Ryan Darner

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

So long, America🫡🇺🇸

49 days ago we landed in the USA to follow our country at the World Cup. We had no idea it would turn into the trip of a lifetime.

Thank you to everyone who followed along, and to all the people we met who made this journey even more special. We honestly don’t have the words to express how grateful we are for everything you did for us.

This trip exceeded every expectation we had. We came here with an open mind, wanting to experience as much of the country as possible. I still remember telling my friends on the flight to Atlanta that I hoped we’d get to meet a few locals on this trip. Now we’re flying home with friends all across the USA.

Before we came, we heard so many stereotypes and warnings about America. People told us about safety concerns, that they might check our social media at the border, and all kinds of other things. None of it matched our experience. This was probably the most welcoming country we’ve ever visited.

So if you have the chance to travel, do it. The world isn’t nearly as bad as the media often makes it seem. 99% of people are awesome!

I heard this quote somewhere during the World Cup, and I think it sums up our experience perfectly:

“If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love it, travel it.”

Thank you, America ❤️🇺🇸

[Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops]

North Carolina just blew a 19-point lead to VCU.

[Kyle Rowland @KyleRowland]

I don’t know about you, but I’m counting down the days until the tournament expands to 76 teams! I mean, who wouldn’t be thrilled to see Auburn and Oklahoma get in after going 7–11 in the SEC?! And let’s roll out the red carpet for Indiana, which finished 9-11 in the Big Ten.

[Herb Kirkstreit @THE_OSU]

67% of those coaches were banned from the NCAA for their role in the cheating scheme

[Justin Thomas @JustinThomas34]

I’m so frustrated by what’s going on in @NCAA right now. The decisions they’ve made have seemed to ruin college sports and everything they’ve always stood for. Above my pay grade, but at what point do schools and coaches say enough is enough? Hope it all gets fixed ASAP

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

I know I’ve said this 1000 time. I know Dan Lanning preached this. It’s just so dumb college football is still going. The title game is an after thought today because of the NFL. It’s like people running the sport have no brains

[Sage Steele @sagesteele]

Feelings over facts! Virtue signaling at its finest!
Steve Kerr has made a habit of this. As has Doc Rivers, who is saying the same thing as Kerr about the MN incident. Fascinating that both coaches were SILENT when Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk were murdered. Shocker.

[Dan Wolken @DanWolken]

McDonough and McElroy is ESPN’s best college football team. Both are on top of their game right now.

[LeCharles Bentley @64AMDG]

Nice to see IU’s OL actually come off the ball. We saw it with Miami. Just get back to actually playing with a vertical approach, and not “double under, triple lateral shuffle, banana arch back, twisty turny” nonsense 🙄. DL’men aren’t built LIKE that… beat them UP. They quit.

[Stewart Mandel @slmandel]

Not surprised by this result at all, based on watching the 2 teams this season ...

... While at the same time in complete disbelief, based on the last 50 years, that Indiana is beating Alabama 31-3 in the Rose Bowl.

[Donnie Ross @donnieross]

Go get him @OhioStateFB

[Tom Orr @TomOrr4]

We talked about this on the postgame show last night. In important games, if you’re the team with a talent advantage, every additional play offers marginal increases in your opportunity to capitalize on that.

It’s why underdogs are always trying to shorten the game.

[Bill Connelly @ESPN_BillC]

When you're the most talented team in the country (or close to it), operating at the nation's slowest tempo (or close to it) reduces your opportunities to actually win with that talent. Made sense when they were easing Sayin into the job, but they never sped up.

[Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii]

You've gotta hear Joe Rogan on this clip - it gave me chills in the best way.

He looks dead serious and says, "When Elon Musk purchased Twitter - and I don't say this lightly, I think he changed the course of civilization. I really do. I think we were on our way to this weird dystopian censorship complex that was already moving."

And he's absolutely right! We were heading straight into a world where speaking your mind got you erased, where big tech played god over truth.

Then Elon rolls in, drops everything on the table, and sets the whole place free. It's one of those rare moments that makes you proud to be alive right now, watching real courage shift history.

Hard-working folks like us finally have a platform again. What a win for freedom and family.

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

🚨 This is a prime example of the BILLIONS of dollars in fraud happening right now in Minnesota, this is one of the hundreds of “daycares” receiving millions of dollars from the government, this daycare (that can’t even spell learning right) received $1,900,000 in tax exempt funding from CCAP in 2025.

This is just one of the 1,000’s of fraudulent businesses operating in Minnesota.

[Matt Finkes @MattFinkes]

It’s a good hire for them. They are in a spiral of cheating, scandal & horrible culture. Kyle Whittingham will clean that up. Would’ve been a better hire in 2021 when they should’ve fired @jimharbaugh before he started cheating. Don’t know how invested Kyle is into NIL & what it takes to win championships in today’s game. Will be a solid transition guy for them, do things right, win some games, but don’t expect him to bring in 5 stars and thrive in this semi professional version of CFB. There’s a reason he was trying to hang it up.

[Karoline Leavitt @PressSec]

U.S. murders on pace for largest one-year drop on record

https://t.co/bhI5xfia4V

[The Buckeye Nut @TheBuckeyeNut]

Let’s not forget — all of Michigan’s scandals trace back to one simple fact: Jim Harbaugh couldn’t beat Ohio State.

[Jake Butt @Jbooty88]

When it comes to OSUs short yardage and RZ gameplan, put yourself in the mindset of the IU defense.
Whenever you take either Jeremiah Smith and/ or Carnell Tate off the field, you take massive stress off of Indiana. In the biggest moments, there has to be more of a priority to keep both WRs on the field

[Tim Shoemaker @TimShoemaker]

With 5 minutes left in the Big Ten championship game David Adolph is on the field and Jeremiah Smith is not