| CollegeHighway.com Login |
| Don't have an account yet? You can create one. As registered user you have some advantages like theme manager, comments configuration and post comments with your name. |
| Trippin? |
 |
| Check Yourself |
 |
| Ephemerids |
One Day like Today...
|
| Welcome |
| You are Anonymous user. You can register for free by clicking here. |
 |
|
| Introduction | | Introduction You just clicked into the coolest place to get all your college news and information about college life. Looking to join the CollegeHighway crew? Click here. | |
| |
| Healthiest Sugar Substitute? How These Sweeteners Are Helping Women Over 40 Drop |
| Posted on Sunday, December 07 @ 00:00:49 PST (8 reads) | |
|
Health
healthiest sugar substitute? How these sweeteners are helping women over 40 drop pounds fast
use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menu items.
use escape to exit the menu.
sign up
create a free account to access exclusive content, play games, solve puzzles, test your pop-culture knowledge and receive special offers.
already have an account? Login
health
creative hobbies keep the brain young, study finds; here are the best ones to pursue
newyou can now listen to fox news articles!
a large-scale international study found that creative activities such as music, dance, painting and even certain video games may help keep the brain biologically “younger.”
researchers from 13 countries — including teams at trinity college dublin in ireland and swps university in poland — analyzed brain data from more than 1,400 adults of all ages worldwide and found that those who regularly pursue creative hobbies show brain patterns that appear younger than their actual age.
even short bursts of creative activity, such as a few weeks of strategy-based video gaming, had noticeable benefits, according to the study, which was published in the journal nature communications in october.
7 key behaviors that could shield your brain from parkinson’s disease
scientists collected brain data from people with advanced experience in tango, music, visual art and strategy gaming, but they also recruited non-experts for comparison. In addition, a third group of beginners underwent short-term training in starcraft ii, a strategy video game, so researchers could see how learning a new creative skill affects the brain over just a few weeks.
all participants underwent eeg and meg brain scans that were fed into machine-learning “brain age” models, or brain clocks, which estimate how old the brain appears biologically versus chronologically. Researchers then used advanced computer models to explore why creativity might protect the brain and found that the hobbies help strengthen the networks responsible for coordination, attention, movement and problem-solving, which can weaken with age.
scientists uncover how some 80-year-olds have the memory of 50-year-olds
people with years of creative practice showed the strongest reductions in brain age, but even beginners saw improvements, with strategy games boosting brain-age markers after roughly 30 hours of training.
“one of our key takeaways is that you do not need to be an expert to benefit from creativity,” dr. Carlos coronel, first author and postdoctoral fellow at the global brain health institute, trinity college dublin and universidad adolfo ibanez, said in a statement. “Indeed, we found that learners gained from brief video game training sessions.”
according to the researchers, this was the first large-scale evidence directly linking multiple creative fields to slower brain aging, though previous research has linked creativity to improved mood and well-being.
brain aging may slow with green tea, walnuts and tiny swamp plant, study finds
“creativity emerges as a powerful determinant of brain health, comparable to exercise or diet,” senior author dr. Agustin ibanez of trinity college dublin said in a statement. “Our results open new avenues for creativity-based interventions to protect the brain against aging and disease.”
dr. Aneta brzezicka of swps university added that the findings suggest that creative pastimes should be incorporated into educational and healthcare programs as tools to support brain health.
test yourself with our latest lifestyle quiz
the study also showed that brain clocks, a relatively new tool gaining steam in neuroscience, can be used to monitor interventions aimed at improving brain health, ibanez said.
the researchers cautioned, however, that the results are early and come with caveats, including that most participants were healthy adults, many subgroups were small and the study didn’t track people long-term to see whether younger-looking brains actually lead to lower dementia risk or better daily functioning.
“the brain clock, in preliminary studies, shows promise and accounts for the diversity of the factors that can contribute to that wide disparity between our brain age and chronological age,” dr. Jon stewart hao dy, a board-certified adult neurologist from the philippines, told fox news digital.
“however, it’s important for the public to know that brain health is influenced by a multitude of factors that cause a wide brain age gap,” added dy, who was not involved in the study.
click here for more lifestyle stories
creative people often have other advantages, the researchers noted, such as higher education, robust social lives and better access to arts and activities, and the study couldn’t fully separate those factors from the effects of creativity itself.
“evidence shows that dancing, painting, pottery, embroidery and even museum visits confer the greatest neuroprotection in preserving cognition and improving cognitive function in older adults,” dy said.
and he agreed that the science is strong enough to justify action.
“it’s a matter of translating it into public policy that will fund and support these programs,” he said.
the work, funded by academic and public research bodies, will now be followed by more comprehensive studies that add other creative fields and link brain-age measures to real-world outcomes such as memory, thinking skills and disease risk.
fox news digital has reached out to the study authors for comment.
health
fox news health newsletter: ‘beer bellies’ linked to serious heart damage
newyou can now listen to fox news articles!
waistline warning — men with “beer bellies” may face serious heart damage, study finds
slim pickings — weight-loss drugs could become unavailable for millions in coming years, experts warn
worth a shot — routine vaccination linked to lower dementia risk, per new research
cognitive twist — your brain doesn’t age the way you think — new study upends old beliefs
sign up for our health newsletter
secret ingredient — america’s most popular cooking oil could be linked to obesity
serenity now — viral ‘all-white’ wellness push could boost mental health — here are 4 essentials to consider
say ‘ahh’ — tongue cancer warning signs highlighted after ‘full house’ star’s diagnosis
like what you’re reading? Click here for more health news
conquering cancer — new therapy hunts and destroys deadly tumors in breakthrough study
health
ozempic 2.0! Experts call glp-1 pills a game-changer for weight loss—here’s how they work and when to expect them
use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menu items.
use escape to exit the menu.
sign up
create a free account to access exclusive content, play games, solve puzzles, test your pop-culture knowledge and receive special offers.
already have an account? Login |
( Read More... | 13844 bytes more | comments? |   ) |
| |
| Everything Kalen DeBoer Said After Georgia Dominated Alabama in SEC Championship |
| Posted on Sunday, December 07 @ 00:00:49 PST (7 reads) | |
|
|
Everything kalen deboer said after georgia dominated alabama in sec championship game
atlanta–– no. 3 georgia dominated no. 10 alabama in mercedes benz stadium 28-7 in the sec championship on saturday evening. The bulldogs shut the crimson tide out for three quarters as its defense stifled everything alabama tried.
crimson tide quarterback ty simpson struggled throughout the day, completing 19-of-39 passes for 212 yards, a touchdown and and interception. He was sacked three times as the offensive line was swallowed by georgias front throughout the day.
alabama falls to 10-3 with the loss and now faces the possibility of missing out on the college football playoff for the second straight season.
crimson tide head coach kalen deboer will speak with the media after the game to discuss what went wrong for his program.
full transcript
kalen deboers opening statement
just got to credit first of all georgia, what they did today. You got two teams, congratulations to them, coach smart, but you got two teams out there, know each other pretty well over the last two seasons, what the strengths are. Two teams that fight. Two teams that play hard. Got to this point, laid it out on the line. Im proud of our guys. Ill never question the heart, the fight, what these guys bring. You can see at the end of the game these guys still giving everything they got, both sides of the ball, all phases. Fell short today, but proud of the season, getting to an sec championship, getting to this spot. A lot to build off of.
ty, you went about 23 minutes without a first down. What got in the way of that? Also, how healthy are you feeling right now?
ty simpson: yeah, first off, 23 minutes question, right? Were just one or two things away from having a big play. I think credit to georgias defense, they did a good job. We just got to make the easy things easy. I felt like to be good on third down, we got to be better on first and second down. Back to your healthy question, right? Everybody is getting hit, everybody is sore in some type of way.
deontae, georgia had almost 37 minutes ofpossession time. The of offense wasnt on the field a whole lot. Did that do anything to wear you down?
deontae lawson: i dont think we were wore down. Shoot, we was just going out there, trying to do whatever we can to get the ball back to our offense. Nah, we wasnt worn down.
how frustrating is it to have this offensive showing, collectively as an offense, when you have the playoffs on the line here?
ty simpson: yeah, we have a standard as an offense in general. Actually, we know were the best offense in the country. Then when we dont show it, its very frustrating, especially times when were just a couple things away. Like i said, credit to georgias defense, right? They had agood plan. Thats pretty much simple as that.
ty, how nervous are you going to be tonight, knowing tomorrow the playoff committee is going to look at this game and consider the whole season?
ty simpson: yeah, i mean, im not nervous at all, right? Its not up to me. I think that our résumé speaks to itself. We went through a gauntlet of a schedule. Sec is the best conference in the country. Thats a really good team. Thats pretty much simple as that, right? We went through a tough schedule and were the most resilient team in the country. Everything, our résumé, speaks for itself.
ty, last game, the third down conversions were the big story. Not the same results. What stuck out to you in the way that georgia was able to defend you tonight?
ty simpson: they did a good job of bringing some pressures, right? Almost like they were bringing somebody on almost every down. But we kind of knew what they were expecting to a sense of what they did in the second half last game. They played tight coverage. Got to make some throws, some catches, got to do the little things right. Pretty much football, right? Disappointing, for sure. It is what it is, so...
ty, how much did georgias pressure affect what you were able to do tonight?
ty simpson: like i said, credit to those guys. They did a good job. They had some copycat blitzes from people that weve seen before. We picked it up some. But i got to be better at just communicating in general, right? Getting on the same page with parker on the o-line. Just like i said, credit to those guys. Georgia is a good defense. Were a good offense. Just didnt roll our way tonight.
kalen, what is your pitch for why youre still a playoff team?
kalen deboer: you look at the games we played throughout the season. If youre really looking at this game, it was a 14-point game with seven and a half minutes to go and we had the ball. You can look at things that didnt go well. We gave them four short fields. I dont want to take anything away from what georgia did. The field position battle is part of it. Four short fields, thats a testament to our defense being resilient. One of those touchdowns, if were really worried about the score, probably punt it on your own 11.
im here to win a sec championship. If you lose by one or you lose by more, its still a loss. Thats what i was caring about. Were here to win a sec championship. We cant get worried about how much do we lose by... Thats what it was about. Were here to win. Thats how we play. Again, it was a 14-point game. We had the ball with seven and a half minutes to go against a really good team that knows us well and we know them well.I thought our defense did a heck of a job going against them. One thing we didnt really do is take the ball off em.
the one turnover they got, short field. Again, thats football. Thats the way i looked at this game. If this game applies to and takes away from our résumé, i dont think thats right. I really dont. I think the precedence has been set. I dont know how you can go into a conference playoff game when youre the no. 1 seed, did all these things throughout the year, and playing in this game against one of the top teams in the country, as well, how that can hurt you and keep you out of the playoff. Again, weve done what weve done all year.
you mentioned field position. Talk about that offensively.
kalen deboer: yeah, it was back and forth there early, right? Couldnt get it going there. They punt to us, then they shot punted us back. Im trying to remember there. There was a possession there. They scored on their short fields, got the 14-point lead there.
yeah, the field position is a big deal. Its a huge deal. Makes it harder. Youre swimming upstream, for sure. Our guys moved the ball there at the end, still almost scored another touchdown. If were really worried about point differential, were right there.
youre not going to take the points and kick a field goal just to make the score look better. Thats not what it is about. Its about winning a conference championship. Credit coach smart and what they did. They had a better day today.
do you know what you need to do to get tys confidence back or is that not an issue?
kalen deboer: i think its just having some continuity in practice. If i went through, i dont think this is what this is about, but if i went through the guys who we are gluing together, i know that locker room has the same situation going on, but you talk about parker brailsford, who if you give these guys two weeks to get ready, what the health will look like for these guys, parker brailsford, germ, daniel hill, im not saying what hes playing through, but two weeks, it will be a different daniel hill, okay?
you execute or you have a lack of execution in games. More reps for our other running backs. Fully expect to have jam back. Two of our three losses are when jam doesnt play. Really not a chance that he felt like he could play today. Hes not that far away. Its not the one, to me, injury that keeps you out, holds you back.
even a chance to -- could be tight, but a chance even kevin riley. That might be a little bit tight, just to be real with you. Theres a lot of guys. I think thats what it really comes down to, is playing with their guys. We got into this game today. The execution just wasnt quite as crisp. Theres usually a reason for that. Again, defensively the same thing. Kelby collins, lt, z.B. In the game today dinged up. Dijon a little bit before the game with an evaluation we had where we had to hold off. All those guys in two weeks, considerably different football team, the one you would have seen earlier in the season.
the punt block. Georgias not always played having eight guys up at the line. Was that something you have seen much? What happened on that play?
kalen deboer: i can tell you exactly what happened. We got a new face in the spot. Obviously thats lt overtons position. Just tell you what it is. Theres a check we got to make. You got a new face in that spot. Thats what happened.
again, getting guys more reps, getting guys back out there makes a big deal. I dont fault our guys that were in that spot, doing everything they can. But theres a check we got to make, one we make all season long. We missed it. They got an extra hat that we couldnt block.
ryan williams was able to break free a couple times in this game, but a couple times he was off the field in some of the moments after that. Talk about the approach of ryan williams.
kalen deboer: i mean, we were intentional in trying to get him the ball. We got four guys that really are working in the rotation. Someone is going to be out. If we go two tight ends, which we still like to do, there might be two guys out.
ryan came out and had a great week of practice. Hes one of the guys that is pretty healthy. We were intentional. Made some plays, like you said. Theres more to be had out there the next time he gets a chance.
is it still the plan to have coach shepard continue with the team for whatever is next, or is it possible youll have to be replacing him soon?
kalen deboer: there will be a couple days. Were going to try to make it go as long as we can. He might have to have a few days, especially early in the week here, where he has to take care of some things with his team.
thats where my background with the position and just the offense and stuff, wed be lighter here at the beginning of the week no matter what the situation was.
so yeah, we intend to do everything we can to have him with us throughout the course of the playoffs. I know he wants that. Help him be efficient, helped him that way.
alabama crimson tide on si
joe gaither
joe gaither oversees videos and podcasts for alabama crimson tide on si/bamacentral. He began his sports media career in radio in 2019, working for three years in tuscaloosa covering the university of alabama and other local high school sports. In 2023 he joined bamacentral to cover a variety of crimson tide sports and recruiting, in addition to hosting the “joe gaither show” podcast. His work has also appeared on the boston college, missouri and vanderbilt web sites.
follow joegaither6 |
| ( Read More... | 21854 bytes more | comments? | ) |
| |
| Kalen DeBoer stumps for Alabama to make CFP as three-loss team - CBS Sports |
| Posted on Sunday, December 07 @ 00:00:49 PST (7 reads) | |
|
|
2 min read join the conversation comments getty images alabama coach kalen deboers attention quickly shifted to the college football playoff conversation following saturdays 28-7 loss to no. 3 georgia in the sec championship game , the ninth-ranked crimson tides third setback of the season.
if alabama is chosen as one of the selection committees seven at-large teams, the crimson tide will make history as the first three-loss team to do so. Alabama moved ahead of notre dame by one spot in the penultimate rankings, but the tide is in danger of falling out completely with two-loss miami expected to surge following byus loss to texas tech .
you look at the games we played throughout the season, but if youre really looking at this game, it was a 14-point game with 7.5 minutes to go, and we had the ball, deboer said. You look at things that didnt go well. Four short fields. I dont want to take anything away from what georgia did. Field position battle is part of it. Four short fields. Thats a testament to our defense being resilient. One of those touchdowns ... If were really worried about the score, probably punt it on your own 11, right?
but were here to win an sec championship. Were not here ... If you lose by 1, or you lose by more, its still a loss. Thats what i was caring about. Were here to win an sec championship. You cant be worried about how much you lose by. Thats what it was about. Were here to win. Thats how we play. Again, it was a 14-point game with 7.5 minutes to go against a really good team that knows us well and we know them well. I thought our defense did a heck of a job going against them. The one thing we didnt really do is take the ball off them.
the one turnover they got helped set up, again, a short field. But thats the way i looked at this game. If this game applies to and takes away from our resume, i dont think thats right. I really dont. I think the precedent has been set. I dont know how you can go into a conference playoff game when youre the no. 1 seed and did all these things throughout the year and playing in this game, against one of the top teams in the country as well, how that can hurt you and keep you out of the playoff when weve done what we have done all year.
alabama trailed 21-0 after three quarters before its only score of the contest came on germie bernards 23-yard touchdown reception to cap a 91-yard drive in the final frame. The crimson tide turned it over on downs on its final two possessions of the game, sandwiched between a scoring drive from the bulldogs to fuel the blowout.
during his appearance on college gameday, committee chair hunter yurachek said results of conference championship games will impact sundays final rankings and made no promise that alabama was in the field if the crimson tide lost to georgia.
that was the assumption, however, earlier this week when alabama moved ahead of notre dame to no. 9, avoiding the last team in designation.
deboer harped on injuries playing a role in his teams loss to the bulldogs, mentioning pass rusher lt overton and tailback jam miller , among others. He said those two players specifically would be ready if given two weeks, hinting at the committee needing to put alabama in to see this team at full strength later this month.
our latest college football stories cfp expert picks: sorting through the multi-team debates chris hummer • 6 min read betting markets favor notre dame, alabama over miami to make cfp cameron salerno • 2 min read why its fair to question alabamas legitimacy as cfp team will backus • 2 min read ohio state vs. Indiana prediction, spread, live stream john talty • 4 min read texas techs dominant win vs. Byu puts exclamation point on 2025 shehan jeyarajah • 3 min read bet365 bonus code cbsbet365: get $150 bonus bets for college football blake von hagen • 2 min read now playing share share video link copied! Deboer spikes cfb playoff conversation with post-game remarks brad crawford 2 min read why alabama should make cfp despite blowout loss in sec title game brad crawford 3 min read texas techs dominant win vs. Byu puts exclamation point on 2025 shehan jeyarajah 3 min read betting markets favor notre dame, alabama over miami to make cfp cameron salerno 2 min read byu coach kalani sitake calls for fair cfp selection process will backus 2 min read penn state hires isus matt campbell, ending prolonged search carter bahns 4 min read penn state hiring matt campbell was the perfect outcome all along tom fornelli 5 min read 2025 college football coaching carousel, tracker, grades brandon marcello 7 min read ranking every fbs opening on the 2024-25 coaching carousel shehan jeyarajah 8 min read chris henry jr. Reaffirms ohio state commitment amid push from oregon cody nagel 2 min read |
| ( Read More... | 9562 bytes more | comments? | ) |
| |
| UCF seeks 7th straight win with Towson in town - CBS Sports |
| Posted on Sunday, December 07 @ 00:00:49 PST (7 reads) | |
|
|
1 min read now playing share share video link copied! Ucf coach johnny dawkins has his team off to its best start since 2016-17, and the knights will look to notch their seventh straight victory saturday afternoon when they face the towson tigers in orlando, fla.
in his 10th season at the orlando school, dawkins registered his 175th win last weekend when his squad throttled visiting vmi, 82-57.
as is its identity, ucf (7-1) relied on strong defense and board work to hammer the keydets.
i know weve been able to shoot the ball, but (defense and rebounding) has been our identity, said dawkins, whose group has outrebounded the opposition in all but one game. You have to find ways to win, and the way you can do that most consistently is to guard.
jamichael stillwell led with his third double-double, collecting 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting and 14 rebounds. He added five assists and three steals in his 29 minutes.
the effort earned the 6-foot-8 atlanta senior a big 12 starting five honor. The award recognizes five standout players in the league each week.
i was just very aggressive on the boards, said stillwell, who posted 10 of his 14 boards on the offensive end. I saw our shots werent falling today, so i just needed to be in the spot ... And i saw we could get some second-chance points.
riley kugel, who was named mvp of the legends classic in daytona beach, fla. Last month, leads with 15.5 points per game for ucf, which scores 88.3 per contest.
the tigers (6-3) beat cornell 93-80 wednesday in their last outing to win for the third time in the past four games, making half of their 22 deep shots.
tyler tejada scored 26 points, draining 6 of 10 from long distance, pulled down eight rebounds and added three assists.
the colonial athletic association school held a 38-25 advantage on the glass, a priority for towson coach pat skerry and his staff.
thats what we do, right? Skerry said. Thats got to be our identity. Thats got to be a constant every night.
skerry said he has received calls from nba scouts on tejada (19.5 points, 6.3 rebounds) and dylan williamson (15.8 points, 3.4 assists), the latter for his ability to distribute the ball.
the biggest compliment i gave them on tejada is hes an anti-liability defensively. Hes committed on that end, skerry said of the 6-foot-9 teaneck, n.J., Product.
--field level media
copyright 2025 stats llc and field level media. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of stats llc and field level media is strictly prohibited.
our latest college basketball stories duke makes case for no. 1 with huge road win at michigan state matt norlander • 6 min read iowa state ties records in road beatdown of no. 1 purdue isaac trotter • 4 min read mark pope: boos well-deserved after kentuckys blowout loss cody nagel • 1 min read top 25 and 1: kentucky falls out of rankings after loss to gonzaga gary parrish • 2 min read purdue vs. Iowa state picks from 10,000 simulations daniel lewis • 2 min read duke vs. Michigan state picks from 10,000 simulations daniel kohn • 2 min read |
| ( Read More... | 6166 bytes more | comments? | ) |
| |
| Highlights: Avalanche at Rangers (12/6) Stream of National Hockey League - CBS S |
| Posted on Sunday, December 07 @ 00:00:49 PST (7 reads) | |
|
|
Close menu
all sports menu
sports
watch
fantasy
betting
explore more
nhl
champions league
sportswwe
wwe
wnba
boxing
nascar
motor sports
nwsl
ufl
horse racing
northeast
tennis
big3
high school
olympics
podcasts
shop
northeast
promotions
pbr
northeast
pvf
northeast
3ice
northeast
stubhub
northeast
play golf
nfl
explore nfl
nfl teams
see all
arrowforward
afc east
afc north
afc south
nfc north
nfc west
ncaa fb
explore college football
shows & podcasts
see all
arrowforward
nba
explore nba
nba teams
see all
arrowforward
southeast
ncaa bb
explore ncaa bb
shows & podcasts
see all
arrowforward
soccer
explore soccer
live channels
shows & podcasts
see all
arrowforward
mlb
explore mlb
mlb teams
see all
arrowforward
nl central
nhl
explore nhl
nhl teams
see all
arrowforward
champions league
wwe
wnba
boxing
nascar
motor sports
nwsl
ufl
horse racing
northeast
tennis
big3
high school
olympics
podcasts
shop
northeast
promotions
pbr
northeast
pvf
northeast
3ice
northeast
stubhub
northeast
play golf
cbs eye
cbs logo
watch
sports
watch
fantasy
betting
playmonitorunfilled
watch leagues
live channels
live
cbs sports hq - 24/7 sports news
fantasy
sports
watch
fantasy
betting
betting
sports
watch
fantasy
betting
dollarsigncircleunfilled
explore betting
shows & podcasts
see all
arrowforward
close menu
user menu
fantasy & games
see all
arrowforward
video settings
select tv provider
close
sign in with your tv provider
if not listed, please contact your tv provider.
all providers
xfinity
logoparamountplus
more live games and exclusives
log out
connect
tv provider
more live games & exclusives
log out
connect
full view
national hockey league
highlights: avalanche at rangers (12/6)
highlights from the game between avalanche and rangers on saturday, december 6th |
| ( Read More... | 3518 bytes more | comments? | ) |
| |
| Did Vanderbilts CFP Chances Improve After Conference Championship Saturday? |
| Posted on Sunday, December 07 @ 00:00:49 PST (9 reads) | |
|
|
Did vanderbilt’s cfp chances improve after conference championship saturday?
with 10 wins in the toughest conference in the country, vanderbilt football has built a résumé strong enough to place them in the at-large college football playoff conversation. In most years, that kind of season — coupled with a heisman trophy candidate at the helm — would make the commodores difficult to ignore.
but because of the way this year’s field is shaking out, a crowd of two-loss teams is competing for just a handful of at-large berths. Vanderbilt sits at no. 14 in the latest cfp rankings, and it must rise to at least no. 10 to get in. Despite the commodores finally leaping utah in the rankings this week, they were simultaneously passed by texas — a three-loss team with a head-to-head advantage over vanderbilt — after the longhorns impressive win against texas a&m.
head coach clark leas squad, therefore, would need to jump at least three teams to sneak into the playoff. With no games remaining, they’ve run out of opportunities to do so on the field. Vanderbilt even explored a last-ditch effort to schedule a 13th regular season game, but no matchup came to fruition. Without another datapoint, the commodores have little room to argue for that kind of late-season leap.
still, saturday’s big 12 championship and sec championship appeared to offer fans a glimpse of hope. Both byu and alabama — two teams ahead of vanderbilt in the rankings at no. 11 and no. 9, respectively — took the field in the big 12 and sec championship games. Historically, the committee has been reluctant to punish teams for losing on championship weekend (see smu last season), but the results still matter, especially when the margin is so tight.
“we’ll evaluate the results of [the big 12, big ten and sec championship] games, as well as the acc championship game,” committee chair hunter yurachek said saturday. “[We’ll] re-rank those teams one last time and the five highest ranked conference champions and the seven highest ranked at-large teams will make the pool.”
perhaps a bit ironically, vanderbilt finally got some favorable scoreboard help on saturday. Byu fell flat in a 31-7 to texas tech, while alabama lost 28-7 to georgia. Byu’s loss will almost surely eliminate the cougars from the playoff field, while alabama is likely to remain in — unless the committee elects to give miami the nod.
still, none of that meaningfully shifts the calculus for vanderbilt. The commodores were effectively eliminated as soon as “no. 14” flashed across tuesday’s espns broadcast of the rankings. Even if vanderbilt leaps byu in the rankings, it would rise no higher than no.13 in the rankings — still well outside the cut line.
in a different year, the commodores’ résumé might have been enough, but this field is simply too crowded, and their fate seems sealed — even with some favorable scores on saturday.
dylan tovitz
dylan tovitz is a sophomore at vanderbilt university, originally from livingston, new jersey. In addition to writing for vanderbilt on si, he serves as a deputy sports editor for the vanderbilt hustler and co-produces and hosts ‘dores unlocked, a weekly video show about commodore sports. Outside the newsroom, he is a campus tour guide and an avid new york sports fan with a particular passion for baseball. He also enjoys listening to country and classic rock music and staying active through tennis and baseball. |
| ( Read More... | 6938 bytes more | comments? | ) |
| |
| From Childhood Fan to Head Coach: Will Steins Journey Back to Kentucky |
| Posted on Sunday, December 07 @ 00:00:49 PST (7 reads) | |
|
|
Football
from childhood fan to head coach: will stein’s journey back to kentucky
the search for kentucky’s next head coach was a brief one.
within 24 hours after mark stoops was fired, oregon’s offensive coordinator will stein was announced as the next head coach – a pairing that shares a history spanning several decades.
“it’s just been unbelievable, unbelievable the last 24-48 hours,” stein said. “It’s something that a coach can only dream of, to get his first head coaching job, and to do it at a place like the university of kentucky. It’s really truly a dream.”
son of kentucky alumni debbie and matt stein, his father donned the blue and white for the wildcats as a defensive lineman in the 1980s. Stein was born and raised in kentucky as an avid wildcats fan.
“this place means a lot to me,” stein said. “I’ve been coming to this place literally since i was born… i was in the stands (of commonwealth stadium), and it’s a really surreal moment to be standing in front of everybody in this building.”
the louisville native attended trinity high school, where he won three state titles as the team’s quarterback. After high school, stein had hopes of playing college football, specifically for the wildcats.
however, the traditionally undersized 5-foot-10 quarterback didn’t receive an offer from kentucky. In 2008, stein made louisville’s roster as a walk-on. That season he appeared in four games as a walk-on freshman.
eventually, stein earned a scholarship.
“i went to the rivals, so four or five years of some bad blood, but that’s a competitor in me,” stein said. “Out of high school, i would’ve loved having an opportunity to come here, but everything happens for a reason.”
after suffering a shoulder injury against kentucky in 2011, stein would be replaced by future nfl quarterback teddy bridgewater. The cardinals would go on to defeat kentucky 24-17.
stein would make 25 appearances for louisville from 2008 to 2012.
in 2013, stein rejoined the team as a graduate assistant for the cardinals, working with the quarterback room, beginning his coaching career. One year later, the former quarterback was elevated to quality control coach.
“i’m extremely thankful for my time at louisville, i am,” stein said. “I would lie if i said i wasn’t, and really because of the people, my coaches there, and they’re so proud of me.”
following his time at louisville, stein moved to texas, where he would spend the next eight years continuing his coaching career.
from 2015 to 2017, stein was the quality control coach for the texas longhorns. To improve his play calling, stein returned to high school football at lake travis, where he served as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for two years.
afterward, stein joined the university of texas, san antonio, coaching staff. In san antonio, he coached various offensive positions.
in 2023, stein was hired as the offensive coordinator for the oregon ducks under head coach dan lanning.
“i believe what i’ve done in the past three years at the university of oregon has set me up to be successful immediately here in kentucky,” stein said.
at oregon, stein coached a myriad of future nfl talent with a high-powered style offense, namely quarterbacks bo nix and dillion gabriel, two heisman trophy finalists. The ducks are currently 11-1 and pursuing a championship title as one of the top contenders for this year’s title.
it’s undeniable that stein has an immense amount of experience coaching at various programs despite being 36-years-old. In addition to his experience as a quarterback from his playing career at louisville.
“success is not free,” stein said. “Rent is due every damn day that we’re here, and we’re gonna work to get that done, to make big blue nation proud, make our players proud, and do it the right way.”
for the first time in 13 years, lexington will see a new head coach, and a first-time coach wearing the headset for the wildcats. Stein’s trek back to blue has been an atypical one. Beginning next season, stein has the opportunity of a lifetime to coach for his boyhood team.
football
will stein says he is bringing the “best general manager in the country” to kentucky football
a lot of change is coming to kentucky football with new head coach will stein.
stein, one of the best offensive minds in college football, will bring an offense-first approach that the program hasn’t seen in nearly two decades. He will also bring a change in the approach to nil, bringing the first general manager in the program’s history.
that guy is set to be oregon’s director of recruiting, pat biondo, who was seen with stein as he arrived at the lexington airport on tuesday, and also later that same day, courtside at rupp arena.
before oregon, biondo worked under jimbo fisher at texas a&m as a senior assistant in recruiting operations. Before working in football, biondo spent nine seasons with the west virginia women’s basketball program, where he started as a video coordinator, rising to special assistant to the head coach, and then director of basketball operations
with college football becoming much more nfl-like due to nil and the transfer portal, there has been a strong push for programs, especially those in the big 10 and sec, to hire general managers. Now, kentucky is the latest school to join that group.
football
will stein addresses big blue nation for first time as kentucky’s coach
published
3 days agoon
december 3, 2025fans, former coaches, the entire football team and the media gathered at nutter field house to welcome newly hired kentucky football head coach will stein and his family.
after a fun entrance and some kinds word from university of kentucky president eli capilouto and athletic director mitch barnhart, stein took the stage for the first time as the wildcats’ coach.
the new wildcat opened up with a chilling statement as he pulled out his notes.
“honored is an understatement,” stein said. “I thought today was a dream…it’s been an unbelievable, unbelievable 48 hours.”
reflecting on his past, he talked about the old games he used to attend.
“i’ve been coming to this place literally since i was born…i think my parents used to take me to games and putting headphones on me.”
thanking his wife darby, stein showed his emotional side to the crowd.
“she is our everything,” stein said. “My biggest fan and my number one supporter – i’m so thankful to be married to you.”
followed by a round of applause from the entire building, stein thanked former head coach mark stoops and what he did for the program.
“i’d be remised to not talk about coach stoops and his 13 years,” he said. “Kentucky and bbn would not be where we are without him.”
as he rounded out his speech, stein would go on to talk about the type of brand he plans to instill as the new coach.
“success is not free,” stein said. “Rent is due every damn day that we’re here and we’re going to work to get that done to make big blue nation proud and make our players proud.
“the vision is simple, it’s to win,” he added. “I didn’t come here to be average…i came here to win.”
opening up the floor to the media, stein was welcomed to the tough questioning of the kentucky sports field.
when asked about it he’ll focus on the transfer portal or high school recruiting, stein gave a chilling answer that should make kentuckians feel hopeful.
“i think it all starts at the high school ranks…i think the first thing that we have to win to do is win kentucky,” stein said. “When kentucky’s at its best, the best players from the state, play for the wildcats.”
he was then asked about how his first meeting with the team went, and stein didn’t hesitate to answer honestly.
“i introduced them to myself and my family, i gave them me, raw,” stein said. “I might have said a f-bomb or two, i’m sorry mitch (barnhart).”
the stein era is now here, and after a personable first meeting with the heart of lexington, the entire city is ready to see their new coach in action.
football
will stein to be announced as next kentucky football head coach
it didn’t take long; kentucky football has its next head coach, will stein. Multiple reports confim on monday evening.
stein comes from oregon, where he has been the offensive coordinator under dan lanning since 2023. There, he has developed a reputation for being one of the best young offensive minds in college football and a quarterback whisperer, helping the likes of bo nix, who had the most accurate season in college football history under stein, and dillon gabriel, who became a heisman trophy finalist and was named the big ten offensive player of the year under stein.
prior to his stint at oregon, stein spent time at the university of texas at san antonio (utsa), the university of texas, and the university of louisville in various offensive staff positions.
despite spending most of his coaching career west of the mississippi, stein grew up in louisville, and a kentucky fan.
stein’s father, matt, played for kentucky in the ’80s as a defensive end. That support of the program carried through to will and his younger brother, nathan, who attended tubby smith basketball camps at uk as kids and had a life-size poster of demarcus cousins in their home.
in high school, will helped trinity high school win three consecutive state titles as he played wide receiver and quarterback. As the starting quarterback his senior year, stein threw for 3,697 yards and a school-record 54 touchdowns, completing nearly 71 percent of his passes.
when it came to playing college football, will chose to walk on at louisville, citing a relationship with his trinity teammate who was the son of then-u of l coach steve kragthorpe. The possibility of walking on at kentucky was never presented to stein, but it also wasn’t pursued.
“so i never actually tried to walk on (at uk). It was a thought,” will stein said in a 2011 interview.
now the kentucky kid is at the head of the program. The next task, hire a staff and recruit a roster, building around cutter boley. |
| ( Read More... | 20438 bytes more | comments? | ) |
| |
| Tongue River Starts Fresh After Championship Era Shakeup [VIDEO, PHOTOS] - NewsB |
| Posted on Sunday, December 07 @ 00:00:49 PST (7 reads) | |
|
|
By david settle ,
1 hours ago
subscribe to wyopreps on youtube
the second stop on the wyopreps preseason basketball tour in 2025 was to see the class 2a two-time defending state champion tongue river eagles. They lost some valuable pieces from the last two state championship teams. That includes three seniors who graduated, two of whom were starters, and one who was a two-time all-state selection. On top of that, two-time all-state point guard afton cummins moved to rival big horn. Tongue river will start over to a degree.
wyopreps preseason basketball tour: tongue river girls the cupboard is not bare for the eagles. They do return two starters, including three-time all-stater chaney reish. The other starter back is sophomore emma sopko, who was an all-conference performer last season. Reish averaged 14.8 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. Both marks were good enough for the top five in 2a girls’ basketball. Sopko added 5.3 points and four rebounds per contest. Six more players saw the court in at least five varsity games last season. Tr also has a new head coach. Carly sanon takes the reins. She has experience coaching at the collegiate level. Sanon spent eight seasons as the head coach at montana tech. She starred at chester (high school), mt. Then, sanon played college basketball at carroll college. She began her coaching career as an assistant with the saints and also assisted at central washington. She has a daughter on the eagles’ squad.
read more basketball news from wyopreps
3a-4a girls basketball state championship scoreboard 2025
3a-4a girls all-state basketball awards 2025
1a-2a girls basketball state championship scoreboard 2025
1a-2a girls all-state basketball awards 2025
download the wyoprp mobile app now to preview the tongue river season, wyopreps interviewed two players and the head coach
wyopreps chatted with reish and sopko about how practice is going for trhs, the loss of some key players, adjusting to a new coach, new style, and new philosophy, and more. We also got the perspective of coach sanon. Those interviews are in the video at the top of the story.
tongue river begins its season next friday and saturday at the herder’s classic in glenrock. The eagles will play wyoming indian, moorcroft, and rocky mountain.
tongue river eagles girls basketball preseason practice 2025 stop no. 2 on our preseason tour was in dayton to see the two-time defending class 2a girls basketball state champion tongue river eagles. Gallery credit: david settle, wyopreps.Com david settle, wyopreps.Com tongue river girls basketball practice the tongue river girls basketball team runs drills during preseason practice in december 2025. David settle, wyopreps.Com tongue river girls basketball practice the tongue river girls basketball team runs drills during preseason practice in december 2025. David settle, wyopreps.Com tongue river girls basketball practice the tongue river girls basketball team runs drills during preseason practice in december 2025. David settle, wyopreps.Com tongue river girls basketball practice the tongue river girls basketball team runs drills during preseason practice in december 2025. David settle, wyopreps.Com tongue river girls basketball practice the tongue river girls basketball team runs drills during preseason practice in december 2025. Tongue river girls basketball practice the tongue river girls basketball team runs drills during preseason practice in december 2025. David settle, wyopreps.Com tongue river girls basketball practice the tongue river girls basketball team runs drills during preseason practice in december 2025. David settle, wyopreps.Com tongue river girls basketball practice the tongue river girls basketball team runs drills during preseason practice in december 2025. David settle, wyopreps.Com tongue river girls basketball practice the tongue river girls basketball team runs drills during preseason practice in december 2025. David settle, wyopreps.Com tongue river girls basketball practice the tongue river girls basketball team runs drills during preseason practice in december 2025. |
| ( Read More... | 8208 bytes more | comments? | ) |
| |
| Bandmates |
| Posted on Sunday, December 07 @ 00:00:49 PST (7 reads) | |
|
|
Been watching a lot of dimension 20 lately, fantasy high is a delight. Adaine is such a big mood, and also my daughter
more you might like
anonymous asked:
would it be possible for you to briefly outline the gist of the bad kid’s relationships to each other in terms of individual pairs (i.E. Fig and kristen, riz and fabian, adaine and gorgug, etc)? And if that’s too much, maybe specifically the fig ones (i’m trying to get a sense of her friendships because they are so important to her).
this is sooooo late but i didn’t have the time to write it when you sent it and then i figured i might as well wait till the end of the season to get a full picture and give the best answer. Hope it was worth the wait!
—————–
fig and fabian: fig and fabian are the two that most closely fit the classic “cool kid” archetype (though obviously we know fig is mainly a big sweetheart and fabian is a loser no matter how high he rolls). As far back as s1 they were playing the party faces and schmoozing penelope together. I think their friendship now is exemplified by the fact that when fabian wanted to threaten his banker, fig was there as his first mate to help out, no questions asked and no payment required. They’re each others, “i can count on you to do this bullshit with me,” friends.
fig and riz: i think fig knows she doesn’t necessarily have as much in common with riz naturally as she does with some of her other friends but she obviously respects and deeply cares for him. The main reason she started taking her classes seriously junior year is because the whole party passing together was really stressing him out and she spent some of her very limited downtime sending riz a, “thinking of you” not to lift his spirits (though she signed it from gorgug because she can’t help being chaotic). Similarly, i think riz obviously cares a ton for fig even though he finds 70% of what she does crazy. Think about him following behind her to clean things up as she pretended to be a doctor and had to do surgery in freshman year. But i think she’s helped him lean into his chaotic side a bit more as well–i always think about their side mission to hell in soph year and her going, “hiss at her litigator!” And at the end of junior year, he comes to the conclusion of, “i gotta let her do her own thing and not pressure her to live by my standards.” So lots of mutual respect.
fig and gorgug: fig and gorgug have been besties and bandmates since freshman year. I’ve always had the sense that fig has some big sister style protective feelings towards gorgug since he’s often the gentle giant of the group and this season, she hyped him up a ton with his barbificer stuff. I would argue that, besides his parents, fig is gorgug’s biggest cheerleader.
fig and adaine: fig also has sister energy with adaine but it’s less “protective older sister” and more “odd couple playfully clashing”. Think them burning spellslots to fight for the best rooms in mordred in soph year and adaine foaming at the mouth to get info about her crush on ayda. They’re living under the same roof so we have to assume they have a lot more interactions that we don’t see and i feel like adaine probably really enjoys that she gets to have closer to a normal sibling relationship with fig since her blood sister is aelwyn and that relationship is intense and meaningful but nothing approaching normal. The teasing is there but so is the genuine love–remember how devastated fig was when adaine was taken to falinel in soph year despite their best efforts? And her long hug during the baron fight this season even though they were very much on the clock. And fig was wingwomaning hard (along with the rest of the bad kids) to help her notice oisin. Also think about fig having a whole crisis of self during the last stand and turning to adaine for reassurance and adaine just going, what? Girl, no you’re awesome and painting an arcane bullseye on her target so she could smite like crazy. Despite the playful ribbing, they have very supportive sister energy. “Absolutely my king, whatever you want.”
fig and kristen: i think fig and kristen have two big things is common. One is they’re both very chaotic people and the other is they have both gone through kind of intense rebellious periods spurred by or resulting in family trauma. Because of that, i think they likely get each other a bit better than the others might (and we can see that fig followed in kristen’s footsteps a ton this season god-wise). Fig also decided to take on the protective, german shepherd role over kristen this past season which i think is partially for the bit, partially about personal development, and partially about just how much she genuinely wants to help protect kristen.
fabian and riz: classic jock/nerd friendship. The original bardy boys. The kind of friendship that is made special by the absolute lack of obvious commonality between the two parties. “The ball” is a friendly nickname now. Oh how the turns have tabled.
fabian and gorgug: fabian started out the series by attacking gorgug for no good reason while he was being gifted a tin flower and midway through this season he was like gorgug, you’re quitting bloodrush? I’m gonna miss you :(((((( even though they’re still fully in a party together and spend so much time together. The bro energy has completely solidified. It’s also funny that fabian texted gorgug like, “congrats on making it with mary ann!” And gorgug was like, “you do know i’ve had sex before, right? I come from an extremely sex positive household and i had a steady girlfriend for two years who also came from an extremely sex positive household.” Fabian has all the aesthetics of a cool kid but gorgug is actually about that life, lol.
fabian and adaine: this is another pair that i think has serious sibling energy (and not just bc they both have posh high elf backgrounds). I’m thinking about fabian yelling for adaine’s help during the last stand (even though she was like why am i the one you’re calling for help right now???). I’m also thinking about adaine being like fabian hit me :( during the baron encounter and fabian being outraged at the thought that he would ever hit her. I think if you asked fabian, he’d say his best friends are riz and adaine (which is really funny considering they’re the nerds of the group).
fabian and kristen: bad decision buddies with no game who are still somehow getting their kisses in.
riz and gorgug: i think that riz was one of the bad kids who realized how smart gorgug really is the fastest. He’s always like, “nice one gorgug,” when he offhandedly comes up with a connection that helps solve the mystery and i feel like they have to work on gear and gadgets together. I think the fact that riz believed fig’s lie that gorgug wrote him the encouraging note says a lot and the fact that gorgug immediately made him a real present (the medal of wit) also says a lot.
riz and adaine: party nerds, investigation buddies, voices of reason with specific things that get them unreasonably angry. They are the only ones who were excited that there was an academic portion of the last stand. Riz made adaine a folder with nothing in it at the beginning of junior year to say, “i’m not worried about you but i want you to be included anyway.” Adaine in a conversation to i don’t remember who said that she knows that at the very least she and riz are going to college together. When everyone was wasting questions questioning bakur, riz told everyone to shut up except for adaine and himself. They are the braincells of the operation and they have party nerd solidarity.
riz and kristen: i think riz has a similar relationship to kristen that he does to fig. This season he was her right hand man with campaign stuff but ended the season like hey, do you. I don’t want to put pressure on you. And kristen in turn i think appreciated his efforts a bit more by the end of the season. I feel like it’s easy to feel like their relationship is unbalanced but i think riz is a lot like his dad and he not only feels weird when he’s not working but also shows his love by working so it’s more symbiotic than it may seem at surface level.
gorgug and adaine: gorgug and adaine don’t interact the most, but i feel in my heart that they have a lot of chill, lo-fi study time together. This is me extrapolating a bit but i think they kind of inherently balance each other out. Gorgug being mechanically big and full of rage but really sweet. Adaine being small and polite but full of so much rage. In-universe you know she spends a ton of time standing directly behind him and casting spells while he soaks damage. That’s gotta give you a special kind of camaraderie.
gorgug and kristen: whenever i think about gorgug and kristen, i always picture them in sophomore year, going through it with their girlfriends at the same time, lol.
adaine and kristen: i think adaine and kristen’s whole relationship is best summed up by three actions. (1) adaine casting friends on her to make her go to school so she won’t fail and then kristen giving her the help action to be charmed. (2) kristen making the effort to be mean-nice to aelwyn because presumably adaine told her she likes that better. (3) k2 being sent way and kristen being like, “i did enjoy having a sister” and adaine immediately going, “i’m your sister.” (Which, from her history, you know isn’t something she’d say lightly). I think adaine is often exasperated by the insane shit kristen does (see eg: ribbon dancing) but she was also right there hyping her up and helping her cover during the “passed the test to give me new spells” fiasco at the food trucks. At the end of the day, kristen respects the hell out of adaine and adaine is ride or die for kristen.
anonymous asked:
brain blast moment: gorgug has an axe specifically designed for breaking objects, and between that and his barbificer powers he is really good at destroying structures. Dude could make a killing in demolitions--the ultimate syncretism of barbarian and artificer.
oh yeah, that would be metal as hell! Some quick mental math and then bam. Let it rip! He could get paid twice–from the person who needs the building downed and again from spectators!
i hope brennan gives him a good opportunity to use that ability during the big fight (or at some other fun moment) because it’s so great to get to activate your item’s semi-niche special ability in a useful way.
farmer-10 asked:
just to throw my two cents on the rat grinder discourse: they werent worth the intrepid heroes time. We didnt get the full picture of whats going on with the grinders until the last quarter of the season. Before that they were just this other clique that hate the main characters, so in-character why would the bad kids bother giving them so much attention when theyve got so much of their own crap going on. Kristens quest to get cassandra back and her presidential campaign, gorgugs courseload, rizs million and one plates that hes been spinning all season, adaines financial problems, figs curse and her doubts about what she wants to do with her life. Fabians the only one who might have had the time, but he had to be maximum legend. There genuinely was no time or even an incentive on the ihs side to develop the rat grinders characters.
i still think its fucked up that these teenagers got taken advantage of by adults they trusted, but we didnt learn any of that until we only had two roleplay episodes left. Too little too late to even try anything diplomatic even if they didnt spend all their time after the last stand in hiding.
and a thing about ivy that no one is roasting her about and really should: an elven archer? Really? Wow, never seen that before.
yeah totally. Like, from a meta level, i see where the players themselves could have been more curious about the rat grinders. There are obvious plot threads that could have been teased out there (though, in fairness to the cast, the adult manipulation aspect didn’t become clear until way later in the season–the rivalry and foil aspects were more obvious). This final confrontation could look really different if they’d played that all the way out all season.
but in character? The bad kids really didn’t have a good reason to waste time on the rat grinders. They came into this school year already burnt out from their night yorb quest and wanting a break. But they don’t get that because they immediately are beset by problems they have to deal with–kristen’s god is on death’s door from neglect and she’s on the brink of expulsion, riz is running himself ragged trying to boost his resume for college, fig is having a whole ass existential crisis, adaine is struggling with money issues she doesn’t want to talk about, gorgug is taking four years of school at the same time, and fabian is multiclassing and dealing with his empty house/not having parental support (or cathilda’s support) for the first time. They are dealing with so much high stakes, personal stuff before the plot even kicks in. And, mechanics-wise, this is represented with the downtime system that means that any time they spend on the rg’s is time they can’t spend on something that matters more to them. Imo, not prioritizing your haters is actually pretty mature. Like, they weren’t proactively using their free time to bully them or anything (except for arguably fig). They were snippy with them when they crossed their paths and that was it. As opposed to the rat grinders who literally had to be told by jace to stop antagonizing the bad kids (though they must have been pretty ineffectual at it because the bad kids hardly noticed, which i bet stung considering they were so obsessed).
and also, it’s not like they didn’t try at all with the rat grinders. Early insight checks on kipperlilly just got, “this is a polished steel orb of a personality” which doesn’t sound very worth interacting with in a sympathetic way if at all and then the next big thing they learn is that she had hated riz since freshman year and that she wants riz and kristen dead. And that’s after we saw her smile and kill her party cleric. In their position i’m not spending further time trying to empathize with this person, i have made my judgement and it’s up to the jawbones of the world to find if there’s something in there to be rehabilitated.
and that’s not the only case. Adaine straight up saved ruben from disintegration during the frosty folk battle when she easily could have saved the spell slot, but that didn’t soften him towards the bad kids any. Adaine also was really keen to scry on the rat grinders to find out what was happening at their meetings. But, in scene at least, she was never able to do that so we never got a scene of them, huddled together, clearly unsure about the path they’re on but not feeling like they can walk it back or say no to the authority figures in their lives. She didn’t get anything humanizing that would cause her to rethink their position on them the way that she did with aelwyn for instance. So why would they think they’re anything but gleeful co-conspirators?
hell, the one rg adaine was even slightly curious about was oisin and now we know that he was feigning interest in her which, man, can you imagine how much worse that would have felt if she’d actually taken the bait and pursued him beyond just thinking he was cute? Of course, it’s possible that her interacting with him more along with some good charm rolls could have changed the narrative in some way but we can only go off of what we know to be true in canon and those facts are (1) he tried to get closer to adaine while actively planning the downfall of her and her friends, (2) he (along with ivy) was mean to buddy behind his back while tricking him into a plan that would force him to go against his religious beliefs, and (3) he called his kvx related dragon ancestors to try to kill the bad kids and endanger the entire student body population. Three strikes, you’re out. If i’m a bad kid i’m not super interested in whatever else is going on with him. And again, literally all of adaine’s friends (except riz) gave her help to do an insight check on him during their confrontation in the hallway so she was looking for something there worth engaging with, but she didn’t get much.
fig was fully doing cia, mkultra, fantasy geneva convention violations on ruben to try see if she could get information or flip him. I think she did it in an objectively insane way so i’m not entirely shocked that it didn’t yield the exact results she was looking for. But she never found the smoking gun (or whatever the opposite of that is) in his head that would absolve him/show the rat grinders were being controlled and her messing with his dreams never flared his conscience enough to make him try to break free (as far as we know) which is what i assume she was going for. If i was ruben looking for a way out but scared of the repercussions, i might go to adaine who saved me from certain death earlier the same year and has helped saved the world 3 times with her party and their friends in high (and low) places. Maybe that’s what fig thought might happen but it didn’t so from fig’s pov? Gave him a chance. Time to start blasting. And again, at that age, if i walked in to the first day of class and the first thing this random boy does is sneer at me and flaunt his musical success, i’m popping up on his nemesis alert at that moment. Doubly so after he tries to trick me and my friends into doing drugs so we get expelled. I’m surprised she tried at all with him.
fabian absolutely tried to interact with ivy–in large part for self interested reasons of course, but that doesn’t change that he did it. And she came across as callous and unkind from the jump. Their final conversation before the latest episode is the one where she talks about wearing mazey like a sweater and then says that fabian missed his chance with her before stalking off. That’s a pretty open and shut interaction. No way 17 year old me is like, “hmm, but why is she acting so mean? Perhaps i should examine that more closely to further understand her.” Nah, i’ve decided she sucks.
and kristen has tried with buddy literally up until the last moment. She rolled an insight check on him right before the fight started and she got a 1. She got nothing from him.
mary ann is actually the only rat grinder who hasn’t done anything to make a bad impression on the bad kids–the only thing she did was have a really good bloodrush tryout. So no reason to hate her specifically (and, in fact, she is also the only rat grinder that at least half of them are positively obsessed with), but no reason to explore her further. And kristen still tried giving her a stuffed animal and her response was that she already had that one and that she was going to give it away. What are they supposed to do with that?
even when they tried, they didn’t get information that was worth chasing when they were so busy and had to manage their free time. Gorgug didn’t even slot in downtime to talk to his bio parents when they visited. Why would he spend any time on mary ann to figure out her deal? Maybe if they were given more explicit opportunities to interact with them in passing. If mary ann was shown at bloodrush games. If during class time oisin tried to interact with adaine. If kristen ran into buddy and bucky talking. If any of their forays into talking to them or looking into them yielded anything actionable or that piqued their interest–they opened the door for brennan to give them something more than once. But they never got anything that was worth investing more of their limited time into.
(and also, they didn’t learn that porter was involved until way into the last quarter of the episodes. Which absolutely could have changed things since, as far as they knew the rg’s were working alone to raise this god which isn’t crazy for them to think because kristen literally did that last year and it was of her own free will. If they knew early that the rg’s were smaller players in porter’s plot then maybe they would have been in more of a rescue mindset–especially since fig has always mistrusted him–but that’s not information they had and by the time they got it, the rg’s were in deep hiding, like you said.)
and so, coming into the last few episodes, that’s who the rat grinders are to the bad kids. A group of kids who they first heard about in the context of, “they famously hate you,” even though they’d never interacted before. A group of kids who they already thought sucked even before they tried to kill the entire study body an hour ago. A group of kids who are trying to doom all of elmville to eternal rage and who are willing and ready to kill them to do it.
with that context, yeah i think their actions are pretty understandable.
(also, lmao. Yeah, i think calling ivy basic would probably hurt her more than most things you could say to her.)
asks
farmer-10
dimension 20
fantasy high
d20
spoilers
d20 spoilers
dimension 20 spoilers
dimension 20 fhjy
fhjy
and they knew the rage crystals existed for a while
but they had no reason to believe that the rage crystals are a thing that happened *to* the rgs
rather than being a thing that theyre doing to others
so like yeah i totally get it wishing that they players had delved deeper into their whole situations
thats the fun of narrative foils after all
but i dont think the bad kids themselves handled this situation unreasonably
when ppl rub me the wrong way/are rude to me irl i avoid them
if they have hidden struggles thats between them and their loved ones and their therapist
and if i was a bad kid after such a stressful year even if i heard their tragic backstories at this point id be like
cool motive still murder
the report card – fantasy high junior year ep 18
oisin’s family reunion
welcome back to fantasy high where it’s election night and there’s a storm a-brewin. Last we left off, pretty much every student at aguefort (plus ragh, jawbone, and a hidden eugenia shadow) was at seacaster manor which riz realized was tactically unwise right as seacaster manor was suddenly ripped from its foundations into the sky.
luckily, seacaster manor is still a working pirate ship with a ton of functioning canons, plus a ton of shields and other protective mojo put up by aelwyn. Unfortunately, there’s a lot to worry about here:
i’m kind of obsessed with all of the rat grinders’ attempts to ruin the bad kids backfiring and making them cooler than ever. Force them to take the last stand? They become the first party to ever have a flawless victory. Send dragons to steal the election from them? They turn it into the most rocking party/music video ever (and kill your wizard’s grandma in the process). And now you’re giving them another chance to save the world when they’re already 3 for 3 on cancelling apocalypses? Are you guys for real?
the report card – fantasy high junior year ep 17
it’s emily axford’s world, we’re just living in it
welcome back to fantasy high where this monster 3+ hour bombshell of an episode is dropping during one of the busiest weeks of my life! There is so much going on in this episode that i’m absolutely going to have to speed through things to get this out before the next episode but i’ll try to hit on all of the most important points. Ok, ready, set, let’s go!
we closed out last ep in the middle of downtime where we learned that jace had a scar from being infected with a rage crystal shatter star and from there we still have a bunch more downtime to get through. Highlights!
the report card – fantasy high junior year ep 16
kipperlilly copperkettle and the world’s smallest violin
welcome back to fantasy high where everyone’s graduating with a pluses and we’re *finally* figuring out what the hell kipperlilly’s deal is!
but, before we get to that, we have some loose ends to tie up. You’ll remember that the bad kids just demolished the last stand exam and dropped gavin pundle off at the council of chosen office in bastion city. It’s the day before spring break so hypothetically they should be relaxing–they don’t have a spring break project like everyone else because of the last stand–but these are the bad kids. They don’t get breaks. |
| ( Read More... | 49158 bytes more | comments? | ) |
| |
| Alabamas College Football Playoff legitimacy in question after blowout SEC title |
| Posted on Sunday, December 07 @ 00:00:49 PST (7 reads) | |
|
|
Its fair to question alabamas college football playoff legitimacy after lopsided sec championship game loss by will backus dec 6, 2025 at 8:25 pm et • 2 min read join the conversation comments now playing share share video link copied! When the 12-team college football playoff field is unveiled sunday afternoon, alabama will almost certainly be included. That felt like an inevitability when the selection committee moved the crimson tide up one spot to no. 9 in its latest rankings, jumping a notre dame team that closed the regular season with a far more convincing rivalry win.
it probably doesnt matter that alabama didnt look like it belonged on the same field as no. 3 georgia in the sec championship game. The bulldogs earned a rare breakthrough over their growing rival, rolling to a 28-7 win that was even more lopsided than the final score suggested.
alabama rushed for minus-3 yards as a team and didnt eclipse 100 total yards until late in the third quarter. Though the tide beat georgia in the regular season, theyve scored just seven points in their last six quarters against the bulldogs.
its almost impossible to imagine a scenario in which alabama doesnt make the playoff, but its fair to question whether the tide actually deserve the honor.
they are not (a playoff team), said damien harris, the cbs college football analyst who was a two-time national champion at alabama. This alabama team, specifically the offense, it did not look playoff-caliber.
alabama would become the first three-loss at-large playoff team and the first at-large team to suffer two double-digit losses in the same season. Alabama would be slotted ahead of several deserving two-loss programs, including no. 11 byu -- which went 11-1 in the regular season and lost in the big 12 championship game on saturday -- and no. 12 miami.
while teams like notre dame, miami and -- before the postseason began -- byu have played their best football since the committee started releasing weekly rankings, alabama is trending the opposite direction. The tide are 2-2 against fbs opponents since nov. 1, averaging 17 points per game and surpassing 21 points only once.
theyre also 0-2 against currently ranked opponents since oct. 4 and have rarely looked convincing even in victory. An 11-point win over a rudderless lsu team and a narrow seven-point escape against an auburn squad that finished with one sec win hardly move the needle.
alabama also carries the worst loss of any bubble team. The tide were one of three power four teams beaten by florida state this season. Their only saving grace is that the 14-point defeat came in the opener; had it occurred in november, alabama would be out of the discussion entirely.
the offensive collapse is the biggest culprit. Kalen deboers group cannot consistently run the ball without jam miller, and even with him, the ground attack is unreliable. Alabama ranks 13th in the sec in rushing at 126.2 yards per game.
quarterback ty simpson shares some of the blame. He once looked like a legitimate heisman contender, but he has been largely ineffective over the past month. He threw his fourth interception in as many games in the sec title loss to georgia and failed to complete 50% of his passes. Simpson is averaging 160.3 passing yards over alabamas last three games. Hes not solely responsible for alabamas position on the bubble, but the tide offense as a whole looks pedestrian against comparable competition.
theres no telling which direction the selection committee will go — even if its recent decisions strongly suggest alabama wont fall out. But the tide are far from the undeniable juggernaut many believed them to be earlier in the season.
our latest college football stories betting markets favor notre dame, alabama over miami to make cfp cameron salerno • 2 min read deboer spikes cfb playoff conversation with post-game remarks brad crawford • 2 min read ohio state vs. Indiana prediction, spread, live stream john talty • 4 min read texas techs dominant win vs. Byu puts exclamation point on 2025 shehan jeyarajah • 3 min read bet365 bonus code cbsbet365: get $150 bonus bets for college football blake von hagen • 2 min read indiana-ohio state big ten championship picks from 10,000 simulations daniel kohn • 3 min read |
| ( Read More... | 8570 bytes more | comments? | ) |
| |
|
| Classifieds |
|
|
