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Dark Nasty

@markhasty.bsky.social

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Writer of Pickin' on the Big Ten (2001-2024) and The Sweep (2025-). Does not stick to sports. Jeg vil gjerne ha en kopp kaffe. broomcornsweep.blogspot.com

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Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 17h

Me, 24/7/365.

Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 17h

How come Nissan never reached the heights that Honda and Toyota did? Let's Remember A Car and I'll give you my best guess.

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Let's Remember A Car: Nissan Stanza

Wikimedia Commons picture. It's hard to fathom now, but at one time Japanese cars were a niche product in America. If you've never looked in...

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Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 1d

I love this generation of Bird.

Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 1d

The Sweep knows that this is when the league championships are won. Well, for some teams.

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The Sweep, Week 7: The Guns of Augtober

“ WWI trench warfare French position near Les Éparges ” by Thomas Quine , CC BY 2.0 October is the Big Ten's month for trench warfare. The b...

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Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 3d

This week's Let's Remember A Car will be Iacocca-free.

Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, I know. I read the blog. Didn't stop me from calling him "Aldo Kelpfroth" once though 😆

Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 3d

Wait, that's not you in the profile pic???

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Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 4d

This ends with Houston Nutt as a cabinet secretary, doesn't it?

Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 4d

If people in the South are going to keep trying to put mid football coaches in the Senate, surely my dream of Canadian Prime Minister Alex Lifeson has a chance

Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 4d

Once again this week, The Drop is short, brutal, and to the point.

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The Drop, Week 6: [stifled laughter]

“ Tired and embarrassed ” by Quinn Dombrowski , CC BY-SA 2.0 It was a whopping one whole week ago, in the wake of Iowa's much-closer-than-an...

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Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 5d

Well he can't go west, can't go east ...

Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 6d

Akron > Central Michigan > San Jose State > New Mexico > UCLA > Penn State. Penn State has been transitively defeated by Akron.

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Pregame Empire @pregameempire.bsky.social · 6d

Running 25 seconds off the clock on 4th and the game when you have 3 timeouts is a James Franklin game management masterclass

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Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 6d

How do you get in an alley fight when you're in town to broadcast a football game?

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Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 6d

I didn't see who posted this at first and I was trying to figure out who Yeshaha Hayes was

Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 6d

K-State is absolutely snakebit this season.

Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 6d

One of the best moments in my life was when I finally opened my eyes and realized a woman could be very attractive without being a size 4 twentysomething.

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Andrew Fear @andrewfleer.com · 6d

Team dinner at Skyline last night

ExhaustedMo @bevonyc.bsky.social · 6d

What happened to ISU?

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Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 6d

When the YouTube algo starts filling my feed with confused-looking people talking about YouTuber drama, I just go click on old TV commercials until they go away.

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Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 6d

It's okay! I don't know who he is either!

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Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 6d

I don't even have to keep up on music trends! In fact, since I'm 53, it's highly disturbing if I pay any attention to pop music at all!

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Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 6d

They can't say Youghineo ... Yoknatpataw ... Yogabbagabb ... the other river.

Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 6d

(one of the great pleasures of my life is being too old, rural, and uncool to know who some of these celebrities are, like I legit DO NOT KNOW who he is or anything about him)

Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 6d

siri who is theo von

Dark Nasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 7d

Best advice I ever got was from a friend who told me there's things you save money *on* and things you save money *for.* Good shoes are something you save money for.