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@ESPN. Former broomball quarterfinalist captain. @ND_JED ‘24 by the grace of God, @BackerLounge1 forever by the grace of Melissa Cook Stadium

 Alumnus, Fisher Hall
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FBS college football returns today in Ireland. To celebrate, I naturally spent the past two months emailing archives departments to reconstruct one of the sport’s most recondite international tales: Mizzou’s unsanctioned trip to Mexico in 1896. For @ESPN:espn.com/college-football/st…
The wild, unauthorized 1896 trip to Mexico that got Missouri football in trouble

The wild, unauthorized 1896 trip to Mexico that got Missouri football in trouble

Here's the story of how Missouri added a last-minute trip to Mexico to its schedule in 1896 -- one of the lesser-known oddities in college football history.

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My watch has officially ended. FINAL STATS: — 38 consecutive hours awake (and counting) — Five games — Three flights — Three tarmac delays — Two states — Two rental cars — One heck of a start to the season Thesis to come for the @ESPN sicko culture bureau 🫡
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I am a simple man. Offer me a doubleheader, and I will watch both games of said doubleheader. I’ve got one more in me from Vermillion.
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Memphis / Iowa State didn’t feel like an appropriate ending spot for this trip. Too conventional. Too… easy. 📍We are in Vermillion, South Dakota. It’s time for South Dakota vs. Mount Marty.
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Memphis / Iowa State didn’t feel like an appropriate ending spot for this trip. Too conventional. Too… easy. 📍We are in Vermillion, South Dakota. It’s time for South Dakota vs. Mount Marty.
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If you thought I was going to be content to let this road trip end with a ranked game at the Pentagon…
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If you thought I was going to be content to let this road trip end with a ranked game at the Pentagon…
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I really enjoyed Rock Hill, but the Pentagon having the Michelob Ultra Party Deck™️ looking over the north-facing basket might be a trump card in the Field of 68 marathon venue tale of the tape
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This is the meal of a Field of 68 marathon CHAMPION
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Despite two half hour long tarmac delays, you can’t slow down what refuses to be stopped. I have touched down at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for Northern Kentucky vs. UTEP. We sleep in May.
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Despite two half hour long tarmac delays, you can’t slow down what refuses to be stopped. I have touched down at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for Northern Kentucky vs. UTEP. We sleep in May.
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Fun fact: I really hate coffee. So I have now ripped a Dr. Pepper, Sprite, and a caramel frappuccino back-to-back-to-back to keep the energy levels up. I am not looking forward to my next dentist visit. Anyway, I’m about to hit 24 consecutive hours awake. Not a nap guy either.
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No rest for the weary. It is just a hair earlier than 5:30am and we are officially en route to Northern Kentucky/UTEP in South Dakota
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I don’t know if it’s a preposterous sugar high, the adrenaline or simply a culmination of a lifetime of working with the energy levels of a rabbit dosed up with Adderall, but FWIW I genuinely do not feel tired right now. Really killing my pre-planned man vs. self narrative angle
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No rest for the weary. It is just a hair earlier than 5:30am and we are officially en route to Northern Kentucky/UTEP in South Dakota
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I promise you will want to stay for all 40 seconds of this iconic 4:32 AM crowd wave
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For anyone questioning their in-game loyalty: I improvised a potential new option for any of the flip-paper allegiance crew from press row using a legal pad in my backpack and my offer was rebuffed. No glory hunting here.
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Northern Illinois drains a three and the South Carolina students-turned-temporary-Huskies-fans are on their feet in Rock Hill
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Yes, yes it is. Happy 4am.
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Do you think there’s anyone out there who decided to get into college basketball for the first time this season and now thinks Isaiah Miranda is the best player in the sport
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Northern Illinois drains a three and the South Carolina students-turned-temporary-Huskies-fans are on their feet in Rock Hill
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By far my favorite gimmick I’ve discovered here: taped up tee-shirts that can be flipped to show support for any of four teams
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By far my favorite gimmick I’ve discovered here: taped up tee-shirts that can be flipped to show support for any of four teams
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Welcome back to the United States, college basketball
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The opening game tonight was billed as a sell out and that was not a misnomer. Both schools bringing their pep bands is helping matters, granted, but this place is LOUD. There’s gonna be a legit atmosphere in here, at least for Game 1. It’s glorious.
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The Worldwide Leader is on the scene. Let’s get sicko. Sleep is for the weak.
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Update on my quest to run the Field of 68 marathon. I have made it to Charlotte. Unfortunately, since landing, I have not made it an inch further, and have been sitting on the tarmac for 20 minutes now. Official status for tip off at 12am is PROBABLE
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Also if you are in this crowd my DMs are open and I’d love to talk to you🫡
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