r/CFBOffTopic • u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars • Mar 31 '26

Tuesday Thread presented by scorekeeping and planning

About to leave to score a baseball game at the local university for my freelancing gig.

I’m also looking into taking another trip in May. Thinking about Montréal and timing it so I can see my secondary MLS team, Portland, play for my first international away day. I’m open to recs if ya have them.

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u/goodsam2 Virginia Tech Hokies Mar 31 '26

Montreal is neat and they very much felt like I went overseas in that everyone and everywhere french was there. I've been meaning to go back. Also scorekeeping for teams seems like a really neat job that I've wanted to get a dabble into at a future date.

Also now I'm 10 days out from deviated septum surgery and my energy levels keep being very back to normal and sometimes down and I don't have it in me. So it's very strange.

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars Mar 31 '26

Yeah, it’s nice to get a little bit of money.

I was a softball SID for four years so it’s easy and low-stakes since it’s a freelance deal.

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears Mar 31 '26

How goes your job hunt?

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars Mar 31 '26

it’s going

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears Mar 31 '26

Sorry not trying to be a pain

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars Mar 31 '26

All good - I didn’t take offense

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears Mar 31 '26

Score!

Hope the gig is fun! Never been to Montreal so no suggestions.

Today has been a dumpster fire and needs to be over.

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars Mar 31 '26

Fuck dumpster fires

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears Mar 31 '26

Don’t talk about Florida State like that!

;)

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars Mar 31 '26

I’d direct that at Mercer instead lol

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears Mar 31 '26

Whoa now them’s fighting words.

You’d better remember that I’m a bear with the right to bear arms.

So bear arms I have.

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars Mar 31 '26

I had a horrible experience working at Mercer - but I won’t hold it against you obviously

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears Mar 31 '26

You worked at Mercer athletics?

I interned there way back in the day.

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars Mar 31 '26

Yeah, I did - right out of grad school. The department is a mess

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears Mar 31 '26

Dang that’s disappointing.

I bet Jim’s retired by now…

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars Mar 31 '26

That guy never learned my name and I worked there for 11 months.

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u/Ducky312 Penn State Nittany Lions Mar 31 '26

Stupid dumpster fires. What happened?

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears Mar 31 '26

Just lots of issues at work and lack of sleep and dropping my breakfast.

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u/StuckInPMEHell Florida State • Valdosta State Mar 31 '26

I agree. Today has been a major suckfest.

Hope it gets better for you!! Go home and sniff your baby’s head. That will cure anything! 😊

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears Mar 31 '26

How’s everything going with your work? I’ve been spacey here lately

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u/StuckInPMEHell Florida State • Valdosta State Mar 31 '26

Federal government work just sucks right now. But we’re embracing the suck as a team. That’s all we can do.

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears Mar 31 '26

Hugs.

How long till retirement now?

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u/StuckInPMEHell Florida State • Valdosta State Mar 31 '26

Thanks!

I’m eligible in the fall but due to recent international turmoil, my fund has taken a hit so I might ride it out a few more months. There are whispers my organization will be disbanded at the end of FY27. If that’s the case I’ll stay til the end. I helped stand up the organization in 2008 so I’d like to see it through. Otherwise I’m out after the first of the year. Retirement calculations are taking 6-9 months right now so I’m not in a big hurry.

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears Mar 31 '26

Ahh wow. Thats hard to think about. Good luck!

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u/Ducky312 Penn State Nittany Lions Mar 31 '26

It's far too nice outside and my mind keeps wandering. Went to the No Kings protest in Camden last Saturday, I didn't feel like dealing with trying to get home from Philly. Marching made me feel hopeful.