Daily Archives: April 20, 2010
Tuesday brunch buffet
Plenty of tasty morsels to get you through the afternoon: Obama administration toughens Title IX rules. My bullshit meter started clicking furiously with this quote from Neena Chaudhry, senior counsel for the National Women’s Law Center: “There aren’t any statistics … Continue reading
Finebaum tongue-bathes Alabama. Again.
My favorite part of his latest gaze-upon-Saban’s-works-and-despair piece is the comment thread. In one breath, the ‘Bama faithful are bitching about the off-week scheduling hurdle and in the next they’re all predicting back-to-back undefeated national championship seasons.
Filed under Media Punditry/Foibles, Whoa, oh, Alabama
Fun with numbers, SEC scoring version
A couple of telling SEC charts from Mr. Steele: First, offensive points per game for the last five years (rank refers to national ranking) – SEC Rank Team 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 AVG L/5 yrs 5 Florida 35.9 43.6 … Continue reading
Filed under Phil Steele Makes My Eyes Water, SEC Football
Conference expansion, a zero-sum game?
One reason I enjoy reading Brian Cook so much is that he’s the one college football blogger out there who’s even more consistently cynical than I am. So needless to say, his recent crap-over of Big Ten expansion is right … Continue reading
Filed under College Football, It's Just Bidness
Kiffin watch: Recruiting trumps meritocracy.
You know, it drives you crazy to watch a coach deploy a player (or players) ahead of kids who’ve shown themselves to be the better contributors on the field. No, I’m not talking about Willie Martinez and Bryan Evans. I’m … Continue reading
