Josh Newren

Taking the road less traveled.. 📺@CboxSports Color Commentator | Believer | Miami Univ. | College 🏈 junkie | Go Blue | My Friday nights are better than yours

[Michigan Football @UMichFootball]

🟡 All Maize Jordan 11 Cleats 🟡

[Bussin' With The Boys @BussinWTB]

Per sources…

[Bussin' With The Boys @BussinWTB]

Northwestern’s new $850 million stadium 👀

[Reds Daily @RedsDaily4]

This is insane.

[Dan Patrick Show @dpshow]

"This is the bully who dominated until somebody punched him in the nose."

– DP on talks of the SEC splitting from the NCAA

[tony franklin @coachtf]

I’ve consulted over 1000 coaches and schools as well as coached middle school, high school, Power 4 and Group of 6 College D1, and Professional Arena.

Ive been a DB coach, defensive coordinator, offensive coordinator, running back coach, receiver coach, OL coach, and Head Coach and General Manager.

I’ve won on the last play, been beaten with Hail Mary and 50 yard field goals as time runs out.

I’ve been praised. I’ve been fired. I’ve been attacked for every human flaw from poor play calling to being fat and dressing poorly, and been given more credit than I ever deserve.

As a player I’ve been injured and had surgery to end a season and I’ve fumbled on the last play of the game to lose the game and I’ve been named player of the game and received honors for being a good player.

I’ve buried many of my closest friends and mentors in this business (players and coaches).

In other words I’ve lived a full life and have seen, felt, and experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly of this game and this profession.

And if I could describe the value of the entire experience it would be summed up in these points:

1) I never loved the game…But I cherished, respected, and grew from what the game provided for me and the countless players I’ve been fortunate to coach

2) Not all coaches are good humans. Some are horrible evil men, just as some lawyers, doctors, and military leaders are horrible humans…and I don’t give them a pass for winning and being fun and having power… and I don’t give myself a pass for the harm I’ve done either

3) The good coaches are incredible teachers, have empathy for other humans, have a deep desire to impact young people in a positive way, realize they aren’t perfect, work smart more than work hard, ask for forgiveness when they wrong someone, and are willing to lose their job in order to protect the lives and psyche of the young people they coach, master their craft, coach everyone the same until they “know them” then coach everyone different according to their skillset and learning preference, keep their cool when everyone around them is losing their cool, takes the blame for failures of their team or group and praises others when success lands upon them, and have built lifetime relationships with humans they coached, mentored, and guided…regardless of the success as a player that human had.

4) The best most impactful coaches aren’t transactional with the humans they have influence over. They deal firmly but humanely regardless of what that human can do for them

As the season of 2026 nears and the drums of football beat louder than ever…Choose to be a good man, a good human, a good teacher, a good friend, a good mentor.

Your influence is forever.

Don’t take it lightly

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Sean McVay on what has become non-negotiable when evaluating players:

“There are certain things that have to be non-negotiables. What’s your football character like? I think that more than anything, especially because of some of the things I’ve gone through where I look back and say, ‘Man, I did not like the kind of leader or the caliber of person I was. I was fragile. I wasn’t resilient. The game honors toughness, but I think life and the game honor toughness, both mentally and physically. How many different ways can we measure that mental resilience?"

"What have they been through, and how did that shape who they’ve become in the midst of the journey?”

“When you go through each guy and have a personal message of appreciation and gratitude for him, the consistent theme is that everybody who has had any sort of success has experienced some adversity. Maybe when you’re in it, you don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, but if it shapes you and callouses you the right way, growth demands that discomfort.”

“You don’t punish people who haven’t been through adversity, but I also think it’s important for guys to know, ‘We’re in this shit with you, too. Let’s build a relationship.’”

“Chris Petersen always used to say to me, ‘It’s really important that all our players know they’ll never meet the enemy on the sideline.’ I’d like to think the connection, the camaraderie and the enjoyment of each other’s success are what you see when you watch our group play. That’s the type of people we’re trying to identify.”

[Whitey Williams @MountainGrown71]

Pat: retires from NFL

“That’s crazy. He left millions on the table.”

Pat: launches podcast. Parlays into millions in deal with FanDuel. Then takes contract at espn.

“That’s crazy. He will not have the same success with the guard rails at ESPN.”

Pat: Joins WWE.

“That’s crazy. He will damage his reputation and turn off his fanbase.”

Pat: signs most valuable extension in TV history at $60m/yr. Releasing his first music album.

“That’s crazy. He thinks too much of himself and it will fail.”

Time will tell, but if you’re betting against PM at this point you’re either a salty bitch or haven’t been paying attention.

[TodayInSports @TodayInSportsCo]

I used to wake up early for this.

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

"The Reds season ended in late April 😂😂

THEY ARE DONE" ~ @KirkHerbstreit #PMSLive

[Ken Cornia @CorniaKen]

Pat McAfee fired shots at Ryan Clark long before ESPN fired Clark.

Clark made a comment that kickers like McAfee are not "real" football players.

McAfee responded.

[Danny Kanell @dannykanell]

Prepare yourselves for an absolute onslaught of “strength of schedule” propaganda coming out of SEC Media Days this week!

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇦🇷🇪🇸 Messi stopped his training session just to hug an old friend and former Barcelona captain Carles Puyol.

Years after their Barça days, the respect between Messi and the man who helped guide his rise is still clear.

Writer: Monica

[𝗠𝗕𝗥. @absolutkylian]

🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimović on Lionel Messi not winning the World Cup Golden Ball:

🗣️: “What else did Messi have to do to win it? I genuinely don’t understand the criteria anymore. If you look back at 2018, Luka Modrić won the Golden Ball without winning the World Cup. So what changed now?

“Messi carried Argentina throughout the tournament, delivered when it mattered most, and was once again the player everyone feared. If that wasn’t enough, then tell me what is.

“It feels like the standards are always different when it comes to Messi. Every other player gets judged one way, but with him, people suddenly move the goalposts. It’s always against Messi.

“I’m happy for Rodri, but from a football perspective, I don’t think anyone had a stronger case than Messi.”

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have most likely played their last World Cup matches for their countries 🥺

We were lucky to watch them as long as we did 👏

[katsu @katsuxbt]

Michael Vick hasn’t played in over a decade, yet the NFL still pays him over six figures every year

“Yeah. Every year. Annual, for the rest of your life. Got a disability too, broken ankle, surgery.”

“It’s over six figures? Yeah.”

“The league provides us with opportunities to make sure financial longevity is in place for us, if you want it. Now I’ve seen a lot of guys who didn’t want it, who didn’t pay attention…”

“I knew about it, invest this, they match that, get it here, get it there. I can cover myself if I blow everything”

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

The star of the World Cup, Keyne, celebrating with his big brother Lamine Yamal

[adidas Football @adidasfootball]

GREATEST OF ALL TIME.

[Travis Miller @travismillerx13]

🇬🇧Josh Kerr’s 3:42.66 mile 🔥

🌎Breaking a world record that had stood for 27 years

[NFL on ESPN @ESPNNFL]

Tom Brady played GM and got Leonard Fournette to the Bucs for their Super Bowl LV run. Fournette's legacy was secured when he scored a touchdown to help win it over the Chiefs 😤

🍿 Super Bowl LXI is on ESPN and ABC on Feb. 14, 2027.