BEAT! THE IRISH!
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I can’t decide…
…if USC has rediscovered its mojo, or if Cal is just this bad. 20-0 at halftime. Fight On! Beat the Bears! And then… well… I won’t say anything about what comes next, yet. P.S. Way to go, Irish! (Because, for the next 60 to 90 minutes or so, I’m still a Notre Dame fan.) P.P.S. Hahahahaha, UCLA lost! We’re two… Read more »
Will USC-ND be a battle of ranked teams?
From the “blatantly and unwisely looking ahead” files… after tomorrow’s games against Cal and Washington, respectively, USC and Notre Dame both have bye weeks before their October 17 clash in South Bend. This got me thinking: if the Trojans and Irish both win tomorrow, could ND earn a spot in the Top 25 in time to turn their rivalry game… Read more »
Olympics announcement live-stream [UPDATE: Chicago eliminated on first ballot; Matt Drudge dies of happiness]
Via Olympic.org. Again, here’s the timetable. Voting starts at 9:10 AM Mountain Time (11:10 Eastern, 15:10 GMT), and the announcement is scheduled for 10:30 AM MDT (12:30 PM EDT, 16:30 GMT). Live coverage from the Chicago Breaking News Center. More from ESPN Chicago. UPDATE: Whoa. That was unexpected. Let the schadenfreude begin! UPDATE 2: That’s more like it, Matt: I… Read more »
Incredibly precise pre-game prediction comes true
Mike Blowers knows baseball, after all he played in the Major’s for ten years. Even with that depth of knowledge who could have predicted the events of September 27, 2009. As part of the days pre-game show, Blowers, a radio and TV comentator for the Mariner’s, was asked for a prediction for the days game as part of a regular… Read more »
An open letter to Martin Scorcese, Woody Allen, et al.
Let me open by saying, what the HELL is wrong with you people?!?! How in the WORLD can you possibly be standing up in defense of Roman Polanski? I don’t care how great a director he is or how many awards he has won, the man is a monster who deserves to be put in jail for his crimes. You… Read more »
Worst. Analogy. Ever.
Vail resident Sally Rebehn, master of the apt analogy, describes her experience discovering a bear in her bedroom: “I turned around and it was so odd, your brain takes a while to register. No way I thought there would be bear in the bedroom. It’s kind of like when you think you’re about to drink a glass of water and… Read more »
Did Purdue’s untimely timeout save Notre Dame’s season, Charlie Weis’s job?
In the immediate aftermath of Notre Dame’s dramatic win over Purdue on Saturday, I tweeted, “And Purdue saves Charlie Weis’s job by calling a terrible timeout that probably cost them the game. Irish win!” Stewart Mandel expands on this thought: If Notre Dame, now 3-1, winds up reaching the BCS promised land, affording Charlie Weis many more years of his… Read more »
100 greatest viral videos of all time
Via the Huffington Post. But… where’s the Numa Numa Guy?
Trojan RB Johnson injured in weight room
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USC running back Stafon Johnson was injured today in a weight room accident while bench pressing when the bar slipped from his hands and landed on his throat. According to the trainer, a spotter was on hand at the time. Johnson was taken to the hospital and into emergency surgery. No word yet on the extent of the injury or… Read more »