Arkansas Logic – The Kind That Says Somehow John L. Smith Is Better Than Bobby Petrino

Maybe because he hasn’t been caught with a mistress half his age whom he put on the university payroll? Well, not yet, anyway. Yeah, you read the headline correctly. The University of Arkansas, in a continuing quest to succeed in football despite itself hired John L. Smith, former Michigan State mediocrity-meister to replace the disgraced… Read More Arkansas Logic – The Kind That Says Somehow John L. Smith Is Better Than Bobby Petrino

The Dubsism 2010-2011 College Football Bowl Matchups: How Wrong Our Predictions Were

Bowl Championship Series: BCS Championship: Monday, January 10th; Glendale, Arizona;  University of Phoenix Stadium Traditional/Contractual Matchup: #1 vs. #2 The Prediction: Alabama (SEC #1) vs. Ohio State (Big Ten #1) The Actual Matchup: 1# Auburn (SEC#1) vs. Oregon (PAC-10 #1) Payout: $18,000,000 The Silly Prediction: First, the canned commentary: This is the matchup that nearly… Read More The Dubsism 2010-2011 College Football Bowl Matchups: How Wrong Our Predictions Were

Ten Famous Deaths By Radiation Poisoning and Their Equivalent Sports Firings

Over on Listverse, there has been another great-yet-odd list compiled. While the subject doesn’t matter nearly as much as the fact that I found it comparable to a somehow-sports-related screed, it is really hard to resist a list of people who were killed by radiation. Just think, the same power that heats up your lunch in… Read More Ten Famous Deaths By Radiation Poisoning and Their Equivalent Sports Firings

Oxford-alypse Now

Spring games…just another reminder that we are mired in the doldrums of the college football off-season. Sure, it has been another off-season with its usual carousel of coaches, but none with the drama of what happened in the Southeastern Conference in 2007; the year that my favorite completely insane sideline leader finally fell victim.  That December marked the time Houston… Read More Oxford-alypse Now

An Introduction to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association

It is the beginning of October here in Minnesota, which can only mean the beginning of hockey season. Now, for some of you, that means the National Hockey League. But for a few of us lucky ones, it means the tooth-shattering bliss that is college hockey, specifically it’s best league, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association… Read More An Introduction to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association