Mitt Romney “won” the Iowa caucuses tonight by 8 votes out of 122,255 cast, “beating” Rick Santorum 30,015 to 30,007. That’s a margin of 0.0065%, which is even narrower than Florida’s unbelievably close 2000 election (0.0090%), and essentially meaningless in the absence of a recount. The caucuses ended in a tie, plain and simple. As dramatic as that was, CNN’s… Read more »
The sunrise over Denver was absolutely gorgeous this morning. Despite the cold, I actually carried the older girls outside onto our front porch in their pajamas (for a few seconds) to see it. I didn’t get a picture of the most stunning, bright-orange-and-pink part, but I did take this shot, a few minutes later, from our upstairs bathroom, snapped with… Read more »
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Last night, after ringing in 10:00 PM (when the ball drops in Times Square) with Becky’s and my traditional milquetoast milk toast, I rang in the actual New Year — y’know, at midnight local time — with a dozen or so Twitter friends, at my second annual livestreamed “Bally Drop.” Here’s the archived stream of the big… Read more »
MERRY BARKLEYMAS, FELLOW TROJANS!!!!! The arm of Matt Barkley shall throw in the Coliseum — one last time. FELL DEEDS AWAKE! Now for wrath, now for ruin, and a cardinal dawn! FORTH TROJANLINGAS!!!
The official trailer for The Hobbit debuted today. OMG OMG OMG:
Today, the NCAA announced Ohio State’s sanctions for Tresselgate. They are, of course, far less severe than USC’s sanctions, despite the misconduct having been indisputably more widespread, with higher university officials (like, I don’t know, THE HEAD COACH) having been undeniably more directly responsible for what occurred. Asked to comment, USC athletic director Pat Haden demurred: “My job is to… Read more »
As noted in my post announcing Jacob Sommer as the winner of the LRT college football regular season Pick ’em Contest, it’s bowl season, and that means it’s time for the 7th annual Living Room Times Bowl Pick ‘em Contest! The contest is now underway. Instructions for entering after the jump.
Jacob Sommer (@jasommer) of Washington, D.C., a.k.a. “The Commodore” a.k.a. “Irish DC,” won the 3rd annual Living Room Times College Football Pick ’em Contest, finishing with a 298-87 prediction record (.774) and defeating Christopher Enger (@fuegote) of Harriman, UT, who went 296-89 (.769). Enger missed just two games this past weekend, the Conference USA and ACC title games. If he… Read more »
UCLA sucks. That is all. P.S. Enjoy your Pac-12 South “championship”! Have fun at Autzen! HAHAHAHAHA
Last night, while most sports fans in Denver were watching some guy named Tebow lead his team to another improbable comeback, I was at Magness Arena, watching the DU Pioneers knock off Conference USA’s Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles, 59-52. Here’s my full 800 Games Project write-up of the game, over at the Mid-Majority. Excerpt: Denver’s offense…showed flashes of brilliance that… Read more »