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my-soupy-brain · 8 months

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Idea : you’re fooling around with Ted and discover a never before mentioned tattoo. What is it? Where is it?

I think this will be short 'n sweet and cute. I am not even gonna go into with an idea of what it could be until I get to that part. So let's see what happens, lol. Let's gooo!

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Relationship: Ted Lasso x reader

Warnings: Light smut/making out

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It was the first time you and Ted had let things get hot n' heavy. You had been dating a couple weeks, and besides a couple passionate kisses, you were mostly taking it slow.

But one pint, and then two more at the pub, and walking back to Ted's house arm-in-arm, and you found yourself on his couch, under his warm, gorgeous dad-bod while a movie played softly in the background.

His lips trailed down your neck, to your ear, then your collarbone, and you were squirming under his touch and lustful gaze.

As his hands went under your shirt, he saw a little hip tattoo you'd gotten with your best friend years ago.

"Oh I like that," he smiles, his fingers tickling over the music notes.

You blush. "Got it with a good friend years ago, for our love of music."

He smiles and kisses it, his mustache tickling your skin (and unlocking a new kink, because you really, really liked how that felt).

His hands kept traveling your body, up and down your sides and to your neck, where his big hands cupped your face to kiss you.

Why is that so sexy when men do that? It's so...sexy.

As your hands travel under his shirt, he sighs and groans, your hands feeling like magic on his body.

"You're so goddamn beautiful, Ted," you murmur to his ear. "God, you make me crazy."

He blushes at this, never feeling particularly attractive but feeling like a million bucks under your hot stare.

His lips find yours in a heat of passion, his tongue sliding against your mouth, your shared moans and deep breathing driving the energy between you.

You manage to work his shirt off, then his undershirt, and...

"My, my, my Ted, what's that?" you ask with a flirty tone.

He looks down at his own hip and you spot some ink. A tattoo. On Theodore Lasso.

He blushes immediately, tucking his face into your neck, his mustache grazing your skin again.

"Uh, yeah, I also got a tattoo with Beardo," he chuckles. "A few too many drinks and he talked me into it."

Your fingers dance over the yellow and black ink. An angry little...man?...with wheat for hair in a WSU sweater.

"Witchita State Shockers," he mumbles. "Our team."

You smile and kiss him. "I love it."

Ted looks at you with a raised eyebrow.

"YOU DO?"

You nod. "I do. I love it. I know how much coaching there meant to you, and even if it was a drunken tattoo parlor visit, you chose well."

He blushes again, looking down at it.

"My body's changed a bit, and it's a bit worn off..."

You smile. "I love it all the same because it's on this delicious body of yours..."

His eyes darken again with a mischievous grin.

His fingers trail under the waistband of your pants just a little.

"You got any other works of art under there? Or just the rest of your body, which is its own work of art?"

You giggle and pull him back to your lips.

"I dunno. Why don't you find out, Coach?"

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Had to find a photo of the Witchita State University mascot. Unfortunately their football program was retired in 1986 in real life, but I still think it make sense that Beard would come up with this idea and Ted would agree. Personally I love it. lol Thanks for the prompt, friend!

#ted lasso x reader #ted lasso smut #ted lasso fanfiction #ted lasso fanfic #ted lasso x you #teds tattoo would def be sports related

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latenightsuburbansprinklersystem · 8 days

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when my partner got all the keys copied for the new apartment they got me this washington state one even though I've never for a second in my life given a shit about football or higher education for that matter because they were working at a sports bar during the last football season and got weirdly inexplicably invested in UW's success and I in WSU's success almost entirely out of spite but also at least kind of because it tickled me that they're the Gougers (go gougs!) so when they made the keys they got a UW one as a bit and got me a WSU as an even deeper more intricate bit. and then of course the fucking sexy pre-woke green m&m. I don't remember where I was going with this

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bearterritory · 6 months

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Bears Beat WSU In Thrilling Home Finale

Cal Forces 4 Turnovers, Scores 2 Defensive TDs

BERKELEY – Hosting Washington State on Saturday in the final home game of California Memorial Stadium's 100th anniversary season, the Golden Bears came away with a 42-39 victory behind a handful of key defensive plays and 181 scrimmage yards from running back Jaydn Ott.

It was probably the last time these two teams, who have faced off every season for decades, will play each other in the forseeable future. It was their last Pac-12 game vs each other, and the last conference home game for the Bears. Next year they will be playing in the ACC.

The Golden Bears' defense forced four turnovers for the second time this year and set a season high with six sacks. Outside linebacker David Reese led all players with three sacks and two forced fumbles.

"I'm really proud of how the guys fought and competed. We made enough plays to win the game, and we certainly can learn a lot from plays that weren't quite as good," Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox said. "We made it much harder than it needed to be, to be honest. But I commend the guys for continuing to compete and finding a way to win. You have to stay in the moment and do what you need to do to win." Inside linebacker Cade Uluave recovered two fumbles, the first of which he also forced and took 51 yards to the house on the Cougars' first possession of the game. Uluave finished with a team-high nine tackles to go with a game-ending interception.

The Bears staved off a second-half WSU rally with back-to-back touchdowns early in the fourth quarter. Holding on to a 28-24 lead, Ott carried the ball for all five plays on a 75-yard scoring drive, highlighted by a 52-yard burst through the left side. He capped the possession with a 5-yard scamper into the end zone which saw him become the first Bear since Patrick Laird in 2017 to surpass 1,000 rushing yards in a season. "Jaydn Ott is spectacular. I've said it many times - he's going to play on Sundays," Cal quarterback Fernando Mendoza said. "At the end of the day, whether it's messy or beautiful, a win is a win. I'm grateful to be able to learn from our mistakes today. These are experiences that you learn from. I can't appreciate our defense enough."

Less than two minutes later, Reese blindsided Cougar quarterback Cameron Ward just as he was about to throw. The ball was picked up in the secondary by defensive back Nohl Williams and returned 52 yards to paydirt, giving Cal a commanding 42-24 advantage with 9:26 remaining.

WSU was quick to respond, scoring a pair of touchdowns and converting a two-point conversion to make it a three-point game. After forcing a Cal punt, the Cougars moved the ball into Bear territory with under a minute left but weren't able to connect on a 48-yard potential game-tying field goal. It was their second missed field goal of the fourth quarter.

Washington State had one last chance to steal the game on a Hail Mary pass from 53 yards out, but Uluave came away with his first interception of the season as time ran out.

The Bears finished with three fumble recovery touchdowns in total, as offensive lineman Brian Driscoll fell on one in the end zone in the second quarter.

Quarterback Fernando Mendoza did most of his damage in the first half, when he was 11-of-15 through the air for 129 yards and two touchdowns. The Bears' first offensive possession of the day went 65 yards on 12 plays. Mendoza capped it off on 3rd-and-goal by rolling left in a fake quarterback keeper and finding Endries sneaking out to the corner for a 6-yard score to put Cal up 14-0.

Mendoza later found a wide-open Ott coming across the middle for a 13-yard touchdown to make it 28-14. It was the second time in three weeks the Bears put up 28 points in the first half.

With the win, Cal remains eligible for bowl game competition. The Bears will be on the road for the final two weeks of the regular season. They travel to face Stanford at 3:30 p.m. PT next Saturday in the 2023 edition of the Big Game. "Winning a bowl game is the goal, and in order to win a bowl game, you have to get to a bowl game," Wilcox said. "It's OK to acknowledge that. The bowl game is a big deal."

#UC Berkeley #Bear Territory #Cal sports

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47-protons · 9 months

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hang on re: last reblog i'm actually looking up the ted lasso wsu thing

"When Jason Sudeikis thought about football in Kansas, he naturally turned to Wichita State University." the football team died in a plane crash in 1970 what the fucka re you talking about

"naturally turned to wichita state university" the plane crashed into the side of a mountain what the fuck are you talking about

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tallmantall · 1 year

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#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – ‘All We Want Is Him Back.’ Pioneers Of #College Football’s #MentalHealth Movement, Mark & Kym #Hilinski Continue To Share Son’s Story

By Theo Lawson [email protected](509) 939-5928 Four days after Tyler #Hilinski died by #suicide, former #WashingtonState wide receiver CJ Dimry approached the quarterback’s father, Mark, at a funeral service in Southern California. Dimry, Hilinski’s former teammate and roommate, began by telling Mark he didn’t own a car during his time in #Pullman. Somewhat puzzled by the remark, Mark Hilinski responded, “Yes, CJ, I know.” The story would come full-circle eventually, but over the next few minutes Dimry explained that his mother died from cancer when he was 5 years old – something the Hilinskis already knew. The part they weren’t aware of: For nearly 15 years, Dimry had sought out counseling to help him cope with the loss. Dimry’s visits ranged from weekly to monthly to annually, but he had regular counseling during his three-year stay in #Pullman. Almost without exception, #Hilinski was the one who’d drive his friend to the appointments. #Hilinski would normally pass the time by finding dinner and waiting in his car. When Dimry finished, it wasn’t unusual for the #WSU teammates to recap the counseling session on the way home. More than four years removed from their son’s #suicide , it’s one of the painful questions that still lingers for Mark and Kym #Hilinski, who understand they may never get the answers they’re seeking. “He’s 20 feet from a door,” Mark said. “Why didn’t he ask for help?” With Dimry’s blessing, it’s a story the Hilinskis have shared hundreds of times speaking to #football players and #studentathletes around the country while representing their #nonprofitfoundation, #Hilinski’sHope. The foundation was launched not long after Tyler’s death with a mission of educating and advocating for #mentalhealth and wellness, while working to eliminate the #stigma associated with #mentalillness. Mark and Kym have made this their life’s work. From their standpoint, they had no choice. For more than three years, they have delivered “Tyler Talks” to various groups. They traveled to the Inland Northwest for a visit with Whitworth’s #football and women’s volleyball players Wednesday afternoon. Roughly 80 miles from where their son played #college #football at #WashingtonState, the Hilinskis still express an affinity for the region, even if it does bring some complicated emotions. “I feel like we’re home,” Mark told a crowd of roughly 200 at Whitworth’s Weyerhaeuser Hall. “We loved it here.” Mark and Kym were in Reno, Nevada, on Tuesday speaking with Nevada’s football team – now coached by Ken Wilson, the former #WSU assistant once responsible for recruiting Tyler to #Pullman. They flew from Reno to Spokane the same evening, met with Whitworth #athletes from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday and caught a 5 p.m. flight ahead of Thursday’s “Tyler Talk” with a group of #highschoolathletes in Portland. The Hilinskis plan to visit 17 states over the coming months, including a trip to Hawaii. Later this month, they’ll wedge in a flight to Ireland to watch their youngest son, Ryan, a junior quarterback at Northwestern, play against Nebraska in the “Aer Lingus #College #Football Classic.” Ryan, Northwestern’s presumptive starter this season, is still wearing his brother’s No. 3. “We jump on planes, we sleep a bit and we do it all over again,” Kym Hilinski said. “… I think there’s a need and I think these coaches and these universities are realizing it. Maybe it’s Tyler’s story, too. We always say, if it can happen to Tyler …” The Hilinskis uprooted their lives to spread Tyler’s story, raise funds for #mentalhealthawareness and bring light to issues that are often untouched, particularly when it comes to #male #collegeathletes. The family sold its Southern California home and two vehicles, and Mark stepped away from his job in retail technology so he and Kym could focus on #Hilinski’sHope. “Retail technology is a lucrative business, telling this sad story is not,” Mark said. “It’s not meant to be, that’s not the purpose. So I did start a new company this year to help on that side. But to the bigger point, we weren’t planning for this growth and we’re sort of caught flat-footed with the amount of requests.” Whitworth coach Rod Sandberg was connected to the Hilinskis through Ian Furness, a KJR Radio host, FOX 13 sports anchor and #WSU alum whose son, Kiefer, plays on the Pirates’ offensive line. In 2019, Furness hosted a golf tournament in Maple Valley, Washington, that raised money for #Hilinski’sHope. “I said, ‘I don’t have any money,’ ” Sandberg said. “They do this to raise money to make a difference. I said, ‘You choose the date, I’ll make the time.’ “I can talk about it all I want. They experienced it. The courage they have to stand up there and share is unbelievable. You can just tell, they had all our players’ attention and able to say go get help in a way I can’t do.” #James Donaldson notes:Welcome to the “next chapter” of my life… being a voice and an advocate for #mentalhealthawarenessandsuicideprevention, especially pertaining to our younger generation of students and student-athletes.Getting men to speak up and reach out for help and assistance is one of my passions. Us men need to not suffer in silence or drown our sorrows in alcohol, hang out at bars and strip joints, or get involved with drug use.Having gone through a recent bout of #depression and #suicidalthoughts myself, I realize now, that I can make a huge difference in the lives of so many by sharing my story, and by sharing various resources I come across as I work in this space. #http://bit.ly/JamesMentalHealthArticleOrder your copy of James Donaldson's latest book,#CelebratingYourGiftofLife:From The Verge of Suicide to a Life of Purpose and Joy www.celebratingyourgiftoflife.com Although many are still reluctant to engage in #mentalhealth conversations, the Hilinskis receive constant affirmation that they’re making an impact on young lives. “Someone comes up and whispers in my ear, ‘You just saved my life,’ ” Kym said. “That is so humbling and it just floors you and honestly it happens after every ‘Tyler Talk.’ Every talk I would say, ‘You changed my life’ or ‘You saved my life.’ ” Solo Hines, a junior running back at Whitworth, admitted he’s confronted #suicidalthoughts and battled #depression in the past. Wednesday’s “Tyler Talk” hit close to home for the Kent, Washington, native, serving as a reminder that resources are always available to those struggling. “It really felt welcoming, it felt like home to me to hear that,” Hines said. “I didn’t really know this at the time, or at the time I was going through my #depression and #suicidalthoughts, but it’s good to know there’s people that love me for me, that will help me and care about me as well.” Kym Hilinski acknowledged the pressure facing #studentathletes in 2022. As a projected Pac-12 starting quarterback in the midst of the #socialmedia era, Tyler encountered his share of those pressures at #WSU, but Kym believes the transfer portal, as well as new name, image and likeness (NIL) opportunities, have added to the strain of being a modern-day #collegeathlete. “So much pressure and #stress that I don’t think they realize how much pressure and stress they’re under,” she said. “Or they do and they’re #athletes and they suck it up,” Mark said. Through in-person and virtual visits with more than 150 universities, the Hilinskis have seen an evolution in the way college athletic leaders – particularly head football coaches – approach #mentalhealthissues. Some of the earliest “Tyler Talks” were athlete-only affairs, but Mark and Kym notice coaches in the audience more often. It’s not uncommon for them to hold exclusive meetings with coaching staffs that are eager to learn what they can do for their players. “We had somebody that needed attention during the middle of a talk, head football coach on the West Coast stopped the thing, they all loved on this #kid, the players got around him,” Mark said. “If you could bottle that, it would snap the #stigma in #college #football.” “If your coach knows and believes you have to take care of your #mentalhealth,” Kym said, “then I think the #studentathletes say, ‘I do, I have to.’ ” Whitworth defensive back and junior captain Colten Chelin agreed conversations surrounding #mentalhealth and #mentalwellness have become more prevalent since he joined the #football team in 2018. “They’re always going to tell you, ‘Oh be tough, you’re fine, put some dirt on it,’ and you can’t do that with #mentalhealth,” he said. “So the #stigma is slowly going away, but this was a great reminder of it.” Even with all the work they’ve done, Mark and Kym Hilinski know their job is nowhere near finished. In 2020, they earned a Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award from ESPN during ESPYs week. They’ve made multiple appearances on NBC’s “Today” show to share Tyler’s story. They recently made an ESPN.com list naming “The 11 biggest power brokers and advocates shaping the future of #college #football.” Others on the list included SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey and Jackson State coach Deion Jackson. Recognizing the website probably considered them “advocates” more so than “power brokers,” Mark still couldn’t resist the joke: “Kym Hilinski and Greg Sankey, the power brokers of #college #football.” Through #Hilinski’sHope, the couple launched “Game Plan,” an six-part online #mentalhealth course that can be purchased for $6. Their “Unit3d” podcast, sponsored by #Hilinski’sHope and hosted by #sports #psychologists and #mentalhealthprofessionals, just completed its 150th episode. This year alone, they’re scheduled to deliver more than 100 “Tyler Talks” – a stark increase from the 18 they gave in the first year. “We don’t have answers. We’re not telling people, ‘Go drink this water and everything will be fine,’ ” Mark said. “It’s just, if you give them enough of a story that hurts, it tends to just resonate a little bit. … There’s no amount of work we can do where it fixes it.” Near the end of an interview Wednesday, Mark Hilinski pulled out his phone to make sure he and his wife were still on track to catch a flight to Portland. With a photo of Tyler in place as his wallpaper, Mark couldn’t help but grin upon noticing the time: 3:33 p.m. Tyler, as noted, wore No. 3. “All we want is him back,” Kym said. “We’d give everything to have Tyler back.” Read the full article

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wikiuntamed · 5 months

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Top 5 @Wikipedia pages from a year ago: Tuesday, 13th December 2022

Welcome, welcome, selamat datang, hoş geldiniz 🤗 What were the top pages visited on @Wikipedia (13th December 2022) 🏆🌟🔥?

1️⃣: Beauty Revealed "Beauty Revealed is an 1828 self-portrait by the American artist Sarah Goodridge, a watercolor portrait miniature on a piece of ivory. Depicting only the artist's bared breasts surrounded by white cloth, the 6.7-by-8-centimeter (2.6 by 3.1 in) painting, originally backed with paper, is now in a..."

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2️⃣: 2022 FIFA World Cup "The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. It was the first World Cup to be held in the Arab world..."

3️⃣: Mike Leach (American football coach) "Michael Charles Leach (March 9, 1961 – December 12, 2022) was an American college football coach who primarily coached at the NCAA Division I FBS level. He was a two-time national coach of the year, three-time conference coach of the year and the mastermind behind the NCAA record-setting air raid..."

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4️⃣: Lionel Messi "Lionel Andrés Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ; born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the..."

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5️⃣: FIFA World Cup "The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition between the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every..."

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bestnbajerseyscheap · 5 months

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WASHINGTON STATE VS SASHINGTON

In this story: Washington Huskies WASHINGTON HUSKIES

At the 115th Apple Cup, the University of Washington football team on Saturday afternoon gave 15 seniors a Husky Stadium farewell. The Huskies also nearly said goodbye to their perfect season and a College Football Playoff berth before sending stubborn Washington State back to the Palouse with a final-play 24-21 defeat and keeping everything intact.

As this team has done for two months, it found yet another way to win a closely contested game, relying on Grady Gross’ 42-yard field goal with no time left — for its eighth consecutive victory by 10 points or less. The Huskies finished the regular-season schedule with a spotless record (12-0 overall, 9-0 Pac-12), matching the 1991 national championship squad’s pre-playoffs finish.

Gross’ three-pointer capped a 90-yard drive inside the final 1:59, earned him a scholarship from coach Kalen DeBoer in the post-game celebration and sent a good portion of the 71,312 crowd spilling on to the field.

For the fourth-ranked Huskies, it’s now on to the Pac-12 championship game on Friday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to face No. 5 Oregon (11-1, 8-1), a team pining for a rematch after getting beat 36-33 in Seattle in mid-October.

Whether DeBoer’s outfit can keep scrambling to stay unbeaten and extend its 19-game winning streak is unclear, but it’s certain the UW will need to step it up a lot more on offense and defense to hang with the Ducks.

With this one going down to the wire, the UW pulled off the biggest gamble by going for it on fourth-and-1 from its 29 with 1:14 left in the game and the game tied. Quarterback Michael Penix Jr. faked to running back Dillon Johnson, wheeled and flipped the ball to Rome Odunze, who ran around the left side for 23 yards to extend the drive.

“It definitely was a risky call,” Odunze said. “But for me, every time it’s lets go get the first down. I would go for it on fourth-and-45 in Madden sometimes. I don’t care, I want to go get the first down.”

Penix had the option of handing off to Johnson, but read wide-open spaces on the outside.

“I was looking at the guy on the edge of the defense and he squeezed in,” Penix said. “There was just a lot of grass out there.”

Asked where this chance-taking play rated among his overall bold body of work, the head coach acknowledged it was pushing limits.

“Way back there’s been some risky plays, but it’s certainly up there,” DeBoer said. “Given the moment, the situation, field location, time of the game, all of those.”

Gross had missed a kick earlier in the game, and three in row counting recent games. The sophomore from Scottsdale, Arizona, actually sent one through that was waved off when Washington State got a timeout called to make him think about.

A walk-on entering the game, the kicker emerged with a scholarship in hand following the Husky locker-room celebration.

“We were just looking for the right time and today certainly was that time,” DeBoer said. “We knew sooner or later the time was going to come when we recognized him. Our team really believes in Grady.”

Against the Cougars (5-7, 2-7), the Huskies welcomed starting linebacker Alphonzo Tuputala back after a one-game injury absence, but went most of the game without first-team and well-worn defensive tackle Tuli Letuligasenoa, who was saluted as a departing senior but wasn’t inserted until the final four-plus minutes. They used whoever they could, whenever they could.

For three quarters, the UW had an absolute struggle to put much distance between itself and WSU. Penix might have seen his Heisman Trophy hopes slip some with maybe his most inaccurate Husky passing outing, with a lot of his throws overshooting receivers, yet he was still good enough to toss a pair of touchdown strikes to Odunze covering 40 and 21 yards.

Penix completed 18 of 33 passes for 204 yards and those 2 scores, but he wasn’t the best QB on this field. WSU’s Cam Ward hit on 32 of 48 passes for 317 yards and 3 scores. Still, Penix got the win.

On their second possession of the game from their 49, the Huskies got the offense moving, beginning with an 8-yard pass to Jalen McMillan. This was a positive development for UW on multiple fronts — it marked McMillan’s first catch in two months since he injured a knee at Michigan State and he looked like the playmaker he was before.

McMillan, going without the heavy knee brace that slowed him in previous games, caught another 8-yarder three plays later to move the Huskies to the WSU 10. He finished with 5 catches for 26 yards.

“There were some really good things that were great to see —getting Jalen McMillan back in a flow,” DeBoer said. “He helps us stay ahead of the chains.”

Dillon Johnson put the Huskies on the scoreboard first with his 1-yard plunge up the middle, where he ran up the back of his blocking tight end Devin Culp in the end zone. No harm, no foul. With 3:54 left in the quarter, it was 7-0.

After opening with a couple of 3-and-outs on offense, the Cougars came right back and tied the game. They needed just a minute and half to go 76 yards. Ward found tightly guarded Josh Kelly in the back of the end zone with a 21-yard scoring throw, barely beating cornerback Jabbar Muhammad.

The game then bogged down. The Huskies punted, held WSU on downs at their 45, missed a 43-yard field goal and intercepted Ward.

JC transfer Thaddeus Dixon came up with the pass theft at the WSU 49, the first of his Husky career, when Ward overshot a receiver.

The UW made Cougars pay right away for this mistake when, three plays later, Penix hit a wide-open Odunze for the 40-yard scoring strike. WSU’s Lampkin fell down at the line of scrimmage, leaving Odunze free to do what he wanted and an instant TD was the result. With 5:37 remaining in the half, the Huskies led 14-7.

After a couple of punts, the Cougars got the ball back on their 41 with just 1:05 left in the half, yet it was more than enough time to come up with a tying score.

With eight seconds left, Ward put one in the hands of Kyle Williams, who got a foot down on the left side of the end zone with Husky corner Elijah Jackson in tight coverage. A replay verified the play and WSU went to the locker room with a 14-14 tie.

The Huskies went ahead 21-14 on the final play of the third quarter when Odunze pulled in the second scoring throw over his outside shoulder, beating WSU’s Lampkin. This gave Odunze 13 receiving touchdowns, third most in a UW season behind Mario Bailey’ 18 and John Ross with 17. Odunze finished the game with 7 catches for 120 yards.

“Day in and day out the work we put in throughout the week we understand we have each other’s back and no matter the situation we have to find a way to execute and come out with a win,” Penix said. “We were able to do that today.”

Early in the fourth period, the Huskies came up with another pass interception on a double tipped pass. Ward’s throw bounced off the hands of Cougar receiver Lincoln Victor and then the fingertips of UW’s Jackson before starting safety Makell Esteen caught it on the dive at the 27. The Huskies, however, couldn’t do anything with this turnover.

Getting the ball back, https://cheapnbajerseyss.com the Cougars settled in for a 13-play 65-yard drive in which they drove for Dean Jankikowski’s 35-yard field only to take it off the board when the UW was flagged for a personal foul. Safety Dominique Hampton leaped over the center with a running start, which was flagged.

Two plays later, WSU tied the game when Ward hit Victor with an 8-yard touchdown pass, with Hampton missing on a goal-line tackle. Just 5:58 was left in the game.

The Huskies would buckle down, choose to ignore overtime and put everyone on the edge of their seats with that gutsy fourth-and-1 call that led to the game-winning field goal.

“I wanted to go out and not be crazy, but I just really wanted to make sure we had the ball to win the game,” DeBoer said. “It took that play to do that.”

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hbelcherarts246-01 · 6 months

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Project #5 Progress Post (Week 9)

I’ve chosen to redesign and rebrand the Wichita State Shockers team. The name “Shockers” encompasses multiple sports teams at Wichita State University, including basketball, football, baseball, and tennis. The name “Shockers” comes from the original team name, "Wheatshockers”, adopted around 1906. It’s a reference to the athletes’ participation in wheat harvesting (or shocking) to earn money to play their chosen sport (usually football).

Current issues mainly center on the team’s name and mascot. Students, fans, and athletes frequently repurpose the name "Shockers" as an innuendo. Crude hand gestures often accompany these innuendos; even the mascot has been seen making these gestures during games. This damages the team's reputation and the college's credibility. The mascot itself also poses a problem for the team’s reputation. It has been called one of the strangest mascots in existence. Students, Wichita natives, and first-time viewers alike have a hard time understanding what it’s supposed to be and have to look it up to even begin to comprehend it.

Additionally, the mascot suit is a terrifying example of the uncanny valley phenomenon; it looks awkward and is therefore hard to take seriously. All of my research points to the current mascot needing to be replaced; it doesn’t seem like there are many (if any) upsides to it at all.

I believe that the name “Reapers” would be a more appropriate team name than “Shockers”. It respects the college’s farming-centered history and allows for incorporating a scythe motif into the brand identity. This would make the team appear more intimidating and less awkward. Furthermore, it would make the team and college seem more mature and credible by eliminating the current name’s association with innuendos and inappropriate gestures.

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"Peek around the Corner" suggests PAC-2 expansion may be coming soon.

So for those living under a rock for the last two years, Greg Flugar's You tube channel "Peek Around the Corner" is the best source for realignment discussions today. He broke the story on USC and UCLA to the Big Ten and has been right on almost every realignment move since then.

I have tracked and written about sport conference realignment since the last days of the Southwest Conference and I can tell you his run over the last 2 years is amazing. Really unprecedented and unlikely to ever be matched again. No one else has ever figured out what positions you should talk to get the right information on realignment. Flugar's figured it out and built a network of those guys. What he is doing is next level.

He is now talking about Pac2 expansion stories being imminent, although no new school is currently committed to join yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZZFZ37Kz6g&t=1s

I would encourage Cougar and Beaver fans to check out his report. (Warning, he babbles on about other crap for the first 52 minutes.)

I have been advocating the PAC2 build a conference for quite a while. It now seems like we have a pretty good idea of the plan they chose. It is a little ham-fisted and leaves a ton of available meat uneaten (could be A LOT richer), but when I look at it I see a solid plan that could come together very quickly that a risk-averse leadership would put together.

So lets get started talking about it.

The plan

Buy out the 6 MWC schools with the greatest current media valuations using the PAC treasure trove: Boise State, Air Force Academy, San Diego State, Colorado State, Fresno State, and UNLV. All 6 schools are likely willing co-conspirators as their media payouts will go up and might actually double and they don't have to do a thing.

That immediately gets the conference to 8 schools and solves their conference problems.

Follow that by a raid of specifically the Texas schools (UTSA, N. Texas, and Rice) in the AAC as well as Tulane, Memphis, and Navy. These schools would move to a better home for the two revenue sports and would also likely see raises.

I think it is quite viable. Props to the PAC 2.

Valuation, the engine that makes this possible.

What is the value of the new Pac? Well. I think we can pretty much guess at it. The PAC1-12-2's hired media evaluators advised the conference that "FAIR MARKET VALUE" of the PAC 12-2 was about $34M per school. Then the conference asked ESPN for $50M each --- pissing off ESPN and leading the "sports leader" to lowball the conference throughout the rest of the negotiation and even pull out of a last-minute offer when Colorado left.

Apple lowballed the PAC because for most of the negotiation period, the were no serious linear providers competing. Many Pac schools were looking at $25M per school as an amount they would tolerate to stay. Apple was going to guarantee something like $23M per school, so I think logically you can say that $27-34M was the general fair market valuation of the PAC-12-2 schools.

Now 6 of those schools are making $32M or more in their new conference homes.

Now obviously the 2 schools no one wanted in the power conferences were WSU and OSU. So you'd have to expect their valuation to be something between the best conference in the non-power ranks --- the AAC (~$9-10M) --- and maybe $25M.

Neither school has really built the kind of basketball support they should have and their football attendance averages were among the worst in the PAC, so pressed I would suspect OSU may be valued at about $20M and WSU at around $13M.

Now let's talk about the MWC. It is a 10/11 conference that is paid on the non-power conference scale. If memory serves they make about $6.5M per school, so the media money pool is about $70M.

The MWC is generally 3 layers of mediocrity although the MWC has a media king --- Boise State. BSU is good in football/solid in BB and has a national fanbase due to their stellar play 10-20 years ago capturing a generation of nationwide fans.

In the first tier of mediocrity, you have schools with definite TV value. After Boise State, you have #2 San Diego State (good FB, great BB in a top 30 DMA), #3 Colorado State (solid football/BB in a top 20 DMA), #4 Fresno State (good FB with great support, mediocre basketball in a forgettable DMA), and #5 Air Force (decent FB, very, very strong national brand).

Arguably, UNLV, Utah State, New Mexico, and Nevada are the next tier. Mediocre football schools with solid basketball programs which are pretty much in a down period across the board. UNLV is liked more than it should be by media companies who still remember the Jerry Tarkanian years but their fan support just sucks.

Then you have the bottom tier. Wyoming is OK in the revenue sports but their fan support is tiny and they are the conference's 2nd team in the Denver DMA. San Jose State has a strong media market but they have some of the weakest programs in the MWC. Their fan support is not valued highly. Hawaii is a football-only member of the MWC and is undergoing a very painful stadium problem that will likely leave a far weaker program than what existed before.

I am not going to go into great detail with this. Let's start at the $70M. Now the value of the MWC schools is discounted because like the Pac-12, they lack markets and footprint population. There is a low ceiling there.

Let's say that the top 5 are collectively worth $40M of your $70M, or basically $8M each. The next tier of 4 may be currently valued at $20M or $5M each. Finally the last 2.5 schools combine to generate the last $10 M, so they maybe are worth $2-4M each to the networks.

I think these premises are reasonable enough.

Now the implications of Flugar's report is that the initial gambit for the new Pac is to add the MWC's top 5 plus UNLV. Now Assuming the networks overpay for UNLV by a million --- reasonable premise --- you are looking at adding their $46M valuation to the Pac-2's $33M.

Now in general, the PAC-2's value is obviously going to be lessened much more by playing Boise State instead of Washington, but the MWC 6 would be enhanced a little by playing Oregon State rather than Wyoming.

We are just working for a quick and dirty breakdown so we are just going to drop the total valuation of $79M to $76M for the initial 8 schools, or roughly $9.5M per school.

Now this is where it gets interesting. Assuming that ballpark is about right, that puts the new Pac essentially on a financial par with the ACC. This means that considering the PAC is no longer a financial issue. It is about "Which conference would house my revenue sports better, the AAC or the PAC?"

The answer is the PAC.

Flugar had suggested that Navy and Tulane were working in unison for some reason as the next most likely to join. Navy I get. That puts Navy and Air Force in the same conference… something they have wanted for a long time, but have been unable to convince Colorado State to move with Air Force to the AAC.

Tulane…. Hmmm… I don't see the specific connection to Navy, but I think I get why they might be ahead of Memphis and the Texas 3. Tulane profits recruiting-wise from being in a conference with access to the 3 largest DMAs in Texas. Tulane has been good in football recently. Tulane might be creeping out the door to try and pull that foursome with them and guarantee Tulane has a slot in the new PAC. That may have been guaranteed to them if they lead.

So then you have 4 central schools --- UTSA, Rice, Memphis, and North Texas which have apparently been given a pitch from the PAC-2 and are likely cautiously listening to see how the PAC8 are valued.

Now I want to be clear, if the PAC 8 values out at peer status, it is HIGHLY likely those 4 schools will move west. Now if this occurs, the new Pac will be able to do something the old PAC with it's academic snobbiness could not --- they will have paired Texas media markets with the markets of the West.

This is something that a lot of media folk had been telling the PAC would save them, but the PAC never did it. It is opening up 11 AM Eastern games. It is making the PAC directly relevant in 3 time zones and tangentially relevant all across the US.

In simple terms, adding Texas gives people on the West Coast a reason to watch Texas Football and people in Texas a reason to watch West Coast football.

I am pretty sure that will push up the per team payouts to $12-14M, which makes it worthwhile to everyone.

So is this your new PAC-14?

What would this cost OSU and WSU?

It is all laid out here.

It would seem like it is going to cost $67.5M for 6 MWC schools assuming each school pays their personal $5M+ exit fee, which should be doable given their likely raises in media payouts.

And this may end up essentially costing the PAC 2 …. possibly as little as $24.5M each for WSU and OSU.

$24.5M each? Why so cheap?

The PAC 2 was already on the hook to the MWC for $18M for scheduling alliances. It is possible that if they might not owe that if they add the 6. I don't know... and really when you are sitting on $222M in PAC money, the difference between $49M and $67M to have a good conference home is not that significant.

Should WSU and OSU pursue this?

Yes. Absolutely.

But wait!!! Now, is this worth pursuing with ACC membership possibly becoming available? Well, Flugar says that OSU and WSU are structuring this so if that if an ACC offer comes in they can just bail on the new PAC.

That sounds crazy that teams joining them would be OK with that, but if you peel back the onion it makes sense.

OSU and WSU are using their PAC windfall money to buy the best programs out of the MWC and drop them into a more lucrative home. Regardless of whether the PAC 2 are there or not, the new PAC is still going to pay those schools 50% to roughly double their current annual tv rate.

The central schools would likely reach similar conclusions. The American is kind of a haphazardly slapped-together conference, much like the CUSA that they raided was. This PAC is a much stronger home for their revenue sports even without OSU and WSU.

Will the pac2 be part of a western ACC division?

My gut is screaming no, but a lot of media people are saying "maybe" including now Flugar, a real realignment follower with strong ties. who mentioned it as a possibility. I am not going to lie. I hate that I even have to discuss it as a possibility.

The ACC has continuously snubbed West Virginia, a similar academic school with much, much more valuable program than either WSU or OSU and a much larger fan base in both revenue sports.

Is it possible that an ACC could decide after being gutted and told by ESPN that their payouts are going down say $5-20M per school, that they might decide, "Hey, you know what would make this even better? How about a fat bill for annual trips to the Pacific Northwest in all sports?"

I think WSU and OSU are wise not to count on that. If it shows up, you are building exit clauses. That's probably the right level of consideration for it.

Build a conference that works for you and don't look back. The difference in pay between what this conference would pay you and what a gutted ACC on ESPN's back side might get is a wash and the travel is much better here.

Is this a good plan?

Yes. They have extracted a very, very manageable deal out of MWC commissioner Naverez.

Are there things I would do differently?

Yes. A lot of them, but this is an EXCELLENT frame.

I hate Boise State as a potential member because they are a horrible conference mate. But..... The Leadership at the PAC 2 has done a terrific job planning this out on the MWC side and has left Boise State where they kind of have to go along with the terms and they won't have an American with equal payouts to play off for a better deal. It kind of makes them behave like a decent, honorable conference mate.

SDSU and CSU are worth spending the money to acquire.

Air Force is also worth buying out of the MWC. Think about how many Americans have served in the Air Force or have a family member in the Air Force. That is a huge fan base. And there is every reason to expect if you get Air Force you also get Navy which is also a huge fan base and that you might end up getting Army football in a few years, completing Mike Aresco's long desired trifecta.

It's Fresno State and UNLV where I have problems with this plan. I would argue for Hawaii and UNM instead, even though they are horrible football values today. I think they would cost the PAC 8 stage about $6M in total valuation putting your totals in the $8.5M range. would that skunk your ability to add AAC teams? I don't think so.

Why? Because I firmly believe that within 5 years Notre Dame will carry Stanford into the Big Ten. When that happens Cal will be the only ACC school west of Dallas. If you handle this right you could easily have the perfect home to absorb Cal. Cal would rather be in a home with Hawaii and UNM --- two state flagship schools that do research than Fresno State and UNLV.

Plus I think UNM projects FAR, FAR better in this 14-team layout than UNLV. I can see UNM leveraging Texas recruiting and dominating in basketball and becoming an annual bowl team in football. I am talking about having success like they have never had before because they have NEVER had a good conference footprint. Having that kind of BB program --- paired with Memphis in an eastern division --- interacting with the three Texas schools could jump-start basketball at your Texas schools. UNM makes sense.

I see pretty much the same UNLV as exists today, but weaker and weaker in football as they lose football ticket revenue to the Raiders. They are already an afterthought in basketball. I think that is just a bad add, but I recognize the networks would push them and pay a relative premium for them and that may be something OSU and WSU believe they would need to get the AAC schools.

Fresno State would be an admitted competitive loss. They support football like champions and I hate pooping on their addition, but you KNOW Cal is not going to want to be in the same conference as Fresno State. And their media valuation cannot be that high.

Hawaii on the other hand is a super liberal state (cal friendly), they do a ton of research, they HAD a pretty decent football fanbase, draw acceptably in basketball, and they are a gateway to recruits and students from Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. That is money in your coffers. More to the point, that is all Cal-friendly stuff. Trips to Hawaii are a recruiting tool. Given the footprint of the Western division, the costs would be bearable. A lot of Hawaiian and Samoan talent fed the old Pac-12 schools and now could be easily harvested by OSU and WSU at the cost of their "big brother" universities... Hawaii is like UNM... a forgettable school in a weak conference, an immensely strangely valuable school in a stronger conference. And specifically could help OSU and WSU in recruiting.

With money to recruit California, New Zealand, and Australia, Hawaii would be above average in football in this conference. Probably Fresno State level on the field.

But I would understand if the PAC 2 saw Hawaii as a "future add" candidate with their current stadium issues. (Build a 40K stadium state of Hawaii!). There are a lot of options with those last two spots that you can pull off spending less and getting better results.

So I would argue in general to build "pro-Cal". I anticipate when Stanford and Notre Dame bail on Cal, Cal will be working hard to get into the Big 12 but will probably have a vote problem. A Cal-friendly Pac would land them, I think, and that would push the new pac into a higher level.

I am going to stop here, but there are other things that could be done to add millions to their conference coffers annually, but great start Pac 2!!!

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