03/24/25
March 11, 2025
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
If all goes according to plan I'll be in the stands at the Thunder vs. Nuggets game on Sunday.
Didn't expect a blowout in that one.
posted by rcade at 01:18 PM on March 11, 2025
For a 24-point win, it didn't really feel sealed until maybe 5:00 or fewer minutes left. Denver kept going on little rallies that kept it just close enough to stay spicy.
It was a great time though. Felt more like a playoff game than your typical 12:00 (Spring Forward) Sunday match-up. The game atmosphere in OKC is pretty great right now (duh), and it was fun to see that they still have a lot of love for Russ.
Jokic is something else to see live though. I haven't been as impressed with someone's size/athletic ability combination since I saw just-past-his-prime Shaq.
It was also really nice to forget my basketball woes for a couple of hours. Worked great until my friend and I walked into a nearby burger spot that was showing the Mavs-Suns game and we arrived just in time to see Dwight Powell and Walker Kessler bang coconuts.
posted by Ufez Jones at 05:34 PM on March 11, 2025
If things go as predicted, every NFL team will soon have a former Among Us Jets quarterback on their roster, and it would be interesting to see if Sam Darnold suddenly shines as a replacement for an unexpected injury, sending fans rushing to buy his jersey.
posted by alexandergreen at 02:48 AM on March 20, 2025
If all goes according to plan, soon, most of the teams in the NFL will have (or have had) an ex-Jets QB on their roster.
It would be wild if Tua got dinged again and new Miami QB Zach Wilson went in and played lights out. If the Dolphins got into November and Zach was the man, a whole lot of 50 + year old women would line up to buy tickets and get their furs out of storage for the stretch run.