Connor Koenig

God’s own child, I gladly say it • Co-Host of Echoes of Thunder @GCUBBallPod

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2024: My year in sports - a thread 🧵

In 2023, I documented every sporting event I went to and shared it with you.

I intended to do the same in 2024, but I was not disciplined enough and forgot to take pictures at several events I went to.

However, here’s what I do have!

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2023: My year in sports - a thread 🧵

Every sporting event I attended this year (excluding events I coached in)

Photo of the year below (Montana punches their ticket to the FCS National Championship)

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@SCOTTLAKE0 I know you didn’t mean it as a dig!

And you’re absolutely right.

But they have far stronger interest from their fanbase than literally every school in the new PAC12 aside from BSU.

It’s not a MW problem the way I see it. It’s a football in the west problem.

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@FarnhamTownFC @adidasUK I need a scarf! Farnham is the only match I’ve been to where I was unable to get a scarf!

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@Afc_Nels20 This is what Arsenal look like trying to win a European trophy.

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Me: 🤧🤒

[Dubois @CFC_Dubois]

You’re a sick man if you’re enjoying this Spurs downfall

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So EPL banned betting sponsors for the front of kit, but team staff can wear them in the dugout?

[Premier League @premierleague]

Home again. 🌱

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@RyanRobert77 @ryanhammer09 I think he’ll be okay. United might be the most supported club in the U.S., but it’s easily the most hated club in the U.S.

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@JFarling1887 @FabrizioRomano Shakhtar Donetsk will have UCL trophies in the stadium they play their UCL home matches in.

Arsenal cannot boast the same.. 🤔

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@GCU_Logan @BattleCattleFan @BradenTClark I just think 80% of “coaching” in college basketball, especially these days, is recruitment (most coaches would agree).

Development seems to be a back-burner item. Culture, principles, and game management are the remaining 20%.

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@GCU_Logan @BattleCattleFan @BradenTClark I’m not really sure we will 😂
I’d like to think so!

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@BattleCattleFan @BradenTClark But how can you say “resource merchant” if he’s doing exactly what’s expected of him?

Plus, don’t neglect, GCU had to build a roster for the MW without being certain as to whether or not they would be in any conference.

I think it’s fair to have ?s about Drew, but not this.

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@BattleCattleFan @BradenTClark But we literally made the tournament 3 straight years (and 4 of 5), and only one time did we actually have a first round matchup that was actually winnable, and we won it.

Do I think we dropped a few games here and there in a couple of those seasons that cost us a seed? Maybe.

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@BattleCattleFan @BradenTClark Curious about your thoughts there. Anything specific?

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@patricsp @IHateSoccerPod It will die, or supporters will buy it and do a better job of running it.

Happens frequently.

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@ElChibo @darkclaymore422 We might be hearing things from different people. Because I’ve never heard anyone in the U.S. who is for pro/rel claim that their local club will make it to the top tier.

Luton was level five, not below level. Splitting hairs, sure.

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@ElChibo @darkclaymore422 Such a disingenuous claim.

Wanting a path for the 9th tier club to make it to the top does not mean anyone EVER expects it. In fact, I’d be shocked if a club below the 5th tier of English football had ever made it to the top.

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@GoodZibes Welcome to Montana! Welcome to streaming most games lol

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@CFCdruw Saved our season on Easter Sunday 2025.
That said, €81m is a sell every day of the week.

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@saint7628 @iam_willyoung @Phil55507882001 @HarryHugoGoat 💯