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Matt Brown

@mattbrown.bsky.social

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I write Extra Points, a newsletter about off-the-field stories in college sports. I also (badly) make computer games, woodworking projects, and jokes. Chicago.

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 5h

woke up this morning got a skattebogool www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6eq...

Woke Up This Mornin’ and Got Some Gabagool By Dunkey

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 5h

no, i haven't gotten through all of the fullcast yet. I had to stop after the hobbit asshole talk to discuss that exact scenario with taylor

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 5h

okay i'm going to be honest, i cant name a single actual strain of weed. i'm just shitposting

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 5h

see, to me, that's a juice. Or at least, one of those like, 7% juices I might grab at a gas station

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 5h

ah crap I forgot the Northern Sun. That'd be a good one.

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 5h

COLLEGE SPORTS CONFERENCES THAT ALSO SOUND LIKE THEY WOULD BE GOOD NAMES FOR A STRAIN OF WEED

1) Big Sky
2) Summit
3) Lone Star
4) Landmark
5) American Rivers
6) Sun Belt
7) Skyline
8) New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 6h

I would like to try the big ten weed, personally

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 6h

WEED ARE

PENN STATE

Eric Dean @dirtydills.bsky.social · 9h

Attn @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social

Done and done

@edsbs.bsky.social
@hollyanderson.bsky.social
@jasonkirk.fyi
@celebrityhottub.bsky.social

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 15h

was trying to figure out how to do a Metal Gear Sex thing but you're probably right. This is the move. Buns of the Patriots.

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 15h

Metal Rear Solid?

hang on I can get here eventually one second

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 15h

brb, taking a hiatus from extra points to write a script for a metal gear solid-themed burlesque show

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 18h

Instead of hiring a player personnel guy or an NFL person, William & Mary is hiring...the old dean of their business school to serve as an (interim) GM:

tribeathletics.com/news/2025/10...

William & Mary Athletics Adds General Manager - William & Mary Athletics

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - William & Mary Athletics has hired Larry Pulley '74, former longtime dean of W&M's Raymond A. Mason School of Business, to serve as Interim General

tribeathletics.com

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 18h

this feels like internet content that @edsbs.bsky.social would appreciate

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 18h

I actually have not! But I should probably read it

Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 18h

I just did the actual math for this (will probably blog it for tomorrow's EP), and yeah, I think I'm right.

If we define meeting expectations as a five-star QB as like, "making third-team all conference at some point", I believe only three recent five-star QBs would qualify!

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 19h

NEW EXTRA POINTS:

Made some phone calls and did a ton of reading, and here's my best attempt at explaining what the EA purchase means for consumers, college athletic departments, and more:

www.extrapointsmb.com/p/what-ea-go...

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