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lodigame 7.com Stuck in the Past: It’s Eternal November for Jen Rubin and Other ‘Bugs’ Trapped in Bluesky’s AmberAhead of Ohio State's appearance in the College Football Playoff, head coach Ryan Day received a vote of confidence from his athletic director despite the Buckeyes' latest loss to Michigan. Ohio State AD Ross Bjork appeared on 97.1 The Fan in Columbus on Thursday, where a radio host asked him whether Day would be the Buckeyes' coach at the start of next season regardless of how the playoffs shake out. "Absolutely," said Bjork, who came to Ohio State from the same role at Texas A&M in July. "Coach Day and I have just hit it off so well. I've been really, really impressed. Every single time I've talked to him, I've learned something. He's innovative. He recruits at the highest level. He's got a great staff. There's always tweaks. There was tweaks after last year, right? You're always going to tweak things. You're always going to make adjustments. You're always going to make improvements." Bjork continued by addressing the "championship or bust" attitude held by some of the fanbase. "This whole mentality about -- and look, we live it, and we sign up for it -- but if you get fixated on the end result and not have the process fully baked every time, you're going to lose," Bjork said. "The mindset's going to lose because you're only fixated on one thing. And so what we have to do is this whole ‘championship or bust' mentality, you want that as the goal, but it has to be about the process. "To me, we've got to maybe change some conversations a little bit. I think we need to maybe just approach things a little bit differently." Day is 66-10 as Ohio State's coach and led the Buckeyes to one national championship game appearance, a 52-24 loss to Alabama to cap the 2020 season. Ohio State went 10-2 in the regular season but missed out on a place in the Big Ten championship game when rival Michigan defeated the Buckeyes 13-10 on Nov. 30. It was Michigan's fourth straight win in The Game, and Day is now 1-4 as a head coach against the Wolverines. At the time, Bjork released a statement of support for Day, and he doubled down during Thursday's radio hit. "He's great to work with. He totally gets it. He loves being a Buckeye, and so we're going to support him at the highest level throughout," Bjork said. "But here's the thing too, and the reason why we needed to say something after that game is we're still breathing. They're still alive. The season's not over. The book is not closed, right? And so we've got to have confidence. I mean, Ohio State should be confident every single day. We're Ohio State. "But we also have to make sure we stay to our values and we stick to what we believe in. And so to me, it's the process as much as it is about the end result." --Field Level Media

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In A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter , now streaming on Netflix, you can expect Christmas classics, guest duets, goofy holiday sketches, and cheeky double-entendres inside every wrapped gift on the special’s “Recorded Live In Front of Studio Audience”-style stage. Sabrina Carpenter is the star of the show, of course, but don’t expect “Espresso,” or even her viral hit “Nonsense” – instead, Sabrina performs a few seasonal chestnuts with guests Chappell Roan, Shania Twain, Tyla, and Kali Uchs, appears in a few comedy bits that include notables like Kyle Mooney, Megan Stalter, Quinta Brunson, and Cara Delevingne, and generally hams it up, just in time for Christmas. “So if you’re hot and you’re young and you’re stocking’s well hung...by the chimney with care, it’s the most nonsense time of the year...” A NONSENSE CHRISTMAS WITH SABRINA CARPENTER : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? Opening Shot: A close-up of all that Sabrina Carpenter hair as “Buy Me Presents” begins, from her Christmas-themed 2023 EP Fruitcake . The audience cheers as Sabrina, in red satin and black arm gloves, appears on a tiered rostrum to sing. The Gist: Well, “sing.” A Nonsense Christmas isn’t live, and it’s not really a concert. As a holiday special, it’s not concerned with clarifying what is sung in the moment or what took a few takes to nail. (There are even bloopers at the very end.) But it’s all in good seasonal fun. “If you were a wise man, baby,” Sabrina coos from the stage during “Buy Me Presents,” “you’d drop every other ho ho ho and put me on top” – you get the idea. But she does, too. As she makes a cocktail in a stage setup similar to a sitcom, Sabrina’s intro ends and she welcomes South African pop singer Tyla for a rendition of “Very Special Christmas,” complete with a dance break. It’s kind of a whirlwind, to try and expect what’s next. But to camera, Sabrina says Netflix told her she could do whatever she wants, as long as she went viral. This is the vibe of Nonsense Christmas – very self-aware, but also very season’s greetings. A sketch featuring Megan Stalter and Owen Thiele, plus Sean Astin in a Santa suit, gives way to Sabrina dueting on “Santa Baby” with Shania Twain, and for the following bit it’s back to the living room stage, where she sings an auto-tuned laugher of a jingle about a brother-in-law she kinda sorta doesn’t know. Even if Kyle Mooney didn’t appear in the sketch as her bro-in-law, it would still feel like something out of Saturday Night Live . Nonsense Christmas also features Chappell Roan on a nice duet version of the Wham! classic “Last Christmas,” and gets some mileage out of people like Thiele, Mooney, and Cara Delevinge submitting ideas to Sabrina on potential outros to “Nonsense,” something she’s been switching up while out on the road, both as an Eras opener for Taylor Swift and on her own Short n’ Sweet tour. ( Nonsense is directed by Sam Wrench, who also helmed the Eras concert film.) Kali Uchis stops by for duet version of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” Quinta Brunson and Nico Hiraga are funny in a sketch involving the spirits of “Ghosted” past, present, and future, and by the time we get to the final number – shocker, it’s “Nonsense” – Sabrina says she’s happy to have made her special such a fun experience for the whole family. Is that buzzing gift she was handed onstage a massager, or something else? Wink-wink. What Shows Will It Remind You Of? It’s not about Christmas, but Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour is a damn good time, and features Chappell Roan, too. And the jokes-and-performance feel of Nonsense Christmas had us recalling a left-field holiday experiment out of the COVID era, The LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special . Our Take: Actually, what Nonsense Christmas proves is that every singer, whether they’ve ever performed on SNL or not, should probably make their own broadly-minded holiday special, complete with jokes. With Sabrina Carpenter herself as its ringleader, Nonsense happily makes a pile of sly Xmas sex jokes, allows all kinds of nods to how improvisational it all ends up feeling – Megan Stalter from Hacks recovers well when her “Tickle Me Elmo” prop during a sketch takes matters into its own hands – and generally has a damn good time with itself. Which is a gift! Christmas specials are perfect vehicles for tradition, and that will never go out of style. This time of year, we need it. But the format is also inherently cheesy, and Sabrina leans into that notion with the participation of her willing troupe of guests. There are a few genuine LOLs, but mostly Nonsense plays to its strengths, which is the juice of celebrity interaction linked to easygoing Christmas season content, further differentiated by a few nicely-appointed Christmas season duets. It’s our contention that Sabrina Carpenter beat all of her professional peers to doing a special with exactly this casual, yet legitimately Christmas-y feel. If Netflix doesn’t sign her to do it again next year, with a new round of guests, they’re leaving money on the table. Sex and Skin: Nothing here, but for all of the winking seasonal double-entendres. And we mean all. “I trimmed my tree just for you, so keep my stocking filled.” Parting Shot: [Sabrina Carpenter voice] “Well here we are my special at its ending/Love you all and thank you for attending/I can’t believe I kept it family-‘friendling’ – Merry Christmas, and to all, a good night. Love, Sabrina Claus.” Sleeper Star: Shania Twain is a legend, and she’s immediately the star of both the sketch she appears in for Nonsense Christmas , and during the duet on “Santa Baby.” Even Sabrina is starstruck. “I can’t believe you’re here!” Most Pilot-y Line: Early on, Sabrina Carpenter gives us a little welcome to her own personal musical comedy holiday special. “Welcome to A Nonsense Christmas . You could’ve been anywhere tonight, spending time with family, helping the less fortunate, but instead, you’re here, half watching a big screen while scrolling social media on a smaller screen. And for that, I’m forever grateful.” Our Call: Stream It! A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter is having a lot of laughs and fun – and Sabrina herself is having the most fun – but it also brings in a few nice versions of songs for season. And really, it never once takes itself too seriously, which itself is refreshing. Why don’t more celebrities just cut loose and riff on their own branded version of what in another TV era would be called a Christmas variety show? Johnny Loftus ( @glennganges ) is an independent writer and editor living at large in Chicagoland. His work has appeared in The Village Voice, All Music Guide, Pitchfork Media, and Nicki Swift.

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29 Adorable Stocking Stuffers They'll Immediately Put On Their DeskEven in this banner season for military academy football — complete with winning streaks, national rankings and a conference championship — the biggest goal remains the same. For Army: Beat Navy. For Navy: Beat Army. With the college football landscape changing at a furious rate, the significance of this matchup adds a dose of tradition to mid-December, amid all that talk about the transfer portal and the new expanded playoff. "We've had a good year. You make it a great year by winning this game coming up on Saturday. Frankly, that's just the way it goes around here," Army coach Jeff Monken said. "It's a game and a season really all of its own. We don't apologize for talking about it all the time. We talk about it all the time, and it's 365 days a year." Saturday in Landover, Maryland, is the 125th matchup between Army and Navy, and although these two programs are long removed from their days winning national titles and Heisman Trophies, this is a historic moment in the rivalry. The Black Knights and Midshipmen have combined for 19 wins this season, their highest total ever entering this game. Army (11-1) is ranked 19th in the AP poll after beating Tulane last week to win the American Athletic Conference — the first league title of any kind in the team's 134-year history. Navy (8-3) was ranked as well earlier this season after starting with six straight victories. "I knew we were going to be an improved football team," Navy coach Brian Newberry said. "Didn't know exactly what that was going to look like. I think certainly we've improved in a lot of different areas. I'm excited about the season we've had." This was Army's first season in the AAC, putting the Black Knights and Midshipmen in the same league, although their annual matchup is considered a nonconference game. For a while, there was a chance the teams could meet twice, with a conference championship clash coming before the regularly scheduled Army-Navy game, but that didn't happen. Their most prominent common opponent came from outside the league. Notre Dame handed both Navy and Army its first loss, beating the Midshipmen 51-14 and the Black Knights 49-14. Within the AAC, both teams beat Temple, UAB and East Carolina. Army beat Tulane and Rice and Navy lost to those two teams. Army and Navy also each won its nonconference game against Air Force. Those victories over Air Force mean this season's Commander-In-Chief's Trophy comes down to the Army-Navy game. It's the first time since 2017 that both teams enter this game with a shot at the trophy. It's also the first time since 2017 that both teams enter the game with bowl bids secured. Navy faces Oklahoma in the Armed Forces Bowl and Army takes on Marshall in the Independence Bowl. This year's Army-Navy game is at the Washington Commanders' home stadium in Landover. It was also held there in 2011. This is the first time the game has been in Maryland since Baltimore hosted it in 2016. Baltimore is also up next in 2025. Army quarterback Bryson Daily has 29 rushing touchdowns this season, which is tied for the FBS lead with running back Ashton Jeanty, Boise State's Heisman finalist. Only one QB in FBS history has run for more TDs in a season than Daily. That was Navy's Keenan Reynolds, with 31 in 2013. "You come here to play in this game. The biggest stage possible, millions of people watching and a sold-out NFL stadium. It's awesome," Daily said. "None of the games that happened before this matter. We're going into this game like we're 0-0, they're 0-0 because that's just how you have to come into this game." Navy's closest game this season — win or lose — was a 56-44 win over Memphis. The Midshipmen are the only FBS team that hasn't had a game this season decided by eight points or fewer. AP Sports Writer Stephen Whyno contributed to this report. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!