Dec 16, 10:48pm

(hopefully that doesn't tick off the gods)

TNT

Dec 16, 10:49pm

Re: Transfers. Every time I see a post I think of Steve Young. The dude was told

King of Y

Dec 16, 9:48pm

Is there a list anywhere of the 6 or 7 QBs ahead of him at the beginning of the

BYUBandfan

Dec 16, 9:51pm

Um. There was that Jim McMahon fella. And I think Marc Wilson and Gifford

gwalker

Dec 16, 10:16pm

Fortunately he stuck with being QB, but he would have been a good safety as well

BYUBandfan

Dec 16, 10:23pm

Bosco was there to.

King of Y

Dec 16, 10:27pm

Gifford Nielson's last year was 1977. Wilson's was 1979.

2ndTrombone

Dec 16, 10:28pm

Thank you!

BYUBandfan

Dec 16, 10:32pm

Apparently I thought wrong. The “I think” part of my post meant I was flying by

gwalker

Dec 16, 10:32pm

From BYUCougars.com, all QBs on 1980 roster

hitechcpa

Dec 16, 10:41pm

I remember LaVell coming to speak to the law school in 1981 and telling us

Threw and Through

Dec 16, 11:48pm

Now with NIL it's more nuanced than that.

VenomFarmer

1:08am

I think how many of them were basically asked to leave being told they had littl

Transferportal

1:23am

I’m not completely convinced that the best player

pappabear246

2:21am

I heard LaVell say that every year he has players with more talent riding the bench behind guys with less

Black Diamond Bay

2:30am

There are a couple of posts per week on here complaining about the recent Jazz

DieHarder

Dec 16, 9:47pm

I think you have to consider all factors when assessing. The halfway tanks

Hypnotoad

Dec 16, 9:50pm

I can live with a missed dart throw more than I can live with not moving closer

DieHarder

Dec 16, 9:56pm

When has a "full-scale rebuild" a.k.a tanking ever worked? Especially considering the new lottery rules?

ManicBlue

Dec 16, 11:33pm

OKC crushed their rebuild. They’re legit good and high picks still rolling in

Return of the Yeti

12:47am

You'd better look at their rebuild more closely. They didn't do it with high draft picks and tanking to get them.

ManicBlue

12:57am

Just a quick little Dad brag on an anonymous board…

brazilcoug

Dec 16, 9:45pm

He’s hiding something big, and trying not to get caught…. It’s guilt

Peterbilt

Dec 16, 9:47pm

That’s awesome, gives me some hope for our oldest, also 13.

LosAlcoug

Dec 16, 9:55pm

Mine was like that until this year. He is 17, and a senior. No testimony, but i

Stucoug83

Dec 16, 9:58pm

So becoming less like you and more like your wife

kotacoug

Dec 16, 10:02pm

Have a chat with OverratedHumor, he’s apparently messing up his 8yo

Kevin Arnold

Dec 16, 10:59pm

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