Jason Thompson
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The Athletic is reporting that Calipari consulted Izzo, along with Kelvin Sampson and Nick Saban before writing his op-ed. Saban is the one who surprised me the most here. But "consulted" could mean several things.
January 16, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The Athletic is reporting that Calipari consulted Izzo, along with Kelvin Sampson and Nick Saban before writing his op-ed. Saban is the one who surprised me the most here. But "consulted" could mean several things.
Yesterday I was trying to come up with a list of college coaches who have called for collective bargaining. Bruce Pearl did explicitly but he doesn't coach anymore (and had a roster of 28 year olds last year so..) I think Calipari did in so many words but can't find the clip.
January 16, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Yesterday I was trying to come up with a list of college coaches who have called for collective bargaining. Bruce Pearl did explicitly but he doesn't coach anymore (and had a roster of 28 year olds last year so..) I think Calipari did in so many words but can't find the clip.
Vandy getting credit for the SEC tanking the last 2 years is peak ESPN.
January 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Vandy getting credit for the SEC tanking the last 2 years is peak ESPN.
This only mattered/still matters to inside baseball dems. Biden should have resigned 2 years before the election or 1 year after. The dems actions last summer, and their sheer terror of an economy that was pretty damn good, put us all in this mess.
April 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This only mattered/still matters to inside baseball dems. Biden should have resigned 2 years before the election or 1 year after. The dems actions last summer, and their sheer terror of an economy that was pretty damn good, put us all in this mess.
He's up almost 10 points over where he was at the same time during his first term.
March 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
He's up almost 10 points over where he was at the same time during his first term.
The last time democrats dared the republicans to get rid of the filibuster they were rewarded with Dobbs.
What they can do is start trying to win local elections, especially outside downtown urban cities and college towns.
What they can do is start trying to win local elections, especially outside downtown urban cities and college towns.
February 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The last time democrats dared the republicans to get rid of the filibuster they were rewarded with Dobbs.
What they can do is start trying to win local elections, especially outside downtown urban cities and college towns.
What they can do is start trying to win local elections, especially outside downtown urban cities and college towns.
Also, yoga pants and joggers, don't laugh; you're next.
February 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Also, yoga pants and joggers, don't laugh; you're next.
Hang in there.
Also, I've missed out on every chance to purchase your dissertation comic. I'd jump on a preorder if it will ever be in print again.
Also, I've missed out on every chance to purchase your dissertation comic. I'd jump on a preorder if it will ever be in print again.
February 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hang in there.
Also, I've missed out on every chance to purchase your dissertation comic. I'd jump on a preorder if it will ever be in print again.
Also, I've missed out on every chance to purchase your dissertation comic. I'd jump on a preorder if it will ever be in print again.
What would have made Lalo hard for Walt to manipulate is he was antisocial himself.
February 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
What would have made Lalo hard for Walt to manipulate is he was antisocial himself.
Jimmy said if not for him Walt would have been dead or in prison in a month. Most people on the show were smarter than Walt - Saul, Mike, Gus, Skylar, Hank. Walt built himself up by talking down to Jesse. He got the upper hand at times because he was an antisocial cancer patient with zero empathy.
February 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Jimmy said if not for him Walt would have been dead or in prison in a month. Most people on the show were smarter than Walt - Saul, Mike, Gus, Skylar, Hank. Walt built himself up by talking down to Jesse. He got the upper hand at times because he was an antisocial cancer patient with zero empathy.
I run with my kids who bike to school. I was jogging back home one day and a truck like this rolled through a stop sign not paying attention until I yelled at the driver. When it stopped just a foot away, I was shocked at how high it was. I am 6'1'' and I would have been under it in a second.
January 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I run with my kids who bike to school. I was jogging back home one day and a truck like this rolled through a stop sign not paying attention until I yelled at the driver. When it stopped just a foot away, I was shocked at how high it was. I am 6'1'' and I would have been under it in a second.
1. It's definitely incompetence, but 2. The one thing Trump is good at is manipulating the media and liberals into getting worked into a panic. But I don't think that's a test balloon or a distraction, I think it's usually an unintentional result of the incompetence.
January 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
1. It's definitely incompetence, but 2. The one thing Trump is good at is manipulating the media and liberals into getting worked into a panic. But I don't think that's a test balloon or a distraction, I think it's usually an unintentional result of the incompetence.
Yes. The same thing happened last week with posts about how the Equal Employment Opportunity Act was "revoked." Some regulations changed and it remains to be seen how courts will handle some sex discrimination claims, but saying the law is revoked is wrong and could do more immediate harm.
January 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Yes. The same thing happened last week with posts about how the Equal Employment Opportunity Act was "revoked." Some regulations changed and it remains to be seen how courts will handle some sex discrimination claims, but saying the law is revoked is wrong and could do more immediate harm.
Does this 1/3 include the "did not vote" in the general but voted down ballot? If not, then if you do include that, does it become a bigger or smaller the percentage of electorate?
January 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Does this 1/3 include the "did not vote" in the general but voted down ballot? If not, then if you do include that, does it become a bigger or smaller the percentage of electorate?
This is exactly how txf would be written today and Vape Girl would be a badass anti-hero the writers bait the audience into rooting for only to end the show with all the death and suffering she caused laid bare. And half the audience would insist, years after the show ended, she was justified.
January 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is exactly how txf would be written today and Vape Girl would be a badass anti-hero the writers bait the audience into rooting for only to end the show with all the death and suffering she caused laid bare. And half the audience would insist, years after the show ended, she was justified.
Another writer confirmed that one player did yell, but the reason was ND players were asked to comment on the play of Christian Gray, who was defending Jeremiah Smith on the 56 yard pass that led ot the game clinching fg. Make what you want of a reporter asking kids to bad mouth a teammate.
January 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Another writer confirmed that one player did yell, but the reason was ND players were asked to comment on the play of Christian Gray, who was defending Jeremiah Smith on the 56 yard pass that led ot the game clinching fg. Make what you want of a reporter asking kids to bad mouth a teammate.
What did they eat in winter prior to the installation of turfgrass? Bluestem? Rye? I recall some discussion in your book about whether they in fact ate more forbs than european and asian cattle but I don't remember the answer.
January 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
What did they eat in winter prior to the installation of turfgrass? Bluestem? Rye? I recall some discussion in your book about whether they in fact ate more forbs than european and asian cattle but I don't remember the answer.
That goes for second guessing the selection committee in hindsight too. It was probably right to leave Bama and S Carolina out. Maybe Ole Miss should've been in, but doesn't BYU actually have a better case if we're looking at bowl performance?
January 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
That goes for second guessing the selection committee in hindsight too. It was probably right to leave Bama and S Carolina out. Maybe Ole Miss should've been in, but doesn't BYU actually have a better case if we're looking at bowl performance?
Normally, yes. But in a playoff format where the winning team may have 3 more games, ND was right to pull players, make them bleed clock, and give up those late points, which Al Golden basically admitted to. Style points don't matter anymore. The on-side kick execution by IU was perfect, though.
December 21, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Normally, yes. But in a playoff format where the winning team may have 3 more games, ND was right to pull players, make them bleed clock, and give up those late points, which Al Golden basically admitted to. Style points don't matter anymore. The on-side kick execution by IU was perfect, though.
It'd be more compelling still if he'd use phrases like "these fucking crooks" and fewer ones like "the kleptocracy that he is building."
December 19, 2024 at 5:23 PM
It'd be more compelling still if he'd use phrases like "these fucking crooks" and fewer ones like "the kleptocracy that he is building."