Waiting for the memes on image of Belichick's post-game grimace as he's surrounded by balloons (and who's idea was that?).
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Waiting for the memes on image of Belichick's post-game grimace as he's surrounded by balloons (and who's idea was that?).
Hah. I saw. Right before he told Peggy she should thank him and Jesus.
"That's what the money's for." -- Don Draper.
"Organizations fail young QBs before young QBs fail organizations." What led Kevin O'Connell to say this? And why do so many around the NFL agree? I spent 4 months asking Hall of Famers, No. 1 picks, busts, coaches + execs why teams keep breaking young QBs: www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
Hah.
Fair point, although does BB have two players on the level of Travis Hunter and Shadeur Sanders?
"Oh man, I was hoping we were past this," said nobody with a soul.
"There are a lot of coaches who could have gotten hosed 48-14 by Texas Christian on Labor Day for a lot less than what North Carolina spent for Belichick and his sons and his cronies." www.newsobserver.com/sports/colle...
North Carolina's over/under wins for this season was set at 7.5. This could be a good time for you to fund that home renovation. TCU lost 48-14 @ Charlotte Richmond @ UCF Clemson @ California Virginia @ Syracuse Stanford @Wake Forest Duke @ NC State
Column: After that debacle — no, during it — would anyone blame Bill Belichick if he’s regretting what he got himself into? On a weekend of harpooned hype in college football, nobody fell harder than Chapel Bill. bit.ly/4lT5BoM
Jordon gonna leave him for the TCU coach.
Just turned on the game. Saw the score. So basically Belichick still can’t win without Brady?
SEC vibes rankings, post-Week 1 edition: LSU at the top, Alabama at the bottom. www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
Pope Leo demands end to ‘pandemic of arms’ after Minnesota school shooting
Small hands. Small bags of chips. His world.
💯
The SEC is wide open this year and LSU has a defense good enough to win the national championship. From @sethemerson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
Never mind about this game. The CFB playoff committee says if the playoffs opened today, Alabama would be in and Florida State would be out. It’s complicated. You wouldn’t understand.
Georgia was favored by 38.5. This game is not over.
Fair point
What time did you start drinking today?
What happened to Alabama? What happened to Florida State?
Georgia is paying Marshall $1.7 million to take a beating but they weren't going to pay Seth anything to watch it, so I think he chose well with LSU-Clemson. Sorry Kirby.
The kid is looking increasingly comfortable now.
If they overturn this, I will hate football again.
Our long national nightmare is over.
"Arch Manning may never lead a touchdown drive in his college career." -- hot take forming on ESPN debate shows.
That's not a pencil. II's an antennae so he can communicate with his home planet.
Arch Manning underthrows his first pass. This is why Georgia dropped him like a hot potato.
Who's starting at quarterback for Texas?
This. Every word.
Great closing ESPN feature on Lee Corso.
"With wholesome and upstanding individuals like Urban Meyer and Dave Portnoy, I don't know why anybody wouldn't be glued to the Fox pre-game show," said nobody I would hang out with.
Final: Georgia Tech 27, Colorado 20. Impressive opening win by the Jackets (once they got those three turnovers out of their system).
Georgia Tech has now rushed for 320 yards … and they’re not even running the triple option!
Georgia Tech takes a 10-7 lead over Colorado despite turning the ball over on its first three possessions, and this is why I don’t bet anymore.
Georgia Tech’s offensive start vs Colorado: Fumble Fumble Interception The good news: Brent Key lost his hair a long time ago.
I’m buy it when Micah adopts a real Packers’ nickname: Curly, Fuzzy, Buckets, Boob. Choose.
Georgia Tech, what are you doing?
Did Lambeau make him buy it?
Man, tough break for Ben Shelton. www.espn.com/tennis/story...
Who is served by “investigative” reporting that Jimmy Irsay relapsed from substance abuse before his death? It doesn’t diminish him as a person or work he did for others in recovery. SUD is a disease that never goes away and, as his family said in a statement, reporting lacks “context.” Unfortunate.
But he’s such an inspiration to the other guys, so I hear.
Haha.
I've sat on commenting for 24 hours about the AJC's decision to stop printing, and here's where I've landed. ... www.facebook.com/JeffSchultzA...
It will all be in my book one day, "The Things I Couldn't Write" haha.
I'm familiar with this thin-skinned owner move.
Who is served by “investigative” reporting that Jimmy Irsay relapsed from substance abuse before his death? It doesn’t diminish him as a person or work he did for others in recovery. SUD is a disease that never goes away and, as his family said in a statement, reporting lacks “context.” Unfortunate.
Good stuff from Seth.
The Braves’ pitching staff needs to call “uncle” on the season.
Jerry Jones, y’all.
After a mass shooting in Minneapolis killed two children and injured at least 17 other people, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve criticized the inaction to reduce gun violence. "It’s such an indictment of our society, our lack of regard for life."
SCOTUS is holding on line 2 for you.
You go, kids. I do hope this goes better than most celebrity marriages, although I have to admit my first thought was that Travis Kelce may be the first $100 million athlete to be asked to sign a prenup.
It turns out nobody thinks the Mississippi State game is that big of deal, unless you count Ole Miss, which I don't, because they're in the same state and kinda don't have a choice. Interesting poll of SEC fans from @sethemerson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...
Don't put that on George. The Soup Nazi, maybe. But not George.
Taking up the fight for Roger Clemens. But not Barry Bonds. Interesting. Now I wonder why that is. Oh, wait . . .
Hey, he had a damn good Andy Warhol 15 minutes.
OK, I laughed. I haven't made a decision on 2028 yet but I appreciate his effort. I've got time: www.timeanddate.com/countdown/vo...
"I can't believe the Vikings signed Carson Wentz when they could have had Kirk Cousins," said nobody, except Terry Fontenot.
Matt Campbell is going to coach in the NFL, maybe sooner than later.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Gerrymandering is a form of cheating — an attempt to disconnect political power from the will of voters. And it is preventable,” the editorial board writes.
He's available, you know.
A good read. There's never a simple, clean answer in situations like this, as much as that's what tends to get screamed about in the fan-o-sphere and some media circles.
So being anti-slavery is now considered “woke”? I’m wide awake.
Are you aware how many people/things can claim to be a Falcons’ jinx?
I ❤️ @mluckovich.bsky.social
Just remarkable reporting from @keithlaw.bsky.social and Brendan Kuty. www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...
"For too long, Auburn has chosen a humble approach to our program’s storied history ..." I just spit out my coffee .... www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...
Bold take. But let's hope this position gets some traction. ⤵️
Random question: Does somebody actually have a business card that says, "Matt Daly. Grip Expert"?
Dear Lord . . .
I like @sethemerson.bsky.social's bold take here, just because it's all about storylines and it makes too much sense: "The CFP manages to match up Georgia with Carson Beck and Miami in a first-round game." www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...
I feel like you are disrespecting cheezy poofs.
Spoke to CFP director Rich Clark about the 24/28 team idea. Clark doesn’t want to ‘rush’ any decision - and says staying at 12 is just fine for 2026. Or longer. www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...
The NFL recently acquired 10 percent of ESPN. Major conflict of interest, obviously. Also, the deal is subject to regulatory approval from the Trump administration. This all seems WAY too much of a coincidence.
Really good column by Ian O’Connor on Jim Harbaugh. www.nytimes.com/athletic/655... Jim Harbaugh presents himself one way. His messy end at Michigan tells another story
NEWS: Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, E.J. Antoni, was spotted in the crowd at the Capitol during the January 6th insurrection. The White House says he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing news coverage. (NBC News)
I like seeing this from Michael Penix. Tough kid. Anybody want to take a guess how far back Kirk Cousins was standing? www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...
Last year, in his third season, the LSU Tigers took a step backward, finishing unranked at 9-4 after dropping three in a row around midseason. Is head coach Brian Kelly on the hot seat heading into 2025? Our 2025 list of coaches who ought to be worried: http://dlvr.it/TMSgzV
The three-term South Carolina Republican is accused of using the screen name "joebidennnn69" to exchange 220 different files of toddlers and young children involved in sex acts on the Kik social media network for about five days in spring 2024. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
This is a topic that really hasn't been reported or written about enough. Nice reporting job by @theathletic.com's Carson Kessler. www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...
The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.
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I've been re-watching, "The Wire," so you can imagine how hysterical this is too me. #ItsAllAboutTheCorners
Some evergreen stories never get old.
Morice Norris on Instagram.
Let's just keep doing shit that nobody ever does so people stop asking about Epstein. By the way, what's new with Epstein?
Anybody trading for Ozuna would've been playoff contender. He wouldn't turn down a trade.
Odds are about perceptions and there are legit reasons why Falcons' O/U is 7.5 in most sportsbooks: > Talented but unproven QB. > Unproven/suspect head coach/staff. > Young/suspect defense. > Second-half collapse in 2024, which speaks to core and leadership. Me, I'm still consulting with my experts
All true. But it does get harder at 37. I found this out when I turned 37 a couple of weeks go.
Never imagined myself siding with Dan Patrick over Don Van Natta in a journalism/conflicts of interest debate, but here I am.
"ATLANTA — Assuming the Braves bring back hitting coach Tim Hyers next season, since firing the hitting coach in consecutive years wouldn’t reflect well on organizational stability ..." Hah. I don't think that's the primary concern right now. www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...
We've only believed it was two bs because THAT'S what the liberal media has been telling us.