Monthly Archives: May 2009
2009 Steele is out. Life is good.
I know it’s a sad commentary on my pathetic life, but my face sure had a huge grin on it when I picked up Steele’s 2009 College Football Preview yesterday. Not the one with this ugly cover, though. No, mine … Continue reading
Filed under Phil Steele Makes My Eyes Water
Sunday morning buffet
Wash your hands, grab a plate… If Bernie Machen thinks Urban Meyer should be the SEC’s highest paid head coach, but Les Miles has an escalator clause in his contract making him the highest paid head coach, how’s that gonna … Continue reading
“The average amount distributed to each school was $11.1 million.”
Another year, another record payday for the members of the Southeastern Conference. … The Southeastern Conference will distribute approximately $132.5 million to the 12 league institutions in the revenue sharing plan for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31, … Continue reading
Filed under It's Just Bidness, SEC Football
Saturday funnies
Here are a couple of chucklers for you this morning. First, I haven’t commented on Bobby Lowder stepping down as head of Colonial Bank because, quite frankly, I don’t know how much of a difference that makes in his current … Continue reading
One step ahead of the game
Check out this fascinating little bit of information Barnhart dishes out today at his blog: Over the course of the week I found out that there is an interesting little nugget in the new BCS contract with ESPN, which will … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs, ESPN Is The Devil
Michael Adams wants a shoe deal for himself.
You know, any SEC meeting wouldn’t be complete without some pompous comment from our favorite school president. In response to Mike Slive’s effort to make the football coaches cool down the sniping amongst themselves, it’s not enough for Michael Adams … Continue reading
Filed under Michael Adams Wants To Rule The World
Blogger Anonymous
Kyle King has an interesting post up about whether posting under a pseudonym undermines a blogger’s credibility. Not surprisingly, Kyle, who forthrightly posts under his given name, believes that it behooves the blogosphere to champion accountability if it wants to … Continue reading
Filed under The Blogosphere
Oh-ver-ray-ted!
That HeismanPundit fellow, what a card… He’s posted his list of the most overrated head coaches in college football. After sticking up the usual carefully phrased disclaimer (Note: This list does NOT mean these coaches all suck…for the most part), … Continue reading
Filed under The Blogosphere
My school’s wins can beat up your school’s stats.
I took a look at this Rivals piece because the teaser mentioned Oklahoma State and I thought I might learn something about Georgia’s first opponent this season. Instead, I got one treated to one of those exercises in which somebody … Continue reading
Filed under Stats Geek!
The Pac-10 wants more cupcakes on the menu.
One of the best things the Pac-10 has going for it is the round-robin schedule – every school in the conference plays every other school in the conference, so you know who your champ is without a championship game, no … Continue reading
Filed under Pac-12 Football
