Kevin

16-YEARS AGO THIS WEEK: 20-year-old Notre Dame junior Declan Sullivan tragically got killed while filming their football practice using a lift which collapsed because of 50 mile per hour winds. One of the most sad and tragic college football stories. Rest in peace, Declan 🙏

Not to be a negative nancy but I don’t really think this is a good thing Think about how annoying it was having to drive across the map in GTA V. Now imagine how much more grueling it will be in this. Unless there’s a faster way to get around, I’m not crazy about this

I know it'd just be using a garden hose against a forest fire, but it's actually kind of insane that the guardian helmets haven't become mandatory at all levels of football.

I think that’s already happening.

On this note I am about to list a property where the current tenant moves out next month. I’ll be listing it for the highest rent since I’ve owned it in order to cover myself going forward. I’m not the only landlord now thinking like this.

It’s been a fun October.. excited to get to Halloween. Here’s a couple fun screenshots from this month. I don’t know if Karey from Derry is real or not but, the picture on the left is from a very real man in Ohio. I’ve stayed away from my mentions and DM’s this month since these back to back days but.. I’m sure if I went in there now, I’d find some wishes for and threats of death for me. “Don’t read them.” They’re everywhere. Annnd.. They still exist though right? I just don’t know the person is in Ohio then? That’s where I’m at now. So I do get a bit fucked up when a couple days after The New York Times releases a “WE ARE ALLOWED TO AND SHOULD HATE THIS GUY” piece, a University puts a video out from their own page, indicating “we think he’s a corny creep here.” It’s a weird time. The things that get said about what my daughter and son and wife deserve are all rather wild as well. I haven’t talked to anybody about what the days were like leading up to Tennessee’s GameDay last year. There’s been some misreporting but in the ball park articles. Everybody in the “security” world was worried of a copycat incident potentially happening. GameDay was a few days out and we were the next huge gathering on a campus. The world, in front of the entire internet, just proved that we had gotten to a rather extreme place. The FBI.. alongside, Disney security, Tennessee State Police, Knoxville PD, University Police, everybody in area, all had the very same goal to protect the shit out of the area. FBI snipers were sent down there, huge presence of police.. it was a surreal moment. The conversation about the death threats I had been receiving in life was definitely a huge topic. I don’t think it was the FBI that suggested the Bullet Proof Vest, but it was certainly an idea presented by one of the security groups. We had no idea what to expect. Nobody had been in that type of situation before. Everybody wanted the best for everybody. I never felt safer and never felt more appreciative of the people that were around me that morning including the students that came out and did WAY more than they could’ve ever imagined for my soul. How’d we get here? I had to wrestle with that a bit. FBI’s sending snipers so me and the lads don’t get shot. That’s crazy. I don’t know if they teach how you’re supposed to handle these types of things in classes or something but, I was a bit rattled by the current reality of my World. I think what I realized was, when I talked about the Algerian Olympic Gold Medal boxer, and then I was HEADLINE Quoted and Captioned by platforms with rather large influence over certain communities, they left out the massive empathy part of the conversation that I had about the entire subject. I was labeled and immediately targeted. Such is life I guess.. since then, every mistake, misstep or misquote relaunches A LOT of folks into a frenzy of me being the worst person on Earth who needs to be eliminated, and they gain more and more folks who want me unalived or as they actually say it “Kirked.” I was created on the internet. I’ve been “cooked” and shit talked and criticized since I have memories. I am no where near perfect.. and there’s no way everybody is gonna agree with me but I had no idea that this is just what life would become. I’m trying my best in real time but.. I am to talk about sports and care about the future of sports. I owe everything to sports. I’m grateful as hell to do what I do. I literally try to love every minute of the incredible opportunities I get to experience but.. it’s certainly all a much different life than I could’ve ever expected. I try to give everything I have, all the time.. I am very sorry to those that despise me. The video is how I opened The Tennessee show.. I put on a USA Sports Coat and celebrated Ball. I love sports because it’s unifying. That’s all I’m ever trying to be… actually. & Connor.. I LOVE YOU BROTHER, I’m sorry I’ve brought you lads into all of this as well.

I am once again reminding everyone that the average person cannot remotely conceive of how much alcoholics put back There is an entire decile of Americans drinking over 10 per day on average

Illegal but I get it…

James Gunn has announced a podcast for ‘THE SUICIDE SQUAD’ where he will reveal what elements of the film are canon to the DCU.

Remember this fella's name? How about the cartoon he was on?

Before wearing Ray‑Ban Meta glasses, disable cloud uploads, turn off AI training and wake‑word listening to limit what gets collected.

This is so defeatist. I was making $11 an hour as a cashier when I was 22 living in the most expensive city in the country and I still made friends and had a social life. Go to a bar and have one $8 beer and stay off your phone.

There are 32 NFL teams. 14 (44%) make the Playoffs. There are 68 Power 4 CFB programs. 24 (35%) make the Playoff. There are 138 FBS programs. 17% will make the Playoffs. I don’t get the outrage.

It was such a fun system! We got to watch Alabama, Clemson, and Ohio State hoard the best talent and compete with each other every year in a 4 team playoff. It was much more exciting to go 10-2 and play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl than it would be to go 10-2 and make the playoff

Out of all the talking points around the expanded playoff this one is the worst. No one is sitting anyone in a rivalry game. Those matter more to teams than anything else. And most teams aren’t winning a title. They know it. They are playing the rivalry game to win. If Oregon did this I’d be furious btw.

College football is the only sport where the people who cover it and the people who are the biggest fans of it want to limit access to the postseason and don’t want to see more games that matter. Weird dynamic. Keep pining for the time 90+% of the sport had no shot at a title.

This is why you should love the 24 team College Football Playoff - Imagine it's 2028 and BGSU has a good football team. They go undefeated in MAC play, win one of their two tough nonconference games against a Big Ten opponent, and lose the other to an ACC school. Now you're looking at an 11-1 Bowling Green team that not only has a good shot at making the playoff, but could actually compete once they get there Maybe BG wins a game or two, maybe they mess around and win three. Now all of a sudden you've got Bowling Green State University playing in the Rose Bowl. That's what makes a 24 team playoff so great. In a 12 team format, that same 11-1 BG team probably doesn't even get in, and if they do, they're stuck with one of the lowest seeds playing a powerhouse right away. Now replace BG with any smaller conference school, its all applicable to you now too

Genuinely extremely curious as to who he's gonna play cuz i can't even hazard a guess

Steven Soderbergh is stepping in to help Matt Reeves finish the final weeks of filming for 'The Batman 2' 🦇 (via @Deadline)

Here is what a 24-team College Football Playoff would have looked like in 2025, with two rounds of on-campus games: on3.com/news/how-would-expan…