And here's ME VERSUS THE MONSTER* STEVEN GODFREY on The Rose Bowl podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7... *it's actually a perfectly nice conversation

😍😍😍 The Kraken continue their short but emphatic history of having the best-designed image and merch

the articles of confederation

The SEC can’t contend for titles because they’re all too scared to participate in the true crucible of competition: the pinstripe bowl

I mean I suppose the best comparison is “how did baseball fans feel when the World Series stopped being the only round of the playoffs”

maybe the better way to put this: the 4 team playoff, by its nature, couldn’t give you a winner that wouldn’t have sniffed the BCS Championship. but the 12 team format (and beyond) is far more likely to do that, and it’s still an adjustment to think that broadly

it’s gonna be genuinely interesting to see how CFB fans feel if we get two straight years of a national champion that didn’t even play in its conference championship

On the one hand you don’t throw a flag there On the other LOLLLLLLL

Carson Beck is gonna win three of the most annoying NFL games you’ve ever seen one day

CHOO CHOOOOOOOOOO

it would be very funny if Bama fired Kalen DeBoer and poached Pete Golding after this

this feels like watching the trolley problem happen in real time

Hey everyone! Been a bit quiet lately. I'm excited to announce that tonight I started in a new role as Miami football's director of interception catching. So far I'm loving working with my new team

I just need one incredibly dumb turnover. don’t even care who it’s from

incredibly mean of ESPN to leave teams that missed the postseason in their NFL playoff promo

perfect first half score in that both teams feel like “no that can’t be right”

If I’m Ole Miss, in the second half I only run broken plays

I fear we are watching a middle eight of catastrophic proportions for Ole Miss

you know, without context it’s hard to explain that 1) Ole Miss gave the job to its defensive coordinator and 2) the Ole Miss defense is uh well hmm

On SkyCast, NOBODY says moist. Unless you say it at home I guess.

I’m rooting for Ole Miss for a much more ethical reason: deep and personal hatred of Miami and many of its fans

“Commemorative flipping coin” is also something your grandpa would say when he can’t find a treasured keepsake

for some reason Steve Young appeared on Pardon The Interruption yesterday looking like he was getting ready to bludgeon Paul Dano to death

it's easy to forget that the full video for Remember The Time has a shot of Magic Johnson's bare feet

Today on Phantom Island for paid subscribers: @stevengodfrey.bsky.social and I compare our experiences at the FCS Championship. Tomorrow on Phantom Island, also for paid subs: ROSE BOWL REVIEW You can get access to both of those and much much more when you go to phantomisland.show today!

The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis has been identified by her mother as Renee Nicole Good, 37. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

the spammers are LEARNING

one of the things i hate most about this persistent line of argument is the implication that any of these actions would be fine if groceries were cheaper

New today on Phantom Island: @stevengodfrey.bsky.social and @rodger.bsky.social and I sat down to talk about collective fury at the G5 for making the Playoff and what changes the sport could try to make everyone happier. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Hugh Freeze's first post-firing golf rounds have hit the GHIN They're the first ones he's posted since the day my first story about how much he was playing published back in June

it has probably been far too long since you have last listened to purple rain and you should change that right now www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lsu...

look i know it's not the most crucial thing but i am gonna be so pissed if they fuck up CBS Sunday Morning

Some stuff you gotta take to your grave or AT LEAST keep that in your inner circle www.instagram.com/reel/DTLEuB7...

as of now I am on pace to attend 146 college football games this calendar year

Ok one more

ho ly shit

it is impossible to say how much more fun a Fucked Up Game is in person than on tv

hey nobody tell the swarm of Montana State fans I’m sitting with but holy shiiiiiiiiiiit

he sees you when you’re sleeping he knows when you’re awake he’s an anthro po morphic bobcat and he wants to eat your steak

There is more that unites us* than divides us *yelling RUN THE DAMN BALL after the quarterback nearly throws a disaster pick on first down

big third down

In the interest of good journalism, this man later admitted he’s actually an Iowa State fan

this dude is killing it

inside you there are two wolves

We’re having a Buffalo Wild Wings Hot Chicken Eating Contest between quarters and boy did the Illinois State fan just LAP the Bobcat dude

there’s one Montana State fan yelling PUT A FINGER IN HIS ASS every two plays or so

the PA guy claimed millions of Americans play football and now I’m curious if that’s accurate

It’s intro time

I don’t know shit but @espnbillc.bsky.social sure does www.espn.com/college-foot...

good evening, let’s go to the FCS Championship