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Stomping Ground Sports
March 12, 2025
Good Morning, Stumpers!
If you want to talk about a potpourri of info to get your Wednesday started, look no further! Not only do we talk Conference Winners, Champions League, and More NFL Free Agency. But we’ve got the city of Botev, Bulgaria, Elvis Presley, and Cinnamon. That’s right, we just wrote CINNAMON! Anywho, let’s have a day!
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Today’s Rundown
What’s in today’s edition?
🔵 The Cinderella That Almost Was
🏈 MORE. FREE. AGENCY.
🏀 Conference Tourney Winners! MARCH!
🏆️ Champions League Drama! We’ve got PK’s!
On This Day
On This Day…
⚽️ Professional Football in Bulgaria
Photo via Gol
The early 1900s saw international futbol start to flourish all over Europe, and in 1912, the craze finally made its way into the country of Bulgaria.
On this day in 1912, the club Botev Plovdiv was founded in the Botev, Bulgaria. It is the country’s oldest active football club, and currently competes in the Bulgarian Parva Liga, the top league flight in the country. The team just opened a brand new stadium in 2023 in the city of Plovdiv, the oldest living city in all of Europe. The more you know…
Today’s Trivia
🧠 Test your sports knowledge…
Three teams are tied for the least amount of wins and make an NCAA Tournament: 1995 FIU, 1996 UCF, and 1997 Fairfield. How many wins did they have in the regular season? |
Yesterday’s Trivia Answer: C. 11! FIU, UCF, and Fairfield had 11 wins the year that they made the NCAA Tournament, a tie for the lowest in tournament history.
Before We Dive In…
👀 Here’s Yesterday’s MUST-See’s
🔍️ Stump Spotlight
The Cinderella That Almost Was
🔵 The Delaware Blue Hens
AP Photo // Terrance Williams
A Stumpdate on one of the craziest stories in this first half of March, the Delaware Blue Hens.
Not going to lie to you all. For a team that I just learned about 48 hours ago, man was I crushed when the clock struck zeroes in the CAA Championship last night and Delaware was sent packing.
I know we went over this yesterday, but again…
They were the #12 seed in the conference, this was their 5th game in 5 days. They had already taken down (13) Stony Brook, (5) Campbell, (4) W&M, and (1) Towson. Funny enough, the closest out of these 4 games was a 4-point win against Stony Brook.
What was magical about these guys was that they stunk in the regular season. They lost 12 of their last 13 games, and nobody outside of their own locker room thought they would make a run in their tourney, well they did.
Last night they fell to UNC Wilmington 76-72. Freshman Izaiah Pasha and Senior Niels Lane were monsters for the Fightin’ Blue Hens all tourney. Could they have gotten absolutely smoked in the first round if they advanced? Absolutely. Could there also have been Madness? Absolutely.
Here’s to the Cinderella team that could’ve been! It was an absolute pleasure to watch you guys play!
This all being said…
As said on yesterday’s program…Kyler Filewich on Wofford might turn this month UPSIDE-DOWN! So ready for this thing to get started!
The Hot Stove
Photo via Canal St Chronicles
🤑 So. Much. MORE! Free Agency!
Folks, there’s more free agency deals to report on. Given yesterday’s HUGE day, today’s list will be a little shorter for all of you. Here’s the biggest ones you should know:
Buffalo Bills: DE Joey Bosa (1yr/$12.5m)
Baltimore Ravens: WR DeAndre Hopkins (1yr/$5m)
New Orleans Saints: S Justin Reid (3yr/$31.5m)
Atlanta Falcons: DE Leonard Floyd (1yr/$8m)
Indianapolis Colts: QB Daniel Jones (1yr/$14m)
New York Giants: S Jevon Holland (3yr/$45m)
Minnesota Vikings: DE Jonathan Allen (3yr/$60m)
🤕 Tiger Down With Achilles Injury
Man this one almost made me cry real tears. Tiger Woods underwent surgery yesterday after rupturing his left Achilles tendon while training and practicing at home. The surgery reportedly went well, and doctors expect a full recovery. Tiger had recently just started to ramp up his training to make his return to the PGA Tour and some upcoming events, but that’s obviously out the window. The timetable for his return in unknown, but last year legendary golfer Bernhard Langer had a similar injury and returned three months later. A summer return is not out of the question, but who really knows. All we care about is Tiger recovering and getting back to full health.
🏆️ Champions League Round of 16
Big day yesterday in the world of Soccer! We had four matchups in their second leg, and even a PK Shootout! Here is what went down…
Barcelona def. Benfica, 3-1 (BAR wins 4-1)
Inter Milan def. Feyenoord, 2-1 (INT wins 4-1)
Bayern Munich def. Bayer Leverkusen (MUN wins 5-0)
PSG def. Liverpool, 1-0 (Tied on aggregate)
PSG ADVANCES ON PENALTIES, 4-1!
🎟️ Tickets Punched Yesterday
This time of the week, we have some conferences finishing up their tournaments, mostly of the non-power conference variety. Here’s the men’s and women’s programs that punched their tickets yesterday!
Men’s Tourney:
West Coast Conference: Gonzaga Bulldogs
Coastal Athletic: UNC Wilmington
Northeast Conference: St. Francis (PA)
Horizon League: Robert Morris
Women’s Tourney:
Horizon League: Green Bay
West Coast Conference: Oregon State
Quick Links
What We’re Watching
Photo via Celtics Blog
🏀 ESPN NBA Double Header:
ESPN: Thunder @ Celtics (7:30 PM), Timberwolves @ Nuggets (10:00 PM)
More to watch: Clippers @ Heat (8:00 PM), Suns @ Rockets (8:00 PM), Knicks @ Trail Blazers (10:00 PM)
🏒 NHL on TNT:
TNT: Sabres @ Red Wings (7:30 PM), Ducks @ Utah (10:00 PM)
⚾️ Spring Training full schedule
🏀 College Basketball action:
Men’s: SEC, BIG 12, BIG 10, ACC, BIG East, Mountain West, A10 all get going, while the Southland and Patriot League name their champions, Full Schedule
Women’s: No ranked teams in action but PLENTY of other action to take in, full schedule
⚽️ International Soccer:
UEFA Champions League: Lille vs Dortmund (1:45 PM), Arsenal vs Eindhoven (4:00 PM), Aston Villa vs Brugge (4:00 PM), Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid (4:00 PM)
Concacaf Champions Cup: Monterrey vs Vancouver (8:30 PM), LA Galaxy vs Herediano (10:30 PM)
The Moment You’ve Been Waiting For
Glue Guy OTD Cinnamon Spice Arguably the most CRUCIAL spice in the cabinet. Add it to just about anything and it’ll make a difference in the pallet. | Quote OTD “Man, these guys at SGS are really up to something. First, they drop a big bracket challenge, next they’re filming the pod again???” Who said this? Not us. We’re trying to keep it a secret. | Song OTD Return to Sender Elvis Presley A little throwback bop to help you on your hump day. |
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