“AwesomeSauce” and “Old Gold & Black” lead the 2nd annual Living Room Times College Football Pick ’em Contest through last weekend’s games, with prediction records of 54-8. They’ve both scored exactly 27 points in each of the two weeks of the contest. (Old Gold & Black took sole possession of the lead twice Saturday, but gave it back each time.)… Read more »
I tossed out my rough rankings of the Pac-10 in comments last week. This week, I thought I’d make it a little more official. I’m basing this on performance so far, not predictions for future performance. I imagine there will be some debate in comments. 1. Stanford 3-0 (1-0 Pac-10) LW: 1 Comments: The Cardinal haven’t trailed a single quarter… Read more »
Apropos of nothing, inspired by a random aside in comments… Yes, the song is called “The Idiot,” but I’m not being snarky by suggesting it as a Tea Party song. Its reference to idiocy is sarcastic: I could have stayed to take the dole, but I’m not one of those I take nothing free, and that makes me an idiot,… Read more »
UPDATE: Here’s a closer view this morning of Igor and Julia — simultaneous Category 4 hurricanes in the Atlantic, only the second time that’s happened in recorded history: From Dr. Jeff Masters: The Atlantic hurricane season of 2010 kicked into high gear this morning, with the landfall of Tropical Storm Karl in Mexico, and the simultaneous presence of two Category… Read more »
So I came across this over at Improbable Research. It would appear that there is a scientist who believes her name cannot be used without written consent.
According to the Reno Gazette Journal, the Western Athletic Conference has filed suit against the Mountain West Conference, Fresno State and the University of Nevada. The lawsuit seeks to retain both schools through the 2011 season and to protect scheduling with remaining WAC members during that time.
As I tweeted yesterday, I’ve barely been paying any attention to Hurricane Igor, but he’s a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds, and could potentially become the season’s first Category 5 before weakening begins due to increased shear. He could threaten Bermuda in 5-7 days, but does not appear likely to affect the U.S. beyond high surf. Igor is… Read more »
This weekend’s big news in the Loy household is that, for the first time since Robbie died a little over 2 years ago, we have a dog — another greyhound from the local rescue organization. Her name’s Elsa, and she’s a cutie: We’re only fostering her, and unlike with Robbie (who was also originally a foster dog), we really do… Read more »
Here, it’s Air Force 21, BYU 14 at halftime. Elsewhere, Notre Dame trails Michigan 21-7 at the half, while Ohio State is beating Miami and Oklahoma is crushing FSU. UPDATE: This post actually didn’t publish to the blog until 7:20 PM, due to reception and batter issues. I back-dated it to the approximate time when it should have posted. UPDATE… Read more »