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Wild week 0 + 1 but not as crazy as we have seen before imo Kansas St put up a fight, albeit an ugly one against Iowa State only to turn around and barely survive against North Dakota. Looks like this Florida State team might be more like the ACC winners than the 2-win squad from last season. Bama still looks competitive but FSU clearly wanted it more. Frank Reich and Mike Shula are still dumpster fire coaches, but it is fun remembering the 2015 Panthers watching Shula call plays for LaNorris. Speaking of... as much as it pains me to say it, South Carolina looks better than Clemson at the moment. South Florida's thumping of Boise State put to bed any postseason playoff drama for the Broncos. Tarleton State over Army in 2OT!? Navy is going to smoke them this season. Looks like Wake Forest's strategy of recruiting older players with leftover COVID eligibility to play while pursuing their graduate degree has run its course after barely holding on 10-9 vs Kennesaw State. I've got a few friends from ATL that went there and they were lighting up social media. Close games for GT/Colorado, LSU/Clemson, and Texas/Ohio State. Nussmeier looked like the better prospect between him, Arch, and Cade. Drew Allar and LaNorris also looked really good. The QB class this season is going to be fun to watch. Tulane whooping up on Northwestern surprised me. Not that the latter is a powerhouse but I wouldn't have bet on that score. Going to be an interesting team to keep an eye on. I thought Kentucky would have ran the score up on Toledo, not keep it within one score.

There are fans that wanted the Panthers to do the same thing to their QB room this season.

DM incoming

Ngl seeing them land LaNorris after suffering through DJU hurts. I have never been impressed with Cade either, but am hoping he can win me over this season.

Human cheat code.

Holy poo LaNorris

Was trying to remember where this came from and then it hit me... buddy of mine that was recruited to play LT for a D1 school (he quickly realized he did not want to do that grind and ended up grinding to be a pharmacist instead). He was telling me how it was insane to have assignments and then these pitbulls in front of you on the DL are literally hopping and rolling over one another to change where they're lined up. Dudes in the trenches are built different... not quite as crazy as the animals that love special teams, those dudes are crazy crazy

People hating XL are just as stupid as people hating BY but I do have to give the former credit where credit is due: they didn't spend the entire offseason shitting up threads and derailing them like the latter did. This reminds me so much of hack comedians complaining that they can't tell racist jokes anymore or they'll get cancelled rather than just admitting that they were never as funny as they thought they were.

Yea, offenses usually take time to get in sync vs. the organized chaos that is defense

Suuuucks having to worry about the run defense still, but despite that revamped DL the LB room is leaving a lot of question marks. Hoping to see the pass rush develop over the course of the season should Scourton and/or Umanmielen get settled in quickly. I'm hype to see the WRs. TMac, XL, Renfrow, Coker when he gets back, and JHJ is the most interesting WR room we've had in a looong time. Will they be as good as we hope? Will just have to see... I think things will really take off as TMac gets comfortable. The TE room is going to be interesting... Hopefully one of those guys steps up because that would be huge for the offense. Still bummed about Coker's injury despite getting Renfrow back on the roster out of it. I really like the way things were looking running out of 11 with TMac/XL/Coker being big bodies. Tremble or Sanders though kind of tips the hand there. Duo tho? TMac/XL/Tremble/Sanders/Chuba could give some good flexibility. And of course... which Bryce do we get to start in JAX? While he hasn't filled out the stat sheet, the offense hasn't struggled because of him in the preseason which is good... but it didn't exactly excite either. Can't talk about the run game nor the QB without thinking about the OL. Does Icky make it back? Is that the worst thing that happens to the starters (which would mean that DLew's shoulder doesn't flare back up)? Aaaaaaahhhhh so excited for football being back.

Earl Little Jr for FSU is a lot of fun to watch play the rover position in their defense. He comes downhill like a missile.

This game still being winnable is what I love/hate about college football.

Nah, they're going with "Super Sayin" for the Dragonball Z reference for sure.

Fuuuuu losing Coker for 4wks sucks but hell yea Renfrow's back!

It is goofy how some people hate Bryce so much that they're flat out lying to try and remain entitled to their pessimism. It's insanity. Most fans are realists and eagerly awaiting the season to see if we get pre- or post-benching Bryce to start the season and how much he is able to do with some young and developing weapons. Many of us understand that these young guys are going to have growing pains on the job as well as the new defense, but the fans with all of the excuses for why Bryce can't be successful are pounding the no excuses drum. Personally, I'd prefer the Keep Pounding drum.

bah gawd [Live in HD] ONE Friday Fights 122_ Panpayak vs. Imangazaliev - YouTube - Google Chrome 2025-08-29 12-27-39.mp4

Anybody else watching? I've got a nice little routine on Fridays where I have the fights on one monitor and work on the others. MMA roster isn't exactly the greatest but they have some impressive muay Thai guys under contract. Today's card above. I don't think I've had a bad one yet in the last 2mo. There was a nasty KO earlier where the fighter's head hit the back of the mat hard and had to be stretchered out (clip below). Fight right after that one has been a three round war with both fighters standing in the phone booth and just eating elbows + body shots. The Thai crowd in Lumpinee has been awesome tonight (and tbh, they've been awesome every week). [Live in HD] ONE Friday Fights 122_ Panpayak vs. Imangazaliev - YouTube - Google Chrome 2025-08-29 12-01-58.mp4

We've seen him flat out deny video presented to him in regards to other issues, just like this one. It has definitely gotten to the point of denial, or delusion, whichever you'd prefer.

Starting to wonder how many people here have been on functioning teams in any capacity whether it be in sports, at work, or in their own home... Like, yea, my supervisor is who I report to but I got on-the-job training from my teammates. I'd go to my boss and get direction when I had questions, but I also went to my teammates first with those questions. Not having the consistency of AT in the locker room is a negative that the team seems to be hoping to offset with the positives that are the increase opportunities for their young WRs. This is also good for Bryce, because it's going to challenge him to elevate + lead those guys, while also bad because he loses his most reliable target from the last two seasons. The move happened. Now we're in "hurry up and wait" mode to see what the results will end up being over the course of the season.

Conked out during the 1st quarter of the Cinci game. Seeing Boise State get belt-to-ass + the ECU/NC St (and the 60hr work week I've had) took a lot out of me. I am not ready for the feels I'm going to experience on Saturday during Corso's last show.

Best sports pod bar none. The Chris Long/Nate Collins episode this week was fun. They gave poor Jalen Hell for that Super Bowl.

He straight up says multiple times throughout the episode that he was an "angry child" and has calmed down a lot after the league. Like, yea, he was cocky but the amount of players that make the NFL that aren't are relatively slim. He hated Steve Spurrier because Spurrier would talk grimey to people and even told a story about how a teammate requested help with overcoming addiction and the very next day they tested and booted him. He acknowledged that he was a good coach but that he didn't like him as a person. Spurrier told him that he needed to carry himself more like Lattimore, not the ball. My dawg, I get that you're down on the team and anything that isn't Clemson, but at this point it's coming across that you're willfully dismissing facts in favor of a chosen narrative whether it's regarding Bryce, the Teppers, Canales, or now Mike Davis.

New Raw Room episode every Wednesday!

DLew practiced without a red jersey today.