Carey

Apparently CBS preempted their programming with the breaking news.

Yeah, so happy that the Masters Tournament is here. Who needs the Eclipse festivities when you have the best, most prestigious event in golf? Just kidding about the Eclipse, that was pretty wonderful, but the action from Augusta is always going to be worth it no matter the outcome. Some things are due, or not. Others are either special or okay while hoping for a difference result

As mentioned, things felt like a full day of work. Here edited into an hour and a half. Okay blindside, but probably the beginning of the end for previous alliances

Probably felt like time and a half for the payment of nothing to the people there

We could, but it depends on who the victim is. Still, with these guys, nothing's topping Kellie

Tim was not a short term decision, but as mentioned, probably a decent long term decision to boot out before it was too late

On a separate note, while she's safe, I think Kenzie might have to win out going forward

A decent blessing would be voting in the first 15 minutes. In daylight. Someone's out. I WIN!

I couldn't agree more. It was necessary based on a lot for this TV year. However, I'm okay with the 60 minute versions. Plus, it has me having to wait on watching TAR. Which was happening anyway due to CBS putting shows like modern day SOAP & under cover boss in the 9 PM hour

Q can go, but the show might find his mouth useful in a future Survivor auction

That's right. It's been that way for a quarter century Lantern /s

100%. Then they can say they voted him out on purpose, to see if he was always weak

If the miracle is yet another swerve, I think I'm okay with it. Only due to how pissed the fans would be. To be more specific: "Oh, I almost forgot. The winning tribe, who's immune in this first tribal, gets to vote someone out here." So just when a unanimous vote was going to go to Venus, someone else goes instead

Might be the only postive for new era Survivor haha

That's right! Pretty much fair enough. Not sure Jeff and company want the same person winning

On one hand, I sorta laugh at the pettiness toward getting your name written down once. On the other hand, I can feel the pain. You're a competitor. Also, the first time might not be the only time and that may be a problem. In addition, one vote can be all it takes

Both A & B

While it's sorta not fair, it made sense for Green Bay, and it's not a surprise that they were less interested than the Brown Paper Bags. In other words they may not have been interested, but thinking it through the Packers are losing a true road game. That mean that they have 9 homes game to their 7 road games. Meanwhile the Eagles have 8 home games to their 8 road games. So much for a competitive advantage!

I don't know how old CC's parents are. So based off of what I do not know, they may not have been born when the record was set back in 1970. Definitely remarkable. Might take another half a century + a half decade. On the other hand, it might fall again before the end of the decade. Now here comes a comment or two that trends toward "hating" on the accomplishment. Which, from me there's no hating. There are people on Social Media that have been accused of hating here, and while some definitely are, other are not. And here I come to defend them. To be fair to Pistol Pete, his record took three years to be a reality, and the 3-point line wasn't a thing. Shot clocks were not so popular either. Imagine if he'd played with the current rules or if Clark played with same rules! Now, to be fair to Caitlin, she was born when she was born. In other words, you can only play in the era that you're in. It's not her fault that she this is the time where she can persevere as opposed to the past or future. Furthermore, she has no control on the rules and change to the game. You can either accept it and play during it or you don't. Of course, other people had a chance to break Maravich's record. Now many of them had a stacked roster to where it may not have been necessary. Without Caitlin's dominance, Iowa would've been nowhere. As a result, her record is legit. No asterisk needed. By the way, and unless I'm mistaken, Caitlin's collegiate career started during the pandemic. She was featured several times during that period. As mentioned, Social Media definitely how everything is covered. Not just in sports, but throughout life. Again, I can't blame the current stars. To an extent (at least) they're blameless. Times change; people change

The be fair, the men's tournament final was on cable, while the women's tournament final wasn't. To defend on my previous sentence as it relates to a possible counterpoint: San Diego State, who made it to the title game last year on CBS, isn't a big brand compared to Purdue. That's important; on this day (or in this case, April 8, yesterday) five years ago, the championship game put up decent numbers. Both teams were Power Five programs. Having said that, the women's side was just that much better than the men's side. The network vs cable thing, while a valid reason, is still an excuse. Other than Edey, there really wasn't anybody worth knowing. Caitlin was well known, as are a lot of women. It's easier to follow someone familiar as opposed to someone that goes to 4 schools in as many years before the eligibility ends.

The first loss was against the last school to win the title, and the only team Connecticut didn't beat this season. We'll never know if the Jayhawks would've gotten to them a second time if they were healthy enough to win 5 games. Losing their top scorer is something. To be honest, Kansas loses to UCONN had they met, but the score would've been closer. Would've been their only matchup that featured someone that's won big. However, UCONN is just stacked so winning still takes place. As for Seton Hall & Creighton, the former was wild. It's tough to win out & upsets happen. So the champs made sure to avenge the first meeting. As for Creighton, that's a Top 15 team that was humiliated so they too had to return the favor. At the end of the day, none of the losses were shockers. Kansas is still Kansas, whereas the other teams were Big East teams. Conference play is just different. Finally, sometimes a loss is okay as one could evaluate what went wrong. Something New England & Indianapolis didn't go through in 2007 and 2009. Unless they were trying not to win as it relates to the NFL

As mentioned, Purdue had the best player, but Connecticut had the best team. "A lot of guys on that team. Many of whom could stop Eady. Or they don't, but unless the other players from Purdue can stop the players from the champs from doing their thing, it could be over before it's over." Those were my thoughts pregame. Still despite the outcome there was a chance that either team could win until that was no longer the case in the second half of the second half. While what AimingforYoko said about South Carolina is accurate, what, IMO, is also fair enough is this era for Connecticut. With apologies to Calhoun. Connecticut is the new Connecticut. Hurley is a modern day Geno. That's the quote

Well, how bout them Huskies!

18.7 Million Viewers for Iowa & South Carolina. A record & the highest total in 32 years. That will be more than whatever the final total ends up being for the Men's Tournament Final, unless it isn't. To be fair, Purdue/UCONN is on cable, and when bring up a lesser total from 2023, San Diego State isn't a big brand when compared to Purdue. Still, the numbers are the numbers. Speaking of the Title game, Connecticut will end up as a 6.5 favorite before tip off. The Over/Under is 143.5. We're either going to get maximum redemption 2.0 or our first back-to-back winner since 2007

The Finale Dates for all of the CBS shows, including The Amazing Race. No surprise that 05/15/2024 was the landing spot which makes way for the traditional three-hour Survivor finale on the final day of sweeps. As has been the case since American Idol moved on from an epic show to just another contest. Can't believe it's been a decade since the move!