0 comments by Bart D on 1/6/2016
The title suggests “hopefully” the way people buy $10 scratch off lottery tickets with their morning coffee before work, hoping they get a prize so large they can turn around, go home, and not give any explanation as to why they didn’t show up because they just won enough loot to buy the company. This […]
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Bowl season is a wonderful time to make sweeping generalizations based on very little credible evidence combined with events that aren’t really representative of the whole story. We love making bowl games a referendum on a team’s entire season … when other than for four of them, they’re beefed up exhibitions where you go hang […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/2/2016
Just in case y’all didn’t know, this four team playoff thing is working out just fine. Much like last year, where there wasn’t much suspense in the end, there was resolution. This is the bill of goods everyone wanted to purchase … finality over drama and controversy. Hope everyone is happy. Flatly put, Alabama dismantled […]
Michigan defensive back Jared Wilson (22) celebrates with teammate Taco Charleton (33) after Wilson intercepted a pass in the end zone against Florida during the second quarter in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl at the Orlando Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla., on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)
0 comments by Bart D on 1/1/2016
If there really was a Buffalo Wild Wings “button” to alter the course of football games, Florida would probably have been banging it shortly after halftime in hopes that there’s a “fast forward” option. The Citrus Bowl was a match up of two teams on the up after bringing in new Jims to restore their […]
0 comments by Bart D on 12/31/2015
People love motivational quotes, even when they have no idea where they came from. Go into any standard business office in the world and you get to get kicked upside the head with generic quotes about “leadership” or “teamwork” to a setting sunset, field of daisies, or some dude scaling a mountain. Quotes are an […]
BLOOMINGTON, IN – NOVEMBER 14: Jim Harbaugh the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines watches the action against the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium on November 14, 2015 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 12/30/2015
In the battle of the new Jim’s, all the feel good exists Jimmy’s got it wired, law’s for hire Got it make in the shade Got a little hideaway, does business all day But at night he’ll always be found Selling sugar to the sweet People on the street Call this Jimmy’s town – Dr. […]
ARLINGTON, TX – NOVEMBER 08: Head coach Chip Kelly of the Philadelphia Eagles talks with players during warm-ups prior to the game against the Dallas Cowboys on November 8, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 12/29/2015
No one knows exactly when the NFL turned into the Hudson Terrace with its coaches, but Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly has presumably cleaned out his office less than a calendar year after getting a promotion (in terms of responsibility) after two 10-6 seasons to start his NFL career. The firing was stunning both in […]
EAST LANSING, MI – SEPTEMBER 18: The Michigan State Spartans fans celebrate the overtime victory against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Spartan Stadium on September 18, 2010 in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans defeated the Fighting Irish 34-31 in overtime. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/Getty Images)
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Michigan State will defeat Alabama in football in the second CFB Playoff game on Dec. 31, 2015. That’s it. That’s the opening line. No jokes, entertaining lead-ins, or crazy statistics that you accept at face value because it’d be too tough to research it and make it up. The Spartans are underdogs, mostly because the […]
0 comments by Bart D on 12/22/2015
In case you haven’t noticed, college football and ESPN have been running advertisements reminding you that college football playoff games are on New Year’s Eve, and at one point in the lyrically-challenged remake of Auld Lang Syne, they say that “missing out is not an option,” because nothing says “I can’t miss this” like someone […]
Utah’s win over Pittsburgh in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl was fun. The Utes’ thrashing of Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl was significant.
0 comments by Bart D on 12/16/2015
Bowl season starts in four days. Absent the annual kvetching of people who will be dying for any kind of football come June and July about how there are too many bowl games (there is no such thing as too many bowl games), one of the other annual rites of this time of year is […]
0 comments by Bart D on 12/14/2015
Pay for Play in college is the “gun rights” of sports arguments. If you want to get a plethora of scalding hot takes, outrage, and general wailing and gnashing of media teeth, just bring up anything related to college athletes being “paid” and just sit back with a bucket of popcorn. NCAA’s Oliver Luck was […]
0 comments by Bart D on 12/11/2015
Way back on October 1, when we could still reasonably plan to play golf without the worry of it being dark by 5 p.m., Texas billionaire donor Red McCombs reportedly voiced support for head coach Charlie Strong. The development was newsworthy enough because of all the rumors swirling about the people that really run Texas […]
0 comments by Bart D on 12/10/2015
The Heisman Trophy has become something of a Halloween costume. It’s supposed to be given to the “best player in college football,” and then it has this odd integrity clause which is ambiguous enough to suggest that voting members are free to get their Twitter psychology degrees and opine as to whether or not someone […]
CLEMSON, SC – OCTOBER 3: Head Coach Dabo Swinney of the Cemson Tigers celebrates after defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 24-22 at Clemson Memorial Stadium on October 3, 2015 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Tyler Smith/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 12/8/2015
Often when you’re doing either some intentional or non-intentional people watchin’, you come across two people and just turn to the person with you and say, “you know, that couple just looks like they go together.” Other times, you say, “that guy and gal just don’t seem to fit.” There’s no real nuance to it […]
0 comments by Bart D on 12/7/2015
They say you only get one chance to make a first impression, and it’s true. It’s why you ideally don’t wear sweatpants to pick up job applications even if you’re only going to pick them up to fill out at home. It’s why single women paint on makeup and dress to the nines for trips […]
