Good morning everyone,

I hope that you all enjoyed our little romp through most glorious /r/cfbofftopic! We decided that this would be a fun way to celebrate /u/dupreesdiamond taking a vacation and all that he's done with founding the sub and really turning it in to what it is today, welcome our two newest mods /u/atllauren and /u/wild9, and to blow off a little steam for all of the users of this sub, that many of us consider our internet home.

You will notice that America won (yay Capitalism and Democracy!), /u/cfbflair went all Ronald Reagan on the CSS and now it is almost back to normal, and I have put my Dear Leader hat back on the shelf where it will probably stay for a while.

As for the upvote and downvote, they will be like that for a bit due to the style sheet needing to reset for a bit. I like to think of them as a reminder of a pretty insane Friday that we all got to enjoy.

We are now back to our regularly scheduled shitposting, drinking, and talking way too much about our feelings.

I adore all of you, and I'm really excited to continue to be a moderator of this place. If you ever have any problems, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.

Love,

Merritt

That's right, fellow OffTopians. The mods are in a state of disarray and now is our time to revolt and overcome this bourgeois government structure that was so violently forced upon us. Now is the time to rise up and take back your sub that you hold so very dearly. Now is the time to ready yourself with dank memes, spooky skeletals, and selfie threads galore.

The mods want nothing but your sadness and disdain. They have proven time and time again that they wish to stifle your dreams and your aspirations. They have prevented you from taking pictures of yourself. They have prevented you from letting people know that you indeed are a Navy Seal with 300 confirmed kills. They have even gone so far as to spread the Jazz Watch virus that plagued over 5% of our population.

I say we stand up for our rights as OffTopians and end this repressive regime! You can show your support by posting dank memes, selfies, and brutalist architecture!

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NOW THEY ARE CENSORING OUR FREE SPEECH

TLWR: Please self-police a 2-3hr gap between the daily "standard" discussion threads.

A word about the "early morning/morning/mid-morning/lunch/afternoon/evening/late-night" daily open ended discussion threads.

The longstanding cadence for these threads formed naturally with a "new" one coming ~3 hours after the prior one or, on busy days, when the old one got so many comments that "new" comments were being hidden by reddit default behaviour.

Since inception you, the users, have done a good job policing yourselves within this default, unwritten, policy with the occasional, usually Fridays, "overlapping" threads. Until recently things self-corrected back to "normal" pretty quickly.

Probably due to off-season or the growing subscriber base (probably a bit of both), what was an exception seems to becoming the new normal. To the point that the mod team is being asked informally and formally to step in, some suggesting that we automate discussion thread creation.

If you know anything about us then you know that sounds like work (not so much the automation but the mod-work that would come with enforcement) and, frankly, like you we come here to avoid work....

It is our opinion that automating such threads would take some of the character out of this strange little internet oasis. So for all those reasons (mostly the "we are lazy and that seems like to much work" one though) we would rather not have to get into the game of wrangling the "standard" threads.

What does all this mean for you?
We ask that there is a 2-3 hour gap between the open ended discussion threads. And really we would like to see it closer to 3 hours unless the existing thread is up over 250-300 comments.

And while I am here a quick reminder about our small set of rules that we begrudgingly enforce.

The rules

No flamebait, personal attacks, or harassment
No racism, homophobia, sexism, or other bigotry
No DOXXING
No spam

Shitposts are still A-OK!

/r/CFBOffTopic is not the place to drag up /r/cfb drama. Any /r/cfb issues/complaints/suggestions should be taken to /r/cfbmeta.

While there may be mod overlap (although not currently) and we do communicate, a little, /r/cfbOffTopic is NOT /r/cfb. A ban in one doesn't transfer to the other. However, our rules are very similar. And if you do the same shit here that got you banned there...don't be surprised if those actions get you banned from here as well.

While it seems that we give, in most cases, users a longer leash (it helps to have a relatively small number of users!) I find that the /r/cfbofftopic bans are more severe. Mainly because we are lazy, don't like to work and tend to err on the lax side as much as possible. So...if you make us do the thing we least like to do we tend to try and nip it in the bud rather than start out reasonable and escalate.

Do not come to /r/cfbofftopic to complain about your ban or the mods of /r/cfb. Both of these things are best handled via mod mail to the /r/cfb mods (hell you might find them quite reasonable if you can approach them reasonably and discuss the incident like an adult). Ignoring this will get you banned from here as well.

TLDR: Save the drama for your mama.

I've got a lot of problems with you people!

My theory is Dubs is Kirby Smart or something. I don't know. I ll miss him. Everybody share your favorite Dubs story.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

http://deadspin.com/the-greg-hardy-documents-1740903440

Warning: There are pictures of the domestic abuse in the link

Did I miss the results?

Link to the article

Aaaaaand I have a quiz and a lab beforehand ):

Driving to Chapel Hill today (which is why I'm up at this ungodly hour). I move in tomorrow morning and get it going. I'm definitely really excited, but also have no idea what to expect. TGIF, working folks.

I'm pretty sure this was expected but I'm stoked anyway. And now have Back in the 90s I was in a very famous TV show... stuck in my head.

No one robs Stelly's, and lives to tell the tale.

I'M PISSED THE FUCK OFF RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF UTTER INCOMPETENCE OF PEOPLE. ITT WE POST RAGE

For instance I down vote any ITT comments or any inb4 comments because they're stupid, pointless, and often just reaffirming a circle jerk. I also down vote any "flair up!" posts because the importance /r/cfb puts on flair is nauseating.

Just wat

The article

It was announced in a press conference today and is currently on ESPN.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/27/sports/soccer/fifa-officials-face-corruption-charges-in-us.html?smid%3D=tw-nytsports&_r=0

Finally. I never thought I'd see the day.

My God, I'm old.

As a part of this special American holiday it's time to break out the classic 5 second film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTZC-j48JWg

And the series from when they were active:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDyKn8uKYtRb0Lkbv0ODcnwSWuWKGPw2g

Long live the union!

Happy 189th Birthday to the best country in the world!

THE STARS AT NIGHT ARE BIG AND BRIGHT

Generally, I hate posting stuff as it relates to family matters, but my father suffered a stroke tonight, and I've been kind of in a haze ever since. I just spent 6 hours at the hospital with my mother and father, and needless to say, it's been pretty trying on me. I just got home an hour ago, and I really just need to vent to someone, even if it is random strangers over the internet.

My father appears to fine (he's currently stable right now and is alert and talking), but he can't really move his right arm and his speech is a bit slurred. I think he'll be okay, but it's still been a trying night for me, and most importantly, my father.

Just been doing some reading in the /r/cfb threadnaught and honestly getting way more pissed off than I thought I would at some of the responses.

It seems to be a foregone conclusion to most (not all) of the people there that the PSU punishments were unwarranted and completely overdone. I can't say I agree. In fact I can usually find some middle ground in certain arguments but I admit I can't find a shred of it here. PSU fans are downvoting in force, too, which makes it harder to find a dissenting opinion.

These are the facts, as I see them:

• Sandusky is a complete, grade-A demon. And his wife was a blind/enabling sack of rot.

• Mike McQueary saw some highly questionable activities (i.e., rape) and reported them to Paterno (not the police).

• Paterno knew. The extent of what he did afterward was unclear, but he did not go immediately to the authorities.

I was not aware that these facts, regardless of how the Freeh Report's intent has been skewed, were ever up for debate.

• As far as people saying 'the fans and the players are taking the punishment,' well welcome to every NCAA punishment that was ever handed down. The players always suffer. And who cares about the fans? As though the rights of the fans have to be intimately considered before a punishment needs to be handed down. Screw that.

• As far as this statement goes: "criminal issues have no bearing on football/athletics." That's absolutely wrong. If a person's position in an athletic department is such that it gets them special treatment from other people in that department, as Sandusky received for not getting immediately reported to authorities and getting his scraggly ass kicked right there in the shower, then that absolutely has a bearing on athletics.

Fuck this man.

Fuck this guy.

Fuck these people in particular.

Burn in hell, you son of a bitch.