It wouldn’t be pharaoh to rip Russell Wilson’s sense of style, would it?
And yet the NFL’s king of cheese why he remains untouched atop a golden throne.
The former Broncos quarterback turned a lot of heads at the Met Gala in New York City this past Monday. Although the cynics on the admittedly fashion-challenged Grading The Week staff think those turns were more because his wife, Ciara, rocked the ball in a shimmering gold gown and headdress that
DangeRuss, meanwhile, perfectly channeled, well … um …. himself?
Russell Wilson at the Met Gala — C
Here’s the thing, though: The GTW historical types had a heck of a time tracking down pictures of a pharaoh who’d donned something that closely resembled Wilson’s ensemble — a shirtless white vest covered by a large white coat with massive golden epaulets on each shoulder.
Now, the man sure looked dapper, don’t get us wrong. But the whole thing came off, to our unhip eyes, as less Egyptian pharaoh and more a mix of from 1992; the and a pinch of
Although the butterfly on Russ’ left lapel was a nice touch. The history wonks upstairs tell us that ancient Egyptians considered butterflies to be symbols of eternity, souls and divine transformation. Considering that the 37-year-old Wilson is reportedly weighing a contract offer to join the Jets that certainly tracks.
CU staying out of private equity game (for now) — B
Should we give the Buffs credit for not maxing out a new line of credit? over the last few days that they would be among at least nine known Big 12 schools to decline an offer from the league to take a $30-million line of credit as part of a new Big 12 deal with Weatherford Capital and RedBird Capital Partners.
CU athletics is reportedly $27 million in the red. The university has vowed to continue to draw from CU’s general fund to keep The Deion Sanders Experiment afloat. But fine print is fine print, whether you’re co-signing on a house or figuring out how to pay enough to keep your men’s basketball players from jumping ship. While it’s not the greatest look for commissioner Brett Yormark to have this many members turn their backs on new private equity partners, good on the Buffs for not digging themselves an even deeper ditch. For now, at any rate.
NCAA tourney expansion — B
Does it dilute the product? Yep. Does it fatten up some lean coaching resumes? No question. But count the GTW basketball junkies as those in favor of a bigger Big Dance. The NCAA men’s and women’s hoops tournament fields are growing by eight bids starting in March 2027, from 68 schools to 76. We don’t love it, mind you, but in a world of student-athlete revenue sharing and the transfer portal, it was inevitable, for the same reason expanding the College Football Playoff was inevitable: Money. Schools need it, and badly in many cases, so if more broadcast outlets are willing to pay it, university presidents will follow the sweet smell of cash wherever it leads them. Team GTW was never a huge fan of 68, anyway — at the last round of expansion, we were rooting for the 15/16 seeds to keep their slots in the round of 64 with at least one “last-teams-in” game against 11s or 12s for each of the four brackets, instead of just some of them. The new setup gets us closer, although it’s still gross on the part of the “majors” that so many 15s and 16s (i.e., mid-major programs) who automatically qualified could really use the money/units from the tourney get stuck with an even longer road to glory.
