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They would look a lot better without the stupid bottom plaque. They were a dumb pet project of the previous governor's adminstration. The current governor's administration should have just removed them rather than swapping those out for the governor's name.

That's been part of the sign since at least the early 70's.

I won't argue with you on that then, but I guess those plaques weren't on the Hudson welcome sign I would see most frequently as I have no memory of those plaques until the previous administration with its kitschy political slogan.

It has mainly been used to stroke the ego of whoever is the current governor.

Mike

No, it's mainly used as a Governor's welcome to visitors. I'm pretty sure that this is low on the list of "ego boosters".

"Open For Business" is an ego boost - one that failed for the implementor of that.

What they really need instead is this:

Next Kwik Trip: 1 MI
Next Culvers: 1 MI

distances measured in Michigans like ISTHA I see.

The question is if it's metric Michigans or imperial Michigans.

The 2023 Bowls are now set.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U3mORtXKEYShaC8R43SKd3R0WnL2vc2QI_AD9_jPZfs/edit?usp=sharing

The "Duke's Mayo" Bowl?  The "Pop Tarts" Bowl?  This has gotten out of hand.

I agree. I prefer referring to the Bowls by their traditional names. Tangerine, Citrus, Cactus, etc.

I will do whatever it takes to drop the corporate portion of name when saying it.  Irritant that ESPN and all their employees are forced to include it whenever they refer to a bowl game.

Some of these games are so new that they never had a traditional name.  What are there, 43 bowl games now?

The ridiculous sponsorship names, along with some of the silly gimmicks like the winning coach of the Duke's Mayo Bowl getting a huge bucket of the sponsor's product dumped all over him, are the best parts of many of these games.

The games themselves are usually dreadful, and it's not because "there are too many bowl games".  It's because many of the players who played the regular season have entered the transfer portal or are passing up the game "to prepare for the NFL Draft" (or more accurately, to avoid risking an injury which would cost them a ton of NFL money), and because the coach and his staff have taken other jobs and are no longer with the team, or in some cases have even been fired.  The end product looks an awful lot like an NFL preseason game, an unwatchable affair where nobody really cares about the final score.

It's too bad.  Bowl games used to be pretty big events for the participating schools and for the host city.  Now except for the playoff games and just a few other top-tier games they are often played before very sparse crowds.  Calling a game a "Bowl Game" still reliably draws good ratings for ESPN, however, and that's why they continue to exist.

I got it a few minutes ago. It popped up immediately, unlike other times where the spinner goes around for several seconds before connecting to the link.

^ It could have also been AI imaging. "Please give me a Peanuts cartoon with Charlie Brown mourning the death of Lennon."

My wife has been playing around with a free service (I know, you get what you pay for) to get some pictures for church presentations. She asked for a realistic picture of Jesus in a manger. The baby had a beard.   

I just say Team A/Team B Bowl game if no suitable name is given.

Minor now, but gradually increasing.

Photoshopped images online.

Two very recent examples:
FB posts announcing Shohei Ohtani signing with the Dodgers -- showing Shohei Ohtani in action in a Dodgers uniform (he just signed there an hour ago -- to my knowledge no such picture exists for real yet, unless he was modeling uniforms but I find that very dubious).

Yesterday (anniversary of John Lennon's death), a 1950s-1960s era Peanuts cartoon (with Patty (not the same as Peppermint Patty) and Charlie Brown) with Charlie Brown's head down. Caption said something like "Missing Lennon". I had some arguments on FB with people about this -- didn't understand why I had a problem with it. To be clear, I agree with the sentiment, but the caption was clearly photoshopped in, since the cartoon is from way earlier than Lennon's death. If Schultz didn't draw it this way, I have a problem with it.

I know these two particular examples are unimportant. But it could happen with much more serious matters (it probably already has). So now, one has to look at every picture with a critical eye.

The 2023 Bowls are now set.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U3mORtXKEYShaC8R43SKd3R0WnL2vc2QI_AD9_jPZfs/edit?usp=sharing

The "Duke's Mayo" Bowl?  The "Pop Tarts" Bowl?  This has gotten out of hand.

I agree. I prefer referring to the Bowls by their traditional names. Tangerine, Citrus, Cactus, etc.

I will do whatever it takes to drop the corporate portion of name when saying it.  Irritant that ESPN and all their employees are forced to include it whenever they refer to a bowl game.

Some of these games are so new that they never had a traditional name.  What are there, 43 bowl games now?

^ Every route variant, either going from I-80 west of SLC to I-25 south of Denver, or from I-84 northwest of SLC to I-70 east of Denver, shows I-80 to I-25 being at least 20 minutes faster than US-6 to I-70 across Colorodo.

I believe this is because TxDOT is trying to push the completion of I-69E between I-37 and Brownsville entirely.

I heard this an hour ago, still trying to process my feelings.

Happy for Ohtani, he gets to stay on the West Coast which is where I thought he always wanted to be.

But this blows up the free agent market like no other deal has.