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Your morning roundup for May 11, the day the pre-prom body cavity searches were called off. More »
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Texas beat Texas A&M 49-9 yesterday. They're now 11-1. But unless you were in Texas you had no idea this game was happening. Even I didn't think to check this score until late Thursday night. That's because I spent Thanksgiving with family. Included in part of my day was a trip to Ford Field to watch the Titans destroy the Lions in person. Watching a team get beat as badly as the Lions was kind of uncomfortable. Especially when your wife's family is mostly Lions fans. It's kind of sad. Don't get me wrong, as a Titans fan it was great, but the Detroit fans were so abusive of their team it was like watching a couple you know is about to be divorced get into a nasty verbal fight in a room full of people. You want to tune it out and enjoy your day, but you just can't. The infinite variety of unique and fascinating ways I heard the Lions cursed yesterday could fill a novel. And the entire time I felt like I shouldn't be hearing it all, like this was something that should be happening behind closed doors. Anyway, on to a weekend in college football where Oregon, Auburn, Oklahoma State, Virginia, and Florida State all have a chance to ruin their most-hated in-state rivals' season. More »
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The most interesting thing about this weekend was Barack Obama continuing his jeremiad against the BCS. At first you thought his Monday Night Football interview with Berman was probably just a flippant aside. But now he's carried the anti-BCS flame into office and laid out an 8-team playoff plan. Already the commissioner of the BCS. John Swofford, has stepped out of his dark cave, waved his short arms, put on his Rose Bowl hat and dismissed the possibility. But even still, should we give Obama more credit on this? Could bringing about an end to the BCS end the Republican stranglehold on the deep South in 2012? Is it time for us to acknowledge the incredible boldness of Obama's new southern strategy? More »
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Thursday night college football arrives with a televised double-header. ESPN brings us Pittsburgh at South Florida and something called the Versus Network brings us Oregon State at Utah. Like me you have no idea if you have actually have Versus and if demanded on pain of death to give ten guesses as to what the channel number is, I'd be dead. So would you. Leaving one to wonder, as always, who negotiates the Pac-10's television contract? Anyway, excluding the baseball playoffs (hurry up and end), these games are better than anything on Thursday night television excluding The Office. And, let's be clear, if Michael Scott and Stanley could call one of these games in character the awkward awesomeness of this pairing would beat anything in college football this season. Except for when Charlie Weis got bowled over against Michigan. Nothing beats that. On to the preview. More »
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Give ESPN credit for Thursday night college football. In the beginning the Thursday night slate was awful. Rarely, if ever, would good teams play against other decent teams. It was the bottom of the college football barrel. Then teams started to recognize the value in monopolizing the nation's attention by playing on a different night. The last couple of seasons has proven this newfound Thursday night cachet. Witness last season when ESPN's Thursday night scheduler (whoever he is) deserved a full expenses paid trip to Thailand for a month. Every week brought another game that drastically impacted the national championship picture, conference titles, or the Heisman Trophy. And it was Thursday. Meaning you had a reason to rush home, kick back on the couch, break open a beer, and revel in football during the week. The games were compelling, hard fought, and served as great primers for Saturday. This week, we've got USC-Oregon State. Which, to be fair, ain't that bad. More »
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