Pete

Five years ago, both Luton and Coventry were just getting promoted out of League Two. Ten days from now, one of them will be Premier League-bound. The most batshit league in the world sends two of the most batshit club stories to the playoff final. I love this game.

Useless but hilarious trivia: Toney's full name is Ivan Benjamin Elijah Toney. Yes, IBET.

Luton are 90 minutes away from history after beating Sunderland 2-0 tonight (3-2 aggregate) and advancing to Wembley.

Pretty sure that's 2,064 PAID, so no way they even have that many people in attendance.

The best part of that is we now have proof that Barry Horowitz used 2 Live Crew's "Pop That Pussy" as entrance music in All Japan. Feel free making any part of that sentence make ANY GODDAMN SENSE.

I smell a DDR mode where you have to dance in time with your dining partner...

Just died a million deaths for that. At work.

Interesting move as Western Illinois jumps from the Summit League to the Ohio Valley. Makes sense financially as the OVC footprint is much more snug... and having been to Macomb, I can venture to guess it won't be nearly as much a bitch for the member schools to get there.

I'll always remember Dean regaling us about how much the Ashe statue's existence on Monument Avenue cheesed off certain people of a certain demographic in the RVA and how "they're just pissed that Ashe is the only one there who actually won anything."

And here's the OMEGA reunion. Still get the giggles for Dean snuggling up to me as we all crashed at his house after getting back. About halfway through the podcast and the memories are flooding back. For all the talk about Dean being everyone's big brother, you could make a similar case that he was the mother hen... protective, loving and willing to throw down if necessary. RIPower.

"Ridiculous" is understating it. Watch where this fucker landed.

If only there were a sizeable football stadium a reasonably short drive away from Jax...

GML...

I dunno... was anyone else taken out of the match as soon as the broken glass came into play? I mean they got me back after a few minutes, but following Cardona's documented issues with glass as a prop (still pulling broken shards out of his body months later) you'd think they might shy away from it.

You could call him Ray, or you could call him Jay, or you could call him Johnny... RIP Bill.

Gotta say I love the idea of planting some trees in his memory. Maybe we pool our resources... one tree for each Fist in the Face of Wrestling.

Pretty sure Pat Patterson didn't spin into it either, he just slapped it on quick as lightning. Blew my mind the first time I saw him do it.

Championship finals: Millwall 3-4 Blackburn Rovers Boro 1-1 Coventry City Preston North End 0-3 Sunderland Swansea 3-2 WBA Up 3-1 at the break, Millwall completely come apart and Sunderland ride their hot streak into the playoffs. Semis are Luton vs Sunderland and Boro vs Coventry for the richest prize in world soccer.

TLDR: they're both assholes. Aww, more tributes to Dean that weren't supposed to be tributes to Dean.

Honestly, a wrestling show in San Juan with a sold out crowd emitting Godzilla-level heat is a perfect way to honor Dean when you think about it. Love the staging too... they went out of their way to make this feel different from a standard B-show PPV. What were they chanting for the babyface punches?

I'll never forgive the Cowboys for denying the world of a Dean Rasmussen playoff beard that would've rolled over into the following season if they won the Super Bowl. I have so many memories of Dean's friendship to share, including getting hopelessly, hilariously lost somewhere in the wilds of Ontario as we tried to drive home from Ottawa. Maybe tomorrow, when it hurts a bit less.

Even Cindy popped for the sign when I pointed it out to her. We were both laughing at John constantly being denied by the camera switching away during the battle royal... and then she recognized no one was holding their signs up because they were too busy watching the match.

Huddersfield Town are safe after beating Sheffield United tonight and Reading are down to League One. That takes care of the relegation drama, with all of the last-day excitement happening atop the table. Two from five. Who joins Luton and Boro in the playoffs come Monday? Ye Matches of Importance: Blackburn Rovers v Millwall (Promotion six-pointer) Boro v Coventry City Swansea v WBA Preston North End v Sunderland

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