🦃 Tubz 🛀 Unfiltered - Volume 13 🦃
Happy Monday, y’all!
Quick rant to start the week. I flew to Charlotte, North Carolina, last week to hang out with my sister before driving to Jacksonville, Florida, for Thanksgiving. We drove through South Carolina and Georgia before reaching Florida/Jacksonville. Little geography lesson for y’all. Anyways, I previously drove through Oklahoma and thought that was the worst state to drive through. South Carolina is coming for that no.1 spot (s/o Ludacris), mainly because they only had two-lane highways. That’s the equivalent of a buffet only having one line to get food as compared to two lines. Automatic deduction to my score of the buffet, regardless of how good the food was. The same goes for South Carolina.
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VIRAL VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Unlike the wrestling inside of the arena, this was actually a real fight. What a turn of events. It is obvious why the WWE took something like this so seriously (of note, I absolutely do not fault them for doing so), but it would have been an iconic heel turn if the organization, instead, signed this fan, Elisah Spencer, to a short-term contract. It would have been well deserved, don’t you think? Here are the attributes Spencer exhibited during the limited contact:
Excellent initial burst.
Solid form
Able to survive the pin down, at least initially.
Regardless, in case you’re wondering — this was not a bath salts-induced/random episode by Spencer. He was reportedly duped by someone pretending to be Seth Rollins, the wrestler in the video, and said individual scammed $3,000 out of Spencer in 2019. So, Spencer legitimately held a grudge for two years and then attacked Rollins like a spider monkey, which resulted in criminal charges. Wild.
“I had a legitimate beef but as a grown man I could have settled it a different way,” Spencer said.
I agree, Mr. Spencer. Maybe last Monday should have been a No Bones Day for ya (did I do that right?). Or maybe a profane-laced DM to Rollins would have done the trick.
🛁 EXTRA BUBBLES 🛁
Billboard: “Adele Interview Torpedoed When Reporter Admits He Hadn’t Heard ‘30’”
This Australian TV reporter, Matt Doran, has been ruthlessly dumped on over the past week, so I’ll stick up for him a little bit instead. For starters, what an unruly power trip by Adele to be like, “You didn’t listen to my album that I sent you prior to it being released? This interview is over.” Not to mention, Adele easily could have still continued doing the interview despite the interviewer not getting the chance to listen to an album filled with a few hit songs, but probably mostly duds (pure guess on both fronts because, like the newscaster, I haven’t listened to the album, either). If Adele wanted to throw in some passive aggressive comments related to the interviewer’s mishap, fine but don’t sh*t all over him by walking out.
Not to mention, it appears that the email that was sent to him didn’t really get his attention. That is direct indictment of Adele’s team. What about an email subject like, “MUST READ: IF YOU DON’T CLICK ON THE BELOW LINK TO LISTEN TO THE NEW ALBUM, ADELE WILL WALK OUT OF THE INTERVIEW.” That might be a bit too long, but you get the point.
Altogether, if I had to roast Mr. Doran In The Morning, it would be this: lie next time and say you listened to the album. “I really liked the sixth song on the album — can’t remember the name of it, silly me — what was your motivation behind that one?”
Or, say you never received the email. Pretty simple, champ.
🏆 SPORTZ 🏆
Michigan 42 Ohio State 27: I watched this game with someone that is a die-hard Ohio State fan. Let me repeat: I watched this game with someone that is a die-hard Ohio State fan. It was one of the more unique situations I have experienced because the Wolverines steamrolled the Buckeyes, led by running back Hassan Haskins (169 rush yards, 5 touchdowns) and defensive end Aidan Hutchinson (7 total tackles, three sacks). There was a fair amount of silence in the fourth quarter. Was it awkward? Rhetorical question.
At any rate, Michigan scored on the first possession of the game pretty handily. On their next possession, though, when Michigan QB Cade McNamara threw a big ole dumb-dumb interception in the red zone, it looked like Wolverines were once again going to crumble under the big lights. Not this year. So, to say that HC Jim Harbaugh was elated after the game would be the understatement of the century.
“It was domination … It was domination on the offensive line. No doubt about it.”
“Sometimes people that are standing on third base and think they hit a triple, but they didn't.”
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Miami Dolphins 33 Carolina Panthers 10: Carolina must have partied in Miami on Saturday night because they looked like they were sleep walking through this one. To kick off the hangover brunch, the Dolphins blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown on the Panthers’ first possession of the game. That’s like taking a big sip of a mimosa at brunch and having to go to the bathroom shortly thereafter. Just not your day.
While Carolina scored a touchdown on its next drive, their offense was miserable the rest of the way and their defense wasn’t much better. In particular, Cam Newton’s play was as bad as his gameday outfits (5-of-21, 92 yards, two interceptions). Give credit to the Dolphins, though — they pressured Cam all game long and Tua played a great game (27-of-31 for 230 yards), while rookie wide receiver Jaylen Waddle turned in another stellar performance (9 receptions, 137 yards, 1 touchdown).
For the Panthers, from being one of the early season darlings to being a long shot (in my opinion) to make the playoffs at this point in the season, here’s a free meme for Sir Purr:
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