Turns out when your main sources are Israel, the Trump admin, and Iranian state news, you get some head spinners. And why does CNN keep showing up to pro-regime protests? It’s all so ridiculous.
Man, it’s not that I disagree but reporting like this leaves so many more questions than I had before. “10-second clip from Iranian state media” and “what Trump said” is a tough starting point to get at truth.
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Should’ve made the drive, but I am watching #AustinFC for the first time this season. And Kei Kamara has signed for yet another team not in ATX?
Saw this pop into my feed and WHAT. Y’all were in my backyard and I missed it?! Excited to listen.
Covered him 2014-16, and had a hunch he’d get here eventually. Been cool to see him do it his way, wait for the right job. The 2015-16 Bearcats remain my favorite team I covered.
I think if you asked people who saw his teams, I think many would make a case this isn’t even his best D-II group. Stirtz developed into the best individual, but there were at least 2 groups with more accolades. Incredible recruiter and developer.
That said, he’d fit in Indiana better than anybody since the sweater. They’d LOVE him. I just think he’d relish doing it in Iowa away from the pressure cooker. He also might stay at Drake for a decade. Dude is built different.
Knowing how much of a family guy Ben is, and how much the Iowa/NW Missouri area means to him, I’d be shocked if he left the state with the Iowa job about to open.
Would love to see the list of schools he turned down, over several years, to create a comfortable move for his kids to Des Moines.
Ben McCollum getting his March Moment in year one with not even his best group of D-II players is such a Ben McCollum thing to do. Drake Bulldogs, hop on the bandwagon!
LFG.
Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.
Have been out of the game for a little bit, but I’ll crawl out of my hole to say that this makes absolutely no sense.
MLS without ETR is a worse product, full stop. These guys are every bit as valuable to the league’s growth as any player, team or fan base.
No way I’m sleeping tonight. “I almost blacked out.” Most of Ohio was right there with Jack Sawyer. What a play. This team is a movie.
Starting to think the answer to “What happened against Michigan?” is as simple as putting this line under true pressure. No time to do anything downfield.
Incredible defensive football makes for incredibly stressful football. Living on the margins.
Solid use of the word “brined.”
If Texas can throw a punch early it’ll be interesting to see how Day/Howard respond. Things have been almost too perfect thus far.
A great read. I covered McCollum from 2014-16, and he felt delightfully old school back then. Good to hear he hasn’t changed. My favorite interviews, he’s got a billion analogies like the balance beam.
Can’t wait! If both teams play like they did today I don’t think it’ll be close 😉
Not that any of these teams (or 2024🤞) would have been champs but when you add these to the list of teams who did get a shot it becomes even more staggering that the Buckeyes only have 2 titles to show from the past 3 decades. So many memorable heartbreakers.
1996
1998
2005
2009
2015
2017
2018
So many Ohio State teams that could have gone on a run like this if given the opportunity. All top 6 during the season, suffered losses and came back to win their bowl game. This format was made for us.
This is college football porn, holy shit. All the potential of this team exploding at once. Defense is cooking. Jeremiah Smith is unstoppable. Treveyon rapidly ascending my favorite players list. Unbelievable.
BUCKEYES!!!
Right down to the ‘96 Buckeyes going completely limp at home against Michigan and souring the fanbase.
My first sports memory is the 1997 Rose Bowl where Ohio State spoiled a national championship they should have never had a say in, and this year’s Rose Bowl feels like a weirdly similar matchup that couldn’t have happened at any time in between?
I actually love how clean it is to have equally weighted Peach, Rose and Sugar Bowls as the only games on New Year’s Day. Feels very old and new at the same time. And has me in a wormhole of crazy national championships.
Wild times we’re living in where Klatt is the voice of reason.
