Brian Fobi 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

🤷🏾‍♂️ retired (mostly) professor, traveler, insufferable pedant, kind-hearted soul.

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Non-sports fans: don’t walk into a room and ask “who’s playing?” or “what’s the score?” (1) That information is on the screen. Look at it. (2) You don’t care. If you did, you wouldn’t have to ask; you’d have known. Look at the screen, gather the information, and then leave.

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The most important ability is availability.

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Is two packs a day the answer? No, but healthy democracies renew themselves. We have to figure out a way.

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History sometimes turns on small decisions that nearly everyone assumes will fail. South Africa in the early 1990s offers one remarkable example, and a simple life lesson that still resonates with me.

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With the death of Jesse Jackson, a few things to remember...

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Funny, the craziest story I heard was two innocent civilians shot and killed by masked federal agents. But yeah, super sad ICE thugs can’t enjoy their linguine in peace.

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When I was in Minneapolis, I heard a number of crazy stories. But near the top of the list:

A couple of off duty ICE and CBP officers were going to dinner in Minneapolis. They were doxed and their location revealed, and the restaurant was then mobbed. The officers were locked in the restaurant, and local police refused to respond to their pleas for help (as they've been directed by local authorities). Eventually, their fellow federal agents came to their aid.

This is just a taste of what's happening in Minneapolis because state and local officials refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement. They have created the chaos so they can have moments like yesterday, where someone tragically dies and politicians get to grandstand about the evils of enforcing the border.

The solution is staring everyone in the face. I hope authorities in Minneapolis stop this madness.

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@CFBNerds Somebody needs to give refs a law a school lecture on “standard of review.”

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@SwuzuJones That’s the hope. He also needs to dial in the maturity and humility. Hopefully, if he stays, this humble pie season causes him to dial it back and focus on getting better at football.

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Are we sure Bryce Underwood leaving would be a bad thing? It’s not just that he’s not good; he’s actually gotten much worse from Week 1. Surely there’s a portal QB who could get us more than 2300 yards and 9 TDs.

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@MichiganPodcast That presupposes facts not in evidence.

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@MichiganPodcast I entered the season incredibly excited about the idea of Bryce Underwood, but as it ends, I honestly wouldn’t feel busted up about it if he decided to go elsewhere. He certainly doesn’t seem irreplaceable.

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@JorieAulston Today was our origin story. You don’t become a hero without getting your ass kicked at the of Act I. This was Luke in Cloud City; next year, is Luke in black on the second Death Star.

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Congratulations to @OhioStateFB . Rivals can show respect, and you guys are obviously elite. As always, I root for your catastrophic annihilation in the playoffs, but until then, you’ve earned your plaudits. See you next year in Columbus.

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@MichiganPodcast We’ll know in a year. Part of me thinks: if we’re gonna lose, better to get splattered so we see the level we have to get to. If this team has character, today is Duke getting run off the court by UNLV and dedicating themselves to come back better. Bryce: you have your mission.

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@MichiganPodcast We paid a lot of money for one extra yard and one fewer pick. 😂 In seriousness, if he takes this with humility and heads to the lab with his pen and his pad, this could be his superhero origin story. But it starts with humility.

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@MichiganPodcast At some point, it’s a coaching issue for not taking away snaps from him. What’s the upside of keeping him out there?

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@MichiganPodcast No matter how you slice it, he’s a coach who took over an undefeated national champion has has since gone 11-6. Internal promotions have an awful HC track record. Michigan isn’t an “internship” program. We need an elite coach; he’s not that.

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@CFBNerds I feel like we’re deeper into the season than ever before without actually knowing who’s good. Ohio State has passed the eye test in most of their games, but with each passing week their wins seem less impressive. Maybe it’s just mid all around?

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@Johnubacon Surprised he was out there for the rest of the drive

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@MichiganPodcast It might take a while for us to re-learn that our QB having a chance to make plays is a good thing.