Morning Cup Of Joe
June 1st, 2026
Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction.
Aidan Hutchinson aims to be “Defensive Player of the Year.” [PFT]
Kyle Shanahan didn’t get the memo that international games are very good for the bottom line. [CBS]
Brendan Sorsby wouldn’t be the first player to try to get into the NFL who a history of gambling. [Yahoo!]
Nick Bosa said his brother free agent Joey Bosa isn’t thinking about football currently. [NFL]
Ornery. [TikTok]
The Big XII joins the ACC in having replay review refs miced up. The AAF did this and it was highly enlightening (that’s when/how Joe learned that the longest delays were for ball placement and not whether a penalty had occurred or not).What is NFL chieftain Roger Goodell waiting on? Or is the NFL in the tank for certain teams/owners/sportsbooks? [Awful Announcing]
What happens if the SEC breaks away from NCAA? [Outkick]
Bill Gates: A filthy-rich creep who can’t dress himself but (allegedly) has a thing for Russian self-employed models who charge by the hour. [Wall Street Journal]
Big XII shot-caller Brett Yormark claims he can get the conference more cash. You sure about that? Who the hell is watching (in football) Cincinnati-Baylor? Or Arizona-TCU? [Front Office Sports]
A touching tribute to a fallen icon by Mike Francesa. [TikTok]
How much upside is there by employing a bat dog? pic.twitter.com/FK17MGsmT2
— Wake Up Barstool (@wakeupbarstool) May 28, 2026
If you were not there, some of tonight’s #Pirates Drone show celebrating the USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/F2yc2eWdi2
— Bob Pompeani (@KDPomp) May 30, 2026
June 1st, 2026 at 4:56 am
A guy dies and Francesa says, “Who cares?” Typical.
When I lived up there it was he and Russo or nobody at all.
Fast forward to today and most everyone who can speak has a sports radio show or podcast. But nobody, since the decades old inception of Mike and The Mad Dog, has been able to match the level of arrogance displayed by Mike Francesa.
If you anre ever inclined to call in to his show there is one rule that must be obeyed at all times: You are the idiot and he is the master!
In a goes around comes around world, one day some young sports talk will be informed, “Did you hear Mike Francesa just passed?”
“Who’s that?” queries the host.
“He helped invent sports talk radio.”
“Who cares?”
June 1st, 2026 at 4:57 am
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June 1st, 2026 at 6:21 am
Actually I’ve never heard of the guy. But then I’m a Homer WDAE is really the only sports talk I listen too. The Drone show in Pitt is over the top. GO BUCCANEERS!!!!
June 1st, 2026 at 7:08 am
Drone show is amazing. Only thing is it should be the Emerson Lake and Palmer version of Fanfare For The Common Man.
June 1st, 2026 at 7:28 am
That travel schedule is a tough haul for the 49ers. I love it.
June 1st, 2026 at 7:55 am
A Bat Dog is your only protection against Catwoman.
June 1st, 2026 at 8:32 am
Mic’ing refs on replays will absolutely add all the needed context to remove the “scripted” conspiracy theories.
Frankly, it’s a loss the NFL hasn’t taken the page from NASCA’s, with in-race radio. All you’d need is 5 channels, not 40 like NASCAR has to run.
1. home radio with play-by-play,
2. away radio play by play
3. home sideline/field comms
4. away sideline/field comms
5. officials/replay.
If NASCAR can pull it off with 40, why can’t the NFL with 5?
June 1st, 2026 at 9:21 am
Hey. Gates gets horny too. What’s the problem?
June 1st, 2026 at 9:24 am
Mike Francesa is a dbag.
June 1st, 2026 at 10:46 am
Really enjoyed the ELP reference. Welcome Back My Friends triple live album was one of my favorites.
June 1st, 2026 at 12:24 pm
Had 2nd row balcony tickets for ELP back around 1976 in Saratoga Springs, NY. The night before, a thunderstorm fried their equipment, so I never got to see them.
June 1st, 2026 at 12:32 pm
“Brendan Sorsby wouldn’t be the first player to try to get into the NFL who a history of gambling.” I immediately thought the Yahoo article was going to be about world class gambler Art Schlichter.