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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 23h

Me, 2012: CFB conference pride is stupid, I can’t stand these ”S-E-C” chants and Ute fans with PAC-12 bumper stickers
Me, 2025: ALL HAIL THE BIG 12 🫡🥲

softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 23h

I’m pretty sympathetic to the AP’s reluctance to drop teams when they keep winning, but we need a better solution to these 16-18 team conferences. GT doesn‘t have Miami, UVa, or Louisville on schedule. Makes it harder to say “it’ll work itself out.”

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 1d

WVU taking the “tribute to coal” game seriously

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a BSU fan and a blue turf defender but this is forcing me to confront some unpleasant realities

softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 1d

Bear Bachmeier when BYU is down two scores early

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely zero quit in this team

softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 1d

I think we might be running on empty at this point, but I’m not surprised we’re still swinging

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 1d

When I was in high school, the Up in Smoke tour came to Boise and Ice Cube said to the crowd “Hello, Idaho, or as I call it, Idapimp.” It wasn’t that funny but I still think about it like once a month

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 2d

This is a good pull. Inescapable at the time; I think I’ve heard it 3 times in the last 10 years and each time I deliberately sought it out

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 3d

“I got five Moscow homes where I rest my Kibbie bones
Come anywhere on my land and I'll aim at your Kibbie dome” - Ludacris if he was born on the Palouse

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 4d

More than half of the SEC is ranked right now, IIRC. I’d assume top 25 matchups are going to happen more frequently when that’s the case.

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 4d

Playing at the same time as Tennessee-Alabama and USC-ND certainly didn’t help.
I’d also be curious to see if the reduction of power conferences from 6 to 4, plus the G6 underperforming in rankings relative to the BCS buster era, takes some of the luster off of top 25 matchups.

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 4d

The Big 12 injury report had Orange listed as doubtful, which is kind of a bummer. I wanted to see Big Citrus in action

softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve never understood - what’s the purpose of this rule? Does it give the bowls time to adjust the tie-ins or something? A team making a bowl in Year 1 seems like something worth celebrating.

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 4d

I can’t believe Mike Lee gets to ruin my post-rivalry win high. Tired of this energy permeating all facets of life.

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 5d

Definitely think that booster/alumni money is a huge factor but not sure how well that correlates with endowment $. You’d have to account for big outliers (academic powers like Stanford and Northwestern, “poorer” schools like Oregon that are clearly not strapped for booster cash)

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 6d

A top 10 BYU-TT matchup in November would be really good for the Big 12.

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 6d

If you get all 120 stars, you can go on top of the castle and meet LeBron, but he's kind of a jerk and keeps calling you "weird"

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 7d

Wow, post-Mangino Kansas is historically brutal

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 8d

Yep. ASU was an unranked 5-2 at this point last year. The only team that looked above the fray early this year was TTU, and now they look just as mortal as anyone else.

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 8d

Made sure SLC had at least a little Cougar representation on rivalry week

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 9d

I don’t follow Sickos lore enough to precisely know why you always mention nut punches when Bronco comes up, but I‘ve watched enough Bronco-coached teams to generally know why

softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 9d

Amazing

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 9d

Posting pro-public transit content on BlueSky is a great example of knowing your audience

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softresearcher.bsky.social @softresearcher.bsky.social · 9d

Still a lot of football to be played this season and still a lot of opportunity for disappointment. But it’s nice to remind myself that if I had read this 10 years ago, I would’ve dismissed it as delusional fan fiction.