These guys are out of control. Also: Lane Kiffin did some needling, the Packers loss is on NIT Stu, Joe Kelly won the NL West, and so many allegations. So many.
Good Things Shrewing: Is Notre Dame–Ohio State a Rivalry?
Competing regional powers meet in South Bend. How bad is the blood?
Stu’s Notes: UC Berkeley Really Wants to Be a Mid-Major
Good try, ACC. Cal wants what it wants. Also: Aaron Rodgers and the word “shock,” the Rugby World Cup, some basketball bits, F1 is killing lizards, and Everton goes American.
Stu’s Notes: Aaron Rodgers, Artist
Oh yeah, we’re going there. Also: Dartmouth tries to unionize, Jay Norvell tries to get smoked, the Stetson Bennett thing, Ryder Cup camera access, Ons Jabeur, Shane van Gisbergen, and The Pitch Was a Strike.
Stu’s Notes: Another Joe Kelly Return
Also: Seth Davis’s motives, Kai Jones’s wellbeing, setting expectations for children, and a little bit of Burnley.
Joe’s Notes: The NBA Tries to Make Its Players Play
Also: Turf wars, the Pac-2 legal battle, Iowa State’s long-term outlook, Packers talk, Cubs talk, the Nationals’ weird spot, Scherzer’s injury, and David Stearns’s morality.
Good Things Shrewing: The Heisman and Sam Hartman
Can Notre Dame break a different three-decade drought?
Fox Sports Wants Its Own NIT
Everybody loves the NIT.
Stu’s Notes: Hook ‘Em (But Let Me Be Clear)
How this Texas-neutral Austinite feels about the Bama game. Plus: Joe Kelly’s rehab outing, the Tez Walker reaction, and the USA’s sports failings.
Joe’s Notes: Caleb Williams Might Dodge the Draft
Plus: Chris Jones, Travis Kelce, Cy-Hawk Week, Julio Urías, the Cubs, the Packers, Ben Shelton, American basketball, and NASCAR’s stars.
Good Things Shrewing: Brian Kelly’s Notre Dame Legacy
How will we remember Brian Kelly in South Bend?
Stu’s Notes: It’s September. Do You Know Where Your Joe Kelly Is?
The playoffs approach, and the Dodgers keep waiting on their physical and emotional leader.
Joe’s Notes: The ACC Doesn’t Like Its Chances
Proactive ass-saving.
Joe’s Notes: ACC Expansion Makes Short-Term Sense. But…
…there is a long term. Also: ASU, the CFP format, Iowa gambling, and the MLB waiver wire.
Stu’s Notes: The White Sox Are So Bad That Fans Are Bringing Guns to Games
And! Hunger strikes, Trey Lance, Auston Matthews, cricket drama, NASCAR survival, The Hawk, and that bastard Sean Payton.
Joe’s Notes: Jerry Reinsdorf Doesn’t Solve the White Sox’ Problem
Plus: the David Ross complaints, the core John Fisher problem, the Royals’ ballpark plans, the Nick Lodolo what-if, Chris Jones’s holdout, Rashan Gary’s return, Reggie Bush’s lawsuit, Ohio State’s new president, Jaden Rashada, and Marcus Ericsson.
Joe’s Notes: Does the NFL Make Other Sports Hate Each Other?
The NFL’s dominance of sports appetite creates an illusion of starvation elsewhere. Also: Wander Franco’s latest, Luis Castillo’s fastballs, the White Sox might move, college baseball’s rising, Drew Smyly’s starting, Jirehl Brock’s leaving, Rutgers gambled on Jeremiah Williams, and some NASCAR game theory.
Stu’s Notes: Jim Harbaugh Is Suspending Himself
Also: A new hawk at Saint Joe’s, a new court at Alden-Hebron, a new haircut for our dog, and plenty to talk about with Gunnar Henderson, Joe Kelly, Javy Báez, and Little League Baseball.