Holding your championship in Las Vegas? *Yawn.* Also: College sports should have a World War, the Bulls should be allowed Hope Bankruptcy, and we play a round of NIT or NOT.
Stu’s Notes: Is Ed Cooley Even a Good Coach?
Being good with people is only part of the job. Also: Joe Kelly’s Nobel Prize candidacy, Yasiel Puig’s innocence, and when do the Jared Goff chants get old?
Stu’s Notes: Yet Another Massive College Football Transition
They’re replacing the hedges in Athens. Also: Luka vs. Zion vs. food, a coed idea for Team USA, Nick Dunlap Bust Watch, and a potential Game of the NITe of the Year.
Joe’s Notes: How Badly Did Michigan Want Harbaugh to Stay?
The weird ending to the glorious era. Also: What comes now in Ann Arbor? Is Bill Belichick unwanted? A 36-team NHL might work. And Northwestern fans have a presence now.
Stu’s Notes: What the NBA Just Took From Us
The NBA got exciting these last 24 hours. Too exciting. Also: Will Wade is free, Tom Rinaldi’s a weasel, Shane Waldron is doomed, and The Henry Ford is not what you might think.
Stu’s Notes: Michigan Needs to Make Jim Harbaugh Know He’s Loved
Michigan’s effort to retain a champion, plus: Ohio State is losing too fast, Texas can’t read, Bulls fans got the wrong Jerry, and we can’t not love Dan Campbell.
Americans Don’t Obey Time Zones
We only worship television.
Stu’s Notes: An NIT Renaissance in Spokane?
Also: Arch Manning Bust Watch, Matthew Stafford vs. the moon, home-field by latitude, and Oregon likes cheese.
NIT Stu’s 32 Predictions for 2024
An NIT champion, Joe Kelly’s ceiling, and the largest earthquake produced by that fault line situation in Missouri.
Stu’s Notes: What the NIT Can Learn From the Pop-Tarts Bowl
We can’t stop thinking about it. Also: the Game of the NITe of the Weekend; how I would rig a bowl game, and what if free agents hate Craig Counsell?
Stu’s Notes: A Blue Blood NIT Vibe Check
UCLA is in the NIT mix. Indiana is in the picture. And UNC isn’t out of it. Also: The Sens fired their coach, Burnley shouldn’t have fired theirs, and a little bit of hate for Denver.
Stu’s Notes: Sean Stellato’s Existence, and What It Implies About Taylor Swift
The NFL might be rigged. Also: Heinous act draws NBA ejection, Draymond struck a man, Juwan Howard might’ve been set up, and Louisville is being Louisville.
If the Supreme Court Decided Who Made the College Football Playoff
An ambitious crossover event.
Should the Wienermobile Be Allowed in Wisconsin?
Our answer? Yes.
Why Did Honolulu Become Hawaii’s Population Center?
Why not somewhere on the Big Island, where there is definitionally more space?
Stu’s Notes: What Aaron Rodgers Knows About When He’ll Return
Aaron Rodgers didn’t fake an Achilles tear. But he’s definitely up to something. Also: JMU resembles a certain other Cinderella, Arch Manning Bust Watch returns, and a thought on Thursday weddings.
Joe’s Notes: The Texas Rangers and Bob Knight
Two loose ends, before the weekend.
Your 2023 Joe Kelly Playoff Preview
Tomorrow, Joe Kelly’s ninth postseason begins.