Monthly Archives: November 2011

Denver pulls a Red Line Upset

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Last night, while most sports fans in Denver were watching some guy named Tebow lead his team to another improbable comeback, I was at Magness Arena, watching the DU Pioneers knock off Conference USA’s Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles, 59-52. Here’s my full 800 Games Project write-up of the game, over at the Mid-Majority. Excerpt: Denver’s offense…showed flashes of brilliance that… Read more »

Pac 12 Power Rankings: Week 11

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Two more teams earn bowl spots, bringing the conference up to 6 eligible teams (7 if you include USC who are unable to go do to asinine NCAA sanctions). Who goes where is a much murkier picture. We know the game will be host by either Stanford or Oregon. Ducks only need one wni to earn their spot, Cardinal need… Read more »

Pioneer Pulse is now Mile High Mids (and it’s on Tumblr)

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Although inevitably overshadowed by the excitement of college and pro football season, the horror of the child-rape and coverup calamity at Penn State, the seemingly endless drama of conference realignment, and the “nuclear winter” of the NBA, something wonderful has happened in the last week or so: college basketball season started. It actually tipped off on Monday, kicked into high… Read more »

Homemade Laundry Soap

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Homemade laundry soap is wonderful if you’re frugal and/or if you have eczema. Compared to about $.14/load for something like All Free and Clear, you can make your own soap for less than $.01/load. And unlike many other so-called easy, frugal solutions, this one rates low for the pain-in-the-ass factor. You need four things to make your own soap: a… Read more »

BlogCon attendees for Obama: an army of one

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If anyone else in Denver feels a disturbance in the Force this evening, it’s probably caused by the arrival of a bunch of conservative bloggers and tweeters from around the nation, descending on our fair city for BlogCon 2011, a two-day conference sponsored by the Tea Party-supporting political group FreedomWorks. A bunch of long-time online friends and acquaintances who I’ve… Read more »

Pac 12 Power Rankings: Week 10

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It was the last weekend for the much anticipated matchup between Stanford and Oregon, which will likely determine who goes to the Pac-12 title game and would be the presumptive favorite there as well. I struggled with some of the rankings this week due in part to UCLA’s upset of Arizona and Washington’s loss to Oregon. The Top 3 teams… Read more »

What a Mess. Thoughts on Penn State

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In the last few years as a Penn State fan, I had one main fear: that somehow, Joe Paterno’s tenure at Penn State University would end in ignomy. Penn State fans like myself had prided themselves on the lack of scandal at the program: seemingly the last football program without one. It seemed too good to last. And as Paterno’s… Read more »

Pac-12 Power Rankings: Week 9

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The best Pac-12 game of the season to date, two more teams earn bowl eligibility, a couple of upsets and the first week all 12 teams played since week 2. On to this weeks quick rankings before tonight’s Pac-12 showdown between USC and Colorado. 1. Stanford (8-0, 6-0 Pac-12) LW: 1 It was an epic matchup between the Cardinal and… Read more »