Think about literally any quarterback press conference ever. They are typically just 5-10 minutes filled with as many coach speak cliches as they can come up with. Constantly talking about needing to have a good week of practice. Constantly talking about just being singularly focused on that week’s game and not looking ahead. How everybody on the team needs to be better and do their job. But that’s what is so great about sports–they are constantly evolving....

Dan Mullen is back on the sidelines after being hired to replace Barry Odom at UNLV this morning. Especially after UNLV made the Mountain West Championship Game for the second straight season. What is the saying? One man’s mistake is another man’s opportunity…… And UNLV hit a home run with this hire. Alex Smith, Tim Tebow, Dak Prescott & Kyle Trask all flourished under Mullen’s tutelage. As long as the Runnin' Rebels pony up money to pay QBs, they will flourish under Mullen....

What is the best Christmas movie ever? Welcome to VOLUME 155 of The Bracket. Kenjac is host alongside KBnoswag, Nick Turani, Robbie Fox, Eddie and Danny Conrad.

Plus: Playing with Gruden; Closest To; Tour/LIV reports.

This team is tragically awful. Worst place in the league. We’re talking 32nd place out of 32 teams. Now not all dog shit is created equally. Some teams are absolute dog shit because they’re still young and rebuilding like the San Jose Sharks. A team that had aspirations of contending for a Stanley Cup before the season. The Predators went GANGBUSTERS during free agency last summer. They signed Steven Stamkos....

A time when you’d be home sick from school, just waiting for that show to start. It was a phenomenon. Everyone knew the Jerry Springer Show in the late 90s to early 2000s. We remember just how absurd every show was. You never knew what the fight or topic would be, but it was always something outrageous. The simple Jerry chant can still be heard all throughout the country. The man went from being the mayor of Cincinnati to the talk show host....

Oh my God, this right here is massive news in the soccer world. Do you know how rare it is to hear Zlatan compliment anyone other than Zlatan? He’s one of the best to do it - both on the field and talking. Now we have him calling Christian Pulisic Captain America and talking about how good he is. That right there says more than anyone else. We’re hosting a World Cup....

It wasn’t just pure, unadulterated clickbait, it was a flat out lie. Sorry, but clicks pay the bills. We’ll get to the trade itself in a moment. “But WSD, wtf are you talking about? What was 8 years and 5 days ago? JUST GET TO THE GODDAMN POINT!” I mean, it just worked for the Cubs. It just worked for the Astros. It works YoY for the Rays and other clubs....

The man tweeted out that he’s not struggling, he just needs the ball. Community notes tells him he’s leading the team in drops before he deletes tweet. What does he do? What every great wide receiver does. Blame others: Everyone saw what they saw! He doesn’t take it back except for deleting it! Personally, I love it. You never know who they’ll blame, what they’ll say or anything like that....

Barstool Survivor premiered and the storylines are just starting to unfold. Biz continues to sample everything from restaurants, and the footage of Bizzys Brawl will be released soon. What a time in Chiclets Land, this is an episode you wont want to miss. BODYARMOR: Get yours today at Walmart or a local grocery store near you!

I saw this last night but didn’t want to blog it. It’s a publicity stunt and everyone knows it. More Michigan fans than Ohio State fans up there and it’s not even close. And now On3 and Awful Announcing…and now Barstool Sports…are giving him the attention he wants. You win, Ryan! Michigan fans get to dunk on Ohio State once more on the internet. Either way, this guy fucking sucks.

‘American Psycho’ is a pretty interesting movie. Makes no sense, but that’s movies baby! That said, I’m not sure how to feel about Austin Butler as Patrick Bateman. On the one hand, I think he could easily play a hot serial killer. Just picture Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen with slicked back hair and a Patagonia vest. What goofy ass accent are we going to be stuck with for 2 years? Maybe starting a side-business within his firm selling Rose?...

And so it has happened. It’s all still very new. And there’s a lot to process here. We’ll know soon enough. He just wants to coach football. Being away from the game as just a casual observer is not for him. He’s still his father’s son. He wants to be pulling some raw roster bubble guy aside and giving him some minor coaching point. Simply put, he’s a football coach....