“The bag has been dropped, I repeat, the bag has been dropped.” These were presumably (not really) the words of a rich booster who offered Bryce Underwood $12 million to throw a football in Ann Arbor. Underwood is the latest example of NIL money ruining the sport, allegedly. Bryce Underwood flipped from LSU to Michigan […]
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In the winter of 2021, just after the 2021 college football season ended, Lincoln Riley did the unthinkable. Riley left the all-mighty Oklahoma Sooners for the in-the-gutters USC Trojans. This move sent shockwaves through college football. Many fans pointed to the move to the SEC as why Riley left, but ultimately, we’ll never know. Oklahoma […]
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In international soccer, players can move from one club to another in three ways. One, a player runs his contract down, and they sign as a free agent. Two, a club pays another club an amount of money to negotiate with the player and ultimately sign with the buying club. Third, a player can be […]
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“Truth suffers from too much analysis”-Frank Herbert. Let’s look at the facts, not a projection or spreadsheet numbers, but just the truth. Now that Manchester United has hired a new manager, I struggle with analyzing and projecting how good he will be. Mainly because their most recent manager, Erik ten Hag, was supposed to return […]
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Yes, Rodri deserved the Ballon d’Or. Thank you for reading, please check out… just kidding. The Ballon d’Or is an award from a French Magazine called France Football. It is voted by journalists from each country from FIFA’s top 100 rankings. Yes, one American gets a vote. Rodri won the award this year, and it […]
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What happens when the systems of doing things fail? Should we blame the people who create those systems? Yes. Are they the ones punished for said systems failing? Never. When these systems fail the person who is punished is Erik ten Hag. Erik ten Hag has won an FA Cup, finished third, and recently lost […]
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A German…coaching England? Those unhinged Brits are freaking out at the moment. The more rational and mild-mannered Brits are quietly applauding. Why wouldn’t they? Thomas Tuchel took London-based club Chelsea to a Champions League Final victory in 2021. He took PSG to their only Champions League Final ever a year earlier. Tuchel has coached Borussia […]
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It never did make sense. A backward, sick joke that went against every fundamental experience I’ve had watching college football. LSU’s defense has been below average for too long until Saturday. Last season they gave up 28 points per game. This is the program that has produced legends like Tyrann Mathieu, Jamal Adams, Ryan Clark, […]
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There have been some good teams, some bad teams, and Everton. The European Football season has now reached its second international break. There have been at most nine league games in the top five European Football leagues (England, Germany, Spain, France, and Italy). Players and teams are now fully back in form after multiple summer […]
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Money does not grow on trees. Money can also cause problems, especially for the NBA team paying a lot to a few players. The new second apron rule in the collective bargain agreement binds teams with the types of trades and signings they can make. It’s way too restrictive. Nonetheless, the Minnesota Timberwolves were staring […]
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Admit it, you like chaos when it has nothing to do with you. On Wednesday morning, college football was given its latest dose of off-the-field chaos. UNLV football’s starting quarterback announced that he was no longer playing the rest of the season due to ‘representations’ that ‘were not upheld’. We found out later that Matthew […]
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No, they are not the same person. Based on the title someone who knows nothing about sports would assume I’m claiming these people are the same person. Andrew Wiggins is from Canada and plays in the N.B.A. for the Golden State Warriors. Trevor Lawrence is from Georgia and plays in the N.F.L. for the Jacksonville […]
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What is football? A series of plays in which a team scores or gives the ball to the other team. Who makes those plays? Players on the team make those players. The University of Colorado has two of those most exciting players, Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter. Despite Shedeur throwing dimes and Hunter playing almost […]
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The SEC just means more. Or at least that’s what everyone in The South tells everyone through social media. Their fans think their conference is better than everyone else’s in football. There is reason to believe SEC fans when they say this. Over the last ten years, they’ve won six National Championships, spread over three […]
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