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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 6m

UMass vs. Kent State.
ESPN+
It is time.

Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 30m

Oh, I am certain NBC never has first pick.
And from the deal that I saw there, I do believe the priority is always FOX - CBS - NBC.

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victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 1h

if someone told you in 2020 that stanford-SMU would be a conference game in a few years, how many guesses would it take before you got the conference right

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 39m

A lot of those decisions are made before the season starts.
Gotta think Ohio State was enough to be prioritized, and there was a bounty of preseason hype on Illinois.

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 3h

"I am going to put an image on the screen. I want to give a red band warning. If you need to turn down the brightness on your screen, do it. If your children are 4 or younger, this might not be safe for them to see."
Spent my whole Sickos Minute on a UMass vs. Kent State preview in video form:

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 20h

Genuinely, this is meant as a compliment to Kent State's offense:
It is ranked No. 96 in the country in points per quality drive, despite its miserably tough non-conference slate.

Anyway, the best unit on the field in UMass vs. Kent State is going to be Kent State’s offense, a sentence that might be more honestly written with the start of, “the least terrible unit on the field …”

It is somewhat astonishing that the Flashes have averaged 2.89 points per quality drive this season against FBS opponents — No. 96 in the country, per CFB-Graphs.com — given they have faced Texas Tech, Buffalo, Florida State, and Oklahoma. In this instance, “astonishing” is meant as a compliment.

Some of that ties to Kent State mounting quality drives on only 17.3% of its possessions, No. 135 in the country — the Flashes have not had a first-and-goal yet this season against an FBS opponent

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 21h

Let's talk about Kent State's defense.

"Going against an offense like UMass’s, Kent State’s defense may not look outright good, but hey, the toilet at McCormick’s did flush and there was usually toilet paper."

McCormick’s in South Bend
There is a bar in South Bend, Indiana, a couple of miles from Notre Dame Stadium. It is named McCormick’s.

Downtown South Bend is far enough away from Notre Dame that you rarely hear anyone recommend a bar there for a football weekend, certainly not for a gameday. There is, however, one exception. No, it is not McCormick’s. But McCormick’s is down the street from Fiddler’s Hearth.

The men’s room at McCormick’s does not lock. There is a three-foot wall separating the urinal from the toilet. There is no further door separating the toilet from the world. If you do not watch your step as you exit the men’s room, you will trip on the six-inch stage that features an open mic on Tuesdays.

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 1h

Just made a note to look at Cincinnati's Big 12 title game chances.
Bearcats keep looking that good ...

Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 1h

An Alabama-Ohio State Playoff game would
1) Be in the 40s
2) Take 4.5 hours
3) Fuel the losing fan base's anger for nine months. So hot that Icarus wouldn't need to fly to the sun to meet an end.

Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 2h

textbook example of what we have tried to legislate out.
inexcusable
and may have been very, very bad.

BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 2h

Jesus Christ, that hit on Meadows

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 2h

Alabama-Vanderbilt last year.

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 2h

Running only four games this a.m. ...
And gotta love UCF-Cinci and UCLA-Michigan State both kicking off well before ESPN even considers leaving GameDay.

Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah we are real proud of that one. Grandma Farmer always insisted on the exact order of those fillings.

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 2d

Year 2 Kalen DeBoer is loading ...

Each of his head coaching stops have seen at least three-win improvements in his second season.
Washington made the national title game ...

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 3h

The game log feature at CFB-graphs.com, via @statsowar.bsky.social, really shows how Illinois's pass defense has fallen apart.
Started the season well.
TORCHED by Indiana.
Beaten into submission on 48 USC dropbacks.
Purdue then fared better than Duke did in Week 2!

Ohio State, go wild today.

Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 3h

"I am going to put an image on the screen. I want to give a red band warning. If you need to turn down the brightness on your screen, do it. If your children are 4 or younger, this might not be safe for them to see."
Spent my whole Sickos Minute on a UMass vs. Kent State preview in video form:

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Rob from Chicago (Sleeper Service) @robfromchicago.com · 1d

Portland right now.

Kermit the Frog sitting in his swamp and paying his banjo, singing:

Fuck you I won't do what you tell me Fuck you I won't do what you tell me Fuck you I won't do what you tell me

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 5h

Get up, it’s Gameday!

Week 7 Saturday is here.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 4h

Reminder: it’s sun outage week. The sun will be directly behind geostationary satellites, which will cause some interference on Saturday.

This happens twice a year, and for our purposes, it usually happens during or around Red River.

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 21h

On Rolling Rock, toilets without doors, UMass vs. Kent State and Bobby Petrino's first drive.
On Aristotle, every win an opportunity to start another losing streak, and points per quality drive.
Your 40 at 4 p.m. on a Friday, my sickest work yet: www.covers.com/ncaaf/colleg...

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 10h

Do you also feel a little listless about this college football Saturday?
Worry not.
Western Kentucky returns to action on Tuesday.

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 13h

Me, six days a Mariners fan, seeing three wins.

Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 18h

Nine wins more starts with one win more, Seattle.
May it be an October of sadness for Detroit beginning this weekend.

Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 5d

I am a Mariners fan tonight.
Detroit deserves nothing.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 19h

I dunno, feels like reaching the “hiding your neighbors from the masked secret police” stage of things in like 9 months doesn’t bode well for the next couple of years.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 23h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Super Bowl Champion Basketball Fan, NEVER of the Sixers @drewhamm5.bsky.social · 16h

::single tear falling down cheek::

It…it looks perfect

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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 16h

Found my sole photo of Nowhere Bar in Athens.

There is a bar in Athens, Georgia, not far from Sanford Stadium, a bit outside the hedges. It is named “Nowhere Bar.”

It is near enough the popular spots in Athens that one can stumble into it without intention, but it was empty enough in 2019 to commandeer a booth to myself and write 2,000 words on a Friday afternoon.

A live band was working on soundcheck. Rolling Rock was $3 per can. Not bottle. Can. And there was not a single stool at the bar.

The floor was cement, wet cement, but not “wet” as in recently laid. “Wet” as in a drink was permanently spilled. Christmas lights hung in September, so one can assume they hang year-round.

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