And they were founded in 1883 ( Read more... )

So recently I've become tired of national sports shows because the commentary is so plastic, and they're often dead wrong about the teams I know well.  And I assume if they have backwards knowledge about my teams, they have backwards knowledge about most teams, except for the top few that they put all of their focus on.  Were I not on the West ( Read more... )

I've been too busy to write, I guess, but just saw a quick item that is exactly why I started this blog ( Read more... )

In about an hour, I leave for the Cal-Eastern Washington game, an opponent so wimpy that my dad won't be going to a home game for the first time in over 2 years (perhaps as many as 4 ( Read more... )

Sam Bradford went down, too bad for him, and too bad for Oklahoma.  Everyone's saying you can't replace a Heisman winner.  Apparently Matt Leinert didn't get that memo.

Look, Matt Leinert: 2 Rose Bowl appearances, 1 Rose Bowl win, 2 national championships.  The Heisman winner he replaced, 0, 0, 0.  Yes, Palmer was good, and yes Palmer is having a ( Read more... )

The new Pac-10 commissioner is off to a greeeeeat start.  Signs a deal to make the Alamo Bowl the #2 Pac-10 Bowl.

Basically, I'm not going.  For these reasons:

Being one spot out of the Rose Bowl Game is painful enough.
Going all the way to Texas?  I don't think so.
January 2.  Which means I either have to fly out day of or December 31 in order to ( Read more... )

I've actually been working on this simulation for weeks, but the complexity in preparation meant I didn't want to post any information.

National County Basketball is the most massive league I've created yet - 3,144 teams representing every county and county-equivalent in the United States, including Washington DC.  (Wikipedia claims there are 3,140 ( Read more... )

Cal's gameday T-Shirt this year might be the worst yet.  The back says "This is our house 72000 strong."  Now I live and die with every Cal football play, but let's be real.  Cal only sells out when Stanford comes to town, and only gets close if USC or UCLA is exceptionally good and we have a chance to win.  Seasons like 2004 or even 2006 can also ( Read more... )

Okay, so Shane Victorino took the National League's final All Star spot, and he's as good a choice as Sandoval or Kemp.  But I realized upon his selection that he plays center field, which could make my entire previous blog void.  If he's not a natural center fielder - he did play right for a time - then I still stand by Kemp, but if I misheard the ( Read more... )

Pablo Sandoval, the Giants' rookie phenom third baseman/utility man, is a finalist for the All-Star game, so of course the Giants are pushing hard to get fans to vote for him.

Now, Pablo shouldn't be in this situation - he's having the best season among National League 3rd basemen, hands down - leading the position in average and slugging with 13 ( Read more... )