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Senior Writer, The Athletic. Friendly neighborhood oaf. Subscribe to the Pulse. Sign up: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/newsletters/the-pulse/

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this is so insulting. levi drafted RATTLESNAKE. for THANKSGIVING.

i will not forget this slight by about 5,000 people.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...

02.12.2025 03:38 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

The Pulse Thanksgiving Draft continues to wins hearts and minds

02.12.2025 03:58 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

gravy is cheating clearly

27.11.2025 14:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Good morning, Bluesky. I hope your Thanksgiving is lovely. Please vote in our second annual Pulse Thanksgiving Draft for the best plate here, which is clearly mine: www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...

27.11.2025 14:03 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

three days later and I’m still catching up 😂😂☠️

31.10.2025 18:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I can’t feel anything

27.10.2025 06:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LSU’s Brian Kelly looked like a coach out of answers vs. Texas A&M — he may soon be out of time Kelly has failed in the biggest games at LSU. He’s just 5-11 against ranked opponents during his three-plus seasons.

COLUMN: Brian Kelly is out of answers at LSU. He might be out of time, too.

Is he worth a $53 million buyout? The Texas A&M team that beat up LSU on Saturday shows why it may be worth the risk.

Me from Baton Rouge: www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...

26.10.2025 12:21 — 👍 18    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 3

@chrisbranch.bsky.social

26.10.2025 03:00 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

O had some bad moments, but I was still basking in 2019 so it didn’t feel this bad

26.10.2025 03:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ok I forgot about this but still

26.10.2025 02:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I still think this is worse than

26.10.2025 02:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I can’t get over this. This is more miserable than any point in Orgeron’s last two years

26.10.2025 02:27 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

Nope!

26.10.2025 02:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

LSU went from winning at halftime to one of the most embarrassing losses of Brian Kelly’s tenure in less than a quarter.

26.10.2025 02:22 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I don’t get it at all.

26.10.2025 02:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

for real though. How are they this sloppy in year four?

26.10.2025 02:12 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Time to start gathering the buyout money

26.10.2025 02:02 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

First Teamer on that front

26.10.2025 01:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m very conflicted

26.10.2025 01:14 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Mansoor Delane should be CB1 in the draft

26.10.2025 01:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

lmao incredible

26.10.2025 01:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Googling defibrillator prices while watching my favorite team play

26.10.2025 01:02 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

you, by many miles

19.10.2025 19:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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they might have to fire McDaniel today

19.10.2025 18:02 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

I’m very ready for the Brian Kelly era to end.

18.10.2025 19:14 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Diego Pavia is ruining my life

18.10.2025 18:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I'm not sure how LSU got a 62 yd TD out of this but Zavion Thomas did

18.10.2025 18:20 — 👍 108    🔁 11    💬 4    📌 4

I am in pain every second I watch this team play

18.10.2025 18:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I’ve never woken up on an LSU-Vanderbilt gameday so sure that LSU — a talented LSU team at that — will lose.

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