LSU lost to Arkansas in “overtime” yesterday (scare quotes are because the college overtime system is bizarre), becoming the latest highly-ranked team to lose to an unranked opponent. This throws the BCS championship system into chaos for the Nth time this season– by the end of the weekend, at least three of the top ten… Continue reading College Football Wackiness
Category: Football
The Easterbrook Idiocy Supercollider
I generally like Gregg Easterbrook’s writing about football (though he’s kind of gone off the deep end regarding the Patriots this year), but everything else he turns his hand to is a disaster. In particular, he tends to pad his columns out with references to science and technology issues. I’m not quite sure what the… Continue reading The Easterbrook Idiocy Supercollider
NFL Notes
As any NFL fan is aware, the game of the week is my Giants against the hated Dallas Cowboys, who stand for everything that is evil and blighted in the league, no matter what Gregg Easterbrook says about the Patriots. All the talking head shows on ESPN this morning have talked about the game, and… Continue reading NFL Notes
Saturday Football Weirdness
Boggling discovery of the week: ESPN will be broadcasting from my alma mater: Williams College will play host to archrival Amherst College in football at noon in the 122nd meeting of “The Biggest Little Game in America” on Saturday, November 10th. ESPN’s College GameDay Built By The Home Depot with host Chris Fowler, Lee Corso,… Continue reading Saturday Football Weirdness
Shocking NFL News
The Patriots are playing the Colts this afternoon. And they’re both undefeated. Why doesn’t anybody tell me these things? You’d think a story like this might merit a mention or two on ESPN…
An Open Letter to the People of London
Hey, I just wanted to drop you all a note to say sorry about that football game yesterday. I know I’ve already admitted that rugby is a superior game, but honestly, the NFL can do better. You see, the thing is, the Miami Dolphins are a really bad team this year. And the New York… Continue reading An Open Letter to the People of London
Eat Your Heart Out, Cal-Stanford
With my Giants having done their part to ensure that the NFL never catches on in Europe, here’s a college football play that ought to appeal to the rugby fans out there. Trinity vs. Millsaps, two seconds to play, Trinity needs a touchdown to win, and has the ball on their own 39: All it… Continue reading Eat Your Heart Out, Cal-Stanford
NFL Open Thread
I’ve been largely silent about the NFL for the past couple of weeks, mostly because I don’t know what to make of anything that’s happening. I only saw the first half of last week’s Giants game, where it looked like they had reverted to their early-season form, but then they exploded in the second half,… Continue reading NFL Open Thread
Good Sports Weekend
I had a long post about Norman Spinrad all typed up when Firefox crashed, so you’ll have to wait for train-wrecky SF goodness. So here’s some sports commentary to pass the time. It was a good sports weekend in Chateau Steelypips: 1) I don’t really follow college football, but I do have a certain affection… Continue reading Good Sports Weekend
NFL Week 2
Three comments on the second week of the NFL season: 1) Given that Brett Favre famously lay down to give Michael Strahan the single-season sack record, it seems only fitting that the Giants should roll over to give him the NFL wins record for a QB. If the clock hadn’t run out, he probably could’ve… Continue reading NFL Week 2