Thursday October 2 Links and Banter

• The Big Ten is looking to a $2 billion infusion of private equity cash. More to come on this, at least on the opinions of this very frustrated and angry otter in a sweater. I ask, what is this money for? What is the point? What is this for?
• All that said, I do love the ESPN Bottom 10 rankings. Sorry, Penn State and UCLA.
• My apologies to the disproportionate number of college staff, but this one from McSweeney's is a banger: I NEED AI TO WRITE BETTER LESSON PLANS SO MY STUDENTS STOP USING AI TO WRITE THEIR PAPERS
• Do you need a deep-dive into Gordon Lightfoot and his iconic Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald? Yeah. I know you folks. I am you folks.

That's all for today. Get your picks in for the Survivor pool, be kind, do well. It's almost Saturday.

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