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I’ll go the other way and say this tweet makes it more likely there will be a massive cliffhanger coming.

There was also the scene last week where Howard painstakingly made a latte for his wife complete with decorative froth and then made a basic cup for himself.

That’s not even slightly crazy. It’s the normal cycle of being a Lions fan. Start off with high expectations thinking this will be the year and come December shake by your head saying Same Old Lions!

I liked the story that Faedo’s dad is a HS coach in Tampa and coached Rays Manager Kevin Cash.

Neil Sedaka Day at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

There’s some context specific to this incident that you are leaving out which plays a big role here. If there’s no prior beef from last year between Donaldson and the Sox, none of this ever happens. Anderson is making a big deal because he hates Donaldson and not because he felt like a victim of racism. He’s not being honest if he says otherwise.

I’ll shut up now.

Leclerc looking unstoppable.

I get how people could see it as racist without context.

This is bush league by Anderson to play the race card here. The real story is the entire White Sox team hates Donaldson from an incident that happened last year when he was on the Twins. He and Lucas Giolito had a little blood feud that hasn’t really been settled even though Donaldson is a Yank now. Donaldson is a known idiot and probably should’ve read the room better too. He should’ve realized none of the Sox like him anymore and just kept his mouth shut rather than try to be cool and joke around.

I love this profile.

I can’t get behind drafting Shaedon Sharpe because “Cade and the Shade” will become a thing and it’s fucking stupid.

I hate this circuit. Merc back on pace in FP. We will see how that transfers into Qualifying.

McJesus

I brought the point up earlier or maybe even on the old board that another challenge for the university is these donors and collectives can cut that school right out and give straight to the player if they choose. No need to donate to the general fund or endow scholarships to support the team as in the past. Businesses can do the same and have another option and don’t have to pay the huge sponsorship or advertising to the university. Not sure how they control it, but it can’t be great for fundraising and that’s the only reason why football is so important and accepted by faculty and academics at most research universities.

I think football is the only sport it would work. There’s just a different type of appetite for it. Recruiting has gotten so big that these kids are big names that young. I think if you were to also pair up NFL franchises and let a team from each conference share a team that would help to build a fan base.

I had some friends in college that had their parents do this to them. Completely backfired as they just started doing coke instead. That only stays in the system for a few days.

If done properly they could potentially make billions in a new income stream. That would easily be worth the investment. Making money is better than getting something for free.

NCAA football exists now only because the NFL lets it. Its a great feeder system that they don’t have to pay for. They choose to support the NCAA rather than fight it. I don’t think these NIL changes are good for that relationship. The NFL can’t like it when Pittsburgh WR Jordyn Addison decides to enter the portal instead of the draft and is rumored to command an NIL deal that would be equal the 5th pick in the draft. He’s currently viewed as a late first round prospect for next years draft. That can’t be good for all the cost controls they’ve implemented with the rookie salary pool. If the NFL could figure out a way to crate a developmental league that would actually make them money that could be intriguing. Imagine if they had a 16 team league of only players 18-23 years old all that have NFL rights already assigned. There’s a ton of opportunity with that and especially if they could use an existing infrastructure provided by one of these new startup leagues.

Not all 129 FBS programs. I think the landscape will change to about 40 or so teams that are considered major and will have an opportunity to really compete for titles

NIL and the portal are the best things to ever happen to college football. The last 20 years have broken the sport and a shakeup was sorely needed. Unfortunately, we had the power brokers in the SEC, BCS, and ESPN blocking any changes because they were profiting. This current iteration of NIL and Portal is a complete mess and will have to change but it has done its job in forcing the elite to overhaul the system in the best interests of all and not just themselves.

The offense played ok in what were essentially meaningless games after being eliminated from the playoffs. I’m interested to see how they fare under the pressure to perform in games that matter.

They are a great band that made some tremendous music. The only thing that stopped them from being bigger were the peculiar personalities of both Robinson brothers.

There’s only one band that would be this silly. First played in 1985 and still a staple in their live shows today. His end was the road.