College football has dwindled down to nothing. The great winnowing out is well under way in the pros. Parting from each sport, in its turn, is such sweet sorrow.Autumn nights find me inexplicably watching Bowling Green play Buffalo. Sleepless Saturday nights are extended by Boise State or Fresno State playing some other State.Then, just to …
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The Glorious Anachronism
I don’t care whether or not you support them or even want them to win the playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers.One of the great virtues of America is that there is a professional football team in Green Bay, Wis. It’s still possible! The country still has just a speck of respect for tradition …
Just Why Would Saddles Blaze?
Nothing sidetracks a morning like the discovery that “Blazing Saddles” is playing on IFC. This blog would be finished, undoubtedly on a different topic, if not for Lillie Von Shtupp, the Teutonic Titwillow. “Can’t you see this is the last act of a desperate man?” “I don’t care if it’s the first act of ‘Henry …
Time Passages
It won’t be long until proper names will mean nothing. The Big 10 will have 18 teams in football and 22 in other sports. The Big 12 will have eight schools. USC of Los Angeles will join the Atlantic Coast Conference, and USC of Columbia will be in the Mountain West. The House of Representatives …
The Godforsaken Glitter
Modern college football has taken the luster away from Notre Dame. Literally. I used to marvel at how glittery the Fighting Irish helmets were. Other teams wearing gold or silver would wear helmets that, by mid-season, were dulled by scrapes and streaks of colors from opposition helmets. Not the Irish. I wondered if they …
The Bowl System
Democrats evolve. Republicans don’t. Libertarians devolve.Exceptions exist, of course, in all three categories. It’s similar to rules of grammar.Perhaps I’m a reluctant Democrat. It’s hard to put up with the bullshit, but the only hope of advancement, however slim, rests with the Democrats.One reason we can’t get a damned thing done in this country anymore …
Nightrider's Lament 