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My favorite geographical pearl is that continental South America is entirely east of Florida. My internal map makes this an endlessly fascinating fact whenever I remember it.
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Ok it may be Charlie Weis wide but is it Mark Mangino wide? trick question nothing is as wide as Mark
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Jul 29, 2023 15:15
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LeeMajors posted:My favorite geographical pearl is that continental South America is entirely east of Florida. Agreed also that Maine is closer to Africa than Florida and betting people on whether Atlanta is east of Detroit
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Jul 29, 2023 15:56
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Hed posted:betting people on whether Atlanta is east of Detroit what the hell
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LeeMajors posted:My favorite geographical pearl is that continental South America is entirely east of Florida. Reno is west of Los Angeles
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Jul 29, 2023 16:19
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Seaniqua posted:what the hell america slanty on both sides tulane in the pacX would be funny lets do it
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Jul 29, 2023 16:46
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in detroit canada is to the south
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Jul 29, 2023 16:55
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Greenland is north south east and west of iceland
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Jul 29, 2023 17:11
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Seaniqua posted:what the hell Hey at least it’s really close.
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Jul 29, 2023 17:12
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I endlessly grapple with the strangeness that the north-south land imbalance creates. There's no permanent population center of any real size (1000+ people) south of 55 South. There's only something like a million permanent residents south of 45 South. Meanwhile, Europe north of Venice is north of 45 North.
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Jul 29, 2023 18:12
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Going solely by longitude, Alaska is the easternmost and westernmost state. Also, I know that most of Europe is north of the US, but it's hard to grasp that concept sometimes. The Mediterranean is even with the cold northern cities in the US.
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Jul 29, 2023 18:40
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Hed posted:Agreed also that Maine is closer to Africa than Florida and betting people on whether Atlanta is east of Detroit We really need another time zone in the US. Eastern Time zone is too wide
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Jul 29, 2023 18:51
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when i was driving to Miami across I 10, i was stunned that I didn't enter the eastern time zone until i was well into the state of florida.
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Jul 29, 2023 18:54
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Hed posted:Agreed also that Maine is closer to Africa than Florida I’m assuming this is wholly a function of flat maps, but drat
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Jul 29, 2023 19:00
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LeeMajors posted:I’m assuming this is wholly a function of flat maps, but drat not really lol, Maine is almost 1,000 kms closer to Africa than Florida is
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Alaois posted:not really lol, Maine is almost 1,000 kms closer to Africa than Florida is Well I meant the way flat maps have skewed our mental picture. *also the north/south skew. I think I at least mentally tend to parallel Africa and South America, when it’s far further north in reality. Much like Spain’s latitude is on par with New England. LeeMajors fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Jul 29, 2023 |
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Jul 29, 2023 19:31
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kayakyakr posted:We really need another time zone in the US. Eastern Time zone is too wide What? No we don't. Eastern is fine.
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Jul 29, 2023 19:36
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Alaois posted:not really lol, Maine is almost 1,000 kms closer to Africa than Florida is I definitely read the first fact as Maine being closer to Africa than Maine is to Florida, which can’t be right.
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Jul 29, 2023 20:20
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Four weeks to go to week 0. Is it just me or does it look bleaker than usual this year? It looks like that every year. Maybe Navy will pull off some crazy poo poo because they’re playing on an island and ND might start slow again. Henchman of Santa fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Jul 29, 2023 |
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Jul 29, 2023 20:37
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Week zero for me is mostly for watching FCS teams just because it's football and it's been a while. Weird things happen sometimes and it's maybe sort of fun. We've got North Alabama/Mercer straight up on ESPN in the afternoon. Jackson State/SC State is actually on ABC in prime time?
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Jul 29, 2023 20:56
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Sorry to last page necro butTHIS_IS_FINE posted:Does the PAC scramble and add a bunch of teams to survive? Based on what they've done so far(absolutely nothing), I would be surprised. Especially with Cal and Stanford unwilling to look past academics for years. If a couple more teams ditch I think it's really dead. loving sad. The biggest thing the Pac-12 has going for it is the auto-playoff spot once it expands to 12 next year. That alone is motivation enough to keep the conference alive and add in San Diego State/SMU/Colorado School of Mines/whomever. Even if the Arizonas jump the Pac will plug in two more and keep going along. Meanwhile Boise will be forever standing on the sidelines throwing their panties at whichever major conference has an opening.
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Jul 29, 2023 20:59
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Henchman of Santa posted:Four weeks to go to week 0. Is it just me or does it look bleaker than usual this year? It looks like that every year. Ireland games = chaos
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https://twitter.com/SSN_Hokies/status/1685265739660263424?s=20
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Jul 29, 2023 22:05
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Sounds like absolute hokum
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Jul 29, 2023 22:13
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Just based on who is not listed, it gives credence to rumblings that the SEC might go after UNC and UVA if they expand again. Would they go after two more to get to 20? Also if that happens the Big 12 should scoop up Duke and Louisville and just go all in on being the best at basketball.
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Jul 29, 2023 22:34
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ASU in the Big 10 would be pretty funny.
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Jul 29, 2023 22:39
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I don't know if I believe 24. From what I've seen the networks have been telling the Big 12 to not go higher than 16 and some are even saying 14.
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Jul 29, 2023 22:40
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The tweet doesn’t seem credible enough to even merit discussion.
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Jul 29, 2023 22:45
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The Big Ten ain't collapsing the ACC if ND isn't 100% coming
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Jul 29, 2023 22:56
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ACC has the media rights for their schools for the next decade, even if they jump ACC gets that money. No one from the ACC is going anywhere until the deal either expires or ESPN tears it up for something new.
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C. Everett Koop posted:Sorry to last page necro but Reminder to everyone that no conference champions have auto bids. The 6 conf champ bids go to the 6 highest ranked conf champs. So yes the P5 will likely send their champ every year, but it's not guarenteed. In the models from past seasons the P12 hasn't sent their champ at least once if this system was used.
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TheAlmightyFrog posted:Also, I know that most of Europe is north of the US, but it's hard to grasp that concept sometimes. The Mediterranean is even with the cold northern cities in the US. I hadn't fully appreciated the actual impact of how far north it is until seeing the sun set after 10 pm in Switzerland.
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Sash! posted:I hadn't fully appreciated the actual impact of how far north it is until seeing the sun set after 10 pm in Switzerland. Yeah. The Dublin game kickoff is 7:30 pm local, so 2:30 US east coast, and is likely to be played entirely in sunlight.
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Jul 30, 2023 07:51
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Grittybeard posted:ASU in the Big 10 would be pretty funny. It makes sense in the sense that there are a ton of Ohio State fans in Arizona. Also it's a huge media market. It's a funny contrast to the phoenix paper lamenting that ASU is getting left in the cold and only Arizona is "moving up" to the Big 12. Then at the very end they add a correction tweet from the reporter they're sourcing saying "the Arizona board of regents will not likely approve the schools going to different conferences." Which lol no poo poo.
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For many years I've thought that the funniest thing to do with a 20-24 team megaconference is for the divisions to play round robin in exactly the same manner as conferences used to, so that nothing ends up changing except for the teams that make it to the conference title game.
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Jul 30, 2023 15:23
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drunk leprechaun posted:What? No we don't. Eastern is fine. The sun should never set before 5:00 PM. 4:30 in the winter is ridiculous, and maine is even worse off.
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Jul 30, 2023 19:34
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Living in B1G country has hardened me to live without sunshine for six months out of the year. Daylight just accentuates how grey it is all day.
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Jul 30, 2023 19:40
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kayakyakr posted:The sun should never set before 5:00 PM. 4:30 in the winter is ridiculous, and maine is even worse off. Dude you've just got issues with living closer to a pole. Early sunsets like that are totally common in places further north. Your fight is with the earth's tilt, not timezones.
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Just got tickets to Washington-Boise State to open the season. Should be a good one!
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