Livvy Dunne’s comment section turns hostile after her collaboration with Angel Reese, NFL memes, and a fan’s clash with security

Livvy Dunne’s content collaboration with Angel Reese drew a sharply negative reaction online over the weekend. One commenter questioned the pairing, while others piled on with digs at Reese and Dunne. Alabama fans joined in, and after LSU’s 31–13 defeat, some commenters used the result to take another shot at Reese.

I was at Ohio Stadium on Saturday with my son and two of his friends. It was a miserable loss for Ohio State, and one that could rank among the program’s worst in Columbus in decades. I’ve seen the Buckeyes lose to Michigan State in 2015 and get blown out by Michigan in 2022, but Saturday was its own kind of bad.

The players seemed to lose heart, and then the crowd began to thin out. By the middle of the third quarter, people were heading for the exits. With 13 minutes still left in the game, the stadium was nearly empty. My son and his friends mostly saw it as just another loss; they’re young, so they don’t quite feel the weight of it yet. I was frustrated by the offense and by the lack of pressure on the opposing quarterback.

We stayed until the end. I even let the boys head down near the Ohio State band, where Oregon fans were celebrating.

When I got home, I expected Michigan fans to be texting me after their win over Michigan State. Instead, Sunday brought a small consolation: Michigan State picked up its only win over a non-MAC opponent this season by beating Michigan.

Can Ohio State beat Michigan? I’m not sure I’d count on it.

The boys will be invited on more sports road trips. That much is settled.

Notre Dame fan Jason DeM. had a much happier weekend. He said the Irish’s win over the nation’s top-ranked team made for an unforgettable atmosphere on campus and in the stadium, with the celebration carrying on late into the night. He also sent a playful message to another reader, borrowing a line from LSU’s “Neck.”

Mike T. in Idaho is tired of watching NFL officials throw flags. He feels there are penalties on nearly every play, and that the constant stoppages make games drag and lose their appeal.

He has a point about the pace. It’s not limited to the NFL, either. The Ohio State game ran until around 7:30, and college football games shouldn’t routinely stretch to four hours.

Greg, writing from Nebraska, says fans have had to get used to disappointment. He and six friends take an annual road trip and keep in touch during games, though the repeated texts wondering what the team is doing can wear on them.

He doesn’t expect Nebraska to suddenly become a winning team, but he still hopes it can improve. At 60, he remembers the championship teams of 1970 and 1971, the strong teams of the 1980s, and the remarkable run in the 1990s. He says that success came from years of hard work.

Greg went to Indiana during Curt Cignetti’s first season and wondered why Nebraska couldn’t build something similar. The school has good facilities, strong fan support and a solid amount of NIL funding, he said. Better coaching and play-calling would help, though he isn’t confident they’re coming.

He thinks Nebraska’s inconsistency comes down to poor decisions and play-calling. He recalled a 2021 game when Nebraska had the ball inside the five-yard line. He and a friend both expected the team not to score, despite having a tall tight end available as a target. They were right, and each ended up with a free beer.

For years, Greg says, fans have come to expect bad calls and mistakes. He could write more, he added, but his fingers were getting sore. A magic fix would be welcome, though he doubts one exists.

Homebrew Bill, also fed up, summed up Nebraska’s football problems as poor execution, a lack of discipline, being outcoached and general apathy.

He’s 51 and became a Huskers fan in the early 1990s, after his sister moved to Omaha and he began reading about the team in the local paper. He’s attended close to 80 games over the last 25 years, including some memorable wins and plenty of disappointing losses. After the latest defeat, he said he hopes the stadium is only half full for Ohio State’s visit in two weeks, as a way for fans to register their frustration.

Bill believes the fanbase has come to expect disappointment. He’d like some of the football program’s NIL money directed toward teams that are performing well, and says Nebraska’s volleyball and basketball teams at least offer something to look forward to. He also remains skeptical of head coach Matt Rhule.

CF, who lives in Kansas but was born in Nebraska, has been thinking about how the program fell so far. He traces the decline to a run of poor decisions, beginning with athletic director Steve Pederson’s decision to fire Frank Solich.

Tom Osborne selected Solich as his successor because he trusted him to preserve Nebraska’s traditions. Under Osborne, CF recalls, the program emphasized academics as well as football, and many players did well in demanding fields of study. Nebraska’s walk-on program also developed standout players, many of whom brought a strong work ethic and team-first attitude.

CF remembers players competing for their coaches, their school and the people of Nebraska. The sense of unity across the state was remarkable. Today, he feels, college football is more focused on individual benefit, and the transfer portal and NIL have changed the sport in ways he dislikes. He also misses the continuity among Nebraska’s coaches and listening to radio announcer Lyell Bremser, whose calls could be heard throughout the neighborhood. He hopes the program can recover some of what made it special.

As Thanksgiving approaches, there are only a couple of weekends left before the holiday week. There’s still time to enjoy the fall leaves before winter settles in, though the short stretch of daylight after work makes that harder than it sounds.