Morning, all! There are Big Ten football games on tomorrow. LET'S GO.
Leading off: it's our Survivor game!
B1G Football Survivor 2026 - Week 0/Week 1
The goal of B1G survivor is simple: be the last one standing in the survivor pool.
BoilerUp89
2026 MAC Football Week 1 Game Preview: Toledo Rockets at Michigan State Spartans
The Mike Jacobs and Pat Fitzgerald eras simultaneously begin in a Friday night MAC-Big Ten showdown.
Steve Helwick
Insurance company placed Kalshi trades worth up to $3 million on LSU’s season, matching Lane Kiffin’s bonus
A third-party insurer placed five trades on prediction market Kalshi that match the exact $3 million figure LSU would owe Lane Kiffin in College Football Playoff bonuses.
Brandon Marcello
^ yeah, I don't know either. It certainly seems gross and/or bleak.
Huskers Dominate Under the Lights
Plus more fall sports updates
Ari Levin
^ Friend of the Republic here! Ari does fantastic work.
The Sickos Synopsis - Our Weekly early 1900s Style Old-Timey Game Recaps - Week 0 Edition
Sickos Committee
^ as an obsessive of 1920s-era football articles, this is golden.
Let’s discuss Pretzel Swords and other new concession items coming to college football
I’m a little worried some of these migh
Matt Brown
Play is doing its work even if we’re not keeping score | Aeon Essays
We are most human when we play freely, imaginatively, pointlessly. Gamification risks atrophying that most precious capacity
Justin Neuman
^ this one's a longread, but I highly recommend it. to an extent, it's why we're doing what we're doing here at OTR. Let's play sports.
"The goal exists to make the experience of striving possible, not the other way around. The finish line is just the means; the journey is the destination."
Man Watches In Silence As Wife Reveals All The Things She Brought Home From Store That Aren’t Cheez-Its
CARLSBAD, CA—Desperately scanning the kitchen counter for anything besides a fruit or vegetable, local man Jeremy Drummond watched in silence Tuesday as his wife revealed all the things she brought home from the store that weren’t Cheez-Its. “Come on, come on, now that we’ve got all this health food out of the way, let’s get […]
The Onion Staff
