Good morning, hello hello, happy Friday! It's still far too hot and humid, but football is in the air. College sports have returned from their summer repose. Oktoberfest beer is filtering down to all of the local bars and grocery stores and corner shops. It's about goddamn time.
A week from now, we'll be previewing Week Zero games. We're almost there.
Eastern Michigan, Noah Kim hope to reap benefits of veteran QB’s returning experience
Eastern Michigan has a returning quarterback for the first time since 2017, and is enjoying all that comes from Kim’s experience and veteran status.
Mitten FootballAndrew Graham2026 MAC Football Preseason Preview: Ohio Bobcats
The ’Cats look to regroup and continue their winning ways under their second new head coach in as many years.
By The BeltKeith Gregorski
Is your team practicing how to stay in a hotel?
It costs one team $116,000 to do a dry run.
FOIAballDavid Covucci
Texas Tech’s Administration Is Just As Embarrassing As Its Football Program | Defector
It’s been a summer of bad news for anybody with favorable feelings (me!) about Texas Tech. The New York Times joined the pigpile this week with a feature story whose subhead said the school had become a “a dystopian academic nightmare.” As if this year’s athletics debacles weren’t nausea-inducing enough. How can a guy (me!)…
DefectorDave McKenna
‘Laboratories for Profound Biological Change’
In the author’s note to A Trade of Blood, Hugo-award winning novelist explores what industrial agriculture looks like in a fantasy world.
Barn RaiserRobert Jackson Bennett
Work is Not Your Family, but AI is Your Friend
“At Trustus, we firmly believe that forcing vulnerabilities on coworkers in the name of ‘family’ is manipulative. Encouraging you to develop an increasingly…
McSweeney's Internet TendencyAli Kelley