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I am going to go on Finebaum at 4:15 ET to discuss the Protect College Sports Act

Have we discussed the Astros winning their division at 81-81 and then having the unmitigated audacity to do a bullpen game in Game 1 of the postseason? That's disgusting. A bigger affront to baseball than the trash can thing

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 20h

Doing @splitzoneduo.com Week 5 Tasting Menu prep. Have you interfaced with the mathematical reality that UMass' likeliest record this season is 10-2, and it's now genuinely improbable that they win fewer than nine games?

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Adi @adijoseph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Unfortunately Caitlin Clark absolutely torched the Terps that night. 38 and 12.

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Bonesito @bonesito.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When someone accuses me of going to a Hawks game.

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 29/09/2026

This is the funniest thing that's ever happened in the Senate and also the greatest national exposure Maryland's athletic department has received in quite some time

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 29/09/2026

Subscribe to the @6zoneduo.com YT channel today for three reasons. 1) @erinsorensen.bsky.social and @amiejust.com are really coming into their own building a great show, 2) it might make you a volleyball fan and 3) yeah we wanna get it monetized to support the show! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVtC...

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Pitt’s Future, Volleyball’s Growth + ESPN’s Madison Fitzpatrick

YouTube video by 6 Zone Duo

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6 Zone Duo, Women's Volleyball Podcast @6zoneduo.com · 29/09/2026

New episode! ESPN’s Madison Fitzpatrick joins us to talk about her path to becoming a broadcaster, the growth of volleyball, and what has stood out to her about this season. 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/podcast/six-... 🟢 open.spotify.com/show/6cn2egC... 📺 youtu.be/HVtCr0DsmNo

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 29/09/2026

Vertical Chrome tabs feels like a really good idea in theory but I HATE it in practice. However I think it's got enough potential that I'm going to do it for one business week and see how it goes

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 28/09/2026

Oregon Raiola = Nebraska Raiola, stylistically, but there are two big changes:

some key ways, Oregon Raiola was identical to Nebraska Raiola. His average target Saturday was 7.6 yards beyond the line of scrimmage (compared with 7.3 at Nebraska, per TruMedia). He threw 29.2 percent of his passes to players at or behind the line (29.9 percent at Nebraska). His average time to throw was 2.70 seconds (2.69 at Nebraska). We’ve seen this broad style before.

The differences, however, were clear:

• Raiola faced pressure on 24 percent of his dropbacks, compared with 29.7 percent at Nebraska (and 31.6 percent in power conference games there).

• When he was pressured at Nebraska, he took a sack on 24.9 percent of those plays. On Saturday, he was pressured on six of his 25 dropbacks and didn’t take a sack.

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Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

always nice to rational, interesting analysis of the AP Top 25 Poll instead of just being mad about it!

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 28/09/2026

Nebraska fans, I am sorry about this. Dylan Raiola looked like the same QB on Saturday, except for two things. 1) Pressured less, 2) Wayyy calmer when pressure did get to him. Deeper dive here @theathletic.com. www.nytimes.com/athletic/763...

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What Dylan Raiola does at Oregon that he couldn’t at Nebraska

Raiola completed all his passes on third down and led Oregon to a crucial win over USC. Why did he find success right away?

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 27/09/2026

The @splitzoneduo.com Week 4 CFB Hurry-Up. It's about 30 minutes. This week it came in at 57 mins, so a shade over youtu.be/v6MloEUXlcU

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Week 4 CFB Hurry-Up: Oregon punks USC yet again, and more

YouTube video by Split Zone Duo Podcasts

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 28/09/2026

I heard some rankings discourse on here, so I decided to grab every team in the AP Top 25 and put them into buckets re: how we should actually be thinking about them after Week 4. Six categories, from HAPPY TO BE RANKED to OHIO STATE www.sbnation.com/college-foot...

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College football’s best teams, categorized: Why Ohio State is on top

The Buckeyes look like the best team a third of the way through the season, even with an early loss on their record.

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 27/09/2026

The @splitzoneduo.com Week 4 CFB Hurry-Up. It's about 30 minutes. This week it came in at 57 mins, so a shade over youtu.be/v6MloEUXlcU

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Week 4 CFB Hurry-Up: Oregon punks USC yet again, and more

YouTube video by Split Zone Duo Podcasts

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 27/09/2026

Just saw a clearly Claude'd video of Aaron Rodgers connecting with Roman Wilson for a deep ball touchdown on the first drive of the game. These tools are getting scary good man

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 27/09/2026

You gotta run it twice there if you're Drinkwitz. Third and 3, 80 seconds left, and Kamario on the other sideline with two timeouts. Worst of all worlds to throw to the end zone on third down. And now you lose

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 27/09/2026

I do not want to see Oregon's propaganda video after this game given that they do not release them for losses

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 27/09/2026

Richard is not here on Bluesky to defend himself on this but I am texting it to him to heal my pain

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victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 27/09/2026

real fluffheads have known for quite some time

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 27/09/2026

This is a really cursed thing to post, but Penn State wins the game on that deep ball if Drew Allar is back there

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 27/09/2026

Kamario Taylor is appointment television right now

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 27/09/2026

Austin Simmons is a quality SEC QB. Tough situation for him at Ole Miss but it really was not on him that Trinidad became the best QB in the sport out of nowhere

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

Did your team have an opening in either late 2024 or 2025? You prob should have just hired Jon Sumrall

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

Counterpoint: He seems fun for Penn State

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

Michigan play-calling down at the goal line doesn't really add up to me. You don't wanna shrink the field against Iowa on a red zone rollout. You fight them in a phonebooth, you give them what Phil Parker has always wanted

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

Man it's a good thing Oklahoma gave Brent Venables an extension five minutes before the season when he had absolutely no chance of leaving for another job

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

You have to fire everybody and just not worry about a roster exodus. The QB you were so excited to retain just did this

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Gabe Fernandez @thelatinochild.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When you see the UCLA-UMD score, remember that there was a coordinated effort from the PR world to defend the job of Maryland’s head flack who physically stopped a reporter from asking head coach Mike Locksley why he should still have his job.

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

Maryland is bad in a way that I'm not even sure they can let Locksley finish the season honorably

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

Louisville is pretty close to being a playoff-caliber team. They're going to go 8-4

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

Mike Locksley is rapidly rising up the Most Fireable Coaches in CFB pecking order. May be this week's No. 1

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

Did you guys see that AI video of Arch Manning forgetting where the line of scrimmage was, twice in two quarters? [room of bluesky posters laughs hysterically]

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

Arch shouldn't have thrown that and I'm starting to slowly unwind my position in ArchCorp. But I'm in a firesale on Cam Coleman. Can't find a market maker who will offer a fair price on this guy. How do you let that get picked? You're huge!

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

I'd feel pretty good about it if Jake Dickert were coaching the Maryland Terrapins next fall

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

UTSA-Colorado State is exactly the kind of "defense optional, kickoff coverage also optional" slopfest that great nations are built upon

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

The way this young man is waving the ball around like a sword

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

You know what's been big nothing burger this season? The idea that this new punt numbering rule was going to throw special teams into chaos www.splitzoneduo.com/p/new-punt-r...

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CFB's Cold War Over Punt Formations (??) Is About to Get Hot

Coaches are mad about it and trying to find ways around it. They're not succeeding.

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

People who are not the problem with the worldwide leader's coverage of this sport: Chris Fowler. He may subtly be building a case for best play-by-play caller in sports after Nantz

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

Is ESPN doing an elaborate bit with the audio going static while they talk about Trump's movements disrupting the radio? Very good if so. Actually also very good if not a bit

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

Gut check: This is too much to ask of Faizon Brandon months out of high school. But if he has a value-add game today, he might be that guy

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026

Classic experience for me: Watching college football from one of the nation's great college football towns, Boone, NC, when the home team is not in town

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College Football's Split Zone Duo @splitzoneduo.com · 26/09/2026

thank you Lee— I mean Matt

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