Matt Brinkman

@RaphealDavis3 It’s already pricing out the middle class. The pay to play model that we have is pricing out working class and poor folks. Combine that with the cost to attending sporting events at all levels, and sports in this country is becoming something for the rich only.

Youth Basketball is a Middle Class Sport

@kraigbowers34 The real battle between Indiana and Nebraska is for popcorn supremacy.

To be fair, the battle of best yields of corn per acre is only a battle between Iowa and Illinois. Nebraska is pretty comfortably in 3rd and with higher inputs than some states below them due to irrigation needs.

Survive and advance. Onto the Sweet 16!

@FrankKhalidUK If ownership doesn’t care then why should I care?

That’s enough of my thoughts, give me your thoughts on this 3-0 defeat.

I think I’m done watching Chelsea for a while. It doesn’t matter who the players or manager are, until we have some competence with the ownership group they aren’t winning anything.

@joshhart The guys in charge know more about spreadsheets than they do soccer.

What happened to my club…?

@RaphealDavis3 Purdue alum here, this is also true for the big schools too. I may or may not have seen it during my time in West Lafayette.

Saying NIL killed the mid majors is lazy. Dudes have been getting paid long before NIL came around.

Yes!

@FrankKhalidUK Carragher. I’ve never seen anyone so confident in their ignorance.

Which one of these pundits would you never want to see on TV again?

@FrankKhalidUK It doesn’t matter. We could poach Pep from City and results would still be the same.

What would you do?

Purdue plays on Friday in St Louis. My phone tells me it is a 5-hour drive. Hopefully tickets are reasonable.

@GameDayGabi About as good of a path to the Elite 8 as you can get. That said, there are no easy ones. Boiler up!

Ball knowers… what do we think about our bracket?

Boiler up! 🚂

My thoughts on the Big Ten championship game: Chances Purdue wins 10% Chances Purdue keeps it close 40% Chances Michigan wins comfortably 50% I want to see Purdue win, but Michigan is really good.

Oscar Cluff appreciation tweet. He did all of the dirty work today.

@RaphealDavis3 It’s also interesting when the winning starts some “fans” get real quiet. Did they ever really support the team, or do they just like to complain?

You can always tell which fans came around once the winning started.

How is it that Purdue still didn’t know how to defend the perimeter? 🤦‍♂️

@lady_valor_07 Always buy good quality shoes even if there are cheaper options available. Your ankles, knees, hips, and back will thank you later in life.

I’m 25. Give me oddly specific life tips. No general ”surround yourself with positive people” tips. I want the most random, specific advice possible.

@JJWatt 0%. I’m done playing this game. I tip well at sit-down restaurants, but when there is minimal service, and the staff isn’t being paid below minimum wage, then I’m not tipping.

Genuine question on a restaurant situation: You walk up to a counter to order. You find your own table and seat yourself. If you order coffee, they hand you a cup and you go fill it up yourself. If you order food, they hand you a buzzer and when it goes off, you go pick it up yourself. The iPad has a “20%, 25%, 30%, Other” tip option, with 20% already preselected. What’s your move?

This Purdue team is a real head scratcher. Honestly, they shouldn’t even bother with the Big Ten Tournament or the NCAA tournament.