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@stephenhartzell.bsky.social DON'T CALL MY WIFE DEEZ NUTS!!!

That’s more like $50 nice try, sickos

Part of transitioning from sports media to education is understanding a lot of your old friends whole personality is just sports. I have run out of things to talk about lol

Shout out to my guys at Learfield. ESPN dudes saying things this morning like “I’m glad ‘WE’ started putting cameras on radio play by play guys”. Bitch, this was a Zack Waldman idea 15 years ago. We been had this! Y’all act like it’s a new thing every year they capture this amazing shit!

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We woke up and chose violence this morning and people have FEELINGS

BTW, @stephenhartzell.bsky.social and I taped our usual going-on-fumes, last-show-before-the-bracket podcast well after 1 a.M. ET last night. Squeeze it in today if you can. A fastidious 50 minutes. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Did @mattnorlander.bsky.social and I drop a pod in the middle of the night? Yes! Did I then upload the wrong audio file because it was 1:30 AM l and my brain was not functioning? Also yes! Friday show is now up. Fifty minutes well spent ⬇️🏀 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

If you’re not wearing out the office toner this week (and next), you’re doing it wrong

One of the best CSN eps every year is when my bud Borzello joins and we trade opinions on the carousel. Did that today for 30-plus minutes while @stephenhartzell.bsky.social soaked in the intel. We also opened w/ a nostalgia-driven look at what made us love ball. Think you'll really enjoy this one:

I tried the mint chocolate sundae at Costco tonight so you don’t have to. 6/10 and I love mint and chocolate combined. Weak ass dessert tbh. Also - if anyone reading this has any pull - please bring back coffee grinders at Costco y’all slipping

On today's show with @norlander.bsky.social - plenty of actual, basketball discussion (including 30 minutes with the great John Fanta) ... but also, we rank the Koa's:

Wondering if @stephenhartzell.bsky.social will go the entire season without posting a link to College Sports Now on Bluesky. Big one here, including 20 mins w/ Michigan asst Mike Boynton. Also my reax from last night's Hartford massacre—including criticism of Rick Pitino's postgame decisions.

Me, twice a week, waking up in the morning and watching Mick Cronin postgame pressers

Monday CSN with @stephenhartzell.bsky.social opens on Jerome Tang's firing, includes our latest interview with the coach of a hot mid-major team, delves into some expected spicy takes elsewhere, and I reveal my No. 1 Band to See in the next calendar year. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

the system works! Sorry for the late delivery, thank you for your patience

The episode where I accuse Norlander of lurking on the PhantasyTour message boards and called Nebrasketball the f-word

@stephenhartzell.bsky.social dropped the perfect Lebowski “far out, man” on today’s @hitdpod.bsky.social

If we’re ranking sports music themes … Olympics has to be in the top 2 or 3 of all-time

Monday edition of College Sports Now opens hot with @joeovies.bsky.social on Carolina over Duke, the court storm and NC State chatter. Then we get to the rest of the weekend, the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny and plenty more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Have been very critical of big game Gus, but he’s been in his damn bag tonight

If you'd like some day-after reax to Gonzaga losing to Portland, Sparty losing to Minnesota and BYU losing to Oklahoma St., today's College Sports Now with @stephenhartzell.bsky.social is live. Plus: We brought SLU coach Josh Schertz on the show. Super Bowl talk and more too. Beefy episode—enjoy!

blitzketball!

There is a Ballroom Blitz. So why not a Basketball Blitz too.

Can’t watch CBB? On the road running errands? Snowed in? Turn on the CBB Blitz on the Varsity App. @stephenhartzell.bsky.social

Basketball Blitz (yes, really) starts right now Two ways to listen/watch: 📲 Varsity app - tinyurl.com/2ynzy4x7 📺 YouTube - www.youtube.com/live/nK6DxGu...

Talk to you in an hour 🏀🔥 www.youtube.com/live/nK6DxGu...

We tried to think of a cool name like ‘Full Court Press’ or ‘Fast Break’ but let’s be real, we all miss the Blitz

Norlander claims to be a music head yet couldn’t spot the fake that I inserted in the highly lauded ‘Best New Artist’ nominations

Going to put this in a public forum because @surber.bsky.social was so right about the JJ Cale and I’m sorry for ever doubting you, Surbs

As called by Don Fischer on Indiana Hoosiers radio and HEARD on the Varsity app:

Congrats to Indiana. First 16-0 team ever. Enjoy the Filet-o-Fish!

Come for the hoops talk. Stay for the Sphere 2 takes

NATTY DOINK

Can confirm podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

An all-Adidas natty. Gross

I know about this show where doinks are sponsored

Tremendous content

The sound quality of that doink though 🤌🏽

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Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain

Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters

Saints-Falcons deciding whether the Bucs or Panthers win the NFC South is the most electric thing since Cal beat SMU to send 5-loss Duke to the ACC championship game

Being the garbage kingmaker of the NFC South is the final form of Falcons-Saints. For six grim decades the entire gruesome rivalry built toward this

Trinidad Chambliss is levitating rn. Total God mode

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Just your casual reminder than Chris & Herbie have done a grand total of *zero* Indiana football games this season

JMU racked up 34 points and over 500 yards against this Oregon team but all the ball-knowers told me that didn’t count

We gotta stop with these in-game coach interviews. Nothing good is coming from these. Ever.