Mason Childers

Back to school...

[Mason Childers @Mason_Childers]

@Portz_9 No way lol

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact:

We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we?

We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube...

During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights...

We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper...

We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine...

But for the day's highlights...

To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line...

If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)...

And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew...

And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego....

We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning.

It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience.

It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly...

And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others.

But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone.

These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context.

Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is.

Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled.

If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

Boo-Yah!

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Happy Thanksgiving

HIT THE MUSIC

[Auburn Football @AuburnFootball]

Love Auburn, Auburn will love you 🦅

𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀! Just ask @CoachCaddy24, an Auburn man who lives to serve.

[Mason Childers @Mason_Childers]

@w_turner11 @Portz_9 Tony Franklin here we come

[Auburn Football @AuburnFootball]

𝟮𝟰 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦⏳

I believe in Auburn and love it.

#WarEagle🦅 | @BCBSofAlabama

[Turkeys for Tomorrow @ForTurkeys]

NEW PROPOSED BILL AIMS TO REPEAL PITTMAN-ROBERTSON ACT

Turkeys For Tomorrow encourages everyone to TAKE ACTION TODAY (link in bio) and protect conservation and your freedom to hunt!

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[Ben Thomas @BenThomasPreps]

Trevor Morris gives GW Long its first lead of the game with a 2-2, 2-out single. Rebels lead 6-4 in the 8th.

[Jacques Doucet @JacquesDoucet]

History is finally made. Garth Brooks plays the song in Death Valley. #LSU

[Wild Turkey Report @WildTurkeyReprt]

“2 things you’re gonna need to turkey hunt...a good wife or you’re gonna lose her, and a good boss or you’re gonna lose your job”- Ben Rogers Lee

[PJ @Born2Barn_]

Bryan Harsin has turned me into a lifelong fan. Point blank. Regardless of his future at AU.

6-7, you say?

Idgaf, this man is part a dying breed in coaching. Hard nosed, my way or the highway and old school. Exactly what Auburn needed after the last regime.

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

Auburn gets to watch Alabama and Georgia once again play in the national championship

[Justin Hokanson @_JHokanson]

This is absolutely well done by @AuburnFootball

@AuburnLiveOn3 @On3Recruits

[Stan Smith @StanSmithTV]

Replace the Dr. Pepper tuition toss with the Oklahoma drill, see who really wants the money

[RobSoundsGood @RobSoundsGood]

This is the tweet.

Be thankful. It could always be worse.

[Mossy Oak @MossyOak]

We believe the one perfect antidote for the noise and distraction of modern life is to get outside and get closer to nature. It's in our DNA.

[Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr]

"Nah, you good, Florida State got the ball so I ain't gotta move the chains that much, what's happnin?!"

[Mason Childers @Mason_Childers]

You can’t pull out a turnover chain down 27-0 😶

[Whiskey Riff @WhiskeyRiff]

“So if it’d make you stay...”