Tommy Dunne

@OfficialEGO OH my lordy its Egon! @DanhausenAD will be so happy.

They sought mainstream coverage and acceptance. Mainstream outlets are burying the show. They do things believing it’ll attract extra casual eyeballs. Casuals on IG, TikTok, Twitter thought the show sucked. The truth is it’s entertainment for nobody except soulless content creators that attend the event as a show of status. And media partners. Stephen A has to sit there and pretend to know and care about pro wrestling while his alleged favorite team was playing a playoff game. Remember this when he makes severe, declarative takes on First Take about the NBA playoffs. It’s a 4 hour ad grab. They’ve even forgone video packages in the name of more ads. They know the audience is a bunch of suckers. You have WWE fans paying $40 to watch this event and defending commercials, you can’t help these people. WWE has always been about the pomp and circumstance, the pageantry, the theatrics, but it always did its brand of entertainment within the confines of a wrestling promotion. At present, it has never ever felt like less of a wrestling promotion. I don’t say this because it brings me joy to say, I’m a big fan of numerous talents on the roster. I say it, because it is so blatantly the truth now, and there’s no revoking of access that any company can dangle over me that’ll discourage me from being honest. Not only is it not actually for the casuals or the hardcores, it’s not even for the wrestlers themselves. I actually feel bad for the talent who still dream of getting their big wrestlemania stage appearance and match. The people on that undercard were background actors. Outside of your top guys, the stars of the show were Hulk Hogan, Wheatley’s American Vodka, RAM Trucks, Minute Maid, and Fanatics. It’s not going to get better. The people that run this operation are all focused on preserving their backs and making sure the money continues to roll in at the same rate and they’ll do whatever they need to get there, even if it means an extra ad where video packages used to be. Ads where a charming backstage segment used to be. It’s not for you or me, it’s a ruse. The undercard talent only get to have actual matches on the TVs and the big show hits you over the head that the TV doesn’t actually matter. You’re insulted for caring and paying attention because the TV stories are incongruous with the things that happen on the big show. In past bad eras of WWE, it was bad wrestling produced by wrestling minds. This is something entirely different. To describe it as a facsimile of wrestling would be too charitable to its proximity to pro wrestling. It is a dystopian, synthetic, cynical, corporatized, vaguely similar recreation of a sports entertainment product and it’s produced by businessmen that’ll free their hands of it and dump it off to the next sucker that’ll buy it the first chance they get.

@iJordanMoore Having a roof made sure us fans in Milwaukee always had baseball. Its pouring rain...still gonna play. 32 outside...but warm inside.

Opening Weekend baseball is so funny because it’ll be like… “We start in San Francisco where it’s 52°, gusty wind, everyone’s miserable. A beautiful night for baseball... Meanwhile, two games kick off within 20 minutes of each other. One’s in a dome at a cozy 72°. The other? Wide open sky, 32 degrees… Oh, and then we’ll have a Florida team on the road to open the season. 1st game — 92° + humid. 2nd game — 31° with a wind chill… This is just the start of a team’s 9 game road trip to opening the season… Checking in on Chicago — yes, there is snow on the field… And we close out the night in Seattle. Raining. 34°. The pitcher can see his breath. First pitch is in 10 minutes.”

@czabe @Brian_Butch32 @CzabeCast You can look back to the early 2000s Milwaukee Panthers with Bruce Pearl. Big teams didnt want to schedule someone they could lost to and hurt their chance at the dance. Then you had the whole Bracketbusters weekend, NonCon game to help bolster but it hurt more than helped

According to @Brian_Butch32 the "Mid-Major" problem, is that they are in danger of complaining too much! "It's an 8th grade party, and they don't want to invite the 6th graders!" @CzabeCast

@JimSarow Fully agree. I remember when with programs were always top 4 in the HL and it was weekend games. Fun travel games.

At the 1:22:30 mark I ask about the rivalry scheduling. I firmly believe GB and Milwaukee games need to be on the weekend at both venues. It really shouldn't be up for debate. youtube.com/live/m58ZZmRaR…

@KyleHZRT Oh yeah for sure. I wish we could do something like Loyola did. Turned that HS gym into a nice arena

@tjdunne I'm a huge history guy, so that's a tough one for me, but yeah.

Someone told me that there's a contract that they have to play out, but gorgeous on-campus facility with an appropriate capacity vs. mostly-empty off-campus facility is a no-brainer.

@TheGameMKE who do I even listen to now? You cut Josh..I was sad..then you cut Heller..and now I dont even know who to listen to..maybe I'll find another station....

@mikewickett They forgot the 49% lol

QUICK! Someone remind me which team has the best record in the National League!!! Cuz I'm pretty sure it aint Philly or LA

@TBucsFan62 I want to add. Auburn will have 3 wins lol 😆

Freeze is salivating at the prospect of throwing 3 QBs under the bus for the same loss.

Can we ask for our burger in a pancake? #PocketPancake #Brewers

@TBucsFan62 Have them go the Quarter first thing and catch the smells of last nights regrets lol

Friends: “I just want to immerse myself in New Orleans when we’re there.” Me: “Well you’re in luck because as of now, the dew point will be 76 on Thursday.”

@JimmyLemke Check out the Zero.

Diet Dr Pepper should be the official soft drink of the Horizon League. A diet soda has no business being this good.

@JimmyLemke I do want that.

Do you want a point guard who can take over the game when you need it? How about someone who has the potential to lead the nation in assists? What about a guy who can draw fouls driving the paint or hit insane circus floaters or difficult mid-range shots? Do you want to wonder if your point guard is a basketball player or a god damned wizard? Surround @ohyeahzero with shooters and you're gonna love the way your team looks, I guarantee it.

Crazy it's been that long, especially with some of the players we have had.

@that_is_cray_BM Agreed. Fox was good. Will has some improvements but he's never really been a call it on track guy. But I liked it

@tjdunne Ya didn’t expect Pato to struggle at all. Overall I liked the FOX coverage too

Solid start to the season @GrahamRahal 💪🏻💪🏻 #IndyCar

@Brewers Would love see this on a hat or even sell the patch stand alone.

For Ueck 💙

@MKE_MBB I watched that game from inside the arena. Such a great night.

We remember 👀

To think when I was a student watching @MKE_MBB and @RamblersMBB the Ramblers were the bottom of the league. Just think if @MKE_MBB would have been able to capitalize on that sweet 16 run where our program could be.