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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 10m

I would have been intrigued to see how he would have done if he would have taken over at Pitt under the current NIL and portal setup. if he's got the money to spend, he's done a good job getting impactful transfers. think he did that with this group this year

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 10m

I think his teams left a lot to be desired tactically, at least on offense. they were a pretty brutal watch most of my time on the beat unless you had someone like Champagnie who could just make plays

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 41m

whenever he's done at Pitt, a smart network out there will sign Jeff Capel to work in studio or on games. I think he'd instantly become one of the best analysts in the sport

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 43m

we had our occasional differences when I covered him (as any coach and beat writer should), but I always had a ton of respect for Jeff Capel. good to see a coach out there talking like this

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 5h

this column, which argues that Sophie Cunningham isn't a good enough player to justify everything that comes with having her on your team, has upset a lot of the same folks who made the same point to justify Colin Kaepernick getting blackballed from the NFL

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Fever should part with Sophie Cunningham. She’s too turbulent to be paired with Caitlin Clark

If the Fever ever want to go back to being a basketball team, Cunningham — who was largely responsible for this year's circus — has to go.

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 18h

there's about a 5% chance Poch will be around for 2030, but this is about as good as I've felt about the USMNT's future in a while. the kids are alright

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 19h

though there would be something incredibly funny about Louisville having two starting QBs in the NFL and Tyler Shough being the liberal one

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 19h

looks at the players in the photo, reads the caption over five teams, sees Lamar isn't there

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Man's Heartfelt Laugh

ALT: Man's Heartfelt Laugh

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 23h

the Holy Trinity of things that freaked me out as a little kid: Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit the monster from FernGully the Siamese cats from Lady and the Tramp

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

you know what, it's probably CMU. they literally are just down the road

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

this probably gives away that I never played football and lack the requisite toughness/pride, but unless it's a do-or-die conversion or you're close to the end zone, fighting for extra yardage is for suckers feel like you end up getting the ball punched out at least 40% of the time you do it

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I doubt this will happen, but if Colorado goes 0-fer the rest of the season, Deion will have almost the exact same win percentage at CU as his predecessor, Karl Dorrell

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

McDaniel*. had a different coach on my mind since they're playing Seattle (even though his name's Macdonald)

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

as overhyped as I think he's been most of his career, I thought he was due for a big year with McDonald as OC. but it's been brutal

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'll never forgive the analytics dorks and tape-eaters who tried to convince us that Justin Herbert was a top-five QB

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've been more impressed this season with most of the receiving votes teams than a lot of inclusions in the back half of the top 25

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Pat Narduzzi's a former college linebacker who grew up in Youngstown, Ohio (and who I've seen on a squat rack). I wouldn't want to cross that man, either

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

despite winning on the road, Kentucky got booted from the AP poll because Pat Narduzzi shamed voters on national TV. a true patriot

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

resigned myself to the fact that every two years, I won't be able to watch college football without being force-fed an avalanche of anti-trans political ads

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm sure it's because of money, but is there a reason that every primetime ESPN college football game, the one with Fowler and Herbstreit on the broadcast, kicks off at least 20 minutes after the announced start time?

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

about to be the second time in three seasons Jeff Brohm wastes an explosive offense with a potential NFL QB because of a Swiss cheese-ass defense

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

don't want to speak for all SZD subscribers, but I appreciate y'all not taking that dirty money. also makes it that much more infuriating that obscenely wealthy former pro athletes are doing it

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

one of the reasons I enjoyed covering Pitt so much is that their fan base, by and large, was extremely cool. y'all deserve so much better than this kind of rotten luck. they were setting up to be a playoff team this season

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

we've reached the "watch Flory Bidunga highlights on YouTube" stage of the Louisville football season

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I would say Bryce Underwood is Larry Ellison's worst investment ever, but he was one of the first Silicon Valley bigwigs to bankroll Theranos

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

it's been such a fun Friday getting to watch college football being played inside one of the state-of-the-art architectural marvels of the sport. I'm talking, of course, about Montana State and Idaho in the Kibbie Dome

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I should've waited until tomorrow to tweet that. but when I get the chance to be self-deprecating about two of my favorite schools, I gotta fire it off

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

looking at that schedule, they should be! though that'll depend on the extent of Heintschel's injury

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I have never seen so much truth packed into a nine-word sentence

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

though I'm gonna warn you ahead of time, Pitt fans: if you're 9-1 and in the top 10 heading into that Louisville game, you're gonna lose and then watch Jeff Brohm lose by two touchdowns against a 5-6 Kentucky team a week later

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

of course, there's no question about the Pitt football coach who was the best cultural fit for the school, the city and the region

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

in addition to providing some much-needed stability at a crucial time, I also think Pat Narduzzi is the second-best cultural fit that Pitt has ever had as their coach

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I understand basically every frustration Pitt fans have with Pat Narduzzi, but that dude wins 8+ games more often than not, has his teams play with a distinct identity, oversees excellent player development and does it all with a bottom-third NIL budget in the ACC

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think that Virginia Tech kick went in?

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

fewer than 25 years ago, you had boxy televisions that weighed two tons and cost as much as a mortgage payment, Brussels sprouts were boiled and people tried to delude themselves into thinking The Streets were good it's amazing how far we've come

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

the three things that have improved the most over the course of my lifetime: the price and quality of televisions the way people cook and prepare Brussels sprouts British rap

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

PTFO and The Rooster is an all-time crossover

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

you really, really, really don't gotta hand it to the Nasty Man, though

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Steelers fans watching a national broadcast overpraise an AFC North QB with a history of (alleged) lewd behavior

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Michael Scott's Iconic 'How the Turntables' Quote

ALT: Michael Scott's Iconic 'How the Turntables' Quote

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

it's a disgrace if any player on Arkansas' roster is making less than Kenny Payne

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

there's been all kinds of disheartening shit the past few years, but how quickly and effortlessly some people pivot to antisemitism is terrifying. it's like a reflex

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

is he calling him a hitchhiker?

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Stella's just prime for discourse on so many fronts. her music sucks and sounds AI generated. she's not a particularly good singer. she has seemingly ripped off several prominent songs. and she's a country singer despite being a Groupon heiress who grew up in the wildly rich Chicago suburbs

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the Democrats becoming the party of ball-knowers wasn't something I would have anticipated 20 years ago

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

randomly thought about this today, but it's very funny that one of the players in Deion Sanders' first meeting with Colorado, where he basically told all the guys they suck and that they were getting replaced with his Louis Vuitton luggage, was future top-10 NFL Draft pick Jordyn Tyson

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think some of the blowback to the song is kinda weird. is it a bit strange that it's been on top of the charts *this* long? sure. but it's a really catchy tune. it's not like Stella Lefty, whose song is boring, generic and ripped-off, and who came out of basically nowhere to suddenly be famous

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the idea that blue-collar families wouldn't benefit from universal child care is hilarious even for stay-at-home parents, it would give them the opportunity to work if they wanted to or just get all the shit done that you can't when you're caring for your kid at home what an insane take

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Craig Meyer @craigmeyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

it's quite possible the Eagles have the two worst coaches to have won a Super Bowl in the past 40 years. not sure who else would be up for that honor. Brian Billick? Gruden? Gary Kubiak? Switzer? Ditka?

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