Greetings, Dear Readers,
There are many serious things happening this week. Almost too many. Apparently people think JD Vance is a socialist now. Are Republicans winning or losing among the American electorate? No idea, both? There’s the first ever midterm political convention. Obviously the party was Trump’s idea.
PISA education scores are out. America is not doing well. There’s data centers making West Virginia rich apparently? Then there’s Boomers making us all broke as well.
And then there’s a girl at a sporting event.
DEAR SARA SMITH
It was a high scoring game that came down to the wire.
Ole Miss played Louisville this weekend in a season opener. The Rebels were a hard favorite to trounce the Cardinals. Then something funny happened.
No, it wasn’t that the Rebels looked ready to lose and needed a fourth quarter, 48-yard field goal and some prayers to win.
It was Sara Smith, seen on the sidelines genuinely worried about the outcome.
Pictures of her looking worried have approached 30+ million views since the moment occurred on the broadcast almost two days ago, according to a Grok review of social media. They’ll likely climb even further in the coming days.
We’ve seen this before. The most recent ignominious example was the “hawk tuah” girl who stumbled from podcast to podcast, through a crypto scam and finally landed on OnlyFans. You also have Kait the Oilers fan who went viral for flashing the crowd during an ice hockey game. She did Playboy. Did you know that Pam Anderson was discovered because she appeared on the jumbotron during a CFL game in Vancouver? Like who even watches Canadian football?
The most wholesome “discovered by sports camera operator” girl is hands down Katherine Webb. She was quarterback AJ McCarron’s girlfriend at the time.
Here’s what the broadcasters said when they saw her.
Brent Musburger: “Now when you’re a quarterback at Alabama — you see that lovely lady there? She does go to Auburn, I want to admit that, but she’s also Miss Alabama, and that’s A.J. McCarron’s girlfriend, okay. And right there on the right is Dee Dee Bonner — that’s A.J.’s mom. Wow. I’m telling you, you quarterbacks, you get all the good-looking women. What a beautiful woman. Wow!”
Kirk Herbstreit: “Wow.” / “A.J.’s doing some things right down in Tuscaloosa.”
Musburger: “Whoa! … So if you’re a youngster in Alabama, start getting the football out and throw it around the backyard with Pop.”
Americans admire beautiful women, it’s true.
But here’s some advice for you, Ms. Smith: Get married to that guy.
You know who I mean. Think about it and you know exactly who I mean.
Ignore the hoopla. Ignore the Barstools and the NBCs and the podcasters. For the love of God ignore the folks who work in the skin trade, of all degrees.
Marry that guy. Start a family. Be normal.
I’ll be in the crowd cheering for you.
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