Reposted by Seth EmersonJeff Schultz @jeffschultzatl.bsky.social · 8h"When a witness lies under oath, he can go to prison. When a senator gets it wrong, he says he was just asking questions." bsky.app/profile/cweb... 13112
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 23hEric Schmitt, one of the architects of the Protect College Sports Act. Truly the best and the brightest coming to save college sports. 37313
Reposted by Seth EmersonRyan McCrystal @ryanmccrystal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026John Mateer thru 10 career SEC games: - 9 INTs - 5 fumbles - 23 sacks 0143
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026SEC vibes rankings: Parity is real - and deep. www.nytimes.com/athletic/763...nytimes.comSEC vibes after Week 4: Parity in the conference is real — and exciting 150
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026John Mateer went full Garo Yepremian, and it symbolized the sorry state of Oklahoma's offense. Mateer is a mess and thus so is Oklahoma, which is already basically done as a CFP contender, and Brett Venables is at a crossroads moment: www.nytimes.com/athletic/763...nytimes.comJohn Mateer is a mess, and thus, so is his faltering Oklahoma teamA season that began with realistic hopes to go back to the College Football Playoff is already off the rails for Oklahoma. 030
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This clip sums up why Lincoln Riley, apart from just not getting defense right, isn't up to being a head coach. At minimum, his staff was afraid to tell him before the presser the cameras caught his player laughing after the Moore injury. www.instagram.com/reel/Ddx0_cw...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 190
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Mississippi State's Anthony Evans may have made the SEC catch of the year to this point, considering the circumstances. 0110
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Update: Georgia now out-gaining Oklahoma 254-211 and winning 38-6. 0184
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026At the end of the third quarter Oklahoma is out-gaining Georgia 210-173 and losing 31-6. 310115
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We're up to six turnovers between Oklahoma (three fumbles and an INT) and Georgia (fumble and an INT). 081
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Georgia's offense, after scoring consecutive TDs in the first half, then spent nearly 14 minutes of game action (13:56) off the field. Since then, 12 plays for 34 yards (including TD on a short field.) 080
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Offensive yards at halftime: Georgia 150, Oklahoma 140. Score at halftime: Georgia 28, Oklahoma 0 2223
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Mateer fumbles again ... and Chris Cole recovers again ... this time not all the way to the end zone. But still. 0240
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Georgia's offense now has two touchdowns in its first three drives. And Oklahoma has to find a way to muster 14 points the next three quarters. 080
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is the only second time Oklahoma and Georgia have played, the only other time being the 2018 Rose Bowl. Sony Michel, who scored the game-winning touchdown, is here and was just introduced to the crowd after a replay of his game-winning TD. 0181
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Georgia had fourth-and-2 from the Oklahoma 8. Me: Against this Oklahoma team I'd take the three points. Georgia: Goes for it, makes it, soon gets seven points. Me: But I haven't been around here much lately. 0342
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Looking like no Nate Frazier for Georgia today. He was a listed as a game-time decision with a rib injury, and isn't going through final warm-ups. 181
Reposted by Seth EmersonAlex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026Fortunately missed this whole news cycle but wow really grim themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night. 28618
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Arkansas fans are “mad as hell and aren’t going to take it anymore." It's unprecedented: A fan base out on a coach just three games into his tenure. The board of trustees announcing a review. A look at the situation, and where things appear heading: www.nytimes.com/athletic/762...nytimes.comArkansas fans are sick of losing. But why is outrage boiling over under a new coach?Three games into the Ryan Silverfield era at Arkansas, how unprecedented is it for a fan base to be out on a regime so quickly? 000
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ratings for Lane Kiffin's return to Ole Miss: 10.9 million viewers, per ESPN, the eighth-most for an ABC/ESPN regular season game over the past decade. But short of the 14 million viewers that Texas-Ohio State had in Week 2. 080
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Another casualty of nine-game conference schedules: Georgia and Clemson canceled a planned a series of four games from 2029-33. www.nytimes.com/athletic/761...nytimes.comGeorgia, Clemson cancel 4-game future series amid college football scheduling shiftsGeorgia-Clemson is the latest cancellation to result from the ACC and SEC going to nine conference games. 040
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026And that also speaks well to the Ole Miss defense, which while it gave up a lot of those explosives to Louisville, also held LSU in check. 150
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The most memorable things we saw in Oxford: Including, for me, what most is to worry about Lane Kiffin ever becoming a national championship coach. www.nytimes.com/athletic/761...nytimes.comOle Miss-LSU exit survey: What were the most memorable things we saw in Oxford? 010
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Trinidad is magic." Ole Miss doens't need Lane Kiffin. Because it has Trinidad Chambliss. www.nytimes.com/athletic/761...nytimes.comOle Miss has Trinidad Chambliss. It doesn’t need Lane Kiffin“He’s the hardest player to play in America,” Lane Kiffin said after Saturday’s game. “He’s hard to defend, man.” 070
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trinidad Chambliss apologized to Holly Rowe for dropping an F-bomb in his postgame interview. Which means that in less than a week one-eighth of SEC starting QBs have apologized to Holly Rowe. 116922
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ole Miss announced an attendance record of 70,033 for this game. 1140
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I'm not sure what Ole Miss thought it was doing there, but it apparently knew what it was doing. 0202
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Appreciate that Pete Golding, who otherwise looks like the bro who gets drunk golfing and takes the cart off-roading, chooses to stick a pen behind his ear just to get a slight air of intellectualism. 0150
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Chambliss is sometimes backyard football. LSU the end of that drive was video game football: Second-down deep pass down the right sideline incomplete. But thought it was there, so screw it, call it again. And it was there. 070
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Lane Kiffin at halftime two weeks ago: "Just imagine if we had pro players." Lane Kiffin (probably) tonight: "Just imagine if I still had Trinidad Chambliss." 1344
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026LSU might want to defend the middle of the field? 290
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trinidad Chambliss very demonstrably turned and yelled at the LSU sideline after that touchdown throw. 17-0, Ole Miss. 0160
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Georgia fans getting nightmare flashbacks watching that last Chambliss scramble and long third down throw. 0270
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026LSU was finally driving, then the quarter ended and Ole Miss put on a three-minute light and pyrotechnic show, where it almost seemed LSU players were standing around waiting for it to end, perhaps unable to see or hear each other? Four plays later, LSU punts. 050
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trinidad Chambliss through three drives: 10-for-12 for 105 yards. And a pretty throw-and-catch to Traylon Ray for 36 yards that keyed the TD drive. 030
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Brad Pitt narrates the opening, Morgan Freeman was the guest picker, maybe Gwyneth Paltrow gives out the game ball to the winner. 1100
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Lane Kiffin booed as he returns to the Ole Miss field. 1161
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Kentucky, for the second straight week, you have my attention. (Last week didn't end so well but still.) 050
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Vanderbilt way up in tomorrow’s vibes rankings. Spoiler alert. 2150
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We at @theathletic.com contacted sources throughout college football for this project: What did each program spend on this year's roster? The numbers are inexact, for reasons explained, but we feel good about the ranges we found. And they're revealing: www.nytimes.com/athletic/int...nytimes.comDoes your college football roster cost $8M or $50M? Here's our report on 68 teamsThe best teams are, on average, the ones paying players the most, but there's a wide disparity between the schools at the top and the bottom of major conferences. 040
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ohio State-Texas set a TV ratings record for Week 2 of a college football season. 091
Reposted by Seth EmersonWill Leitch @williamfleitch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026For @theathletic.com, I kicked off Lane Hate Week with a look at how Lane Kiffin may understand us better than we understand ourselves. (Gift Link.) www.nytimes.com/athletic/759...nytimes.comThe whole world is ready to boo Lane Kiffin. He’ll eventually get the last laugh (Gift Article)Kiffin knows the truth that we all know as college football fans but do our best to ignore: The only thing that matters is winning. 0102
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Before there was Lane Kiffin going back to Ole Miss, there was ... Lane Kiffin going back to Tennessee. And Tommy Tuberville going back to Ole Miss. And Houston Nutt going back to Arkansas. And Nick Saban going back to LSU. A history of villainous returns: www.nytimes.com/athletic/759...nytimes.comCollege football’s most villainous returns? Lane Kiffin, LSU and Ole Miss have experienceKiffin has been in this situation before, as the head coach at Ole Miss when he returned to Knoxville to play Tennessee in 2021. 181
Reposted by Seth EmersonJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If, as seems to be the majority view here, you dislike the prospect of a world where human journalism and analysis is displaced by AI slop, have the self-awareness not to act annoyed and offended that the human labor of writing sometimes requires compensation. 465078
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026SEC vibes rankings: Mississippi State to the top! Oklahoma careens ... but not all the way to the bottom. And thoughts on Venables giving off some Muschamp vibes. www.nytimes.com/athletic/758...nytimes.comIs Oklahoma’s Brent Venables another Will Muschamp? SEC vibes after Week 2Oklahoma made the Playoff last year, but Venables doesn't seem like he's solved the Sooners' offensive issues from last fall. 040
Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Two weeks in the season, the SEC is 28-2 in non-conference games and 8-2 against power conference teams. SEC depth is real. Now the question is if it will help or hurt the quest to end the national championship game drought: www.nytimes.com/athletic/758...nytimes.comThe SEC showed its depth in Week 2 and continued a hot start for a humbled league 050