Jacob Dellinger @JacobDellinger2

How Alabama fans feel like things are going one week into the transfer portal

@macandcube Cole’s next level passive aggressive is unmatched

Our guy @GregMcElroy tries to find the silver lining for @AlabamaFTBL after missing out on @CFBPlayoff and offers a bit of advice for the Crimson Tide faithful @WJOX945!

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@kristinbroadway @DOBrienATL @DrJesseMorse They did not replace the ligament or drill into bone and reattach anything, basically applied very strong tape across middle portion of liagement to brace against forces when throwing

@scottcoleman55 Best case scenario for him though, can pitch through it on a bad team, hope he gets it right, love his stuff when right!

Justin Verlander will always be my favorite player of all time. His wealth of knowledge about pitching gave for a really nuanced take about the state of pitching injuries in today’s game. If he has any interest at all I hope he goes into coaching.

@macandcube Ohio state and Michigan have been playing a law school schedule. One test end of year. Ready to see them challenged throughout season.

@BillShanksShow not a hold but a AW as you like to say!

Cole Cubelic @colecubelic

3 years ago

JC Latham full slab with a Jaeden Roberts assist… DO NOT penalty vulture me on this one. I know they threw it.

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@jeffdantzlertv can you answer why UGA couldn’t play a neutral site game this year against Oklahoma?

@macandcube Jalen Key is the defender I think UGA picks on, if he’s not 100% health wise, what’s Bama best DB personnel in Nickel/Dime?

@GregMcElroy so they fly you up to Bristol to get cut off from Herbstreit and the country doesn’t get to hear truth, is it worth the travel? know it’s the job but pretty crappy use of time and resources. Love @macandcube and look forward to hearing your thoughts there!

@colecubelic @AlabamaFTBL @darrian_d If he’s fully healthy and Roberts playing well at RG, who would be your starting center for Alabama?

@3ManFront if Alabama averages greater than 3 first downs per drive, they win and look dominant doing it. LSU will win by two scores if Alabama can not sustain drives and lives by the deep ball without a run game

@macandcube what's the best quarterback Alabama has beaten in the past three years. Flip side, how many good quarterbacks has Alabama made look average in that time frame?

@macandcube after the Astros stole signals, MLB allowed pitch com system. Baseball has scouted signal stealing from coach to catcher since the beginning

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer. He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice. Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.” Coach replied, “Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don't worry about what you're doing.” Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you're going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.” And then he recommended that Brady start meeting with Greg Harden, a sports psychologist who worked in Michigan's athletic department. Brady went to Harden's office and whined, “I'm never going to get my chance. They're only giving me 2 reps.” Harden simply replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.” “So that's what I did,” Brady said. “They'd put me in for those 2 reps, man, I'd sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. 'Let's go boys! Here we go! What play we got?'” “And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.” Soon, it went from getting 2 reps to getting 4 reps. Then from 4 to 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, with this new mindset that Greg instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you're getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it's the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.” Takeaway 1: Greg Harden telling Brady to just focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban. “People come to me all the time and tell me they're stuck,” Cuban explained. “They're stuck in a job they don't like. They're stuck working for a boss they don't like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.” “I just tell them, 'Be great.'” “The reality of life is that you can't just always quit your job. You can't just always go to your boss and say, 'Give me the promotion, or I'm out of here.'” You can't just always go to your coach and say, 'Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.' “So when you're stuck, you've gotta find it within yourself to say, 'Ok, this is where I am. And if I'm going to be here, I'm going to be great.' Because if you're great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.” Takeaway 2: I've written before about “lead measures”—the actions and behaviors that predictably drive success. The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) write, is that “a lead measure is influenceable; it can be directly influenced by you.” To achieve your goals, they recommend (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), apply a disproportionate energy to the things that are in your control. Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did, that’s what drove his success. In his first media call after he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?” Brady said he was aware of that. “And I know he’s a heck of a player,” Brady said. “But I’ve always really concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.” - - - “I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady Follow @bpoppenheimer for more content like this!

A comeback for the ages!! Braves even up the series!

Incredible, gut wrenching, using his platform for good. I’m becoming a huge Trent Dilfer fan!

Kari Osep @KariOsep

3 years ago

I sincerely commend Trent Dilfer for opening his heart up while reflecting on what an org like @ChildrensHarbor means to families who are dealing with sick children. Something the Dilfer family understands deeply. It took strength & vulnerability to share this emotion. @UAB_FB

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