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[garriante]

YEARBOOK PICS FOR MY SIMS

I haven’t done anything sims related in ages, so I decided to make yearbook pages for my sims! Here’s my favourite sims as little teens graduating from school.

[thesuper-queens]

STEVE MCGARRETT'S HOUSE (HAWAII FIVE-0) TOUR - THE SIMS 4! Wowww!

[audrey-canada]

Looking for a penpal friend

Hello, I am looking for some penpal friends !

My name is Audrey and I’m 19 years old. I am from Quebec in Canada so english isn’t my first language, i’m sorry if you don’t understand all i say. French is my first language.

Things I love :

💗 Alec Benjamin

💗 Hawaii Five 0

💗 Grey’s anatomy

💗 Astrology

💗 Sims 4

💗 SHINee and 2NE1 (But I listen to other kpop groups)

💗 Bullet Journal

💗 Reading (My favorite book is Tiger’s curse)

If you are still reading this and we have things in common, feel free to send me a message, I would like to find someone to exchange letters and just people to talk to (:

We can talk on facebook, instagram, tumblr, snapchat and if you are from canada by texting.

[ctheadsandothers]

Sims 4 Let's Play- Playlist of my Let’s Play Sims 4 Hawaii Five 0 version.

[citizenscreen]

This tradition began four years ago when I thought of no better way to share the joy of the season on this blog than to spread the magic of movies. In a Christmassy sort of way. ‘Tis the season, after all and paying movies forward in hopes that these memorable distractions take your minds off negative goings on is now my December lot in life. I’m asking that you join me, recommend your favorites and #PayClassicsForward on your blogs and across social media.

Give the gift of movies

I realize I am publishing this post much later in December than I have in the past, which leaves you little time to play with it if you are up for the challenge. However, if you are interested here’s the challenge…pick movie recommendations to the “12 Days of Christmas” theme as I’ve done below. Keep in mind that movie choices should be those you think would appeal to non classics fans and there can be no repeats. Let’s grow our community and #PayClassicsForward

Have fun!

On the first day of Christmas, etc., etc., etc…

One dream

Excluding the mother of all dream sequences, that is when Dorothy befriends a Tin Man, a Scarecrow, and a lion in a magical land, then I must go with a telling of Charles Dickens’ 1843 classics, A Christmas Carol. I didn’t set out to choose a Christmas story for this, but perused several lists of dream sequences in movies and was shocked that Ebenezer Scrooge’s legendary journey was not even mentioned. I correct that oversight with this entry as it is a dream to fill the heart.

Of all the adaptations of Dickens’ story about morality, human frailty, and redemption the best is Brian Desmond-Hurst’s 1951 movie starring Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge. This version of A Christmas Carol is good enough to watch all the year with Sim’s nuanced, affecting performance a standout. If you are a rotten person you might want to dream as Scrooge does in this movie and if you are a kind-hearted sort you might want to be reminded of why that matters.

Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge

  Two islands

I could have gone with fun times and music for this category, but decided on gloom and doom instead. Take a look and you won’t forget Earle C. Kenton’s Island of Lost Souls (1932), which features a terrifically creepy performance by Charles Laughton. Next I suggest you gather with seven guests who are picked off one by one in Rene Clair’s And Then There Were None (1945) based on one of Agatha Christie’s most famous whodunnits.

Island of Lost Souls

Before there were none in And Then There Were None

  Three gentlemen

No surprise here. See everything they’ve ever done.

  Four speeches

From Chaplin’s The Great Dictator (1940)

Hynkel/A Jewish Barber:

“I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way…”

  From Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972)

Don Vito Corleone:

“But I’m a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall him… if he should be shot in the head by a police officer, or if he should hang himself in his jail cell, or if he’s struck by a bolt of lightning, then I’m going to blame some of the people in this room, and that I do not forgive.”

  From Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Jefferson Smith:

“Liberty’s too precious a thing to be buried in books, Miss Saunders. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I’m free to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn’t, I can, and my children will. Boys ought to grow up remembering that.”

  From Robert Mulligan’s To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Atticus Finch:

“Now, gentlemen, in this country, our courts are the great levelers. In our courts, all men are created equal. I’m no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and of our jury system – that’s no ideal to me. That is a living, working reality! Now I am confident that you gentlemen will review, without passion, the evidence that you have heard, come to a decision and restore this man to his family. In the name of GOD, do your duty. In the name of God, believe… Tom Robinson.”

  Five golden rings

Not that kind of ring! This kind…

Mark Robson’s The Harder They Fall (1956)

  Robert Rossen’s Body and Soul (1947)

  Reuben Mamoulian’s Golden Boy (1939)

  Michael Curtiz’s Kid Galahad (1937)

Edward G. Robinson and Bette Davis in Kid Galahad

  Eddie Buzzell’s The Big Timer (1932)

Ben Lyon and Constance Cummings in The Big Timer

  There are quite a few great boxing movies that most have seen like the ones with that Balboa guy. I chose a few that you may not have and should. By the way, I want extra points with Santa for not listing Elvis’ Kid Galahad (1962).

  Six Acting-related Stories

Assuming everyone has seen Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, Joseph Mankiewicz’s All About Eve, and the Donen/Kelly vehicle with dignity, always dignity, Singin’ in the Rain then I suggest the following glittering stories…

Victor Fleming’s Bombshell 1933)

George Cukor’s A Double Life (1947)

Robert Florey’s Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

Joseph Pevney’s Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

Graeme Clifford’s Frances (1982)

Stuart Heisler’s The Star (1952)

The Star

Bombshell

Man of a Thousand Faces

Frances

Hollywood Boulevard

A Double Life

  Seven drinks

I thought it’d be fun to spread the joy with ideas for classic imbibing. Here are just seven of the many drinks had throughout yesteryear in the movies.

The Thin Man Martini

“…a Manhattan you shake to a Foxtrot, a Bronx to a two-step, but a Dry martini you should always shake to waltz time.”

1 1/2 oz Dry Gin

3/4 oz Dry Vermouth

Instructions:

Pour into a cocktail shaker, shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.

  The Casablanca Champagne Cocktail

Victor Laszlo’s drink.

Champagne Cocktail 1 bitters-soaked sugar cube 1 oz brandy or cognac Brut champagne Twist of lemon, for garnish

Place your sugar cube on top of the bitters bottle. While holding it in place with your finger, flip the bottle upside down until the sugar cube is saturated. Drop the sugar cube into a champagne flute and add your cognac or brandy. Top with Brut champagne, garnish with lemon and enjoy.

  Margo Channing and the “bumpy night” Gibson

This cocktail is also notable for making a cameo in the train car in North by Northwest, but Margot gets the official shout out today.

Gibson Classic Cocktail

4 parts gin 1 part dry vermouth pearl cocktail onion Combine the gin and vermouth in a shaker over ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a pearl onion.

  The Some Like it Hot Manhattan

This whiskey cocktail is popular in Wilder’s film and best served after stirring/mixing with a drumstick, cymbal, and hot water bottle on a trail with Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopaters.

Ingredients:

2 oz bourbon 1 ox Italian sweet vermouth 2 dashes Angostura bitters

Recipe: 

Combine all the ingredients in a shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and enjoy.

  Blue Hawaii Mai Tai

1 oz white rum

½ oz Orgeat syrup

½ oz Cointreau

2 oz pineapple juice

1 oz orange juice

Dark Rum float (such as Koloa dark rum)

Pineapple spear and lime (for garnish)

Mix white rum, Orgeat, Cointreau, pineapple and orange juices in a shaker filled with ice. Pour drink into a glass with the ice, and float the dark rum on top. Top with pineapple spear and lime wedge.

Made by Angela Lansbury this is sure to be a hit at any party.

  The Breakfast at Tiffany’s Mississippi Punch

2 oz / 50 ml cognac 1 oz / 25 ml bourbon 1⁄2 oz / 12.5 ml lemon juice 1⁄2 oz / 12.5 ml sugar syrup 1 oz / 25 ml dark rum

Shake all the ingredients except the rum with crushed ice and pour into a Collins glass, unstrained. Top the glass with more crushed ice, gently pour over the rum and garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.

  The Scotch Mist from The Big Sleep

It’s important to offer a darker choice so I went for the kind of drink a femme fatale would order when sitting next to Humphrey Bogart.

Ingredients :

2 oz. whiskey (whiskey, bourbon)

2 oz. crushed ice

1 twist lemon peel

Pack a collins glass with crushed ice. Pour in scotch. Add the twist of lemon peel and serve with a straw. No garnish because garnish doesn’t fit in a dirty little world.

  Eight silents

I know many classic film fans that have not taken the journey into silent film. That was me when I started this blog, but since I’ve made a concerted effort to watch a silent film when time allows. There’s no doubt I would recommend some of the popular greats to the silent movie novice, or films made by the three comedy megastars and the likes of Metropolis or Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, to name just two. This past year I saw most of the following lesser-known gems for the first time and recommend them without hesitation.

Victor Sjöström’s The Wind (1928)

Erich von Stroheim’s Foolish Wives (1922)

Per Lindberg’s Norrtullsligan (The Nortull Gang ) (1923)

Leo McCarey’s Mighty Like a Moose (1926)

Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s The Cook (1918)

Lois Weber’s Suspense (1913)

Paul Leni’s The Cat and the Canary (1927)

Fred Guiol’s Duck Soup (1927)

Duck Soup

Foolish Wives

Mighty Like a Moose

Norrtullsligan

Suspense

The Cat and the Canary

The Cook

The Wind

  Nine Child Performances

No explanation needed for this lot of talented young ‘uns.

Roddy McDowall in John Ford’s How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Patty McCormack as Rhoda in Mervyn LeRoy’s The Bad Seed (1956)

Salvatore Cascio as Toto in Giuseppe Tornatore‘s Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Jackie Coogan in Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid (1921)

George Winslow in anything, but for now I’ll go for his performance in Howard Hawks’ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Enzo Staiola as Bruno in Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord in George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Patty Duke as Helen Keller in Arthur Penn’s The Miracle Worker (1962)

Eva Lee Kuney as Trina in George Stevens’ Penny Serenade (1941)

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  Ten Stars and their Dogs

I recently read a startling statistic. It turns out that dogs given to children for Christmas often end up in pounds. Having a pet is a huge responsibility and it should be a choice for life, rather than looked at as a toy. So, if you are inclined to purchase a puppy or kitten for Christmas and haven’t thought about it carefully, spend your time looking at these images instead…

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Cat lovers can feast their eyes on this gallery of Cats and Movie Stars.

  Eleven heist movies

Jules Dassin’s Rififi (1955)

Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing (1956)

Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

Joseph Sargent’s The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

Norman Jewison’s The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

Raoul Walsh’s High Sierra (1941)

Jean-Pierre Melville‘s Bob Le Flambeur (1956)

Robert Siodmak’s Criss Cross (1949)

Mario Monicelli‘s Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)

Fabián Bielinsky‘s Nueve Reinas (Nice Queens) (2000) – I was introduced to this Argentine gem during a course I took on heist films. It immediately became a favorite. Although it’s a contemporary movie, I know all classics fans would love it. It’s a twisty, well-acted labyrinth that’s well worth your time.

  Twelve Days

I would have included Dog Day Afternoon and The Taking of Pelham… here, but no repeats allowed. These are movies with stories that take place in one day.

Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon (1952)

George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1958)

Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men (1957)

Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979)

Frank Capra’s Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon (1950)

Mike Nichols’ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe? (1966)

Sidney Lumet’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)

Walter Hill’s The Warriors (1979)

Carl Th. Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

Fleming, Cukor et al…The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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Till next year, my friends.

#PayClassicsForward

Aurora

  #PayClassicsForward for Christmas This tradition began four years ago when I thought of no better way to share the joy of the season on this blog than to spread the magic of movies.

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[laynavile]

Need a little break from writing and thinking about writing.. kinda wanna watch the new season of OITNB but like I still in the middle of rewatching Teen Wolf and I'm still only on season 4 of Sons of Anarchy.. and I'm like 3 episodes into season 8 of Hawaii Five-0... I've got too many things to watch all at once.. so I'm thinking about playing some Sims 4... but like I don't have the money right now to buy seasons and I want seasons before I play it again...

[zolganif]

You are a female. Your favorite color is blue. You love nail polish, but don’t wear it much because you are too lazy to paint them. Your favorite show is Hawaii Five-0. You have had one of every type of iPod (Classic, Shuffle, Nano, Touch). You have an iPhone. You are the worst procrastinator. You are in college, and have changed your major at least twice. You quit your first job after working there 3+ years. You were baptized Catholic, but go to an Episcopalian Church. You are agnostic. You believe in Karma. You are a virgin. Your grandparents are deceased. Your parents are divorced, but still live together. You have a dog who is at least 15. You are an only child. You consider yourself the weirdest person you know. You hate Math and Science. You lovvvvve computers!!! ^You usually hate that type of writing. You text a lot, but text under 10 people. You’re a Twitter whore. You have quite a few friends, but only 3 best friends. Most of your friends you made through school. You Skype - but only if you have to (you’d rather text). You hate Facebook but you’re still regretfully on there because of friends. You thought Myspace was way better. Caffeine doesn’t affect you. You stay up late all the time, no matter what you have to do the following day (or same). You spend at LEAST 3 hours a day listening to music. Music is your go-to when you’re having a lousy day. The Angry Video Game Nerd is your favorite YouTuber. You have been on YouTube for 5+ years, and have been suspended 2 times. You go to the movies at least once a month. Your preferred date is going to the movies. Your favorite food is pizza. You love Coke…. but you’ve been trying to keep the habit of drinking water. You are Irish You are Scottish. You are English. You are Welsh. You are a huge fan of The Sims franchise. You love Grand Theft Auto. You love Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy. Your room is a mess. You have chronic indigestion. Heart disease runs in your family. You are claustrophobic. No matter how cold you are, you have to have at least one fan going while you’re asleep. Your hair is naturally curly.  You have streaked your hair. You have never fully dyed your hair, though. You have brown eyes. You have 4 ear piercings. You love peace symbols and Yin Yangs. Rings are your favorite piece of jewelry. You have 1000+ songs on your iPod. You are a fan of Slenderman. You love reading Creepypastas. You love Stephen King. You love reading but never get around to it. You love writing. You are a fan of manga. You love Monster Energy. You love Arizona Iced Tea. Your favorite ice cream flavor is Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. You claim to hate school, but really just hate to admit that you like it. You got your first job when you were 15. You are laid back and easy-going. You are shy, but once people get to know you, you’re not anymore. You doze off in class periodically. You like writing poems. A teacher actually submitted one of yours in the town’s paper. You have won the Spelling Bee You’ve made the Principal’s List You’ve made the Dean’s List You’ve had detention before, and wrote bitch on the blackboard when the teacher wasn’t in the room. You love Programming. You are impatient. You have a photographic memory. But you also forget things a lot. You own a pair of glasses. You have contacts but don’t wear them. You had braces for 3 years. You have a gym membership, but rarely go. You have to take more than 1 prescription medicine. …..but don’t take them. You love Baby Name Genie. Your celeb crush and favorite actor is Alex O'Loughlin. Your favorite video game voice actor is James Arnold Taylor. You could say that Linkin Park, Nickelback, and Daft Punk are 3 of your favorite bands. You could go on ChaCha (or sites like it) all day You could spend hours on here. Your favorite actress is Isabelle Fuhrman You are absolutely fascinated by Psychology. You strangely love Health class. You want to work in the Law Enforcement field. At one time you wanted to be a Crime Scene Investigator. You also wanted to be an actress. A doctor. A nurse. A vet. A Video Game Designer. You’re considering becoming an author. You complain a lot. You have allergies that come when they feel like it. You are learning ASL, and like doing it to song lyrics. You have low self-esteem. You get stressed easily. You can’t go a day without getting mad somehow. You love cars You love Fro-Yo. You like making backgrounds up for characters in a story you’re writing.

[garriante]

@teaprose’s Fiction Depiction Challenge

Thank you so much for the tag @sims4italianfan!

Georgina Williams as Buffy Summers

Seeley Booth as Angel

I had these screenshots at hand already, so I thought I’d use them for this! This is one of the old couples as characters from Buffy the Vampire slayer’s promotional pics ❤️

[italianexotiicbeauty]

• relevance; the tattoo artist. •

•; allergic to poppy seeds ( just the seeds, she can be near the flowers & smell them - just no eating poppy seed anything ) •; favorite breakfast meals: egg ( or plain ) bagel lightly toasted with strawberry cream cheese, English muffins lightly toasted with plain cream cheese & honey drizzled on them, eggs in a basket ( baked in the oven ) with bacon & roasted sweet potatoes on the side, chocolate or powdered donut holes/munchkins, eggo waffles with creamy peanut butter on one & seedless strawberry jelly on the other ( or just with butter ). •; favorite television shows: downtown abbey, call the midwife, elementary, the flash, arrow, stranger things, legion, the exorcist, wynonna earp, van hesling, haven, stargate sg-1, stargate: atlantis, csi: crime scene investigations, csi: new york, blue bloods, criminal minds, hawaii five-0 ( remake ), murder she wrote, the golden girls, designing women, law & order: criminal intent, graceland, third watch, cold case, buffy the vampire slayer, ghost adventures, atlanta, murder in the first, how to get away with murder, scandal. •; best friend: connor edwards, one of the male tattoo artists at the shop ( who is also her make-up helper, nail professional & he's homosexual ) •; favorite video games: super mario brothers, duck hunt, sonic the hedgehog, sonic & tails, sonic & knuckles, assassin's creed III & black flag, bioshock ( all three ), call of duty: modern warfare - ghosts - wwII, sims 3 & 4, we happy few, Batman ( arkham & telltale ), thief, saints row IV. •; every gator she sees is called “elvis”, a reference to clarissa explains it all. •; favorite holiday movies: hocus pocus, a nightmare before christmas, a christmas story. •; preferred manner of dress when sleeping: an oversized shirt, nothing else ( panties are only worn when she has her period ) •; on the subject of “cycles”, Mary is a end of the month girl ( usually shows up on either a wednesday or friday ). •; birth control? nope ! since 2012 or so, she's had a UID ( it's been replaced of course, they only last a certain amount of time ). •; recreational vaper - meaning she only does it once or twice a month. ( has four different vape pens that she maintains very well, keeps the vape juice in the fridge when it's not being used ). •; despite living in florida, has both a fire pit and a hot tub in her backyard. the hot tub is inside an enclosed gazebo & the fire pit is under a covered wooden awning ( so it's protected from inclement weather, there's also padded benches and chairs around it - the gazebo also has padded benches in it for sitting or laying ). •; home is about forty-five minutes from the nearest beach, backyard also has a greenhouse where she grows her own fruits & vegetables. •; vehicles: Harley Davidson Street Glide motorcycle, black jeep wrangler ( hardtop ) - both kept in the garage. ( she also has two generators stored in a separate part of the garage with couple of empty gas cans for when bad weather hits ). •; prefers using a charcoal grill ( which is stored in the garage as well, on the second floor because more storage space was needed ) over a gas grill. •; has an entire shelf on her bookshelf dedicated to cookbooks only.

[emilyenroute]

Wednesday, 9/27/17 - Thursday 9/28/17

And here I am in Spain!

It's still a little surreal/a lot to take in rn, but everything is off to a good start. No problems at the airport or with any of the flights. I was met there by a couple people from the school (my tutor being one of them) and the mother and daughter from my host family, who were all very welcoming and nice. We had someone take this picture which was posted on the school’s site (http://ginestamontcada.es/).

I also managed to get a Spanish number on Tuesday which was one of the big things on my to-do list.

So yeah! Currently writing this while on the bus to orientation at the university that the program works with so fun stuff! Not lost yet, but gave it time. I'm sure it'll happen :P

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So, that part was written on Wednesday. Quick update: I didn’t get lost so much as maybe took a longer bus route home than I needed to? Either way, managed to navigate back so I’ll call that a win!

The family I’m staying with is terrific. The parents are Susana and Toni and the kids are Eire (age 14) and Unai (age 10). They also have a dog named Duna (this is the only non-blurry picture I could get of her). So far, I’ve taught them to play go fish and learned that they love the Walking Dead, NCIS: LA, and Hawaii Five-0. They were also kind enough to take me to get a SIM for a Spanish number and help me figure out the bus schedule :). They're the first of 4 families I’ll be staying with while in Spain. 

Orientation was cool. Mainly an info dump, but learned some useful stuff and got some ideas for first day activities which is great. Also got a sense of what the online course would be like for my teaching English certification. Would you believe that one of the modules covered is “getting the most out of Pinterest”?

So yeah! Today (Thursday) I went to the school in the morning (which starts at 9am here) to say hi to everyone, meet the teachers, and get familiar with the school. I also received my teaching schedule and will have Mondays off since the program wants to balance teaching, interacting with the family, and everyday life. I’ll be teaching kids from ages 5 to 16, so basically all ages.

So yeah, so far so good. It’ll be interesting to see what classes will be like.

[junker-town]

The Numerical: Oklahoma has the country’s best Playoff odds ... after Bama, of course

A review of the best in college football stats after Week 2 also includes notes on Auburn, Kansas State, UCLA, Virginia Tech, and more.

1. The new stat profiles are here!

This year’s Football Study Hall statistical profiles for all 130 FBS teams are up and running! Just two weeks into a long season, here are some of the things the profiles can tell us.

2. Oklahoma is in the catbird seat (non-Bama division)

The top four teams in the latest AP poll — Alabama, Oklahoma, Clemson, and USC — have all significant hurdles in their College Football Playoff journeys. The Crimson Tide survived Florida State in Week 1, while the latter three (Oklahoma over Ohio State, Clemson over Auburn, USC over Stanford) won some of the most losable games on their schedules in Week 2.

The Sooners faced the most losable game, however, and now the Sooners have it pretty easy compared to their CFP contender brethren.

Using S&P+ win probabilities, you can use the stat profiles to find a team’s odds of finishing with a given record. For the teams in the current AP top 20, here are the odds of each finishing with one or fewer losses in the 2017 regular season:

Alabama (62.5 percent chance of finishing 11-1 or better)

Oklahoma (36.6 percent)

USC (34.3 percent)

Wisconsin (32.9 percent)

Clemson (30.8 percent)

Penn State (28.1 percent)

Washington (25.1 percent)

Michigan (18.4 percent)

Louisville (16.1 percent)

LSU (15.7 percent)

Ohio State (14.0 percent)

Oklahoma State (10.5 percent)

TCU (6.8 percent)

Miami (6.3 percent)

Stanford (5.3 percent)

Georgia (5.0 percent)

Virginia Tech (4.8 percent)

Florida State (3.4 percent)

Kansas State (1.2 percent)

Auburn (1.1 percent)

Obviously the Crimson Tide remain on a different plane of existence (they’re the only team with a better than 10 percent chance of finishing the regular season undefeated: 24 percent there) but Oklahoma is in an enviable spot. Their 11-1-or-more odds were under 25 percent when the season began; win your hardest game, and things improve quickly.

The Sooners still have games against three other AP top 20 teams (OSU, TCU, KSU), but everybody has big games remaining. OU’s got almost as good a chance as anyone of cashing in.

3. Josh Rosen is UCLA’s efficiency

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Josh Rosen

UCLA’s defense ranks 88th in passing success rate allowed and 116th in rushing success rate allowed at the moment, and the Bruins’ run game hasn’t shown a ton of early improvement over last year’s dismal campaign: they still rank 104th in rushing success rate.

But there’s Rosen, completing 68 percent of his passes and dragging the Bruins to a No. 17 ranking in passing success rate.

He began the season 6-for-17 for 35 yards. Since then: 51-for-67, 785 yards, nine touchdowns.

4. Alabama’s got a one-man receiving corps

Through two games, Alabama quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa have combined to target nine different players at least twice and only one more than four times. Calvin Ridley has been targeted with 17 passes, a full 13 more than No. 2 target Cam Sims.

It’d be one thing if those 17 targets were racking up massive yards. But despite a long touchdown against FSU, Ridley is averaging just 10.6 yards per catch and 7.5 yards per target. He’s steady, but things are going to have to open up a bit. Bama currently ranks a dismal 129th in passing-downs success rate; granted, most of that is because of FSU’s awesome defense, but even against Fresno State, Bama’s PD success rate was just 25 percent.

5. Auburn’s Jarrett Stidham is getting hit a lot

Auburn’s quarterback situation is pretty solid — if Stidham were to get hurt, backup Sean White is in place. White was fine when healthy a year ago.

Still, that doesn’t mean you should try to get Stidham hurt. Not only was he sacked an incredible 11 times in 35 attempts against Clemson last week (maybe the highest sack rate I’ve ever seen in a non-FCS game), but he also got sacked three times in 27 attempts against Georgia Southern in Week 1’s blowout win. That’s a cool 22.6 percent sack rate over two games; as a frame of reference, anything above about 8 percent is pretty bad.

6. Kansas State looks awfully “peak Collin Klein” Kansas State

As is Bill Snyder’s preference, the Wildcats have begun with tuneups. They outscored Central Arkansas and Charlotte by a combined 110-26, showing flashes of their best run game since Klein was behind center.

Yes, you should be able to push UCA and Charlotte around, but the Wildcats are second in the country in opportunity rate (frequency of rushes of at least five yards), third in success rate, and ninth in stuff rate. Quarterback Jesse Ertz is averaging 6.5 yards per carry, and top backs Alex Barnes and Dalvin Warmack are averaging 5.7. You’d love to see a little more explosiveness, but right now that’s coming from the passing game: Ertz is completing 70 percent of his passes at 19.7 yards per completion.

KSU doesn’t move backwards and connects on deep passes. That’s a lovely combination. But something will have to give when the Wildcats face Vanderbilt this weekend, because ...

6. The Commodores are knocking you backwards

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Dare Odeyingbo (34)

That Vandy is 2-0 isn’t a total surprise, but the way the Dores have accomplished it is.

Despite all-world linebacker Zach Cunningham, they ranked just 55th in havoc rate (tackles for loss, passes defensed, and forced fumbles per play) in 2016.

Early in 2017, they are an easy No. 1 in havoc right now at 31 percent. Hell, their front seven alone (20.8 percent) would rank in the top 30 overall.

Linebacker Charles Wright and end Dare Odeyingbo each has 4.5 TFLs already, and corner Tre Herndon has broken up three passes. A havoc rate of over 30 percent is unsustainable, but we’ve seen clear signs of improved aggression here, and that makes Saturday’s visit from Kansas State maybe the most underrated game of Week 3.

7. Defense and special teams is the recipe for Colorado

The Buffaloes’ offense hit some stumbling blocks against Colorado State and Texas State. They are just 77th in success rate thus far and 113th in finishing drives.

You probably haven’t noticed, though, because they have still outscored opponents by a combined 48 thanks, to a flexible defense (second in finishing drives), decent big-play prevention (35th in defensive explosiveness), and dynamite special teams. They are tied for first in kickoff success rate and ninth in punting success rate, and freshman kicker James Stefanou has made four of five field goals. That’s good for an early No. 2 ranking in Special Teams S&P+.

8. Missouri’s got the tempo thing down

Under second-year offensive coordinator Josh Heupel, the Tigers are averaging a play for every 18.4 seconds of possession, fastest in the country.

But that’s not the whole story — they are doing this despite running the ball quite a bit. Arkansas State (second at 18.7) has thrown more than 75 percent of the time, and Indiana (third at 19.3) has thrown 65 percent. Throwing more equals more stoppages.

When you factor in run-pass rates, Missouri’s expected seconds per play is around 25.8, a difference of 7.4 seconds, which dwarves other high-tempo teams like USF (6.1), Tulsa (5.9), and Memphis (5.9).

Now the Tigers just need to make more of those plays. After scoring 72 points against Missouri State, they managed just 13 against South Carolina.

9. Your best special teams coverage guy: BC’s Isaac Yiadom

A new addition to this year’s profiles: special teams tackles. I thought it would be interesting to track who’s making stops on special teams and where they’re doing them.

Thus far, eight FBS players have made at least four tackles of opposing return men, and Boston College’s Yiadom has made maybe the most valuable tackles — he’s made two stops on punt returns, and those returns have averaged just three yards each; he’s made two stops on kick returns, and they’ve averaged just 19 yards.

10. Kansas’ Joe Dineen, stuffs machine

Kansas suffered a disappointing 45-27 loss to Central Michigan on Saturday; any hope of showing major improvement in 2017 sort of went out the window. But don’t blame Dineen. The junior linebacker has already recorded 23.5 tackles this season and has contributed to a nation-leading eight run stuffs (stops at or behind the line of scrimmage, another new stat profile feature this year).

Other stuffs leaders:

8: UMass’ Bryton Barr

7: BGSU’s Nate Locke, Hawaii’s VIane Moala, NIU’s Jawuan Johnson and Sutton Smith

6: Idaho’s Tony Lashley, NC State’s Bradley Chubb, Oregon State’s Jonathan Willis, SJSU’s Frank Ginda

11. Your return man is going to be bored playing Virginia Tech

Hokie kicker Joey Slye has attempted 12 kickoffs this season. All 12 resulted in touchbacks.

Big play watch

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OSU’s Marcell Ateman

It’s your weekly check-in on the nation’s two funnest teams, Oklahoma State and Penn State. OSU won its Week 1 big-play battle with PSU, recording six gains of 40-plus yards to the Nittany Lions’ two. On the boxing scorecard, the Cowboys took Round 1, 10-9.

Round 2: a 10-0 tie. Both teams had four gains of 20-plus and one gain of 40-plus. PSU was nearly given the round due to degree of difficulty — the Nittany Lions played Pitt while OSU went to South Alabama — but, um, I’m not sure how much more difficult playing the Pitt defense is at the moment.

By the way, in the Fun Teams watch:

Oregon leads the country with 20 gains of 20-plus yards. (Missouri and Stanford are second at 18.)

Maryland leads with eight gains of 40-plus yards. (OSU and West Virginia are second at seven.)

Overachiever watch

In last week’s Numerical, I looked at the teams and conferences that over- and underachieved the most compared to their S&P+ projections. Thanks primarily to Maryland and Wisconsin, the Big Ten was your overachievement leader. Let’s check in again after Week 2.

FBS conferences in order of performance vs. S&P+ projection

Big 12 (19 games, plus-3.8 points per game)

MWC (26 games, plus-2.9 points per game)

Big Ten (28 games, plus-2.6 points per game)

Pac-12 (25 games, plus-1.0 points per game)

MAC (24 games, plus-0.3 points per game)

AAC (20 games, plus-0.0 points per game)

Conference USA (27 games, minus-0.2 points per game)

SEC (27 games, minus-0.6 points per game)

ACC (26 games, minus-0.9 points per game)

Sun Belt (20 games, minus-1.1 points per game)

It would make sense that the SEC and ACC would underachieve a bit since they began the season on the top of the pack. But the Big 12’s early performance is impressive considering it features the biggest S&P+ underachiever in the country so far.

S&P+ underachieves (min: 2 games)

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Matt Rhule left Temple for Baylor last season. Thus far, both Temple and Baylor are struggling.

Baylor (minus-28.0 points per game)

ECU (minus-26.3)

FIU (minus-22.3)

Temple (minus-18.1)

WKU (minus-18.0)

Oregon State (minus-17.9)

Northwestern (minus-17.5)

Bowling Green (minus-16.3)

Texas A&M (minus-15.5)

Kent State (minus-14.4)

When people see something like LSU ranking No. 2 in S&P+, they assume recruiting rankings are skewing projections. They are part of the projections, however, only because they are solid statistical predictors of success.

The biggest source of early skew, however: coaching changes. Four of the top five underachievers are in Year 1 of a new regime, and, well, the fifth team in that group (ECU) probably shouldn’t have changed coaches in 2016.

Meanwhile, the biggest overachiever also has a new coach.

S&P+ overachievers (min: 2 games)

Fresno State (plus-31.2 points per game)

Duke (plus-26.6)

Mississippi State (plus-24.6)

Maryland (plus-24.2)

Purdue (plus-19.9)

SMU (plus-18.9)

Wake Forest (plus-18.7)

Army (plus-17.7)

TCU (plus-17.0)

Oregon (plus-16.1)

Mississippi State a major overachiever, eh? With LSU coming to Starkville this week, eh?

[ctheadsandothers]

Sims 4 Hawaii Five 0- Uncle Steve playing with Charlie while Danny is watching TV.

[garriante]

@samssims love photo challenge day 11: pink

Everyone who criticises: No you can’t marry your boss! It’s not allowed, you’re only in Five-0 because of him!!!

Georgie and Steve: F them! Watch us vibe in our pink shirts and get on with our lives!

[garriante]

@samssims love photo challenge day 13: chocolate

Georgie and Steve chilling with some chocolates and cheesy stuff :)

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@samssims love photo challenge day 14: Valentine

For their 3rd Valentines together, Georgie and Steve take a day trip to the beach instead of the one in Steve’s garden for once! Georgie hopes that Steve will always be her valentine ❤️