Thursday Night Mowing League 2024: Week 5 -- Super Bowl Champion Joins The League
Welcome to our first Super Bowl champion league member - Lomas Brown
Let me start this week by welcoming a former elite NFL road grader and pass protector to the league. Lomas Brown sent in his first TNML contribution on Thursday, via my old friend Anthony Bellino, who is radio partners with Super Bowl champion (S.B. XXXVII with Tampa) on WJR-AM in Detroit.
I don't know exactly how this all went down, but I have a hunch Bellino has been talking about TNML and he knows Lomas takes pride in his property. One thing leads to another and Lomas is declaring his allegiance to the best night in mowing.
I'll speak for the league: We're honored to have a guy like Lomas joining the group. While I've never personally met Lomas, I hear enough from Bellino to know that we got ourselves a good one.
While Lomas is the first Super Bowl champion to join the league, he's not the first former NFL guy to be enamored by the prestige of TNML. That goes to a former BCS champion who won Bednarik and Butkus trophies.
The lesson here is that there are eyes on this league and your efforts to take pride in your property and community aren't going unnoticed. You're playing against guys who've been icons on the field. Now you're icons of mowing that they're trying to beat.
Commissioner's report:
I'm in a tough spot right now. Without taking an official measurement, I believe my mower deck is at 4 ½ inches. That's a recipe for disaster this time of year when we're getting waves of rain followed by sun and humidity. The turf is EXPLODING.
It will be nice when we can settle back into a once-a-week pattern.
The other big news is that we had our very first frog in the garden – that we know of. Mrs. TNML is a huge fan of frogs, so it was a big week around here. She'll be talking about that for years.
League standings:
- Fink, Diesel and Timmy2Cuts staying as the top three
- Colt Bradford stays in the No. 4 slot because I'm not penalizing for missing a week due to rainouts.
- Justin E. in GA slides into the No. 5 slot because he got it done on league night and by done I mean he got his backyard Par 3 hole dialed in for a big weekend in Augusta where there's a backyard Par 3 challenge.
- That's what Adam Dolezal was up against. It's tough to stay in the top five week after week. The good news for Dolezal is that Justin E. in GA slows down a little when the heat builds. That No. 5 slot will keep revolving.
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The Polo of the Summer IS BACK! All sizes are in, orders are going out 5/21. Get the fit of the year, get your golf shirts dialed in for the summer.
The Make Lawns Great Again t-shirt is also back in stock. Get it, get comfortable and get dialed in for those nights on the patio when you want to suck down a beer in comfort.
Mowing Reports From Around The United States:
- Adam in Nebraska writes:
Putting in the work this week. 4 beers in writing this update. Our states TNML captain and expert homebrewer Bill Luhman has been down this week.
Cheers Bill and to the entire league.
- Mark R. reports:
Our first patio night of the summer. My wife and her friend and yacht rock. I hope you’ll love that I asked my landscape company to mow our lawn on Thursdays. It’s the best I can do. They said ok!! Ha.
- Tim G. in the 419 writes:
Had a very wet 5.5" mow of 2 1/3 acres of my side yard (we call it the field) that doesn’t get mowed as often as the 2 1/2 acre yard by the house. Had 1" of rain Tuesday and Wednesday so some of it was too wet to get on. I’ve been able to get all of the property mowed at various times this spring, but still have not had a full 5-acre mow yet here in the 419. The ExMark mower, the DeWalt headphones, the David sunflower seeds and the post-mow Mich Ultra always help make Thursdays wonderful!
- Indy Daryl checks in:
Started in the sun and finished with a light sprinkle. Wish I could say lawn is dialed in but at this point I am just happy I am 5/5 on league night! Wore the OG shirt, now into its third full season of use. Can’t state how much I enjoy it! Have a great mow tonight!
- Mike T. in Idaho shares his update:
Greetings from beautiful Eagle, Idaho
Spring has finally sprung in the Mountain West
85 and sunny today, cold front moving in tonight so 60s for me weekend
Lawn is growing fantastic, I’ll move the deck height to 4 inches after the holiday
As always, Honda mower running like a top
