Curt Cignetti and Fernando Mendoza:

Ohio St and Oregon are Nos. 2 and 3 in SP+. They went a combined 25-1 against teams that weren't Indiana. The Hoosiers went 3-0 against OSU and UO, w/ all 3 games away from Bloomington. If Indiana beats Miami they are indisputably one of the greatest college football teams of all-time. What?

If you're a Hawks or NBA fan looking for something to read during halftime, I wrote a Trae Young farewell, enjoy

the best-looking 58-yarder I have ever seen from a college kicker. Hands down. Don't have to ponder it

Wrote some words about the (sadly necessary) departure of Trae Young, my favorite-ever Hawk jerryhinnen.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/t...

the evergreenest

need @byjustinlee.bsky.social to celebrate the founding of the Auburn Torch and this ludicrous ending by bringing over the "never played a normal game in any sport and never will" tweet immediately

how about if Auburn instead lets a team half its size collect a contested offensive rebound and turn it into a backbreaking 3

enjoying the year-over-year transfer QB delta from "yes, we'll take the kid who got benched at Oklahoma after putting up exceedingly meh numbers" to "yes, we'll take maybe the single most exciting returning QB in FBS"

Trae Young is my favorite Hawk ever. It hurts that it's over. But it's over. And the Hawks can't afford to pretend it's not.

1980s Super Bowl-ass final at the darts today, with Luke Littler playing the part of the '85 Bears

Georgia shooting 16/21 (76%) from 2 against Auburn's "defense" tough sledding trying to win a road college basketball game that way

Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.

college football's gotten a lot worse in a lot of ways but this is a whole hell of a lot better than Alabama-Clemson-Ohio St-Oklahoma again

your kicker has hit twice from 55+ and you're just not even going to try? until the next play, when your WR is nearly killed trying to get downfield? what are you doing?

"We're minutes away from kickoff at the Rose Bowl and here come the undefeated, No. 1-ranked, Big Ten champion ... Indiana Hoosiers" still feels 100 times less likely to be reality than some Terre Haute 11-year-old's fever dream we've all stumbled into

big ol' duh

Any accounting of the Hawks' current slide into oblivion must reckon with their head coach's yearslong inability to construct a semi-passable defense in ATL--or this season, his apparent disinterest in even trying

"let's have Marcel Reed throw into a series of tight-ass windows rather than letting him use his legs against a backpedaling defense" is not what I believe to have been the optimal choice

Well, I guess it's better than him being out 7-8 months?

Asked myself: what's the biggest story, the No. 1 conclusion to take away from the USMNT's run to end 2025 and enter 2026? My answer:

USA IS GOING TO THE OLYMPICS Danny Casper makes a draw for four in the 9th end to defeat China 9-4 and clinch an Olympic berth. And the celebration is on for the Americans here in Kelowna.

can't wait to watch these guys in Italy. Casper's confidence and calmness in the face of 9.9/10 difficulty-level shots -- as well as, you know, the ability to make them -- is a real delight

just noticed that not only did Voxtrot put out a new single last week, it bangs every bit as hard as their litany of 2000s-era bangers, holy smokes y'all (cc: @wovenantelope.bsky.social) youtu.be/mi0PdEa-k-I?...

My all-time favorite newspaper correction:

Aw dammit. RIP to one of the most unmistakable voices of my music-listening lifetime

me: just to clarify. If I’m wrong I don’t owe you $200 I just get the $200 if I’m right? Jeopardy: yes me: ok in that case what is echolocation Jeopardy: no

this, in case you were wondering, is badass

the biggest problem with the College Football Playoff committee's rankings today are the College Football Playoff committee's rankings every day leading up to today

not *un*happy w/ US draw, especially considering horror-movie possibilities lurking w/ Italy in Pot 4 but think the "couldn't ask for better" sentiment I've seen overstates things. If Turkiye advances, on paper Group D should have the strongest 4th-best team in a format where that's real, real bad

probably off to the Knicks if he's off to anywhere at all but nice feeling as a Hawks fan to have the confidence that *if* there's a sensible package that *could* reel him in, Onsi Saleh will have long since been prepared to offer it

Asked a Florida buddy on Twitter what plausible candidate UF fans would've wanted instead of Sumrall, ended up w/ a bunch of replies from random Gators. By far most popular answer was "Lincoln Riley" (lol good luck Jon), but also got multiple mentions of Will Stein as someone they'd be happy with...

Thanks to @edsbs.bsky.social for saying the thing re: the hand-wringing/pearl-clutching of the past 48 hours so i don't have to channel-6.ghost.io/the-2025-top...

Well hot diggity damn

you know what sucks the most? that if Auburn shows up ready to play that game and doesn't wait until it's in a 17-0 hole to do anything it wins hey, guess whose job it is to have the team ready to play?

just get out of bounds :(

Jordan-Hare Stadium Occult Powers vs. the Kalen DeBoer Twilight Close Game Bullshit Zone who will win?

"what if we play the quarterback who can move under pressure and see if he can get the ball to Malcolm Simmons" seems like an offensive breakthrough that should've occurred so, so long ago but I will accept it happening right now, yes

why are we lining up a freshman running back with four catches all season out wide late while driving for a tying TD late in the third quarter of the Iron Bowl, is my question

let's see how DJ Durkin's attempt to prove he can maintain his team's defensive performance in the head coaching role is going, shall we ah hmmm

Auburn's receivers participating in the First Annual Dipping of Gloves in the Vat of Bacon Grease of Glorious Victory may have been a mistake

me in theory: I can't root for Auburn today, it might--it probably would--mean head coach DJ Durkin me in practice the moment we look live at Jordan-Hare with Alabama in the building: WAR DAMN EAGLE CRUSH THEM WIN LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO

among realistic Auburn candidates would've been happy w/ any of Drinkwitz, Golesh, Sumrall or Lea, in that order with Drink and Lea extension-committed, if Sumrall opts for UF feels like odds of a hire I'm much less happy with increase dramatically

Today in sports action here at Jerry Hinnen Enterprises LLC: -- Huddersfield Town fart around playing out of the back, give up stupidest goal to lose 2-1 at Luton -- Hawks get wire-to-wire obliterated by [checks notes] the Washington Wizards -- Auburn hoops gives up 102 to Michigan, loses by 30

Brandy you're a fine girl What a good wife you would be But my life my love and my lady Is the See

Yo what’s up chat. It’s ya boy Sisyphus, back again with another Eternal Boulder Any% run. If you’re new here, smash that follow button like Zeus smashed my hopes and dreams.

remember thinking a few seasons into Gus's tenure how lucky I was, as a middle-aged fan with no memory of Barfield, that the *worst* Auburn hire of my lifetime directly resulted in both a national championship and an obvious, successful candidate to replace him that debt has been so freaking repaid