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12:33am

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

SierraCoug All-American

11:49pm

Would you free climb this?

SierraCoug All-American

11:31pm

RE: Would you free climb this?

Durden

11:32pm

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

Oregano

11:34pm

Nope. I’m totally anxious just watching that.

DirtyWater

11:34pm

Maybe if I was high as Georgia Pine

OU Cougar

11:36pm

Someone put stairs in there for people.

Blue for Life

11:41pm

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

Japan Coug

11:41pm

I don't even free climb my stairs anymore.

zonacougar

11:47pm

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

RealTaysomHill Truly Addicted User

11:30pm

Notable post

Oregano

11:31pm

He is super athletic for his size.

kimdaddy35

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

11:17pm

Kyle Collinsworth has lost it

Parker Schnabel

11:15pm

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

cougaman

11:18pm

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

Ted Lasso

11:21pm

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

Blue chunks

11:22pm

We got hosed doing this one year

grosven

11:25pm

Bummer! What happened? Dang 6 figures!

Blue chunks

11:36pm

That's insurance with a different name

JuicyJam

11:29pm

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

DirtyWater

11:27pm

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

MHOP

11:30pm

Depends on how much you have in the bank.

The 435

11:31pm

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

rainorsnow

11:47pm

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

macdizzle

11:14pm

Yoga chair

Tare

11:17pm

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

TheWanderer

11:26pm

Car dash cam

JupiterJones

11:38pm

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

claw

10:41pm

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

BamaCoug

10:45pm

To sit on the bench?

claw

11:07pm

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

SuperTank

10:31pm

Now. Today

BYULAWGUY

10:33pm

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

reagan21

10:33pm

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

Superkid

10:36pm

We stopped after about 6 yrs of marriage.

AnchorsAweigh

10:38pm

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

Pee Wee Reese

10:45pm

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

gwalker

10:49pm

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

Magneto

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

10:54pm

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

UNLVcougar

11:00pm

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

Cougs4Lfe

10:25pm

No because it will be a loss 😉

RUNBYU1

10:28pm

Yes. He goes out with an L

TANK

11:01pm

Which RMs will be joining the team for next season?

Cougs4Lfe

10:20pm

Ethan Thomason is notable

The 435

10:23pm

Ethan Thomason for one

puntersarepeople

10:25pm

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

SolidBlue

10:37pm

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

RootieBoy

10:33pm

First time hearing about him.

Tesla Coug

10:43pm

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

LeGrandBleu

10:36pm

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

JodyGenessy

10:59pm

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

Pee Wee Reese

10:17pm

Follow-up clip released.

Pee Wee Reese

10:17pm

This is still the best Superman trailer ever:

Nikomedes

10:44pm

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

Pee Wee Reese

10:51pm

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

Sandstone Cougar

11:12pm

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

DirtyWater

10:17pm

Expound

macdizzle

10:19pm

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

DirtyWater

10:28pm

I wouldn't want to die because a computer glitched

BYUBandfan

10:35pm

We are all in a simulation anyway.

macdizzle

10:37pm

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

BeyondTheMark

10:38pm

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

jmorrrrr

10:43pm

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

JoeExotic

10:36pm

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

DirtyWater

10:40pm

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

JoeExotic

10:44pm

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

DirtyWater

10:46pm

Who said driving skills don’t matter?

JoeExotic

10:49pm

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

franklyvulgar

10:51pm

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

jmorrrrr

11:22pm

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

jmorrrrr

10:46pm

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

Hypnotoad

10:37pm

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

franklyvulgar

10:40pm

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

Hypnotoad

10:42pm

Q bits? Like the guy from Star Trek?

TNT

11:01pm

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

franklyvulgar

11:02pm

Is there a John-Luck Pickerd here?

TNT

11:07pm

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

Hypnotoad

11:03pm

Great episode

TNT

11:09pm

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

jmorrrrr

10:40pm

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

DirtyWater

10:44pm

I bet you actually stink at driving

JoeExotic

11:00pm

I bet you stink at taking care of tigers.

DirtyWater

11:06pm

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

jmorrrrr

11:20pm

Okay. Try it.

DirtyWater

11:24pm

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

RealTaysomHill

11:31pm

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

Heath Squashwell

10:48pm

Amen

TNT

11:01pm

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

novacoug1

10:05pm

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

arcawley

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

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

10:13pm

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

Japan Coug

11:20pm

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

Hypnotoad

10:14pm

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

Hypnotoad

10:17pm

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

novacoug1

10:34pm

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

Hypnotoad

10:40pm

Kobe between MJ and Lebron

machete

10:43pm

Do you live near an NBA team?

Tare

10:16pm

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

Japan Coug

11:39pm

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

carwasher3000

10:19pm

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

Nakedbootleg

10:44pm

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

Mr. Rumsfield

10:28pm

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

Hypnotoad

10:34pm

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

PHXSUNS31

10:43pm

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

Hypnotoad

10:46pm

I’d make the later games count as 2 wins

PHXSUNS31

11:09pm

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

Japan Coug

10:39pm

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

Mitty

10:59pm

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

DiamondMo

11:40pm

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

BNcoug

11:44pm

Is anyone else getting pop ups suddenly on CB?

GSwarriorcoug

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

9:58pm

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

BYUBandfan

10:20pm

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

BYUBandfan

9:55pm

They felt like giving Harden a gift of nostalgia for Christmas

Hypnotoad

9:56pm

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

Revolution

9:53pm

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

TNT

9:49pm

*transfers* we need immediate contributors

Reasonable1

10:09pm

You are correct. TNT will retract his prayer

TNT

10:48pm

(hopefully that doesn't tick off the gods)

TNT

10:49pm

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

King of Y

9:48pm

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

BYUBandfan

9:51pm

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

gwalker

10:16pm

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

BYUBandfan

10:23pm

Bosco was there to.

King of Y

10:27pm

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

2ndTrombone

10:28pm

Thank you!

BYUBandfan

10:32pm

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

gwalker

10:32pm

From BYUCougars.com, all QBs on 1980 roster

hitechcpa

10:41pm

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

Threw and Through

11:48pm

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

DieHarder

9:47pm

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

Hypnotoad

9:50pm

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

DieHarder

9:56pm

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

ManicBlue

11:33pm

Just a quick little Dad brag on an anonymous board…

brazilcoug

9:45pm

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

Peterbilt

9:47pm

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

LosAlcoug

9:55pm

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

Stucoug83

9:58pm

So becoming less like you and more like your wife

kotacoug

10:02pm

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

Kevin Arnold

10:59pm

Wife and daughter are watching a cake decorating show and it's got Jesse Palmer

Penske Material Don't worry about it

9:42pm

The Aflac commercials are likely a crap ton of money for like 3-4 hours of work.

RalphWiggam

9:43pm

They must make a ton of $$. Those dudes are both worth a lot, I'd love to know

Penske Material

9:57pm

Holiday Baking Championship? He’s been doing it for a while and he does a

reagan21

9:44pm

He's been hosting it for years

Team Chaos

9:44pm

Wait till you find out he was on The Bachelor as a current NFL player.

TCuz

9:50pm

Better than doing the Bachelor.

JuicyJam

10:30pm

If Mike Myers were dead, he'd be rolling in his grave that

UNLVcougar

9:35pm

It's been that way for a while I think. My dad served in the Scottish-Irish

AZ Coug

10:15pm

Interesting. Do the missionaries move back and forth between the two, or

UNLVcougar

10:24pm

My dad was in Scotland the whole time but my nephew served in both

AZ Coug

10:27pm

Someone told me that Iceland is part of the Danish mission, but missionaries

UNLVcougar

10:25pm

This is true. I know a guy who served in Iceland. He was allowed

GSwarriorcoug

11:05pm

Movin on up

the_byu_flash

9:35pm

Some people just seem to fall up.

John Doe

9:43pm

RE: Some people just seem to fall up.

LOLzzz

10:15pm

Just turned on the Jazz Game

JohnnyC

9:31pm

Down 35 in the first half. Impressive.

JuicyJam

9:35pm

Black Santa is a Jazz killer.

BackPacker

9:40pm

Wife and I really enjoyed this show….highly recommend it.

JohnnyC

9:25pm

My wife and I also enjoyed it.

Cosmodiar

9:26pm

We are currently watching it and enjoying it

The Dark Knight

9:27pm

Have not watched, but looks enjoyable.

OPINIONS

9:33pm

Trailer looks lame but I enjoy your comments

CougarEat

9:41pm

I enjoy pastrami burgers

Buffalo

9:45pm

I thought you were going to say Nobody Wants This

reagan21

9:47pm

It looks good

TNT

9:53pm

Watched it on a couple flights. It was pretty enjoyable

maxpowers

10:08pm

Atrocious clock management by the Raiders

dingus79 All-American

9:23pm

This might be the worse game ever played

NYCougz

9:24pm

The problem with 2 shots like that is that the first one may be intercepted

Belboz

9:26pm

They're okay with tanking at this point

BYUBandfan

9:36pm

Well, they were trying to win. That was very close

Belboz

9:43pm

Good effort at the end

BYUBandfan

9:58pm

Had the Jazz actually tanked correctly last season, they’d have the betting odds favorite & lockdown defender Stephon

RdF3 Inactive user

9:21pm

Last two years were royally screwed up by Ainge and Smith

JoeExotic

9:38pm

And Hardy

arizonacougarfan

9:43pm

How so? Hardy isn't responsible for tanking. If you're talking about player

Hypnotoad

9:47pm

I’m fine with Hardy

JoeExotic

10:10pm

Video: post practice interviews 🎙️ | Aaron Roderick | #byufootball #gocougs View

[BYU Cougars Video] BYU Cougars

9:19pm

Thoughts?

Wizbang

9:18pm

I think that Kyle Collinsworth is on a social media run that even Mitch

DieHarder

9:20pm

<< Deleted >>

kansascougar

9:22pm

Kyle Collinsworth is either an internet troll or not very smart. Great player

rivercitycoug

9:22pm

He’s dumb

1984coug

9:50pm

Wouldn’t be the 1st fit, young person not happy to subsidize obese, older people

BYU'01

9:25pm

Would be nice to have lots of money in the bank to pay for emergency bills

BYUBandfan

9:27pm

Not the worst take he’s had. If you can afford to self insure, you can save a

Reasonable1

9:31pm

The more he says, the dumber he becomes.

Superkid

9:33pm

There are a LOT of problems with health insurance. But advocating to go without

botticus

9:37pm

If you are insanely wealthy…..wouldn’t insurance be cheap thing to have.

JohnnyC

9:41pm

The melanoma is gonna be so sad.

shimmy

9:43pm

For most uninsured a major medical event = instant bankruptcy

CougarEat

9:45pm

I was a little shocked that he had white rice on his plate instead of brown rice on his recent dinner pic.

BackPacker

9:46pm

White rice is totally fine

JuicyJam

9:52pm

White is fine as filler but it's still more processed. Brown rice is considered whole grain with more nutritional value.

BackPacker

9:55pm

It's marginal at best

JuicyJam

10:09pm

The answer here is 2/3 white rice with 1/3 Quinoa mixed in. You can't taste the

RUNBYU1

10:33pm

Can't argue that!

BackPacker

10:59pm

All rice is carbs and feeds bad gut bacteria, also full of arsenic…when you are

Blue chunks

11:34pm

There are so many issues with insurance, including that it's not really

RoboKayne

9:55pm

Says a young healthy man

macdizzle

9:58pm

RE: Thoughts?

SuperTank

9:59pm

Yes. The answer is yes.

Superkid

10:13pm

RE: Thoughts?

Countcougula

10:17pm

Wait till you have a ruptured appendix

BYU4eVeR

10:20pm

I largely agree with him if you're young and healthy

RUNBYU1

10:31pm

If hospital care was like 90% cheaper there would be an argument.

JuicyJam

10:52pm

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