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Topic: OT: Did Kyle Whelliston (The Mid-Majority) pass away?

Topic: OT: Did Kyle Whelliston (The Mid-Majority) pass away?

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shabamon
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OT: Did Kyle Whelliston (The Mid-Majority) pass away?

Posted: 12/8/2023 12:25:31 PM

For any of you who followed college basketball online in the pre-/early-Twitter era, Whelliston's The Mid-Majority was essential reading and incredibly influential in how we talk about mid-majors today. Particularly noteworthy were his travelogues where he would document his journey attending 80-100 mid-major games in a single season and his concept of The Red Line for classifying who is a mid and who isn't. I think some on this board have met him from his visits to Athens and I believe he created the Last Man contest (trying to go as long as possible without learning who won the Super Bowl) that JSF participated in.

https://www.whelliston.com speaks of him in past tense but I cannot find an obituary anywhere. He published a book as recently as last year, so his passing had to have been recent.

Last Edited: 12/8/2023 3:48:08 PM by shabamon

JSF
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RE: OT: Did Kyle Whelliston (The Mid-Majority) pass away?

Posted: 12/8/2023 3:34:43 PM

I would really like this to be another weird stunt Kyle pulled. I'm reaching out to people in the old community to see if they know anything. His Patreon had a post as recently as Novermber 30.

"Loyalty to a hometown or city is fleeting and interchangeable, but college is a stamp of identity."- Kyle Whelliston, One Beautiful Season.

My blog about depression and mental illness: https://bit.ly/3buGXH8

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RE: OT: Did Kyle Whelliston (The Mid-Majority) pass away?

Posted: 12/8/2023 4:45:35 PM

I can confirm he is not dead and it is a gag.

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