The NCAA’s new president, the University of Washington’s Mark Emmert, said eighteen months ago that he thinks a college football playoff is… This according to a Seattle Times column by Bud Withers: Here’s a wild guess. When Emmert hangs ’em up as NCAA president — in five years, in a decade — we might remember him as the guy who… Read more »
The University of Washington’s Mark Emmert is Indiana-bound, replacing Myles Brand as the NCAA’s president. You think maybe NOW we’ll get some changes to that excessive celebration rule that was used against Jake Locker in the BYU game in 2008?
In case you missed my tweet earlier, it seems there are some rather salacious rumors floating around South Bend about Notre Dame men’s basketball coach — and legendary on-again, off-again BrendanLoy.com Whipping Boy / Silly Meme Generator — Mike Brey. While this is still mostly in the realm of rumor and “undernews” for now, it appears there is some possibility… Read more »
So, I was going to shirk my duty this week and not write a Complaint at all. I’ve been writing papers like mad and frankly the thought of spending more time at my keyboard made me a bit sick to my stomach. But then, I spotted this article on my Sidebar feed and read it and it got me thinking…. Read more »
Back in April 2006, when controversy erupted over a South Park episode featuring an image of Mohammed (kinda sorta), the old Irish Trojan’s Blog was all over it (and got a bunch of Instalanches and Malkin-lanches, as I recall). Now, almost exactly four years later, history is repeating itself, but alas, I haven’t had the time to follow it closely,… Read more »
…Becky and I closed on our house. Five days later, we moved in: We love our house, and have every intention of staying in it for, well, pretty much forever, or at least until the girls are all grown up. We specifically decided to buy a place that wasn’t a “starter home,” but a house that we can see ourselves… Read more »
The Buffalo Sabres, down 3-1 to the hated Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, return home to HSBC Arena tonight, trying to keep their playoff drive alive. Via @SI_24Seven, here’s an article titled “Bruins have blown series lead before,” giving hope to Sabres fans everywhere. All I can say is: Game starts an hour from now, at 5pm Mountain… Read more »
The movie studio that made Downfall, the film that launched a thousand Hilter parody videos (previous posts here, here and here), is abusing copyright law by yanking the videos off YouTube. (Fair use, anyone?!?) Naturally, Hitler is not happy about this: LOL! (Warning: profanity in the subtitles, as per usual. … Hat tip: Outside the Beltway.)
Five days after Tea Partiers rallied at the State Capitol building in Denver, a very different kind of protest/party took place in the same spot two days ago, Tuesday, 4/20. If the date doesn’t clue you in, you can divine the difference from the cloud of hazy smoke above their heads. It’s not a Tea Party, it’s a Weed Party:… Read more »
The NFL draft is rolling along, no big surprises so far as Sam Bradford and Ndamukong Suh take the top two spots. – Oklahoma is dominating so far with 3 of the top 4 picks. – Lots of linemen taken so far, 6 out of 11. – WOW! Tebow to Denver? Probably the biggest surprise pick of the 2010 draft…. Read more »