Manti Te’o and the Vanishing Girlfriend may be rocking the college football world and evoke the most ridiculous imagery. He was either catfished, that is romanced by either a fake persona that, as the University of Notre Dame has asserted... read more »
January 16, 2013 11:00 pm / 7 comments
The Wisconsin Badgers lost their second game in a row to Penn State yesterday. That in and of itself was somewhat galling, but what was even more so to me were the preponderance of fans still raving about being in the Big Ten (12) title game... read more »
November 25, 2012 10:16 am / 1 comment
The Wisconsin Badgers’ football team clinched a berth in their 2nd consecutive Big(12)Ten title game yesterday by literally running all over Indiana en route (or is it ‘rout’?) to a 62-14 victory. In the process, Wisconsin... read more »
November 11, 2012 8:00 am / 2 comments
With a nod towards fellow Angel (and other half of my brain), Kelly’s eloquent thoughts on Penn State’s consequences, I feel it necessary to present my own.
So, finally, the NCAA decided what they were going to do about the mess... read more »
July 24, 2012 10:12 am / 4 comments
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
–John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron of Acton
The sanctions meted out to Penn State are a little over twelve hours old and the apologists and pundits outraged at the... read more »
July 23, 2012 9:53 pm / 2 comments
May no act of ours bring shame,
To one heart that loves thy name.
May our lives but swell thy fame,
Dear old State, dear old State
—Penn State Alma Mater, Third Stanza
There are some times when what I do during the day intersects–albeit... read more »
July 13, 2012 6:37 pm / 6 comments
Dont get me wrong. I love Nick Collins. There is no question in anyone’s mind that his absence contributed to the Packer’s rather anemic performance on the defensive side of the ball all season long. As we near the 2012 NFL draft... read more »
April 23, 2012 12:12 pm / 1 comment
For some reason, I was crazy lucky enough this morning to be awake and ‘on the Tweeter’ to scroll through the moment by moment reporting of Mike McCarthy’s PR session at the NFL owners’ meeting.
I’ve long prided... read more »
March 28, 2012 3:56 pm / no comments
So, Joe Paterno is dead. This time for sure. I was a bit surprised when both ESPN Radio and FoxSportsRadio interrupted their programming and adopted the tones one imagines Radio Moscow took when Stalin died. It was nearly Cronkite telling the... read more »
January 22, 2012 11:56 am / 3 comments
BCS Championship
January 9, 2012 New Orleans, LA, 9:00 pm ET ESPN
BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2
Projection: LSU vs. Alabama
Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO
January 2, 2012 Pasadena, CA, 5:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $36 million
Big Ten No. 1 vs. Pac-12 No.... read more »
December 2, 2011 3:10 pm / no comments