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Matt Brown

@mattbrown.bsky.social

I write Extra Points, a newsletter about off-the-field stories in college sports. I also (badly) make computer games, woodworking projects, and jokes. Chicago.

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I can’t even be mad. Good for Indiana!

07.12.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was a joke about the Mormon trail and also a joke about driving a minivan anywhere with five kids

06.12.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yall are acting surprised but if any program is equipped to survive long, boring and dangerous drives, it’s probably BYU.

06.12.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess no matter what else happens to me in my career, I can say I got a bowl game before Taco Bell

06.12.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re up there with Mountain Dew and Taco Bell as our most β€œhow have you never done a bowl game” companies

06.12.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 193    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 1

Did you know Liberty was the preseason favorite to win Conference USA, which was instead won by Kennesaw State? In fact Liberty went 4-8. One of the country's biggest disappointments. Also disappointing at football

06.12.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 791    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 10

Feeling pretty good about my prediction that multiple teams with eight figure payrolls are gonna miss the tournament. But uh, I didn’t think one of them might be Kentucky

06.12.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not yet, sadly. I hope to have it by mid next week, along with a few other new hires.

06.12.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Missing DII/DIII Data

here's the sheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

06.12.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had been connecting the site to scrape from ESPN's team pages, but now I made a spreadsheet of my missing ones and just adding it manually

06.12.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

okay, I have fixes for this and the logo thing pushed live. I need to figure out the best way to add official team colors and logos for about 80 small colleges. Gonna try to do it manually tonight while the kiddos are watching a movie

05.12.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

found the problem...looks like a dozen or so DII schools are pulling the wrong tag from ESPN. Give me 20 minutes?

05.12.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha man

05.12.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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okay who is dethroning me because right now Ohio State fans are dominating Who's That Football Team

(it me, I'm the Ohio State fan)

05.12.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Brazilian soccer in Boston or Miami is gonna be such a dang home field advantage. Love to see it.

05.12.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That also sounds like an eleven year old boy’s google search history

05.12.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Okay this is the game I gotta find a way to get to right now

05.12.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

whew! gonna tell our team to try and limit our behind the scenes tinkering during working hours haha. sorry about that!

im looking into a better solution for the logos of small schools. struggling with that one a bit.

05.12.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How about now? I was in the middle of a deployment

05.12.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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blogged about Big Cookie
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/some-thoug...

05.12.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Many people are now saying the Oregon Ducks are poor. Sad!

05.12.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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How the Unruly Black Market for High-School Athletes Tore a Family Apart Ohio State wide receiver Phillip Bell III was dragged through the world of Southern California youth football, where a secret market for top talent has heated up.

MAN is this story sad

(and very American)

www.wsj.com/us-news/foot...

05.12.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

You know, it's funny, A&M is one of the examples I think of where the reality DOESN'T match the meme. I've had development officers there tell me their fundraising (athletic and otherwise) is way more diverse than just oil. Other schools (like Tulsa) are way more tied to that industry, I'm told

05.12.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

That sounds like it would be a very fun shitpost that I should work on instead of making phone calls today tbh

05.12.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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blogged about Big Cookie
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/some-thoug...

05.12.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks! This fix is live, and I'll have a few other fixes (plus four or five updates) within the hour

05.12.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah max the meat guy lol

NOW I WANNA EAT ZEBRA TOO

05.12.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly, I'd think ProPublica would have a better AI use case than almost any other publisher!

05.12.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know what its time for? A bunch of Caseys Pizzas executives to start donating enough cash to detail this coaching hire.

FOILED BY BIG COOKIE, THEN BIG GAS STATION BREAKFAST PIZZA

05.12.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
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have you guys played the Daily Challenge in Who's That Football Team yet? This one is pretty tricky, I think. Unless you're @nikolaidenmark.bsky.social or something
whosthat.extrapointsmb.com

04.12.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

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