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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 9h

Napier had to go. He was a terrible head coach. His play calling was some of the worst I’ve ever seen. His in-game management was some of the worst I’ve ever seen. But his firing impacts a lot of people not nearly as well compensated. And that always sucks.

Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible TV and absolutely hats off to the sign maker and sign twirler @msnbc.com @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social @stephruhle.bsky.social

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 1d

At No Tyrants in London today

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 1d

Best sign in London today, lady holding it is a legend

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 1d

US embassy in London

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible turnout in London for #NoKings protest at the US Embassy. Bummed I couldn’t be in the States today but thrilled to show up and fight along so many patriots so far from home.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 4d

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 20d

Even Carl Hiaasen, the legend who has pilloried the cesspool that is Florida so perfectly, couldn’t imagine this insanity.

BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 20d

was Jack Abramoff associated here? Yeah! www.vice.com/en/article/t...

From Mafia Murders to Pitbull: How the Strange Story of Miami Subs Epitomizes Florida

Every Florida kid remembers the fries, the gyros, and the contract killing.

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 26d

My guy Ceedy Duce is running out of teams. NO-PHI-DET-PHI-HOU-now what?? All in the span of four seasons. Love the #Gators star’s game but he’s gotta change his abrasiveness or he’s gonna be out of the league for good.

Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 26d

Sources: The Texans are releasing S C. J. Gardner-Johnson. A surprise.

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 27d

I feel this. Wife and I are flying to Dublin tomorrow on different flights through different connecting cities. Gonna be a white knuckle day.

actioncookBOOk @actioncookbook.com · 27d

when you're the frequent flyer / flightaware freak in your marriage and your spouse is flying without you

Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 27d

VANDY AND FLORIDA SWITCHED BODIES ... never in my worst dreams could I have imagined a sentence like this being true and hurting so much

Bill Connelly @espnbillc.bsky.social · 28d

* There's no title favorite
* There's no Heisman favorite
* Clemson is toast (more or less)
* Vandy and Florida switched bodies
* Texas Tech is the Big 12 favorite
* Go! Tigers! Go!

I looked at what's actually changed 4 weeks in (and also SP+ movers and amazing games): www.espn.com/college-foot...

What's changed since preseason for Texas, Clemson and the national title picture

Four weeks in, there's no real favorite to win it all or take home the Heisman. Here's what we think we know.

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 28d

Pearsall and Pineiro both made that win possible. Also worth noting Florida hoops comeback against Texas Tech and advancement to the Final Four was in SF. Bay Area Gators on fire.

OnlyGators.com: Florida Gators news @gators.bsky.social · 28d

Former Florida #Gators kicker Eddy Pineiro boots a game-winning 35-yard FG, going 3/3 on the day for the San Francisco #49ers.

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 28d

This dude Tricky Ricky is wild.

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 28d

Mac Jones goes long on 4th and 2 and Ricky Pearsall makes a great catch

Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 28d

Man this thread is chilling. Every single thing on the fascism checklist is happening to us. And accelerating.

Derek Johnson @derekjesq.bsky.social · 29d

“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have.

I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · Sep 18

The next chapter of the C.J. Gardner-Johnson-Baker Mayfield beef broken down on this week’s #Gators in the NFL recap.

Florida Gators in the NFL: C.J. Gardner-Johnson Renews Beef with Baker Mayfield

Plus, O'Cyrus Torrence Becoming Big Man for Buffalo

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 28d

This will be the most wide open and insane coaching search I've seen for Florida Football. There are so few realistic hires that will excite. Every $$ the boosters can muster has to be thrown at Lanning but it'll be a no... after that, Marcus Freeman... another no.. Lane? Drinkwitz? Fisch? My oh my.

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 29d

Unfortunately it’s pretty straightforward. He’s the worst Gators head coach in our lifetimes. And it isn’t close.

Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 29d

Florida’s offense this year would have been better without any playbook at all. Just have one of the 11 draw up a random play every time. They might be undefeated too because of how great their defense is.

Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · 29d

If we had a functioning university, Napier should be the first coach to be fired at halftime.

Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · Sep 18

The next chapter of the C.J. Gardner-Johnson-Baker Mayfield beef broken down on this week’s #Gators in the NFL recap.

Florida Gators in the NFL: C.J. Gardner-Johnson Renews Beef with Baker Mayfield

Plus, O'Cyrus Torrence Becoming Big Man for Buffalo

open.substack.com

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · Sep 17

Incredible achievement that the one price that the Trump administration has brought down notably is "cocaine."

Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · Sep 17

The Trump-Miller administration's single-minded focus on migration is starting to impact the availability of drugs in the US, according to this detail from a very good investigation @wsj.com published today.

www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Oseguera caught another break from the Trump administration. The president’s campaign to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally has taken federal agents away from drug-traffic interdiction. In Arizona, two Customs and Border Protection checkpoints along a main fentanyl-smuggling corridor from Mexico have been left unstaffed. Officers stationed there were sent to process detained migrants. A senior administration official said the U.S. border is more secure than it has ever been.

Colombia is producing records amounts of cocaine, and the volume of the drug arriving in the U.S. is driving down prices, the people familiar with cartel operations said.

Cocaine prices have fallen by nearly half to around $60 to $75 a gram compared with five years ago, said Morgan Godvin, a researcher with the community organization Drug Checking Los Angeles. “The price of pure cocaine has plummeted,” Godvin said.

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · Sep 14

Going back to Urban's final, depressing season, this will be the 9th season in the past 16 years that Florida Football has been sad and mostly unwatchable. Go Gators.

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · Sep 14

I am slowly coming to grips with how much of my life I’ve wasted watching Will Muschamp, Jim McElwain, and Billy Napier’s idea of football. Go Gators.

a man with a beard is laying in bed with his eyes closed .

ALT: a man with a beard is laying in bed with his eyes closed .

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Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · Sep 14

Apologies to Brett Nelson

Shawn Kopelakis @shawnkopelakis.bsky.social · Sep 14

Thankful the Gators have two offensive line coaches. Can you imagine how BAD this line would be if we only had one?