TouchedTheAxeIn82

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Yep. Even assuming Qatar and AD actually happen. They don't happen and he will be crowned champion via a press release.

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I was trying to figure out what the status of the last two races was. Here's what I found out:

1. Domenicali is trying to project extreme confidence that the last two rounds will happen: theguardian.com/sport/2026/oct/03/qatar-abu-dhabi-grands-prix-go-ahead-middle-east-conflict-formula-one-chief-domenicali

2. The decision has to be made by "mid October" despite Qatar being at the end of November, because of the logistics of moving massive amounts of equipment. No specific date was given, just "mid October," which is next week.

3. The prediction markets are showing high confidence that Qatar will take place, but only very mild confidence that Abu Dhabi will take place. That's one thing that no one has mentioned, the possibility of going to one of the middle east races but not the other. This idea might be completely off the table.

4. Both UAE and Qatar host US military bases. The big problem with that of course is that any unpredicted hostilities could lead to Iran targeting those bases at any moment.

Remember the 2022 Saudi Arabia GP went ahead despite a missile strike a few miles from the track? The FIA and F1 have a high tolerance for violence outside of the events (because money!) and the drivers fell in line last time things got scary. So I'm thinking the events will in fact will stay on the schedule and will in fact happen unless things get really bad in late November.

All right, the TD F1 Championship results are in!

dg42.net/TDF1/race-results.php?race=16

The winner of the 2026 TD F1 "Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia" is gatorhater08, for his seond win of the season and his fourth podium!

Fillling out the podium, in P2 we have theone for his second podium, and in P3 we have auisssa, for his fourth podium.


Here's the championship table: dg42.net/TDF1/index.php

WAY2GOLSU is still at the top but has increased his gap to MississippiLebowski from six to 16 points after finishing P4 in the race vs P9.

With another podium finish, auisssa has risen to P3 in the championship, dropping MikeD a spot. MikeD is starting to sweat, with no points in the last three races after getting two podiums in a row.

With his timely win, gatorhater08 has shot up from P10 in the championship to P5. gatorhater08 easily has the best record in the last four races with three podiums!

With a modest P7 race finish, bikerack has risen from P11 to P8 in a very tight part of the championship chart.

theone has risen a modest three places in the championship from P19 to P16, but what's crazy is that he has two podiums in a row with a prediction list that was last saved on July 21. :lol:

After five games, Cal fans are already done with Tosh Lupoi. :lol:

He brought in some talent (he's the master recruiter after all) and got everyone's hopes up, yet somehow the team is far worse than under Justin Wilcox.

They're not going to fire him so early, but one can hope. The reality is we're going to have to live with this miserable situation for at least a couple of years. :dunno:

FP3

Mercedes and Red Bull on top.
Ferrari ahead of McLaren.

The bottom of the top four teams is Piastri in P8 at +1.064s.

The front of the midfield is Colapinto in P9 at +1.618s.

Alonso is P12 at +1.921s!

As usual, Cadillac is by far the slowest car. They are almost 1s slower than the car in P20.

But recent history shows that Aston Martin is still favored to finish last in the race. :lol:

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This is wrong. The entire ball has to be inside the post.

If any of it passes over the top it would be no good.

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My bad. :lol:

Looks like it's different from the NFL rule, which is apparently the outside edge of the upright.

foxsports.com/stories/college-football/pereira-nfl-should-go-back-to-school-adopt-college-field-goal-rules

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The rule in college football is that the entire ball must pass inside the inside edge of the upright. In the NFL, in order for the field goal to be good, the ball must pass inside the outside edge of the upright.

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Who knew? :lol:

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Again.. we have all the technology in the world to place a tiny camera on the inner corner of a goalpost to solve this.

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The camera would have to be on the outside of the upright. The ball can pass over the upright as long as all of the ball is inside the outer plane of the upright.

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400 yards rushing for NW.

Also, just converted a 3rd and 11 running.

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Chip Kelly is really at his best as an OC. He doesn't need all the BS that comes with being a head coach. :lol:

Both UAE and Qatar have been targeted by Iran this year, and Qatar has the biggest US base in the ME. The commercial arm of F1 is owned by an American company. F1 would make a great attention-getting target for Iran.

Can the promoters make some sort of deal with Iran to leave the F1 events alone? I don't think they have enough money to bribe Iran. :lol:

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I still think Tech won.

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I found some info that said in the NFL, if the ball goes over the upright, the call on the field is not reviewable, presumably because no camera will have a better angle than the ref on the field. The way this game ended, I'm guessing it's the same in college ball.

That safety was huge. It's gonna cost Pitt the game.