Dan Lyons

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So back so back so back so back

Nunes Magician@nunesmagician.bsky.social

Syracuse will wear Otto helmets on Saturday.....everyone's manifesting positivity

@ninacorcoran.bsky.social

BYU-UCF is one of the most glorious messes of a game these eyes have seen in a long time

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Nina Corcoran

I went down to New Orleans to profile Twisted Teens Come for the answers to those pervasive questions online (How do you write three addicting albums in one year? Who even are they and where did they come from?) and stay for the stories of lifelong trainhoppers pitchfork.com/story/twiste...

pitchfork.comTwisted Teens Hit the Big TimeA bunch of train-hopping crust punk fiddle players end up in New Orleans, sign a deal with Sub Pop, and put out three incredible garage rock albums in one year. How did this happen? We head down to NO...

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David Hale

@adavidhalejoint.bsky.social

Newsletter: The Inside ACCess mid-season All-ACC team plus how the distribution of talent has created minimal margins between the "pretty bad" and "pretty good" teams from week to week... davidhale.substack.com/p/why-am-i-s...

davidhale.substack.com“Why am I so soft in the middle...When the rest of the schedule is so hard?” Looking at college football’s new era of parity plus mid-season All-ACC picks, Jordan Shipp, Bill O’Brien, Aycen Stevens & more.

Incredible timing. No notes.

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Think I'm OK with the no call on Memphis there, need to see another replay but looked to me like ECU WR was really selling it

Not sure what the ref was doing on the mic though

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Chris Vannini

@chrisvannini.com

The clock management in college football tonight has, uh, not been ideal.

College football: good

nytimes.comKnicks coaches didn’t get rings on banner night, MSG staff received phishing email: Sources (Gift Article)“We are not disclosing anything about the rings,” an MSG Sports spokesperson said in a statement Thursday evening.

James Dolan is so, so back

Bobby Silverman@robertsilverman.bsky.social

If you're a connoisseur of on-brand James Dolan pettiness, grudge-settling, and ham-fisted dumbassery, have I got the article for you www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

defector.comVivek Ramaswamy Is Going After The Abusive Parent Vote | DefectorThis is not to discredit the existence of some underlying tactical or strategic calculations, and it is absolutely not extending credit to the shockingly vile creatures doing it, but when you see a…

Something's brewing in Boone 👀

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Defector

@defector.com

Vivek Ramaswamy is going after the abusive parent vote: defector.com/vivek-ramasw...

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Jason Kirk

@jasonkirk.fyi

CW or we walk away

Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social

dlvr.itESPN can sublicense half of expanded CFP games to new broadcasterQuestions are beginning to be answered about the particulars of ESPN’s impending College Football Playoff deal that will see the event expand from 12 teams to 24 next season. One of the more pressing questions involves sublicensing. ESPN, under the terms of the 12-team deal, had sublicensed five games to TNT Sports through the next…

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New York Magazine

@nymag.com

The baby boomer generation is the first to enter its most vulnerable years with unfettered access to the internet and, like the rest of us, it has trouble looking away. But unlike millennials and most Gen-Xers, older adults tend to have little idea of what they’re looking at.

nymag.comThe 75-Year-Old ScreenagersSeniors are spending more time than ever on their slop-filled, scam-riddled feeds. It has become their adult children’s job to save them.

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Dan Pizzuta

@danpizzuta.bsky.social

Nerds rock

This is the best thing I’ve read on Digger so far. Beautiful mess of a movie (mostly laudatory).

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si.comTen Candidates for Maryland Football Coaching Search After Mike Locksley FiringNew Mexico’s Jason Eck has won at every level and should be a top candidate to move up into the Power 4 ranks.

So, who’s next at Maryland? www.si.com/college-foot...

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Pat Forde

@bypatforde.bsky.social

Forde-Yard Dash, Fourth Quarter: Will a 24-team playoff start a superpower independent move? Is the final endgame a super league? That plus a call for better game management and officiating. Plus comp car, bus, beer. bit.ly/4zJ5XFQ

bit.lyForde-Yard Dash: Is a Super League Next After 24-Team College Football Playoff?The push toward a bigger playoff could have extended consequences, while questionable calls and clock-management blunders threaten the product on the field.

Welcome back, 2024 Travis Hunter

The seconds really really matter

@danrubenstein.solidverbal.com

Oh NOOO

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Dan Rubenstein

Tim Brando is averaging one mistake every 38 seconds, generational run.

I truly feel terrible for Nebraska fans

Peyton Manning, inadvertently doing a perfect Uncle Baby Billy: "Cintas"

si.comArch Manning’s Struggles Are Becoming Impossible for Texas to IgnoreThe quarterback flashed his tantalizing potential, but his mistakes were costly in the Longhorns’ second straight loss.

Arch Manning had -5 air yards through about 3.5 quarters. He woke up in the fourth quarter once again, but then fumbled the game away. Things are getting ugly in Austin. www.si.com/college-foot...

First time I’ve opted to turn GameDay on this year, didn’t realize they’ve moved on to giving McAfee an SNL-length monologue to start the show now. Probably should’ve assumed.

Fairly critical segment about the 24-team playoff, all things considered

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bit.lyCFP, ESPN Reach Handshake Deal for 24-Team Playoff, and Fans Will Pay the PriceESPN and the CFP are finalizing a deal to double the size of the playoff. The sport’s diehards will be asked to foot the bill.

Forde:

Pat Forde@bypatforde.bsky.social

Column: With the 24-team playoff, college sports power brokers are closer than ever to the final breaking point of their social contract with the fans. They're reducing a cherished heirloom to pawn shop merch, and they don't care how many people hate it. bit.ly/3VTORGD

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ESPN paying reported $345m to lock up 24 team CFP. $345m / 12 additional games = $28.75m, or what just slightly more than what sublicensed games were worth to TNT, while locking out every other network from CFB postseason. Smart business.

si.comThe 24 Worst Teams That Would Have Made the College Football Playoff in New 24-Team FormatConcern is mounting about how the new structure will dilute the caliber of teams playing for a national championship.

A 7-win LSU. Multiple Temple teams. Coach Prime’s best (but deeply flawed) Colorado squad. Last year’s unranked Duke team. @zachkoons.bsky.social went through CFP history and found the 24 worst teams that would’ve made a 24-team College Football Playoff. www.si.com/college-foot...

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Chris Mannix

@sichrismannix.bsky.social

NEW Open Floor newsletter headed to your inbox, led by my conversation with new Magic head coach Sean Sweeney, who talks Wemby, his relationship with Jason Kidd, Finals runs in Dallas and San Antonio, goals for Orlando and more. Subscribe -- it's free! www.si.com/newsletter-nba

si.comSign Up For Open Floor with Chris Mannix - SI’s Free NBA NewsletterOpen Floor with Chris Mannix Newsletter A must-read NBA newsletter for basketball diehards, Open Floor delivers breaking news, analysis, and insider stories fro

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Sickos Committee

@sickoscommittee.org

Akron is not taking the playoff expansion news well

RedditCFB@redditcfb.com

Akron...you okay?

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Fox pushing to expand the CFP, only to not get any CFP games, is the kind of 3D chess that would only happen in college sports.

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The only question left with the CFP appears to be if ESPN will sublicense anything to Fox.

si.comGroup of 6 Power Rankings: North Dakota State’s Offense Gets Lost in the DesertBoise State and James Madison dealt with serious upset bids in a shaky week for Group of 6 powers.

Group of 6 power rankings: the dream of an undefeated NDSU is dead, while JMU and Boise State also got serious runs in Week 6. www.si.com/college-foot...

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si.comSports Illustrated’s 2026 College Football Midseason All-AmericansAs we hit mid-October, these 54 college stars stand above the rest.

The 2026 Midseason Sports Illustrated All-Americans: www.si.com/college-foot...

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kyla scanlon

@kyla.bsky.social

THE SHRUGFLATION TRIANGLE I wrote about what happens when the two biggest borrowers in the economy seemingly stop caring what money costs: (1) oil, AI, and Treasuries feeding into each other (2) who ends up paying for it (people) and (3) why nobody seems to be able to stop it

si.comHeisman Race Midseason Check-in: Separating Contenders From Pretenders After Week 6As we approach the midseason mark, which stars have legitimate cases to win the nation’s most prestigious award, and which are on the outside looking in?

Went deep on Contenders and Pretenders with this week's @sportsillustrated.bsky.social Heisman rankings (which means a few of the latter are bound to go off this weekend). https://www.si.com/college-football/heisman-race-midseason-check-in-separating-contenders-from-pretenders-after-week-6

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Morgan Johnson

@poormojo.bsky.social

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

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Razzball

@razzball.bsky.social

Rays/Brewers World Series followed by a lockout talking about how small market teams can’t compete will drive me so crazy I’m making myself crazy thinking about it now

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Sickos Committee

@sickoscommittee.org

Replying to @sickoscommittee.org

JMU student journalist Libby Mercer broke this first. Student journalism matters, and not just for fun stuff like this.

Every Syracuse field goal attempt is a personal attack.

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FSU since turning the ball over on downs in the first quarter near the goal line: 14 plays, 44 yards on offense, outscored 28-0 by Louisville.

@alansiegella.bsky.social

It's pretty sweet that every sports streamer has started logging me out multiple times per week (usually at least twice on Saturdays when... I'm a bit busy)

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Alan Siegel

"The apotheosis of insanity.” For the 20th anniversary of 30 Rock, I went deep on my favorite thing about it: all the fake shows, movies, and songs. With help from Tina Fey. www.theringer.com/2026/10/08/t...

theringer.comFrom ‘MILF Island’ to ‘The Rural Juror’: Inside the Fake World of ‘30 Rock’Nothing explains the greatness of the NBC sitcom—which premiered 20 years ago—like its TV, movie, and song parodies. “They were a treat to write,” says Tina Fey.

si.comBefore Mike Ditka Became an NFL Legend, He Began to Transform the Tight End Position at PittThe late Ditka led his alma mater in receiving for three consecutive seasons, earning All-American honors and Heisman votes.

With Mike Ditka's passing, I took a look at his college career at Pitt, where he began to show the talents at tight end that would lead to his truly transformative NFL career. https://www.si.com/college-football/before-mike-ditka-became-nfl-legend-began-transform-tight-end-position-pitt

si.comGroup of 6 Power Rankings: A String of Upsets Leads to an Overhauled Top 10As we’ve outlined over the last few weeks, the current Group of 6 race for the College Football Playoff race is centered on four programs. However, circumstance

G6 Power Rankings: the top four are the top four, but we did a big ol’ reset on the backend of the list. www.si.com/college-foot...

si.comHeisman Rankings Week 5: Jeremiah Smith Is Unguardable, UndeniableThe Ohio State megastar is on pace for arguably the greatest wide receiver season in history. Is it enough to overcome a stacked list of quarterbacks?

Heisman rankings are up. Comments from last week’s post would indicate I’m a week late on it, but let’s talk about Jeremiah Smith. www.si.com/college-foot...

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Pat Forde

@bypatforde.bsky.social

Full Forde-Yard Dash is up. Start with 1Q notes on Florida St, Baylor, NC St, Wisconsin, Nebraska, USC, S. Carolina, Rutgers, Maryland, UNC, Colorado, CSU, Texas, Ohio St, Miami, Notre Dame, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Miss St, UCLA, Missouri, BYU, Boise bit.ly/4xXveL5

bit.lyForde-Yard Dash: The Winners and Losers of College Football’s Hot Seat in Week 5Mike Norvell and Luke Fickell helped themselves Saturday, while Shane Beamer took another step toward the exit.