Brian

[Brian @bmoder21]

@DoubleG044 @DameronT @SColemanLU @CharlieMarlow_ How does it work if other players or journalists call other fanbases the “best in baseball”? Does “best in the world” trump “best in baseball”?

Kidding… no explanation needed, b/c nobody cares about comparing fanhood, because it’s silly…

[Marquee Sports Network @WatchMarquee]

"Best fans in baseball. Best fans in the world."

Michael Busch was happy to be back in front of Cubs fans at Wrigley Field 👏

[Brian @bmoder21]

@AmericanAir @ian_mariani Good to see they treat all their screw ups the same way. I got a long winded apology and a few miles to fix a 6:20 AM 1st Class DEN→DFW flight was delayed repeatedly (crew + maintenance), forcing us onto a PHX connection. We lost First Class, and got home 9.5 hours late

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Happy 250th birthday to the best country on earth! I was reading a book the other day and was struck by this paragraph. I don’t know who the author was but I thought it was brilliant and perfectly said…🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[The🐰FOO @PolitiBunny]

Holy shit, I love this.

Watch.

He's amazing.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

Life is like a guitar. @ericchurch offers a brillianct commencement address (and guitar lesson) at his alma mater, UNC, that belongs in the pantheon of addresses of this sort with those of Steve Jobs (Stanford) and David Foster Wallace (Kenyon College).

[J.P. Hovey @jhovey34]

Honestly was not expecting Eric Church to give one of the best commencement speeches of all time.

Chief CRUSHED this 🫡

[Brian @bmoder21]

@GreggButt88850 @mattlindner He’s not “your” third baseman, weirdo. It’s a free country, and the Cubs’ 3B is free to speak wherever he would like. If that bothers you, again, YOU are the loser

[Brian @bmoder21]

@TheSeigeDFS @NashTalksTexas The Kent/Miss State arguments are so tiresome. When you play the schedule Texas did, you shouldn’t need “style points” in trap games on the road sandwiched between #6 OU and #9 Vanderbilt. Sure those aren’t high quality opponents, also not going to apologize for wins

[Brian @bmoder21]

@Tct97 @NashTalksTexas 6-1 (3-1 vs. Top 10 opponents) since the bad Florida loss. UGA game was 14-10 in the 4Q. UGA went up 21-10, got the surprise onside kick and the wheels came off from there. Y’all “don’t understand” the argument because you want to damn the loss and ignore the wins and SOS

[Brian @bmoder21]

@CK_3108 @JatumTayso5861 @GabefromGA @BrooksAustinBA It’s not the OSU loss, it’s the bad UF loss

But Bama’s loss is worse, by 2 TD to a team UF whooped

But you have 3 losses

Fine, we won’t play OSU anymore

It’s not the OSU loss, it’s the bad UF loss

It’s just circular ignorance where they never acknowledge the 3 top 10 wins

[Brian @bmoder21]

@GabefromGA @CK_3108 @BrooksAustinBA Said the quiet part out loud… if your bad loss happens in week 1 @ FSU, you can go 10-1 (1-0 vs. the top 10), and be in

But if your bad loss happens in week 5 @ UF, you can go 7-1 (3-1 vs. the top 10), and it doesn’t matter

[Brian @bmoder21]

@Maybach1168887 @orangebloods_ NOBODY!

[Drew Mentock @AndrewMentock]

Steve Sarkisian says Texas is a playoff team at 9-3.

He uses Notre Dame’s 2024 playoff run after losing to Northern Illinois as justification for why a loss to Florida shouldn’t keep the Longhorns out.

[Brian @bmoder21]

@filmguy1974 @orangebloods_ If Texas plays Ohio instead of Ohio State, you know they’re in with a 10-2 record, and 3-1 vs. top 10 teams, with H2H wins over 10-2 OU and 10-2 Vandy.

Thus, there is absolutely no “reward” for beating Ohio State.. they don’t need that resume builder

[Brian @bmoder21]

@filmguy1974 @orangebloods_ Risk is far higher for an SEC team. Texas plays #3 OSU on road. They then go on to play 4 additional top 10 teams. OSU played 0 additional top 10 teams.

It’s ok for OSU to lose week 1 with a dog breath B1G schedule. No room for error if UT loses, that’s the point

[Brian @bmoder21]

@pendavearello @YOGIYEEZY @jlkurtz 2024 Notre Dame lost at home to Northern Illinois and played ONE top-15 team…

2025 Texas lost in the swamp to a bad Florida team and went 3-2 against top-10 teams

Nobody denies losing to UF was bad. They tout the full body of work and willingness to go to OSU in OOC

[Brian @bmoder21]

@filmguy1974 @orangebloods_ Also, to be clear, that isn’t bitching or begging to be in. This is calling out the natural consequences of a high risk, no reward structure, and it’s actually unfortunate. It’s Texas this year, but it’s any SEC team going forward

[Brian @bmoder21]

@filmguy1974 @orangebloods_ You know my reply was in regard to the committee ref. UT’s damning loss to UF as the reason they were left out. Are you suggesting that if UT didn’t play OSU, and were sitting at 10-2 with H2H over OU, they’re in? B/c Bama is at 9 while losing to FSU who got steamrolled by UF…

[Brian @bmoder21]

@filmguy1974 @orangebloods_ The committee blatantly says the loss to UF did Texas in; zero mention of number of losses. You bringing up number of losses kinda lends itself to the whole argument Texas is making that the risk of playing top 10 OCC opp. is not worth the reward

[Brian @bmoder21]

@Maybach1168887 @orangebloods_ I’m actually comparing the damning loss for both teams. You’re comparing the overall body of work while ignorantly leaving out that Texas was 3-2 against top 10 teams this year while Notre Dame had zero top 10 opponents last year