Monthly Archives: January 2009

Say A Prayer For Dr. Myles Brand

January 19, 2009 – 12:17 am

In all of these rants over the past 8 years on the Internet, I have been a consistent critic of Dr. Myles Brand as the head of the NCAA. I have not agreed with much of what he has done in that job; I have on more than one occasion called him an animitronic suit [...]

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T.O. Out Of Dallas??

January 16, 2009 – 6:00 am

The word in the Dallas newspapers is that the Cowboys are considering whether they will keep Terrell Owens. Cutting T.O. will give them a salary cap hit based on the contract extension they gave him last year; but at the same time the team can save a little more than $3M if they do not [...]

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Mythical Picks – NFL – Weekend of 1/18/09

January 15, 2009 – 4:57 pm

Last week there were four playoff games. I made 8 picks. The record was 3-5. What a revolting development this is… [/William Bendix, The Life of Riley] The Over/Under picks last week were 1-3. For the playoffs, those picks are 3-5. For the season, those picks are now 50-64-2. The Against the Spread picks last [...]

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Can I Make It Two In A Row???

January 15, 2009 – 12:09 am

Yesterday, I took a leap of faith and tried to do an entire rant without mentioning the NFL playoffs – – or the NFL itself – – in the month of January. Today, I will attempt to make it two days in a row. I don’t know if I am up to the task; but [...]

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Something Other Than NFL PLayoffs Today

January 14, 2009 – 11:24 am

January is an unbalanced month in terms of sports in the US. Lots of interesting things are going on but sometimes you have to shut out some of the noise to realize that anything other than the NFL playoffs is happening. Of course, that is the case on NFL Network; that operation is the very [...]

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A Huge Error In Yesterday’s Rant…

January 13, 2009 – 12:20 am

I really pulled a rock in yesterday’s rant. The explanation for my error is way too long to recount here and does not negate the error so let us forget the why. Let me apologize for the error and correct it. I said that the Big-12 South had gone 1-3 in Bowl Games and only [...]

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Guglielmo Marconi Weeps Today…

January 12, 2009 – 9:41 am

January 12th is not a good day for people who listen to radio. Both Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern were born on January 12th. [shudder…] Once the NFL playoffs begin, I don’t think about mentioning the sorriest performances of the weekend because the teams playing are good teams, their opponents are good teams, and even [...]

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Florida 24 Oklahoma 14

January 9, 2009 – 12:51 pm

So, what is the biggest surprise for you this morning? Florida beating Oklahoma in the BCS Championship Game. Florida holding Oklahoma to 14 points for a whole game. Oklahoma holding Florida to 24 points for a whole game. Utah finishing second in the final AP poll. Frankly, I am very surprised that Utah finished ahead [...]

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Mythical Picks – NFL – Weekend of 1/11/09

January 9, 2009 – 10:44 am

The first week of Playoff Mythical Picks were about as exciting as an oatmeal pizza. The Over/Under Picks were 2-2. The Against the Spread Picks were 2-2. That is what a coin flip ought to do. Clearly, that performance ought to tell anyone with more than two functional neurons not to use any information here [...]

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Recommended Reading

January 8, 2009 – 11:11 am

Frank Fitzpatrick writes a column called Morning Bytes in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Today he takes a series of satirical shots at local stations coverage of the Eagles in the playoffs, sports radio banter, Chris Berman and others. It is definitely worth reading. Enjoy.

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