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@vtben.bsky.social

who cares. pick up a foot ball hoosier | cape cod evangelist | go birds | vermont | 3x marathoner

created June 12, 2023

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Eagles fans enjoying a joyous ride home on the SEPTA sponsored by FanDuel.

5/9/2025, 4:24:54 AM | 24 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Never a doubt. 1-0.

guy at war meme
5/9/2025, 4:17:50 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Every year the NFL is like "this is the year we're gonna stop all this awful taunting that goes on in our league" and then by week 6 everyone has forgotten about it.

5/9/2025, 1:27:43 AM | 14 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lu Dort

5/9/2025, 1:16:24 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Some guy named "PFF Derek" is probably moving Jalen Hurts even further down his QB rankings after those 2 touchdowns.

5/9/2025, 1:14:00 AM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's so funny that someone on here posted that Philly fans are faking being genuine or emotional about their sports teams. I mean I don't like Ohio State fans but hell I know their feelings are real.

5/9/2025, 1:08:17 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just gonna get it on record I think Lamar finally does it this year. Ravens over Bucs in the Super Bowl.

4/9/2025, 11:18:23 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Baskett more remembered for screwing up the Super Bowl onside kick for the Colts but he was one of the many Eagles wideouts of that era who "had potential."

4/9/2025, 6:55:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Let's Remember Some Eagles

some late 00s/early 10s eagles that I remember
4/9/2025, 4:45:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It just sucks because 2K's proposal was a DLC with just a few big name schools.

4/9/2025, 3:36:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Makes sense. Just feels like disappointing news

4/9/2025, 1:09:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm not an expert on this stuff (subscribe to Matt's newsletter it's great!) but it seems weird that schools wouldn't go with an EA college hoops game after the massive success of the revived EA college football game.

4/9/2025, 1:01:22 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Go Birds

4/9/2025, 10:39:21 AM | 22 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Doug Christie and his wife blowing kisses to each other during "My Own Summer"

4/9/2025, 2:57:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Russ Westbrook wearing Slayer tee
4/9/2025, 2:54:58 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The show's central message is "if you stand for nothing what do you stand for" which is something Dems have been criticized about for years.

3/9/2025, 6:49:19 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's especially tricky because there are 2 whole albums from 2020 to think about plus still those 11 other questions to answer in the time limit

3/9/2025, 6:30:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When you save $28M of payroll by partnering with a tree company

young Steve Ballmer excited about Windows 95
3/9/2025, 6:28:11 PM | 32 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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I proctored 8 people and only one of them got that! I would've said "gold rush"

3/9/2025, 6:23:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was convinced Dom Brown was gonna be That Dude for a while

2/9/2025, 6:24:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A lot of this is 2008 Phils nostalgia and buying $5 tickets for games at Nats Park in my early 20s.

2/9/2025, 5:05:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I didn't see any of the Cal game but I hear their new QB has promise. Mendoza looked fine from what I saw, not his fault his receiver dropped a perfectly thrown bomb that would've been a nice long TD.

2/9/2025, 4:38:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I guess Natron no longer Means Business

2/9/2025, 4:37:14 PM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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For people I know that won't post here it's not the "everyone agrees with each other" or "too far left" aspect that is stopping them, it's this hall monitor vibe.

2/9/2025, 4:30:08 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why are so many people on this site trying to be freshman dorm RA's looking to find any sort of infraction to punish people on their halls?

2/9/2025, 4:27:43 PM | 22 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dan Quinn and Kyle Shanahan blew a 28-3 lead to this coach?

2/9/2025, 2:28:55 AM | 27 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/9/2025, 2:25:39 AM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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This might not be topped all season on the unintentional comedy scale.

2/9/2025, 2:24:06 AM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Watching Belichick coach in 2025

celtics shaq
2/9/2025, 1:38:36 AM | 63 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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Forgot that UNC's OC is Freddie Kitchens who couldn't get anything out of an offense with Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb, and prime OBJ.

2/9/2025, 1:21:34 AM | 26 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe lowkey the funniest thing @jonbois.bsky.social has ever done is the Bill Belichick Offseason Simulator.

2/9/2025, 12:32:47 AM | 14 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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UNC is doing the thing Boston College has been unable to do for years which is get New England interested in watching college football.

2/9/2025, 12:26:22 AM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Crazy how TCU has been to the CFP final and now will have been the FBS coaching debuts for both Deion Sanders and Bill Belichick, all in the past 3 years.

11/12/2024, 11:12:35 PM | 13 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 12:18:01 PM | 18 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sleepy Friday night home loss to Louisville is promising

1/9/2025, 1:19:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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superweapon charging

1/9/2025, 1:18:25 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I swear "week 14 Miami loss at Heinz Field" has happened multiple times.

1/9/2025, 1:15:43 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not on the schedule unfortunately

1/9/2025, 1:14:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ridiculous

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1/9/2025, 1:10:36 AM | 960 191 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wow didn't realize how good that catch was until I saw the replay. Anyway yeah Miami looks good. Look forward to seeing which 7-8 win ACC team screws up their season.

1/9/2025, 1:12:54 AM | 35 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do you think Wario Cristobal took over on that botch field goal?

1/9/2025, 12:13:43 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Last night I had a dream I was about to start a grad program at University of Miami but decided against it last minute because the football stadium was too far from Coral Gables.

15/7/2025, 1:57:37 PM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Same with the NFL those games are off and running at 1pm every single Sunday.

31/8/2025, 11:48:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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7:46 tonight and there are no other games on lmao

31/8/2025, 11:46:46 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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3/3/2025, 1:13:39 AM | 370 79 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ahh yes that makes sense now.

31/8/2025, 10:35:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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six-safety game

31/8/2025, 10:11:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ahh yes but it has 5 sides

31/8/2025, 10:10:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lol why is South Carolina is going for 1 when up by 12?

31/8/2025, 10:10:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Surely this is not an issue in college hoops where student sections are even more noticeable

31/8/2025, 10:05:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just realized Clemson has lost opening games in their last 3 seasons. More like Dab0-1.

31/8/2025, 9:59:19 PM | 16 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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love the green brim with the handwritten national titles

31/8/2025, 9:56:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just checked the What’s Hot Classic feed and it’s full of college football posts. This will be the last time I check What’s Hot Classic until next college football season begins.

31/8/2025, 1:56:40 AM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Still strange to think Tom Allen is coaching this Clemson defense but he does have Midwest Dabo vibes I guess.

31/8/2025, 1:20:21 AM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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You know fall is here when Brian Kelly’s face looks like the color of a nightshade Tom Brady is afraid to eat.

31/8/2025, 12:25:37 AM | 31 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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When I heard him say Jake "Daylight coming I wanna" Delhomme on NFL Primetime every week in 2004:

31/8/2025, 12:06:19 AM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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NFL games start at 1 and 4:25 on the dot. It can be done!

30/8/2025, 11:53:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Look when a game has a 7:30 or 3:30 start time it should start then, not at like 7:52 or 3:44.

30/8/2025, 11:46:42 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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LA-Monroe falls in that time period

30/8/2025, 11:29:33 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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YOU MEAN TO TELL ME I had to listen to the SEC whine all offseason about 9-3 Bama not getting in to the playoff, only to have them get pushed around by 2-10 Florida State?

30/8/2025, 11:16:41 PM | 38 7 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ty Simpson more like Bart Simpson because they're having a cow man

30/8/2025, 11:06:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Alabama would be 1-3 in their last 4 games if they lose this 🤔

30/8/2025, 10:58:05 PM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fortunately the other 59:49 went alright. Honestly we could’ve won by 30, kinda sloppy game but props to ODU for making it interesting longer than it should’ve been.

30/8/2025, 10:42:41 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Indiana goal line offense giving me bad flashbacks to the Kevin Wilson era

30/8/2025, 7:31:40 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Indiana's football season is officially over, 11 seconds in.

30/8/2025, 6:45:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Refuse to believe Matt Patricia is a good defensive coordinator again sorry

30/8/2025, 6:12:57 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There was a commercial for the American conference that was a blatant ripoff of the Big Ten map commercial. No thanks

30/8/2025, 5:53:28 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nice of OSU-Texas to get us all ready for AFC North football.

30/8/2025, 5:42:50 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It would be so funny if they interrupted SEC games again to show Cal Raleigh at-bats this fall.

30/8/2025, 5:04:28 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Corso's original Buckeye head looks like a @treblaw.bsky.social reaction pic now

1996 Lee Corso
30/8/2025, 5:02:29 PM | 73 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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These guys are running the ball at about the same YPC as I get in CFB 26.

30/8/2025, 4:50:07 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Need 7 days to prepare for uhh San Jose State

30/8/2025, 4:43:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Clearly the “again” was not needed here

30/8/2025, 4:37:25 PM | 14 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I should know better, I made a 3x4 grid to answer that LL tense question the other day.

30/8/2025, 4:35:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 4:32:25 PM | 173 16 | View on Bluesky | view

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This year it would be nice if the fans of the team that won the title actually enjoyed watching their team

30/8/2025, 4:32:32 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How long will it take for Ohio State fans to become ungrateful monsters again

30/8/2025, 4:30:28 PM | 54 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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This game should be under the lights not at noon on a holiday weekend.

30/8/2025, 4:29:36 PM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tearing up as I watch the last headgear pick on my phone lol

30/8/2025, 4:00:49 PM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm so glad Lee Corso got this moment last year before signing off.

corso wearing his old IU pullover on gameday
30/8/2025, 1:52:01 PM | 53 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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spinning $1 on the showcase in price is right
30/8/2025, 3:37:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Congrats to Georgia Tech for officially winning the 1990 college football national title. Glad we finally settled that.

30/8/2025, 3:33:23 AM | 27 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not gonna be around during tonight's games so I'm just gonna schedule this post about Michigan State playing with its food for a half in a Friday night opener before getting their act together and winning by 20.

29/8/2025, 7:36:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I fell asleep in the 3rd quarter and watched the rest at 6am, "the dad's delight." Anyway my take is if Raiola wants to live out his Mahomes dreams on the field then maybe he shouldn't be on a team coached by Matt Rhule.

29/8/2025, 2:50:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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hell yeah

29/8/2025, 2:41:38 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fair point. But "not sustainable in the future" isn't the same as "let the hospitals fail now as consequence for bad voting in 2024" which was the post that got me fired up initially.

29/8/2025, 2:39:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think when you don't have any interests outside of politics on here then you can find yourself posting your way into arguments about "oh well what if we just didn't save that hospital because I don't like 60% of the people who it serves." Anyway Baylor +1.5 tonight

29/8/2025, 2:28:27 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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yeah when it's my family and friends I want to defend them. good talk.

29/8/2025, 2:24:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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damn wonder who wrote the article

29/8/2025, 2:09:57 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But you're also saying "the only hope is for people to leave" which doesn't vibe with what I've seen from people who love living there

29/8/2025, 2:08:09 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm sorry I'm still stuck on this, I'm no real rural life enthusiast as I live right outside a city after all, I just think people don't understand that a lot of people in rural towns live regular lives in regular houses in small towns and not on farmlands or the woods.

29/8/2025, 2:02:16 PM | 25 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I know quite a few people who left the rural town I went to high school in and came back later in life. I wouldn't call any of them "actively bad."

29/8/2025, 2:00:15 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Corso: Sweetheart, my bag always flies free! Southwest: NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND

29/8/2025, 1:46:40 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is not only my fantasy team name but I also picked Jeanty in the first round. I'm committed to the bit for a guy on the Raiders.

29/8/2025, 2:25:25 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lmao

UAB losing at halftime to Alabama State
29/8/2025, 2:08:24 AM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Taylor Swift learning about the legacy of Cincy greats such as Munchie Legaux.

29/8/2025, 2:01:06 AM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Competent USF and Discombobulated Boise State is not a combo I can remember.

29/8/2025, 12:28:53 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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have they earned the S yet

29/8/2025, 12:27:48 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My god this is getting exhausting. Anyway Boise State -5.5

28/8/2025, 8:21:08 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I learned recently there is also a gruffalo song

28/8/2025, 7:20:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view