If defensive backs aren't doing the Odysseus bow pluck as a celebration this fall I'll be extremely disappointed.

I'm so annoyed the link died because I checked last night out of concern, but it was the opening credit scene of "Jackass: Best and Last," which is set to Bonnie Tyler. Link has been edited to a proper appreciation of "Holding Out For A Hero": www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA48...

☘️ new newsletter ☘️ An ode to Leonard Moore, who has a chance to be the most special Notre Dame defensive back in a run of very special Notre Dame defensive backs. rakesreport.substack.com/p/rakes-repo... Also: Shamrock Series, BYU series, best players, fifth years.

Sometimes the comments are good

wait.

An all-time quote from SMU OL PJ Williams on QB Kevin Jennings: "I treat him like how I'd treat my sister. If someone's messing with Kevin, I've got his back. If anyone touched Kevin, I'm like, 'Kevin, who touched you?'"

🏈 new pod 🏈 @jessicasmetana.bsky.social and @alexkirshner.com on red flags and green flags (and yellow flags) when you're digging in on college football teams during preview season. Plus: Notre Dame as a contender and blamemeter for no Irish/Trojans game. open.spotify.com/episode/6sik...

Is it more weird that Cal and Clemson are part of the same conference, or that they only play two common conference opponents this year, or that Notre Dame has more common ACC opponents with each of them without being a conference member?

🏈 new pod 🏈 @jessicasmetana.bsky.social and @alexkirshner.com on red flags and green flags (and yellow flags) when you're digging in on college football teams during preview season. Plus: Notre Dame as a contender and blamemeter for no Irish/Trojans game. open.spotify.com/episode/6sik...

this is an incredible twist, i love it

if you need a weekend college football listen might i recommend ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

🎧🏈 new podcast 🏈🎧 @lucyrohden.bsky.social stopped in to discuss why so many people involved with college football seem to hate college football, the fall of Sparty and Wisconsin, and a lot more fun stuff. LISTEN: open.spotify.com/episode/4cy4...

Looks solid here. Another year, another non-black alt tho 😔.

Jess Shepard recorded her fourth career triple-double tonight (22/12/11), tied with Sabrina Ionescu for second-most all-time in the WNBA. Shepard has all three triple-doubles in the WNBA this season.

I spoke to my dear friend Mitch McConnell this morning and he said he wasn't a big fan of Notre Dame's Lambeau Shamrock Series uniforms but he's willing to see if they grow on him in the coming weeks and potentially look better during the game like the 2018 editions.

The WNBA All-Star results are fair and just (based solely on Citron/Mabrey/Young making it).

It’s…beautiful I think

hopefully someday the media and fans catch up to what the players already know from having to deal with her on both ends of the floor (Sonia Citron is awesome).

You will not be able to guess which law school she attended based on this information

~nodding enthusiastically~ www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

Sonia Citron with a visible limp playing her 52nd minute scores the game-winning basket in fourth overtime. 💪☘️🏀

☘️☘️☘️☘️

Not going to get hopes up but man would that rule.

Sonia Citron making MVP ballots? Seems like a lot of people are starting to say that, interesting, something to monitor.

As exciting as it will be to have college football back, the Saturday of Week One is really really light on big-time matchups.... ...until 10 p.m. ET, when we get UNLV at Hawaii on The CW and Nico at JKS in a Pac-12 After Dark Classic. Get a nap in if need be, going to be a late one.

The main pub for WC fans is closed today. Owned by an Irish immigrant who is staunchly Fenian. Chose to close today cause the English are in town for the game against Ghana. Go Ghana! @universalhub.com

🏀 Week 6 Players of the Week 🏀 Eastern Conference: Sonia Citron | Washington Mystics 21.0 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 4.7 APG Western Conference: Jessica Shepard | Dallas Wings 16.7 PPG, 11.0 RPG, 5.3 APG #WNBASeason30

This letter isn’t even about me and it was so mean I almost cried a little

🏈 new newsletter 🏈 Continuing a new June tradition of torturing myself by trying to rank the best 25 coaches in college football. Fun to List Some Guys, though. rakesreport.substack.com/p/rakes-repo... 1 Smart 2 Cignetti 7 Freeman 12 Elko 15 Fritz 23 Ferentz 24 Lea

🏈 new newsletter 🏈 Continuing a new June tradition of torturing myself by trying to rank the best 25 coaches in college football. Fun to List Some Guys, though. rakesreport.substack.com/p/rakes-repo... 1 Smart 2 Cignetti 7 Freeman 12 Elko 15 Fritz 23 Ferentz 24 Lea

Sonia Citron and Olivia Miles matched up on each other (with bonus Kayla McBride)

NEW: It’s time to vacate the asterisk and restore #NotreDame football’s NCAA-deleted wins ☘️ A decision that was flawed in the first place hasn't gotten any better with age, as the 10-year anniversary of deleting 21 Irish victories approaches. www.on3.com/teams/notre-...

After the gold rush, Notre Dame WBB coach Niele Ivey quickly pivots to recruiting 🥇☘️ Ivey coached Team USA to gold at the FIBA U18 Women's AmeriCup in Mexico. Four ND WBB recruiting targets were on the team, and ND hosts one of them this weekend. www.on3.com/teams/notre-...

Shoutout to the Big 12 for actually applying this pressure. You can fix some bad things through organization/solidarity/etc/etc!

Walked by a little later and someone taking a photo remarked "the sky looks fake" to their friend -- true!

If you need a weekend listen might I recommend

Texas Tech sweetie hire a PR firm I know u can afford it

Just reminiscing youtube.com/shorts/TWc0q...

The Sorsby situation sucks for the sport but at least we won't have to hear about Cody Campbell as some sort of white knight by media members who like rich people anymore. Going on Dakich's podcast to make your case means it's going well.

Texas Tech can and should do all the things it is doing to support Brendan Sorsby's recovery — but I don't see why he HAS to play football games. He can be in a structured environment, be at practice, & be around supportive teammates all without playing on Saturdays.

☘️ new pod ☘️ Had a very fun time with Jamie Uyeyama talking about why Notre Dame recruiting is on a roll + how many of the usual national champion benchmarks the 2026 Fighting Irish seem likely to hit. open.spotify.com/episode/7FMR...

☘️📨 ☘️ 📨☘️ 📨☘️📨 ☘️ The newsletter today is looking into whether 2026 should count as a "Championship or bust" season for Notre Dame (and a few other schools). rakesreport.substack.com/p/rakes-repo... This fact should make all the preseason title favorites a little nervous -- nothing guaranteed.

Very surprising to find out Cody Campbell might be a bad billionaire? Those are so rare. Will continue to monitor.

Would there be anything stopping the other Big 12 presidents/schools from voting to ban Texas Tech from the title game if Sorsby plays? Or all schools/conferences voting to ban them from the playoff? Stop whining for some deus ex machina fix from Congress and police your own institutions.

Glad I hedged in this and said Sorsby would "likely be ineligible" because the dumbest possible thing can always happen

this ruling is hilarious. it appears to suggest that playing for texas tech football is a constitutional right guaranteed to all american citizens

Excited that all the myopic "Keep politics out of my sports!!" folks are learning about the power of A Random Judge In Texas.

☘️📨 ☘️ 📨☘️ 📨☘️📨 ☘️ The newsletter today is looking into whether 2026 should count as a "Championship or bust" season for Notre Dame (and a few other schools). rakesreport.substack.com/p/rakes-repo... This fact should make all the preseason title favorites a little nervous -- nothing guaranteed.

Fresh newsletter for you tomorrow looking at Notre Dame and the rest of the preseason title favorites. Get signed up for a good time similar to the one below. rakesreport.substack.com

A special shout out to the 10 year olds who have been screaming “Sweet Caroline. Eat Shit Pitt.” non-stop since 10 am in the tent behind me.