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September 16, 2016
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Terry Gross asked Abby Wambach this question on NPR: "You'd had a boyfriend in high school. You went to the prom together. You were considered, like, the jock couple of Rochester, New York. Was it helpful on Long Island to have had a boyfriend, to have had sex with a boy, so that you could know with more certainty, 'no, I love women?'"
posted by rcade at 02:39 PM on September 16, 2016
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posted by Etrigan at 02:56 PM on September 16, 2016
Is the NFL taking over anyone else's browser with a pop-up ad over websites that shows a team logo with several menu commands? I keep seeing the Jaguars logo and it takes up to 5 seconds to dismiss it and see a site.
posted by rcade at 04:49 PM on September 16, 2016
Thank goodness no.
In other bad idea news: one of the frozen pizza brands sponsored an NFL post that featured Cam Newton getting picked off during either last week's game or during the Super Bowl. I'm in North Carolina, man! Doesn't twitter allow gelocation ads? Dumb.
posted by NoMich at 05:52 PM on September 16, 2016
That's a huge gaffe by the normally very solid Gross. I'm, frankly, a bit shocked.
Is the NFL taking over anyone else's browser with a pop-up ad over websites that shows a team logo with several menu commands? I keep seeing the Jaguars logo and it takes up to 5 seconds to dismiss it and see a site.
Nope, but I run uBlock Origin pretty religiously.
posted by Ufez Jones at 06:04 PM on September 16, 2016
I guess the NFL is testing rcade's team loyalty through torment.
During the next step in the campaign, he will be shown a 15 second montage of the success that Gabbert and "Blackjack" Del Rio are now enjoying on the other side of the continent.
Meanwhile, it appears that Peyton has a far greater aura of influence in the pizzasphere than we previously realized.
posted by beaverboard at 06:08 PM on September 16, 2016
rcade, just a carousel?
posted by yerfatma at 08:06 PM on September 18, 2016
I'm working on PHP code to run the NFL Pick 'Em. I need some HTML/CSS/scripting help: I want a card layout where I show one player's pick results for a week at a time and you can go forward and back through all players. Any elegant solutions?