30 thoughts on “January 4, 2022: Datepool”

  2. Looks like congratulations to spookymilk (A league) and Zee German (B league) for their respective FFB championships.

    I was in the 3rd place game (which I feel I've ended up in for like the last 5 years) against davidwatts and was down by around 12 points with only an LB left (he had a DL left). I thought, welp, TJ Watt's going to have to have the game of his life to win this thing, and he did! 4 sacks, 5 tackles. Thanks, buddy.

    1. Cheers to you and CoC and the other stacked rosters I snuck by. I'm grateful for a competitive diversion.
      So there's promotion/relegation, now, right?

      1. Actually, yeah. I think it's time to combine the two leagues. The second was originally created because there was enough extra people wanting to play, but a lot seem to have lost interest in both of the leagues. I think we're at a number of participating vs. not-participating where we can cull the latter and merge the former.

      2. I was really annoyed with the crap games by J. Allen, J. Jefferson, T. Hill and Zuerlein, netting a total of 31 points against a projected 60+ points, and leaving Dillon (20 points) on the bench against the Queens … then I saw that you’d left Burrow and Singletary (and their 65 points) on the bench. What a funny game - congratulations!

        1. Indeed, and, well, let's just acknowledge having Ronald Jones and Antonio Brown against the Jets did not turn out quite like I was expecting and hoping. 😳

    1. That movie is so good. I try to end all my cross examinations with "I got no more use for this guy."

      1. I had an appraiser testify that, but for a MnDOT project, a site a half-mile west of the highway was perfect for a fast food restaurant like a Culver's based job its highway exposure. I showed her a satellite photo of the area and Google street view from the highway and asked her, "What are these hundreds of big, green leafy things right in the middle of that view?"

        Definitely one of my favorite courtroom moments along with when I paraphrased This is Spinal Tap in a closing argument of an IC hearing.

          1. Minnesota Statutes section 169.64, subdivision 4 prohibits the use of any blue lights (with very limited exceptions) for a motor vehicle in Minnesota. A driver was stopped for having blue headlights, and he challenged the constitutionality of the stop. He testified that his lights weren't illegal because they were only light blue.

            In my closing argument, I told the Court, "Minnesota law prohibits the use of blue lights on a car. Driver admitted his car has light blue headlights. Despite this, driver says his light blue lights don't violate Minnesota law. But how much more blue could light blue be? None. None more blue."

            1. It occurs to me that had I been a lawyer, I would be at risk for making a lot of obscure references that go over people's heads. This happens in my house all the time.

              1. A colleague once had opposing counsel file a brief claiming that my colleague's argument was so divorced from the facts that it was practically science fiction and then asked the court to reject my colleague's Star Trek arguments.

                My colleague, in his reply brief, wrote that the opposing counsel, by ignoring all Minnesota precedent, was asking the court to boldly go where no Minnesota court had gone before.

      1. I asked my kid if anybody has ever referenced "My Cousin Vinny" in his Mock Trial work. He said no. We should watch it.

        1. When I taught mock trial I used clips (appropriate ones) from the movie to demonstrate how an actual trial worked. The flow and detail are surprisingly accurate.

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