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The college landscape continues to change as it relates to college athletics and the connection to the universities/ colleges. It seems the "genie is out of the bottle", and it will be best for the schools to determine how best to position itself within this new world or get left behind.

Drop them here

JOL, what am I not getting about this sport? It seems like it was created for people not athletic enough for tennis, but not coordinated enough for ping pong. Watching 4 people play pickleball doubles is excruciating...they literally don't move out of a 5-foot radius and just endlessly stab at the ball.

I passed by a Pickleball-themed restaurant sports complex (think like Top Golf) that is being built by a chain with several locations already open. Is it honestly this popular or just a fad?

Greetings from the Yum Center.

I’m here on no sleep having flown out from LA via Denver this morning.

Abram and Souare both warming up as expected. GT in the gray jerseys today.

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GEORGIA TECH (10-13, 3-9 ACC) vs. LOUISVILLE (7-16, 2-10 ACC)​

Saturday, February 10, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. EST | Louisville, Ky. | KFC Yum! Center

Television: ACC Network (Announcers: Anish Shroff, Paul Biancardi)

Radio: Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports (In Atlanta: 680 AM/93.7 The Fan) | SiriusXM channel 380

Other ways to listen: SiriusXM app | Listen Online | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets App | TuneIn

Announcers: Andy Demetra, Randy Waters

Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com



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THE FLATS - Continuing to search for momentum in the month of February, Georgia Tech travels to face Louisville this weekend in a 6:30 p.m. contest Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center.

Tech (10-13, 3-9 ACC) has dropped both of its games this month, 82-76 at NC State and 80-51 at home to Wake forest, since knocking off No. 3 North Carolina to close out the month of January. The Yellow Jackets, who have also defeated Duke and Clemson in conference play, have lost five of their last six games and 10 of their last 12.

Louisville (7-16, 2-10 ACC) is in a similar place, having lost 10 of its last 12 with wins over Miami (80-71) in early December and Florida State (101-92) last Saturday, both at home. The Cardinals lost a tight 94-92 decision at Syracuse Wednesday night.

Saturday’s game will be televised live on the ACC Network, with a live stream available on the ESPN app. Radio coverage is on the Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports and flagship station 680 the Fan (680 AM/93.7 FM). The Tech broadcast is also available on SiriusXM channel 380 and the SiriusXM app.

THE TIP-OFF

• Georgia Tech’s three ACC wins have come against the ACC’s three highest-ranked teams in the NCAA’s NET rankings - North Carolina (10), Duke (20) and Clemson (29).

• Nine of Georgia Tech’s 12 ACC games have been decided by single digits. Sixteen of Tech’s 23 games overall this season have been decided by fewer than 10 points, which is tied for second-most in Division I (Tech is 8-8 in those games). Nine of those by five points or fewer.

• Tech is 2-6 in true road games this season, and five of its eight remaining games are on the road.

• Tech has never won at the KFC Yum! Center in five trips. The Jackets were 3-8 at Freedom Hall.

• Despite scoring just 51 points against Wake Forest, Tech has been one of the better offensive teams in the ACC this season, averaging 72.3 points to rank eighth on conference games. The Jackets rank sixth in three-point percentage (.355) and second in three-pointers per game (9.08).

• Tech is 6-10 against Quad 1 and Quad 2 teams this season, with Quad 1 wins over Duke, Clemson and North Carolina and Quad 2 wins over Mississippi State, Penn State and Massachusetts. The Jackets have four Quad 1 and zero Quad 2 opponents remaining on its schedule (Louisville is a Quad 3 opportunity). Tech was 3-14 last season against Quad 1/2 foes.

• Four Tech players are averaging double figures both in all games, and in ACC play - Miles Kelly (13.8 all/13.1 ACC), Baye Ndongo(12.4/13.4), Kowacie Reeves, Jr. (11.0/10.5) and Naithan George(10.2/10.5). In conference games, those four players have combined to hit 45.5 percent of their shots from the floor (215-of-473) and 37.8 percent from three-point range (75-of-198).

• Tech has started two freshmen - Baye Ndongo and point guard Naithan George - in its last 19 games. The Jackets have not had two freshmen in its regular starting lineup since the 2018-19 season (Michael Devoe, Khalid Moore), and have not had a freshman regularly start at point guard since Jose Alvarado in 2017-18.

• Either Ndongo or George has led Tech in scoring in nine of Tech’s last 13 games, and in seven of 11 ACC games. They have accounted for more than a third (34.3 percent) of Tech’s points in ACC games.

• Tech’s point guard tandem of Naithan George and Kyle Sturdivant has averaged 7.3 assists per game combined, 9.1 in ACC games. Their assist/turnover ratio is 2.47-to-1 combined overall, 3.21-to-1 in conference games. Both players rank among the nation’s top 61 players in assist rate (assists divided by the field goals made by the player’s teammates while he is on the court) according to KenPom.com.

• Naithan George is the first Tech freshman since Iman Shumpert in 2008-09 to collect 100 in a season, surpassing the century mark last game to get to 103 for this season. He is the first freshman since Javaris Crittenton in 2006-07 to average more than five assists per game.

• Seven Tech players have scored at least 20 points in a game this season - Naithan George, Kyle Sturdivant, Deebo Coleman, Tafara Gapare, Kowacie Reeves, Jr., Baye Ndongo and Miles Kelly. It is only the second time that as many as seven different Yellow Jackets have scored 20-plus in a game during a season (2007-08).

As I said in my Q’s take

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THE FLATS – Georgia Tech softball (1-3) fell inches short of a comeback on Saturday afternoon, falling to No. 11 Alabama (5-0), 5-1 at Mewborn Field. A would-be seventh inning grand slam from Grace Connelly was robbed at the outfield wall, resulting in a double play to help Alabama close the door on its fifth win of the weekend.



QUICK HITS

• Senior RHP Blake Neleman made her first start of the 2024 season and 84th as a Yellow Jacket.
• The Marietta product is seven starts away from tying Whitney Humphreys for the fifth most in program history.
• Junior Kinsey Norton entered the game in the fourth inning, throwing 2.1 innings of scoreless ball before giving way to sophomore Jaidyn Studebaker for the final 1.2 innings of work.
• Studebaker recorded a pair of strikeouts in the seventh inning, marking her first collegiate multi-strikeout appearance.
• Sophomore catcher Reese Hunter recorded the Jackets first hit of the game, ending Alabama’s pitcher’s 12.0 inning hitless streak.
• Senior SS Jin Sileo recorded the first double play of the season in the 4th inning, making a diving catch just in front of 2nd base before throwing to Abby Hughes for the out at first after the runner had failed to tag.
• It was the 24th career double play from Sileo.
• Senior Sara Beth Allen nearly registered her first homerun of the year, sending the ball careening off the top of the wall in right center in the bottom of the 7th inning. The resulting single extends her hit streak to four-games. It’s the second longest hitting streak of her career, after recording five-game hitting streaks twice last season.
• Senior Abby Hughes tallied the third hit for the Jackets, also in the seventh inning. She has made at least one hit in three of her first four games this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Neleman got the ball to start the game, only allowing one baserunner through her first two innings of work. A single down the line drove home the first Alabama run in the third inning. Neleman would leave the game in the top of the fourth after giving up her fourth hit of the game. Norton came on in relief and immediately got her first strikeout against her first batter, battling back from down 3-1 in the count to do so. Norton would allow two more baserunners via hits before Sileo’s diving catch led to a double play to end the inning with just the 2-0 deficit.



Norton continued to receive strong support from her fielders in the next inning, as Connelly made a diving stop on a hard-hit ball up the middle to end the fifth. Norton would collect her seventh out of the day in the top of the sixth before Studebaker took over. The inning ended with another phenomenal defensive effort from Sileo, who ranged to her right to collect a sharply hit grounder before firing across the diamond for the final out of the inning with Tech still just two runs down.



The seventh inning was one for the books. Rain descended upon Mewborn Field after Alabama’s first two batters reached base, leading to a slippery ball and difficult pitching conditions for Studebaker. The sophomore stayed in the fight, striking out two Tide batters despite surrendering three insurance runs. When all was said and done, the Jackets headed to the bottom of the seventh down five runs. Once at the plate, Allen and Hughes singled on full counts before Mallorie Black worked a five-pitch walk to load the bases. Connelly connected on a long flyball to right field, only for the Alabama outfielder to make a leaping catch, robbing a potential grand slam. Allen came home to score on the sacrifice fly, but the Tide collected its second out at second after the Tech runner failed to tag. Alabama would close the door one batter later, taking the game by a final score of 5-1.



UP NEXT
With inclement weather in the forecast for tomorrow, Georgia Tech and Longwood have agreed to move the start time of their doubleheader to 11 a.m. tomorrow at Mewborn Field with game two beginning at approximately 1 p.m. The games will be streamed live on ACCNX.

I can't watch these shows anymore, nails on chalkboard, but this was a cool moment.

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Taking a mini-vacation with my wife for her birthday to Vegas. That means there is a 95% chance GT leaves the ACC for the SEC, Damon Stoudamire is hired by the Lakers as their head coach and J Batt becomes the new AD at Notre Dame.

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THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht, the world’s top-ranked amateur player, is one of 40 of the nation’s most accomplished collegiate golfers across all levels who have been named to the watch list for the 2023 Ben Hogan Award presented by PNC Bank. The joint announcement was made Friday by the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation, the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).

The Ben Hogan Award presented by PNC Bank annually awards the top men’s NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer based on all collegiate, amateur and professional events over the previous 12 months.

In the last year, Lamprecht won The Amateur Championship and finished as the low amateur at The Open Championship, ascending to the top position in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and earning exemptions into the fields of the upcoming Masters Tournament and the U.S. Open. He also represented his home country of South Africa in the Arnold Palmer Cup and the World Amateur Team Championship. The 6-foot-8 senior won two collegiate events in the fall, the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational and the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational.

The 2024 Ben Hogan Award watch list, as determined by the award’s subcommittee, includes J.M. Butler (Auburn), Cameron Cappuzzo (Methodist), Tiger Christensen (Arizona), Wenyi Ding (Arizona State), John Driscoll (Arkansas), Mats Ege (East Tennessee State), David Ford (North Carolina), Maxwell Ford (North Carolina), Gustav Frimodt (TCU), Nick Gabrelcik (North Florida), Gaspar Glaudas (Indian Hills CC), Alex Goff (Kentucky), Austin Greaser (North Carolina), Max Herendeen (Illinois), Petr Hruby (Washington), Ben James (Virginia), Johnny Keefer (Baylor), Algot Kleen (East Tennessee State), Jackson Koivun (Auburn), Michael La Sasso (Ole Miss), Christo Lamprecht (Georgia Tech), Hunter Logan (Mississippi State), Christiaan Maas (Texas), Dylan Menante (North Carolina), Maxwell Moldovan (Ohio State), William Moll (Vanderbilt), Omar Morales (UCLA), Sebastian Moss (Louisville), Sangha Park (UT Permian Basin), Luke Powell (UCLA), Matthew Riedel (Vanderbilt), Gordon Sargent (Vanderbilt), Herman Sekne (Purdue), Cole Sherwood (Vanderbilt), Neal Shipley (Ohio State), Preston Summerhays (Arizona State), Will Thompson (East Central CC), Michael Thorbjornsen (Stanford), Brendan Valdes (Auburn) and Jack Whaley (Dalton State).

The list includes 21 seniors, nine juniors, four sophomores and six freshmen. Sargent and Thorbjornsen were two of the three award finalists last year, while David Ford, Gabrelcik, Greaser and Lamprecht were semifinalists in 2023. Seven schools have multiple golfers on the watch list, led by North Carolina and Vanderbilt with four each. Auburn has three, while Arizona State, East Tennessee State, Ohio State and UCLA each have two members.

This year’s list of 10 semifinalists, which could include individuals not on the watch list, will be unveiled Friday, April 19. That group will be pared down to three finalists on Thursday, May 2. The finalists will attend a black-tie dinner Monday, May 20, at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, where the winner will be crowned.

The Ben Hogan Award presented by PNC Bank has honored the outstanding amateur collegiate golfer at Colonial Country Club since 2002. Prior to its move to Fort Worth, the original Ben Hogan Trophy, which was awarded based on a different list of criteria, was issued at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles beginning in 1990.

Recipients of the Ben Hogan Award presented by PNC Bank have combined to accumulate 85 worldwide victories, including 64 PGA TOUR wins, and have amassed more than $395 million in prize money on the PGA TOUR. Additionally, the group has appeared in 17 Ryder Cups and a dozen Presidents Cups.

Past recipients are Ludvig Aberg (‘22, ‘23), Ricky Barnes (‘03), Patrick Cantlay (‘12), Matt Every (‘06), Rickie Fowler (‘08), Doug Ghim (‘18), Bill Haas (‘04), Viktor Hovland (‘19), Chris Kirk (‘07), Hunter Mahan (‘03), Maverick McNealy (‘17), Ryan Moore (‘05), John Pak (‘21), Jon Rahm (‘15, ‘16), Patrick Rodgers (‘14), Kyle Stanley (‘09), Nick Taylor (‘10), Sahith Theegala (‘20), D.J. Trahan (‘02), Peter Uihlein (‘11) and Chris Williams (‘13).

Since 2002, the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation has awarded over $875,000 in scholarships to more than 30 universities. For more information on the Ben Hogan Award presented by PNC Bank, visit TheBenHoganAward.org and follow @BenHoganAward on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

So I found this one interesting. RJ predicts 5 4*s in this class. This pool of piranhas has chastened him a bit! I think he's lowballing it because in the past he's highballed it a bit. After a top 30 class last year even with the entire defensive staff being let go, I have a hard time seeing us do worse, and we had five 5.8+ last year. Given who we are already buzzing with this year I have a hard time seeing us not exceed last year.

TL;DR RJ is selling puts but buy calls, if we can have a decent season the hype is real, check with your doctor it will last more than 4 hours.

Starting a specific thread for the announcement shortly. I’m at the doctor with my teenager.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – On Thursday, Feb. 8, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced that Charlotte, Greensboro, Cary, Durham and Raleigh will play host to numerous future neutral site conference championships as approved by the league’s membership.



Half of the conference’s 28 sponsored sports are named, including the ACC Women’s Basketball Championship and ACC Men’s Basketball Championship, as well as Olympic Sports, including baseball, women’s golf, gymnastics, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, rowing, and men’s and women’s tennis.



As was announced in April 2018, the ACC’s Football Championship Game is scheduled to be played on the first Saturday in December at Bank of America Stadium through 2030.



“We are incredibly proud to announce this tremendous package of neutral site championships that will be held in the State of North Carolina, where the league was founded more than 70 years ago,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “Each of these outstanding cities and venues will provide a first-class experience for our student-athletes, coaches, institutions, alumni and fans over the next seven years. We are also pleased to have been able to deliver so quickly on our commitment to continue to hold numerous tournaments and championships in cities across the State of North Carolina as part of the ACC Board of Directors' decision to relocate the conference office headquarters to Charlotte.”



The ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament will take place in North Carolina for five consecutive years from 2025 to 2029. The historical postseason tournament will alternate years, taking place at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte in 2025, 2026, and 2028, and at the Greensboro Coliseum in 2027 and 2029. No venue has hosted the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament more than the Greensboro Coliseum, and 2027 will mark the 30th time. The City of Charlotte has hosted the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament on 13 occasions.



The ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament will also split time between Charlotte and Greensboro, as the women’s tournament will tip off in the Greensboro Coliseum in 2024 and 2025. In 2027, the longest-running DI conference women’s basketball tournament in the country will be held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.



Like the men’s and women’s basketball championships, the ACC Baseball Championship will also alternate sites over the next six years. Starting this spring, the baseball conference championship will be hosted at Truist Field in Charlotte in 2024, 2026, and 2028, while Durham and the Durham Bulls Athletic Park will host the championship event in 2025, 2027, and 2029.



In addition to basketball, the Greensboro Coliseum Complex will also host men’s and women’s swimming and diving as well as gymnastics. The Greensboro Aquatic Center will host the ACC Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships in five of the next six years – 2024, 2025, 2027, 2028, and 2029. The ACC Gymnastics Championship will be held three straight years – 2024, 2025, and 2026 – at the Greensboro Coliseum.



Charlotte is the host city for both the ACC Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse Championships beginning this spring and running through 2028. Both events will be held at the American Legion Memorial Stadium.



The ACC Women’s Soccer Championship and the ACC Men’s Soccer Championship will continue to be held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary through the 2029 season.

The Cary Tennis Park will continue to host the ACC Women’s and Men’s Tennis Championships from 2024 through 2029.



Lake Wheeler Park in Raleigh will host the ACC Rowing Championship in five of the next seven years, including 2024, 2026, 2027, 2029, and 2030, while the ACC Women’s Golf Championship will be played on a variety of McConnell Golf properties throughout the Southeast through 2029. The 2024 event will be held in Wilmington at Porters Neck Country Club, while the 2025, 2027, and 2029 tournaments will take place at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro.



The ACC continues to ACCOMPLISH GREATNESS with a monumental start to the 2023-24 academic year.



This past fall, the ACC saw four different ACC teams win four NCAA Titles across the seven league-sponsored fall sports. The conference as a whole, also continued to rank among the nation’s best in both U.S. News and World Report Rankings and NCAA Graduation Success Ratings while making momentous changes to the league with the relocation of the office headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina, the announcement of the addition of three world-class institutions in University of California (Cal), Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Stanford University and the launch of a new brand campaign entitled ACCOMPLISH GREATNESS.

Let's do this. I'll answer all your recruiting, baseball, and whatever else ya want to know.

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech softball (1-0, 0-0 ACC) got its 2024 season started with a win, taking down Villanova (0-1, 0-0 Big East) 3-2 on Thursday afternoon from Shirley Clements Mewborn Field. The Jackets capped off the win with a phenomenal defensive effort as catcher Reese Hunter tagged out the Villanova runner attempting to score the tying run in the top of the seventh off a strong relay throw from Jin Sileo to put the Jackets in the win column for the first time this year.



QUICK HITS

· Tech remains perfect against Villanova, owning a 3-0 all-time record in the series.

· Georgia Tech improves to 85-31 all-time in the Buzz Classic.

· The Jackets are now 21-17 in season openers.

· Kinsey Norton made her first career opening day start, pitching 3.0 innings and matching a career-best with four strikeouts.

· Jaidyn Studebaker recorded her first career victory, pitching a scoreless fourth inning in relief.

· Chandler Dennis secured her first save of the season and sixth of her career, pitching the final 3.0 innings.

· Her 6 career saves ties her with Blake Neleman and seven other Jackets for the 5th most in program history.

· Sara Beth Allen reached base in all three of her at bats, registering a pair of walks along with an RBI double in the third inning.

· Three of the Jackets first four hitters in the lineup posted multi-hit days: Ella Edgmon, Madison Dobbins and Abby Hughes.

· Sileo also added multiple hits out of the nine-spot. Going 2-3 with an RBI.



HOW IT HAPPENED

The Arms

The Jackets utilized three pitchers throughout the contest, all contributing to key aspects of the win. Junior Kinsey Norton made her first-career opening day start, taking care of the first three Villanova batters in order on her way to three scoreless innings. She racked up two strikeouts in both the second and third innings to finish with four, tying her career best output for a game. Sophomore Jaidyn Studebaker entered the game in the fourth inning, delivering a scoreless frame to earn her first victory as a Yellow Jacket. Senior Chandler Dennis came in for Studebaker in the fifth inning, pitching a pair of scoreless innings before battling through the seventh to collect her sixth career save.



The Bats

Senior Jin Sileo got the momentum in the top of the second, making a nifty play to get the Jackets out of a bases loaded jam. In the following half inning, Sileo came to the plate with two outs, lining the first pitch she saw into right center to drive home Sara Beth Allen, who had walked three batters before, to put Tech on the board. Allen would add an insurance marker in the third inning, sending the ball off the wall in left center with two-outs to bring in Abby Hughes. Sileo took the opportunity to flash the leather in the top of the fourth, making a highlight reel jumping catch to end the inning at shortstop and keep the momentum in Tech’s dugout. Once in the bottom of the fourth, the two-out magic struck again, Ella Edgmon would drive in what would become the game-winning run off a single up the middle.



UP NEXT
The Jackets continue the 2024 Buzz Classic tomorrow with a pair of games against No. 11 Alabama (4 p.m.) and again against Villanova (6 p.m.) Both games will be broadcast on ACCNX.

I loved the idea from a subscriber about having my own version of "Q's Take" throughout the season where I dive into the week of games, detailing any injury updates, big performances, trends, and much more.

Would anyone be interested in sponsoring something like this? Would be a weekly column that runs during baseball season, and goes in-depth on the previous week of GT Baseball and possibly even beyond into the ACC.

Not a super long-term commitment, but depending on the results, I would be more than open to turning this into something that goes beyond baseball season.

My DM's are open, would love to help promote your company. johnsonrivals@gmail.com if you would prefer to email me to exchange numbers!

ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery Forming Joint Venture to

Launch Streaming Sports Service in the U.S.

• Will Bring Together Sports Linear Networks and Direct-to-Consumer Service ESPN+
• Offering to include NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, NASCAR, College Sports, UFC, PGA TOUR Golf, Grand Slam Tennis, the FIFA World Cup, Cycling and Much More
• The Service will be offered through a New Standalone App, Built from the Ground Up, for the Passionate Sports Fan

ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery have reached an understanding on principal terms to form a new Joint Venture (JV) to build an innovative new platform to house a compelling streaming sports service. The platform brings together the companies’ portfolios of sports networks, certain direct-to-consumer (DTC) sports services and sports rights – including content from all the major professional sports leagues and college sports. The formation of the pay service is subject to the negotiation of definitive agreements amongst the parties. The offering, scheduled to launch in the fall of 2024, would be made available directly to consumers via a new app. Subscribers would also have the ability to bundle the product, including with Disney+, Hulu and/or Max.

The platform would aggregate content to offer fans an extensive, dynamic lineup of sports content, aiming to provide a new and differentiated experience to serve sports fans, particularly those outside of the traditional pay TV bundle.

By subscribing to this focused, all-in-one premier sports service, fans would have access to the linear sports networks including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS, ABC, FOX, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, truTV, as well as ESPN+.

Key Highlights:

• ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery would form a new joint venture to develop, launch and operate a streaming sports bundle of linear networks and certain DTC sports content and services.
• Each entity would own one-third of the JV, have equal board representation and license their sports content to the joint venture on a non-exclusive basis.
• The service would have a new brand with an independent management team.

Bob Iger, Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company said, “The launch of this new streaming sports service is a significant moment for Disney and ESPN, a major win for sports fans, and an important step forward for the media business. This means the full suite of ESPN channels will be available to consumers alongside the sports programming of other industry leaders as part of a differentiated sports-centric service. I’m grateful to Jimmy Pitaro and the team at ESPN, who are at the forefront of innovating on behalf of consumers to create new offerings with more choice and greater value.”

Lachlan Murdoch, Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of FOX said, “We’re pumped to bring the FOX Sports portfolio to this new and exciting platform. We believe the service will provide passionate fans outside of the traditional bundle an array of amazing sports content all in one place.”

David Zaslav, Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery, said “At WBD, our ambition is always to connect our leading content and brands with as many viewers as possible, and this exciting joint venture and the unparalleled combination of marquee sports rights and access to the greatest sporting events in the world allows us to do just that. This new sports service exemplifies our ability as an industry to drive innovation and provide consumers with more choice, enjoyment and value and we’re thrilled to deliver it to sports fans.”

More details, including pricing, will be announced at a later date.

The new service will showcase thousands of high-profile sporting events including:

Per the linked article, starting tomorrow GT will be shutting down the sidewalks and one lane of Techwood traffic adjacent to BDS as demolition and construction of the new Fanning Student Athlete Performance Center commences! A big thank you to everyone on this board who has made donations to make this essential project a reality.

https://facilities.gatech.edu/node/...tory&utm_campaign=Daily Digest - Feb. 6, 2024

C Matthew Ellis
1B John Giesler
2B Mike Becchetti
3B Ryan Jaros*
SS Payton Green
LF Parker Brosius
CF Drew Burress*
RF Cam Jones
DH Carsten Sabathia

Fri P Terry Busse
Sat P Cam Hill
Sun P Logan McGuire/Aeden Finateri/Mason Patel

Key bullpen arms-
RHP Dawson Brown
RHP Ben King
RHP Brett Thomas
LHP Cam Jones

* - True Freshman

Two other potential two-way contributors worth keeping a close-eye on: OF/P Riley Stanford, 3B/P Demetri Diamant.

I am bullish on Diamant's ability as a P, likely a little bit more than most national writers. Full ACC preview and final standings projections to come later.