I am once again recommending that you watch the Paramount+ show School Spirits.

I am rooting for the Blue Jays but mostly I just hope that both teams have a good time.

The way that Jeter just looked at ARod was exactly the same way as my older cat looks at my smol cat when the smol cat has worn down his last good nerve.

I was talking to @matthewhleach.bsky.social about how Hugh Freeze ended up at Auburn and I was like ‘do you think that college football coaches have to take the same cybersecurity training that other university employees do?’

I am from Indiana and I want Oregon to drop 100 on IU after McAfee picked them.

The crowd is booing Cathy so loud. Good job, everybody.

Happy Midwest Windows Open season to Dewey.

One of my favorite nuggets from the Unrivaled season was Angel saying “Sabrina can‘t fucking guard” on a mic while in a team huddle. It’s pretty niche, but I would tune in to see someone in the Gameday crowd holding a sign that says that.

I’m reading a news brief in Nature about a report that found that in a virtual scenario, at least some of the LLMs involved in the experiment “took steps that would lead in the death of a fictional executive who had planned to replace them.”

Even though I am happy with an Aces win, I owe DB an apology. I was unfamiliar with her game.

Okay, Blue Jays!

Bonner actually successfully made a three-point shot!

I asked @matthewhleach.bsky.social how many shirts he thought the Mariners fan was wearing.

I do appreciate how shocked Bonner looks every time she misses a shot that doesn't even hit the rim.

If I’m Vegas, I’m making it so that Bonner has to (attempt to) make a lot of shots from deep.

A true story is that one time I went to the FSU/Miami game when it was in Miami and I almost got punched by a Miami fan.

Phee seems to have the support of A LOT of the players. Cathy chose to say that Phee’s statements contained inaccuracies because, presumably, she couldn’t say that her statements weren’t true. Probably not a good way to get everybody back on the same page, tbh.

First the WNBA Countdown crew roasted Cathy’s presser then Phee cancelled their meeting. Cathy might not be a quitter, but that don’t mean they aren't going to fire her.

I went on a muti-minute rant about how if the Collars & Co. people wanted to help you pull a fast one, they should have buttons that go all the way down the shirt. If you wear that shirt with a blazer, people will still know you’re wearing a golf shirt. The starched collar won’t fool them.

Ruocco says “Bonner to tie!” as she tried to make a three and I started cackling.

Cathy Englebert’s presser raised a lot of questions that her presser was meant to address.

You can tell I live in Minnesota but am not from Minnesota by how annoyed I am at how warm it is here right now.

Announcer: Aces are on the brink of going to the finals. @matthewhleach.bsky.social: Cusp. Brink is something bad. Me: Have you seen how many opposing players the Mercury have taken out?

You know how good this game is? They’ve finally stopped talking about Caitlin Clark.

Those Stranger Things jerseys are just so ugly.

Countdown moved onto ESPN2 where it belongs. All’s well that ends well.

Everybody who wants to watch this Aces/Fever game also wants to watch WNBA Countdown for the commentary on Phee. Sneaking Countdown onto ESPNU and not telling anyone is loser behavior.

Congrats to the Mercury who you absolutely do not have to hand it to.

The entire Lynx roster seeming to take joy in making AT look bad at basketball.

I am here for this ‘FAFO’ energy the Lynx seem to be very specifically directing at AT. Regardless of the outcome, this is the energy I require from this game.

After Cheryl crashed out on Friday, I have come all the way back around on the Lynx and am rooting very much for them to win it all. Very excited to have been a lifelong Minnesota Lynx fan since late last week.

McAfee’s monologue making every episode of Game Day run over by at least 5 minutes and always ending with him in some sort of state of undress must make Nick just absolutely furious on a weekly basis.

The sad Stud Budz postgame presser was so sad. I hope Ryan Ruocco is okay.

I need somebody else to watch the Paramount+ show School Spirits because I need someone to talk to about it and I am too old to join Reddit.

Despite living in Minneapolis, I have seen fewer Lynx games on TV than any other team due to not having the channel on YTTV that airs them and WNBA League Pass blacking them out. I have no idea how representative this game is of how they play. But it seems like the Valkeries could absolutely win it.

Georgia Tech started out as a branch college of UGA back in the late 19th century so if they win I guess UGA can claim a transitive win over Clemson.

As someone who started remote work in the spring, this is very relatable content.

Contingent faculty make up so much of the higher education workforce but they face job precarity AND they don’t get the same academic freedom protections as their tenured colleagues because tenure is the mechanism for protecting academic freedom. If you’re curious, here is the AAUP’s position.

Find you something you love as much as Ryan Ruocco loves the Stud Budz.

Wild to hear Holly Rowe (incorrectly) explain Twitch to the audience of this WNBA game. What a time to be alive.

I guess it’s good that they’re not just doing this at WNBA games anymore?

Apparently IDLES is opening for MCR, at least at Fenway. I saw them do a late night set at Bonnaroo in 2024 and it was so good in a ‘kick your teeth in’ kind of way.

Whoever talked up those Reese’s Oreos was not exaggerating how tasty they are.

Still not a true College Football Sicko, but I am watching Georgia State play Memphis. Happy THERSday, friends.

As a noted Duke hater, listening to the Duke broadcast on College Football Blitz is delightful. “This [Illinois repeatedly substituting] is disrespectful to the game of football, candidly.”

The commentators on the ACC pregame show (you couldn’t pay me enough to watch Gameday or BNS) just suggested that Carson Beck is the best QB in the ACC.

In writing up some results of a research project for a presentation I'm part of, I was chuffed to realize that we'd answered our research questions AND that I could confidently explain the quantitative analysis we had done on the data.

I asked @matthewhleach.bsky.social why anybody would prefer the NFL to college football so I guess my indoctrination is complete?

The Big Ten Academic Alliance made a video talking up the importance of the academic side of higher education. Apparently it will air during Big Ten football games. There is so much to unpack here. I hope your favorite college sports media site or podcast will talk about this.

I was heartbroken to realize that Minnesota also has False Fall.