The Daily Dose/August 29, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
HUT, HUT, HIKE: College football begins in earnest today, and this season may be the wackiest one yet as some players who were on NFL rosters this training camp are trying to suit up for college teams this season. We are not making that up.
Dry, Technical Matter: The players are ones who, had they not left for the pros, would have otherwise been eligible to give it the old college try this season. The four major conferences this week passed rules against these kids playing but – hold on to your hats – state judges in Texas and Louisiana have issued restraining orders against the SEC’s rule.
Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: We say let them back in. College football players are paid a lot of money now, some outright by their schools, some through NIL collectives and some in other ways. True, they’re not paid in an employer/employee context, but they receive money and are professionals in spirit. We don’t see a reason why those who gave the NFL shot and didn’t make it shouldn’t be allowed to come back.
Fly In The Ointment: College sports are in a bind, of course, a bind of their own making. Every element – players, coaches, schools, conferences, networks – are in it for one reason: to strafe everyone for every last possible dollar. There is no longer a common interest and friends, this has never been a blueprint for success in anything whatsoever.
The Bottom Line: It is not practical to keep holding on to a romanticized version of college sports that never existed in the first place. And never means not once, because the very first college sporting event – the 1852 Harvard/Yale regatta – was held to promote both rail travel and a New Hampshire resort and featured ringers on each side. It’s been downhill ever since. Professional athletes will be taking the field this Saturday, and those who gave the NFL a shot and missed should, too.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow talks with an old Navy vet. Today’s Diary.
He had been a hospital corpsman ages ago…and we said we were on an old diesel submarine, and he said he probably could not have handled that duty, and we said we would’ve been useless in a foxhole, and we all had our place in the service…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1756 – The Seven Years’ War begins in Europe, with Prussia’s Frederick the Great invading Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire. The primary warring states would be Prussia and Great Britain against France and, among others, Austria, though the war was also fought in Africa and North America and ended in 1763 with, among other things, France surrendering its American possessions to Britain and Spain.
In 1972 – Jim Barr of the San Francisco Giants establishes a new major league record for most consecutive batters retired in a 3-0 win over the St Louis Cardinals. Barr retired the first 20 batters he faced, giving him 41 total consecutive batters retired after retiring the final 21 consecutive Pittsburgh Pirates he faced on Aug 23. Research into whose record he broke was inconclusive, and Yusmeiro Petit of the Giants now holds the record, with 46 in 2014. Barr’s streak was broken by Bernie Carbo’s seventh-inning double.
In 1960 – Elvis Presley is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third of five consecutive weeks with It’s Now or Never. It was the 14th of 17 #1 songs by Elvis and the song also went to #1 in twelve other countries, including South Africa, Norway, and Great Britain. It peaked at #7 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was their 7th-biggest pop song of the year. The record sold over 20 million copies, and remains Elvis’ biggest-selling single. In 1981, a version by John Schneider went #14 pop and #4 country in the US.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Always you have to contend with the stupidity of men…Halve your lecture, and put a psalm at the beginning and a prayer at the end of it and read it from a pulpit, and they will pronounce it good without thinking.
Henry David Thoreau
Diary entry, 2/13/1860
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The longest filibuster in US Senate history is 25 hours and 5 minutes by Corey Hart in 2025.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many #1 songs did Elvis have on Billboard’s soul chart? – Answer next time!
