does it have plastic bags or paper ones? (i was working on the Millennium Falcon set this week - the Starship Collection one, not the huge one - and it was the first set i've seen where everything was in paper)

it's the same tiebreaker consideration that sent Alabama to the SEC championship rather than Ole Miss or A&M

five teams tied at 6-2 in conference, and then since most of them didn't play each other (because there's 17 teams and only 8 conference games) the deciding tiebreaker was that Duke's 8 opponents had a slightly better overall record vs. the 8 teams the other 4 6-2 teams played (i.e. harder schedule)

whoever wins gets to keep their scholarship

i like that the broadcasters have found the two JMU fans in the audience in Charlotte

per Wiki, in the NFL they're in line with the goal posts (18 feet 6 inches apart), while in college they're 40 feet apart

(personally i like the rugby rule that on conversions you should kick from in line with wherever the ball was downed in the end zone)

does it come with a Bloomin' Onion?

oh - and for the last night of my trip i splurged and stayed at the Ritz-Carlton, because where else are you going to get to go for a swim on the 118th floor?

when I visited in November 2024 I stayed at The Fleming, which i quite liked

thefleming.com/en/

oooh, fun! i was in Italy for most of October, but i didnt have a car so i stuck to rail links. Orvieto was cool though!

if you need to crowdfund tickets on QANTAS i think we'd all be down to help with that

[pilot, briefing the approach] "okay, on the right side of the runway is the PAPI, and on the left side is the puppy..."

for comparison, the get-in costs on StubHub as of about 8:15 pm tonight (including fees):

Big Ten: $585
ACC: $12

meanwhile the cheapest Big Ten championship ticket I see on StubHub is going for $658