I had forgotten about the Simmons connection, but yes, that’s certainly a source of at least some of this shit. Keep in mind, the only reason Simmons was paying rapt attention to Texas basketball that year was because the Celtics were gawdawful and he was hoping they could draft Durant. Also recall that after the…

“The facts from all his time at Texas are indisputable on both these points.” Oh, right. Right. Right. Texas made its only Final Four since integration, two of its three Elite Eights since integration (only two in the 21st century), and two more Sweet Sixteens because Rick Barnes “always gets out-coached in big…

Seriously, good luck. Edwards is a very good player. (I will never forget that foul call. Total bullshit to me. But hey, what you gonna do?) Kline was fucking unconscious.

Anyone at all familiar with Texas’s athletic department and fans knows that their expectations are a little grandiose compared to actual past results. Texas is not a basketball school and never will be. You don’t run the best coach in the history of your program out of town absent massive scandal or complete failure.…

I’ve found myself thinking about the largest cities (or counties) in which Trump has a net-positive approval rating. Whatever anyone thinks of Texas and its “conservativism” Trump is deeply disliked in the cities (and, frankly, he’s pretty unpopular statewide for a republican). It’s probably not Salt Lake City (a good…

It really is a Schrodinger’s cat of stupidity. He (a sundowning dotard) has convinced himself: (1) he should not hire anyone smarter than him [which creates an extremely low bar]; and (2) he’s smarter than a bunch of unqualified doofuses he apparently picked. But apparently he’s not completely wrong on No. 2? He’s done…

Look. There’s a lot to hate about college sports and college coaches, especially deifying and wildly overpaying humans who are generally pretty marginal at everything outside of coaching a particular revenue-generating sport while their players are paid in essentially worthless credits to the company store.

Damn. This one was painful for the Vols. Love this team. Purdue is very good; and I hope they lose by 25 next round.

Welp. I guess it’s back to just actively sucking at her job in all the banal ways.

We won’t win until we defund the DeVoses (and the Waltons and the Kochs and the Mercers and the Rickettses and every other fucking billionaire).

But have you seen how fucked Michigan schools are lately? A thing that is definitely not at all her fault.

Bless her [stupid, rotten] heart.

But according to so many people, Schiano was jobbed of the Tennessee job to which he was clearly entitled because he was so over-qualified (and because Jimmy Haslam liked him and his most recent Ohio State defense gave up 55 to Iowa). Since then, he’s: (1) been not good enough/too much of shit-bird to be Urban’s…

Checks out. There’s no way Richard Spencer’s alma mater would make bad-faith claims of anti-semitism. 

There is no damn way these Christians actually believe in hell.

He was “bred” at SI? That’s a thing?

This isn’t about Anthony Davis seeking a trade. It’s about Anthony Davis seeking a trade to the Lakers when everyone knows the Celtics are entitled to his services. NO ONE DENIES THIS!

Pretty bold on the SEC call. (Per 538, none have a 50%+ chance. The two highest are Tennessee (44% of making Elite Eight) and Kentucky (47% chance of making Elite Eight)). Anyway, I think Tennessee or Kentucky could make the Final 4. Perhaps both even. But, I think, if necessary, the refs are going to do LSU in before…

The weird unspoken thing here is that bribing your way into an undeserved college admissions spot is perfectly fine so long as it’s done through the acceptable channels with the “right” pockets getting lined.

Pee tape is real.