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Matt Brown
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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.
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People, including Nick Saban, say Jordan-Hare Stadium is haunted

So, of course, I called experts, spent hours in the Auburn library researching past land use, bought ghost-hunting gear, used the ghost-hunting gear and tried to find out the truth

The results:
www.al.com/auburnfootba...
Is Jordan-Hare Stadium haunted? An AL.com investigation
Is there really a paranormal presence inside Auburn football's stadium? We tried to find out.
www.al.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
what playing pacific drive for 18 minutes taught me about america's problematic relationship with cars

tonight, for bluesky:
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I don't think the drunk frat guys at the university of cincinnati are likely too familiar with mountain meadows or the church's civil rights failings tbqh
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
okay thats enough sober church skeets for now. im going to go be an involved parent. Future church skeets will require at least one (1) beverage
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
yeah he'd be perfect for that tbh
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
32 feels like a big number!
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
ok
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
that's it, i'm making myself a drink
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
that would do it!
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Baylor is still quite religious, and they're in the Big 12.

BYU *is* pretty academically selective....but its also one of the two largest residential private colleges in the US. There aren't many very church schools that are *large* enough to justify P4 level athletic investments.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
was he...still? Like, going to chruch and stuff? That sounds like a man who could use some therapy.
November 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
hahaha they DO
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
some of them probably do, but thats not Bannon's group. Kirk was at UVU because UVU has a big TPUSA Chapter! I dont like TP by any means but im not going to pretend that's an explicitly anti-mormon organization. At least, not at the moment
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
lol yeah man going from Ohio to the MTC did a NUMBER on me
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
same tbh

(Mormon, singular. My wife was the only LDS woman I ever had a second date with. I think I ended up dating more jewish ladies than I did LDS ones)
I dated a Mormon.
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I would be pretty surprised if many frat bros at Cincinnati knew who Steve Bannon was tbqh
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
ha, this makes sense to me, only because my first thought was "yeah I bet metro atlanta had like, four catholics in 1999"
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Barnhart has had a few *very* LDS deputies in the department for a decade or so too.
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
yeah lol then you met ALL the mormons
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
lmao that was in my stake! I grew up in Granville. Our church basketball team was rivals with Zanesville. We probably know the same families
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
wait, where in rural ohio did you go to school again?
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Like this skeet if I was one of the first Mormons you ever met/meaningfully interacted with. I suspect we’re going to get at least five likes.
I think you were the second Mormon I met in my life when we first linked up!
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
My theory is that there are lots of powerful groups who dislike Mormons, real life mormons are heavily geographically concentrated, and they're almost completely absent from mass media or "elite" institutions. So they're easy to pick on, and most people dont actually know many mormons (if at all)
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I mean, *some* of them can be your friends!
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
the last time I went to Provo, I went on a BYUTV segment around noon. By 7:00 PM, when I went to watch a volleyball game, multiple people recognized me and wanted to buy stickers and stuff for my kids. An usher had a WELCOME TO PROVO gift basket. The allegations are true (they're super nice)
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM