Bret LaGree
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Bret LaGree
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Let’s not kid ourselves, it gets really, really bad.
Got the younger generation to bite on “I saw Busta Rhymes in concert and he brought the WHOLE Flipmode Squad with him…”

“What’s the Flipmode Squad?”

“Gather round, it’s uncle’s time to shine.”
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Are we going to spend all week talking about which bad goalkeeper should play, which non-scoring attackers, or both?

Probably just batter the manager for his mistakes and everyone else’s. #lufc
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Calvert-Lewin with a chance to finish the season on negative goals now.
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Getting an early lead then bringing on your should-be first-choice attackers at 60 minutes to see it out isn’t how I would go about it, but I’m desperate for it to work today. #lufc
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It would be very funny if Farke somehow keeps Leeds up despite giving more minutes to Aaronson than any other attacking player and everyone thinks less of him as a Premier League manager as a result.
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The non-existent crowd figures to be the lesser of the no-shows in this one.
I expect to feel transported back to my youth with how badly Kansas gets beaten in an empty stadium on Friday morning as Lance Leipold secures another losing season.
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I expect to feel transported back to my youth with how badly Kansas gets beaten in an empty stadium on Friday morning as Lance Leipold secures another losing season.
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I’m 90% certain the Kansas defense is bad because they don’t recruit players big and fast enough to make plays.

I also have very strong suspicions that, without much better coaching talent, we wouldn’t see a huge difference even if the main problem was solved.
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Matt Campbell inexplicably not trying to score on Iowa State’s final possession of the first half has kept me tethered to this Kansas loss in progress.

There are reasons these two guys are still coaching at Iowa State and Kansas.
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Lance Leipold has figured out he won’t get criticized for blowing another fourth quarter lead if he never tries to score.
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Lance Leipold spent the bye week becoming even more himself: defense can’t get a stop to start the game, choose to kick on 4th-and-short on the first offensive possession, special teams mistake.
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Wait. Do my beloved fellow Leeds fans think there’s ANY chance that after the club told Bielsa “we don’t like you, we only like results” he would return?

This is above and beyond his established, practical disinterest of taking over mid-season.

20 shots against Spurs but something had to change.
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Great to see one of my long-term Instagram followers honored.
Quin Snyder pregame on Bob Rathbun:

"You can't overstate the impact. His work ethic and his preparation for the games. His passion for the way that he covers the game."

Also praised Bob quite a bit personally and for his overall contributions to the Hawks organization.
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
RIP Elizabeth Franz. Her performance as Linda Loman in that Robert Falls production of DEATH OF A SALESMAN was the biggest part of me being captivated by that play for the first, and only, time.
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I think the job of managing Leeds will become slightly easier if the opportunity arrives to give 100% of the winger minutes to James, Gnonto, and Okafor but I also know if any of the 17 established Premier League teams wanted any of those three in the last two years, they wouldn’t be at Leeds.
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Lance Leipold kicks on 4th-and-short in opposition territory twice in the 4th quarter with a three-point lead and, to the surprise of no one paying attention, Kansas loses yet another game they led late.
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
(Some) Leeds fans livid about how much better Sunderland is than Leeds but would be equally livid if Leeds blew a 1-0 lead at home while only mustering 5 shot attempts.

I’m not laughing at you, I’m ruefully chucking in recognition.
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
BLACK RABBIT is hilarious. Tertiary character to his partner, the heterosexual female lead, “Of all the people in New York, why did you sleep with him?”

And she can’t answer, “Because he looks like Jude Law.”
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Less embarrassing financially than the Capela and Hunter extensions.
From @theathletic.com: A former Atlanta Hawks senior vice president is accused of embezzling $3.8 million from the NBA franchise to buy lavish trips, a Porsche, and tickets to concerts and other events.
Former Atlanta Hawks senior VP charged with embezzling $3.8M to buy Porsche, tickets
The SVP of finance, who no longer works for the Hawks, is accused of changing financial reports to hide his company credit card charges.
nyti.ms
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Dick Cheney, who created his own reality to the detriment of so, so many, perhaps realized today that he never did, and then died. In reality.

In related news, “adult libertarian” remains the greatest possible insult.
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Hope to get a definitive answer this year whether the Bills hang a new “Regular Season Win Against the Chiefs” banner every year or if they just have one banner and they repeatedly add another year to it.
November 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Carl Cheffers, the man who invented calling roughing the passer for falling on the QB when you have the ball following a strip sack, debuted a new opinion…pass tipped at the line of scrimmage? We’ll discuss it for 10 minutes then call it intentional grounding.
November 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My 5-year-old had an excellent, easily recognizable Indiana Jones costume and my remarkable resemblance to a 60-year-old Sean Connery really sold our multi-generational concept.
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
End times and whatnot.
Five assists in the first five minutes for De'Andre Hunter!!

He's only had five assists in a GAME four times in his 328-game career. The next assist will be career-high.
October 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Missouri and Cincinnati games showed how tough it is for KU to win when Jalon Daniels makes *a* mistake. Today shows how grim it is if he plays badly.
October 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM