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More noteworthy about the RBR unveiling is the news Ford's returning to the sport in 2026 and partnering with Red Bull.

Schefter is disputing that, fwiw The tweets I saw yesterday don't really align with the Broncos pursuing Ryans today either.

I don't think the refs suck, tbh. Again, I think the NFL has a huge officiating problem but I don't understand why people act like their job is easy. They're watching 22 players who are playing the game faster than it's ever been played before, enforcing a convoluted rulebook, and asked to emphasize the rules in a way that are almost impossible to apply consistently. I imagine 95% of people watching these games and complaining don't understand or know half of these rules - like what constitutes a legal formation or the one I mentioned earlier, that holding doesn't apply if its the result of a certain pass rushing technique. We can all disagree on whether Mahomes was pushed hard enough to send him to the ground but there's no disagreement that he was out of bounds when he was pushed. So it's a penalty. Don't understand why people think the refs suck but also, let's give them more judgment calls. It's the league that sucks. They could easily have a person or people watching the game in a booth to clean things up and just don't.

The NFL has a huge officiating problem but this seems like people just looking for something to be upset about because the team they wanted to win didn't. On the intentional grounding, Burrow threw the ball straight to the ground seven yards away from the nearest eligible receiver to avoid a sack. Seven yards! He threw the ball seven yards from a player that was 11 yards away from him. That's intentional grounding. Come on, nobody genuinely believes that isn't intentional grounding even by the loose interpretation the league uses for what's a realistic chance of completion. The third down play was blown dead by an official running onto the field waving his hands above his head before/during the play. By rule the play didn't happen and wouldn't have happened even if the Chiefs had converted. Genuinely baffling to me that these plays are being held up as examples of the Bengals getting screwed. Even the "missed holds" on that last play people are talking about would've been ticky tack calls. The rulebook specifically addresses holding that occurs when a defender does a rip technique and that it should not be called.

I was cheering for Cincy but I didnt think the officiating was that bad. Regarding the third down play, they showed a replay of one official clearly running onto the field calling the play dead right after the ball was snapped and before Mahomes attempted the pass because the clock was running after an incomplete pass on the previous play. There is no legitimate argument that the play should have counted when you have an official running onto the field waving his hands above his head in the middle of it. It wasn't handled well but the primary issue was the official saying to start the clock on his signal. The intentional grounding was very much intentional grounding. It wasn't in the direction nor the vicinity of the RB. The late hit is a penalty every single time. I do remember a weak PI call against the Bengals, though. It was par for the course as far as NFL officials goes. Nothing that egregious imo.

It really was a dumb move but its also easy to forget how fast the game really is. I have sympathy for defenders because I've seen too many guys do the look like they're running out-of-bounds but actually scamper down the sideline because you can't hit them thing too many times.

As someone who barely has a rooting interest anymore, Chiefs/Eagles seems like a great matchup. Legit feels like two elite teams. Although sometimes KC feels like Mahomes, Kelce, and just a bunch of other guys.

Geeeez that was a bone-headed penalty.

Orlen is out as a principal sponsor for Alfa Romeo and is moving to Alpha Tauri as a title sponsor. Orlen will now partner with a scummy gambling website, Stake. I don't know about Alfa Romeo as a brand but will this change their use of red? Stake's branding seems to be dark blue and white. I imagine AT is going to have to adopt some red, which is a bummer. I've enjoyed their look.

What are these guys even making for doing this? UFC fighters make relative peanuts and people actually watch that.

That looked like a terrible spot to me.

+5 turnovers and lose. Way to go Chargers!

Still doesn't seem like its likely to go anywhere, especially since GM's immediate plans would just be re-badging Renault engines afaik. I think it's mostly that having less teams drives up the value of current teams and having more teams decreases the payouts. Personally, I think it's short-sighted and F1 would benefit from having an American team that isn't Haas.

NCAA only cares about maintaining the status quo so the major programs don't break off and do their own thing and the sport has been ruined because of it. Happy the players have the freedom to transfer and get paid but the NCAA's unwillingness to actually enforce any rules means its just whoever's boosters have the deepest pockets and willingness to spend, so you've got guys like Ruiz paying tens of millions to promote an app that has about 100 downloads.

The scholarship limit is 85. Beyond that is walk-ons where you may have the occasional special teams contributor, long snappers, sometimes kickers and punters. Regarding this game, its not at all surprising. I watched TCU a handful of times this year and each time my impression was that they were a fine team but not good enough to be in the national conversation if they didn't play in a mediocre conference.

To piggyback on the above comment since this was already typed out, what I learned from an article on Renner earlier yesterday is that not all hospitals use "critical but stable" since being in critical condition means their vital signs are not stable. The usage of "critical but stable" indicates Renner is/was unlikely to get worse in the near future but it not being used here doesn't necessarily mean that's not also the case.

Whether he called him dirty or not he's still essentially faulting him for what was a fluke occurrence. Higgins probably already feels like :censored: for something that wasn't even his fault. Eff Bart Scott.

I feel the same way. He's never coached any team I have any connection to but this one hurts. I doubt he actually did anything wrong with Adam James and I'm glad Craig James' life/career has been adversely affected by the CJK5H thing.

Nice sentiment from Lane. "I'm grateful to be apart of his final win, hug him and watch him walk off like the winner that he is."

Updates on Mike Leach are not positive. He had a massive heart attack and was airlifted to the University of Mississippi medical center in Jackson, MS. Hard to parse what is and isn't speculation but it doesn't sound good. Very sad. Never mind his contributions to how the sport of football is played on the field, he made the sport more colorful and fun and he will be missed.

Raiders got screwed when the refs decided holding Maxx Brown every single play wasn't a penalty anymore but genuinely impressive by Baker.