So… Becky and I are almost certainly going to imminently upgrade, finally, to smartphones. Indeed, the tentative plan has been to pre-order two iPhone 4s on Tuesday, the first day it’s possible to do so. But we’re not under contract with anyone right now, so all options are available to us. And I’m concerned about the AT&T network issues that… Read more »
Meanwhile, across the pond: If you didn’t know… clod (n.): A dull, stupid person; a dolt.
For those of us who find soccer* mind numbingly dull I offer you this football related post to entertain you. Something I haven’t seen really addressed anywhere within all this talk of the coming conference mega storm is the shake up it will cause with the various bowl arrangements. Now I realize there are a fair number of people who… Read more »
I dunno how many World Cup fans I have among my readership, or how many of those will be on the blog this fine Saturday afternoon… but if anyone is looking for a place to comment on the USA vs. England game, here you go. Anti-British slurs are welcome because, really, who’s racist against British people? (Maybe dentists? Ha!) FIGHT… Read more »
This is not unexpected, but it’s now been confirmed: USC will keep its 2004 Associated Press national championship, regardless of whether the BCS requires the Trojans to forfeit the ’04 BCS title — which they probably will. Thus, the Trojans will have two consecutive AP-only titles, and LSU fans will get to gleefully mock the “Zero-Pete” dynasty. (And we will… Read more »
We had a gorgeous double-rainbow over our neighborhood this evening: It’d be overkill to get all “small and passing thing” about this: NCAA scholarship restrictions and bowl bans are not equivalent to the great Shadow of evil, beyond whose reach is much “light and high beauty” like this rainbow. Even so, it was a refreshing sight at the end of… Read more »
Well, who here thought we’d be talking about college sports in June? Or that THE LANDSCAPE OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS WOULD CHANGE FOREVAR? I’ve been thinking about the demise of the Big 12. Now, I know it is a fairly recent conference that lacks the history of what is now the Big Ten, that it was a marriage of connivence between… Read more »
Bob Knight is unhappy with the current pace of the NCAA investigation – wondering how it took 5 years from the time of the infractions to determine there was cheating. His comments: “If this current NCAA had been planning the invasion of Normandy, the US troops would have landed in Portugal.” This, along with Jay Bilas’ thoughts that the move… Read more »
I could couldn’t care less about “holding [down] the fort,” but he’s so right about “couldn’t care less.” (Hat tip: Sully.)
Colorado and not Nebraska became the first team to bolt the Big 12 conference today officially announcing they have joined the Pac-10.