We were flipping through the channels the other night and came across the replay of the 2002 Super Bowl between the St. Louis Rams and the New England Patriots.  As we were watching, something occurred to us: could the those Rams be the same as these Patriots?  And could those 2002 Patriots be the same as these 2008 Giants?  Perhaps.

Let’s look at the numbers… Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes we wonder how in the hell CBS consistently has the most-watched comedy shows each week… then we find out this: “Meet the Spartans” was the highest grossing movie of the weekend.

And it all makes sense. Read the rest of this entry »

We’re not really sure what to do with this one.

In light of our recent post found here, talking about how aspiring failures should look into Methodist University, MU changed the wording of a phrase on its admissions page.

What it used to read:

“MU students graduate knowing their subject, knowing themselves and having the confidence to strike out in the world.“

 What is now reads:

“MU students graduate knowing their subject, knowing themselves and having the confidence to strike out into the world.”
Note the difference. They left in the phrase “strike out,” but changed what followed to make it sound a little less like they are preparing their students to fail.

We are torn because we appreciate the fact that the administration of MU reads our blog and listened to our suggestion, but we can’t ignore the fact that they left in the part of their message inspiring potential students to strike out.

After much internal dialog, we have decided that although they followed our advice, we will NOT be inducting MU into our Ring of Honor.

Note: One suggestion we would have is for them to find someone other than Reggie Jackson to come up with a mission statement. Check here for more on that.

We remember back in the 2006-7 NFL season when the Saints returned to play in the Superdome. You had U2 and Green Day there singing, ESPN covering the game, and about 45 minutes of pre-game about how much the Saints mean to the city of New Orleans.

The Saints were the saving grace. The people of New Orleans could cheer on the team and forget about their troubles. The Saints back in town would help bring people and money back into the city. Articles like this one were written about how much the Saints helped New Orleans. All true statements. Read the rest of this entry »

You often hear in the analysis of a sporting event the term “intangibles.” Usually, this means things like which team has momentum coming in, or the team that might get an extra boost for the crowd, a team that is used to playing close games. Things that generally should not be considered intangibles: speed, size, skill, etc. These are tangible factors in determining the outcome.

However, we are always excited to locate someone misusing the word “intangibles.” Seeing as most sports commentators are not the brightest, you see this happen more often than you might think. Read the rest of this entry »

We have just been informed from our inside source that the NCAA may begin an investigation involving UCLA freshman Kevin Love.

Early this week while Love was on his way to class, one of his textbooks slipped out of his hand while he was taking a sip from the water fountain… and a fellow student reached down and handed Love his book back.

Now, as everyone knows, it is certainly against NCAA rules to receive any type of outside assistance while a scholarship athlete in college.  And in light of the horrendous breaking of the rules earlier this week by USC’s OJ Mayo, we expect the NCAA to come down hard on Kevin Love if it turns out that another student assisted in procuring his book from the hallway floor.

If this student provided assistance to Love that he would not have provided for every student at the university, then we’re afraid UCLA’s star freshman might be sitting out a few games, at least.

Way to stay on top of things NCAA!!!

You have to be a fan of Roger Federer. You just do. And you have to marvel at how amazing of a tennis player he actually is. And do you know when you get a true appreciation of how dominant Federer actually has been? When he loses.

Last night, Federer fell ro the 3-seed, Novak Djokovic, in straight sets in the semifinals of the Australian Open. The front page of espn.com referred to this as a “shocking loss.” And reading that, we thought, yeah, that is a shocking loss. When you lose in the semifinals of a grand slam to a guy seeded 3rd in the tourney and the loss is considered shocking, that means you are damn good. Read the rest of this entry »

We watched the Duke-Virginia Tech game last night, and we have to say - those fans in Blacksburg are just way too rude.  There’s harsh, then there’s Va Tech harsh.  For starters, they loudly booed every time Duke point guard Greg Paulus touched the ball.  Unnecessary.

But the worst thing these fans did occurred late in the game.  With Duke up 75-58 and 3:47 left in the game, Duke’s Demarcus Nelson picked up his 5th foul on a technical for yelling toward Va Tech’s Deron Washington after a hard foul.  During the short break to sub in for Nelson, here’s what the Va Tech fans started chanting:

“Sit down, Nelson!  Sit down, Nelson!”

Absolutely classless.  There is no way around it, these guys are totally classless.  Who chants something as rude as that?  It’s bad enough for Nelson that he just fouled out with his team up 17 points, but did the Hokie fans really need to rub it in like that?  Did they?  We think not.

We will admit, however, that a few fans for Va Tech tried to redeem the fan base in the closing seconds.  As the game wound down, one smiling Hokie fan held a sign stating that the X-Games were next on ESPN.  That was a nice gesture.

But in the end, we don’t feel that was enough to overcome the rudeness of that chant directed toward Nelson.  Duke just should be thankful they don’t have to play at Va Tech again this year.  Who knows what else they could come up with???