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Christian D'Andrea

@trainisland.bsky.social

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@ForTheWin NFL writer. PFWA. writes about beer. Not well, mind you formers @draftkings, @SBNation, @uproxx, @rushthecourt @anchorofgold Rhode Island cuisine expert. i use antlers in all of my decorating. Vanderbilt forever

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Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 7h

pat murphy needs to take more and more elaborate foods out of his pocket with each playoff win. a wedding cake. cherries jubilee. an entire fish fry with sides.

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 7h

it was nice of the Cubs to default to the one team in the NL who can stand up to the Dodgers' juggernaut

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 7h

Bob Uecker, absolutely hammered in heaven, looks up from Jayne Mansfield's cleavage and nods in approval

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 7h

South Carolina just had a fake punt blown dead for being too cool

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 8h

Wisconsin just threw a 100mph screen pass to a running back 3 yards away, time for the Brewers to harness this power

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 8h

apologies, Perkins walked and now Wisconsin no longer has the ball so please enjoy this Joey Ortiz groundout

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 9h

Andrew Vaughn dings a dong, Wisconsin immediately drops a pitch and loses 9 yards. this is how the universe works

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 9h

very brave of the Badgers to donate all their offense to the Brewers tonight

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 9h

the great thing about this budding era of college football is that teams like Indiana and Vanderbilt are proving any Power 5 team can make a difference with some resources and proper decision making*

*not you, Wisconsin

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 9h

there is no escape for Penn State fans

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 10h

Cubs-Brewers is awesome because both fanbases are convinced they're gonna blow it

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Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 10h

Big Ten is gonna have to take a private equity infusion just to afford buying out all these dogshit coaches

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 11h

Drew Allar played his way into a late-round draft pick this year (please do not ask where he started)

Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen.bsky.social · 11h

Penn State's James Franklin: "Drew [Allar] will be done for the year."

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 11h

how many dead bodies do you think Curt Cignetti has seen in his life?

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 11h

$48.6 million to buy out James Franklin. i post this for no reason

ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...

The 28 biggest college football coaching buyouts in 2025

28 NCAA coaches have buyouts of at least $25 million in 2025.

ftw.usatoday.com

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 11h

james franklin, you left Vanderbilt especially to AVOID losses to Northwestern

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 16h

oh my God Tommy Castellanos just threw a back foot, underhand 30-yard touchdown pass

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 16h

Carnegie Mellon got dog-walked by UW-Lacrosse and is now up 17, on the road, against the #3 ranked team.

D3 football is so much fun, you guys (unless your team is playing North Central)

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 17h

hmmmm

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Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 17h

I know it's guess who rules, but it would probably help to clarify yes/no questions at the top

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 1d

the best part about the Belichick-UNC stuff is Malcolm Turner fucking everything up and Vanderbilt fans doing the pointing Leo DiCaprio meme in unison

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 2d

if the Dodgers win tonight will it be the first intra-sport example of Ball Don't Lie?

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 2d

"Cam Skattebo? Enormous dipshit. The human equivalent of dropping a box of china down the stairs. I love him so much" - Cam Skattebo's teammates

Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 2d

the ESPN story asking Giants teammates to describe Cam Skattebo is exactly what you'd expect (complimentary)

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Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 2d

the ESPN story asking Giants teammates to describe Cam Skattebo is exactly what you'd expect (complimentary)

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Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 4d

7.4 million people willingly tuned in to a VANDERBILT FOOTBALL game

this alternate reality has its bright spots