well?

I feel like I could clean up on $100,000 Pyramid.

Chargers @ Texans
Steelers @ Ravens
Broncos @ Bills
Packers @ Eagles
Commanders @ Bucs
Vikings vs Rams @ Arizona

I got Chargers, Ravens, Bills, Eagles, Commanders and Vikings

....a source tells 247Sports. He appeared in 11 games this past season.

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Campaigns to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass from office have gained steam as devastating wildfires continue to rage in California.

The two officials have faced sharp censure over their handling of the wildfires that first erupted on Jan. 7. The fires have killed at least 24 people, torched 12,000 structures, and destroyed large sections of the greater Los Angeles area.

California activist Randy Economy, who is leading the movement to recall Newsom, escalated the effort because of the governor’s “woefully unprepared and incompetent response to the fires.” In a recent statement, Economy said he expects to file papers in the next two weeks to start the recall process. Recall supporters will have to gather roughly 1.3 million signatures in the next five months.

Newsom already survived one recall attempt spearheaded by Economy in 2021. However, this time around, the fire crisis could give anti-Newsom activists the fuel they need to push the governor out of office.

“Under the reign of Governor Newsom, living in California has become impossible for average people through years of poor policies which have increased the costs of living, increased crime, increased drug use and homelessness, increased the cost of burden [sic] on small businesses and communities, while decreasing our professional standards, education standards, the disappearance of billions of taxpayers’ dollars to failed pet programs, and our public services,” Economy said. “This was most recently demonstrated by the woefully unprepared and incompetent response to the fires currently ravaging the Los Angeles area.”

As California’s governor, Newsom experienced swift backlash when the fires broke out. Critics said state policies about brush and debris removal fed the fires and argued Newsom ignored years of warnings to change course and avoid the latest disaster. Some furious Californians also said Newsom’s water policy left firefighters without the tools they needed to stop the crisis and slammed him for approving a special session to fight President-elect Donald Trump while Los Angeles burned.

"Governor Newsom is 100 percent focused on the fires, ongoing rescue efforts and the recovery process - not politics," Newsom's office told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday. "Readers still should have the context that the same group of far right activists have launched 6 different recall attempts against the governor since he’s taken office, each of which have failed spectacularly. Even Republican Party leaders have criticized these repeated attempts as a brazen campaign finance 'grift,' and the recall organizers have been sued by their own donors for pocketing funds raised previously. For example, they didn’t even turn in a single signature in their last attempt."

While ousting Newsom is the primary focus of Economy’s grassroots coalition, Saving California, he is also eyeing plans to remove Bass from office, according to Newsweek.

A separate online petition calling for Bass to step down as the mayor of Los Angeles launched Wednesday. The Change.org petition had garnered more than 130,000 signatures as of Tuesday morning.

“We demand the immediate resignation of Mayor Karen Bass due to her failure to lead during this unprecedented crisis,” says the petition. “Water supplies have been severely strained, billions of taxpayer dollars have been misallocated or left unaccounted for, and countless lives have been lost… the city has been woefully unprepared to ensure the safety and well-being of its residents.”

Footage of a speechless Bass after she was asked questions about the fires went viral last week. She has faced intense criticism over revelations the Santa Ynez Reservoir, a 117-million-gallon water storage complex that is part of the Los Angeles water supply, sat empty and out of commission when the fires broke out.

The mayor also faced scrutiny over why local fire hydrants went dry as emergency personnel tried to fight the disaster as well as questions over her presence overseas in Ghana when the Palisades fire ignited.

“I don’t understand how they did not cancel her trip,” a senior staffer for another local elected official told the Los Angeles Times, explaining that their office began viewing the coming wind event as a grave threat during the preceding weekend. “It was political malpractice.”

“Mayor Bass is leading our city through one of the worst crises in our history," Bass's office told the Washington Examiner. "Hurricane-force winds and unseasonably dry conditions drove these firestorms – misinformation surrounding this crisis has been staggering. The Mayor has secured the federal, state, and local resources we need to continue fighting these fires and is moving forward on an all-of-the-above plan for recovery.”

Some good stuff from Fran this morning.

Talks the addition of Drew Thelwell, preparing for USC, continuing the win-streak in the Big Ten, and more.

Also, no Cooper Koch again on Tuesday.

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Is there a worse P4 WR room in the country? If so, there aren't many. Of course it starts with the QB, but I think I've seen enough from Tim Lester that he can scheme a decent to good offense with a game manager at QB. However, Iowa needs WR talent that can separate, make contested catches, and stretch the field horizontally and vertically. Right now they have nobody that can do that. They have guys that can do 1 but not all 3. Sadly the transfer portal doesn't look like it's going to help out in this regard.

LOL. 10 point 3Q lead, then run out the clock. And LOL at that last play. Breaking Woody’s record next season? What a joke.

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Guy isn’t even a top 25 player in the country. I’m not knocking him because he is good and it’s tough playing both ways but come on…he is not close to the best player in the country.

ESPN bias strikes again

Pretty effed up story out of STL. Both cops were fired, which is exactly what should happen. Curious as to if they'll move on somewhere else and get rehired onto the force. Didn't see this posted anywhere but if it has been, I'll drink some Pepsi.

Body cam shows officers walk away from man found shot, still breathing: ‘Let’s cruise around and come back’​

ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) – Shocking body camera footage shows two St. Louis Metropolitan Police (SLMPD) officers walking away from a still-breathing victim of a gunshot wound to the head because they said they did not want to take the call. Law enforcement experts said the inaction of the first two officers is in stark contrast to the proper actions of the other officers who arrived on the scene.

The footage from Sept. 10, 2023, shows the response by former SLMPD officers Austin Fraser and Ty Warren to a 911 call placed by Urayoan Rodriguez-Rivera saying he planned to take his own life.
Warren’s body camera recorded the response. Fraser’s did not, though the reason is unclear.
At 6:26 p.m. on the date Rodriguez-Rivera took his life, the officers discovered him beneath a tree on the east side of the popular Forest Park in St. Louis, still breathing, with a gunshot wound to the head.
Warren can be heard telling Fraser that Rodriguez-Rivera is still alive and that they need to transport him to the hospital.

“We better take this motherf***er then,” Warren tells his partner.
Fraser replied that he didn’t want to take the call because his shift ended in 30 minutes.
“We aren’t taking this sh*t,” Fraser responds. “I get off in 30 minutes. Let’s cruise around and come back.”


Body camera video shows the state of Missouri's reason for filing disciplinary action against two police officers. (Source: KMOV)

The officers leave Rodriguez-Rivera with a gunshot wound and still breathing beneath the tree. Neither officer calls for medical help for the victim or tries to render any first aid. Neither officer reports to dispatch that the victim was discovered. They also walk away laughing.
Nothing on Warren’s body camera video shows either of the officers tried to find or secure a firearm used by Rodriguez-Rivera. His death was determined to be a suicide, but the gun was never found.
Mitch McCoy, a spokesperson for SLMPD, said in a statement that the firearm is listed as stolen and the investigation into it is ongoing. The department is monitoring hits in the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN).
“To date, there have been none,” McCoy said.

As the two officers walk away from the dying man, Fraser says to Warren, “They’re [other officers] gonna find this mother****er and we’re gonna be like, ‘Oh sh*t you found him.’” The two officers can then be heard laughing on body camera audio.
The two officers drive through several city streets and return to the victim about 10 minutes later. They arrive just before another officer does. In that officer’s body camera footage, Fraser and Warren can be seen “looking” for the victim they had walked away from minutes earlier, pretending as if it was the first time they arrived at the scene.
The third officer then spots Rodriguez-Rivera and immediately notifies dispatch. He then makes a priority request that EMS come to the scene for a person still breathing with a gunshot wound to the head.
Other officers also arrive shortly after and tape off the scene. One officer checks Rodriguez-Rivera for a pulse and finds one, which he describes as “super weak.” As that officer searches the area for a firearm, another officer tries to render first aid.

At 6:38 p.m., an officer’s body camera shows Warren and Fraser walking to their police cruiser and leaving the scene for a second time. At least two other officers mention it.
“You know what’s f***ed up? Warren and Fraser just left,” one of the officers says in body camera audio.
“Why?” asks the other.
“I don’t know,” he replies.

Another officer said he was going to “out the f*** out of Fraser” for leaving the active scene at 6:38.
“You can’t just leave,” the officer said to a colleague while in a police cruiser.
EMS arrived at the scene at 6:53 p.m. and transported Rodriguez-Rivera to the hospital. That was about 27 minutes after Warren and Fraser arrived the first time and 40 minutes after the victim made the initial call to 911.
Rodriguez-Rivera later died at the hospital. The St. Louis Medical Examiner’s Office determined the death a suicide by gunshot to the head. It was later discovered he left a note and paid his share of the rest of the year’s rent before taking his own life.

Warren’s peace officer license has been revoked through the disciplinary process. A disciplinary hearing in Fraser’s case was set for last week.
Both officers were fired from the department after police administrators found the footage during a routine review of body camera recordings.
“The two individuals are no longer employed by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department,” agency spokesperson McCoy said in a statement. “While we are unable to comment on specific personnel matters, SLMPD holds its officers to the highest of standards. Appropriate disciplinary action will be taken if an officer is found to have violated policies.”
Rodriguez-Rivera’s mother, who lives in Puerto Rico, expressed disbelief at what transpired. In a text message in Spanish, she described the officers’ actions as a “lack of humanity,” saying, “I hope the full weight of the law falls on these so-called police officers.”
Warren and Fraser have not returned KMOV’s multiple attempts to contact them for comment.