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2019-07-30 13:20
ON CLARITY
You know when you get old in life, things get taken from you. That’s, that’s part of life. But you only learn that when you start losing stuff. You find out that life… Read More
2019-07-25 14:22
THIS IS YOUR FAULT FOR DONATING MONEY TO CHARITY YOU MONSTERS ME: Wow, I’m really proud of the Every Day Should Be Saturday community. I put out a request last week, and everyone reall… Read More
2019-07-19 12:23
Happy Friday!
We’ve reached the end of our week-long drive to support mental health services in Southern Indiana, and you’ve put up some huge numbers. I’ll say it again: I… Read More
2019-07-18 16:12
THE MICHIGAN MONEY CANNON TAKES RETURN FIRE When we get charitable around here, we expect certain things.
You’re going to step up in a big way.
You’re going to use some clever n… Read More
2019-07-18 12:13
I’ll make this brief: y’all are great.
Yesterday, in the third day of our charity drive to support Personal Counseling Services of Southern Indiana, the numbers understandably sl… Read More
2019-07-17 12:39
WE’RE RUNNIN’ THE DANG BALL AND PROTECTING THIS LEAD Good morning! We’re entering Day 3 of our charity drive to support Personal Counseling Services of Southern Indiana.
A… Read More
2019-07-16 18:53
Welcome back!
I’ll make this brief: you’re all doing great, with — at the time of posting this, $4,320 raised to support the efforts of Personal Counseling Services to prov… Read More
2019-07-16 12:27
THE MONEY CANNON NEVER FAILS Hello!
Yesterday we launched a week-long fundraising drive to support the efforts of Personal Counseling Services, a mental health non-profit in Southern Indiana… Read More
2019-07-15 17:01
LOOK AT THIS CHAMPIONSHIP HARDWARE Afternoon update!
This morning, I posted this fundraiser for mental health services, and you’ve already got us off to a tremendously strong start. I… Read More
2019-07-15 12:30
A CHARITY DRIVE, THAT IS Faithful readers of Every Day Should Be Saturday! First of all, let me tell you that you are appreciated, whether or not it’s always clear. Your steadfast devo… Read More
2019-07-11 13:57
WHAT’S THE WORST GAME YOU’VE EVER SAT THROUGH? It’s July, and that means it’s that point of the offseason where we’re straight-up itchy for football. We’r… Read More
2019-07-09 14:32
LET’S THINK OF COOLER TIMES We’ve all just returned from an extended holiday weekend, and it’s hot as hell in most parts of the country. While we’ve all been celebrat… Read More
2019-07-02 15:02
It’s a short holiday week this week, but that doesn’t mean we can’t stop and take time to appreciate what we’re celebrating. Thursday is Independence Day, where we ce… Read More
2019-06-27 15:26
POLITICS IS SPORTS! SPORTS IS POLITICS! Wednesday night, the first ten of over two dozen Democrats vying to be the party’s presidential nominee took the stage for their first televised… Read More
2019-06-25 15:01
Conference realignment has mostly settled down from the free-for-all that rocked the sport between 2010 and 2014, upsetting rivalries and even spelling the death of several established confe… Read More
2019-06-21 13:30
IT’S BEEN DONE BEFORE On Thursday, much of the sports internet reacted in a mixture of bemused glee and mirthful scorn at the news — first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan &m&hell…Read More
2019-06-20 15:00
BECAUSE WHAT’S MORE EXCITING THAN TROPHY GAMES It may be only mid-June — a whole football-less summer wasteland spread out before us — but Week 1 will be here before we rea… Read More
2019-06-18 14:40
A BRIEF HISTORY Like any normal person, I sometimes fantasize about time travel. Think of the possibilities! You could go back to any point in history -- witness history as it happens, or ev… Read More
2019-06-14 15:56
[SCENE: the football offices of the defending national champion Clemson Tigers]
DABO SWINNEY: Gentlemen, it’s a pleasure to welcome you to my coaching staff as graduate assistants. You… Read More
2019-06-11 17:03
EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCHED AND PROBABLY CORRECT SPORTS TEAMS NAMED AFTER MOVIES
In honor of the Toronto Raptors’ continued push to win their first NBA title — narrowly losing to Gol… Read More
2019-06-04 15:55
LITTLE TREES, BUT NOT HAPPY ONES In a recent interview with The Columbus Dispatch, former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer discussed his (semi-voluntary) retirement from the Buckeyes, and… Read More
2019-06-03 16:05
AND I’LL STILL WANT TO WATCH IT We’re at the absolute nadir of the college football calendar — it’s been almost five months since any of us were able to watch a new g… Read More
2019-05-31 19:34
COME ENJOY A LIVE FULLCAST FOR THE ONLY APPROPRIATE PRICE: FREE HELLO, CHILDREN. Summer is the the time most smart people go to the beach. That’s why we’re going to the lakes &m&hell…Read More
2019-05-23 18:40
[scene: the cereal aisle of a supermarket, late at night. Every night, after customers and employees have all left, the cereal box mascots come to life in a magical Toy Story/Night At The Mu… Read More
2019-05-21 18:20
IT’S SPINOFF TIME This contains spoilers for the Game of Thrones finale, but they’re not especially coherent ones.
Sunday night, HBO’s long-running, much-loved small-scree… Read More
2019-05-17 16:38
There are advantages to being a Power 5 program, even if you’re among the lesser members of the elite tier of conferences. One of the biggest advantages is scheduling — programs… Read More
2019-05-16 17:40
LIFE IS FULL OF REGRETS, CHOOSE ONE It’s mid-May and there’s not a lot of fresh college football news coming down the pipeline. Sure, TV schedules for the fall are trickling out… Read More
2019-05-14 16:17
AN UNBIASED AND WELL-REASONED ARGUMENT Monday morning’s calm recounting of NBA playoff action and dragon-show antics was interrupted by a Woj-bomb of epic proportions, one few people s… Read More
2019-05-09 14:38
THERE IS NO GOOD REASON FOR THIS The offseason is a time for building chemistry, building your roster, and most of all, building culture. It’s important for any coach, but crucially so… Read More
2019-05-06 19:02
THE TRUEST JOY THERE IS IN SPORTS This weekend, at the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby - that’s one hundred and forty-five, that’s “something that’s been happenin… Read More
2019-05-03 14:28
FROM ME, AN EXPERT This week, gambling’s been on my mind. Is it because the nominally-normal mid-sized city that I live in has this week turned its entire attention, energy and resourc… Read More
2019-04-30 17:28
As foreign as it might sound to me, or to you — a reader of a college football blog — there are football fans out there who only follow the NFL. They might take passing note of t… Read More
2019-04-25 18:20
THIS IS MOST OF HUMANITY AND NONE OF US SHOULD BE ALIVE
This fan bragged that he could run a 4.4 in the 40-yard dash.Then @katienolan asked him to prove it pic.twitter.com/jvXR4LTGIi&md&hell…Read More
2019-04-24 16:42
FINALLY, THE HARD-HITTING NFL DRAFT COVERAGE YOU EXPECT FROM US It’s an exciting time around here. You see, the NFL Draft is approaching, and we’ll get to see some of our favorit… Read More
2019-04-23 15:17
THE STORY OF THE GREATEST TEAM YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TOLD ABOUT History has forgotten me, but I remember.
The records of college football stretch back for one hundred and fifty years. They… Read More
2019-04-22 16:52
A QUICK CHECK-IN ON SPRING BALL WITH CHIP KELLY It’s the Pac-12 so no one really cares, but: UCLA did have a spring game, at least by what some definitions would qualify as a spring g… Read More
2019-04-19 15:46
THE SUPERVISOR NEEDS YOU TO KNOW A FEW THINGS BEFORE WE LET YOU WALK INTO THIS THING Please read the RULES AND PROTOCOLS OF THE TRANSFER PORTAL before entering the Portal. The attached waiv… Read More
2019-04-18 14:46
It’s springtime, and life is returning to the world around us. Trees are blooming, songbirds are singing, grills are getting cleaned off and fired up, and people are getting outside an… Read More
2019-04-16 16:18
THERE IS COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN THERE WE PROMISE [Tiger Woods sinks his final putt to clinch victory in 2019 Masters Tournament, completing a stunning return to form many had thought impossibl… Read More
2019-04-15 15:43
Y’ALL DID GOOD. Y’ALL DID REAL, REAL GOOD The EDSBS Charity Bowl 2019 concluded at the stroke of midnight on April 14th. Were people donating until the literal last second? Yes… Read More
2019-04-12 16:17
WOODEN NOVELTY TROPHIES FOR ALL The 2019 EDSBS Charity Bowl is rolling. Read about the basic premise here. Donate here.
[stares blankly in wonderment and awe]
WHAT HAVE YOU PEOPLE DONE T… Read More
2019-04-11 17:53
TIME TO BREAK A FEW SCOREBOARDS The 2019 EDSBS Charity Bowl is rolling. Read about the basic premise here. Donate here.
You people. You absolutely deranged and utterly beautiful people… Read More
2019-04-10 16:53
THE MICHIGAN MONEY CANNON ERUPTS The 2019 EDSBS Charity Bowl is rolling. Read about the basic premise here. Donate here. Donate here, too. Maybe here? They all link to the same place, becau… Read More
2019-04-09 18:31
UNBLOCK ME YOU COWARD FIRST THINGS FIRST: The EDSBS Charity Bowl continues apace. DONATE. Some suggested amounts:
$48.48 - the record of Cincinnati football in 2016 and 2017, thanks to the c… Read More
2019-04-09 14:57
SOMEONE WOKE UP THE HIVE DONATE TO THE EDSBS CHARITY BOWL HERE IN THE FORM OF A WIN OVER A RIVAL OR SIGNIFICANT NUMBER FOR YOUR TEAM. EMBARRASS YOUR FOES. SUPPORT A GREAT CAUSE. MAKE US FIG… Read More
2019-04-08 15:03
PROVE YOU ARE BETTER THAN YOUR RIVAL IN THE NAME OF CHARITY. LOOKING AT YOU, OHIO STATE. LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO: It is time again, commentariat, for the… Read More
2019-04-04 17:29
AVENGE THE FALLEN (AND SWEATY) [scene: Avengers headquarters, during the timeframe covered by this year’s upcoming blockbuster film Avengers: Endgame]
[this scene was deleted from the… Read More
2019-04-03 18:56
WE ARE! (FOUND GUILTY OF INTENSE FRAUD) It’s either too easy to do crimes in 2019, or we’re all not doing enough crimes.
Take the case of Brian Sapp, convicted this week in fede… Read More
2019-04-01 15:36
A SPECULATIVE HISTORY This weekend, we saw a series of thrilling games that winnowed down college basketball’s tournament field from sixteen to four — the remaining hopefuls, the… Read More
2019-03-28 16:15
[ICYMI]
I’ve thought about writing this letter for a long time. I waited, hoping that things would change and such a letter would be unnecessary — but that doesn’t seem to… Read More
2019-03-27 16:08
LET’S TALK ABOUT SUBJECTIVE MISERIES ON THE INTERNET Let us be your Heat Sommelier for the SEC. A partial list, sure, but deeply felt.
14. MISSOURI. Unverified. Don’t wait on u… Read More
2019-03-25 16:19
To the 32 teams that went home from the NCAA tournament this weekend, leaving championship dreams behind for a long offseason of reflection, reassessment and rebuilding, I want to share thes… Read More
2019-03-22 16:47
IT IS MARCH AND THIS BLOG IS FREE, I REMIND YOU One of the biggest hits on television right now is Queer Eye, Netflix’s wildly popular reboot of the early-aughts show, which released i… Read More
2019-03-19 15:26
STICK WITH ME ON THIS ONE I was known as much for my style as for my actions, but make no mistake — I was a warrior.
If the royal court faced a challenge, I’d be the first to dra… Read More
2019-03-18 17:26
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IS A DIVISION OF THE AUBURN SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
Congratulations to Auburn pic.twitter.com/meSCKLkWth— Hunter Johnson (@HunterLJohnson) March 18, 2019
LET’… Read More
2019-03-14 15:17
THE USC SCANDAL IS BAD, BUT LET’S REMEMBER THE POSITIVES The most recent scandal at USC — involving other schools, sure, but for our purposes mostly USC — has taught us so… Read More
2019-03-13 16:46
IT GOES DEEPER THAN HUFFMAN AND LOUGHLIN Yesterday, word broke of a major collegiate recruiting scandal - but not the kind we’re used to hearing about around these parts. Hollywood cel… Read More
2019-03-11 15:29
SLIP THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH WITH US, WON’T YOU They said I would never go to space.
As a child, that was all I ever dreamed of. I’d stare at the night sky through my little te… Read More
2019-03-06 20:24
COMMISSIONERS SOMETIMES HAVE BAD IDEAS BUT HOOBOY IS THIS A GRANDIOSELY BAD ONE Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany announced his eventual retirement this week. Better people won’t say an… Read More
2019-03-05 17:43
A SHORT STORY [in a dim, dusty office, lit only by the dying rays of sunset, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany speaks on the phone with an unseen entity. It’s quiet; the office has empti… Read More
2019-03-04 16:36
WHAT HORROR LIES BENEATH THE STARE It wasn’t my dream job, but it was going to be a good stepping stone.
You know, you go to acting school, you want to believe that you’re goin… Read More
2019-03-01 16:00
ANOTHER POINTLESS INSTALLATION OF THE 4-8 REPORT It’s been a few years since college football saw its latest wave of conference expansion. From 2010-13, major shifts were driven by the… Read More
2019-02-28 19:12
DUTCH. ELM. DISEASE. We covered some of it on the Fullcast this week, but just to be sure here’s your expanded cheat sheet on slandering Marvel superheroes into easy third round picks… Read More
2019-02-27 15:23
A DISCUSSION Last week, we marked twenty years since the release of Mike Judge’s seminal cult classic workplace comedy, Office Space. (Oral histories are available here and here.) In h… Read More
2019-02-26 19:31
EDSBS HELPING COACHES RELATE TO THE KIDS FOR OVER A DECADE Communication is key in football. That ability to connect is so important in every department of the game, sure, but nowhere more s… Read More
2019-02-26 17:08
I’M AS SURPRISED AS YOU ARE I’ve dug myself quite a hole by coming up with this recurring offseason feature, wherein I read books by prominent college football coaches (or at lea… Read More
2019-02-25 17:40
YOU CAN SKIP A FEW MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, IT’S FINE The celebrity cruise is a capital T Thing and has been for a moment. It is especially a thing for sportswriters for a lot of reasons, t… Read More
2019-02-21 18:13
YEP, STILL DOING THIS THING This week in this incredibly loose premise haphazardly built around the numbers four and eight, I’d like to take a look at a certain echelon of current FBS… Read More
2019-02-20 18:47
A TALE FROM THE UNDERGROUND It’s tough to see your best friends become famous and find yourself left behind. It’s even tougher when you were supposed to be a part of it. But that… Read More
2019-02-19 16:49
HOW MUCH WOULD IT TAKE TO TAKE A HIT FROM A LINEBACKER AT FULL SPEED? GREAT QUESTION There is a price for everything, and these are ours. All prices involve being filmed for consumption on… Read More
2019-02-18 19:22
FOR ONCE, A COACH’S BOOK I COULD ACTUALLY RECOMMEND Welcome back to another installment of Action’s Bookclub, where I’m attempting to fill some of the offseason emptiness i… Read More
2019-02-15 15:55
CONSULT A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY BEFORE WATCHING
Friday’s matinee is Oklahoma/Texas Tech 2016. Be warned: You will need to pray before entering here, and not because this is shrine. Th… Read More
2019-02-14 16:53
Welcome back to another installment of The 4&8 Report, wherein each week I’m finding an incredibly loose premise with which to talk about the numbers 4 and 8, which is the record o… Read More
2019-02-13 18:40
THE PROCESS IS INTERPLANETARY NOW SCENE: Six men at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory watch as the final commands are sent to Opportunity, the Mars Rover. this past Tuesday night. Op… Read More
2019-02-12 20:20
WE HAD TO BLOG ABOUT THE FAT CAT First of all, I hope the tiger is healthy and not too freaked out by this whole experience. A tiger expects in its bones to wake up to life in India or the… Read More
2019-02-12 16:34
JUST STAY WITH ME ON THIS ONE Welcome back to another installment of Action’s Bookclub, where I’m whiling away the long offseason hours by taking stabs at a specific subgenre of… Read More
2019-02-11 15:18
A HEARTWARMING TALE OF MAKING GREAT TIME ON A ROAD TRIP We had to make good time.
When I’m on a road trip — any road trip — that’s my first priority, but it was espec… Read More
2019-02-07 16:50
WHERE CAN YOU GO WHEN YOU WANT TO RETIRE AT WORK? ACB IS HERE TO HELP In this new feature, a thinly-strung premise where I’m actively trying to ruin an ongoing joke among the commentar… Read More
2019-02-05 16:49
ANOTHER DARK MASCOT ORIGIN STORY FROM ACTION COOKBOOK I’ve always been loyal. If you ask anyone, that’s what they’d say about me. I’ll stick by your side. It’s… Read More
2019-02-04 15:58
MY DREAMS DO NOT INVOLVE BEATING CLEMSON It’s time for our weekly installment of Action’s BookClub, where I’ve been reviewing books “written” “by” t… Read More
2019-01-31 16:32
I AM DOING THIS So, I’ve been thinking.
I’d like to find a format to talk to you about things in. A format where we can talk about things that we think are good, and things that… Read More
2019-01-30 18:48
THERE IS NO GOOD PLAY ONCE IT HAPPENS The Root has an exclusive confirming what eagle-eyed observers already may have noticed in those photos of Big Wet President’s fast-food feast fo… Read More
2019-01-29 15:36
“LESSONS AND LEADERSHIP AND LIFE FROM A CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON” IS THE ACTUAL SUBTITLE THIS GUY HAD THE NERVE TO PUT ON HIS BOOK Last week, we kicked off a series reviewing books &l&hell…Read More
2019-01-28 15:56
I’M BRINGING THIS BACK BECAUSE NO ONE CAN STOP ME “Right. So, it says here you fell from heaven two years ago.”
“Yes sir, that’s right. Rebelled against God, wa… Read More
2019-01-25 19:44
THIS IS GOING TO BE WORSE THAN THE CHILI POST It’s a Friday afternoon in the offseason, so there’s not much to talk about in football. But this is a football blog! Surely I&rsquo&hell…Read More
2019-01-24 20:24
ALL OVERTIMES ARE BAD BUT THIS ONE IS BAD AND SHORT It is really rare to read something on the internet that you haven’t at least tangentially come across before, so: THIS IS SOMETHIN… Read More
2019-01-23 18:26
GOTTA HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE: CHILI, AND ALSO MURDER THE QUESTION PROPOSED, BY ACTION COOKBOOK: There’s been a lot of talk - maybe, maybe too much talk - on Twitter the last 24… Read More
2019-01-22 14:44
WHY AM I DOING THIS TO MYSELF It’s the offseason, and now that college football has gone to rest for seven long months, it’s time for us to tend to the parts of our lives that we… Read More
2019-01-21 16:43
AN ABSOLUTELY MASTERFUL EMOTIONAL MOMENT WITH A FLATSCREEN AND A FIST
Who dat? pic.twitter.com/nSkg3r8X08— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) January 21, 2019
I respect everything abo… Read More
2019-01-18 20:29
IT COULDN’T WAIT I am reading legendary Alabama and Oakland Raiders’ quarterback Kenny Stabler’s autobiography, Snake. With most books, I would wait a few days to finish i… Read More
2019-01-17 16:16
THE PROCESS REACHES ITS LOGICAL END TOSH LUPOI: Nick, it really has been an incredible experience working here for the last five years, Alabama’s an amazing organization and I’v… Read More
2019-01-15 14:18
A SHORT STORY FROM CLEMSON’S WHITE HOUSE VISIT DABO SWINNEY: Wow. My goodness. My word, that is fantastic. You know, you work and you scrape and you struggle to achieve your goals, and… Read More
2019-01-14 14:44
THE PROGRAMS ARE BUYING, SO HERE’S HOW TO STICK THEM FOR THE MOST POSSIBLE CASH Alabama QB and transfer prospect Jalen Hurts took three recruiting trips over the past couple of days: T… Read More
2019-01-11 17:17
The Clemson Tigers capped off a perfect season Monday night, defeating Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game to seal the first 15-0 season in major college footb… Read More
2019-01-09 16:15
WELCOME TO THE MULTIVERSE It’s been two days since the Clemson Tigers demolished Alabama in one of the more surprising title games - by margin of defeat, if not result - in recent memo… Read More
2019-01-08 20:19
ALSO THE FINEBAUM OPEN THREAD YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. FINEBAUM THREAD IS OPEN AFTER THE WORST LOSS OF THE NICK SABAN ERA. OR THE BEST. IN OUR OPINION IT WOULD BE THE BEST, BUT WE’RE BIAS… Read More
2019-01-07 17:43
WE WILL BE DOING THIS TO THE END OF TIME AND MAYBE PAST THAT I write this for myself, because as far as I know, there is no one left to read it.
I look out at dawn over a city that once ha… Read More
2019-01-04 21:48
OK, YOU KNOW, “PREVIEWS” WELL LOOK AT THAT IT’S A SHUTDOWN FULLCAST EPISODE POSTED RIGHT HERE ON EVERYDAYSHOULDBESATURDAY.EDU
And it’s a National Championship previe… Read More
2019-01-03 16:46
OUR BAMA-CLEMSON PRIMER Monday evening, the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide and #2 Clemson Tigers will meet up in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game in Santa Clara, California… Read More
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