sam_gardner

@poptartsbowl representative. @citrusbowl, @floridaclassic, @cwkickoff and @fc_series, too. former sportswriter. wannabe photog. big hat guy.

[ESPN PR @ESPNPR]

ICYMI: The @PopTartsBowl Trophy - an actual working toaster! - made stops this week at ESPN's Seaport Studios & Bristol, Conn. campus ahead of next Saturday's game

🏈 Dec. 28 | 3:30p ET | No. 18 @CycloneFB vs No. 13 @CanesFootball | ABC
🎙️@tom_hart, @JRodgers11, @colecubelic

[Pop-Tarts Bowl @PopTartsBowl]

Tried to scout a new Crazy Good Play candidate last night in Miami but apparently we “blocked people’s view” and “cannot bribe security with Crunchy Poppers” and “didn’t have a ticket by the way” and “really dinged up the air vents after they just fixed them up again”

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

@SickosCommittee Brings to mind a favorite story from my One and Done series back in the day. At the time of the interview, Coach Bell was HC at Jacksonville U. https://t.co/OjdMo04zTo

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

How it started, how it’s going, etc.

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

SEC Media Days Ingress: Bag arrived in Dallas 12 hours before I did while I spent an entire day sitting at an airport 15 minutes from my house.

ACC Media Days Egress: Bag got left behind in Charlotte with all the stuff I need for the second leg of my work trip.

[Pop-Tarts Bowl @PopTartsBowl]

Attn: ACC Media (again) — it’s snack time. You know what to do.

[Pop-Tarts Bowl @PopTartsBowl]

Attn: ACC media — if you are not going to hospitality tonight, you are doing this “media days” thing all wrong.

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

@jwatsonfisher @PopTartsBowl (Charlotte 😉)

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

Look out, @wojespn.

[Los Angeles Lakers @Lakers]

Bronny: Los Angeles Laker.

[Sports Business Journal @SBJ]

Brand Activation of the Year: @PopTartsBowl & @KelloggsUS 🍴

The Pop-Tarts brand was embedded at every touchpoint, from the bowl name, the concessions, and yes, the edible mascot.

#SBJAwards

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

To be fair, he’s almost 6.

[Mickey Boylan @MickBoylan7]

It was at this moment that I realized this wily 5-year-old kicked my butt at tic-tac-toe for the second time in as many minutes. #humbled

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

@MenInBlazers @RorySmith Good news, fellas.

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

@ralphDrussoAP Buddy comes from the @BIGTATER83 School of Punters Who Could Also Be Defensive Ends.

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

@ShehanJeyarajah @thesarahkelly if you’re lucky, they’ll at least preserve your good takes and continue to run them with no byline!

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

@PitchingNinja Legendary editor @Steviecade sent me down the rabbit hole on a lot of fun stories during our run together at Fox Sports, and a 2015 feature marking the 30th anniversary of The Rick Camp Game has always been one of my favorites: https://t.co/DEihEeJBP7

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

That was fun. Let’s do it again.

[Pop-Tarts Bowl @PopTartsBowl]

👀

[Pop-Tarts Bowl @PopTartsBowl]

Slightly concerned by the couple of “any mascot is edible” comments we’ve seen so far.

[UCF Football @UCF_Football]

Cheezin 😁 because we’re the…

@cheezit National Team of the Week!

[Florida Citrus Sports @FCSports]

Can't wait to see you at the completed Camping World Stadium.

Here are new rendering concepts of a fully-renovated home field for Orlando.

Let’s make this vision a reality and keep driving economic and socioeconomic impact in Orange County.

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

https://t.co/prV06QP2a7

[TODAY @TODAYshow]

Our #SundayTODAY #LifeWellLived tribute goes to Cody Dorman, the teenager who watched his namesake horse, Cody’s Wish, win at the @BreedersCup. He died last week at the age of 17.
https://t.co/MNFoM12qKd

[sam_gardner @sam_gardner]

And what an incredible segment it was. Holy cow. A life well-lived, indeed.

[Stephen Panus @StephenPanus]

Cody Dorman, whose relationship with a star racehorse (Cody's Wish) named after him, became an inspiration to the country. Tomorrow, on #SundayTODAY with @WillieGeist, 8-9am ET, Cody will be honored in the "Life Well Lived" segment. God Bless Cody and the Dorman family.