Two types of countries win World Cups:
1. Countries that baptize the planes their players fly in.
2. Countries that take you from your family at one day old and put you in an underground Soccer Lab.
Astounding to me someone would question why Suarez continues to play (even though he’s obviously in pain) based on a clip where he’s still receiving goal scoring chances from… Leo Messi.
𝗛é𝗿𝗼𝗲𝘀, la película oficial del Mundial 86, es por escándalo el mejor registro que exista de una Copa del Mundo. ¡40 años! La edición de Argentina-Inglaterra es insuperable.
Ronaldinho: “When you start too late, after 8 or 9, you can learn the drills, the tactics, the gym work… but the mechanics will always look a little stiff. The ball knows who grew up with it and who met it later.”
BREAKING: Bobby Petrino has agreed to become the next North Carolina offensive coordinator under Bill Belichick, @clowfb, @PeteNakos & @InsideCarolina report🐏
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Objectively, how do you defend this:
Miami (10–2)
– ESPN SOS: 45
– ESPN SOR: 14
– Did not play for a conference championship
– Losses: Two 8–4 teams (SMU, Louisville)
BYU (11–2)
– ESPN SOS: 22
– ESPN SOR: 9
– Played in the Big 12 championship
– Losses: No. 4 Texas Tech on the road & in the Big 12 title game
Notre Dame (10–2)
– ESPN SOS: 44
– ESPN SOR: 13
– Did not play for a conference championship
– Losses: Miami (who lost to two 8–4 teams) & No. 7 Texas A&M
As a completely objective, non biased observer (ignore the hat in the profile pic) it’s good for the sport to let Texas in. One direction leads to rewarding a tougher schedule, the other to top teams playing it safe. Which is more exciting, profitable, rewarding… for all?
SEC teams are playing 9 game conference schedules in 2026.
If Texas misses the playoff, the entire landscape/pageantry of College Football changes.
This is a difficult position for the CFP committee to be in, but they have a chance to set the precedent.
For me, this is the greatest campaign not only in football, but in the history of all sports.
No player in any sport has ever had a tournament like this.
The Salad Days. I remember the batting stance. The color of the tv screen. The font of the graphics. I don’t even need to hear the voices of the announcers to conjure them. A Proustian experience.
Summer in the 80s for me was being able to turn on WGN everyday for baseball. And that's what it was. Just baseball. No cares about anything but sunny skies, big crowds, ballpark noise, Harry and Steve and ballplayers playing a ball game. RIP #Ryno. Here's a snippet from '86.
The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:
The @OfficialAlamo has acquired the bike Pee Wee Herman rode in Pee Wee's Big Adventure. The bike will be on permanent display in 2027.
Photo courtesy @OfficialAlamo