There are some big college football games tomorrow — Miami at Virginia Tech, Iowa at Penn State, ASU at Georgia — but the most significant, in terms of national implications, might be Cal at Oregon. Not because it will determine whether ESPN GameDay goes to Strawberry Canyon for USC at Cal next week (though it quite probably* will). Not because… Read more »
In the latest iteration of the Hitler-as-disgruntled-sports-fan meme, the Führer criticizes bandwagon USC fans, defends Pete Carroll, and lampoons the media’s obsession with the Big 12 and SEC. Funny stuff, after the jump. (Warning: subtitled profanity.)
The Sporting News has named USC’s Matt Leinart its college player of the decade. Sounds right to me. And it gives me an excuse to post these clips… (Warning: the audio on the second clip is substantially louder than the audio on the first. Adjust your volume accordingly!)
[NOTE: Because this post is stirring such a vibrant discussion, I’m bumping it up a bit (update: re-bumped!) so it won’t scroll off the page yet. -ed.] I have a modest proposal for Pajamas Media’s Roger L. Simon, who writes that “ACORN is a poster boy for the welfare state in all its manifestations. This is no sideshow. It’s the… Read more »
ABC News reports that authorities believe they have successfully disrupted a Denver-based terrorism plot that “is shaping up as the most serious attempt by al Qaeda to strike at the United States since the September 11 attacks”: The accused al Qaeda bomb maker from Denver planned to use chemicals and hair care products he bought at beauty parlor supply stores… Read more »
Sounds like the authorities are pretty damn concerned about the alleged terrorism plot supposedly masterminded by a Denver-area airport shuttle driver: Law enforcement officials say the alleged terror plot against New York City may be “still alive” despite the arrest of its alleged ringleader, 24-year-old Najibullah Zazi of Denver, Colorado. “I have never been so worried,” said one senior law… Read more »
Obama on Letterman last night, via Below the Beltway:
I’ve mentioned before that I have a man-crush on announcer Sean McDonough, who was responsible for pretty much all of the most memorable baseball calls of my youth. (“Hooking toward the corner, BRUNANSKY!!!“) Whenever I hear him call a game, it’s like I’m a 9-year-old kid again — sort of the sports equivalent of how I feel listening to my… Read more »
My friend Marcelo, a fellow Trojan, posted this on Facebook and Flickr Saturday: Heh. [Bumped. -ed.] P.S. Washington is now ranked in the AP poll — at #24 — though not in the slower-to-adjust coaches poll, in which they’re effectively #31 (sixth in “others receiving votes”). I’ve gotta agree with the AP on this one: the Huskies have both a… Read more »