Ghost of Colby

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After signing with the Trojans as a four-star prospect out of California's Mater Dei High School

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I actually feel sorry for him.

Nine years ago he was a blue chip prospect from an elite high school football factory headed down the road to play for Clay Helton. USC was coming off an 11 win season with high expectations going forward.

No doubt at the time he believed a long career was ahead of him, and envisioned himself still playing football in 2026.

No way you could have ever convinced him it would be for the Montana Grizzlies

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The Owners each get free cash when they expand, and they are getting two new expansion franchises.

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Two things recently happened that clarified the financials and gave the owners extra incentive to expand. 1) The Lakers sold for $10 billion. 2) The NBA’s new media rights deal kicked in this season.

Even if an expansion team is only worth half the value of the marquee Lakers, that’s still $5B, and the NBA is expected to set the expansion fee somewhere around that $5B valuation for each team

An extra two teams will dilute the TV revenue pool. That’s one of the downsides of expansion for existing owners. That decrease is roughly only $15 million per season.

That means the owners will give up $15 million each season, but in return, they each get an immediate payment of over $330 million.

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I thought they could do as many as 8?

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There’s a couple of different avenues for the HoF selections.

Standard:
This is the normal route players are selected. The eligible players are whittled down to 15 finalists. From that pool of 15, a max of 5 can be voted in. This year there were 4.

Coaches/ contributors/ senior players:
The coaches have a group of finalists, the contributors (owners, GMs, etc) have a group, and a group of players retired more than 25 years.

Out of all those various categories, five people are selected to be put before the voters.
1 owner
1 contributor
3 senior players

All five can technically be voted in. This year only Roger Craig made the cut.

HOWEVER, only a maximum of 8 people can be enshrined in a single year between the standard pool of modern day players and the secondary pool of coaches, execs, and senior players.

Their spending options this offseason are limited due to dead money and Watson’s contract.

However, they can still get better and improve their talent without focusing on expensive veterans in free agency

#6 - BROWNS
Round: 1 (Round Pick: 6)
#24 - BROWNS
Round: 1 (Round Pick: 24)

#39 - BROWNS
Round: 2 (Round Pick: 7)

#70 - BROWNS
Round: 3 (Round Pick: 6)

#107 - BROWNS
Round: 4 (Round Pick: 7)

#139 - BROWNS
Round: 5 (Round Pick: 1)
#144 - BROWNS
Round: 5 (Round Pick: 6)
#147 - BROWNS
Round: 5 (Round Pick: 9)

They pick early in every round, plus an extra first, and all three of their 5th round picks are at the very top where there is usually still quality available.

It’s the Browns, so nothing is guaranteed, but they should be able to stock up on a lot of young talent in the draft.

Their cap situation gets much better in 2027 & 2028.

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when he retired he had more Ks than any lefty in baseball history

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He’s still fifth on the list behind only Randy Johnson, Steve Carlton, CC Sabathia, and Kershaw.

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Niners end up winning 26-21...0h but for that goal line stand in the 3rd Bengals win the Super Bowl.

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The Niners offense got all the headlines during that era, but they had a great defense most years in the 80’s and early 90’s.

The greatest Coaching Changes board in TD history was retired, so that the Winter Olympics board may blossom.

He looks like an Indian spiritual guru.

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NO PARKING On any medians throughout the city

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Dey mean neutral ground?

They could out drink both American teams with just Jokic and Doncic.

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How is Sprague Street looking these days?

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Honestly not that bad. It’s been abandoned for so long, it’s now largely a green space.