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This week in TRL: Doom metal, new NCAA rules, MapTap, more

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Andrew Jackson has real Woody Hayes vibes.

this is my new favorite thing i’ve ever read. it’s perfect, no notes

A lesser newsletter would simply handwave every president before 1880 as not knowing ball, but not here

Crying laughing and nodding solemly along with today’s @channel6.bsky.social newsletter. Everyone is exactly where they should be for the reasons they should be there, especially my boys Jimmy Garfield and Teddy

PRESIDENTIAL BALL KNOWERS, RANKED The NFL is the fourth branch of the federal government, co-equal with the Presidency, Legislative, and Judiciary. Now more than ever, it’s clear that we need our nation’s leaders to not just be except...

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Channel 6 strives at all times to be gap-sound in American civics, and to fill those gaps where we find them elsewhere

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This week in TRL: Skimo, winter cars, and your tales of sports meltdowns

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FREE SKATE In which Alysa Liu brings MacArthur Park to Boston and takes us all into orbit

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“fuck this, fuck my skis, fuck my poles, fuck everything I’m going to live in the woods now” is the single most relatable thing an Olympian has done so far

I sure can’t do any of the stuff these people can but I will absolutely go live in the woods if I fuck up badly enough

“This is the most relatable thing I’ve ever read.” - Me, a grown-ass man who can still vividly recall air balling two free throws during intramural hoops in 2007

ON THE FREEDOM OF SKIING & THE FREEDOM FROM SKIING This is a newsletter about a skier who walked into the woods

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In which the Channel 6 team finds itself at a philosophical crossroads

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This week in TRL: Darrell Royal, doubles luge, Celine Dion, and oh hey it's Jon

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WEBINAR: THE RETURN The offseason is upon us, and we're bringing back last year's practice of scheduling regular live chats as an exclusive benefit for you, the folks who pay the $10/month or $100/year to keep the lights...

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Friday marks the return of WEBINAR, our shareholder-exclusive live chat series. Get your questions in now:

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No idea! Will check.

In which @channel6.bsky.social discusses Cairn, a game where doing mushrooms and licking toads makes mountain climbing easier.

This game repeatedly made me throw my controller in a way historically reserved for my older brother winning on a blocked 2-point conversion in NCAA 06.

10/10 - No Notes

Confirmed

Dying laughing at this

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This week in TRL:

✅ what do you mean there’s a rock climbing video game
✅ what if Nick Saban but figure skater
✅ stealing cable in 2026

Free to read when you sign up for our email list (also free):

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As a Seattleite, I feel seen by the @channel6.bsky.social Super Bowl preview. Now please stop looking at me. (Retreats into a ball of Cotopaxi down)

SLANDER BOWL: A NATION CHOOSES ITS TEAM The NFL’s already in 2028. They just decided that it’s over, and are working several iPhone updates ahead of all of us.

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A surprisingly lengthy Super Bowl preview! ($)

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Thanks to @channel6.bsky.social for sharing this thread in their newsletter. 🫡

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TRL is:

- our offseason newsletter
- free to read when you sign up for our email list (which is also free)
- featuring more than the usual amount of kangaroos this week

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" I’d rather believe in a conspiracy theory about a Big Ten ag school trying out powerful cattle hormones on willing subjects seeking unnatural speed and tackling power. "

Fuck.

Even as the Ag school in Indiana Purdue can't do this right.

My favorite line? Oklahoma as "Irresistible antibiotic-resistant football."

TOP WHATEVER: POSTSEASON EDITION Channel 6’s ranking of all the teams we’d like to talk about after consuming a season of college football.

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Last Top Whatever 'til August, feat. Indiana, Miami, Oklahoma (??), Ohio State [sigh], and the impending divorce of the barking guy from the Allstate ad ($)

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TRL: OUT OF THE GUMBALL MACHINE, INTO THE FRYING PAN "If you need to weld something or fight a Wendigo in your backyard, this is your soundtrack."

our free @channel6.bsky.social newsletter, The Rare Literal, returns with

1. questions about hallucinogenic mushrooms
2. thunderous music recs
3. more advice on how to run the ball in your community
4. a request for the entire Time-Life Mysteries of the Unknown series

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This week in TRL: Geese (the band), Die Spitz (also a band), Werner Herzog, and a long-lost series of Time-Life books

free to read when you sign up for our also-free email list

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It's true

HOW* INDIANA WON A NATIONAL TITLE *THE PART OF THE "HOW" THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, SPECIFICALLY

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How the big picture of Indiana's title run was a manifestation of the shape of one game ($)

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FIVE IMPORTANT INSIGHTS FROM A TIME A CURT CIGNETTI TEAM ACTUALLY LOST MAYBE JUST ASK THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FROM MAINE FOR TIPS, BECAUSE HE’S GOING TO BE AT THE GAME

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