Collette Strickland

Proud Mom of a UGA Bulldog. Hoosier Floridian. Rescue dog lover. News junkie. The beach is my happy place. 🏖 🌻🐶

[Jeff Sentell @jeffsentell]

Well, that’s a 15-star video here.

UGA has placed 5-star RB commit @KemonJones9 conveniently next to 5-star 2028 DL targets @Asherghioto34 and @KellanHbigdawg today.

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

Fernando Mendoza signed a rookie contract in July worth $57.27 million. Fully guaranteed. He is 22 years old.

This week he announced what he is doing with his rookie season.

He is starting a series called Finance with Fernando to teach people his age how to handle money.

His words in the trailer.

"My true passion is fiscal responsibility."

He is not bluffing. He graduated from the Haas School of Business at Berkeley, and he is finishing a master's in business administration in December.

Here is how he got to the point where a 22 year old can say that.

All four of his grandparents left Cuba for Miami in 1960.

He grew up in Miami and played at Christopher Columbus High School. In two seasons as the starting quarterback he threw for 1,396 yards and 16 touchdowns. Total. Nobody was building a recruiting class around that.

He committed to Yale.

Then another recruit's decision opened a door at California, and he went to Berkeley instead. He redshirted in 2022. He started eight games in 2023 and eleven in 2024.

Then he hit the portal and went to Indiana, a program that had gone 9-27 in the three years before Curt Cignetti showed up.

What happened next does not really happen.

Indiana went 16-0. Mendoza threw 41 touchdown passes, a school record. They won at Oregon. They beat No. 1 Ohio State for the Big Ten title.

Rose Bowl against Alabama, he went 14 of 16 for 192 yards and three touchdowns in a 38-3 win. Peach Bowl against Oregon, five touchdowns.

Then the national championship game, against Miami. The school in his own hometown.

Indiana won 27-21. He was the offensive MVP.

First Heisman Trophy in Indiana history. First national championship in Indiana history.

Then the Raiders took him first overall. He wears number 15 for Tom Flores, who gave him his blessing to use it.

And right now he is sitting behind Kirk Cousins.

So instead of waiting around, he is finishing the MBA and starting a personal finance series for people who have never had money and are about to.

One more thing worth knowing about him. His mother Elsa lives with multiple sclerosis. He and his brother worked with restaurants to put items on the menu that raise money for MS research.

Turn on any sports broadcast in America right now and count the sportsbook ads.

The number one pick in the draft started a show about not losing your money.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

It does not make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.

You have to be run by ideas not hierarchy. The best ideas have to win, otherwise good people do not stay. 

—Steve Jobs

[Collette Strickland @hartx2]

@TouchdownTrips Jaguars, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

Happy birthday, Coach Corso!

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

We continue to follow with concern the events unfolding in various countries torn apart by war and violence. Let us not forget those who are suffering and dying because of these conflicts, and let us add our constant prayers to the generous efforts for #peace.

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

IF we had The WORLD Cup more often … I believe there would be fewer MISUNDERSTANDINGS and WARS

[David Jolly @davidjollyfl]

Florida can lead in innovation without sacrificing our neighborhoods, our water, or our power grid. That’s why as Governor I'd enact a moratorium on data center construction. Join our campaign for common sense.

https://t.co/fJFMfWqFLj

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Wow! During Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing, Jeffrey Epstein survivor Dani Bensky just seemingly accused Todd Blanche and the Trump administration of intentionally releasing her personal information!

"I'm a teacher. In my school, if a student released a nude photo depicting a peer's sexual assault and abuse, they would almost certainly face expulsion. And yet, this is what our Department of Justice did to crime victims.

"Today, Todd Blanche has been at the helm of the release of nude images of survivors, the outing of Jane Does, and the exposure of more than 100 victims' identifying information and documents describing horrific acts of abuse, including my own.

"Instead of treating this release as its own violation and holding the man who led it accountable, you have a decision on whether you place him in the highest law enforcement position in this country.

"In December, before the document release, our attorneys submitted 350 victims' names to the Department of Justice as victims' names to be redacted prior to the release. In that first release, I found my name in two places.

"In that next release in January, my name appeared again. But this time, the redactions were so far worse. The files displayed not only my name, but my phone number, my former addresses, where I worked, and other identifying information.

"When my name appeared in the third file release, it became difficult to believe that this was not intentional."

[Michal Tal, PhD @ImmunoFever]

Last year some regrettable cost cutting decisions were made about foodborne pathogen testing, ending 28 years of screening for cyclosporiasis and quickly catching and quenching several outbreaks. Now we still have no idea what the source of this outbreak is. This is the price!!!

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

America is a constant work in progress. Every generation must take up the unfinished work of the last and carry it further—protecting what’s right, fixing what’s wrong, and making our union a little more perfect. 250 years later, that’s more important than ever.

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

This image is from today. A Black woman sits on the DC metro as masked white nationalists prepare to march on our nation's capital.

This is America's 250th anniversary. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

A moment that will live forever.

Thank you, Cape Verde 💙

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

From underdogs to history-makers. Thank you, Cape Verde.

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

Cape Verde forward Nuno da Costa shares a moment with his family postgame 💙

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

How can you not love sports?

[Nabilah Parkes @Nabilah_Parkes]

During discovery, internal docs showed Monsanto employees ghost wrote safety studies and maintained direct lines into EPA review panels. The same EPA approved Roundup safety labels. The Supreme Court ruling now says regulator approval shields companies from failure to warn lawsuits.

A reminder that our government mandated asbestos and cleared leaded gasoline. It was litigation that revealed the undeniable harm that companies knew they were causing. This ruling will undeniably make it harder to hold corporations accountable with their deceit.

[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

We are outraged at today's Supreme Court ruling, allowing Monsanto and chemical companies to avoid responsibility that their labeling fails to warn people about critical harms. 1/2

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

This is the most American I‘ve ever felt🇺🇸

[Collette Strickland @hartx2]

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