I have driven both for work - though not the Wrangler since the ‘24 facelift. Both excellent. Not night and day difference Bronco handles better on road with the IFS. Jeep offers the 4xe hybrid powertrain. If it’s a difference between getting a Wrangler now and waiting for the Bronco I’d get the Wrangler.
Look, you've got basically two options with men's hair dye: shoe polish black or the brown that turns slightly red when exposed to sunlight (because men aren't smart enough to go to their wives' salon, apparently). Saban has been on the latter train for decades.
The real mistake was not embracing maturity and going full Silver Fox in the 1990s. Now he's gotta commit to the deception, especially transitioning to TV.
It's awesome. Would note that the new Land Cruiser is cheaper with +6 mpg from the hybrid if you're willing to disconnect your stabilizer bar manually instead of having Lexus's KDSS system.
Veteran of many a sports media scandal and this has to be one of the oddest to deconstruct. The whole incident was odd. I don’t get what he was trying to do or why. The apology column was odd. The reaction is justified but the extent to which people have dwelled on it is odd. So it goes, I guess?
1. Appreciate the Basketball Hall of Fame just celebrating everyone who had noteworthy careers instead of having asinine debates and excluding people based on whether they were dicks to the media like the BBHOF.
2. Still get irritated at least once a week they didn't just do the obvious thing and take Carmello. They get at least one more championship with an elite scorer surrounded by a team of defenders.
But let's not pretend it's because there's some special expertise involved in being a college athletics administrator that Brian could not possibly fathom.
Will it happen? No. Is it the best idea for the long term? No.
Would it be better than enduring another inevitable inexcusably bad season under Juwan probably punctuated by an incident that should have gotten him fired in a vacuum? Yes.
After 15-20 years of adulthood depending on how you're calculating, hauling all of my accrued stuff to a storage facility and then stiffing them on the rent and letting it disappear sounds like living the dream.
The SEC is playing chess. Adding Texas and Oklahoma is a power move and a paradigm shifter. Big Ten casting aside the last shred of Midwestern identity to saddle themselves with UCLA football and whatever becomes of Oregon post-Phil Knight is checkers.
UT starts pulling some threads with Michigan and Ohio State. Notre Dame jumps in the lifeboat. Not hard to see one super league assembling pretty quickly.
DL - Terrance Jamison (Illinois DL) - Brother of TIm, coached Jer'Zhan Newton
DL - Greg Scruggs (Wisconsin DL) - played at Louisville when Sherrone was coaching there
DB - Corey Parker (Toledo CB) - Detroit native, spent ~15 years coaching in Metro Detroit high schools, coached Quinyon Mitchell (2nd team All-American)
This may be shocking. But I'm not sure there's a strong correlation between being "I understand coverage schemes and analytics" guy and having an equally masterful understanding of individual thought processes and dynamic 1-1 interactions.
Not sure "time out of the college game" is a thing. I doubt Big Ten offenses are running anything an NFL coach would be blown away by. More of a "can you teach it effectively to young people" question which is not a completely overlapping skill set to NFL coaching.
This is all great. But still unclear how we hire a mostly new football staff, fire Juwan and hire an entirely new basketball staff and conduct a new AD search simultaneously...unless Jimmy Hackett has some free time.
I have made various attempts to reduce the importance of teenagers doing the sports in my life. But given the alternatives of focusing more on work or news/politics, I'm content with my obsession.
Asinine comment from JH. What would the league want with a guy who went 27-1 as a starter, made impossible throws, didn't turn the ball over, is a great all-around athlete and a god-level manifester of positive energy?
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But who is going to write the pearl clutching column about how he should be ineligible for sportswriter of the year, now?
I have driven both for work - though not the Wrangler since the ‘24 facelift. Both excellent. Not night and day difference Bronco handles better on road with the IFS. Jeep offers the 4xe hybrid powertrain. If it’s a difference between getting a Wrangler now and waiting for the Bronco I’d get the Wrangler.
Those are legal now.
Shorty Land Cruiser 70. Though the new one and the GX go a long way toward scratching that itch.
Have to do some more extensive film breakdown. But it looks like he may be the counterbalance to all the great hair game Dusty has been bringing in.
Tough break for Handsome Shrek.
Look, you've got basically two options with men's hair dye: shoe polish black or the brown that turns slightly red when exposed to sunlight (because men aren't smart enough to go to their wives' salon, apparently). Saban has been on the latter train for decades.
The real mistake was not embracing maturity and going full Silver Fox in the 1990s. Now he's gotta commit to the deception, especially transitioning to TV.
It's awesome. Would note that the new Land Cruiser is cheaper with +6 mpg from the hybrid if you're willing to disconnect your stabilizer bar manually instead of having Lexus's KDSS system.
The 6 is an impressive feat of engineering if you can get over the looks.
Model Y leases have fallen to the point where I'd start to retract my advice to absolutely not ever get a Tesla.
Have driven both. I'd take the Acura Integra Type S over either of them.
With an infinite budget...911 GT3 Touring or Mercedes EQG
So...defense, 3-point shooting, character guy, strong and versatile hair game. Let's do it.
Veteran of many a sports media scandal and this has to be one of the oddest to deconstruct. The whole incident was odd. I don’t get what he was trying to do or why. The apology column was odd. The reaction is justified but the extent to which people have dwelled on it is odd. So it goes, I guess?
NFL scouts are morons. JJ has looked like the most plug and play NFL ready QB since Luck. Maye is Trubisky 1.1
Travel to Ohio? That’s gonna be a no from me, dawg.
1. Appreciate the Basketball Hall of Fame just celebrating everyone who had noteworthy careers instead of having asinine debates and excluding people based on whether they were dicks to the media like the BBHOF.
2. Still get irritated at least once a week they didn't just do the obvious thing and take Carmello. They get at least one more championship with an elite scorer surrounded by a team of defenders.
Rivian and Lucid have some BIG money backing which helps
Toyota did a great job with GH. A little nicer than most of their cars. Can make a good case for all three powertrains.
Would also point out most people need winter tires not AWD. If you actually live in somewhere that gets snowed in you need a 4x4 not torque vectoring
Car journalist here…
If AWD is the overriding concern, Audi, Subaru or Acura SH-AWD are best options for that.
EVs typically have RWD or AWD depending on whether they have a single motor on an axle or a dual motor setup with one on each axle.
Screw the Heisman. Coverboy for NCAA Football 25.
It's…
It should happen.
It's obviously not going to happen.
But let's not pretend it's because there's some special expertise involved in being a college athletics administrator that Brian could not possibly fathom.
Will it happen? No. Is it the best idea for the long term? No.
Would it be better than enduring another inevitable inexcusably bad season under Juwan probably punctuated by an incident that should have gotten him fired in a vacuum? Yes.
After 15-20 years of adulthood depending on how you're calculating, hauling all of my accrued stuff to a storage facility and then stiffing them on the rent and letting it disappear sounds like living the dream.
The SEC is playing chess. Adding Texas and Oklahoma is a power move and a paradigm shifter. Big Ten casting aside the last shred of Midwestern identity to saddle themselves with UCLA football and whatever becomes of Oregon post-Phil Knight is checkers.
UT starts pulling some threads with Michigan and Ohio State. Notre Dame jumps in the lifeboat. Not hard to see one super league assembling pretty quickly.
And this Michigan man will not shed a tear.
Nothing happening for another day is the good news
To paraphrase Sir Alex Ferguson: “Lads, it’s Michigan State”
In the interim, I've gone from far too young to ever be Michigan's coach to older than Michigan's actual coach.
Hoping they've figured out the balance to make recruiting engaging and realistic without being tedious
Fire Wa…it this all sounds pretty sensible.
FWIW Fisch told Feldman this didn't happen and there was no conversation with UCLA
https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/1756918727667564807
I'm already like 99-plus percentile head size. If it got any bigger I would just topple over.
If there were a drug that made me better at my job and that job paid millions I would go full Barry Bonds in a heartbeat
Names that I've seen thrown around
DL - Terrance Jamison (Illinois DL) - Brother of TIm, coached Jer'Zhan Newton
DL - Greg Scruggs (Wisconsin DL) - played at Louisville when Sherrone was coaching there
DB - Corey Parker (Toledo CB) - Detroit native, spent ~15 years coaching in Metro Detroit high schools, coached Quinyon Mitchell (2nd team All-American)
Field goals still exist. But you have to rugby-style drop kick it.
Love that he brought the players into the interview.
This may be shocking. But I'm not sure there's a strong correlation between being "I understand coverage schemes and analytics" guy and having an equally masterful understanding of individual thought processes and dynamic 1-1 interactions.
Just putting together clues from the reporting the past couple of weeks but would bet that Sam's source close to Sherrone is very close to Sherrone.
Did Henschke report or did he piggyback off the Chiefs' writer for the Athletic's report?
Not sure "time out of the college game" is a thing. I doubt Big Ten offenses are running anything an NFL coach would be blown away by. More of a "can you teach it effectively to young people" question which is not a completely overlapping skill set to NFL coaching.
This is all great. But still unclear how we hire a mostly new football staff, fire Juwan and hire an entirely new basketball staff and conduct a new AD search simultaneously...unless Jimmy Hackett has some free time.
I hear you. But someone needs to be there to fire Juwan.
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Football transition.
Basketball dumpster fire
The vibes are not great.
(but we knew this and this observation doesn't add anything)
I have made various attempts to reduce the importance of teenagers doing the sports in my life. But given the alternatives of focusing more on work or news/politics, I'm content with my obsession.
He’s allowed to hire his former staff.
I’m allowed to be annoyed by it.
Asinine comment from JH. What would the league want with a guy who went 27-1 as a starter, made impossible throws, didn't turn the ball over, is a great all-around athlete and a god-level manifester of positive energy?
Skimmed this headline. With the imagery it conjured, I now regret that.
You didn't know who Mike Macdonald was before he was hired. It went very well.
You didn't know who Jesse Minter was before he was hired. It went historically well.
Trust the people making the decisions — unless they hire Matt Patricia.
This is a state employee who showed up to a PRESS CONFERENCE.
Reporting news is generating scoops not relaying official announcements.