Wordle 1,622 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This was a first. Got all five letters, but in the wrong order, on my second try.

I’m 3 episodes in on #Pluribus and never have I been so invested in a selfish a-hole character getting her shit together and no that is not a spoiler alert.

Timeline cleanse: Kids throwing toilet paper after Auburn-Mercer. Such non-conference games draw young families and others who avoid SEC ticket prices, giving Toomers Corner a sweet vibe.

I think these numbers remind us that we need to grapple with whether Twitter gets the amount of attention it does because people use it or because journalists still use it as their assignment editor and as the laziest, most inaccurate “Here’s the word on the street” source on earth.

Last night at the Auburn Pat Adams tied his career record for most consecutive games without a video review (1).

Sorry, South Carolina folks, but I still confuse Winthrop and Wofford, and Furman muddies the water a bit more.

One of the jarring things about social media in Portugal is that their version of “LOL” is “kkk.” Thank God they don’t do it in all caps.

Back in the days before computers reset everything for time changes, you found out you forgot to set your clock back when you got to church an hour early. Not even mixed emotions. You were seriously pissed.

A Lisbon sports bar. F1 race. Evander Holyfield will wave the checkered. A Scottish guy in the back yells, “Aye, waze ya folkin’ eeya!”

Daylight saving time ended in Portugal last night. I return to the US on Friday. This coming weekend DST ends in the US. So I gained an hour, I’ll lose it Friday, and I’ll gain it back the next night.

Me, when it looks like it might rain and I look at my umbrella:

One custom I don’t mind following while in Portugal is opening all e-mails with a “Dear” salutation and closing them with something courteous like, “With appreciation.” Even students practice that.

Is there a worse game coach in the SEC right now than Hugh Freeze?

At the Logan Airport security metal detector, I informed the TSA staffer that I had “2 electric hips.” I corrected it to “artificial hips” and told him, “I haven’t had electric hips for years,”

I still have not watched Saturday’s Auburn-Texas A&M game, and I have no intention of doing so. (Caught the last minute or so, and that was sufficiently miserable.)

Just watched E4 of #OnlyMurders S5. Extremely disappointed. The stupidity Arthur, Charles and Mabel had to display to move the plot along was literally unbelievable. Seriously. It lacked believability.

Auburn has announced a new basketball coach who is so young, he could be Bruce Pearl’s son. (Dad Joke of the Day)

Jesus: “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” MAGA Christians: “Hold my communion grape juice!”

Auburn fans will join the conspiracy theorists who believe that the SEC officiating folks in B’ham determine which team has the better chance of succeeding in the CFB playoffs and then calls down review decisions based on that.

The MAGA church is much like OT Israel in 2 Kings. Their idolatry made things progressively worse. Their solution? To double down on the idolatry!

I find Nate Bargatze funny. And I had no problem with his long speeches bit. Most of the folks took it in good humor, a chance to laugh at themselves. Those who didn’t came off as arrogant divas who never like to be told what to do (and I’m looking at you, John Oliver).

There’s no use crying over spilled milk, but spilled coffee is a disaster.

Auburn golf fans can get their fill of Jackson Koivun as he challenges in the final round of Procore Championship, on the Golf Channel. Getty Images photo by Andrew Redington.

TE Preston Howard is the ideal Hugh Freeze pitfall—he’s been racking up the dropped passes, but Hugh will keep having JA throw to him, so Hugh can show that he turned Howard into an elite tight end.

An Auburn colleague was fond of quoting his pastor: When you mix faith with politics, you know what you end up with? Politics.

Florida fans: OK, sometimes we do back down

Expert commentary from the 2010 season opener, 15 years ago today.

“Auburn Student of the Day” award goes to the driver who stopped on Donahue blowing their horn, because their friend didn’t see them, and then almost ran over a student in a crosswalk after giving up and driving away.

I had fun working with the Auburn Sports Network on a pre-game segment about the early history of football broadcasting in Auburn. Fast forward to 1:32:30 and check it out. Great job by Brad Law and crew.

Auburn football fans

I was just watching the wedding episode of The Bear, and I put it right with the Christmas episode of Ted Lasso in terms of smiles generated.

The NY Times Spelling Bee does not recognize this word, demonstrating their ignorance of SEC sports.

Been thinking about John MacArthur’s blasting of “easy believism,” the cornerstone of MAGA faith—that a quick prayer lets you do what you want but still go to heaven. MacArthur could have spoken strongly against it, but stayed quiet—fearing not God, but peers, donors and of course Trump.

The good news in #NASCAR now is that they will stop talking about that dumb In-Season Challenge. #WhoCares

If you think Europe is always rational compared to the US in a Trump/MAGA era, do a search for “thermal shock” and “Europe”, and see their extreme cultural attitudes toward air-conditioning.

When asked about progress in the Malcolm Simmons case, Auburn officials asked why the media aren’t investigating UGA’s and Bama’s role in Russiagate.

Nature abhors a vacuum, and human nature abhors an information vacuum. The longer Auburn stays silent on the Malcolm Simmons arrest, the more opportunities for rumors about indecision and conflict.

Tommy Tuberville would take the gun out of Trump’s hand and shoot people on Fifth Avenue himself. “He’s my president. I figure he must have a good reason for shooting those folks, so I’ll gladly jump in and help.”

A tragic and outrageous situation, but let’s hope Freeze moves quickly on this and suspends Simmons even while his case is in process.

My annual SEC Media Days post. I went for one day, it was boring save for the media members (especially those I met for the first time) and my credential was obviously created by an intern from Bama or UGA.

I’m convinced that it’s not the work crew that slows up the McDonald’s drive-thru. It’s the dang customers.

This pick is endorsed by @briandelaney.bsky.social

I wish y’all could have been in Southern California during the 1980s and enjoyed the Jesus People/Calvary Chapel culture, before far right media and opportunistic charlatans turned into a MAGA cesspool/Trump cult.

I don’t know if it’s still hot in the Northeast, but here in Alabama today it hasn’t gotten above 80, and I’m damn happy about it

Sad to come back from the Europe vibe to a country that is a carcass of its former self being picked over for profit by politicians, business and media.

The argument is that men’s soccer is more exciting than women’s soccer. This video enlightens that debate.

On my annual 4-week teaching gig at the Catholic University of Lisbon, I finally experienced stadium European football—the UEFA Women’s Champions League final. Special thanks to the two nice Barcelona fans who helped me get from Metro to stadium.

As we remember Ruth Buzzi’s time on “Laugh-In” (and her ensemble stuff was as good as Agnes), don’t forget that her true Meryl Streep moment was as Screech’s mom in “Saved by the Bell.”

Your reminder that evangelicals’ embrace of Trump and the GOP coincides with a ignoring and corruption of the Bible’s teachings on greed.