Jeff Schultz
@jeffschultzatl.bsky.social
Wrote a bunch of words. Spelled most of them correctly. Exit ramp: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5162555/2023/12/27/atlanta-braves-falcons-hawks-georgia-jeff-schultz/ Practicing radical empathy. Board member: WilliamsHouse.org, FamiliesAnonymous.org
It likely will never happen (see: $$$) but they should just cancel all the conference title games. The fact that this debate is even occurring says something.
To play, or not to play, in a conference championship game.
SEC fans are openly rooting for their teams not to make the title game. Are they right?
Maybe, but they may be operating on outdated data:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
SEC fans are openly rooting for their teams not to make the title game. Are they right?
Maybe, but they may be operating on outdated data:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
To play or not to play: The case for and against making the conference championship
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It likely will never happen (see: $$$) but they should just cancel all the conference title games. The fact that this debate is even occurring says something.
If Lane Kiffin takes the Florida job, two questions:
> 1. Will Florida let him coach Ole Miss in the playoffs?
> 2. Will Ole Miss let him coach Ole Miss in the playoffs?
> 1. Will Florida let him coach Ole Miss in the playoffs?
> 2. Will Ole Miss let him coach Ole Miss in the playoffs?
Ole Miss has given Lane Kiffn a deadline of the Egg Bowl to decide whether he's taking another job, per my colleague Stewart Mandel.
Very intriguing.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Very intriguing.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Ole Miss gives Lane Kiffin deadline of Egg Bowl to decide coaching fate
Lane Kiffin is in demand. Ole Miss wants an answer — soon.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If Lane Kiffin takes the Florida job, two questions:
> 1. Will Florida let him coach Ole Miss in the playoffs?
> 2. Will Ole Miss let him coach Ole Miss in the playoffs?
> 1. Will Florida let him coach Ole Miss in the playoffs?
> 2. Will Ole Miss let him coach Ole Miss in the playoffs?
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
Smart hire by Virginia Tech.
Six days after he was fired, James Franklin went on ESPN’s “College GameDay” and made it clear he wanted to coach again.
Now he's the first major hiring of the coaching carousel.
Details:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Now he's the first major hiring of the coaching carousel.
Details:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Virginia Tech finalizing hiring James Franklin to be next coach: Source
“We’re just going to go win the national championship somewhere else now," Franklin said a week after being fired.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Smart hire by Virginia Tech.
This season was already gone.
Now, so is his.
"Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr. headed to IR after suffering knee injury vs. Panthers: Sources"
@joshkendall.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Now, so is his.
"Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr. headed to IR after suffering knee injury vs. Panthers: Sources"
@joshkendall.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Michael Penix Jr. headed to IR after suffering knee injury vs. Panthers
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This season was already gone.
Now, so is his.
"Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr. headed to IR after suffering knee injury vs. Panthers: Sources"
@joshkendall.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Now, so is his.
"Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr. headed to IR after suffering knee injury vs. Panthers: Sources"
@joshkendall.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Thanks! Doing great. Busy in non-profit world but still will some opinions. My wife would like me to take a job hah but situation would have to be right.
Really miss your regular takes on the sports world, boss. Hope retirement is treating you well!
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Thanks! Doing great. Busy in non-profit world but still will some opinions. My wife would like me to take a job hah but situation would have to be right.
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Raheem Morris's all-time record as a head coach is 32-54 (.372). His record in this period with the Falcons is 11-16 (.407). He was handed a better team than maybe any HC in franchise history. Seriously. What more do you have to see?
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Raheem Morris's all-time record as a head coach is 32-54 (.372). His record in this period with the Falcons is 11-16 (.407). He was handed a better team than maybe any HC in franchise history. Seriously. What more do you have to see?
Not good.
Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr is believed to have aggravated the same knee injury as earlier in the season, per me and Tom Pelissero.
That bone bruise in the same knee kept him out one game. More tests coming, but there is concern he’ll miss some time.
That bone bruise in the same knee kept him out one game. More tests coming, but there is concern he’ll miss some time.
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Not good.
Raheem Morris's all-time record as a head coach is 32-54 (.372). His record in this period with the Falcons is 11-16 (.407). He was handed a better team than maybe any HC in franchise history. Seriously. What more do you have to see?
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Raheem Morris's all-time record as a head coach is 32-54 (.372). His record in this period with the Falcons is 11-16 (.407). He was handed a better team than maybe any HC in franchise history. Seriously. What more do you have to see?
BTW, if the Panthers had kicked the PAT instead of going for 2 on their second TD, and had kicked a field goal instead of going for it on fourth down another time, they would be leading now instead of down 21-19. But, yeah, analytics, right, kids?
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
BTW, if the Panthers had kicked the PAT instead of going for 2 on their second TD, and had kicked a field goal instead of going for it on fourth down another time, they would be leading now instead of down 21-19. But, yeah, analytics, right, kids?
Penix out. Cousins in. More game tape for the Browns.
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Penix out. Cousins in. More game tape for the Browns.
Any time things are going well and somebody assumes Falcons’ success.
a r2d2 robot is standing in the sand near a rock
ALT: a r2d2 robot is standing in the sand near a rock
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November 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Any time things are going well and somebody assumes Falcons’ success.
It's going to be funny this week when Zac Robinson makes 20 copies of this game tape for potential job interviews and burns all of the other ones.
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It's going to be funny this week when Zac Robinson makes 20 copies of this game tape for potential job interviews and burns all of the other ones.
Michael Penix now 9 for 10 for 131 yds ... for those who've jumped ship on him. He has flaws but he's young and he needs better coaching.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Michael Penix now 9 for 10 for 131 yds ... for those who've jumped ship on him. He has flaws but he's young and he needs better coaching.
Next publisher of @theonion.com.
“I really just want to see people be kind to one another." Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has built a brand on confrontation and incendiary rhetoric, told CNN she now wants to “put down the knives in politics.”
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Next publisher of @theonion.com.
Three Carolina defenders could not bring down Bijan Robinson. Nobody can cover Drake London. Something is seriously wrong when a team with those two guys is 3-6 and isn't going to make the playoffs.
November 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Three Carolina defenders could not bring down Bijan Robinson. Nobody can cover Drake London. Something is seriously wrong when a team with those two guys is 3-6 and isn't going to make the playoffs.
“He did it — even though it risked giving back field position and momentum — because Smart trusts his team again. And so should everyone else. Here comes Georgia, back in the College Football Playoff…”
Good stuff from @sethemerson.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Good stuff from @sethemerson.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Kirby Smart has Georgia peaking again, with help from an onside kick years in the making
With Georgia ahead 21-10, Smart called the first onside kick of his head coaching career — and it worked perfectly.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“He did it — even though it risked giving back field position and momentum — because Smart trusts his team again. And so should everyone else. Here comes Georgia, back in the College Football Playoff…”
Good stuff from @sethemerson.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Good stuff from @sethemerson.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
Georgia has gone from early-season-good-but-not-that-great to I-wouldn’t-bet-against-them-winning-it-all.
That doesn’t happen often.
Credit to Kirby Smart and coaching staff.
That doesn’t happen often.
Credit to Kirby Smart and coaching staff.
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Georgia has gone from early-season-good-but-not-that-great to I-wouldn’t-bet-against-them-winning-it-all.
That doesn’t happen often.
Credit to Kirby Smart and coaching staff.
That doesn’t happen often.
Credit to Kirby Smart and coaching staff.
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That was the first onside kick of Kirby Smart’s tenure, per the school’s communications team.
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
That was the first onside kick of Kirby Smart’s tenure, per the school’s communications team.
Texas defense had no idea what was coming on that pass play
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Texas defense had no idea what was coming on that pass play
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Gunner Stockton through two drives: 10-for-11 for 103 yards and two TDs, plus two runs for 18 yards.
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Gunner Stockton through two drives: 10-for-11 for 103 yards and two TDs, plus two runs for 18 yards.
Mike Bobo right now.
elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire
ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire
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November 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Mike Bobo right now.
Georgia making Texas defense look very slow.
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Georgia making Texas defense look very slow.