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“Everyone counted us out” -UCLA’s HC

For the first time in sports history, he’s actually right

Honestly? I think it’s Frost.

To turn an 0-12 UCF into an unbeaten team two years later and then to get the big Nebraska homecoming, that thing felt like a slam dunk at the time.

What time is it!?

Monday Night Football schedule for Monday, September 29th is Jets vs. Dolphins and Bengals vs. Broncos

Man, what a great night of MNF. Ooh, we get two games next week? I wonder what it i- OH GOD NO

my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"

This week’s vibe:

On second thought…

Take it from a Bears fan who has seen…a lot of QBs play, I think he’s Just Fine for now

When I saw her in MKE in 2023 I immediately said to myself “oh shit she’s even better LIVE!?”

That woman does not get the credit she deserves for Holding It Down for nearly 20 years(!) now

She made Misery Business when she was 17(!!), she’s not even 40 yet(!!!)

That’s right, Chris

Oh, and don’t forgot that one of the most popular cable networks (YouTube TV) is about to drop them on the Wednesday of Week 1

And yet it is an iconic moment

AND I-I HAD A FEELING THAT I BELONGED

I-I HAD A FEELING I COULD BE SOMEONE, BE SOMEONE, BE SOMEONE

Starting Colts QBs since Luck retired:
Brissett
Hoyer
Rivers
Wentz
Eason
Ehlinger
Foles
Ryan
Minshew
Richardson
Flacco
Jones

List just keeps getting funnier

Bare minimum for holding conversation: Mendoza, Rourke, Jackson, Sorsby, Williams, Bazelak, Tuttle, McCulley, Ramsey, Penix, Lagow, and Diamont

OOF

Also a great reminder that the plural form of Attorney General is Attorneys General and that will always be funny

What if Portland takes Jordan instead of Bowie?

Oh, it’s absolutely the time I scored a six-run inside the park homerun (it was California Kickball rules, so you you could have as many runners as you wanted on any base) inside a basketball gym during like 4th grade

Thank you for the kind words friend!

A graphic for The Couch Surfer Chronicles July Substack blog “IRL Dating, Critical Think, and A New City”

Since I moved to Indy back in April, I decided to get back into the dating pool, and to be much more intentional by going to singles events.

What I found was that people aren’t dealing with a loneliness epidemic, but something else entirely: open.substack.com/pub/couchsur...

“Trump Save College Sports” if he really wanted to be the sports savior he would’ve gotten Rutgers and Maryland out of the Big Ten and restored the Big East during his first term!

No you’re onto something (and maybe I should do a substack piece on this) and I think the issue is that it has far too low of an athletic ceiling, it’s just not exciting and therefore not fun. Plus, like you said, there’s already a far better alternative in tennis.

The fact that the fictional QB in the 2028 scenario is named Jimmy Chitwood makes me let out the the biggest “oh brother” every single time. This whole write up still makes me laugh every single time though.

My dad was in the bar business for his entire career and his advice was always simple:

-Don’t be your own best customer
-Keep an eye out for employees that steal from you
-Remember that it’s work, not a social event to impress your friends

You’d be surprised how many folks fail such simple words

I think I’d really pick anything out of the Whitney Houston, Céline Dion, or Mariah Carey’s discography but I think I’m doing “I have nothing” by Whitney

I edited my list like five times because I kept seeing other peoples and going “dammit I need to add that”

Also: QUIT REPLAYING THE INJURY PLEASE

For anyone wondering, the air just got sucked out of the room here in downtown Indy

It’s a deep cut, but one of my favorites