Louisville’s win in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl means “WOLFMANBC” (a.k.a. Randy Styles) and “DARMOKANDJALAD” (a.k.a. Casey Zak) are now tied for the lead in the 6th annual LRT Bowl Pick ’em Contest with perfect 4-0 records. (Standings visible to non-contestants here.) One of the co-leaders is guaranteed to take sole possession of the lead Thursday: Zak if Navy wins… Read more »
The grand tradition and pageantry of college football’s bowl season continues tonight with the Great-Grandnephew Of Them All, the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl between Southern Miss (8-4) and Louisville (6-6, with a win over UConn and otherwise a whole lot of nothin’, having beaten 7-5 Syracuse, 4-8 Rutgers, 4-8 Arkansas State, 1-11 Memphis, and 6-5 FCS team Eastern Kentucky) at 6:00… Read more »
Well, okay, that title is not actually true at all. But a few minutes ago, inspiration struck on Twitter, as I tried to find a way to merge my “the SEC: it’s a WAR!!!” meme with the hashtag craze of the moment, #RejectedReindeerNames (a rather stupid craze, although I thought my “Wolf Blitzen” entry was fairly good). Anyway, after trying… Read more »
For those who missed it (a group that includes me), here is the video of yesterday’s 71-yard kickoff return by 315-pound Patriots offensive lineman Dan Connolly, the longest kick return ever by an NFL offensive lineman and, according to the AP’s Ralph D. Russo, “without hesitation or qualifier…[the] greatest fat guy kick return in NFL history.” Connolly didn’t quite manage… Read more »
UConn 81, Ohio State 50. Auriemma ties Wooden; the UConn women match the UCLA men. Eighty-eight straight wins. They go for record-breaking win #89 in a row Tuesday against Florida State — a team currently ranked #15, but sure to drop in the polls tomorrow after, perhaps looking ahead to UConn, they lost to 2-7 Yale yesterday — in Hartford…. Read more »
We have 39 contestants in the 6th annual Living Room Times Bowl Pick ’em Contest. You can view everyone’s picks here. I think you have to be a logged-in pool contestant to view those links, but anyone can see the current standings here. Of course, everyone has 0 points for now — but not for long, with the New Mexico… Read more »
Geno Auriemma and the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team look to tie the 88-game NCAA winning streak record, set by the late, great John Wooden and the 1971-1974 UCLA Bruins men’s team, against #11 Ohio State at Madison Square Garden on Sunday at noon Mountain Time. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU and ESPN3. If the Huskies win, they’ll… Read more »
…to enter my 6th annual Bowl Pick ’em Contest! We’re at 20 27 30 contestants and counting. Deadline is Saturday at noon MST. [Bumped. -ed.]
It’s that time of year again… time to get the 6th annual Living Room Times Bowl Pick’ em Contest underway! [IMPORTANT NOTE: When you go to the signup page, you’ll first be asked to “Create Your Account” with officefootballpool.com, including creating a “Screen Name,” which you’ll use to log in. Then, on the next screen, you’ll be asked to enter… Read more »
As if the fuzzy math inherent in its conference name wasn’t bad enough, the Big Ten — after literally months of thought and consideration by its, uh, braintrust — today revealed a new logo and division names that are in the process of being universally mocked, ridiculed, and generally snarked into oblivion by the Twitter hordes. And with good reason,… Read more »