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Jon Benne
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Now for the men's side of figure skating:

Ilia Malinin just keeps pushing envelopes, another world record as he nails the quad axel. You can poke holes in his artistic game, but when he lands his jumps nobody can touch him. Just enjoy the ride, because he's about to become an Olympic superstar.
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Hey so if anyone on my TL cares about figure skating, here's a thread about the Grand Prix Final and my thoughts heading into the Olympics:
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
If you're against Duke making the Playoff then you're probably also one of those dorks who whines about a 9-8 NFC South team hosting a playoff game.

The chaos is what makes these things fun.
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
1. Indiana
2. Georgia
3. Ohio State
4. Texas Tech
5. Oregon
6. Ole Miss
7. Texas A&M
8. Oklahoma
9. Notre Dame
10. Miami
11. Tulane
12. Duke

Ultimately I think the ACC gets placated to avoid a full-on revolt. Sorry JMU.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Kicking the XP is such chickenshit
December 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Indiana enters the tournament undefeated and ranked #1.

No, this is not the 1970s and it's a different sport.
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Yeah Mendoza has the juice
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Reposted by Jon Benne
Feels like a lot of problems could be solved with "Alabama has three losses and looked like dogshit against a playoff team, boot 'em from the CFP" idk why we need to act like this requires physicists to figure out
December 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Congrats to Ohio State for playing in their first primetime game in 14 years.
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
On one hand, he has a point. There's a reason the college basketball committee all but ignores conference tournament results.

On the other hand, OH MY GOD STOP FUCKING WHINING AND DON'T LOSE TO FSU
Kalen DeBoer: "If this game applies to and takes away from our resume, I don't think that's right."
December 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Duke vs. Virginia in the "I can't believe it's not on ACC Network at 2 p.m. ET" special.
December 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Sankey can wet his diaper all he wants, this Bama team is not special at all.
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Committee thought they were real slick moving Bama over ND this week. A Ball Don't Lie for the ages.
December 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Reposted by Jon Benne
tis the season
December 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I feel like people need to be reminded of this: JK Rowling never actually got cancelled. If anything she's more powerful than ever, now having the direct ear of the UK government and putting her thumb on the scale in legal cases.

Harry Potter is not good enough to keep supporting this monster.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry

girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Still don't think James Madison has a strong playoff case, but they did their part in a convincing win tonight. Door is open if Duke does the funny thing.
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Tulane at the goal line with one play before half, up 10 points.

This ABC announcer seriously argues that they should kick from the 1-yard line, turning a two-possession lead into a two-possession lead. Thankfully sanity prevails, Tulane pushes it in to go up 17.
December 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Going to the World Cup Wikipedia page and scrolling through the groups...

...and scrolling ... and scrolling ...

This expanded field is a disaster. There's basically no reason to tune in before the Round of 32.
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Lions get a crucial H2H tiebreaker to keep their season afloat.

Cowboys are pretty close to cooked. 10-6-1 won't be good enough in this year's NFC.
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Reposted by Jon Benne
i mean TECHNICALLY that is a three and out by the Dallas defense
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Good thing Schotty kicked the FG
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This is starting to loom large with Detroit holding a 10-point lead
hated that field goal attempt by my good pal Schotty because it was so likely Detroit would get 3 back
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM