Tanner Chastain

UWA Alumni | Indianapolis Colts 🇺🇸

[Kevin Gallagher @KevG163]

Don Shula's brutal #Dolphins summer training camps of the early-1970s

Four-a-days and "gassers" in the stifling heat, relentless humidity, and sudden South Florida downpours at Biscayne College in Miami Gardens

No water, just hard work.
#PhinsUp

[Flappr @flapprdotnet]

"The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.”

- George Washington, July 2, 1776

[🇺🇸 Based Americana 🇺🇸 @basedamericana]

LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC

[Military Support @MilitaryCooI]

"The enemy smelled our blood and thought we were prey. They forgot that a wounded animal is the most lethal. We tore that jungle apart to stay alive."

Major James Capers Jr stands as one of the greatest Recon Marines to ever do it. He enlisted in the Corps and fought his way into Force Recon where he became the leader of Team Broadminded. He completed more than 60 long range patrols and five major campaigns in Vietnam.

In 1967 near Phu Loc he was wounded 19 times while fighting a numerically superior enemy force. With broken legs, shrapnel across his body he refused evacuation until every Marine on his 9 man team was lifted out. His Silver Star citation states he continued to coordinate fire and movement under direct and indirect fire while suffering extreme blood loss.

That Silver Star, originally downgraded after his commander was kill*d and the Medal of Honor paperwork lost, is now being formally upgraded to the Medal of Honor. Capers was not only a mustang, he earned a battlefield commission in combat, a rare honor that speaks to the trust his Marines placed in him.

At eighty eight he remains a giant, a warrior who carried his team through hell and set the standard every Recon Marine still measures himself against.

[J&L Historical @Jason_R_Burt]

82 years ago today at 12:15 AM over Normandy, France:

Captain Frank Lillyman of the 101st Airborne Division Pathfinders shouts “Let’s go” as he steps out into the prop blast, followed by 17 of his men. Captain Lillyman became the first American to set foot in Normandy on D-Day.

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

Newsreel footage of paratroopers from the 101st airborne boarding planes for the Normandy invasion. It was happening right now in 1944.

[🇺🇸 Based Americana 🇺🇸 @basedamericana]

the American patriotism posting will continue indefinitely

[Dan Zaksheske @RealDanZak]

I asked Dan Hurley the same question I asked Tom Izzo: why does the media have a problem with coaches coaching players hard?

Hurley: "Society has gotten soft in a lot of ways... The real world is tough and cruel... I'm preparing my players for life."

[John Fanta @John_Fanta]

St. John's is the first program in the history of the Big East to win back-to-back conference regular season and tournament titles.

The Red Storm are 42-4 in their last 46 games against league competition.

Rick Pitino has changed and is now sustaining it in NYC.

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

December 25, 1914: During World War I, unofficial Christmas truces occurred along the Western Front.

British, French, and German soldiers temporarily stopped fighting to exchange greetings, sing carols, and play football in no man's land.

[ABMC @usabmc]

In accordance with his wishes, four-star Gen. George S. Patton Jr. was buried with his men at Luxembourg American Cemetery.

His grave site is carefully maintained by ABMC staff who carries the same maintenance routine every Friday morning.

They pay attention to details and ensure the horticultural elements and pavement surrounding his headstone are always in perfect conditions in honor of his service.

[Michael Hurley @michaelFhurley]

After a missed delay of game penalty and a phantom defensive holding penalty helped set up a Houston TD with an optical illusion PAT, J.J. Watt advises Colts fans to grab a drink.

Good color analysis, imo.

[Attack Eagles🦅 @eagles_attack]

The timing of coaching changes, portal windows, no real rules on NIL , etc makes college football extremely stupid. The seasons are pointless. You got Kiffin who is about to leave a playoff team he built to go to somewhere that has more money and NIL resources to build a playoff team…..so he is just chasing money then. Got it. What’s even the point if coaches aren’t even happy competing for national championships bc somebody has more money. We have ruined the once best sport on earth which was college football. I know it’s been like this for a long time. But the Kiffin deal just blows my mind.

[JJ Watt @JJWatt]

Didn’t hit high.
Didn’t hit low.
Didn’t hit with head.
Didn’t land body weight on him.

Looks like he might actually brace the fall with his right arm.

It’s hard enough to get to the QB as it is,
let’s not take away clean sacks from guys.

This is still football…

[J&L Historical @Jason_R_Burt]

Four veterans, from 4 different wars (WW2, WW1, Spanish-American War, Civil War), all from Geary, Oklahoma. 🪖

Happy Veterans Day 🇺🇸

[College Football Zone @CollegeFBonX]

Whoever suggested having a college football game in the Middle East

[Cody Campbell @CodyC64]

This story is truly crazy. Between this and the recent Big 10 saga, it’s clear that College Sports have a major financial crisis that no one wants to acknowledge. Commissioners must admit that we have a problem and work to find solutions. There are straightforward and proven ways to significantly increase revenue and make sure we preserve this great American Institution. Selling it off in pieces to Private Equity and Foreign entities is NOT the answer.

[JJ Watt @JJWatt]

Defensive players cannot win.

- Hits him literally standing up straight.
Not high, not low, no helmet involved.

- Doesn’t land on him, doesn’t even take him to the ground.

- Pulls his hands off to emphasize that he’s not doing anything extra.

What do you want him to do?!?!

[J&L Historical @Jason_R_Burt]

If you aren’t moved by this quote from Dick Winters’ Band of Brothers interview segment, you’re dead on the inside.