{"id":28922,"date":"2025-07-28T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28922"},"modified":"2025-07-28T12:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:06:46","slug":"monday-update-272","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/28\/monday-update-272\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Vols!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, I&#8217;m not kidding.<\/p>\n<p>From Thursday to Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/espnpressroom.com\/us\/press-releases\/2025\/07\/espn8-the-ocho-returns-july-31-august-3-as-the-ultimate-destination-for-seldom-seen-sports-and-absurd-athleticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN8: The Ocho is back<\/a> on the air. It&#8217;s a celebration of the absurd and obscure in the sports world. There will be two prime-time Savannah Bananas games, combining baseball and performance art. There will be dodgeball. Pop-a-Shot. Corgi races. An auctioneers&#8217; championship.<\/p>\n<p>And the sport in which the Tennessee Vols will build a dynasty&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(It sure isn&#8217;t football&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>OUTHOUSE RACES!!!<\/p>\n<p>I mean, can you think of a sport that screams, &#8220;GOOD OL&#8217; ROCKY TOP&#8230; ROCKY TOP, TENNESSEE&#8221; more than that one? Go Vols! They can stuff some possums and raccoons in the competition outhouse for a post-race cookout.<\/p>\n<p>A new site called <a href=\"https:\/\/fanstake.com\/welcome?ck_subscriber_id=3201412392&amp;utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Do%20eggs%20actually%20raise%20cholesterol?%20-%2018431881\">Fanstake<\/a> lets fans of college sports (legit ones, not outhouse racing) come together to craft NIL deals to get their fav prospective players to commit to their fav school. Prospect picks a different school? No problem, you\u00a0 get your money back.<\/p>\n<p>Where can you get a burger with both a beef patty and a fried mac &amp; cheese patty? Flying Saucer, that&#8217;s where! Limited-time special &#8220;The Dad Bod&#8221; also comes with applewood smoked bacon, queso, arugula, and Fresno aioli.<\/p>\n<p><em>Police Academy<\/em> is coming up Wednesday night at the DNA&#8217;s free summer movie series at Slider Inn Downtown. 20% off food for card-carrying DNA members. It&#8217;ll be National Night Out and MPD will be there.<\/p>\n<p>I stayed out all night Saturday and Sunday to save money, but tonight I&#8217;ll gladly pay the $6 to get in the Union Mission. You see, the fourth Monday of every month, Kirby Woods Baptist brings dinner and it&#8217;s always top-notch. Excited about a bed to sleep in and a shower too.<\/p>\n<p>Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\"><em><strong>I gratefully accept tips:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<\/span>Venmo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/account.venmo.com\/u\/Paul-Ryburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@Paul-Ryburn<\/a>\u00a0(8113 if it asks for digits)<br \/>\nCash App: $PaulRyburn1<br \/>\nZelle: paul@paulryburn.com<br \/>\nApple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, I&#8217;m not kidding. From Thursday to Sunday, ESPN8: The Ocho is back on the air. It&#8217;s a celebration of the absurd and obscure in the sports world. There will be two prime-time Savannah Bananas games, combining baseball and performance art. There will be dodgeball. Pop-a-Shot. Corgi races. An auctioneers&#8217; championship. And the sport in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/28\/monday-update-272\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Go Vols!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28922"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28922"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28924,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28922\/revisions\/28924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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