Posted by
jason on Aug. 25, 2009, 9:30pm
• The harrowing story of Brett The Goat: From awaiting ritualistic slaughter while tied up in the trunk of a freaky Favre-hater, to his daring rescue by Minnesota auto mechanics & his settling down in the safe haven of a well-known Wisconsin farm.
Disney & Dreamworks are dueling for the movie rights as we speak!
• Speaking of the other Brett, the SbB Favre Embargo has officially ended. Shall we do it again?
• Punts at the new Cowboys Stadium keep getting blocked by the big HD screen above the field. Whose fault is it - Jerry Jones or the NFL?
• Venice Beach: A great place for spotting topless ladies - and their kids!
• NCAA schools are looking to trim budgets by bringing to a halt the practice of hosting football players in hotels for home games.
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Posted by
jason on Jul. 29, 2009, 8:30pm
• The Northwestern Wildcats women’s lacrosse team has won five straight national titles - thanks in part to the inspiration of honorary teammate & young cancer survivor Jaclyn Murphy.
• Ladies & gentlemen of the jury, Plaxico Burress would like to have a little chat with you.
• A high school cheerleader is suing after her coach logged in to her Facebook account & then kicked her off the team.
• Current Viking & former Bear Bobby Wade sez Brian Urlacher doesn’t think new Chicago QB Jay Cutler is all that manly.
• The Big 12 Conference is looking to move their football championship game to the new Cowboys Stadium…permanently!
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Posted by
Adam J on Jul. 29, 2009, 10:45am
One of the most unseemly aspects of conference championship playoff games in football is the appearance of unfairness in the location of the game. Why, if a team is more highly rated and in line for a giant BCS bowl payday, should they travel to a conference opponent’s backyard at the end of the season and put their whole year on the line one last time?
It’s a legitimate question, especially in the Big 12, which has seen no fewer than five teams enter the conference championship ranked in the top three, only to walk out with a loss. So naturally, they’re thinking about permanently relocating to Dallas. Of course.
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The state of Texas represents just about everything in stereotypical modern American culture, writ large. From oil dollars to pickup trucks to immigration issues to oversized meal portions, Texas is everything that people worldwide think of when they think America. Its sports teams represent that oversized, brash stereotype too. The Dallas Cowboys have long been famous for hubris and controversy on top of their success on the field.
(It only looks like a football stadium…)
Their new stadium continues that tradition. Cowboys Stadium is a billion-dollar monument to everything good and bad about American culture and excess, and is a stadium perfect for the over-the-top Cowboys and their caricatured oilman owner Jerry Jones. Which is why it was somewhat surprising to hear that it was designed for soccer. Yes, soccer.
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