Wendy went through The Cooking Blog and put together a list of the best Super Bowl Party recipes she could find. If you are throwing a party next weekend, these are worth checking out.
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All-22
The camera angle that the NFL doesn’t want you to see. Without the expanded frame, fans often have no idea why many plays turn out the way they do, or if the TV analysts are giving them correct information. On a recent Sunday, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith threw a deep pass to tight [...]
Riders next playoff appearance in about 2018
Roughriders name Brendan Taman head of football operations The Saskatchewan Roughriders have retained Brendan Taman as general manager and expanded his duties to include complete control over the franchise’s football operations. The Riders announced the front-office moves today during a media conference at Mosaic Stadium. Taman has been with the Riders since 2009, spending the [...]
Fired by a phone call
This is probably my last post on Penn State and Joe Paterno for a while as he was fired last night by the Penn State Board of Trustees. Joe Paterno, a man who until last week could make a claim to being the greatest coaching institution in the history of college athletics, was terminated Wednesday [...]
2011 Year End Awards for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
These are hilarious. The Alexander Daigle award – Hugh Charles. This award is given to the player that exemplifies a truly high level of skill, speed, and game-breaking ability (in his own mind). Then all of the sudden gives up on plays for no apparent reason. I really enjoyed watching Mr. Charles give up on [...]
Joe Paterno about to ousted at Penn State
The writing is on the wall for Penn State’s Joe Paterno. Joe Paterno’s tenure as coach of the Penn State football team will soon be over, perhaps within days or weeks, in the wake of a sex-abuse scandal that has implicated university officials, according to two people briefed on conversations among the university’s top officials. [...]
The legacy of Joe Paterno
I am a big Joe Paterno fan. I always have been but as Dan Wetzel writes, the allegations against the coaching legend are serious enough to forever taint his legacy. Pennsylvania law asks employees to pass the information up their chain of command, where it fell on Curley to tell authorities. However, Paterno is no [...]
What a mess
The Mountain West and Conference USA are merging to form a really big mediocre conference. The Mountain West and Conference USA are planning to join forces to secure their future in the rapidly changing college football landscape. The two leagues expect to merge their football operations into one mega-conference that will probably have between 20 [...]
The shame that is the NCAA
Excellent article on the NCAA in The Atlantic “I’M NOT HIDING,” Sonny Vaccaro told a closed hearing at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., in 2001. “We want to put our materials on the bodies of your athletes, and the best way to do that is buy your school. Or buy your coach.” Vaccaro’s audience, [...]
Memo to ESPN
From Yahoo! Sports’ Jason Cole Not only do you need to put a leash on Gruden’s constant fawning over anybody who has ever worn a jockstrap, please put an end to the insipid pregame interviews that he does before Monday night games. Having Gruden sit there and pal around with guys like Romo would be [...]
The Holt Bulldogs vs. the Babineau Warriors
Mark played his first Kinsmen Football League game on Sunday at the SaskTel Sports Centre. The Babineau Warriors played hard but lost 27-0. Their defense played well but their offense couldn’t get untracked. Plus when you are dealing with 11 & 12 year olds you never know what weird things are going to happen. I [...]
A few photos from the 2011 Kinsmen Football Jamboree
Mark taking the field for his first snap. You can tell from the coaches faces who are standing behind them, they aren’t overly concerned with what he will be doing on that play. They are a power running team. Mark has a pretty good game blocking. Early in the day his team’s starting quarterback broke [...]
