Patrick Hood

[Patrick Hood @PatricktheHood]

@rkylesmith Will go to 64 soon for this reason. 16 groups of 4. Top 2 advance.

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@JonahDispatch I’d give him that. Stole lots of scenes in that one.

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@slmandel The jokes comparing admin/coach movement to player movement have been simplistic and tedious for a while. Ok great, you want players to be employees. We get it.

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@stephenfhayes Never seen USMNT on the front foot like that in a World Cup. Playing to win instead of to not lose.

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@slmandel When the courts decided the NCAA couldn’t set the rules, this was always bound to happen. There will be more. It doesn’t feel right, but that doesn’t matter. He has a defensible legal case.

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@WillMilesSEC I think NCAA would have a different response to unionization attempt today in post-NIL world, no?

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@DanWetzel @max_olson @espn This is the bed we made when we all cheered bringing lawsuits against NCAA rules. Nothing is surprising here. Very foreseeable. He doesn’t have a case against common sense, but he does have a legal case.

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@Clowfb Cute. You think these athletes are taking tests? When was the last one ruled “academically ineligible”? Because that actually used to be a concern. No more.

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@DanWolken @YahooSports Wait, I thought we all really liked it when judges overturned NCAA rules?

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@slmandel No no, if a judge rules in favor of him, that means it was an illegal NCAA rule all along. I’ve been told that’s how this works.

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@3YearLetterman At this point, I think Sandy is more likely to ground into DP than get a hit.

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@AriWasserman @RiverBailey01 @AndyStaples Did you and River realize the game was plays of all time and not just the 2000s?

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@AndyStaples You did. Your Top 3 is the actual overall Top 3. No clue what Ari and River were thinking.

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@slmandel They’re not doing this to enforce rules better. They’re doing this because they don’t need the other conferences. All SEC fans would be quite happy if the season ended at the SEC Championship and maybe one bowl game.

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@DanWolken Ending the season with the conference championships and then just playing one bowl game is a better alternative to a 24-team playoff.

I’d choose the Georgia president to run college football over Tony Pettiti.

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@slmandel Man who supported face-eating playoff leopard never thought it would come for his face.

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@JeremiahDJohns @JonahDispatch It’s worse for the brazenness. But it feels similar to an EPA $2bil grant to a green nonprofit if that nonprofit goes on to accomplish nothing.

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@AriWasserman Miami-FSU is a crazy pick. I honestly wasn’t even sure if they play every year. Ahead of UGA-Auburn is nutso.

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@janecoaston Argument wasn’t back to states. It was back to legislative branch. For reasons you note, a federal law will make more sense.

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@slmandel Why are you against 24? TV ratings will be higher in the aggregate and that’s the key metric we use for health of the sport, right?