Hey, I’m sure it caught your eye…but we have another Champion in Athens:

Congratulations to our Women’s Tennis team on their ITA Indoor Title. Go ‘Dawgs!

I’ve seen some pretty crazy stuff in my time, but I’m not sure I can think of anything that tops this.

Discuss.

I’m going to take a page from a few of you and start exploring some other avenues for content, so I thought I’d give this a try this week. I try to keep track with comments, so if you have an idea for a roundtable discussion point, throw it out there. Since the Playpen is reserved for political content, this can be any number of topics that can be discussed in good spirit, for the sake of generating conversation amongst our Refugees.

Today’s Tuesday Roundtable topic:

What are you watching on TV nowadays (or a streaming service)…what makes it intriguing and why would you encourage fellow Refugees to watch?

My two cents today: Mindhunter. I had a friend who was a Florida State grad and they were a criminal justice major. She had shared her collection of articles, pictures, and interviews collected from Ted Bundy, which got me intrigued about serial killer profiles and the stories of their childhoods that lead them to be who they became.

Mindhunter has a great cast, many of whom are dead on in their look, speech, and mannerisms of the serial killers they portray. While the series ended with only two season, I saw recently that season three is coming out this year after a long hiatus.

David Harriman plays Charles Manson, who is the same actor who portrayed Manson in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and is one of a series of characters that are profiled and interviewed in Mindhunter. Aside from great casting, the show follows two members of the FBIs Behavioral Sciences Unit who hopes to use profiles to solve ongoing unsolved cases. Pretty cool, if you like the true crime genre.

How about you? What are you watching and why?

At least he was pushing Milk, Airplanes, and Cars. Then there’s this:

By the way, Williams turned 18 on Sunday, so we can no longer says he’s “the first 17 year old to…” anymore.

I’d imagine he’s the first football player to endorse nail polish, though. It would kind of make sense for a baseball NIL deal for a catcher, but what do I know? I’m just a girl dad.

Apparently, we weren’t the only ones observing that Auburn had surprisingly good stats with Net YPP metrics that should’ve translated to a better win percentage. One thing was for certain, it wasn’t because of defensive shortcomings.

Auburn brought up the rear in turnover margins for 2024, and offense couldn’t get out of its way to put together a really good game outside of the Texas A&M upset. Hugh Freeze and company took notice that one thing was worth preserving, and that was defensive competency.

Makes me wonder if Schumann and Smart are about to hit the negotiating table…or maybe they need to see how 2025 with a little more beef and talent across the defensive line will translate on to the playing field.

He might not have been coaching the team, but he definitely had an impact and the Philadelphia Eagles.

You mean it wasn’t Lincoln Riley’s influence? Shocker.

The recruiting material for Kirby sometimes just writes itself.

Shot:

Chaser:

Aside from that, how were the commercials and halftime show?

Definitely had flashbacks to 21 and 22 defenses last night…man they had Mahomes and company bottled up.

No, I’m not talking about that guy taking that guy’s place…but tell me if this has a familiar ring to it:

Hey, he’s a great recruiter. Let’s see how it works out.

Believe it or not, Saturday will mark the one year anniversary of Michael Brochstein’s, aka The Senator, passing. I won’t say much here, as we have a post scheduled for Saturday to serve as tribute to the man who educated, entertained, and enthralled us for so long at Get the Picture.

The post will go live early in the morning on Saturday, and I’ll add a link to the “mirror site” where I know commenting functionality allows everyone to comment with ease (more about that in a separate post tomorrow) and leave their thoughts, if desired, on the tribute post.

In case anyone is new here, I’m adding a couple of links to help inform any of our newer followers of who the Senator was, and why his impact was so important to us all. The link to the original Get the Picture blog is up above.

Michael Brochstein’s Obituary

Tribute from Marc Weiszer, Athens Banner-Herald

Twitter Post from Seth Emerson

Let’s see if you’re a college football “expert”. Without looking…can you name the three Georgia football players that made the Pre-Season All-American list?

As a bonus…can you name which team (first, second, third) that your choice found themselves in?