college-football Stories - And Down The Stretch They Come
Why It Isn't Wrong To Attack The Recently-Departed JoePa
If there's one generalization that I've found applies to everyone in life, it's that no one truly knows how to deal with death. There really is no right way to address it, and a lot of times, people will only focus on the positive aspects of a person's life as a sort of memorial. On the one hand,...
O'Brien Bitching: Where PSU Fans Senselessly Gripe About Their New Coach
I'm going to be honest: I know almost nothing about Bill O'Brien. I know he was/is the offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots, but the only time I had heard of him before now was when Tom Brady shrieked at him during a Redskins game. (Perhaps provoking O'Brien to look for new work, me...
Penn State fans need to stop trying to change the subject by blaming the media
I go to Penn State, and I've heard many idiotic defenses of Joe Paterno over the last few days. I've read Facebook manifestos by PSU loyalists claiming that the media is to blame for making Paterno the headliner over Jerry Sandusky. I've heard people claim that he's being made a scapegoat, that...
The necessity of morality
I very rarely link to videos in an article, but I think this is worth watching because it's about the closest parallel I can find to the Penn State scandal. (Embedding was disabled, before you ask.) The video I'm referring to is about David Cash, a man who, in 1997, witnessed his best friend beat,...
Today in Sports History: November 14th
11/14/1970 - Marshall athletes die in plane crash "A dreary Autumn morning fits the mood of the Marshall University campus. Nowhere does one see any smiles. The sorrow of last night's disaster has exhausted students and officials. This morning there is a quiet pause here as this university of...
Today in Sports History: October 15th
10/15/1981 - Krazy George invents the Wave If you are like me, you probably thought that the "Wave" was something that humans eventually stumbled on, like hitchhiking or bathing, and that it couldn't be invented. Well you'd be wrong, because "Krazy" George Harrison apparently started the Wave at an...
Today in Sports History: October 7th
10/07/1916 - Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0 In a baseball game in 1915, Cumberland University had beaten Georgia Tech 22-0. Allegations arose that the Bulldogs had cheated by hiring professionals to stand in as amateurs, and Tech coach John Heisman vowed revenge. He made a deal with Cumberland that...
Mid-week Thoughts
1) Thank god college football starts this week...I'm not sure how much more Mariners baseball I can take this year.2) This past Saturday, Go Between won the G1-Pacific Classic at Del Mar, which means that he will have to be considered one of the favorites for the Breeders' Cup Classic at Oak Tree....
Selections for Saturday, October 11th
This is not pretty at all. I drew a platinum sombrero again last week and now have my work cut out for me to get back above .500 this season. This week's "List of Disaster" is below:UPDATED: A 2-3 week when a 4-1 could have easily happened. Reaching .500 by season's end is going to take some...
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