Hype Train Derailed

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How do all seven cars and the engine of a hype train jump the rails, sending passengers, luggage, laptops and more flying?

One possibility loomed over all others Sunday: speed.

Authorities haven't said what caused the derailment of the hype train in South Bend on Saturday afternoon, but Stingtalk had harsh words for the train's engineer.

"Clearly it was reckless in terms of the driving by the engineer. There's no way in the world he should have been going that fast into the curve,"

Preliminary data show the train's speed exceeded 100 mph before the derailment. That would be more than twice the 50 mph speed limit for the curve it was in.

"I don't know what was going on with him (the engineer). I don't know what was going on in the cab, but there's really no excuse that can be offered, literally, unless he had a heart attack," Stingtalk said.

Moral Victories board members immediately slammed Stingtalk's comments as inflammatory.

"You're not going to hear the Moral Victories board making comments like that. We want to get the facts before we start making judgments,"

The engineer operating the train applied full emergency brakes "just moments" before the train derailed, according to Stingtalk. The train was traveling about 106 mph as it headed into a left turn. The speed limit immediately before the curve was 80 mph.

An official with direct knowledge of the investigation earlier said that authorities were focusing on speed as a possible cause, given the angles of the wreckage and type of damage to the cars. The recorder, or "black box," discovered at the scene could be pivotal by showing just that, a former Moral Victories board official said.

A top Moral Victories board figure, who is now a butthurt analyst, predicted that a definitive conclusion could come soon.

"I'm afraid that this train might be going too fast for this turn," he said.

The chair of the Stingtalk investigatory committee has said only that his team will examine things such as the condition of the track and the train, how the signals operated and "human performance."

Even if it's determined the train was going too fast, that could be because of the engineer or a mechanical issue, such as faulty brakes.

"You have a lot of questions, we have a lot of questions. We intend to answer many of those questions in the next 24 to 48 hours."
 
I have no hype left. We lost our chance to shine on national TV, and Georgia looks like a NC contender
 
It's Week 3. Plenty of time for us to rebound and for UGA to pull a UGA somewhere along the way.

Everyone relax.
 
Glad to be back in touch with reality. The hype train was too fast anyways.
 
I have no hype left. We lost our chance to shine on national TV, and Georgia looks like a NC contender

Because they beat a hapless South Carolina team? They didn't look any better yesterday than they did against a better Auburn team last year, right before we kicked their asses.

UGA was primed for revenge against a mediocre team they lost to the previous year. Same as us vs. Duke this week.
 
UGA hasn't played a legit team this year.

Yeah, Vandy and SCe are bad, bad, bad. It's impossible to say much about UGA. Their schedule is about as easy as it will ever be with the lack of quarterbacks in that conference. They'll have to choke pretty bad to not make it to the dome. I don't believe that the national champion is coming from the SEC this year, though.
 
The problem is that our players were on the hype train too, and they needed to humbly get off.

Now let's fix the mistakes and missed assignments and go run on the ACC.
 
I have no hype left. We lost our chance to shine on national TV, and Georgia looks like a NC contender

Quit following us then. Are you a true fan ? or someone that rides the wagon until one of the wheels fall off ?

Yeah we didn't shine like we should've but our guys never quit either like your doing right now. Take some time off, get your mind rite. Your better than that.

I HATE ! I mean f*ckin HATE to lose but the sun came up today and today is a new day to work on our mistakes. We still have a lot to play for.
 
I have no hype left. We lost our chance to shine on national TV, and Georgia looks like a NC contender

Man, I am sure the gaggers would love for you to make hype videos for them. Do us a favor and leave or shut the hell up.

Occasional whining can be expected, but you cry like a bitch here and on Facebook over and over again. We're all tired of it, I am sure.
 
I have no hype left. We lost our chance to shine on national TV, and Georgia looks like a NC contender


I am not going to lash out as hard as some other people, but to be frank . . . you are going to have a very difficult life if you do not learn to be emotionally tougher.

Nature was not fair to you and I am truly sorry about that, but you have got to put on some big girl panties now and learn it is just a freaking game. If you cannot handle this then you are going to really struggle with the other challenges you face.
 
I think losing to ND is actually a positive loss as they are a tough team this year and looks better than ugay beating a terrible USCe or even a pathetic Vandy. I have a feeling someone is going to lay waste to the mutts and put em in their place! Naturally I hope it's the Gators but I doubt it will be them. Hopefully we can pull out some wins on the bigger upcoming opponents in acc play and move on from the Nd game.
 
I have no hype left. We lost our chance to shine on national TV, and Georgia looks like a NC contender

Yeah but you're a prima donna so nobody cares about your opinion on these things.
 
I personally hope that UGAg wins until they get to Atlanta and play Georgia Tech. And then Tech proceeds to beat the breaks off of them and the same thing in the SECCG.
 
I personally hope that UGAg wins until they get to Atlanta and play Georgia Tech. And then Tech proceeds to beat the breaks off of them and the same thing in the SECCG.

We're gonna play them again in SECCG? Woohoo!
 
I personally hope that UGAg wins until they get to Atlanta and play Georgia Tech. And then Tech proceeds to beat the breaks off of them and the same thing in the SECCG.

Yuck, no thank you. I don't want them to win another game, score another touchdown, gain another yard. Ever. Any other team, I want to play them when they're undefeated, full of hype, in the spotlight and then beat them - I want them to be a world-class athlete in his prime who we get into a fight with while the whole town watches and we beat him soundly, call him an ambulance and continue on our way.

Georgia is more like the town drunk who is lying in an alley covered in his own waste, barking and screaming horrible things at all passers by. I don't care whether the whole town sees or nobody does, I want to beat him mercilessly, grab the trophy he always has with him that he won 35 years ago, knock his two teeth out with it, shove it as far down his throat as it'll go, piss on him and light him on fire and then continue on our way.
 
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