Screen Shots: December 4th-10th, 2025

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My life is in shambles, so no Beyond The Arc yet. Will I ever do another episode? The Nameless College Football Show keeps chugging along! This week, P.D. and I do a deep dive on the psyche of Lane Kiffin, including the rumors that he’s least likely to be litigious about. We also preview this weekend’s conference title games and have one last rant about the Gamecocks’ season.

Now, to the sports!

Thursday, December 4th, 2025

• Women’s College Basketball: #11 North Carolina Tar Heels @ #2 Texas Longhorns at 7:00 pm (ET) on ESPN2

The season is young, but the Longhorns have the best resume so far. An impressive showing at the Players Era Festival saw them take down UCLA and South Carolina, who were #3 and #2 in the nation at the time. Madison Booker and friends will try to keep the good times rolling against the highest-ranked team the ACC has to offer.

• Women’s College Basketball:  #18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish @ #13 Ole Miss Rebels at 9:00 pm (ET) on ESPN2

But wait…there’s more! The question marks for Coach Yo’s team always lie on the offensive side of the ball. Enter Ohio State transfer Cotie McMahon. Her 17.7 points per game would be the most by an Ole Miss player since Shakira Austin put up 18.6 per game during the 2020-21 season. McMahon is a proven commodity, but this will be the toughest competition this Rebel team has faced so far. Can they keep putting the ball in the hoop while shutting down a star as talented as Hannah Hidalgo?

Friday, December 5th, 2025

• Men’s College Basketball: Cincinnati Bearcats @ Xavier Musketeers at 7:30 pm (ET) on TNT

For all of my readers who still appreciate a nice regional rivalry in college athletics. Is the city of Cincinnati worth fighting for? Probably not, but they sure as shit did back in 2011! Legitimately one of the wilder basket-brawls of my lifetime. If I had to pick one college basketball player to fight, it’d be Bearcats’ super senior Kerr Kriisa. He very oddly pretended to be Steve Kerr during his time at Arizona. Cincinnati is his 4th stop in 6 years, and he gets more obnoxious at each one. Get a job!

Saturday, December 6th, 2025

• College Football: #11 BYU Cougars vs. #4 Texas Tech Red Raiders at 12:00 pm (ET) on ABC

It’s Conference Championship Game Weekend! We get a rematch for the Big 12 title. The first time these two played was one of the worst games I’ve watched all season. The Red Raiders came away with a 29-7 victory, but nobody enjoyed themselves. BYU should be out for revenge if their religion allows it. However, we get the added wrinkle of Penn State trying to lure away their head coach, Kalani Sitake. Word is that some cookie money will keep him in Provo, but not something you want to have to deal with the week of the biggest game of your life.

• College Football: #3 Georgia Bulldogs vs. #9 Alabama Crimson Tide at 4:00 pm (ET) on ABC

I’m still devastated that this isn’t on CBS anymore. Another rematch as Bama handed the Bulldogs their only loss of the season back in September. One of these programs has been in this game every year since 2014, including 3 head-to-head matchups. Who comes away with the W in the 4th? And will Dr. Pepper finally put an end to the chest pass throw?

• College Football: #2 Indiana Hoosiers vs. #1 Ohio State Buckeyes at 8:00 pm (ET) on Fox

Conference championship games are a relatively recent invention, but, according to this article, this will be the 3rd time ever that the #1 and #2 teams in the country face off in one. The fact that Curt Cignetti has taken Indiana to these heights in just his 2nd season there has me seething with rage as a fan of a team that just won 4 games in its coach’s 5th year. The Hoosiers have not won the Big Ten since before famed Ticonderoga Pencil Salesman Lee Corso coached them. The Buckeyes haven’t won it since 2020, which is not nearly as recently as I had assumed. Should be fun!

Sunday, December 7th, 2025

• Men’s College Basketball: Missouri Tigers @ #21 Kansas Jayhawks at 1:00 pm (ET) on ESPN2

We’re just doing regional rivalries in men’s college hoops this week, okay? Remember when Perry Ellis was the face of playing college sports too long? He only played 4 years! He just looked old. Even crazier, he never played against Missouri. The rivalry was put on hold after the Tigers moved to the SEC. Do the right thing, NCAA. Give Perry Ellis more eligibility so he can cross this one off the bucket list I made for him.

• Men’s College Basketball: Georgetown Hoyas @ #16 North Carolina Tar Heels at 5:00 pm (ET) on ESPN

What play came to mind when you read this matchup? There’s only one correct answer. In only slightly more recent history, the last time they played each other was in the 2003 NIT. That one was almost as important for Tar Heel fans. The Hoyas prevailed thanks to a late 3-pointer by future College of Charleston PG Drew Hall. This was the final nail in the coffin for the Matt Doherty Era in Chapel Hill. The school lured former Dean Smith assistant Roy Williams away from Kansas, and he helped lead the program to three national championships before retiring after the 2021 season.

Monday, December 8th, 2025

• Holiday Movie of the Week: Jingle All The Way (1996)

Sinbad was on such an insane run at this time that I conflate all of his movies into one. He and Arnold Schwarzenegger star as two dads trying to secure that season’s hottest toy for their sons. A rivalry develops between them as they get more and more desperate when it becomes clear that they waited too long to do their Christmas shopping. Hijinks ensue!

• NFL: Philadelphia Eagles @ Los Angeles Chargers at 8:15 pm (ET) on ABC

Super Bowl-winning QB who is afraid to throw the ball downfield versus a cannon-armed QB who has a track record of falling off a cliff in the postseason! The Chargers need to get to the playoffs first before Justin Herbert’s annual collapse, which means every game matters as they stare up at the surprising Broncos in the AFC West standings. Meanwhile, the Eagles are trying to stop the bleeding after back-to-back embarrassing losses. They have some of the best offensive weapons in the NFL, but inept playcalling and Jalen Hurts’ sudden fear of throwing the ball have rendered them useless. Which team can get out of its own way and win this one?

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

• Men’s College Basketball: Clemson Tigers @ #9 BYU Cougars at 6:30 pm (ET) on ESPN

BYU’s AJ Dybantsa was the #1 recruit in the class of 2025, and looks every bit the top-3 pick he figures to be in the 2026 NBA Draft. I was shocked when he signed with BYU in the first place (he’s Black), but not nearly as shocked as I was when I learned that he’s not even the Cougars’ leading scorer. That honor goes to a white guy named Richie Saunders, who was in the first grade when AJ was born. In true Mormon fashion, Richie is already married. College basketball is a wild place.

• Men’s College Basketball: #15 Florida Gators vs. #5 UConn Huskies at 9:00 pm (ET) on ESPN

I will try not to make this about how much I hate Dan Hurley. Xaivian Lee has been the talk of college basketball for all of the wrong reasons. Lee transferred in for big NIL money after back-to-back All-Ivy League seasons at Yale. He has thoroughly stunk it up for the defending champs. Nobody is happier about Lee’s anemic 24.7% field goal percentage than his teammate, Boogie Fland. The Gators lured Boogie away from Arkansas, and he’s been only marginally better than Lee. If their star acquisitions don’t figure it out, the road to a repeat will be that much steeper. Fuck Dan Hurley. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.

Wednesday, December 10th, 2025

• Women’s College Basketball: #12 Iowa Hawkeyes @ #10 Iowa State Cyclones at 7:00 pm (ET) on ESPN

Audi Crooks caught my eye during the 2023 edition of this matchup. Crooks and fellow freshman Addy Brown had the Cyclones in the lead with 4:30 left, before Caitlin Clark and the 4th-ranked Hawkeyes took over and eventually pulled away. Here we are 2 years later, and Crooks has turned herself into one of the most unstoppable low-post scorers in the country. She currently leads the nation in scoring, averaging more points (27.3) than minutes (25.3). Crooks needed just 20 minutes to give Valparaiso 43 points, then followed that up with a 47-point performance against Indiana. If you let her catch the ball on the low block, good luck!

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