One of the books I received for Christmas was The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis, a book where one of my favorite authors tackles my favorite sport. In the 1980s rushing linebackers, specifically Lawrence Taylor, became a bigger part of the defensive scheme (at about the same time Bill Walsh was [...]
December, 2007:
UCLA to regret hiring Neuheisel?
As Michael Ventre points out, there has been some integrity issues in Neuheisel’s past and for many coaches, those never, ever go away. I know the CIAU athletics is something completely different than the NCAA and isn’t even in the same league (now that I think about it, that pun is intended) but I am [...]
Shreveport: Everything that is wrong with college bowl games
The sad thing is that I have watched this bowl game on more than one occasion. The original recipe for bowl disappointment, though, comes from Shreveport, La.: The Independence Bowl, better known to you and me as the former Poulan/Weed Eater Independence Bowl. The GMAC, the Motor City, the Meineke Car Care Bowl … they [...]
Making the Transition to Division I
It isn’t fun making the transition to Division I, NCAA basketball. Another way is to look at Presbyterian, which is one of about 24 colleges in the last decade to move up to Division I, the top National Collegiate Athletic Association level, in the hope of gaining exposure, money and a little bit of glory [...]
The Megapixel Myth
Ken Rockwell explains why megapixels are not a good indicator of how good a camera is. Resolution has little to do with image quality. Color and tone are far more important technically. Even Consumer Reports in their November 2002 issue noted some lower resolution digital cameras made better images than some higher resolution ones. 6 [...]
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What happened to the Denver Broncos this year? Injuries, injuries, injuries :: “Oh, it’s the hardest season I’ve had since I’ve been coaching, there’s no question about that,” Shanahan said Wednesday as the Broncos began preparing for their season finale against Minnesota. What makes this harder than eight years ago, when the two-time defending Super [...]
The Transporter
On Friday, just as the kitchen brought some snacks down the hallway to munch on, I was dispatched by my boss to drive for the Salvation Army Christmas hamper distribution day. It was cold out and not everyone has a car so I spent the afternoon driving people home after they got their food hampers [...]
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International Herald Tribune offers up it’s year in pictures. Who has the oil? I’ll give you a guess but even with our oil sands reserves, Canada is no Saudi Arabia (we have 1.4%). Speaking of oil, the first four minutes of The Kingdom has a good overview of Saudi Arabia and the United States. A [...]
