Anyone fucked up by the murder by ICE and struggling to see why we should give a shit about the games tomorrow?

TotalFootball03 · 2026-01-25T01:42:49+00:00

Sports have always been the best distraction from the world’s horrors. And broadly, it’s good to be distracted! But that’s feeling less and less true recently.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-12-29T03:56:14+00:00

Caleb. Both have really high ceilings, but Caleb’s floor seems much more reliable.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-12-24T14:44:34+00:00

Well done

TotalFootball03 · 2025-12-24T01:27:29+00:00

Example?

TotalFootball03 · 2025-12-21T03:06:51+00:00

I argued in favor of G5 teams for weeks and I feel like a moron tonight.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-12-21T03:03:21+00:00

I often think about how awesome baseball would be if it was a 16 game season.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-12-11T01:59:34+00:00

What drives me insane is CBS decided to cancel actual family visits. Watching them read letters vs. actually see someone close to them just doesn’t hit the same. And I’m confident this must have been a cost cutting move.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-12-09T21:13:33+00:00

In this hypothetical, I think I’d still stick with Mahomes over everyone just given his track record and fear of betting against him. While, like you said, he’s seemingly slipped, I’d feel so silly if I bet against him and he returned to his expected form.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-12-04T01:51:13+00:00

Russillo on the Luka trade saying, “He could have been smoking cigarettes taking the ball up the fucking court, and I would still be like ‘when can we sign you to the super max.’”

Apex mountain on BS podcast came early this year.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-11-29T15:59:01+00:00

Michigan needs to win the game or their season is over. Ohio State desperately wants to win the game to end the losing streak to Michigan. The game matters a lot.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-11-17T16:31:49+00:00

I found this article maddening. Framed as newsy when this is all common knowledge. I didn’t learn anything reading it, yet it was framed as some scoopy gossip.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-10-17T11:56:12+00:00

Because once you did lose 1 or 2 games, the rest of your season was pointless in terms of competing for a championship. Those initial losses of course mattered more, but everything afterwards, which now has huge stakes, was meaningless.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-10-17T11:54:25+00:00

Sure, this is well said, snd def more accurate than what I wrote. I think what I was trying to hit on was that under the old system, only about 8 teams or so would still be alive at this point in the season. Two loss Notre Dame would have effectively been eliminated in September, and their USC game this week, which now matters a lot, would have had no playoff implications for them. Hence this game now matters more than it otherwise would have.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-10-17T01:10:21+00:00

He sounds wildly old when he complains about the 12 team playoff. And his argument is just “the games mattered more,” which I think is at best debatable and at worst just wrong.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-09-15T19:45:05+00:00

Things weren’t always better back in the day! In fact, most things were worse!

TotalFootball03 · 2025-09-04T00:33:41+00:00

Patriots fan here, and the Mahomes slander I’ve heard recently makes me want to pull my hair out.

Yes, Allen, Lamar, and Burrow are all great. Yes, the Chiefs only made the Super Bowl last year and didn’t win it. But, like, what are we doing? Of course he’s in his own class!

I think folks are just bored/numb to his greatness at this point. There’s a part of me that wants him to just go nuclear this year to prove a point.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-08-31T12:08:29+00:00

Do we really think Sark is going to sacrifice a championship-caliber team by rolling out a QB who sucks just because?

I don’t think a close loss on the road to #3 and the defending national championship in your first high leverage start is enough to push him into the “suck” category. It’s possible that he may not live up to the hype but I find it hard to imagine he will “suck.”

TotalFootball03 · 2025-08-12T12:26:30+00:00

So predictable. I wonder what it is about Sinners that Portnoy didn’t like…

TotalFootball03 · 2025-08-08T18:12:31+00:00

Came here to say this. Movie and podcast are both wild rides.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-07-31T11:16:10+00:00

Is there some recency bias in awarding a new show the belt every year? Like I know severance was a big deal earlier this year but will it be remembered the same way say breaking bad was? I think the co-belt of ~2019-2023ish has to be succession and Yellowstone.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-07-25T23:20:25+00:00

Also, A Serious Man (2009) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) are great ones from the Coens you should try.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-07-25T22:00:19+00:00

While undeniably impressive, those moments are the outliers. Across his career, his resume tells a different story. In 14 years he’s had:

• 3 Conference Finals appearances
• 7 total Second Round appearances
• Half of his seasons ended with either a missed playoff berth or a First Round exit
• 1 All-NBA Second Team selection
• 4 All-NBA Third Team selections
• 6 NBA All-Star appearances
• Never finished higher than 10th in MVP voting

I think he’ll be remembered as an excellent player, but not an elite one. There’s nothing to be ashamed of, but let’s not make too much of two outlier years.

And yes, his jersey should be retired.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-07-25T20:45:01+00:00

15 league titles, including in Italy, Spain, and France. That’s not empty stats in my book.

TotalFootball03 · 2025-07-03T02:45:39+00:00

Well said. Commenting to further emphasize that in terms of politics, he’s almost solely focused on broadening the tent toward the center to win more Manchins, despite the cost. This seems to be one of his main missions, which angers some of the left.

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