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Nikolaj Ehlers is finally getting his moment in the sun

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Jul 8

Latest from my newsletter: let's talk about Nikolaj Ehlers and how his move to Carolina might be the beginning of more opportunity.
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Carolina's betting big on a long-underrated winger

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Jun 17

Worked out pretty well, I think. Played the medium game and everyone had one run as the hider. The RTD was fine, and it's not super complicated as long as you don't mess up your map like we did on the first run. Our runs were a little all over the place but they averaged 90 minutes to two hours long

How Macklin Celebrini has revitalized the Sharks

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Jun 16

Before/after a long day of playing the Jet Lag home game in Denver yesterday. Survived a hailstorm, walked ~20,000 steps and had a great time.
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Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · May 24

Let's talk about Thomas Harley
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Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Apr 9

Is the rookies filter broken? @naturalstattrick.com

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Apr 2

More words here
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The future is teal, indeed

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Apr 2

Figured it was about time for a post about Macklin Celebrini. 18-year-olds (especially one with a summer birthday) aren't supposed to do this

3/26/25: Ole Miss advances to Sweet 16, while Bulldogs' drought continues

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Mar 27

Talking this week about Ole Miss' first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2001 and where things went wrong for Mississippi State in the NCAA Tournament.
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Podcast Episode · Justify Your Existence · 2025-03-26 · 38m

3/10/2025: SEC men's basketball tournament preview

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Mar 11

The SEC men's basketball tournament is this week, so we have you covered on everything you need to know for Mississippi State and Ole Miss.
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Podcast Episode · Justify Your Existence · 2025-03-11 · 33m

Meet Ole Miss baseball’s analytics guru

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Feb 22

Ole Miss baseball has a director of analytics. What does that entail? Some words on college baseball analytics, how a longtime head coach tries to stay ahead of the curve and a Long Islander calling Oxford home.
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OXFORD – Chris Goudoras remembers his first important meeting since joining the Ole Miss baseball staff in 2018.

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Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Feb 21

I am genuinely afraid watching sports will take a decade off my life

Morgan Moriarty @morgantmoriarty.bsky.social · Feb 21

To those of you that watch this sport regularly: how are y’all ok lol

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Feb 17

Catching up on stuff from over the weekend, so here's some basketball Egg Bowl numbers. Mississippi State dominated on the boards. Lots of trips to the charity stripe in this one, too.

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Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Feb 4

This week's podcast is up. Talking about Mississippi State's blowout home loss to Mizzou, Auburn pulling away from Ole Miss and if it's time for either/both schools to hit the panic button.
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A year of CAVEMAN MODE: How I learned to love the run game

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Feb 2

Charts from yesterday's Ole Miss and Mississippi State games. With both teams on skids lately, is it panic time yet?

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Feb 1

I've posted a few times about something I've made up called CAVEMAN MODE. Now that a full season has gone by, here are some season-long numbers on it.
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A very stupid way to look at Establishing The Run

1/30/25: Mississippi State comes up just short against Alabama

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Jan 30

Podcast is up. Talking Mississippi State-Alabama last night after another frustrating close loss at home to a top team.
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Podcast Episode · Justify Your Existence · 01/30/2025 · 29m

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Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Jan 30

Ole Miss snapped its three-game skid in a very Ole Miss way: defend decently well, force a bunch of turnovers and don't turn the ball over (season-low 6% turnover percentage).

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Jan 30

Not a lot of defense in Starkville last night. Defensive rebounding hadn't really been an issue for Mississippi State, but that's back-to-back games now where the Bulldogs have given up a ton of offensive rebounds.

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Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Jan 27

Not much has gone Ole Miss' way lately after three straight losses, but the one thing the Rebels have done really well this year is winning the turnover battle. They don't turn the ball over and force a ton of turnovers on defense.

Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Jan 23

Mentioned on the podcast this week that, while A&M has had its issues shooting the ball, the Aggies would have a big advantage on the boards. That's pretty much what happened.

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Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Jan 21

This week's podcast is up. On last night's national championship game and basketball Egg Bowls
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Justify Your Existence

Sports Podcast · 224 Episodes · Updated Daily

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Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Jan 21

This week's podcast is up. On last night's national championship game and basketball Egg Bowls
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1/7/25: Ole Miss runs away with Gator Bowl, plus Bulldogs on the hardwood

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Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Jan 16

Talking about the Anaheim Ducks, Lukas Dostal and how they're doing the same thing to him that they did to John Gibson
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Brendan Farrell @bfarrell727.bsky.social · Jan 8

Talked about Ole Miss' win in the Gator Bowl, plus Mississippi State's basketball teams' start to conference play, on this week's podcast.
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Podcast Episode · Justify Your Existence · 2025-01-06 · 29m