Xmas32

I love it, and if you're into fantasy football and baseball it's a must have.

A buddy of mine lent me his credentials a couple of months ago. After checking it out for a few weeks, I haven't used his subscription since. I don't seek out content for professional teams or national sporting news very often, and when I do, it's mostly from other outlets (i.e. the Trib or something like that). I don't fault The Athletic for this though - it's just not really worth the cost to me personally.

Mitch Sherman is OK, but his quantity/quality of content isn't enough to have a subscription just because of him, IMHO. I also think there are a few better local reporters who have better connections. He's more of a salad to the main dish.

I think I am at the point now where I would never pay for anything online every again that isn't something from Amazon or a store or Netflix.  Shoot I got Youtube Red and then realized the s#!t I wanted to watch was free on "another site"

I'm digging this throwback t-shirt to the 70/71 NCs:

https://www.homefieldapparel.com/products/nebraska-1970-71-national-champs-vintage-tee?variant=42385651597480

I dig all the stuff, my only minor nitpick would be getting this crewneck sweatshirt in hoodie form:

I love that version of Herbie.

https://www.homefieldapparel.com/collections/vintage-nebraska-cornhuskers-apparel-store/products/vintage-nebraska-cornhuskers-crewneck

Granted, this is pretty close I just like the quality of Homefield's stuff.

https://vintagebrand.com/l/college/t/nebraska-cornhuskers/a/8879/p/27?sku=233

The Mick

Mickey's for sure! Might have to get one tonight.

Olde English for me.

Haha fair point!

Local radio is making a fair point that Dorrell is the type of coach who would probably stick around CU, if he has any type of success.  CU can't risk another coach using the program as a stepping-stone job, so they have to settle for a coach who may not be very good in the first place.

That's a reasonable point for sure.  Man that just speaks to how bad it is at Boulder.  "We gotta hire a coach that wants to win, but not win enough to actually leave for another job."  Yuck.  Of course the fact that CU has beaten NU the last two times really makes it stink.

After watching the first couple episodes of the INDY Last Chance U made me feel this coach wasnt fit to be around young men.  This quote is not surprising at all, and the way he treats players is unacceptable.  Add on the fact he was extremely unorganized and had a limited knowledge of football and this guy's incompetence was quite impressive.  

They also went 2-8 which I'm sure didn't help his cause 

Doing the Chefs joke twice..... lol

Ok this might top it.  Carolina's....this is awesome and makes me wax poetic as I played almost all these games.

The Packers did a Pac-Man theme:

https://www.packers.com/video/game-on-here-s-the-2019-packers-schedule

Just seeing this, @Xmas32 and @funhusker, but I don't believe so; I just heard NebrasketballMike call into Sharp and Benning earlier this week. 

@Cdog923 thanks for the news.  Not that one death is better than the other, but I just always appreciate the calls from NebrasketballMike.  Even if its about something negative, he always seems to phrase things in a respectful way.

It seems like the hosts really appreciate him too.  I remember one time his call got cut off short and there was "cussing" or something as the call was disconnected.  It did sound a bit off.  The USC hosts were beside themselves.  They were begging for folks that knew Mike to check on him and let them know if he was okay.  They were wrecks for like a half hour.  It ended up being something really silly like Mike's cat jumping on his desk and hanging up the phone and unplugging cords. 

@funhusker Yea, Mike's one of the best regulars that 1620 has. 

Ugh, yup pretty awful all the way around.  That Champs League final was frankly...a pretty bad match.  So disjointed.  The early penalty (which was harsh) really threw a wrench into the flow of the match.  Credit to Liverpool, they were the ones doing the mucking and outside of a free kick and maybe one other chance, completely locked Spurs down.

Yeah, it was probably the worst Champions League final in the last decade.

The worst part of it, for a Tottenham fan, is they are probably going to lose Eriksen along with a couple other players. I would hate to see that happen.

Couldn't agree more.  The first line of the tweet hits you like a ton of bricks.

Sat and watched that Gameday segment and not afraid to admit I choked up like a baby at the end.

He seemed like a wonderful person. Cancer sucks. Really happy to see Purdue step up and make him part of the team like they did. Bravo.

Kudos to Purdue for this - not just paying lip service to an amazing young man.

Not quite sure, if I had to guess, probably until 4th of July or maybe a day or two after?  I found the 50% off link on June 28th on Adam Hansmann's (who appears to be the co-founder of The Athletic) Twitter.  They always seem to have a 30% off promo floating around but I guessed they would run a 50% off promo over the 4th of July and thankfully, I guessed correctly.  Hard to beat $2.50/mo.

Good timing too. That article from Feldman today on Verduzco's QB teaching was money

I really enjoyed the 1980s CFB articles, talk about the wild west!  Plus the article about Little Big League was great because I absolutely love that movie.

I hate the ties, but I really like the relegation factor. 
 

@Undone the long baseball season is definitely a factor in why the sport is very regionalized until the playoffs. 

I was just mentioning this in another thread. If the P5 breaks away to form a new top tier of CFB, there needs to be some some sort of promotion/demotion system like this.

Yes please.

That's a really, really low bar. And McKewon is a better writer IMO, but I don't really read any of them much anymore.

@RedDenver depends on what type of writing. 
 

Dirk is fantastic on the long feature pieces that takes more thought and research. He’s actually very good. 

I disagree.

About 3 more touchdowns?

I'd jump all over that if I lived in Vegas

Yeah this seems really, really low...

So happy for him! It was long overdue for one of the best hitters in baseball. Such an iconic moment. I was in the leftcenter nosebleeds for game Game 3 and 5, my dad saw Junior round second and started yelling, “He’s gonna score! He’s gonna score!” Gives me chills at this very moment 

And talk about OWNING his HOF classmates...

Oh man that would've been incredible. I lived in Seattle as a kid for a couple years in '91 and '92 so I just missed the run.  I saw a ton of Ms games in 1992 mostly because the Ms were awful that year and tickets were incredibly cheap.  Man the Kingdome was such a dive but damn that place was a launching pad.

Without Suh we wouldn't even get a participation ribbon.  

Maliek Collins has also scored some points. Vincent Valentine was selected in the 3rd round.

Who has that Nebraska Lockdown U shirt from a few years ago?  It was dope but I think only players had it made for themselves?  Message me if you have one for sale.  Also anyone have any good 3NOut apparel?  Seems pretty slim on what I see out there these days.  

And the fact that you can get all kinds of things added into your runza, just by asking.

Hmmm.. Secret menu?

Yeah my mind starting running thinking about the different Runzas/burgers I could cook up.

No it wouldn't; it'd be a hatchet job and would focus on LP, Christian Peter and Riley Washington's gun.

There's a good reason why a number of people incredibly important to telling that story refused to be interviewed. 

*shrugs* I think it would be closer to what The U was.  Taking the good with the bad.

Knowing ESPN, they'd gloss over the 90's in 5 minutes and spend the rest of the hour talking about the last 20 years. At least that's the show Des and Wilbon would pitch.

Sad.  

That's tough news. My thoughts are with his family for sure.

What is "minus the points"?? Think you mean give/lay the points.

Yeah, minus the points/lay the points.  All the same thing.

Dang! 

One of the most widely read authors in the U.S. But not many remembered her when thinking of widely read authors because we read her books in grade school.  RIP.   

Did he complain about not being able to watch practices?    Ok, ok, dead horse is dead - I'll stop beating it now.

You should post all songs in the “going to do this” thread

That does suck. He's a good journalist. 

Sweeet!  Yeah they always do be killing it!

Probably a good thing. He was a mediocre analyst.