Quad Culture

          The NBA season starts next week and everyone here at Quad Culture is quite relieved to have the association back and dare I say better than ever. After a tremendous offseason of player movement and olympics it feels like the league is in the best place it’s been in from a competitive standpoint. So, here it is, the definitive preseason ranking of all 30 teams along with what to expect from them this upcoming season.   30. Wizards       The Wiz likely know they're going to loose, they except that but at least the hope at the end of the rainbow is the prize that is Cooper Flagg. 29. Nets      The Nets are all about the assets right now and by assets I mean draft picks, with guys like Johnson and Schroder expect the Nets to continue to be sellers and let Cam Thomas cook.  28. Hornets      The Hornets could easily be higher on this list if they find a sense of peace between Miller and Ba...

            It wasn’t long ago that Jerod Mayo, the first new coach in New England in over 20 years, was bathing in the shower of Gatorade after his first shock win over the Bengals in week one. Flashforward a few weeks and there is a report or two that Mayo may already be facing a mutiny in that same locker room. The NFL is not just a what have you done for me lately business with the fans it’s also the case for the players and especially the owners. And well Mayo has lost 4 straight, including an embarrassment on primetime against the rival Jets. The Patriots haven’t exactly been getting blown out in fact a few plays here and a few plays there they might even have a chance to be near the top of their division. This is great in a fantasy land but that is not where we live, we live in the real world and in the real world the Pats are dead last. So what’s wrong, the defense seems to be serviceable and even good sometimes and the special teams are unques...

    Succession is one of the most nuanced and quite frankly fun shows to come out in the last 20 years. Now that it has been in the rearview mirror for over a year let’s rank the 4 Roy kids based on which should have been the successor by series end. Yes, Connor gets to be on this list too. So let’s rank the back stabbing, wisecracking, power hungry kids we have all grown to hate to love over the years. Without further ado the Quad Culture Succession hierarchy we hope Logan Roy would have loved but probably wouldn’t have. 4: Connor Roy Despite his potential 1% had he stayed in the presidential race Connor is the least cut throat and has the least knowledge of the business. In a lot of the ways he is the least like his father or pop as he calls him and while in most cases this is a good thing in the case of the business Connor is thoroughly behind his three half siblings. Also the arranged marriage with a prostitute just is not a good look for the CEO of a major media company...

                    Sam Darnold is one of those Quarterbacks. The ones who seemed primed with the endless talent to resurrect a franchise only to fail and be relegated to the island of misfit quarterbacks. Lately however thanks to sustained success from guys like Geno Smith and Baker Mayfield this island does not have to be the final destination. Yet still even the biggest of Darnold’s supporters likely would have told you he was destined for a career as a journeyman backup more so that leading man for another franchise. The NFL rarely gives second chances and this would be Darnolds third. Yet Darnold and his Vikings sit alone 3-0 atop the NFC North, Darnold’s great play is a big reason for that. This may be early season luck or a renaissance, either way it brings about an interesting conversation about Darnold and young quarterbacks in general.  USC has been something of a quarterback factory over the past couple decades ...