With all of a day left in 2025, it's time for one of my favorite articles every year: the college basketball conference play primer. Nearly 13,000 words on all 31 leagues, free at @basketunderreview.bsky.social www.basketunderreview.com/the-2025-26-...

Bret Bielema is the biggest hater, I can never have anything less than great respect for him. My spiteful king.

said that the CBS Final Four coverage was really good and some lady told me I was a bad person for supporting CBS in this time

You also shouldn’t be allowed to take all three of your timeouts like this. It’s legal but I want to sleep

That’s one of the best catches I’ve ever seen. You gotta let it stand because it was cool

I really like "Trainwreckords" as a title but there's a guy on RYM with a series called "1,001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear" and God. God that's so good

College football could never.

Top three NFL season I’ve seen and it might not be three or two.

Aaron Rodgers is almost complete the late career Brett Favre speedrun, his final task is welfare fraud.

Thank you Cleveland for giving us a meaningful week 18 game 🙏

I have a sporting prediction that within three years a team will do a “low key night” where there’s not 15-20 seconds of shit blaring at you in between every single play or possible dead moment in a game. It will be wildly popular and will immediately be outlawed by all pro leagues

Alright, I think we're good here. AOTY nominees: S.G. Goodman, Planting by the Signs James McMurtry, The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy Haim, I Quit Noura Mint Seymali, Yenbett Cecile McLorin Savant, Oh Snap

Google year in review ad has Erika Kirk whimpering in it. The year of slop indeed.

An absolutely astonishing playlist at a Nashville area O’Charley’s (mom’s pick): New Order, Aerosmith, The Modern Lovers (!), Primal Scream, and Smash Mouth. I am in awe.

Once again, I am fascinated that one of the most consistent sources of relatively accurate insider information for Michigan athletics is a poster named "Big Boutros."

Really loved Marty Supreme. It’s probably a little too long but I love the swing for the fences. Feels 70s and early 80s in a way you don’t see anymore. Movies are back!

Appears this isn’t over here yet, but on3 is going with officially official re: Kyle Whittingham and Michigan www.on3.com/news/michiga...

hell yes

NEW POST: Recapping the Hat Game, what the hell is a Game Above Sports, crappy bowl games have meaning beyond the playoff, somehow Pat Fitzgerald has returned??? and 4,500 more words of all of this bringyourchampionstheyreourmeat.blogspot.com/2025/12/what...

Afraid this search has reclaimed the work of Chris Balas and Pete Thamel, two villains of life itself. Big Boutros is in the dirt.

Mfw Michigan hires a proven winner who coached a top 10 team this year

Kyle Whittingham always struck me as a deeply serious guy who last investigated something other than football in 1989. I’m in.

St. Brown has been absolute mondo ass ever since that dance btw.

How the hell do you lose to JJ McCarthy and Max Brosmer IN THE SAME SEASON.

I know fans want to say something like "are the Lions really trying out there" but I think from the looks on their faces they are clearly trying hard. They know they need this game. They just aren't succeeding.

This is the most “not meant to be” season of fandom I’ve experienced in a long while. They’re gonna grade out as like the fourth best team in the NFL by DVOA yet be watching from home in two weeks.

I am ~70% sure the Lions are entirely on backup OL from preseason to now. Most cursed season one can imagine.

"Mr. Sanders, it's cool if you do this interview during the game on your couch. Do you have a really bland ass room in your house"

Would love for the adult children complaining about Goff to share their thoughts on that run and throw

Not totally finished up yet but that S.G. Goodman record is astonishing. If you haven't heard it, run to it. "Snapping Turtle" is no worse than a top-five song of the year.

Great work by Colin here. I’m on Team Brohm

Mortifying read in many aspects: www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...

The Lions have had terrible luck with close games and injuries. They don't need to make major changes. They need better health, better depth at OL, and PASS RUSHERS. And then some pass rushers, and maybe some pass rushers.

This would be a top five devastating regular season loss for half the franchises in the league and doesn’t crack the top fifty for the Lions

I do not understand

This is a remarkably stupid ending to a remarkably stupid game

Absolutely miraculous rescue by NFL officiating, who I've always loved and adored.

Seeing some I respect call this the least enjoyable Lions team ever. I mean…it’s been disappointing, sure. But this doesn’t even belong in the same region as 2013 let alone the same ballpark. Be real

Not gonna happen for the Lions this year. Just way, way too injured all over. Reload and get back to it in ‘26.

“He may be one of the greatest coaches of all time” [NCAA changes charge rule] “Nevermind”

Chris Beard about to have five losses before Christmas Day, Todd Golden has four. AND Bruce Pearl retired. Delayed gratification.

That’s kind of devastating for Lions purposes but: this now opens the window for 2025 Watching From Home award winner Green Bay and that’s beautiful

This weekend is a good reminder that the lone perfect flawless postseason format in American sports is the NCAA Tournament. They did a good thing there.

Another total cultural W for the BCS

SEC losing both games so far. Seen enough. Fake league.

SEAN MCDONOUGH: Welcome to the 47th overtime, it's Texas A&M 3, Miami 3 [Sun rises] [Sun keeps getting bigger] MCDONOUGH: yes [World engulfed by flames] MCDONOUGH: oh god yes

There is a 0.0% chance the G5 teams will acquit themselves worse than this.

These two teams

The stoppable force of Mario Cristobal in a close game versus the movable object of Texas A&M football the second they achieve any level of importance. This game’s impact will be forgotten

Absolute humiliation ritual for this poor kicker