Matt Thernes

I'm just a really big Finkle fan! One hell of a model American.

[noah @noah_2106]

strong start to the kyle whittingham era in ann arbor 👀

[John Massingale @JohnMassingale4]

Good reminder that, Fresh off a 12-1 season, Notre Dame voluntarily suspended their starting QB Everett Golson for the entirety of the 2013 fall semester for cheating on a test.

Texas Tech is not only shamelessly allowing a player who bet on his own games to play for their team…they appear to have rigged the local courts to make sure it happened.

The opinions and moral posturing of Joey Mac and Texas Tech administration should never be taken seriously.

[Matt Thernes @thernesm]

@ClayTravis Not the main, but still a good look.

[Matt Thernes @thernesm]

@OWHnews How about less admin and pay teachers more! Mind blowing how we keep bringing in more non teaching positions and pay them more! Education needs a complete overhaul.

[Matt Thernes @thernesm]

@77WABCradio Just became a Rangers fan!

[TalkRadio 77 WABC @77WABCradio]

JUST IN: The Rangers Will Not Hold a Pride Night This Season, Opting Instead to Celebrate Faith & Family Day

[Matt Thernes @thernesm]

NHL Playoffs over NBA Playoffs and its not even close! #NHL

[Jen @jenteach13]

You want to fix education?

Fix #14: Count the administrators in your district. Then count the teachers. Then ask who is in the room with your child.

Let me break down Fix #14.
Pull up your district's organizational chart. Count every assistant superintendent, every director, every coordinator, every specialist, every instructional coach who does not have a classroom. Then count the teachers. Then ask yourself which number has grown faster over the last ten years and which one has not kept pace with what the kids actually need.

What does it mean in practice?
It means every dollar that funds a coordinator of academic services is a dollar that did not fund a teacher, an aide, a reading interventionist, or a classroom library. It means every central office position added is a decision about priorities, and that decision has consequences inside every building in the district. It means the people closest to the kids have the least power and the least resources, and the people furthest from the kids have the most of both.

How does this help kids?
A child is not educated by an organizational chart. She is educated by the person standing in the room with her every day. When we fund the room, staff the room, and support the person in the room, kids learn. When we fund the office instead, kids wait. The bloat at the top does not show up in test scores with a label attached. It shows up as thirty-two kids and no copy paper. It shows up as a teacher buying her own supplies in February. It shows up as the gap between what we say we value and where the money actually goes.

How do we make this happen?
We need district budgets that are transparent and readable by anyone who wants to look. We need school boards that ask hard questions about the ratio of administrators to teachers and demand honest answers. We need communities that understand the difference between a principal who is in the building every day and a director of curriculum alignment who has not been in a classroom in fifteen years. And we need to stop assuming that adding a layer of management above the teachers is the same thing as supporting the teachers. It is not. It is often the opposite.

The goal is not to eliminate every administrator. The goal is to make sure the people closest to the kids are the priority, not an afterthought.

#YouWantToFixEducation

[CathVSConf☘️ @CathVSConf]

𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝:
Former Irish WR Miles Boykin says that going to Notre Dame and playing Football is the hardest thing he's ever done in his life.

"Playing in the NFL is hard. It's not harder than going to ND. I promise you."

He said he can do anything the coaches ask of him in the NFL because he first went to Notre Dame.

Choose Hard — and life pays you back 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.

[NebGolf @NGAgolf]

Located in Fremont, Fremont Golf Club has been a fixture of Nebraska golf since opening in 1930. Designed by Tom Bendelow and later expanded by David Gill in 1961, the course is known for its narrow tree-lined fairways and small, slick greens.

[Matt Thernes @thernesm]

I dont know how people can watch the NBA anymore..this is awful! I miss watching actual basketball from the 80s and 90s. #NBA #NBAPlayoffs

[Danny Kanell @dannykanell]

This is an awesome stat. And great for the sport!!

[Hayes Fawcett @Hayesfawcett3]

BREAKING: Five-Star DL David Folorunsho has Committed to Notre Dame, he tells me for @Rivals

The 6’4 285 DL chose the Fighting Irish over Miami, Georgia, and Texas Tech

He’s the No. 9 Recruit in the 2027 Rivals300

“Love thee Notre Dame☘️ #GoIrish”

https://t.co/vmahwqDtDy

[Hawkeye Phil 🧊 @sadhawkeyefan]

I’ve gotta give credit where credit is due. I don’t think there’s been a single offseason that I can remember in which Nebraska hasn’t been the offseason national champs. They’ve been building something really special over there for the past 10 years.

[BlueandGold.com @BGInews]

Five-star offensive tackle Oluwasemilore Olubobola has committed to Notre Dame, he announces on the @Rivals YouTube channel ☘️

He broke down his decision with @ByKyleKelly: https://t.co/s3vNc6fNJ0

Experts react: https://t.co/W8j5sgJjFA

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Teacher Appreciation.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

I’m in love with this sentence:

“Consistency looks like nothing is happening, until everything changes.”

[Slater @SlaterKinnick_]

Beating Rutgers is an accomplishment I guess?

[Josh Peterson @joshtweeterson]

Scott Frost's record at Nebraska in his first 27 Big Ten games: 9-18. Average margin: -5.3 ppg.

Matt Rhule record at Nebraska in his first 27 Big Ten games: 10-17. Average margin: -3.7 ppg.

[John Massingale @JohnMassingale4]

Big Money.

For reference: ND makes about $50m from NBC and about $20-$25m from the ACC + all the playoff money which was ~$20m.

Because of the playoff run - ND’s 2024-2025 pay out probably totaled $90-95m

That’s ~ how ND’s independence is funded.