Raymond Summerlin

"I have to steal the Declaration of Independence because there's a treasure map on the back" is objectively the best plot ever for a movie. We're not going to be able to top that.

Let’s not forget that even if England win against Norway on Saturday they will then immediately have to march 200 miles south and play France without so much as a hydration break

Best RB seasons on teams that won fewer than five games: Christian McCaffrey | 2019 Panthers | 5 Wins: 22.2 PPG 93% snaps 24% targets Saquon Barkley | 2018 | 5 Wins: 18.4 PPG 83% snaps 21% targets Melvin Gordon III | 2016 Chargers | 5 Wins: 16.1 PPG 75% snaps 10% targets From 2016-2025, those are the only three RBs to crack 15 PPG on losing teams. Great players with massive workloads (and receiving buffer for CMC/Barkley). Teams with 5 or fewer wins in 2026 per oddsmakers: Dolphins | 4.5: Achane is great + receiving Cardinals | 4.5: Love should be great, but unknown backfield split; needs pass-down work for sure

I have a theory: American sports culture tends to be more earnest, motivational, and family-friendly. Chants lean positive or generic. “Let’s go [team]!”, “Defense!”, “I believe that we will win!” Honestly it's kind of cringe and lame, especially when you compare to the English football chants, which are the absolute pinnacle of excellence in the field. The Brits don't have this positivity culture. Theirs is infused with banter. In the USA, there's less cultural permission for sustained irony or savagery in mixed public crowds. Football in the UK was (and remains) a working-class / tribal passion for many clubs. These clubs have deep roots, representing regions that have gone to wars. Manchester United vs. Leeds always invokes the "Wars of the Roses," a 15th-century civil war between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. US soccer has long had more of a suburban, middle-class + family vibe in many places. And instead of standing terraces, American stadiums are mostly all-seated, highly commercial stadiums with constant PA interruptions, ads, timeouts, and have more of an “entertainment product” feel. Cheerleaders or marching bands and announcers often lead rather than the crowd inventing spontaneously. Just to show you how cheeky some of the banter is in English football (which wouldn't be tolerated in the US), there was a South Korean player who played for my team Manchester United. The chant for him goes: Park, Park, wherever you may be, You eat dogs in your own country. It could be worse, You could be a Scouse, Eating rats in your council house! (To the tune of a variant of "Lord of the Dance") And this is us the United fans showing love for Park because we bothered to craft a chant for him! This would simply never fly in the US

This USA team is a James Franklin team. Looked great against opponents ranked in the 20-40s. Garnered a bunch of hype. Now playing a top-10 team and are actively shitting themselves on the field.