Good Night, Sweet Prince - EDSBS Says Farewell
It appears that EDSBS will be closing its doors for good. Spencer Hall just penned his final post at EDSBS.
Well that kinda sucks. Spencer was definitely one of Brian's running mates in the early days of MgoBlog - I sure hope glorious leader doesnt get any ideas.
Let’s be honest, Seth writes a lot more than Brian nowadays. Maybe not with the same panache and obscure references, but MGo would carry on if Brian were to hand over the keys to Seth and if Ace makes a complete recovery and return.
He will. It's just the natural passage of time effect.
At its peak it was a good/humorous site. I will miss it from the landscape but much of what I liked had slowly ebbed away for the last 6-12 months. I certainly hope Spencer remains visible in some capacity and wish them all well in the future.
Yes, this is not a surprise.
I remember a discussion about EDSBS about 12 months ago (could have been more) on here and I noted the site had really gone downhill from both a content generation standpoint (basically regular podcasts with once in a while posts) and forum participation (I don't know if there had been a purge or what, but it regularly used to get 1000-comments on a game thread; over the past year, it maybe got half that).
They had already moved on in spirit, so time to actually move on.
I believe they started the “This week in schadenfreude” weekly piece. Maybe my favorite weekly column when it was at its peak.
That was someone else - maybe Mzone - before EDSBS took it over. IIRC.
I'm glad he's still staying at SB Nation. We just lost the heart of Podcast Ain't Played Nobody, I can't lose the Shutdown Fullcast, too.
Every time I read Spencer’s work, I’m in awe. That sounds like hyperbole. It’s not. He gets at the heart of the thing better than anyone and probably could’ve been a novelist in another life if he didn’t equate the human condition with college football (which isn’t necessarily wrong, just different).
I love EDSBS, but I get this. Just please don't touch the Fullcast. Please. They still haven't done the live show at the Popeye's Buffet...
I can relate to Spencer. I did two months in the field for evaluation and training, then went to NTC at Fort Irwin just to have the MPs find me and deliver my rejection letter. Worst feeling ever.
This is a sad day for sure. They produced some of the best content.
All things must end. But I am happy for the decade-plus of amazing things I read there.
Great read. Highly recommend putting on free bird in the background when reading it.
Put in on repeat!
yeah, it probably would’ve taken me a take a couple plays to get through it, but maybe that’s me...i took time to savor it.
Well, it's not shocking. When it basically became ActionCookbook's personal blog you sorta wondered why it still existed. Plus, there's so much BS happening at Vox these days it seems, wouldn't be shocked to see Spencer move on with his podcast audience.
I'm bummed about losing EDSBS, it was always my go to site for a review of what happened that weekend in the sport. Hopefully the Shutdown Fullcast keeps going as it's the internet's only college football podcast.
Jesus. Parts of that reads like a suicide note. If anyone knows him personally, give him a call.
Damnit. I really liked EDSBS.
It seems like a lot of the good ones are starting to fade in favor of......yikes, in some cases.
That sorta sucks, but on the other hand that over-wrought nightmare of a farewell article is probably a sign he should be doing something else.
delete your account.
If for no other reason, click to see the Barry Sanders college highlights video. Ho-Ly COW! I remember Sanders was a generational talent, but those skills would make him a legend in any era.
You can see that Barry doesn't dance in the backfield because it wasn't necessary. Oklahoma St OL was pretty darn good and opened some holes for him.
It's a huge contrast to the Lions where you see Barry dance around a lot because there's usually defenders in the backfield. Despite the reputation that the Lions OL was good due to pro bowl appearance(which isn't a good indicator of a quality of OL since no one knows what to look for), the Lions OL was pretty bad.
It was very good at the start of his career. Brown, Glover and Andolsek were beasts.
But then Utley got paralyzed, Andolsek got hit by a truck, and while Glover and Brown aged, they couldn't ever draft quality depth.
But that OL was better than Dallas's 1989-91.
For majority of his career, Barry ran behind a bad OL which is my point. Barry never had the benefit of a great OL blocking for him. Glover and Brown made it to the PB but Barry made them more than they did IMO because Pro Bowl was based on reputation, not their play which is true for the OL.
Sad, another college football weekend tradition dies. Had a lot of laughs reading that site.
Not surprised, a lot of blogs are going off lately.
Victims of a business model that doesn't work well. Most blog readers are gen-X and we're getting old. My son gets recruitment updates off of Twitter. Doesn't read this blog at all.
Incredible column, and that last paragraph was just perfect.
Not sure I ever visited EDSBS. I've never heard Free Bird. Not surprised the CIA didn't hire him.
As long as the EBDB (Eskimo Brothers Data Base) BNB is still open, everything will be ok .
Watch Florida go on to win the National Championship.
This is the worst.
What is EDSBS? I’m relatively new to this site and not sure what this is referencing.
Every Day Should Be Saturday. Spencer Hall, Ryan Nanni, Holly Anderson, occasionally Jason Kirk. It's the other must-read CFB blog - SEC based but not really. Revels in the absurd but real things that happen in this beloved sport. Gave us all another target for the money cannon.
Thank you. I clicked on the link above after posting and figured some of this out. Should have done this BEFORE posting.
Noooo....
At least the Fulmer Cup lives on!
A bit of a rambling closing piece, but I will miss that site - probably the next best place for CFB humor after here.
Rambling was Spencer's stock-in-trade, especially when writing about the big picture.
IMO the best thing that ever came out of that site was Hatin' Ass Spurrier.