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  1. NC State Innovates Brand New Endgame Choking Strategy

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:07:31 -0000

    <p>The beauty of college football is that there are so many teams, and so many bad coaches, that inevitably, a play that would otherwise have a one in a billion chance of happening actually has quite a good chance of turning into reality. For proof let’s go to Nashville, where the NC State Wolfpack committed an all-time boner yesterday. Roll the tape:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://bsky.app/profile/sickoscommittee.org/post/3mvvj7uilus2r </div></figure> <p>A bit of background. The Wolfpack led Vanderbilt 24-7 at one point in the third quarter of this game, only for Commodores quarterback Jared Curtis to stage a furious rally that brought his team back within a field goal. There was just over a minute left on the clock when Curtis had first down at the NC State 16. Vandy had never led in this game, but it sure as shit looked like they were about to go up when WHOOP DEE!, Curtis threw a pass that Wolfpack safety Brody Barnhardt picked off at the two-yard line. Comeback bid sniffed out. Game over.</p>
  2. This Is So Fucking Embarrassing

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:13:46 -0000

    <p>I guess the addled corpus of Lee Corso was the only thing keeping ESPN’s college football arm from shedding every last trace of dignity. Because if you tuned into the four-letter network's College GameDay program yesterday morning, you were treated to this profoundly nauseating minute of unwanted jingoism:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://bsky.app/profile/awfulannouncing.bsky.social/post/3mvurjqbakl2h </div></figure> <p>That’s human malware Pat McAfee, Corso’s ostensible replacement on the GameDay set, giving the HOO BABY to our troops while his colleagues mindlessly chuckle in assent. This latest offense comes a mere week after the show invited universally despised Senator Ted Cruz onto its live broadcast from Austin, in which GameDay host Rece Davis allowed the Texas republican to shill for the odious <a href="https://defector.com/the-protect-college-sports-act-finally-has-its-suitably-off-putting-mascot">Protect College Sports Act</a>, and offered zero pushback on Cruz in doing so.</p>