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Big Ten Basketball January 21 Recaps, Previews, and Open Thread

Big Ten Basketball January 21 Recaps, Previews, and Open Thread

Nebrasketball alone in 1st place

Wednesday January 21 Links and Banter

Wednesday January 21 Links and Banter

What fresh hell awaits today?

Big Ten Basketball January 20 Recaps, Previews, and Open Thread

Big Ten Basketball January 20 Recaps, Previews, and Open Thread

Well it appears Rutgers should be next at winning the championship

College Basketball Bracketology January 19, 2026 According to glassjawed

College Basketball Bracketology January 19, 2026 According to glassjawed

This isn't bracketology. There's no bracket.

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Sherman Grants: Origami Rehabilitation

Sherman Grants: Origami Rehabilitation

Let's do some good!

A Beer Review of Bell’s Two Hearted Ale in the Style of Hemingway’s “Big Two Hearted River”

A Beer Review of Bell’s Two Hearted Ale in the Style of Hemingway’s “Big Two Hearted River”

Not a sponsored ad, but if Bell's is interested, I'd take some freebies.

Big Ten Mascot Rankings

Big Ten Mascot Rankings

Let's offend 17 Big Ten fanbases by ranking their mascots too low

In the Era of Google Zero, We're Going Old School

In the Era of Google Zero, We're Going Old School

While others pivot to generative AI and chatbots to find their traffic, we're turning to the water cooler, the grapevine, the OG social media network: word of mouth. If you get what we're trying to build here, tell someone. We hope you'll both stick around.

A Republic, If You Can Keep It

A Republic, If You Can Keep It

It's a big week in college sports! Ok, it's technically the deadest of dead zones between collegiate basketball and the start of football season, squarely in the gap after the College World Series has ended but before the buzz for Week Zero kicks in. It'

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