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Dave Wilson

@dwil.bsky.social
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Reporter, ESPN.com, college football, East Texas

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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
An important question for our times: Should your QB be swole? John Mateer has seen the reaction to his offseason transformation and shirtless pics: "The thing I would hate the most is for people to think I'm just some dumb big jock. I don't lift like I'm just a gym bro." www.espn.com/college-foot...
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Swole ballgame: Should quarterbacks be jacked? An ESPN investigation
Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer has turned heads this offseason with his massive arms. But has he gotten too big?
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
On today’s Marty & McGee, McGee does play-by-play on live TV as Marty applies WD-40 that someone has delivered to him for a squeaky door. Nothing has ever captured the essence of these fellas better.
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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 04/08/2026
in the Québécois version of King of the Hill (“Henri pis sa gang”), Boomhauer is named Papineau and sounds like this
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Mike Finger @mikefinger.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My guy @dwil.bsky.social recently hipped me to a staggeringly great 1982 Texas Monthly profile of Darrell Royal. I couldn’t get over how good it was, and how familiar his reasons for leaving college football still sound. And I needed a column, so I wrote about it: www.expressnews.com/sports/longh...
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How Darrell Royal shows college coaching complaints are nothing new
Fifty years after Darrell K Royal walked away from his job as head coach at Texas much of what supposedly plagues the college game is new. But even more isn’t.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
In 1990, in a game that wasn’t even on TV, a photographer captured a bloodied Nolan Ryan, an enduring image of Ryan’s grit, as well as essential home decor. Here’s the story of Nolan, Linda and a photo that led to the Rangers’ bloody jersey giveaway 36 years later. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
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How a photographer captured Nolan Ryan's bloody jersey and created a 'Texas demigod'
Linda Kaye immortalized the pitcher in 1990, and their bond lasted for years.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Haotong Li has shown intestinal fortitude this week at Augusta, from his viral bathroom confessions to being paired with Scottie Scheffler in Sunday’s final round. Still, he says the best part of his week was the Par 3 Contest with his mom — and Kevin Hart. www.espn.com/golf/story/_...
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Haotong Li's had a wacky -- and impressive -- Masters week
The Chinese golfer has been enjoying himself at the Masters. And going into Sunday, he's not out of contention, either.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Brandon Holtz, a 39-year-old RE/MAX agent drank Coors Light and watched hoops in the Crow’s Nest and grabbed a whiskey and camped out on 16 after his first round at the Masters. The golf, he wishes it went better. But he’s ready to keep on dreaming. www.espn.com/golf/story/_...
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There's a Realtor playing in the Masters
Brandon Holtz, a 38 year-old from Illinois, is this year's tournament's most unlikely participant.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
How a miniature mischievous man became the most coveted Masters collectible — a luxury Labubu if you will — and why its popularity may lead to its untimely demise. www.espn.com/golf/story/_...
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How a lawn gnome became the hottest item at the Masters
One piece of merchandise at Augusta National became too popular for its own good.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
For five years, Rori Harmon has had one of the toughest jobs in sports: She’s Vic Schaefer’s point guard. His first commit, she led his rebuild but most importantly, his defense: "She picks your ass up at the city limits and she shows your butt the door when we're done.” www.espn.com/womens-colle...
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Why Longhorns' Rori Harmon is the 'epitome of Texas basketball'
The Texas point guard has played five seasons while under constant pressure from her coach, Vic Schaefer. It has made both of them better.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Disco Bevo is ready for Texas-Oregon in the NCAA tournament.
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Possum Acquainter @possumacquainter.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Steve: did u guys get a good pic of me Dave: ya dont worry Steve: which pic did u use Mark: dont worry about it
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Sawyer Robertson is the ultimate searcher, a Lubbock kid who idolized Mike Leach, was lost when he died, and now faces an uncertain NFL draft. But don’t mistake his honesty and humility and faith for softness. “A golden retriever,” he says, “is still a dog.” www.espn.com/nfl/draft202...
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The curious case of Sawyer Robertson, Mike Leach's last quarterback
It took the former Baylor signal-caller years to get comfortable running an offense. Will he be able to make things work in the NFL?
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werther's original @goatradish.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Boone Niederhofer is the most central Texas name I've ever heard.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Boone Niederhofer, a 32-year-old father of two who’s a production engineer for a Midland oil company, made the US Olympic team as a bobsledder, while juggling work and dad duties. Inside the adventures of an Aggie from San Antonio who made it to Italy. www.espn.com/olympics/sto...
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How did a West Texas oilman make Team USA's Olympic bobsled team?
Boone Niederhofer, a former Texas A&M receiver living 1,000 miles from the nearest bobsled track, followed an unusual path to the Games.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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a man with a beard wearing a suit and white shirt
ALT: a man with a beard wearing a suit and white shirt
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The only journalism instructor I’ve ever had, Bettye Craddock from Kilgore College, was announced as a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Hall of Fame today. She changed my life, and so many others’. So proud to see her get her flowers. texasipa.org/hall-of-fame...
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Hall of Fame 2026
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
As Miami’s drove to beat Ole Miss, Hal Mumme was thinking about SE Louisiana’s win over Arkansas-Monticello and the young coach, Shannon Dawson, who made the right call. A Dana Holgorsen protege, Dawson has put his own twist on the Air Raid with Miami’s bruising talent. www.espn.com/college-foot...
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How Miami offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson emerged from nowhere
The architect of the Hurricane offense began his career grinding for a job at Southeastern Louisiana.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Mascots need bowl fun, too, and the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl wanted Bevo to wake up feeling the cheesiest. So they hired an Orlando bakery — which initially thought it was being pranked — to create the big fella his own 12x12 Cheez-It. www.espn.com/college-foot...
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Birthday cake for a cow? Texas' Bevo to receive custom dessert from Orlando bakery for Cheez-It Bowl
While the winning players and coaches of the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl get to snack on the baked crackers, the Texas Longhorns mascot will have his own special dessert.
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Chris Almeida @chrisalmeida.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Closing the year with the most important one: @dwil.bsky.social went to Louisville to talk to the engineer who made the Pop-Tarts Bowl trophy
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'Is it a real functional toaster?': Behind the scramble to engineer the Pop-Tarts Bowl trophy
How the internet's favorite bowl took things to the next level by making its trophy a kitchen appliance.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Mike Elko hates talking about The Past at Texas A&M. But that’s why he’s here, the ultimate overachiever imposing his will on one of college football’s biggest underachievers. Just don’t tell him about this story. www.espn.com/college-foot...
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The anti-anhedonic Aggies: Can Mike Elko and this Texas A&M team make all the talk about the past stop?
The Aggies head into their first College Football Playoff appearance looking to banish the program's ghosts.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Cooper: “Arch is playing football at Texas next year.” www.espn.com/college-foot...
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Texas QB Manning to return for 2026 season
Texas quarterback Arch Manning will return to school to play in 2026, finally putting to rest questions about his future beyond this season.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
On Friday, Mick Fleetwood surprised fans by playing “Tusk” with the Trojan Marching Band. But Dr. Bartner, the 85-year-old band director who helped bring it to life and earned USC two platinum, albums also surprised Mick. Inside the very L.A. story of the iconic “Tusk.” www.espn.com/college-foot...
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'It's our tune': How Fleetwood Mac worked with the USC Marching Band to create 'Tusk'
The idea initially sounded so far-fetched band directors thought it was a prank. But the collaboration became a sensation.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Y’all ever had that famous Waco Chinese Chicken?
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
They say it takes a village to raise a child. But it took this neighborhood in Baton Rouge to raise 66-year-old Tiger Tuba Kent, the LSU band sensation who has been a shining beacon of positivity in a turbulent LSU season. www.espn.com/college-foot...
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'Are you serious?': How the LSU band got a 66 year-old tuba player
This season hasn't gone according to plan for LSU, but one member of the school's band is living his dream.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This is kinda terrifying
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
One reason Gunner Stockton wants to beat Florida? His grandfather Lawrence died of a heart attack in the parking lot after the Dawgs lost to the Gators in 2010. "He said something about Todd Grantham and collapsed," said Suzanne Frederickson, Lawrence Stockton's widow. www.espn.com/college-foot...
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Week 10 preview: Why Georgia's matchup with Florida just means more, plus key matchups
Key matchups and the story behind why Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton really wants a win against Florida.
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David Hale @adavidhalejoint.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
"You could stick a knife through the guy, and he'd say, 'I feel good, Coach.'" From me and @dwil.bsky.social ... How the legend of Haynes King was forged... www.espn.com/college-foot...
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'Toughest player I've ever seen': The Legend of Haynes King
Stories about how the quarterback became one of the quirkiest, toughest and most insatiable players in college football.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Son of an old-school East Texas ball coach who was raised the Lobo Way, the tall tales of Haynes King explain his rise to being the toughest sumbitch out there. Story with the great @adavidhalejoint.bsky.social www.espn.com/college-foot...
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'Toughest player I've ever seen': The Legend of Haynes King
Stories about how the quarterback became one of the quirkiest, toughest and most insatiable players in college football.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Baylor QB Sawyer Robertson said when TCU’s Sonny Dykes was recruiting him, he used to bring up how he hit a home run off his dad, one of Dykes’ old friends and a former MLB first-round pick. Sawyer has vowed to avenge the honor of Stan Robertson this week. www.espn.com/college-foot...
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Week 8 preview: Heisman contenders, Big 12 title race, key conference matchups and more
Our college football experts provide insight on the Baylor-TCU rivalry, Heisman contenders and more ahead of Week 8.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Look at this frickin’ nerd.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
neurodiversity is Good Actually. just want to say that
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
I wrote this week that TCU discovered the Iron Skillet trophy was broken shortly before the 2018 game and hustled to the local Ace Hardware and replaced it with a $49.99 Lodge skillet. Yesterday, I got to see the handoff on the sideline from an SMU staffer to TCU. 😂 www.espn.com/college-foot...
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
An ode to the last Iron Skillet, which gave us real spite, a Game of the Century, Dan Jenkins, suffered through lean years and was just getting good! (And whose trophy secretly broke and was replaced by a Lodge skillet from a hardware store right before the 2018 game.) www.espn.com/college-foot...
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'Bragging rights for all eternity': An ode to the Iron Skillet rivalry
Looking back at the history of the SMU-TCU grudge match before its 104th, and potentially final, edition.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The story behind Pudge the cat is more than just about a viral locker-room mascot at Bowling Green: He was a gift from a mom with Stage 4 cancer for her son and helped her son rediscover joy after her death. Even Eddie George, allergic to cats, has been smitten. www.espn.com/college-foot...
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Bowling Green's unofficial mascot, Pudge the cat, is more than just a smushy face
Bowling Green may have a former Heisman Trophy winner for a coach, but the biggest star on this team is a cat.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
What we saw following Lee Corso around on his last gameday: Cookies, a giant Brutus cake, mascots, tears, joy and the celebration of the end of an era that changed American television with the people who love him. www.espn.com/college-foot...
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Appreciation thread: 15 years ago tomorrow I walked into ESPN for the first time, miraculously from the Beaumont Enterprise. On Day 1, the boss said “there’s a guy in that office, go talk to him for 15 mins and write a blog post.” This was the “car wash” days when celebs showed up to do shows.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This 1990 split Colorado-Georgia Tech title story by @andrea-adelson.bsky.social has it all: Swilling, Bieniemy, turf fires, Mizzou conspiracies/fifth down, punters counting diamonds for rings, Tom Osborne slander. Two teams with a shared grudge before tonight’s game. www.espn.com/college-foot...
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Benjamin Hoffman @bhh.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
With the AJC dropping its print edition, I feel compelled to share one of the greatest moments in print design history
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Chris Almeida @chrisalmeida.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Nobody knows whether or not Arch Manning will live up to the hype this season. "He ain't even pissed a drop yet," Grandpa Archie told @dwil.bsky.social. But: people are still stealing his photo off the wall of an Austin burger joint. Everybody's already watching.
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The five stories that explain why Arch Manning was built for this moment
How did the Texas quarterback learn to handle the pressure he's facing as the most famous college football player in the country?
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Contains: The secret of what happened to Eric Dickerson’s gold Trans Am
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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 22/08/2025
we sent the ad to Rafa, and he was able to sneak it into the background of an illustration as an Easter egg. nice surprise for Dave, fun day at work. that's it! check out the story, it's a good one: www.espn.com/college-foot...
Car illustration with Bill Wilson billboard in backgroundcloseup of Bill Wilson billboard in background
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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 22/08/2025
the really fun part: @dwil.bsky.social's draft mentioned his dad, Bill Wilson, who ran a TX car dealership and loaned out modest cars to Texas A&M assistants. Bill passed away a few years ago, but Dave speaks of him often and he was a real character. Here's a classic 70s ad for Bill's dealership...
Bill Wilson ad
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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 22/08/2025
Great @dwil.bsky.social feature on the long-standing connection between car dealers and college football programs. Quick thread on how we had a little fun with the art ... www.espn.com/college-foot...
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'We are what we drive': How car dealers became college football's power brokers
More college football players are driving sports cars than ever before. But the connection between dealers and programs goes back decades.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Ah yes, the famous Texas government HQ in Sacramento, Texas.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
In an alternative world, @paolouggetti.bsky.social takes us over to Tennessee, home of Rory McIlroy. "Johnson City is quite a bit like Ireland in just the terrain, just rolling hills and cattle," Aaron O'Callaghan said. www.espn.com/golf/story/_...
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Before he was the best golfer of his generation, Rory McIlroy was an East Tennessee State commit
Fred Warren was one of the first college coaches to recruit heavily from Europe. And he nearly snagged a young McIlroy.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
West Virginia's Edward Vesterinen, the 6-3, 285-pound defensive end from Helsinki, on if he thinks Rich Rodriguez knows much about Finland: "He thought I was vegetarian." Asked why he thinks he thought that: "We're very sustainable."
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This story is so good it makes me mad. Which is good. But bad. But it’s only because it’s very good. And it’s a lovely portrait of someone who can’t stop doing what he loves, and a family devoted enough to sacrifice every day for it.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
How the Mexican drug cartel wars and a fear of returning to pig farming led Gerry Glasco to softball, and how at 66, he landed a job at Texas Tech and took them to the Women’s College World Series in one year. www.espn.com/college-spor...
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How drug cartel wars led coach Gerry Glasco to Texas Tech: 'Nothing about softball is scary to me'
Facing elimination in the 2025 WCWS is not a problem for Texas Tech coach Gerry Glasco after what he has seen.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Genuinely missing the WCWS in Oklahoma City this week after covering it the past few years, and scenes like this, where college sports are still a party and everyone’s allowed to have fun, is why. www.espn.com/college-spor...
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Party hats, piñatas, disco balls: Inside UCLA's 'absolutely feral' dugout party
How the Bruins' dugout is keeping vibes up at the Women's College World Series.
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Dave Wilson @dwil.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Attn @sickoscommittee.org I saw a sign today for the Williamson County A&M club fish fry tomorrow (30th anniversary!) and they have a CATFISH OL’ SARGE. www.wcamc.com/fishfry/
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