Monday, May 31, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Opinions in Contemporary USA
Like the American president, I would invite the president of Mexico to log on to share his views on how I should do things here. Once the Mexican president tells me what to think, he and I can have a big public relations feel good moment, I'll share the proceeds of my work with him (he won't have to put up any risk capital) and then we'll throw rocks at Americans who don't do what we say. We will begin by telling all the Arizona college football teams what to do.
I was going to ask all the readers and participants of this forum to give me their opinions on this new routine, but in order to be true to form, I would have to waste all your money and then ignore you.
Just sayin'.
Monday, May 17, 2010
My Excuse
You've come here looking for a few seconds of information that is related in at least some minimally tangental way to college football. I don't have any to give you today, because I spent my research and writing time putting together the season highlight video for my high school lacrosse team. Sorry.
The video is pretty good. Click here to see it, and be sure to use full screen.
The video is pretty good. Click here to see it, and be sure to use full screen.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Spring Things
This year, I didn't follow the spring games held around the country with my customary vigah (that is Massachuspeak for 'vigor'). No really good reason, just didn't. Then, feeling afterward that I had missed something, I started reviewing the reviews of the games. My conclusion: more people should have skipped these games, eg:
Purdue's #1 tailback Ralph Bolden. His 2010 autumn became an unfulfilled promise when he tore an ACL in his right knee. He injured the same knee as a prep. Ralph's 2009 was 200 carries for 935 yards and 9 TD's.
USC nose guard Christian Tuopo ('09: 25 tackles, 4 TFL's, 2 forced fumbles), torn ligament, left knee. 2010 will be a redshirt season for the two year starter. At least he gets to rehab in SoCal. Ralph is in Indiana.
USC QB Matt Barkley ended up with a bruised but not broken throwing hand after bouncing it off a helmet in the USC spring game. That big noise you heard is USC coach Lane Kiffin exhaling.
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Former LSU QB Jamarcus Russell is looking for a job after the Raiders bid him adieu on Thursday. He is looking for a job, but don't plan on holding any tag days for him anytime soon. The Raiders have paid him $36 million and owe him $3 milllion more. That other big noise you hear is Lane Kiffin gloating. Al Davis, the Raider owner, canned then Raiders Coach Lane Kiffin when he opposed the drafting of young Jamarcus Russell. At $39 million in earnings, Jamarcus Russell is probably gloating a little bit, too.
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Purdue's #1 tailback Ralph Bolden. His 2010 autumn became an unfulfilled promise when he tore an ACL in his right knee. He injured the same knee as a prep. Ralph's 2009 was 200 carries for 935 yards and 9 TD's.
USC nose guard Christian Tuopo ('09: 25 tackles, 4 TFL's, 2 forced fumbles), torn ligament, left knee. 2010 will be a redshirt season for the two year starter. At least he gets to rehab in SoCal. Ralph is in Indiana.
USC QB Matt Barkley ended up with a bruised but not broken throwing hand after bouncing it off a helmet in the USC spring game. That big noise you heard is USC coach Lane Kiffin exhaling.
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Former LSU QB Jamarcus Russell is looking for a job after the Raiders bid him adieu on Thursday. He is looking for a job, but don't plan on holding any tag days for him anytime soon. The Raiders have paid him $36 million and owe him $3 milllion more. That other big noise you hear is Lane Kiffin gloating. Al Davis, the Raider owner, canned then Raiders Coach Lane Kiffin when he opposed the drafting of young Jamarcus Russell. At $39 million in earnings, Jamarcus Russell is probably gloating a little bit, too.
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Monday, May 3, 2010
Who is Kidding Whom
There were two bowl games added to the gaggle (or cluster, or clutch, or whatever the term is for a group of football games) this year and one game expired. That puts the number at 35 games for the postseason. This number of games has raised the thought that there may now be a team (or maybe more than one) with a losing record heading off to be the "champion" of some holiday frolic. This became news, of a sort, this past week, when CBS analyst Aaron Taylor announced his concern with the issue, punctuating his comment with the thought that college football may be "periloulsy close to losing the purity and amateurism" that differentiates college football from pro football.
Tee-hee. Giggle. Hah. Ha-ha. Hahahahahahaha...
Go ahead, you can laugh out loud. We'll laugh together.
Aaron need not worry about losing the purity and amateurism. That would be like the U.S. Government worrying about controlling illegal immigration or fighting the war on drugs. Show's over, gang. That water has long since spilled over the proverbial dam, on all of those topics. Having already digressed, I shall return to the topic at hand.
College football isn't the NFL. That's about as powerful a statement as saying Saturday isn't Sunday. They're both days of the week, they're adjacent to each other, and they're both filled with football. Lots and lots of football, in stadia and on TV networks and pay per view and tape delay.
There's boatloads of money flowing to keep each game, college and pro, putting on each of their respective shows from August until well past New Year's Day. The NFL has owners, college football has, um, colleges. It's all about money, and we all know it. The NFL'ers get paychecks. The NCAA'ers get meals, equipment, housing stipends and tuition. That's a little package that is worth somewhere between $20,000 and $60,000 per scholarshipped player per year. That would be 20 to 60 thousand after tax dollars, so inflate the number by 25 to 40 percent, or for round numbers, let's make the range 25 to 85 grand if this was a taxable earning. Not bad for kids who haven't graduated college (insert ha-ha here).
There's a lot of amateur football players out there, the walk-ons, the D2 and D3 players who are paying and playing (or whose parents are paying while their kids are playing). A big salute goes out to those folks, the kids and the parents, too, for playing and paying for the love of the game. That's not to say that there's anything wrong with what everyone else in college football is doing, 'cause I love it--and so do you, or you wouldn't be here reading.
Let's just not go overboard with this purity and amateurism thing. It makes as much sense as... OOPS, almost went back to the political analogy.
Tee-hee. Giggle.
Tee-hee. Giggle. Hah. Ha-ha. Hahahahahahaha...
Go ahead, you can laugh out loud. We'll laugh together.
Aaron need not worry about losing the purity and amateurism. That would be like the U.S. Government worrying about controlling illegal immigration or fighting the war on drugs. Show's over, gang. That water has long since spilled over the proverbial dam, on all of those topics. Having already digressed, I shall return to the topic at hand.
College football isn't the NFL. That's about as powerful a statement as saying Saturday isn't Sunday. They're both days of the week, they're adjacent to each other, and they're both filled with football. Lots and lots of football, in stadia and on TV networks and pay per view and tape delay.
There's boatloads of money flowing to keep each game, college and pro, putting on each of their respective shows from August until well past New Year's Day. The NFL has owners, college football has, um, colleges. It's all about money, and we all know it. The NFL'ers get paychecks. The NCAA'ers get meals, equipment, housing stipends and tuition. That's a little package that is worth somewhere between $20,000 and $60,000 per scholarshipped player per year. That would be 20 to 60 thousand after tax dollars, so inflate the number by 25 to 40 percent, or for round numbers, let's make the range 25 to 85 grand if this was a taxable earning. Not bad for kids who haven't graduated college (insert ha-ha here).
There's a lot of amateur football players out there, the walk-ons, the D2 and D3 players who are paying and playing (or whose parents are paying while their kids are playing). A big salute goes out to those folks, the kids and the parents, too, for playing and paying for the love of the game. That's not to say that there's anything wrong with what everyone else in college football is doing, 'cause I love it--and so do you, or you wouldn't be here reading.
Let's just not go overboard with this purity and amateurism thing. It makes as much sense as... OOPS, almost went back to the political analogy.
Tee-hee. Giggle.
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