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Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 14h

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 14h

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 15h

my recollection was that it was analogous to Batman v Superman: made a boatload of money, but needed two or three boatloads to be profitable

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 15h

both parties have significant Zionist and anti-Zionist factions

until now, Trump hasn't had too much trouble keeping both factions happy, because the Zionist faction wants a genocide, and the anti-Zionist faction wants two (and isn't particular about the order)

Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 19h

saw someone arguing that MTG's anti Israel noises suggest that she's a more reliable moral voice longterm than most centrist Ds, and...like, people really need to acknowledge just how antisemitic she is and what role that plays in her approach to Israel policy. 1

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 16h

"we have a broad coalition to fight the ruling power on a thousand fronts but the ruling power doesn't, let's focus all of our efforts on one topic and surrender everywhere else"

strategy!

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 16h

ah yes, "message discipline", a thing that famously matters when you're not in power and aren't running a specific candidate

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 17h

I, for one, welcome our new burrito overlord

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 18h

I can't imagine any sane athletic department fires a coach with a winning percentage above 0.650 unless they think they have a home run hire (Cignetti, Lanning, etc) lined up

... oh sorry, this is the Penn State vacancy? carry on

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 18h

🎶 IIIIIIIIIIIFF they ask you to do violence they're a fed 🎶
🎶 if they ask you to do violence they're a fed 🎶

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 18h

ahhh

yeah, same mistake, likely the same outcome

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 18h

stop trying to sell me, I'm already voting for him

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 18h

makes sense

presumably there's some kind of provision to prevent him from taking a team-friendly contract from a larger school, yeah?

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 18h

I'm unfamiliar with Franklin's buyout and a Google search didn't turn up much; how does going to a smaller school affect his buyout?

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 18h

good news, once Napier gets fired no one will be able to say it's because he had just one bad season

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 18h

genuinely think he could go straight to a lower-tier P4 program like Arkansas or Wisconsin

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 18h

yeah, (1) very few teams have fired a successful coach after one bad season and gotten better, and (2) most coaches balk at the idea of going somewhere where they'll be fired for one bad season

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 20h

there's an Updike in every fandom, not every fandom has an Updike inside the institution itself that they rally around and defend from consequences

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 20h

James Franklin 10 years ago? absolutely

James Franklin now? 🤷‍♂️

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 21h

one of my most boomer takes is that taunting and excessive celebration should 100% be a penalty, but even I can acknowledge that the modern game over-officiates for this

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 21h

Football is supposed to be fun the only people who don't think so don't even watch the game. You should be able to taunt as much as you want. It's a fucking game

Mike Tanier @miketanier.bsky.social · 22h

Taunting penalties are bullshit.

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 21h

no, a Yinzer-Cajun united front would simply be too powerful

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 22h

WELP lmao

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 1d

Franklin is getting another season, easy. Fickell could have been tarmaced tonight.

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 1d

Franklin is getting another season, easy. Fickell could have been tarmaced tonight.

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 1d

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 1d

Dirty Water Brass Band at HONK Boston

Robby @robbysimpson.bsky.social · 1d

Florida wins that bidding war, and even if they don't, no decent coach is going to Chapel Hill for a few years