It has been too long. Feel free to welcome me back to the blogosphere by some sort of monetary donation. Here we go.
Real Men Don't....
...Cheer for the American League in the Fall Classic. Real baseball is played in the NL.
...shirk their responsibility to vote. November 6th, Americans. Do it.
...turn their back on their team when they are struggling.
...play video games. Come on, dude.
...turn their back on good traditions.
..."lay up" on the golf course. "The Skillet" can back me up on this.
...turn off Andy Griffith Show reruns.
...not know how to change tires, string a fishing pole, load a gun and use the grill.
...objectify women, neglect their family and ignore their children.
...tolerate badly brewed unsweet tea.
...post excessively on blogs. I guess I have that one covered.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
SOCON FOOTBALL POWER RANKINGS (Through Week 6)
1. Wofford College Terriers 5-0 (3-0), Next Opponent: @ Georgia Southern
2. Georgia Southern Eagles 4-1 (3-1), Next Opponent: Wofford
3. Appalachian State Mountaineers 4-2 (2-1), Next Opponent: @ Samford
4. Samford Bulldogs 5-1 (3-1), Next Opponent: Appalachian State
5. Citadel Bulldogs 2-3 (2-2), Next Opponent: Western Carolina
6. Furman Paladins 2-4 (1-2) Next Opponent: Chattanooga
7. Chattanooga Mocs 2-3 (1-1) Next Opponent: @ Furman
8. Elon Phoenix 2-4 (0-3) Next Opponent: BYE
9. Western Carolina Catamounts 1-5 (0-4) Next Opponent: @ Citadel
Folks, we have a huge upcoming week for Southern Conference football. Wofford College travels to Paulson Stadium in Statesboro to face off against recent bitter rival Georgia Southern. Appalachian State faces one loss Samford, both teams seem ready to prove they are serious title contenders. Finally, we have Chattanooga fighting for their lives to save the young disappointing season and stay in the mix against Furman. Furman is ahead of Chattanooga currently in the power rankings due to Chattanooga's poor offense and Furman losing multiple games to quality opponents. The Citadel, after starting the season surprising Georgia Southern at home and blowing out the Mountaineers in Boone, seem to quickly be running out of gas. Go Check out your local team this Weekend.
1. Wofford College Terriers 5-0 (3-0), Next Opponent: @ Georgia Southern
2. Georgia Southern Eagles 4-1 (3-1), Next Opponent: Wofford
3. Appalachian State Mountaineers 4-2 (2-1), Next Opponent: @ Samford
4. Samford Bulldogs 5-1 (3-1), Next Opponent: Appalachian State
5. Citadel Bulldogs 2-3 (2-2), Next Opponent: Western Carolina
6. Furman Paladins 2-4 (1-2) Next Opponent: Chattanooga
7. Chattanooga Mocs 2-3 (1-1) Next Opponent: @ Furman
8. Elon Phoenix 2-4 (0-3) Next Opponent: BYE
9. Western Carolina Catamounts 1-5 (0-4) Next Opponent: @ Citadel
Folks, we have a huge upcoming week for Southern Conference football. Wofford College travels to Paulson Stadium in Statesboro to face off against recent bitter rival Georgia Southern. Appalachian State faces one loss Samford, both teams seem ready to prove they are serious title contenders. Finally, we have Chattanooga fighting for their lives to save the young disappointing season and stay in the mix against Furman. Furman is ahead of Chattanooga currently in the power rankings due to Chattanooga's poor offense and Furman losing multiple games to quality opponents. The Citadel, after starting the season surprising Georgia Southern at home and blowing out the Mountaineers in Boone, seem to quickly be running out of gas. Go Check out your local team this Weekend.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
The B1G is terrible
...and so is every other conference besides the SEC.
Big Ten
Hapless Penn State wasted Northwestern today and knocked them out of the Top 25. Nebraska will probably be knocked out of the Top 25 after losing to Ohio State. Ohio State is the best Big Tenlevenvle team (and likely will be the only ranked team come tomorrow) but is not eligible for the post season. The rest of the Big Ten is garbage and I won't even discuss them. I cannot wait until Bowl Season when the B1G looks even worse. Lee Corso (this is the last time I will ever reference this "man") said last week that the B1G should do an 11-game round robin and each team should play one OOC game against an FCS team so it isn't as obvious how weak the B1G is. There are a slew of reasons why this is happening and the armchair economist in me says that the decline of the Rust Belt plays a bigger part in the decline in the B1G than anyone wants to mention. If you were to ask Colin Cowherd, he would tell you that there are more "babydolls" and the weather is better in California and the South and that is why the players and coaches emigrate out of the Rust Belt.
The ACC
Clemson tried to grab the brass ring but EJ pulled it out of reach last week. Clemson will host South Carolina to end their regular season which will end their BCS hopes. Clemson isn't the answer.
Florida State is looking good but plays at Miami, at VA Tech (read this "Va Tech", don't say "Virgina Tech" in your head), and at Maryland. None of these teams are spectacular but methinks they will lose one of these games. They will end their regular season hosting Florida who will end their BCS NCG hopes if one of the aforementioned teams don't beat the Gators to it. Free Shoes U isn't the answer. UPDATE: FSU loses to NC State 17-16. How good is Tennessee?
Virginia Tech. Traditional ACC power Virginia Teach. Wow, what a season Frank Beamer is having. Their loss to Pittsburgh was crippling. Pitt had lost two weeks prior to Youngstown State which is a respectable FCS team. Last week VA Tech lost to Cincinnati. Ouch. This week they lost to basketball school UNC. I can imagine that the pitchfork and torch crowd is assembling in Blacksburg, VA.
Big XII
This isn't football but featured the best thing going in the Big XII.
Vintage Bob Stoops.
JF's prediction: Bob Stoops will take his team to play in the 2013 Bob Stoops Invitational.
Big East
This commercial was originally about Big East football but TMIMITW didn't like picking on the less fortunate.
PAC-12
LSU smothered Washington 41-3. Two weeks later Washington beat #8 Stanford 17-13. During the game Jesse Palmer said that Washington had a "SEC-caliber defense." LSU has a bad SEC offense. Am I missing something?
USC was supposed to be the team to finally take down the SEC but haven't looked remarkable all season.
Oregon is good but still has USC, Washingon, Oregon State, and the PAC-12 CG on tap. I think it is safe to say that they lose one of those contests.
Notre Dame
The Irish are looking good but have to play USC, Stanford, and Oklahoma. Gone are the days of my childhood when Notre Dame ate cupcakes every weekend on NBC. I'd love to see Notre Dame make it to the BCS NCG and face <insert random elite SEC team here>.
SEC
Wow. Wow. Wow.
We can divide the conference into five levels
Alabama - Alabama. (I don't even need to say "'Nuff said.")
The Big Boys - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, LSU. These guys can scare Alabama before losing. They can beat one another and should beat all the underlings of the conference. Yes, Florida is back.
Not Ready for Primetime Players - Tennessee and Mississippi State. Up and coming teams. Good enough to compete with anyone but not ready for the SEC CG. Tennessee beat NC State handily. Florida's win over LSU makes the Florida loss look better but Georgia's loss to Sakerlina makes the Vols look worse. Can comparative scoring ever be trusted? Yes, when it benefits your team.
Hoping for a Bowl - Auburn, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Missouri, Ole Miss. Ole Miss is the only team happy to be at this level. Vanderbilt thought that their Thursday night home opener against the Gamecocks was going to be their coming out party. Missouri and A&M said all summer that they didn't take kindly to the notion that they wouldn't immediately compete in the SEC. I wouldn't have taken kindly to it either but it doesn't make it any less true. Gene Chizik will be fired at the end of the season if he has a losing record.
Kentucky - Kentucky and Arkansas. Do we need details?
Class dismissed, enjoy Fall Break.
Big Ten
Hapless Penn State wasted Northwestern today and knocked them out of the Top 25. Nebraska will probably be knocked out of the Top 25 after losing to Ohio State. Ohio State is the best Big Tenlevenvle team (and likely will be the only ranked team come tomorrow) but is not eligible for the post season. The rest of the Big Ten is garbage and I won't even discuss them. I cannot wait until Bowl Season when the B1G looks even worse. Lee Corso (this is the last time I will ever reference this "man") said last week that the B1G should do an 11-game round robin and each team should play one OOC game against an FCS team so it isn't as obvious how weak the B1G is. There are a slew of reasons why this is happening and the armchair economist in me says that the decline of the Rust Belt plays a bigger part in the decline in the B1G than anyone wants to mention. If you were to ask Colin Cowherd, he would tell you that there are more "babydolls" and the weather is better in California and the South and that is why the players and coaches emigrate out of the Rust Belt.
The ACC
Clemson tried to grab the brass ring but EJ pulled it out of reach last week. Clemson will host South Carolina to end their regular season which will end their BCS hopes. Clemson isn't the answer.
Florida State is looking good but plays at Miami, at VA Tech (read this "Va Tech", don't say "Virgina Tech" in your head), and at Maryland. None of these teams are spectacular but methinks they will lose one of these games. They will end their regular season hosting Florida who will end their BCS NCG hopes if one of the aforementioned teams don't beat the Gators to it. Free Shoes U isn't the answer. UPDATE: FSU loses to NC State 17-16. How good is Tennessee?
Virginia Tech. Traditional ACC power Virginia Teach. Wow, what a season Frank Beamer is having. Their loss to Pittsburgh was crippling. Pitt had lost two weeks prior to Youngstown State which is a respectable FCS team. Last week VA Tech lost to Cincinnati. Ouch. This week they lost to basketball school UNC. I can imagine that the pitchfork and torch crowd is assembling in Blacksburg, VA.
Big XII
This isn't football but featured the best thing going in the Big XII.
Vintage Bob Stoops.
JF's prediction: Bob Stoops will take his team to play in the 2013 Bob Stoops Invitational.
Big East
This commercial was originally about Big East football but TMIMITW didn't like picking on the less fortunate.
PAC-12
LSU smothered Washington 41-3. Two weeks later Washington beat #8 Stanford 17-13. During the game Jesse Palmer said that Washington had a "SEC-caliber defense." LSU has a bad SEC offense. Am I missing something?
USC was supposed to be the team to finally take down the SEC but haven't looked remarkable all season.
Oregon is good but still has USC, Washingon, Oregon State, and the PAC-12 CG on tap. I think it is safe to say that they lose one of those contests.
Notre Dame
The Irish are looking good but have to play USC, Stanford, and Oklahoma. Gone are the days of my childhood when Notre Dame ate cupcakes every weekend on NBC. I'd love to see Notre Dame make it to the BCS NCG and face <insert random elite SEC team here>.
SEC
Wow. Wow. Wow.
We can divide the conference into five levels
Alabama - Alabama. (I don't even need to say "'Nuff said.")
The Big Boys - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, LSU. These guys can scare Alabama before losing. They can beat one another and should beat all the underlings of the conference. Yes, Florida is back.
Not Ready for Primetime Players - Tennessee and Mississippi State. Up and coming teams. Good enough to compete with anyone but not ready for the SEC CG. Tennessee beat NC State handily. Florida's win over LSU makes the Florida loss look better but Georgia's loss to Sakerlina makes the Vols look worse. Can comparative scoring ever be trusted? Yes, when it benefits your team.
Hoping for a Bowl - Auburn, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Missouri, Ole Miss. Ole Miss is the only team happy to be at this level. Vanderbilt thought that their Thursday night home opener against the Gamecocks was going to be their coming out party. Missouri and A&M said all summer that they didn't take kindly to the notion that they wouldn't immediately compete in the SEC. I wouldn't have taken kindly to it either but it doesn't make it any less true. Gene Chizik will be fired at the end of the season if he has a losing record.
Kentucky - Kentucky and Arkansas. Do we need details?
Class dismissed, enjoy Fall Break.
Long Time No See
Wednesday's Presidential debate was the highest rated presidential debate since the Gipper vs the Peanut Farmer. 67 million Americans skipped church and watched Willard Mitt Romney take President Obama to the woodshed. President Obama's lackluster performance has been blamed on altitude, marijuana, and John Kerry among other things. Basically his debate loss has been blamed on everything but Mitt Romney being a better debater.
President Obama and George W. Bush couldn't be more different when it comes to how they project themselves in public: Bush was folksy, corny, unpolished, an inept; Obama is calm, cool, collected, and wise (except when is isn't..) Obama doesn't go anywhere without a teleprompter and Bush rarely used one. Does that make Bush genuine and Obama fake or does it mean Obama is smart and Bush is dumb? Doesn't matter. In debates, you can't be aided by a teleprompter. Candidates study for days because on the stage all they have is their wits. Plainly stated, Romney outwitted Obama. Who could have guessed this? Jubal Foster.
My pre-debate prediction (which I shared with friends off-line) hinged on Romney's Mormon faith. I am not a Mormon but they do a few things well. They understand the importance of piety, family, faith, and community. One of the things I most admire Mormons for is how they conduct their services. They have no vocational pastors, only elected officials that guide services and their ward (church body). The LDS church has ward zones (think public school zoning) that show Mormons where they must attend. The ward comes together to make decisions and take care of one another. How did I get this far off topic? I need to do another post about Mormons. Anyway, Mormons don't have pastors like protestants do. Each church member is required to give a talk when called upon by their bishop. Some topics are assigned, other times topics are at the discretion of the speaker. Church members are required to give talks in church starting in middle school. Mitt Romney also served a two-year missionary trip where he tried to sell the LDS church on people 24/7/365 x2. Mitt Romney's Mormon upbringing gives him a natural advantage in public speaking and debating.
Mitt Romney was better prepared for the debate and, in turn, won the debate due to his lifetime of public speaking whereas President Obama has crippled himself with his constant use of a teleprompter.
Team Obama Excuses
Smoking weed: maybe but highly doubtful.
Altitude sickness: seriously? Probably the hardest reaching excuse I've seen.
Something else on his mind: could it have been this?
John Kerry: we've known for a long time that President Obama is a stone cold narcissist and can't take people bringing up shortcomings of his administration.
Debates are dog and pony shows. I enjoy them as entertainment only. Will Mitt Romney's debate skills save the economy? Bring peace in the Middle East? Curb government corruption? Nope. The post-debate polls have been great for Romney but debates shouldn't be how you decide your vote. Look at the issues, not the debates. I'd rather have a 400 lb president with a rat-tail that stutters with good political positions than having someone that is as handsome as Robert Redford and is as eloquent as Brent Musberger. Did I just say Robert Redford was handsome? Yes I did. Class dismissed.
President Obama and George W. Bush couldn't be more different when it comes to how they project themselves in public: Bush was folksy, corny, unpolished, an inept; Obama is calm, cool, collected, and wise (except when is isn't..) Obama doesn't go anywhere without a teleprompter and Bush rarely used one. Does that make Bush genuine and Obama fake or does it mean Obama is smart and Bush is dumb? Doesn't matter. In debates, you can't be aided by a teleprompter. Candidates study for days because on the stage all they have is their wits. Plainly stated, Romney outwitted Obama. Who could have guessed this? Jubal Foster.
My pre-debate prediction (which I shared with friends off-line) hinged on Romney's Mormon faith. I am not a Mormon but they do a few things well. They understand the importance of piety, family, faith, and community. One of the things I most admire Mormons for is how they conduct their services. They have no vocational pastors, only elected officials that guide services and their ward (church body). The LDS church has ward zones (think public school zoning) that show Mormons where they must attend. The ward comes together to make decisions and take care of one another. How did I get this far off topic? I need to do another post about Mormons. Anyway, Mormons don't have pastors like protestants do. Each church member is required to give a talk when called upon by their bishop. Some topics are assigned, other times topics are at the discretion of the speaker. Church members are required to give talks in church starting in middle school. Mitt Romney also served a two-year missionary trip where he tried to sell the LDS church on people 24/7/365 x2. Mitt Romney's Mormon upbringing gives him a natural advantage in public speaking and debating.
Mitt Romney was better prepared for the debate and, in turn, won the debate due to his lifetime of public speaking whereas President Obama has crippled himself with his constant use of a teleprompter.
Team Obama Excuses
Smoking weed: maybe but highly doubtful.
Altitude sickness: seriously? Probably the hardest reaching excuse I've seen.
Something else on his mind: could it have been this?
John Kerry: we've known for a long time that President Obama is a stone cold narcissist and can't take people bringing up shortcomings of his administration.
Debates are dog and pony shows. I enjoy them as entertainment only. Will Mitt Romney's debate skills save the economy? Bring peace in the Middle East? Curb government corruption? Nope. The post-debate polls have been great for Romney but debates shouldn't be how you decide your vote. Look at the issues, not the debates. I'd rather have a 400 lb president with a rat-tail that stutters with good political positions than having someone that is as handsome as Robert Redford and is as eloquent as Brent Musberger. Did I just say Robert Redford was handsome? Yes I did. Class dismissed.
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