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Jake Retzlaff discussing whether he had another year of eligibility on @espnthefan: Q: I love that insight because fans never get to hear those stories. If you had another year of eligibility, would you have followed Coach Sumrall to Florida? Retzlaff: That's a tough question. There's no doubt it would've been really tempting. If I were entering the portal again, Florida would've been an incredible opportunity. Playing in the SEC under Coach Sumrall would've been exciting. He's an unbelievable coach. I've said before that Coach Sumrall reminds me a lot of Kalani Sitake. They're similar in a lot of ways. Sumrall is probably a little more Southern and rough around the edges, but they're both authentic leaders who build great cultures. One difference was definitely the language. At BYU, because of what the university represents, the environment naturally keeps things pretty clean. Down South, it was a little different. I think we literally had pass routes named after curse words. That was a culture shock for me. I definitely had to work to keep my own language the way it had been in Utah. Q: Speaking of toughness, let's go back to your time at BYU. Against Oklahoma State, you threw an interception late in the first half, hustled back to make the tackle, and then looked like you were in a lot of pain. Everyone watching thought your shoulder might be seriously injured. Then BYU came out in the second half, ran the ball 10 straight plays, and the first pass afterward was a touchdown to Keelan Marion. Take us through that moment because you showed a lot of toughness throughout your career. Retzlaff: I appreciate that. One thing fans don't always realize is that the only time a football team is truly healthy is before Week 1. After that, everybody is dealing with something. Hopefully, during those early nonconference games, you can stay relatively healthy, but once the season gets going, everybody's managing injuries. Even in my first game against Southern Illinois, I rolled my ankle because the turf gave way while I was running near the goal line. From that point on, you're constantly trying to get as close to 100 percent as possible, knowing you'll never actually get there. That hit against Oklahoma State hurt. I remember running into the locker room trying not to show how much pain I was in. Our trainers and team doctors did a tremendous job getting me ready. The biggest thing I learned is that being healthy is just as much mental as it is physical. If you don't believe your shoulder is healthy, it doesn't matter what the doctors tell you—you won't play freely. Coming out in the second half, after we'd established the run, my first throw was that touchdown to Keelan Marion. Mentally, I had to trust that I was okay and just let it rip. Credit to our medical staff. They got me ready to go, and once I convinced myself I was good, I was able to play my game. Link to interview: 📸: @TulaneAthletics

Do images really matter on social media posts? As a writer, I've been wrestling with this. I don't think they should, but do they? If Instagram is not your playground and you prefer LinkedIn or Facebook or X, you've seen it. Some marketers who like to write, always include a photo. They're sipping coffee, on a stage, or in front of a waterfall... But hidden beneath each well-crafted picture is a story. Why not just let the story stand on its own? I get the concept: an image is worth a thousand words. But my words should be powerful enough to stop the scroll and keep people reading. Right? Plus, I think, "I've got nothing worthy to show." After all, I am a fledgling software founder. What am I gonna do, show my split test results — boring. Those other people obviously have professional photographers and beautiful sets. All things I don't have. So what do I do when I'm writing about concepts and struggles faced by marketers? Recently, I started to hear a different story from my podcast guests. They explained how the algorithm works through the lens of YouTube. On YouTube, we all know the thumbnail is the key to getting the play. Could that insight carry over to text posts on other platforms? Well, it turns out that concept on LinkedIn opens a door. If you take a vertical selfie of yourself, it shows the whole darn thing in the feed. You get a few lines of text and then the more button. So it got me thinking… How about employing a pattern interrupt? Could I actually just take a selfie of myself working with NoteGo software, wearing my sweaty baseball cap in the morning? Of course I could. And then I thought, I don't wanna limit this to socials, I will also embed it in an email. And here's the key: my audience is a lot like me. They work behind a screen and are not always camera ready. So just maybe, there's something here. Will an image help get my stories read? I think so. Will the writer in me revolt? I know so. Is it worth an experiment? Absolutely. What do you think? I'd love to hear from you.

Notes like this are the best part about starting a company: Hello Brian & Dharmesh,  I joined HubSpot in March 2013 as one of the early DubSpot team and after 13 incredible years this is my last month. Many times I've heard Brian talk about building a company that your grandkids can be proud of. I am writing this email partly to give you an insight into the incredible impact you've had on my life and partly because I imagine it is difficult for your family to appreciate the impact HubSpot has had on so many like me. I hope you share this with your family.  I joined HubSpot at 26 yrs old as a Level 1 Sales Rep. I was early in my sales career, highly motivated and eager to learn. HubSpot gave me an opportunity I couldn't have imagined and I didn't fully appreciate until later. I worked hard, learnt fast and chased targets. I moved to Manager and later moved to Sales Director. In January 2014, Nisha Anand joined as a Level 1 Support Rep. We met, fell in love and got married. She also worked hard, learnt fast and chased promotions. She is now a Principal Solutions Engineer on UK Corp.  Financially HubSpot has transformed our lives but it is more than that. Our friends are HubSpotters. At our Wedding there were tables of HubSpotters. There are family and friends in Leitrim and Belfast that still cannot explain what HubSpot does but they follow it in the news, check the stock price and ask us "what's happening at the big American company?". HubSpot is part of our life story. At every step of our lives HubSpot has been there:  - We timed our Wedding so we could take our sabbaticals for our Honeymoon.  - We sold HUBS shares to buy our first home - When Covid hit we continued progressing our careers working from home - We used tuition reimbursement to up-skill and learn at Harvard, UCD and Oxford. - We used the Temporary Mobility policy to work from London for 1 month during fertility treatment. It worked and we got pregnant. - When our twins girls arrived 10 weeks early and spent a month in hospital, HubSpot supported us. I had 6 weeks for Paternity leave plus used my 2nd sabbatical to be there for my family - My wife took 12 months of maternity leave plus her 2nd sabbatical and returned to continue progressing her career and recently triggered another promotion. - We sold HUBS again to move into a bigger home. My father tells me that I have spent one third of my working career at HubSpot. It is almost impossible to explain the impact HubSpot has had on my life. What an amazing company. I hope you and your family are incredibly proud of what you have built. For the rest of my life I will be grateful to you and HubSpot. Wishing you and your family all the best in the future.

.@taylorswift13’s love songs just got a major boost 💍✨ After she announced her engagement to @tkelce on Aug. 26, several of her most iconic romance anthems surged in streams. “So High School” — which soundtracked her Instagram post — saw the biggest jump, skyrocketing 356% in a single day (158K ➡️ 723K streams), according to @luminate_data. “Lover,” “You Belong With Me,” and “Love Story” also climbed in a big way. Take a look at how four of Swift’s biggest love songs spiked in daily streams after the engagement news