When a college football head coach stays at a school despite very clearly wanting another job

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d ago

I feel like this image is going to get a lot of use but I don’t know in what context it could ever be useful

people saying “I hope it’s Brewers/Rays, that’ll ruin Manfred’s argument” really underestimate MLB’s ability to outright say whatever bullshit they want if it suits their argument

Actually, the best time to fire him was in 2022 and then in 2024 after Game 1 of the World Series.

Eoin Higgins@eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 2d ago

the best time to fire Aaron Boone was in 2019, the second best time is now

You really want to piss off the Animaniacs? They’ve got bologna in their slacks for Christ sakes

Ray Pride@raypride.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Workers change the sign on the Warner Bros. water tower to say ‘A Skydance Corporation’ on Tuesday” GETTY IMAGES

somehow i just know this will make hbomax significantly worse instead of making paramount significantly better

The Verge@theverge.com · 4d ago

Both streamers will ‘unify into a single service over time.’ www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

It basically exposed the entire university apparatus as 12 rich old-man loving cheapskates in a coat, and as a result now we're stuck with a good chunk of the athletic programs middling, the basketball team as irrelevant as ever, and our own Billy Napier. Fun times.

Bill DiFilippo@billdifilippo.bsky.social · 7d ago

good column by darian but i am going to push back against one thing, and it is this:

The wars of the future will not be on a battlefield or at sea; They will be fought in a mid-tier Monster Energy Big XII matchup about who is the college football team of space.

Chris Vannini@chrisvannini.com · 7d ago

In the latest battle for College Football Outer Space, we've got UCF's space jerseys and Houston's astronaut helmets today.

there is a reason why my stance on playing pitt for years was “i want to play them because penn state would win but i am fine not doing it because of how mad this makes people”

The Jarmer Fones@thefarmerjones.bsky.social · last wk.

Narduzzi getting whooped by Franklin and half a Penn State team after years of “schedule us you cowards” would be pretty funny tho

respectfully tapping the “talk to your boys, not me” sign again, with rapidly decreasing levels of respect

Always what you want to hear six periods and change into the season

Kelly@hinx.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m fucking wheezing over these Tocchet quotes from last night. Why do Flyers stink (paraphrase lol): “I have no idea. We just talked as coaches, we’re going to have to maybe change some practices. We need more skill work. Unfortunately we’ve only had 5 or 6 practices. I don’t know.”

Igor actually said “fuck it, I’ll do it myself”

Especially when everything told you he profiled as “Taller Ben Revere”. I like Ben Revere; he had a good career and guys who can run and defend will always have jobs in this sport. But he was never going to be a top of the lineup guy and to expect otherwise is just bizarre

one dozen bats at a keyboard@panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · last wk.

It wasn't the biggest issue by any stretch but it's still weird to me how passionately defensive people get about calling up 22 year old Justin Crawford to spend the season flailing around when you're in theory trying to contend for a World Series.

Beloved local clown Pennywise will be out for the kiddos.

The News & Observer@newsobserver.com · 2w ago

The new business will join retailers like T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods in the shopping center by January.

If you ever wanna know why women ain't trying to hear "Not all men," those 7 men who did it weren't the only men in the group chat. Absolutely wild that not one dude in that group chat was like "What the fuck are y'all doing"

Gotta nip it in the bud somehow because as a, IG post I saw said (I'm paraphrasing), "Ruin the life of young rapists so they don't become old rapists in position of power"

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w ago

TMZ reports that Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, has been fired from his job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation

this is supposed to be fun and championships are not end all be all, but realizing every team you love regardless of sport has the same ceiling of “exactly 3rd best team and not a spot higher” and constantly having to rationalize that is the only accomplishment for you gets incredibly old

Len Damico@lendami.co · 2w ago

Allow me to get existential for a moment. 🧵

And the five wins were then immediately followed by two gut-wrenching losses, two bludgeoning at the hands of the Lightning and one World Series I’d rather pretend never happened.

Len Damico@lendami.co · 2w ago

Allow me to get existential for a moment. 🧵

Everyone should read this but I realized why last night got me so upset, and it’s coming to grips with the fact every team I root for is Penn State football. It’s my teams going to 21 conference finals/LCS/final fours in the last 15 years and going 5-16. Losing in the exact same spot every time

Len Damico@lendami.co · 2w ago

Allow me to get existential for a moment. 🧵

Go Birds

And maybe if Middleton cared more about the roster than he did about trying to make a lockout fund for himself by slapping an ad on every single open space in the park, MAYBE this wouldn’t be happening

Ethan Witte@witteethan.bsky.social · 2w ago

Remember: as this team loses a game in which they decided that having a bullpen game was the best route to a badly needed victory, they knowingly and willingly decided to play a pitcher down by not putting an injured Jonathan Bowlan on the injured list. That’s egregious

Matt Campbell being handed a gift of a Year 1 schedule and still going like 8-4 would very much be an us thing, wouldn’t it

First post I've seen about Choosin' Texas that actually seems to get the lyrics

Lauren Dracula 🧛‍♀️@beavisetc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Texas-Tennessee is kind of ass

He’s Drew Allar-ing out there. No QB should EVER Drew Allar out there

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 2w ago

ok, here's my One Arch Take: The Mannings clearly thought giving Arch 4 years at the same school with the same staff, not worrying about the rat race of playing time/the portal/NIL, would give him stability to develop, but for whatever reason he's still raw/toolsy 4 years in rather than polished

you guys broke watergate

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2w ago

Is asking someone to leave the beverages at home for an interview as fussy as reminding a lady to wear pantyhose or a gentleman to ask before lighting a cigarette? We assembled a team of Post staffers across the newsroom — and commenters — to find out: https://wapo.st/4dwx0LS

I don’t have to tell Barry this but the Patrick Division is very NFC East-y in that you could pick two teams at random and odds are there’s at least one epic playoff series where just bringing it up evokes seething rage. Take a wild guess which two teams have inexplicably never met in the playoffs

Barry Petchesky@barryp.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is always fun. Islanders and Devils fans: What's your guys' deal with each other? Do you think about each other at all?

This may be the best horror movie of our lifetime

Jerad Walker@jeradwalker.bsky.social · 2w ago

The full trailer for You Can See Everything is out today. And my first thought is that it should be required that Nathan Fielder film for 48 hrs at every tech CEO’s home.

Penn State losing to Iowa in 2008. Because that team would’ve played for a national title that year had they won.

Buffet Briefinity 🎃🎃🍬🍫@briesmith.xyz · 2w ago

Stealing an idea from TikTok: what’s the worst moment in your college football team’s history you’d most want to reverse? As much as I want to say “hiring Joker Phillips” I think it has to be the Bluegrass Miracle.

Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades

Joe Flynn@chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hi folks. If you saw this, you know the administration plans to only accept white South Africans next year. Tomorrow is Congress's formal say before the determination is signed. Please check this brief thread on why I'd like you to speak out for the Afghan people still in limbo...