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iikkeee · 2 years

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D&D || e. munson

Eddie Munson x reader fluff!

Warnings: y/n is kinda mean at the beginning LMAO other than that not really

A/n: I haven’t posted a fluff on this acc and I love writing them so here’s this one, this one is pretty short I might make it into a fic? Idk, but I’m sorry for not posting, I’ve been very busy for the past few weeks. Expect more Eddie and stranger things content!!

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You sighed as you walked up to an empty table, placing down your small snack you had packed that morning eating it lazily as you took in your surroundings. Being at a new school was hard especially since you didn’t know anyone, and not being able to connect with anyone in your classes made it even worse.

You looked around to see a beautiful man with messy brown hair, tattoos on his arms and rings covering his fingers. You raised your eyebrow in confusion as you heard him talking loudly and standing on top of the table. His actions were animated as he spit insults to different groups, preaching about his club or whatever. You glanced at him as he pushed around two freshman’s, his eyes flickering to you “What a weirdo…” you muttered before going back to eating trying to ignore his remarks as he shouted and yelled.

“Hey” “Shit!” You jumped in your seat slightly, trying to recover as you noticed the man now sitting across from you “you scared me…” you muttered slightly groaning “sorry about that” he said his voice anything but genuine “Are you new here? Never seen you around…” he asked his head tilting curiously “um, yeah. I just moved here” you responded your arms crossing “I’m Eddie, and you are?” He said leaning closer to the table “I’m Y/n” “nice to meet you, m’lady” he said holding out his hand “did you seriously just say M’LADY?” You exclaimed laughing, he chuckled and winked before speaking again “how come you’re alone?” “I guess nobody wants to be my friend” you responded chewing on some of your food “that’s completely fine though” you added on giving him a weak smile “whose to say I don’t want to be your friend?” He said raising his eyebrow “seeing how you spoke to the basketball players, me” you said chuckling “those guys are just a bunch of show offs, come on throwing balls into laundry baskets? Get a real hobby” he said shrugging “a real hobby? What’s yours then?” You asked curiously

“Well I’m glad you asked” he said dramatically standing up and flourishing his hands “I play only the best game in the world, dnd” he said winking, you raised your eyebrow “I’m even the president of the hellfire club” he added pointing at his shirt “what’s dnd?” You asked curiously “you’re kidding right?” He replied practically jumping back into his chair “nope” you said slightly leaning back as he leaned close to your face “you know what? Instead of explaining it why don’t I just show you a real match?” He said his head tilting curiously, your eyes widened in confusion “We’re having a match later, care to join?” He asked a smile on his face “Well I’ll see you later” He said winking and saluting before running back to his table “w-wait! I didn’t even say yes!!” You shouted in shock “guess I’m going” you muttered under your breath

When you arrived to the room you didn’t expect dim lighting and different props set up everywhere “Ah! Y/n you came” Eddie exclaimed rushing to the door leading you into the room, his arm on the small of your back “it’s not like I had much of a choice” you chuckled “Everyone met Y/n, she’ll be an observer” He said causing you to give a small wave to the other boys in the room. They all were pretty nerdy looking, but mostly harmless. “Here you can sit here” Eddie said pulling out a chair for you right let next a giant book standing upright. “Alright, you guys ready? This is some serious shit” He exclaimed to the boys in the room, they turned to him and nodded. Your eyes wandered as you processed- or at least tried to process all the rules thrown out. Something about DM? Magic? You had no clue what was going on but it was entertaining seeing how they would immerse themselves into the game.

You stared curiously at Eddie, smiling at his different expressions each time he shared a part of the story they were portraying. His laugh when he saw one dice roll the wrong way, the way he would move like a cartoon. You admired him and his features, he noticed you and gave you a quick wink before going back to narrating. You chuckled as you continued to watch him move.

“All right, I think that’s enough for today. I’m sure our observer is over it by now” He said closing up the book with a bow “I’ll see you guys next time” he said waving as the rest of the boys picked up their dice and walked out talking about their plays and such. “So? What do you think?” He asked leaning towards you as he picked up the rest of the supplies “I suppose I liked it” you responded standing up helping him pick up “It was cool seeing you narrate it all, also I didn’t know you guys would get so worked up” you laughed putting your hair behind you ear “oh yeah, we take it very seriously.” He chuckled “to be fair, I had no clue what was going on the whole game” you said laughing “you know what” he said stopping his movements “what?” You responded curiously “how about I teach you?” He asked his eyebrow raised “well I don’t know…” You said shaking your head “come on it’ll be fun” He said moving to your side holding your hands in his “I’m a good teacher I promise” He said “alright fine” you sighed. “Yes!” He shouted fist pumping the air “I’ll show you tomorrow, okay?” He said with a grin “okay” you responded “it’s a date then!” He yelled. “Bye, Eddie” You said rolling your eyes and waving as you walked out the door “bye bye” he responded.

You didn’t expect to leave your first day of school to be filled with a board game and a crazy brown haired boy that you couldn’t help but have a slight crush on. You sighed as your last class ended, picking up your text books and shoving them in your bag “y/n!” You heard a familiar voice say, you looked up to see Eddie sitting on the desk next to yours “oh hey Eddie” you responded “Eddie no sitting on the desks!“ the teacher yelled making Eddie wince slightly “well should probably get out of here, he hates me” he said his nose scrunched “right” you said giggling as he grabbed your arm running to outside of the school “Where are we going?” “We’re almost there” He said glancing back at you. “Here we are” He said stopping and flourishing his hands causing you to almost bump into him “the woods?” You asked your arms crossed “I’m not gonna kill you” he said rolling his eyes before leading you to the bench, you laughed as you sat down. He sat across from you and pulled out the same book he had at the match, pulling out some dice from his pockets. “I hope you like our scenery” he said smiling “it’s pretty, never been here though” you responded “yeah, nobody knows about it. I usually just do drug deals here” he said mindlessly as he set up everything “drug deals? Wow how romantic!” You teased making your voice high pitched “I know right?” He chuckled winking.

“Anyways, let’s get started then” he said standing up and you leaned close to the table trying to read everything. “Here, I’ll just explain the basics” you listened intently as he explained the rules, he dumbed them down as you couldn’t understand every term the dnd nerds used. “You following?” He asked “yeah” you said smiling, he smiled back “so, I can create my character then?” You asked your head rested on your hand “yup!” He exclaimed coming next to your side “you can design your character to your heart’s desire” he said resting his arms on the table “that being said, we should get into actual gameplay” he muttered as he got the dice in his hands before handing them to you. “When you roll, it determines if you attack or get hit…well it depends you can miss or roll out…but that doesn’t matter” he said rolling his eyes at his statement causing you to laugh “alright…so I just roll then” you said tossing the dice in your hand before rolling it onto the table “ah, you got a miss” he winced, causing you to sigh “it’s okay though, here I got a trick” he replied standing behind you grabbing your hand gently “oh come on I can roll a dice on my own” you chuckled blushing as you felt him against your back “I know how to get it to attack” he muttered, his breath hot against your ear causing you to flush even more.

You were sure he could hear your quickened heartbeat as he place the dice back into your hand, his rings grazing your skin. “Here, it’s all in the wrist” his whispered moving your wrist, and tossing the dice causing you to snap back into reality “there you go!” Perfect roll” he exclaimed, you smiled as you saw the dice. You sighed as you tried to calm down, he was still so close. You had never felt like that before “uh thanks” you whispered breathlessly as you turned your face to his. You both stared into each others eyes for what seemed like centuries, your hands intertwining gently. “Yeah of course” he responded, his eyes flickering to your lips. You gulped nervously as he moved toward you, meeting your lips fully. Your eyes closed in bliss before moving your free hand to his hair slightly pushing him towards you to deepen the kiss, his hand moving to your hip. You both pulled away breathless, your cheeks pink as you stared at each other longingly. “Uh well…” you managed to say, you both stared once more before laughing.

“I guess your stuck with me then” he said settling next to you “right” you responded “I should ask though, would you like to join hellfire?” He asked his head tilted “I barely know how to play” you replied “so? It’ll be nice having you around. You can learn how to play more. I’ll continue to teach you” He said giving you a gentle smile “okay” you said smiling back. “Good” he said giving you a peak.

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honey-milk-depresso · 2 years

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Omg- Omg- I just found this acc and have been binge reading your twst masterlist

Ane ways if your accepting req could you do hc with Riddle,Ace & Duce duo (like together)Leona and Vil (also if its not too much can you also do the leech twins, Crowley and Crewel) with it a reader (gn) whose similar to Ayato like Mc? Like Mc verry charming, witty, playful, and mischievous but also caring, dutiful, kind and gentleman like? (the last ones leaning to male so you can remove it if you like) Oh and also he has those uh- portal like sleeves and they witness Mc pulling out like a fkn sword?

Hopefully this wont violate any rules if it does you can ignore! Dont overwork urself and make sure to take care!! !(•̀ᴗ•́)و̑

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OKAY- FINALLY- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-

IT'S BEEN TOO LONG- IM SO SORRY- ;-;;;;;;;;

Also I took A*e, Deuce and Tweels ^^

At first glance, you may seem distant and cold, having a disliking towards unnecessary small talk an constantly work and work and work, only being polite and well-mannered as formally as ever.

Truth to be told, those close to you would experience your tender kindness, inspiring loyalty to many you have touched.

You rather not show your face to the public often, preferring to do your tasks behind the scenes, and care for the people you hold close dearly.

Mature and determined, generous and polite, yet unforgiving when one harms the ones you love. Despite how formal you can be, you can be tricky and unpredictable, mischievous and cunning. Someone would have to keep an eye on you...

TWST The distant, yet kind, yet absolutely mischievous s/o (Ayato)

Ace Trappola

Oh god...

Ace sometimes can't stand how "noble-like" you behave. For someone who's too casual, talking to someone so formal...

Ace tries to approach to you with small talk, you politely, though quite bluntly refuse to converse with even a second with him.

What's the deal?

It seems like he can't even say a word with you other than homework, tasks and all the boring work he gets exhausted just talking about it.

For some reason, he still hasn't left. Maybe it's because sometimes you pull off harmless pranks on Deuce, other students, Grim and laugh about it. Or maybe when you've always helped him get out of all the troubles he has caused, maybe laughing a little of how silly he was for all the trivial ones he's been in.

Those are the times he enjoys being with you.

One time, you appeared out of nowhere after his basketball practice, even though he didn't tell you he was having practice. Slightly caught off guard, he asked what's up.

You only smiled mysteriously and charmingly, making your way to him as he lightly blushed by how close you were.

"W-what are you doing?" he frowned lightly, getting nothing in response as you only inched closer to his face.

W-what are they trying to do? Are they gonna do what I think they're gonna do?! A-Are we gonna -?!"

"It seems that Trappola has a little bit of his heart mark smudged."

He.. he forgot to wash it off before practice.

"Here's a towel for you, hm~" you smiled politely, handing him a red towel.

Sigh... so close... <3

Deuce Spade

Deuce is a little bashful by how formal you can get, and he doesn't really know how else to respond as formal as you.

All he really does is nod or shake his head and just try his best not to upset you or embarrass himself, although he mostly embarrasses himself by trying to make himself act as gentleman as he can.

But Deuce really adores your generosity you shower him without biasness and unlimited. You do that with people you're close with, and he's not going to lie, it makes him feel special.

He gets super flustered whenever you giggle at his attempts of being smooth in his formalities. He thinks back to when you used to refuse engaging in small talks with him. Maybe his silent persisting helped?

But sometimes he has to hold you back from doing anything mischievous, especially pulling pranks on delinquents.

He can't have you in trouble,

nor himself.

He especially needs to use four times the effort to pull both you and Ace back when you two combine your plans together. Although sometimes he can't help it and then all three of you get involved-

Sometimes he wonders just what is going on in your head. The way you approach him almost flirtatiously, leaving him baffled and flustered, wondering what you would do next.

You simply just said hello and turned away, going to your next class.

Gah... he really needs to keep his guard up with you... <3

Jade Leech

He's intrigued. He already could tell to your formal politeness when first meets the eye.

He doesn't see you often in Monstro Lounge, but when you're dragged by the Adeuce combo, he smiles politely and tries to start the ball rolling with you.

You simply decline, opting to tell him your order rather bluntly even with a polite tone as you smoothly dismiss him as if he was just a light mist.

Aren't you an interesting one?~

Jade simply can't wait to have you visit Monstro Lounge as he tries to engage in a conversation with you. Your unpredictable appearances whether forced to go or simply on your own accord has Jade thrilled and excited to see you.

You're quite a kind soul, and something about your kindness have Jade almost vulnerable.

Almost.

Your mischievous side is something he finds amusing. Pranking Azul, Floyd and almost everyone without discrimination, and sometimes you can hide that you're the true culprit behind all the fuss.

It's funny, and it makes his day.

Ah, how refreshing to see you so unpredictable in nature. Your charming smile fooling everyone, yet your kindness remains true and genuine.

Perhaps one day he could finally call you his... fufu~ <3

Floyd Leech

Although annoyed by how formal, boringly polite you get,

He can't help but want to know more about that... enigmatic aura you possess.

Something about your charming and polite smile seems playful and teasing, which makes him a little bit more interested in you.

Floyd tries to talk to you, give you a little friendly squeeze, but all you do is reject him! He doesn't care no matter how nice you act.

If you're not talking to him when he's trying to, that's the same as ignoring him, and you are!

So, he persists.

Eventually you just let him pester you, opting to sometimes pull off harmless pranks at him in response. He blinks when the whipped cream of Ace's latte smears his nose, as he flashes a toothy grin soon after.

From then onwards, you two pull pranks on others non-stop that Azul and Jade have to try and get you two to stop. But you guys didn't care

and just laughed about the ridiculous faces made by Azul when you pulled a prank on the octopus.

He very much enjoys this side of you!

Your rare appearances leaves him bored and upset now. You should go out more often! He rather have you appear out of nowhere in front of him and pull him to your dorm, just messing around and having fun crammed into your tight schedule.

He could enjoy these moments with you forever... <3

Reblogs help! ^^

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sportyconnect · 9 months

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sportsminorityreport · 1 year

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7 members plotting against the ACC. The observations.

So it just broke that 7 members in the ACC have been talking secretly about how to escape the ACC and the ACC’s Grant of Rights deal. (They signed that deal in 2016 after adding Notre Dame as an Olympic member with a football scheduling alliance.)

This means a lot, but what does it mean?

I think it says that everyone in College Football realizes that this, the last round of musical chairs, begun by the University of Texas, is underway.

Florida State started talking about how unhappy they were last year right after ESPN and FOX “overpaid” the Big 12. FSU makes essentially the same money as the Big 12 schools. As UCF, $20+M less annually than their rival the University of Florida and all the crap bottom feeding schools in the SEC and Big Ten.

I think you can take FSU’s public protests as them shouting at Notre Dame, “Hey We are no longer happy with this status quo. If you want to jump ship, we will back your play!”

SEC

There was a rumor in realignment circles last year that the SEC’s end game move was to take total ownership of the the deep south recruiting grounds for all time by adding Virginia, Virginia Tech, UNC, Duke, Clemson, FSU, Miami, Georgia Tech and Tulane to form a conference with 25 members. That would prevent the Big Ten from growing that big and having that membership would prevent the Big Ten from dictating the direction of college athletics.

It would also give the SEC near total control over recruiting, not just the dominance they have today. It is a believable scenario from an SEC member desire perspective...but does it work financially?

Take a look at the nation’s recruiting hotbeds.

It seemed a crazy rumor at the time, but this could easily be that move coming into action, with the SEC replacing Duke with a more SEC-like school in NC State is athletically more SEC in character.

If you take the 7 schools as 7 schools colluding to potentially dissolve the ACC and join the SEC as a group... as some realignment followers suspect, it is troublesome news.

ESPN

ESPN has long manipulated schools under their umbrella. ESPN doesn’t LOVE the ACC. They love FSU, Miami, Clemson, UNC and Duke.

ESPN doesn’t want to move those schools to the SEC and overpay those schools at SEC rates --- while keeping the rest of the ACC leftovers in a hobbled conference at historic rates.

If those 7 schools are working collectively at the direction of the SEC schools for bulk admission, it is ENTIRELY possible that ESPN is the ultimate puppet master, thinking they would rather see the ACC disbanded, nullifying their agreements, and just take the SEC money and pay their cherry picked ACC superstar schools SEC money, knowing that the there will be settlements that have the ACC haves making the ACC have nots more or less whole.

Now, lets play that out. That leaves a TON of good basketball schools to join the Big 12 as either full members or specifically basketball only members. Not Olympic-only members. Paid to play basketball and then go the hell away.

ESPN partners with FOX to pay the Big 12 bill. How many slots would they authorize for the Big 12?

The Big 12 is already now the nation’s premiere basketball conference.

Imagine them with Louisville, Duke, Wake Forest, UConn, Boston College, Pitt, and Syracuse? Imagine a Big 12 where 70% of their schools make the tourney every year and where they produce 2-3 of the number one seeds!

That is a conference that can make money off basketball hand over fist to help offset their media money deficit and become the undisputed 3rd and final power conference.. The Big 12 seems to be chomping at the bit for this.

And where does the PAC stand? Forgotten. A lesser MWC in basketball. A football conference with a total inability to recruit and a perchant for sending football teams with limited depth to get eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

And the crazy thing? It could be worse than that. The Big 12 is talking to their media partners a lot. The Big 12 Might START by adding San Diego State and another western basketball school...Gonzaga? Arizona? UNLV? What then for the PAC?

(I should note that it is wildly assumed by Pac leaders that SDSU will wait until the apocalypse for an association with Stanford and Cal. Accurate in this environment? Who can say. The train is rolling out and people tend to panic.)

That is just one of many scenarios this explosive revelation could deliver.

The bottom line: Get off your ass, Pac-12.

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teepepe · 2 years

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ickymichi · 3 years

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𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐒!

what’s this?: hcs of the scouts living together!

warnings: like 1 slightly nsfw one mentioned nothing serious, swearing, crack fic, modern au.

note: these hcs r probably the only thing keeping me going sidbsj. so wanted to share them with you guys, might make a more detailed part two who knows n e way, hope you enjoy! reblogs are greatly appreciated <3

first off this house will be the loudest, most chaotic place you’ll ever witness.

like they should have their own reality show.

so who’s in this hell hole?

well we’ve the two trios, eren mikasa & armin and jean connie & sasha.

six people in a house is gonna need a house cleaner to come over twice every week, and that mans name is levi. he usually doesn’t mind his job but when it comes to this house, he questions his life choices.

anyway! yeah what goes down? well let’s go through every room!

first off we’ll start with eren cause :p his room is like every other guys, sports achievement trophies on his shelf’s, signed jerseys hung on the wall and the same checkered sheets that he hasn’t changed in a while.

it’s always somehow always messy.

he does spend a considerable amount of time in their just playing on his play station, probably only comes out to get food.

and ofc he has l.e.d.s 🙄

next is armin! his is so quaint i love it

it just screams armin. books after books along his floor to ceiling book shelf, desk with every stationary you could think of. and is bed is always made and not a spec of dirt on the floor.

doesn’t spend too much time in his room and spends more time downstairs with the others.

mikasa my love <3 when i think of modern au mikasa, i think of goth!mikasa </3

her room is just such a viobe

so many plants!! and tapestries! she reads manga okay idc :( she has so much tho! her fav is romance </3 also has leds and a really funky full length mirror she found at a local store!

jean bo’s room is acc so nice. it has to be for all the girls he brings over

but yeah posters galore of his favourite anime (one piece, naruto, beck, death note etc) manga collector also!

also has his favourite band posters. he really likes posters k? doesn’t like to have plain walls

has those open wardrobe things, as well as an actual wardobe cause he has so much clothes.

and ofc, he got the leds

also he has this big ass tv and plays his music really loud off it.

connie my luuvvv!!

somehow, god only knows, mf got the biggest room when they were picking. really he just got the longest straw

anyway, his room pls, big ass bed, big ass tv, big ass wardobe AND he got a whole en-suite!

jean and eren and soo fcking jealous of his room pls.

he spends a lot of time on the play station with eren and jean. loves that he can hear eren screaming through his headphones and down the hall.

he also is a manga fanatic! but doesn’t have as much as jean yet! also don’t tell jean, but he stole a few volumes of bleach and he’s waiting for the day he noticed

also has his favourite artists and anime posters, won this really cool rengoku figure that he has in a glass case with his luffy and sukuna figures. yes, he loves collecting things.

as well as that he has an alcohol stand that has just bottles of beer to the most expensive tequila.

he has this speaker that quite literally shakes the floor and never doesn’t have music playing. even if it’s 2am that things going.

obviously got the leds

sasha </3 her room is just, you’d want to live in it that’s all i can say.

has like three mini fridges, two beside lockers all full of snacks and drinks.

her bed is the comfiest in the whole house, everyone comes into her room just to lay in it for a while.

has this really soft rug that she loves to lie on when watching tv or her laptop.

binges a lot of shows so she doesn’t come out of her room unless she wants to watch it downstairs with the others

got the leds‼️

now that we’ve seen all the bedrooms, what actually goes down in the facility?

connie or jean definitely went viral for those videos like these, they’re always on my fyp and i love it so he makes these like every few nights and they probably look like this:

armin is probably either studying or watching whatever’s on netflix

eren is most likely in his room on the ps or napping. gets annoyed every time connie comes in to record the tiktok -_-

sasha is either in the kitchen making something she saw on tiktok or in her room binging shows

mikasa is probably cleaning her room or a different part of the house or doing her make up/hair with her music v loud ofc <3

and jean and connie are either in each others rooms or fixing jeans car that keeps breaking down. with vv loud music ofc.

during the day though is like the same except the boys are probably out in the back garden playing basketball while mikasa and sasha watch on the grass catching some rays 😎

music is a reacquiring theme here bc there’s always someone blaring music.

also, jean is always bringing girls home from when him and eren go out and sasha n armin will just watch him run upstairs with her like 🧍‍♀️ 🧍 there goes another one

connie is forever scaring anyone and recording it. he has about 10 montages on tiktok of him hiding in a cupboard or even just around the corner and scaring someone. most times it’s jean cause he a scaredy-cat. did it to eren and he gave him a black eye out of ‘reflexes’

they love spending nights together sitting on the couch and watching different movies or just sitting together and talking.

dinner is spent at the table together every night and it’s honestly everyone’s favourite time of the day.

omg cleaner levi who comes to clean twice a week, connie gets on his nerves soo bad pls😭 he’s always asking him questions and being like “yo big man you need a hand?”

jean and connie spend a lot of time in each other’s rooms just sitting on the bed and scrolling through tiktok and sometimes eren joins and though the two won’t admit it, jean and eren love it when he does cause they have suuuch laughs pls i’m talking tears and sore sides.

#attack on titan #!!.keeping up with the scouts #connie x reader #jean x reader #eren x reader #armin x reader #levi x reader #mikasa x reader #sasha x reader #eren jaeger #connie springer #jean kirschstein #armin arlert #sahsa braus #mikasa ackerman #attack on titan x reader #aot x reader

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immj2 05 + 07.12.20 lbs

05.12.20

“tum saari property mere naam karoge.”

BITCH WHAT NOW???????????

V like dadiiiiiiiiiii ko dhokaaaaaaaa?!!!!?!?!?! oh ho, lagta hai pair chhoote chhoote V ko asli waale feels aa gaye dadi ke liye, free of charge!

THIS MAN AND HIS FACE NEED TO BE STOPPED SO HELP ME GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

also what else that tongue do (other than throw constant taane to guilt a bitch) baby boy mmmmmmmhmmmmmmm 😏😏😏

riddhima thinking ki property meaning khatra and she can’t allow it to stay on dadi, she has to take it on herself, so that if kabir tries hurting anyone, it’ll be her.

this one’s paar ki nazar has recognized that train of thought, i think.

she’s like think whatever you want idgaf, just do whatever the fuck i say or else. and don’t even think of charging me an extra paisa. jaake bhaanda phodna hai toh phod lo, phir you won’t get your remaining 4.5 cr. DAMN GIRL, WHERE THIS SHAATIR TAKE-CHARGE SIDE OF YOURS BEEN ALL THIS TIME???????/

hubs thinking same thing. he’s never been more turned on by her as when she’s using maximum brain.

“kya hai?????? aise taad kyun rahe ho?????????”

“taadna ekdum free of cost hai. only for your pretty face!” I HATE HIM.

LOVE THIS TROPE. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE.

face change from smiley eyes to shaatir eyes, as he contemplates the facts before him. unf, the things it does to me to see him emote.

lijiye, iss show ke Idiot Brothers. and their plans to prove it’s not vansh and to get riddhima thrown out. i’ll pass.

but this one’s face tho. cutest.

same, aryan. mera bhi yehiiiii reaction hai. taareeef karoon kya uskiiiii, jissne, tumhe banaaya!

some rando has come and is like hi, i’m your new lawyer; your old one appointed me before he left. no doubt he’s been sent by kabir.

V’s face: chutiya samajh rakha hai kya???? that’s not how this shit works.

v is like you’re here about my will and lmao riddhima’s all happy thinking oh vihaan has started my work already. SIS TILL NOW WHAT HAS HE DONE ACC TO YOUR PLAN? TELL ME ONE (1) THING THAT HE’S DONE LIKE YOU SAID.

yadda yadda yadda lawyer is like the property cannot be transferred for a few months. because Reasons. sure. sounds legit.

kabir is ecstatic. needs to learn to hide his MWAHAHAHAHAHA MERA CHAAL KAAM KAR GAYA FACE better if he wants to win at this game. he’s up against poker face all india/tellywood champion.

fb to kabir bribe/threatening lawyer. zero surprise.

V telling dadi idc about all this, meri asli daulat toh aap hai. lmao he really just does not give the other grandkids a chance to be #1 in dadi’s books.

ishani is pakka sure this is vansh bhai itselfffffffffff. and lmao angre’s suspicious face. they’re legit like:

V trying to negotiate salary increase (10% per month!!!!!!!!) and riddhima’s like bhakkkkkkk, sabzi mandi laga rakhi hai kya maine? yeh faltu ki bargaining nahi chalegi yahaan, jo karna hai karlo.

ishani’s back with bhai’s favvvvvvvvv chocolate cake and.... OH NO HE WAS SO FUCKING RUDE TO HERRRRRRRRRRRRR. riddhima ko sabak sikhaane ke liye ishani ko kyun sunaaaa rahe hoooo!?!?!?!!?

anyway riddhima tried to sametofy that raita by apologizing to ishani and.......... that went as well as expected.

kabir and aryan watching and lootofying mazze.

lmaooooo aryan tubelight ko situation samajh hi nahi aaya and kabir is just like

lmao have you seen a more pitying look????

angsty piano playing time.

lmaooooooooo she’s like “jahaan vansh banna tha, wahaan bann nahi paaye, yahaan yeh karke kya kya fayyda hai?” which......... troo. i really like this give-no-fucks version of riddhima who says what’s on her mind, instead of just doing lengthy internal monologues of stupidity.

as,kjdlkasjd;lksjd;lkjsa;ldkjsa;lk she’s like vansh never yelled at anyone if it wasn’t a big deal. to which V is reacting just the way i am rn.......

‘lmao reallllllllly??? i don’t remember it like that.’

more lecture and yeah, i relate to him.

ishani over here crying to angre about bachpan se leke aaj tak vansh bhai ne kabhi nahi daanta. which again i’m like?????????? i have literally only seen V1.0 yelling at ishani for some bs or the other. literally never has he shown her any pyaar; the most he’s ever mellowed at her was when he gruffly told her sunny’s “truth” and made her understand that the wedding with angre would be good for her. nostalgia comes with some reallllll rose tinted glasses huh, ki everyone’s whitewashing asshole!vansh this way.

soft ship gently chugging along!

anyway angre has a plan and ishani like so help me god imma murder this fucker if he’s not vansh. there’s my girl!!!!!

this one is driving a hardddddddd bargain and wow, really going to town on that piano. riddhima doesn’t find it shady at allllllllllllllllll that he’s an equally good piano player as vansh huh? zerooooo thoughts about that.

“gunaah karne waale se bada gunehgaar hota hai gunaah sehne waala.” bhai waaah, isske victim complex ko mera salaam, ki bechaara is ONLY GETTING 5 CRORES, BOOOOOO HOOOOO.

“jabse tumse yeh deal kii haina, badi gandiiiii waali feeling aa rahi hai!” lmaoooooo yeah sureee, i can see how torturous it is, to be paid OBSCENELY to......... play yourself.

“mujhe teen guna chahiye. i want triple.”

BITCH WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 3X SLKJDFSLKJFLDK 15 CRORES I KNOW TERA HI PAISA HAI BUT HADH HAI BHAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII?!?!? YOU SOUNDING A LOT LIKE THIS GUY:

oh boy ishani and angre have entered hearing about “triple”.

badi safaai se he said OH I MEANT IMMA BAKE A TRIPLE LAYER CHOCOLATE CAKE FOR YOU TO SAY SORRY.

softttttttttttttttttttt siblingssssssss. baaaaabies.

but hubs and wifey have come with some stress relief for bhai, lol.

lmao riddhima’s reactionnnnnnnnn.

lo ji yeh bhi aa gaya rang mein bhang daalne. wants to make things interesting via bet. some realllllll high stakes shit. good lord, don’t be gross and bet riddhima or something, maharabharat style.

aaaaaand it’s on!

no point screaming in your mind, riddhima. should have sent him to basketball camp before you recruited him.

"bohut mazaa aayega!!!!” lmaooooooo seeeeee, i told y’all. all this big baby legit wants is someone to playyy with himmmmm. have you ever seen him look THISSSSS HAPPY EVERRRRRR??????????

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07.12.20

lmao @ his purposely bad dribbling.

stressing Dollar Biwi out some more by saying he hasn’t even watched the game on tv.

unffffff. Chehra Appreciation Break. these go out to my girl @nawaazishein (she knows exaaaaaaaactly why.)

riddhima is like when you pick teams, pick me, and kabir is here to talk smack and say everyone’s gonna find outtttttt nowwww.

ok great, whole fam’s here. there’s a chalkboard set up for the score and everythinggggg. coz as per usual, no one else has nothing else to do. not even catch up on their podcasts or play some candy crush or nothing. they just wanna watch these two grownass men having a pissing contest.

V wins the toss but aryan’s bitch ass lies and says kabir won it. K selects riddhima first.

he knew that kabir’s dumb ass would do exactly that. besides, he’s seen riddhima play. she sucks ass at it. best if she brings down K’s team from the inside, lol.

V’s picks: useless!chacha, angre. K’s pick: aryan. rules established, ki after every 10 points, rival team se player will be out.

all i can think of rn is that everyone went and changed and riddhima’s gonna play in her sari and heels?!?!?!?!!!?!?

game faces on!

lol such bball captain and his gf head cheerleader vibes. CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh god are we supposed to sit and listen to chachi’s commentary?!?!!?!?

please note i’m literally only watching this ep to see the boys’ shirts move and expose chest and abs.

riddhima gets the ball and is standing there in one place dribbling so that V can easily intercept and he’s just..........

............. imitating a frilled dragon or some shit?????

kabir just took the ball from her and scored.

first basket he made and he’s already telling vansh to give up. dude, hadh hoti hai overconfidence ki.

V like haar-jeet ka faisla end mein hota hai. i would say i’ve already won, getting to see this much sweaty neck and chest, mmmmhmmmmmm.

SCOREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! i mean, yeah V scored a point in the game or whateverrrrrrrr, BUT **I** GOT TO SEE SOME TUMMY WHEN HE JUMPED UP!!!!!

lol idk what the sassy finger wave was for, but i liked watching it.

THIS DUMBASS. SOMEONE PLEASE JUST PUT HER OUT OF HER MISERY.

aryan’s out.

AND I SCORE AGAIN!!!!! ouff, the things i have to resort to coz they don’t gimme tellywood men shirtless anymore.

useless!chacha’s out.

askljdlkjlkdjlsakjdlsakjdlsdjlaskjdlj bechaara kabir.

“you. out, please!”

sureeeeeely he will not pull the kkhh move in front of the whole fam??????/ will he?????????

look at his face, ki awwwwww, how cute that she’s trying.

riddhima is so stupid, if she scored all these points, why didn’t she pick V to leave the game instead of angre!?!?!?!!?!?

BITCH DID THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“isski har harkat vansh se kyun milti hai?????” idk sis, take a wiiiiiiiiiild guess. if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck........... MAYBE THE FUCKING 6 FOOT 2″ DUCK LOOMING IN FRONT OF YOU AND RUNNING HIS HANDS ALL OVER YOU IS YOUR FUCKING HUSBAND??????

the way he’s smiling is practically challenging her to figure it out.

she’s still like nope, not him. just a coincidence. while she mulls on that brain fart, imma stare at rrahul’s chest some more.

of course.

YOUR WHOLEASS FAMILY IS STANDING THERE WATCHING THIS OMG I’M DYING OF SECONDHAND EMBARRASSMENTTTTTTTT FUCKING TAKE IT TO YOUR ROOM YOU WEIRDOS

“yeh bonus hai. free of charge. just for your pretty face!”

this dumbass is also hung up ki how overnight he became good at playing basketball. abbe oh gobar ganesh why can’t you just accept it’s him?!!?!?!?

aryan’s like dude, it’s him. i’ve seen him play. this is him.

but there must be somethinggggggg unique about vansh’s style right????

ahaaaa, ambidextrous.

kabir legit threw something like that looks like a clown’s nose. i guess he just carries that around full time coz he’s a 🤡🤡🤡

blah blah we already knew this from the precap. i’m just fwding to when he plays with the left and wins.

lmao V’s faaaaaaaaace. when kabir finally gets his day of reckoning, vansh is really nottttttt gonna hold back.

never seen ppl THIS happy to see a left handed person, lol.

“vihaan vansh ki tarah left hand se khel sakta hai??????”

CUTESTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lmaoooooooooo his face is like jo toota nahi tha, woh bhi tod ke rakh degi.

lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllll. asshole.

uh huh honeyyyyyyyyy. did the Vansh Move.

asking how you did all this when i never told you these facts about vansh?

“tum zaroorat se zyaada sochti ho, Sweetheart.”

DUN DUN DUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“kya aisa humne pehle kabhi nahi kiya? kya yeh pal humaari zindagi mein kabhi bhi nahi aaya, riddhima?” he said her name The Vansh Way, not The Vihaan Way!!!!!!!

“tum mere......”

“haan riddhima, yeh tumhara veham nahi hai. main vihaan nahi, vansh hoon. tumhara vansh.”

haaaaaaye bechaari. at this point i’m feeling quite bad for her. it’s not her fault she’s so stupid. ab hai toh hai. kya kar sakte hain. bedagarkkkkkk ho tera, vansh. may you die of blue balls for fucking with her simple mind this way.

i just did my homework reallllllllllly well, it seems. so my 3x payment is totally worth it. god i wish that pool was full, so that i could dunk his head into it and hold it there for a few minutes.

THIS ASSHOLE DOESN’T EVEN FEEL A LITTLE BIT BAD FOR WHAT HE’S DOING. LIKE, THODAAAA TOH HE SHOULD FEEL.

and then he turns around and looks at her like this!?!?!?!!?!?!? OUFFFF. FUCK YOU MANNNNNN.

blah blah talk about how now everyone must be convinced (except kabir) but yeah, i’m just here for The Face.

JFC SIS. AT THIS POINT YOU JUST NEED TO PULL A KHUSHI KUMARI GUPTA SINGH RAIZADA AND YANK A FEW HAIRS OUT FROM HIM AND ISHANI AND SEND IT FOR A DNA TEST.

shhhhhhhhhh, koi hai. yup. and not at all an excuse to get touchy touchy with wifey and give her some more mindfucky clues as to who you are.

someone’s watching us, we gotta sort out the property shit realllll quickkkkkkkkk.

he has An Idea, it seems. oh boy.

#ishq mein marjawan 2 #immj2 #immj2 lbs #episode liveblogs

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love101imagines · 4 years

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(sinan | imagine)

request: Omg u should totally do the trope where the reader pretends to be dating the character and then they acc fall in love ? Maybe with Sinan or Osman? I think prompt 20 from the spring list is good for that

tags: @girl-looking-out-window @imtoolazytothinkofacoolname

prompt used: 20. Can you...please pretend to be my date?

“I need one of you to pretend to be my boyfriend.”

Five heads stared at you in disbelief. When no one replied to you, you rolled your eyes.

“You know Ali right? Tall, blonde hair, friends with Burak, once hit Kerem during basketball?”

“Yeah.” They all replied while you walked into school.

“Well he’s friends with my family and he has a crush on me. I keep turning him down but he doesn’t stop and he’s almost crossing the line to becoming a stalker.”

“Why don’t you tell him to fuck off?” Eda asked.

You sighed. “I already have, but he still insists that we should go out since we are both single. Besides, he isn’t that bad, we’ve both known since we were children. He’s just...”

“Horny?” Kerem said.

“An asshole.” Sinan added.

You turned left on a corner in a hall. “That’s why I need one of you to pretend to be my boyfriend. It’ll only be for like, a week, while I try to find out what girls have a crush on him and set them up. So?” You asked once you arrived at you class’ door.

Kerem smiled sadly at you. “I would but I don’t think I could manage spending time with him without pinching him in the face.”

You nodded. “You’re right, you’ll end up killing him. Osman?” You asked hopefully.

He ate one of his hazelnuts and gave you one. “I have a lot of things to do already. With the bussines I really don’t have time to date, sorry.”

“Shit.” You mumbled as you made your way over your desk, already knowing that Ali would sit down next to you once he arrived.

Işik seemed to have an idea as she spoke fast and happy. “Sinan can do it!”

She pushed him to sit down next to you while she sat down next to Eda. “What?” He said dumbfounded.

You looked at him with a raised brow. “Did you listen to anything I said?”

“I did. It’s completely ridiculous that in order to make a guy stop bothering you, you have to pretend to date someone else.”

“Well, I’ve tried everything else.” You let your head fall down to your desk. “I’m fucked.”

“No! Sinan can pretend to be your boyfriend.” Işik said again.

“No offense...” You started.

“But.” Sinan added annoyed.

“You hate romance. I’m doing you a favour.”

“You’re doing yourself a favour because deep down you know that it’s a shitty idea and you don’t want to do it either.”

You thought for a moment before seeing Ali talking with Mr. Kerif in the door. You had to do something quick before being stuck with him.

“Sinan.” You said pleading as he got comfortable on his desk to sleep. “Can you please...pretend to be my date?”

“I won’t do it.”

You shook his arm lightly. “Please. I’ll buy you lunch every day we fake it. You only have to act like you were my boyfriend but you won’t have to buy me gifts and that shit. We don’t even have to go to dates.”

He sighed while rubbing his eyes. You fixed a strand of hair that was falling against his forehead as he stared at you.

“Fine.”

Işik celebrated with Eda as Kerem and Osman started teasing him. You rolled your eyes at them and hushed them, trying not to make Sinan uncomfortable now that he had accepted to do it.

Day 1

It was the day after Sinan had agreed to fake being your boyfriend and you were talking with Işik and Osman when you saw far away Ali talk with Burak, stealing a glance to you a few times. Before he could try to talk to you, Sinan appeared wrapping an arm around your waist.

“Smooth.” Kerem said once he appeared with Eda.

“Thanks.” You said to him while Ali walked away from the two of you.

Day 2

“Here’s your lunch.” You said handing Sinan a döner kebab.

He sat down next to you in a school bench with the others. Işik was eyeing both of you suspiciously.

“You would make a cute couple, you know that?” She said and you chuckled while he rolled his eyes.

You noticed Ali and straightened your posture, your hand reaching for Sinan’s. “Showtime.”

“This is so dumb.” He said.

“Just deal with it for a few more days and it’ll be over.” Eda said.

You played with the paper where your food was wrapped and while the others keep talking about something else, you placed your head on Sinan’s shoulder. You felt him tense for a second but then he relaxed.

“Did you hear about the teacher who was fired for making out with the students? I heard he had to leave Istanbul.” You said.

“You mean the one who made out with Eda?” Kerem replied.

The girl hit him in the arm causing you to laugh. When you finished, you moved out of Sinan’s embrace and went to throw away your paper in the garbage. When you came back you expected Kerem or Işik taking your place in the bench but only Sinan’s bag was there, which he left on the ground once you came back. You sat down and continued talking with your friends with Sinan’s arm around your shoulder, only this time, you didn’t notice Ali had already left before.

Day 3

“(Y/N)!” Ali greeted you as you sat down on a chair in your music lesson. “I haven’t seen you lately, how are you?”

“Hey Ali. Sorry, I’ve been busy with homework.” You said taking out your notebook.

His friends were waiting for him in the room’s door, Burak eyeing Eda who was talking with Kerem in the row behind you. Osman was probably selling some homework and Işik was asking the teacher some question, Sinan nowhere to be seen.

“I heard that Yildiz has a crush on you. But, Hilal too. I think you would make a great couple.” You said grinning when he blushed at the mention of Hilal.

He scratched the back of his neck. “Maybe, but I still wanted to ask you...”

A loud noise made you and the other students look at where it had come from. Sinan had dropped his bag, rather loudly, on the chair next to you before sitting.

Ali seemed surprised. “So, it’s true that you two...”

“Are dating? Yes.” You answered holding Sinan’s hand and interlocking your fingers.

“Two weeks now.” He added. “You should try to flirt with someone who’s available.”

When Ali left, you stopped holding his hand. “That was rude.”

He shrugged. “I thought you wanted it to be realistic.”

You rolled your eyes, your hand cold instead of the warmth you felt with him.

Day 4

“You’re late.” He pointed out.

You sat down next to him and started to braid your disheveled hair. Sinan grabbed your bag and started taking out your books and pencils to help you, something which made your heart flutter.

“I didn’t hear my alarm. Did you have breakfast?” You asked seeing the flask he usually had was nowhere to be seen.

“We didn’t see much.” He said passing you his notes, which was unusual.

You smiled at him. “Thanks. You didn’t answer my question.”

You started writing down what was on his notebooks while he shrugged. “I had some tea.”

You furrowed your brows. Once class finished, you grabbed your wallet and his arm and made your way to the school’s gates with him behind you.

“What are you doing?”

“I didn’t have breakfast either. Let’s skip class and eat. I can pay you.” You offered as you made your way outside school.

You let go of his arm, even though you didn’t really want to, but still kept close to him, your shoulders touching even if you were smaller than him.

“You don’t have to pay for me anymore.” He argued.

“I invited you.” You said as you ordered two börek and passed him one. “So good.” You mumbled munching on one as he smiled softly.

You two stood like that for a while having breakfast watching people walk past.

“I understand now why you are faking with Ali. I wouldn’t do the same, but you don’t want to hurt his feelings.” He said after thinking it carefully.

You nodded. “Yes, but thank you for all of this. I know you didn’t want to and Işik pretty much forced you. But it’s been nice spending time with you.” You said smiling at him.

You made your way to school, his arm wrapped around your waist and you talking about what you had done the day before without noticing the look he was giving you.

Day 5

“Ali! I already told you. I’m dating Sinan.” You basically yelled at the boy in the school yard, a few people glancing your way until you both gave them a nasty look.

“I can’t believe you are dating that freak. He burnt down the school theatre last year.” Ali said like you were a child.

You rolled your eyes. “It wasn’t the whole theatre. Besides, I like him. A lot.” You said honestly, surprising Ali with your answer and yourself too.

You realized that you had to end it when the line between fake and real got blurry, so you had to go and speak to Sinan right now.

You sighed. “Look, Ali, we’ve known each other since we were five. And I don’t think we would...”

He interrupted you by grabbing you forcefully by your neck and kissing. You furrowed your brows and immediately pushed him off of you.

“What the hell?” You said in disbelief.

You were about to give him a rant about consent and him being crazy when a shout made you two look away.

“What are you doing?” Sinan said coming between the two of you.

Before Ali could answer, Sinan had already thrown a punch on his nose, starting a fight between both of them. You stood there speechless until you heard more students come to watch the fight and you came back to your senses. You grabbed Sinan and held him back with the help of Kerem who had also arrived and Burak helped Ali to his feet.

“What is going on?” Miss Ayse asked as Sinan held onto you for support.

“He’s an asshole.” Kerem replied but you only watched Sinan’s face covered in a few bruises and blood coming out of a cut on his brow he had probably done when Ali threw him to the ground.

That’s how you ended in the infirmary with Sinan siting on a stretcher and you cleaning his cuts standing between his legs.

“You didn’t have to punch him, look at you. I had it under control.” You said grabbing an alcohol pad.

He winced slightly. “He just grabbed you all of a sudden and you seemed so...”

“Weak?” You scoffed.

“Uncomfortable. And I got jealous. I thought that maybe you would end up liking him more than me.”

You placed a bandaid on the cut on his brow and gently caressed his cheek. “Why would I like him more than you?”

He leaned into your touch and shuggred.

“I don’t like him...I like you. If I didn’t, would I be here patching you up?” You said smiling softly with a small blush.

He looked up at you while you avoid his gaze and looked out of the window.

“Then I guess we weren’t faking it after all.”

You laughed before holding his hand and sitting down next to him.

“I guess not.”

#love 101 #love101 #ask 101 #burcu #eda #kerem #osman #sinan #aşk 101 imagine #işık #isik #sinanimagine #sinanxreader #aşk101imagine #aşk 101 #aşk101

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sportyconnect · 10 months

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sportsminorityreport · 2 years

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Big Ten given access to a second fat check to add 6 members.

Wow. Times are interesting. Remember a few years ago when ESPN pretended they weren’t whispering in the ears of the ACC and instructing them to repeatedly raid the Big East? Well ESPN built a conference of underperforming but highly valuable brands they locked in until the middle of the next decade at a very reasonable price.

Well now the Big Ten has signed deals with basically every other major broadcaster except ESPN. Those folks have given the Big Ten $8B over 7 years or roughly $70M per school. They have also given the Big Ten clauses where that money can raise to over $10B. Well if you work out the math and assume that as smoke is billowing out that the Big Ten may expand again soon and is hunting, it works out to at least a budget for 6 or maybe 7 schools to make $70M per school over the length of their deal.

Now other media brands are hunting in ESPN’s feilds.

I’ve often said realignment is checkers for most athletic departments and conferences, but the Big Ten is playing chess.

In the face of this are “leaks” reported by Bret McMurphy (one of the most credible realignment reporters) that the Big Ten has a list of 7 favored targets --- Notre Dame, Florida State, Miami, Cal, Stanford, Washington, and Oregon.

It should be noted that FSU and Miami are full members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and bound to the ACC by what appears to be an exceedingly toothy grant of rights deal until something like 2036. There have been rumors that both schools have hired lawyers to investigate possible escape from the ACC GOR deal. Should they somehow escape, that would likely open the door for Notre Dame to invalidate their agreement to only join the ACC as a conference as the ACC membership would be significantly diminished vs.the assemblage Notre Dame swore to join.

But at the moment the ACC’s GOR is standing tough. The easiest schools to acquire today are the members of the Big Ten’s long time conference partners the Pac 12.

It is a point to consider that the Big Ten could likely have offered membership to the other 4 PAC schools when they invited USC and UCLA. They didn’t. They could have offered the other 4 as soon as they got the TV offer. They didn’t.

The Big Ten also created “the Alliance”, a partnership between the Big Ten, Pac 12, and ACC to not poach each other’s members and not expand the ranks of the power conference membership. They have a ton of egg on their face for having been the partner to violate that agreement.

All of this could be legal posturing to avoid being sued, but if that were the case, wouldn’t it make sense to stripmine the PAC before they negotiated their TV deal, where schools like Oregon State and Washington State could not accurately report how much money their eventual exclusion will cost them?

The fact the the Big Ten seems insistent on waiting at least until the PAC complete their media negotiation window is the only saving grace for the PAC. It implies the Big Ten is HOPING the Pac gets an acceptable package. Perhaps taken another way, they are blackmailing ESPN into paying the PAC strong numbers....”Pay the PAC or we will gut it and freeze ESPN out of the west coast markets too for the next 7 years..” That is an optimistic perspective.

(The most optimistic of moves from a PAC perspective beyond the Big Ten ceasing and desisting would be for the Big Ten to admit all 7 remaining PAC AAU schools --- exhausting their shopping budget for this media cycle. That would have Oregon, Washington, Cal, Stanford, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah joining the Big Ten.

Now that is a total fuck job for the schools left behind, but frankly Oregon State and Washington State no longer have power conference profiles. They aren’t AAU schools. They draw respectively at minimum 5000 and 10,000 less per football game than most PAC schools. They draw half as many basketball fans. If you don’t have any semblence of a power conference profile, you don’t really have grounds to stand on.

Loyal, highly valueable media asset Arizona State would sadly be left behind (for now), but they would immediately get a Big 12 invite --- an invite for a much less academically accomplished conference, so it would suck, but it is kind of the same scenario they are already dreading.

A move like that would likely mostly end realignment at the power conference level for 5 -7 years until the ACC GOR is near expiration.

Likely at that point the Big Ten partners would sponsor poaching anyone the BIg Ten wants out of the ACC (likely Virginia, UNC, Ga Tech, FSU, MIami, and possibly Clemson although at that point research power Pitt could finally squeak in.).

You might see the first 30 team, 3 division, super conference emerge with say Nebraska sliding into the PAC “division”. But this part is purely speculation on a move the Big Ten could make.)

In this environment, Oregon has put on a hard sell to the Big Ten in an effort to get out of the PAC now. Oregon has the best recent media track record of all the PAC 12 schools even though frankly a lot of other PAC schools probably make a ton more long term sense and are better fits. Oregon is a school that the Big Ten can see adding and see games vs. Big Ten Opponents in different regions hit the 4M vieweer threshold. This is a new variable (probably not for TV insiders) that relaignment followers are paying attention to. Right now the SEC and Big 12 fully own about 95% of those games.

Should the PAC lose Oregon, the conference will likely unravel due to feelings of general instability. Washington will likely get poached by the Big Ten if they take Oregon. In that instance adding the bay area duo could make sense in giving the Big Ten a Pacific coast division and shutting down all complaints out of California.

In that scenario, the PAC would still have presences in Washington and Oregon, but significantly less popular brands. The total loss of California would drop their payouts likely into the 20M range. At that point, it will be impossible for the 4 inland PAC school to ignore the financial reality that the Big 12 offers better financial payouts.

This is in spite of the surprising solidarity being shown by the inland schools. Utah inexplicably doesn’t want to leave. Arizona State seems to lean towards staying. While the fans at Colorado slightly favor a return to the Big 12, the administration is firmly leaning against that. Really only Arizona seems to lean towards the Big 12...but they aren’t going on their own.

(It’s really surprising the opposite of what I would have thought, but that is realignment these days. Last year’s hard stances are old news.)

The several times buried Big 12 is looking like a conference about to fall into money. WIth the loss of 90% of the major schools in the Big Ten’s footprint, ESPN really has no choice but to win the bidding for the Big 12. Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Cincinnati, and West Virginia are now more valuable assets for ESPN given what little they have to offer to rust belt viewers beyond the fringes of the ACC and SEC.

Where the Big 12 might have gotten a lowball offer, it now seems likely their offer might be pretty high...like in the $30-33+M per school range. In that environment the PAC is potentially at risk of being outbid for their inland schools. In that environment, ESPN might rather just match the price per school for 4 more schools, sponsoring a Big 12 raid and not bid aggressively on the PAC assets.

So the Pac leadership sits immobilized like a deer in the headlights. Or maybe more appropriately, like the old football Big East, as they hope the Big Ten doesn’t knock over the Oregon tumbler that would pretty much gut the conference leaving Oregon State and Washington State for the Mountain West Conference.

The member schools have to hope and prey their long term conference partners are playing chess on their behalf and not just strip mining the conference.

In the light of these new conditions, I think there are very few moves the PAC can make that satisfy their methodology and brand concept of AAU level schools and help prevent a total collapse...but there are some moves they can make.

That will be the subject in part II.

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thecollegefootballguy · 4 years

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The Real Florida Cup

Hey folks, I’ve been thinking about doing another fun hypothetical series during this offseason. I’ll be looking at some of the three-way rivalry games in college football and wondering what the real score is.

The Florida Cup is a rivalry trophy shared by the three P5 rivals in the Sunshine State: Florida, Florida State, and Miami. All three consider each other bitter rivals and despite the on and off nature of the UF-Miami rivalry, it’s a huge deal in the state for recruiting and bragging rights.

The Cup was established in 2002 and unfortunately has been more of an imaginary trophy than a real life event. It is only awarded in the years that all three teams play each other, meaning only when the Gators and Hurricanes clash. So since it’s inception nearly two decades ago, it has only been awarded six times.

But what if that wasn’t the case? What if the Florida Cup was awarded to the best team in the state no matter what, going all the way back to the beginning? Where would the score stand?

I’ll be using the rules of the trophy as much as possible, which are as follows:

1. If a team beats the other two, it is automatically awarded the trophy. This should go without saying.

2. If there is a three-way tie the trophy goes to the team that has allowed the fewest points.

3. If teams play twice in the same season (bowl or ACC Championship Game) and split the series, the combined score is used.

There are more sub-rules here that hammer out all possible occurrences, but I’ll keep it short and only bring them up if necessary. The point is that there will *almost* never be a scenario in which the schools tie and split the trophy.

For our purposes, I’ll be using the inception date of 1958, the first year that Florida, FSU, and Miami all played each other.

The Early Years: 1958-1975

Florida and Miami were already established football programs by the time that Florida State came on to the scene. The Gators were charter members of the SEC, though they had middling success at best in the conference, having never won the league in its first 26 years of existence, where we pick up the story.

The Hurricanes were one of the two or three dozen independent programs dotting the eastern half of the country. Miami had a bit of success in the early and mid-50′s, but for the most part they were stuck in the middle ground, a rather anonymous program on the far southeastern corner of the country. UF and Miami were each-other's end of season opponents, and their game was really the only consequential rivalry within the state. The rivalry dated back to 1938, and was more or less even 20 years on, with Miami holding an 11-8 advantage.

Florida State began their modern football program in 1947 when an influx of WWII veterans began attending thanks to the GI Bill. The Seminoles began to schedule University Division opponents in the early 50′s, including Miami, who first began playing FSU in 1951. It wasn’t until 1958 that Florida first began to schedule the Noles, and we introduce our hypothetical Florida Cup.

Florida Cup Record Florida: 12 Miami: 5 Florida State: 1

Florida dominated the early years of the three-way rivalry. In the late 50′s and early 60′s the Gators routinely fielded Top 25 caliber teams, though they were never good enough to win the SEC. Under first Bob Woodruff and then Ray Graves, UF attended four Gator Bowls, one Sugar, and an Orange Bowl in this span.

Both Miami and Florida State had small peaks but could never sustain any success. The Hurricanes managed a top 10 finish in 1966 but spent most of the decade toiling in obscurity, regularly losing to both the Gators and the Seminoles, who they still didn’t play every year. College football in the Sunshine State was solid, but never consequential on the national stage. That was about to change.

The Golden Age (Part I): 1976-1987

After miserable coaching tenures under Larry Jones and Darryl Mudra, Florida State managed to poach West Virginia’s Bobby Bowden away from Morgantown in 1976. Bowden took very little time transforming the Seminoles into a powerful program among the robust eastern independents. FSU made the Tangerine Bowl in 1977 and then two consecutive Orange Bowls following the ‘79-’80 seasons which were paired with two top ten finishes. It’s just a taste of what’s to come as football in the state of Florida suddenly takes off.

Florida had some solid seasons under Doug Dickey in the mid-70′s, but Charley Pell raised the bar a little higher upon coming to Gainesville in 1979. Pell’s Gators still couldn’t compete for SEC titles, but they sure harassed their in-state rivals, who were both on the rise.

Miami had a horrific decade in the 1970′s. Fran Curci, Pete Elliot, Carl Selmer, and Lou Saban all came and went without coaching more than two seasons. By the end of the decade the administration was looking to cancel the football program. Instead, they gave it one last shot and hired Howard Schnellenberger in 1979 (the same year as Pell). Schnellenberger quickly took advantage of the shifting recruiting sands that were making Florida one of the hearts of high school football, and turned underachieving Miami in The U.

The Hurricanes exploded onto the scene as the 70′s gave way to the 80′s. Miami transformed into one of the best programs in the country almost overnight. The Canes won the ‘81 Peach Bowl, finished in the top ten the next season, and beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl to crown themselves national champions for the 1983 season. They were the first team from the state to earn a championship.

Schnellenberger was lured away to coach Florida’s USFL franchise following the victory, but he was replaced by Jimmy Johnson, who guided the Canes to even greater heights. During Johnson’s 5 seasons in Coral Gables, Miami made two Fiesta Bowls, a Sugar Bowl, and two Orange Bowls, and won the national championship again in 1987 with a perfect 12-0 record.

Charley Pell was forced out three games into the 1984 season after incurring massive NCAA violations. He was replaced by Galen Hall, who promptly won Florida’s first ever SEC Championship, though the Gators were ineligible for the postseason due to sanctions. UF then tied for first in the SEC the very next year. Florida wouldn’t reach those same heights again under Hall, but they managed to sneak some more wins away from Miami and FSU.

Florida State may have been the first team in the state to become perennially competent, but Miami was the first to truly “activate” and become a brand new blue blood program. The Noles weren’t far behind. Bowden took FSU to the Gator Bowl in the 1982 season, beginning a bowl streak that would last a record 36 seasons. Florida wasn’t quite there yet in the early 80′s, but they were quickly catching up to their rivals.

Florida Cup Record Florida: 16 Miami: 9 Florida State: 5

National Championships Miami: 2

In the 12 year span between 1976 and 1987, each school won 4 Florida Cups. An astonishing level of parity that you almost never see in college football. Florida was able to win one in ‘76 while FSU and Miami were still down, but managed to upset their superior rivals in the mid-80′s to pull even. The Seminoles’ initial burst of energy from ‘77-’79 under Bowden fell off as the Hurricanes and Gators raised their level of competency. Miami should have won more Cups here, they were certainly the best team overall in this era, but only managed the same four.

The series was so competitive that even the best teams of the age rarely won the Cup. Miami’s 1983 national champions lost the Cup to Florida by head-to-head loss, their only defeat all season. Florida won their first ever SEC title in 1984, but lost the Cup to FSU by a three-way tiebreaker as the Noles only allowed 3 points against Miami.

Unfortunately, football would never be the same in the state of Florida after the 1987 season, when Florida ended their yearly football rivalry with Miami. By the 1980′s the Gators had already begun to prioritize their rivalry with Florida State, moving that game to the end of the season instead of the traditional UF-Miami matchup. Florida would instead play the Canes near the beginning of the season, and after ‘87, not at all. The SEC moved from 6 to 7 conference games, and UF decided they couldn’t play both in-state rivals and chose to keep the Seminoles instead of the Hurricanes on the schedule. Miami fans will always contend that it was sour grapes because the Canes were showing up the state’s flagship university. Either way, the nature of the three-way rivalry changed from here on out.

The Golden Age (Part II): 1988-1999

With the Florida-Miami rivalry on ice, the hypothetical Florida Cup now runs through Tallahassee, and is determined how each team performs against Florida State.

Miami, of course, began this period on top, having just won the national title in the 1987 season. The Hurricanes would finish 2nd in the country in both 1986 and 1988. After Jimmy Johnson left for the Dallas Cowboys following the ‘88 season, Dennis Erickson took over and promptly won another national championship in 1989. Miami joined the new football sponsoring Big East in 1991 and won their fourth national championship that same year with another perfect record. The Hurricanes finished in the top three every season from 1986 to 1993, an insane streak that has proven near impossible to replicate.

Florida State did it, they were in cruise control under Bowden. After meandering a bit in the middle 1980′s (relative to the other schools), the Seminoles truly “activated” in 1987. FSU became a perennial national title contender for 15 years, an insane streak that has few equals outside of perhaps Tom Osborne’s Nebraska in the 70′s and 80′s. The Noles finished in the top 5 every season from 1987 to 2000, an astonishing feat that has never been approached by any other program.

FSU joined the ACC in 1992 and immediately began to terrorize that basketball conference. They didn’t lose a league game for their first three and a half years and wouldn’t lose two in one season for their first ten years in the league. The Seminoles won their first national championship in 1993 and a second after the 2000 Sugar Bowl and an undefeated 12-0 campaign. Florida State earned berths in major New Year’s Bowls every year from 1991 to 2000. The 90′s Noles were by far the most consistent winners of any of the Florida teams at any point.

Galen Hall was forced to resign 5 games through the 1989 season. His permanent replacement would end up being Steve Spurrier, who had just won the ACC as Duke’s head coach, which is the equivalent to a national championship as far as I’m concerned. Spurrier’s innovative Fun ‘n Gun offense revolutionized football in the SEC and immediately brought Florida to the forefront of the conference. The Gators won the league in 1991, the last year before divisions, and then won the SEC East in ‘92 once the divisions were established. After losing the SEC title game to national champion Alabama in 1992, UF would go on to win the next four SEC championships.

Florida was the last of the three major programs in the state to truly “activate” and become a true blue blood, but they definitely made up for lost time. The Gators lost to Nebraska in the 1996 title game, but won the next year to earn their first national championship in program history with a perfect 12-0 record. After temporarily ceding the East to Tennessee in 1997 and 1998, Florida roared back to win the division in 1999 and 2000. UF finished in the top ten every year from 1991 to 1998.

Dennis Erickson left Miami after the 1994 season, perhaps seeing that the program was about to get hit hard by the NCAA. The U had flown a bit too close to the sun and were getting the hammer laid on them. The program were stuck in the doldrums for the rest of the decade as Butch Davis slowly tried to cobble together another competent team.

Florida Cup Record Florida: 20 Miami: 13 Florida State: 9

National Championships Miami: 4 Florida State: 2 Florida: 1

Football in the Sunshine State was never better. Florida, Florida State, and Miami all won national titles in a six year span, and the latter two both won multiple championships from ‘88 to ‘99. The center of the college football universe lay squarely within the great State of Florida.

Once again, Florida’s three major programs all managed to win four Florida Cups in the 12 year span. Miami did their damage early, as their success fell off with the departure of Erickson following the 1994 season. The Hurricanes, the first of the three schools to “activate,” was also the first of the three to fall off. Florida’s success in this decade centered around the mid-90′s, the height of Spurrier’s tenure. It’s a shame that Florida State didn’t win more than four Cups, given their insane top five consistency.

Much like the 80′s, the 90′s Florida rivalries featured legendary events that will go down as some of the most iconic games and plays in college football history.

The U won their third national championship in the 1989 season with an 11-1 record, but their one loss was to FSU, who won the Cup as a result. Miami then won their 1991 Championship thanks to a 17-16 win over Florida State, a game that would go down in history by the name Wide Right. Despite this, Florida managed to win the Cup that year by only allowing the Noles 9 points. Yes, in three of Miami’s first four national championships, they didn’t win the Florida Cup. Florida State won their first ACC Championship in 1992, but couldn’t win the Florida Cup thanks to the soul crushing Wide Right II.

In 1994, Florida and Florida State played two games in a row. The Gators blew a 31-3 lead in Tallahassee, forever after known as the Choke at Doak, and ended up tying 31-31. The Gators and Seminoles were then pitted against each other in the Sugar Bowl, where FSU prevailed 23-17, outscoring their rivals 51-17 in the final five quarters of those combined games in a bitter reversal for UF dubbed the Firth Quarter in the French Quarter. Oh well, Miami won the Florida Cup with an easy 34-20 victory over the Noles back in October.

By the second half of the 90′s, the Florida-FSU game took center stage as Miami began to slide off the national stage.

In 1996, the Gators and Seminoles played another series of back to back games, this time to decide the national championship. #1 undefeated Florida came to Tallahassee and lost 21-24 to the #2 Noles. However, the Gators only fell to 2nd in the polls, and the two were once again matched up in the Sugar Bowl by the Bowl Alliance. This time, UF crushed FSU 52-20 to claim their first national championship.

In 1997, Florida came back against Florida State to win 32-29 in the Greatest Game Played in the Swamp, costing the Noles another shot at the national title. The next year, after another pre-game brawl, FSU pulled away 23-12 to secure the win in a top 5 matchup.

It’s such a bummer that Miami and Florida didn’t play during this time. I mean, could you even imagine what craziness could have happened if all three schools were facing off at this point? It’s such a goddamn shame.

Twin Peaks (2000-2009)

The 2000′s were dominated by two teams in two different shifts. The first two years of the decade continued much the same as the 90′s, but Florida State and Florida both entered periods of decline in the early 2000′s. The Seminoles began to fall off after the 2000 season and the Gators immediately dropped like a rock after Spurrier left for the NFL after 2001. Miami, however, would get their second wind.

After bottoming out in the 1997 season, the first losing record any of the three Florida schools had suffered since the 1979 season, the Hurricanes built themselves back under the steady hand of Butch Davis. In 2000, after losing on the road to Washington in the second week of September, the Canes roared to life an annihilated every other team they played. They were kept from the BCS title game but ended up finishing 3rd after FSU lost to Oklahoma in the Championship Game. Many think Miami, who obviously beat Florida State (Wide Right III), should have gotten the chance to play for the title instead.

Davis ended up leaving for the pros, continuing a depressing trend going back to Schnellenberger. Larry Coker inherited Davis’ war machine, and set it into cruise control. 2001 Miami needs no introduction, and is considered by many to be the best college football team of all time, certainly if you consider the NFL talent on the roster. The U Part II demolished all comers en route to an undefeated campaign with an easy win over Nebraska in the Rose Bowl to earn their fifth national championship.

Coker’s Canes lost next year’s national title game in heartbreaking and controversial fashion to Ohio State, meaning that Miami very easily could have easily won the 2000 and 2002 titles if things had broken slightly differently. The Hurricanes won the Big East again in 2003 but lost two consecutive games in the regular season and couldn’t play for another title. After moving to the ACC in 2004, Miami started to slowly (and then quickly) fall off. Coker was fired after going 7-6 in 2006 and for the most part they’ve never been the same.

Steve Spurrier left for the NFL in 2001 the same time as Butch Davis, but his replacement crashed the war machine very quickly. Ron Zook’s three years in Gainesville were a disappointment to say the least. The Gators never finished better than 8-5, and this was on the heels of their best years in program history. Zook was fired after the 2004 season and replaced by Urban Meyer, who had just come off an undefeated season at Utah.

Meyer took almost no time turning Florida back into a national power. The Gators went 9-3 in 2005 and stormed back to a national championship in 2006. Meyer reinvigorated UF’s offense on the back of Tim Tebow, and Florida became a fixture in the second half of the 2000′s the same way Miami was a fixture of the first half of the decade.

Florida took a year off in 2007 but roared back to another national championship in 2008 with another 13-1 record. The Gators went 13-1 in 2009 as well, but lost the SEC Championship Game to Alabama and blew their chance to repeat. Meyer’s tenure ended after a frustrating 2010 season, but his success in the 2000′s brought Florida, without question, up to the level of Miami and Florida State.

Miami and Florida were both snake-bitten by coaches leaving for the NFL in the early 2000′s. Butch Davis built the Canes back to the tip top of the football universe, and Larry Coker was good enough to sustain for a while, but not forever. Zook was a bust replacing Spurrier, but Meyer was able to reinvigorate the program and even outdo the Head Ball Coach in some respects. Bobby Bowden had plenty of chances to leave Tallahassee after his wild successes in the 80′s and 90′s. Perhaps he should have.

Florida State spent the 2000′s in limbo. They weren’t really ever bad. Just not relevant. The Seminoles won the ACC three times from 2002 to 2005, but never finished higher than 10-3 or 10th in the polls. The second half of the decade was even worse. FSU, the most consistent winning program in all of college football in the 80′s and 90′s, was now just mediocre. Bowden retired after the 2009 season as one of the most successful coaches in football history, and he also went 7-6 in three of his final four campaigns with many considering the dynasty over.

Florida Cup Record Florida: 26 Miami: 17 Florida State: 9

National Championships Miami: 5 Florida: 3 Florida State: 2

Miami and Florida traded off domination of the 2000′s. The Hurricanes owned the first half and the Gators easily held the second.

The first half of the decade was notable not just for the return of the Canes to the national stage, but the return of the Miami-Florida rivalry. After the 2000 season, Big East Champion #3 Miami was pitted against SEC Champion #7 Florida in the Sugar Bowl. It was their first meeting since the series cancellation in 1987 and was preceded by a verbal and then physical altercation on the streets of New Orleans. The Canes, well on their way to their 2001 peak, handily won the game on the field 37-20.

Florida and Miami didn’t play in 2001, and it cost the Canes the Florida Cup. The U’s undefeated season included a 49-27 demolition of Florida State, but they allowed more points to the Noles than Florida, who won 37-13. By the rules of the Florida Cup, the Gators, who were in their own right an amazing team that finished #3 by the way, once again deny Miami a Cup. The Canes only won the Florida Cup once time during their 5 national championship seasons. There’s some kind of cosmic wackiness in play there.

The Florida-Miami series resumed in the regular season at the wrong time. Coker’s well-oiled machine took apart Zook’s Gators in 2002 and 2003. The next year two old rivals were would once again face off in a Peach Bowl appearance, with the Canes winning handily. UF and the U, if you can call it that in 2008, played the first half of a home and home in Gainsville. Florida won easily en route to their title.

The Gator’s five consecutive wins from 2005 to 2009 are the most by any team since before Bowden. If the Florida-Miami rivalry continued in the late 2000′s, it would have gone the same way as the Florida-Florida State rivalry. The Gators would have dominated.

The Revenge of Florida State (2010-2019)

Following the Miami period of dominance in the early 2000′s and Florida’s dominance in the late 2000′s, the wheel turned over and Florida State roared back to life in the 2010′s.

Following Bobby Bowden’s retirement in 2009, Jimbo Fisher replaced the legend and completely revitalized the team. In Fisher’s first season in 2010, the Seminoles won the ACC Atlantic, and from 2012 to 2014 they reeled off three straight conference titles. FSU won the Orange Bowl in 2012 and then won the national championship for the 2013 season with a perfect 14-0 record. The Noles coasted through an easy schedule in 2014 before losing in the inaugural College Football Playoff semifinals. Florida State did nearly as well in 2015 and 2016, but were blocked from winning the ACC and making the Playoff by a rising Clemson.

Coinciding with FSU’s revival, was a dry spell for the other two powers. After Coker’s firing in 2006, Randy Shannon guided the Hurricanes through four unsuccessful seasons before getting replaced by Al Golden in 2011, who then led the Canes through four and a half unsuccessful seasons.

Urban Meyer was replaced in 2011 by Will Muschamp, who reoriented Florida to a defense-first team as opposed to the offense-based Spurrier/Meyer squads. Outside of a rather successful 2012 season where the formula actually worked, Florida began to severely fall off in the 2010′s before Muschamp was dumped towards the end of 2014.

The late 2010′s have been rather disappointing for all three programs. Will Muschamp was replaced by Jim McElwain in 2015, who won two consecutive SEC East divisions, but were never national contenders. McElwain was canned in 2017 after a crap year. Dan Mullen seems to be doing well, but Florida remains behind Georgia in the East.

Al Golden’s embarrassing ouster in 2015 led to Mark Richt returning home to Coral Gables. Richt was good for a little magic in 2017, which saw the Canes snap their longest ever losing streak to Florida State, but otherwise his three year tenure did little other than confirm that Miami wasn’t dead.

Jimbo Fisher’s incredible implosion at Florida State took everybody by surprise. The Seminoles collapsed seemingly for no reason other than willful negligence by Fisher, who bailed before 2017 was over. Willie Taggart came in, talked a big game, and was fired perhaps a bit too early for not fixing things immediately.

Florida Cup Record Florida: 29 Miami: 18 Florida State: 15

National Championships Miami: 5 Florida: 3 Florida State: 3

Florida State evened the score with Florida in the 2010′s, pulling even with their rivals with 3 national titles. The Noles dominated the first half of the decade while both other schools were down. The second half has been a mixed bag as really none of the three schools have been nationally competitive.

UCF claimed a national championship in 2017, demanding their own share of the spotlight and the right to be taken as seriously as the other three top flight programs in the state. The Knights’ success in the last 10 years is a reflection on the state of the P5 programs in the 2010′s. Central Florida would never have been close to undefeated if Florida, Florida State, and Miami were all taking care of business in recruiting and development, but that’s not they world we’re living in currently.

I’ll be interested to see where things go from here. Florida seems to be in the best position to succeed in absolute terms. Dan Mullen is a fine coach and is already doing great work in Gainesville, albeit behind a more advanced Georgia program. Florida State is breaking in a new coach in Mike Norvell and Manny Diaz’s first season at Miami wasn’t particularly inspiring. It remains to be seen if FSU and the U can rebound to reclaim their past glory. Both have institutional issues which may prevent them from seriously sustaining success at the highest level which Florida doesn’t have.

And then there’s UCF, who can continue to build and win in a much easier AAC East division. If Central Florida can throw their hat in the ring and jump to a P5 conference we might see our first real shift in the balance of power in the state of Florida since FSU became a major football player when this whole story started.

Postscript: 1938-1958 and extras

If any of you are curious what the entire series looks like going back to the inception of all 3 rivalries, here you go:

Florida Cup Record Florida: 37 Miami: 29 Florida State: 15

Miami actually outperformed Florida in the early part of the rivalry 11-8, but it’s not enough to make up the ground between the schools. Obviously this isn’t really fair to Florida State, who weren’t around for the first ten years of this era and weren’t that good in the second.

Since Bowden (1976) Florida: 17 Florida State: 15 Miami: 13

Since Bobby Bowden was hired by Florida State, more or less kicking off the first of the builds that would see all three programs become national powers, Florida has still won the most Florida Cups. Te score is relatively even and only separated by 4 wins between all three.

Since Schnellenberger (1979) Florida: 16 Miami: 13 Florida State: 12

Since the hiring of Howard Schnellenberger, Florida still leads the pack with 16 wins, but Miami is now a bit closer and Florida State is right behind. The schools are still only separated by 4 wins. And remember, Miami somehow lost 4 Florida Cups in 4 of their 5 national championship seasons, which certainly would sway the standings in their favor at this point.

Since Spurrier (1990) Florida: 13 Florida State: 9 Miami: 8

Florida still leads since Spurrier’s hiring, and the gap slightly increases to 5 games between the first place Gators and the last place Canes.

Restoring Championships Florida: 26 Miami: 22 Florida State: 14

From 1958 onward, if you were to override the Cup rules and give the title to the winner of the National Title by default, thereby giving Miami 4 more titles at the expense of 3 from Florida and 1 from FSU, well, Florida still wins. Sorry Miami, it’s rigged against you I guess.

It was truly a golden age of football in the state of Florida in the 1980′s and 1990′s. No state has dominated the sport quite like Florida in that span unless you go back to like the 1800′s when Yale won every year. College football may as well have been the three teams in the state, and one other challenger every year, maybe Nebraska more often than not.

Thank you so much for reading. I’ll be putting out a few more of these series on three-way rivalries so if you’re interested keep an eye out.

-cfbguy

#college football #Florida Gators #Florida State Seminoles #Miami Hurricanes

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the50-person · 5 years

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HONG KONG UPDATE 7 OCT 2019: NBA

This is a patch-up update.

Technically happened slightly earlier but the uproar fully happened on 7 Oct 2019.

NBA "controversy":

Houston Rockets manager Daryle Morey tweeted in support of HK protests.

Huge uproar in China, China banned NBA and Houston Rockets games.

Chinese Basketball Association suspended cooperation with Rockets.

China pressured NBA to fire Morey.

Morey deleted tweet, wrote a new thread regarding situation. However, note that he has not really apologised.

NBA star James Harden kowtowed to China and apologises for manager's tweet: "We love China."

Joe Tsai, new owner of Nets, issued open letter promoting the CCP party rhetoric and condemming support for HK protests.

Joe Tsai erroneously called HK protests a "separatist movement" and a "threat to the Chinese psyche". Also mistakenly calls Morey's new twitter thread an apology.

Untrue as HK protests are demanding universal suffrage and true democracy promised to them BY CHINA.

Apparently fighting for freedom, rights and democracy is a threat to the Chinese psyche.

Joe Tsai: Cofounder & major shareholder of Alibaba (deep ties to CCP), board member of NBA China, owns NBA Nets, owns Barclays Center. His stand is not surprising.

Note: Alibaba owns South China Morning Post (SCMP), the only major English news in HK (all others were driven by gov to an independent online existence) which has sounded increasingly pro-CCP and has published many problematic, biased and untrue reports and opinions. Some of its reporters are ok, but the editors are problematic.

Anonymous Chinese scholar ran data analysis and found that there was a high possibility that most of the Twitter accs attacking Morey over the controversy did not seem to be real people.

Most accs (~5,800) created very recently, few followers, few engagements.

I think it is a high possibility, since experience tells me that as incensed the Chinese are, many won't + don't know how to climb the Great Firewall. Climbing it is illegal, though CCP has double standards and closes on eye if it's to propel their agenda.

NBA issued two versions of statement in Eng and Mandarin. Kowtowed in both but a lot more in Mandarin.

English ver: Recognise that Morey's views have deeply offended many in China, which is regrettable.

Mandarin ver: Extremely disappointed in Morey's statement. No doubt he's severely hurt the feelings of Chinese fans.

NBA said it backs free speech after backlash, downplayed Chinese statement.

NBA's Adam Silver supported freedom of speech.

Chinese now supporting 9/11 terror attacks after Silver's statement.

Many Chinese companies have cancelled deals/agreements with NBA and Rockets.

Online opinions:

"See how this is not only HK's fight? Now they're making Americans, NBA's team manager, apologise for a tweet supporting HK."

"Societies whose freedoms are defined by totalitarian states do not remain free."

"China expansion is real when people in a free country have to apologise for speaking the truth and standing for what is right."

"More reliance, less integrity. If any corporations wish to do business in China, they'll be requested to support China's political agenda and lose freedom and autonomy."

"Opening the Chinese market was sold to us as democratising them. Turns out it was the other way round."

"Daryl Morey is right! His willingness to speak the truth is a great embodiment of the NBA's global social responsibility. CCP denies freedom of speech, even though we are telling the truth. Let us hold the CCP accountable for its violation of human rights."

(Pic 10) Tiffany And Co have also pulled an ad that looks very similar to the Eye4HK campaign pose run by HKers in support of a woman blinded by bullet shot by HK police.

#freedom of speech #censorship

#hong kong #human rights #china #chinese #news #anti-extradition #and so the world spins

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dtfitness365 · 4 years

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Couldn’t be any more proud of you lil cuz @jcone15!! Was taken back sitting in your audience this time around. ✊🏾💯 - Watching you stand on the principles that your parents instilled in you @Harold cone and @aliciac71 is fuel for footsteps I hope to follow with your lil baby cuz. The work ethic and disciplines you haven’t forgotten are apparent, your time is soon to blow. The fam is proud! ______________________________________ #JIANT #VirginiaTech #Hokies #Basketball #CollegeBasketball #CollegeHoops #NCAABasketball #ACC #ACCBasketball #VTech #Atlanta #DTFitness365 #FIT365 #GeorgiaTech #Family (at McCamish Pavilion) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8M7KnHFOSt/?igshid=ykgbg70vior2

#jiant #virginiatech #hokies #basketball #collegebasketball #collegehoops #ncaabasketball #acc #accbasketball #vtech #atlanta #dtfitness365 #fit365 #georgiatech #family

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byduanewatson · 5 years

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I wanted to take some time to reflect on how surreal last night was, particularly growing up as a basketball fan in a hockey country. I don’t go as far as back SkyDome, but my mom took me to games here and there at the ACC throughout the years. Whenever Jordan, Kobe or LeBron came to town, there would be as many opposing team jerseys in the stands as Raptors ones, sometimes more. I eventually purchased season tickets with @big_c1 for the 2001 playoff run, which of course fell short and more than a few after that. Now, the Raptors have won the Eastern Conference Championship and are playing in the NBA Finals. We’re the uninvited guests at the party, perceived by the media, America & even some of our own Torontonians. But this team and this city, have pride and feel no type of way about proving people wrong, we’ve been doing it from time ...and finally we’re here. Thanks for the visual that sums it up perfectly @darkvallena 👌🏾#wethenorth #raptors #nbafinals #toronto #ballislife (at Toronto C•A•N•A•D•A) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx7cEJ2Fhek/?igshid=1ghoqu3tq5xoy

#wethenorth #raptors #nbafinals #toronto #ballislife

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ofstarlites · 5 years

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olympian aesthetics ;

tagged: stole from my old accs kjhsdkfhksjd

tagging: PLEASE STEAL IT FROM ME

aphrodite: laughter-loving, sweet smiles, dressed in silk and satin, flower in their hair, thrives on attention, sees the world as a runway, unapologetically sexual, the sea washing their ankles, in love with love, stirrer of passion, cunning concealed by painted lips, secret daggers, doves, revolution in their kiss, delighting in the waves, flirtatious winks, strolling along the beach, staring wistfully from a balcony, this is how to be a heartbreaker, your girlfriend thinks they’re attractive, wants to be adored, gets turned on my danger.

apollo: glitz and glamour, art galleries, turning the volume up, being made of gold, neatly-organized music sheets, notebooks filled with poetry, bathing in the sunlight, the powerful urge to create, collecting vinyl records, beautiful cover of wonderwall, playing multiple instruments, tasting like sunshine, healing touch, speaking in prophecies, smile mingled wrath, shunning lies, sporting shades, hanging out at music festivals with their friends, sleeps naked, arrow to the heart, paint brushes, probably has a Tinder account.

ares: armed for battle, wants to raise a dog with their significant other, soft spot for children, gives piggyback rides, scarred body, blood on their hands and face, willing to fight the world for the ones they love, fights against injustice, warm hugs, well-worn combat boots, boxing gloves, bandages wrapped around bruised knuckles, fist raised in protest, ignites revolutions, fear is a prison, more sensitive than what their tough shell will make you think, exhausted, damaged goods, force to be reckoned with, red roses, curses under their breath.

artemis: keen sense of a hunter, freckles like constellations on their skin, piercing eyes, disheveled braid, moonlight peeking through the shadows, the calm of the forest at night, lying on the grass and staring at the stars, mother doe and her fawn, protecting their kin, the moon shimmering on a still lake, quiver full of arrows resting against the bark of a tree, running with wolves, bonding while circled around a campfire, not being much of a people person, arrow hitting a target, popping egos, patience on 3%, touches heaven and returns howling.

athena: discerning gaze, unreadable face, the patience of a lifelong teacher, quiet museums, owl perched on their finger, armor that intimidates, eye for architecture, plays the sims for the sole purpose of building houses, studied the blade while everyone else was busy getting laid, big fan of logic, loves brain teasers, go-getter balls of wool displayed on shelves, ancient buildings, sweaters in neutrals and cool colors, hair done up, can kill you with their brain, heads to the library often to research, sharpened pencils, abs that can cut steel, stoic statues, pottery classes.

demeter: soil-covered hands, smile that can bloom flowers, skin loved by the sun, being the mom-friend, can lift you and your friends, flowers kept in the pockets of overalls, takes pride in their beautiful garden, speaks to their plants (elementals), leaves rustling in the wind, stalks of wheat, picking fruit, greenhouses, heart as strong as a mountain, values simplicity, daisies dotted across a collarbone, curls crowned with flowers, folded pile of sweaters in warm hues, pulling out fresh-baked bread out of the oven and the smell wafting through the air.

dionysus: drunk shitposter, on their sixth glass of wine before you’ve even finished your second, seductive smirks, untamed curls, rich fabrics on dark skin, sleek-furred panthers, theater masks, stage productions, receiving a standing ovation, rose caught between their teeth, being the baby of the bunch, wild parties that last from sundown to sunup, creeping vines, inspiring loyalty, grand opera houses, masquerade balls, rolls of film, shattered chandeliers with broken glass scattered across the wine-spilled floor, pouring champagne into flutes, lives for the applause.

hephaestus: the calloused hands of someone who knows labor, sweaty brow, flame burning in their eyes, inventive mind, broad shoulders, steampunk goggles, nuts and bolts stored away in little boxes, ashes, striking a match, blueprints for future projects, fixing up a busted up car and giving it cool upgrades, wrestles with bitterness, work boots have seen better years, wrinkled plaid shirts, iron melted in blazing fire, huge jackets, crafting masterpieces, greased-stained overalls, fascination with robotics, pain is fuel, stack of weaponry, even their muscles have muscles.

hera: resting bitch face, dressed to the nines, cows grazing on a pasture, cool rain, loving and hating fiercely, hand clutching a string of pearls, large chandelier with glittering crystals, plays the sims for the sole purpose of killing off their sims, romance to realism, pictures of the sky while flying on a plane, files that under fuck it, downs glasses of wine as they relax with a scented bubble bath and netflix, like their selfie or you’re grounded, knows 57 convenient ways to murder a man, dark eyes that penetrate your soul, marble and gold.

hermes: devil-may-care smile, ink-stained hands, always up-to-date on the latest technology, will steal your french fries, does it for the vine, shitposter, puts googly eyes on everything, meme hoarder, long drives on the highway, ma and pop diners, spontaneous road trips, folded maps, fingers dancing across the keyboard of a laptop, shooting hoops on the basketball court, chatting up strangers as you all journey to your own destinations, goes jogging in the morning, mixes redbull with coffee, menace on april fool’s, hoodies and sneakers.

poseidon: storm with skin, colorful coral reefs, waves crashing against the shore, the sea casting its spell, stroking the soft fur of a cat, their heart pounding as their horse’s gentle trot speeds into a gallop, tousled locks, clothes smeared with paint,owns several sketchbooks yet always yearns for more, leather jackets, fondness for diy projects, handwriting that flows across the page, nimble fingers playing the strings of a violin, velvety singing voice that haunts your dreams, mood as ever-changing as the sea, the roar of a motorcycle compass with a spinning arrow.

zeus: thunder in their heart, running on coffee, flash of lightning, natural charisma, eloquence, badass in a nice suit, aficionado of history, force of nature, lenny face, pretends they don’t have feelings but they do, nightmare-filled nights, proud arm around their lover’s waist, high-rise buildings, planes soaring through a cloudless sky, technician on the piano, maintains order, strong handshake, juggling multiple events on their busy schedule with ease, most likely to be voted class president out of their peers, expensive watch.

poseidon: storm with skin, colorful coral reefs, waves crashing against the shore, the sea casting its spell, stroking the soft fur of a cat, their heart pounding as their horse’s gentle trot speeds into a gallop, tousled locks, clothes smeared with paint, owns several sketchbooks yet always yearns for more, leather jackets, fondness for diy projects, handwriting that flows across the page, nimble fingers playing the strings of a violin, velvety singing voice that haunts your dreams, mood as ever-changing as the sea, the roar of a motorcycle compass with a spinning arrow.

#ceci: ares and athena basically ofc #teddy: poseidon mixed w artemis mixed w demeter mixed w apollo mixed w athena hjakas #a lot of the stuff is more based off of their canon especially some of the italics #some of the italics are like situation/person dependent and others are verse dependent #like in some verses teddy could just be a straight up ares as well #both some strong gorls if i'm gonna be real here #i love them #✧ tba ( ceci; trivia )#✧ tba ( teddy; trivia )#✧ tba ( teddy; aesthetic )#✧ tba ( ceci; aesthetic )

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