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  1. Ryder Cup week hasn’t begun yet, but the heat is already rising for the highly anticipated battle at Bethpage Black. Two of the Ryder Cup’s biggest stars — Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau — are trading blows ahead of the event. McIlroy, the European team veteran, was the latest to get in on the act. In a new Guardian interview conducted in August at East Lake, McIlroy hit back at American star DeChambeau’s plan to “chirp in the ear” of the reigning Masters champ at Bethpage. Here’s what you need to know. Rory dismisses Bryson’s Ryder Cup plan to ‘chirp’ him With the 2025 Ryder Cup days away, the Guardian’s Ewen Murray published an exclusive interview with McIlroy. But the interview itself is not new. Murray sat down with McIlroy in the East Lake locker room during the 2025 Tour Championship to get his thoughts on his Masters win and, of course, the upcoming Ryder Cup. Amid the interview, Murray brought up DeChambeau’s recent comments. At the “Happy Gilmore 2” premiere in New York City this July, People asked DeChambeau about McIlroy and the Ryder Cup. His response could be considered one of the first shots fired of what is expected to be a tense Ryder Cup. “I’ll be chirping in [McIlroy’s] ear this time. Now, if we go up against each other, I mean, you can be sure of it,” DeChambeau said. When Murray asked McIlroy what he thought of DeChambeau’s plan for him at Bethpage, McIlroy dismissed it with his own jab at the two-time U.S. Open champion. “I think the only way he gets attention is by mentioning other people. That is basically what I think of that. To get attention he will mention me or Scottie [Scheffler] or others,” McIlroy told the Guardian. The two players’ existing rivalry likely influenced the tone of their comments. Off the course, McIlroy and DeChambeau have been on opposite ends of the PGA Tour-LIV Golf feud. On the course, DeChambeau stole the 2024 U.S. Open from McIlroy’s grasp, and McIlroy returned the favor this April at Augusta with his historic Masters victory. Bryson played with Rory in the final round and finished T5. After the tournament, DeChambeau claimed McIlroy “didn’t talk to me all day.” But their Ryder Cup histories have barely intersected. DeChambeau has played in two Ryder Cups, in 2018 and 2021. Though McIlroy also played in both of those events, they have never faced each other in a match. At the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, DeChambeau didn’t make the U.S. team. McIlroy: It’s ‘inevitable’ Ryder Cup fans will ‘get to us’ There has been much hand-wringing recently about how the New York fans will behave during the three days of Ryder Cup play at Bethpage Black. While no one knows what will happen, both the American and European players seem to agree that it will be a loud, hostile environment for the away team. Add to that the fact that the last Ryder Cup featured a near-brawl between the players, and you have the makings of a volatile golf event. In his Guardian interview, McIlroy revealed he thinks it’s “inevitable” that “something will happen” at this year’s Ryder Cup. This New York Ryder Cup will be crazy. Question is, how crazy? “I think it’s inevitable something is going to happen in New York. It might not involve me but it is inevitable that something will happen, whether like in Rome last time or something else,” McIlroy said. He continued: “I just think when you go into that environment and you are there for five or six days and the crowd are on you for eight hours, so many days in a row… it is inevitable it will get to someone or get to us as a group at some point. We are just going to have to do a really good job of managing that, having each other’s backs and protecting each other.” But McIlroy also sounded confident of his team’s chances of spoiling DeChambeau and the U.S. team’s party next week by winning an away Ryder Cup. That confidence comes from the “continuity” he sees on the European team from their victorious 2023 squad. “If I compare it to the last two away Ryder Cups that I have played, I would say we are in a way better spot,” McIlroy said. “I still believe we are the underdogs but I feel more confident than I was in 2016 and 2021 that we can pull it off.” The Ryder Cup action begins next Friday, September 26, at the Black Course on Long Island.
  2. Obvious pass interference on blOU... no flag wtf
  3. Yeah Refs taking tigers TD off the board results in blOU FG. Damn 10pt mistake
  4. Helluva game by backup QB Hammond... 💥
  5. 💥 wrong thread
  6. Pony down... 😬
  7. Iron on patch toad cap Dykes wearing is ridiculous... 😋
  8. Thanks for all the hard work for today's Tailgate @immamac 🤘 Hope all y'all attending have a fuckin' great time!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
  9. Have yourself a great day Imma 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
  10. The Bryson DeChambeau dilemma: How will Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley utilize United States' X-factor?
  11. Well Flood better get it done in September... O-line shitshow won't win games on the road in October. 😬
  12. McShay comments made some sense. The entire offense needs to elevate their play to make this team go. I'm talking about, OL & TE blocking, WR route running, and RBs having a hell of a lot more success. Sark hopefully finds a rhythm playcalling for Arch that allows him to think less and have a lot more success. Arch has to get his timing right, and get in sync throwing the ball to WRs and RBs. Sure hope Arch can find a way to stop pressing so much, freeing him up to have a lot more fun playing a game he has enjoyed his entire life.
  13. What’s Going on With Arch Manning? Plus Week 4 Picks With Stanford Steve | The McShay Show McShay Comments on Arch: 1) Pressing... mind moving faster than his body. Agreed Arch is rushing... thinks Arch has not recovered from ohio state game. For me, this seems like Cougar in "Top Gun" I'm holding on too tight. I've lost the edge." 2) Also critical of Arch and Wingo being totally out of sync -- McShay begs Sark to stop calling dig route for Wingo. Timing issues for both Arch/Wingo, errant throws, miscommunication, and Wingo drops. 3) Sloppy feet too often for Arch. Again caused by brain going too fast, rushing and pressing. Hopefully he will relax some and play free... get his confidence back and throw with more conviction again. 4) Arch, stop doing things that only work in high school -- dumb interceptions. Trying to do too damn much.
  14. Still believe if Coach Flood and this O-line somehow gets their shit together, Texas will run the ball better and significantly improve our scoring success in the red zone. Yes Arch needs to play better, yes Wisner and Baxter hopefully get healthy -- but Flood has to figure out what guys can show up and play well together as a group on this O-line.
  15. @Sbbruin Since you're closest to this program, who might be best choice for new Head Coach of bruins?
  16. Interesting... US Ryder Cup players now receiving compensation Major champion blasts US ‘ringleaders’ over Ryder Cup motivation By Ben Parsons•Published: 5 hours ago Dame Laura Davies cannot comprehend the motivation of the American players who sought Ryder Cup payment and says she would be “disgusted” if the Solheim Cup followed the same murky path. For the first time in Ryder Cup history, each member of the US side will be remunerated for competing in next week’s showdown in New York. In a huge break in a near 100-year tradition, Keegan Bradley’s men will each receive $500,000 (£370,000) for showing up, with $300,000 going to charity and the rest to do with as they please. The Europeans, meanwhile, won’t be receiving a penny. Rory McIlroy even insisted after the news broke of American remuneration that he would “pay for the privilege to play in the Ryder Cup.” “It just proves the difference between the attitudes,” Davies, a 12-time Solheim Cup player and Sky Sports pundit, told bunkered.co.uk. “The Americans are there to do a job and they want to get paid for it, the Europeans are there to try and win the Ryder Cup for Europe. I can only relate it to Solheim Cup really, and if the team ever wanted to get paid I’d be disgusted with them. “They’re missing the point. They’re very wealthy people, if they’re in a Ryder Cup they’re already very wealthy by definition, if you’ve won a lot of prize money you’ve won a lot of tournaments. It’s $200,000. That’s one half decent week on the PGA Tour. They’re not making $100million, which actually makes a difference to their lives.” At the 2023 match in Rome, Patrick Cantlay was reported to have refused to wear a team cap in protest that he was not paid for his participation. “Cantlay, and to a lesser extent [Xander Schauffele], they seem to be the ringleaders,” Davies added. “Why would you begrudge the PGA of America? They’re worried about getting more money than the players should get to share, but the honour of playing for your country should be enough. “The PGA of America – like the R&A – are the ones that help the grassroots and the kids becoming them one day. Why they’d begrudge that, I don’t know. “They’ll never want for anything because they’re so brilliant at what they do, total respect, but then you lose a lot of respect for that.” Davies is adamant this apparent thirst for more would never infiltrate its way into the Solheim Cup. “Certainly not the European team,” she said. “Not if I had anything to do with it. I can’t even imagine the American girls, either. For them it’s the honour of playing in it.”
  17. How hard is Bethpage Black? Ryder Cup venue ranked… By bunkered.co.uk•Published: 23 minutes ago The Ryder Cup is nearly here. But before the players tee it up at Bethpage Black next week, we have one question. How hard is it? Luckily, Hard Rock Bet has an answer… The online site has ranked the toughest golf courses in the history of the Ryder Cup, and it turns out that the host of this year’s match – the 45th – is pretty difficult. It’s not the hardest, however. The winner of that award goes to the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, in South Carolina. For context, courses were ranked based on their rating, average rainfall and windspeeds, course length and slope rating. Kiawah Island provided a total score of 89.42 (out of 100), making it significantly more difficult than the runner-up: Whistling Straits. It’s 82.91 score was enough for second place, while the one we’ve all come for was third. That’s right, according to the report, the Black Course at the public Bethpage State Park, on Long Island, is the third most difficult Ryder Cup course of all time. Of the layout, it said: “Home of the 2025 Ryder Cup, Bethpage Black completes the podium with a final score of 79.21 out of 100. “Measuring 7,486 yards, this course isn’t the longest in Ryder Cup history but it’s one of the steepest, with a slope rating of 155. Add to that moderate weather conditions and you have one of the hardest courses ever to feature in a Ryder Cup.” The challenge of Bethpage Black is certain to play a part in determining next week’s winner. How tough, remains to be seen, but we can look back to previous hosting’s of majors for a better idea. Bethpage most recently welcomed the PGA Championship in 2019, when Brooks Koepka won with a final score of eight-under. That is the joint-third highest winning score in over 15 years. Meanwhile, two US Opens were contested at the venue in 2009 and 2002. Winning scores those weeks were –4 and –3, respectively. When it comes to the top ten hardest Ryder Cup courses in history, well, there was plenty of red, white and blue on the board. In fact, all but one are in the United States. Royal Lytham & St Annes, in England, ranked eighth with a score of 70.26. The next on the list is Marco Simone, the 2023 host in Rome, which ranked 18th.
  18. Only in Marble Falls can yah have Oktoberfest in September 😋 TEXAS !!! 🤘
  19. Boom 💥 Clark also gave a shoutout to Fever first-year head coach Stephanie White, who has calmly navigated a short-handed team that's endured season-ending injuries to Clark, Aari McDonald, Sophie Cunningham, Sydney Colson and Chloe Bibby.
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