On the way into work today I heard on the radio that the NFL is debating doing away with divisional winners, and instead seeding the playoffs based on record alone. I dont know how I feel about this. On one hand, it will make the season exciting throughout and balance out the competitiveness of the final weeks in the season. Some team seems to always get screwed at the end due to one team phoning it in and benching players, etc. Just this year, the Giants traveled to Tampa Bay even though they had the better record. It will also do wonders for fantasy football playoffs. Fantasy football leagues can now be extended since the star players will actually be playing up to the end of the regular season.
On the other hand, it takes away the inner battle for divisions. Some divisional rivalry games wont be as meaningful as they used to be, etc. People fear change…
We all know this is about money. With so few weeks in the season compared to the other big sports, the NFL obviously wants every week to mean something. What do you guys think?
Britton Colquitt couldn’t resist. He had to get drunk, then drive, then hit a parked car, then leave the scene of the accident. According to Vols Xtra this could be Colquitt’s fifth alcohol offense. This one is costing him his scholarship.
*Side note, there is a side bar outlining all the Tennessee football transgrssions in 2008.
West Virginia standouts Jock Sanders and Noel Devine are being questioned by authorities after they ALLEGEDLY pummelled a West Virginia student outside of a night club in Morgantown. It appears that other football players were involved, but those attacked are not certain. As of today there are no charges filed.
Former baseball player and current Tennessee walk-on Vince Faison was arrested recently when he passed out in his car at a McDonalds Drive-thru. The engine was on, his foot was on the break and the car was in gear. Faison didn’t even wake up when the cops arrived and attempted to wake him verbally.
Alabama freshman Jeremy Elder was arrested and charged with two counts of first degree robbery. He was jailed and held on $120,000 bond. That sure is a lot of wampum. Under Alabama state law, “ first-degree robbery involves either a “deadly weapon or dangerous instrument” or someone causing “serious physical injury to another.” Both charges are Class A felonies.” Man oh man this one sounds bad.
Now that the writing is unofficially on the wall for Kelvin Sampson, I have put on my Ultimate Decider of Justice hat and embarked on a remarkably unscientific study1, the results of which suggest that Indiana University fans are torn right now between a question that’s not being asked: who was a bigger debacle, Kelvin Sampson or Mike Davis?
Unfortunately for the Phillies, Japan’s Takeru Kobayashi is not currently available, as he has developed a chronic jaw injury limiting his Nathan’s hot dog and bun consumption to 63 in a mere 12 minutes. Also unfortunate for the Phillies, Kyle Kendrick thinks he’s Batman.
Who cares about the Daytona 500 and steroid hearings? Not this guy!! With nice weather, no football, and lazy weekends, THRILLHO has had extra time to sit around and enjoy the finer things in life, like reading a book by the pool while his wife cleans the house. I know this is a sports blog… but in the interest in keeping content flowing through the site, I thought I could mix it up a bit. I was asking around for book recommendations, and a friend let me borrow a copy of I AM AMERICA (And So Can You!), by Stephen Colbert. If you are a fan of his show, you can pretty much know what to expect. It’s basically an extension of the show… an autobiography laced with the ‘thruthiness’ of such hot topics as race, sex, higher education, the gays, sports, and the media (to name a few). Colbert is a brilliant satirist, there is no debating that. His one liners are so simple and genius. This is one of the funniest books I have even read. The book is plastered with footnotes and indent comments that basically mock his own mocking…. a double mocking… if that makes sense. The originality is what makes this book so hilarious. The satire is so in your face, and his fans obviously share the opposite viewpoints on everything he preaches. His constant praising of Fox News (with the exception of a couple ‘friends’ on ‘Fox and Friends’) sums up his mockery. He is the anti-Hannity, anti-O’Reilly… the character he portrays is the sarcastic product of the extreme right wing, criticizing everything from higher education (see what it did for the Unabomber) to baby carrots (they are trying to turn him gay). Read the rest of this entry »
To what do you owe this sweet pleasure you ask?Well after reading piles upon piles of fan mail and hearing the praises of so many of how I changed the world and made their lives better, I then knew that I must continue on my journey towards enlightenment.
Remember “The Simpsons” episode where Ralph gave Lisa the Valentine, Lisa told Ralph she didn’t “like, like him” and later Bart showed Lisa in slow motion where you could see Wiggum’s heart breaking frame by frame? This was how I felt yesterday when Indiana University released the major infractions they received from the NCAA. Early in the morning, the news broke that IU had received the official list of violations from the NCAA and that they would discuss the allegations later in the day. I haven’t felt this violated since 2005 when I worked for the Philadelphia Soul.
On the way into work today I heard on the radio that the NFL is debating doing away with divisional winners, and instead seeding the playoffs based on record alone. I dont know how I feel about this. On one hand, it will make the season exciting throughout and balance out the competitiveness of the final weeks in the season. Some team seems to always get screwed at the end due to one team phoning it in and benching players, etc. Just this year, the Giants traveled to Tampa Bay even though they had the better record. It will also do wonders for fantasy football playoffs. Fantasy football leagues can now be extended since the star players will actually be playing up to the end of the regular season.
On the other hand, it takes away the inner battle for divisions. Some divisional rivalry games wont be as meaningful as they used to be, etc. People fear change…
Posted by THRILLHO 
Posted by Love Without Nagel 
Posted by RJ 
Who cares about the Daytona 500 and steroid hearings? Not this guy!! With nice weather, no football, and lazy weekends, THRILLHO has had extra time to sit around and enjoy the finer things in life, like reading a book by the pool while his wife cleans the house. I know this is a sports blog… but in the interest in keeping content flowing through the site, I thought I could mix it up a bit. I was asking around for book recommendations, and a friend let me borrow a copy of I AM AMERICA (And So Can You!), by Stephen Colbert. If you are a fan of his show, you can pretty much know what to expect. It’s basically an extension of the show… an autobiography laced with the ‘thruthiness’ of such hot topics as race, sex, higher education, the gays, sports, and the media (to name a few). Colbert is a brilliant satirist, there is no debating that. His one liners are so simple and genius. This is one of the funniest books I have even read. The book is plastered with footnotes and indent comments that basically mock his own mocking…. a double mocking… if that makes sense. 
The originality is what makes this book so hilarious. The satire is so in your face, and his fans obviously share the opposite viewpoints on everything he preaches. His constant praising of Fox News (with the exception of a couple ‘friends’ on ‘Fox and Friends’) sums up his mockery. He is the anti-Hannity, anti-O’Reilly… the character he portrays is the sarcastic product of the extreme right wing, criticizing everything from higher education (see what it did for the Unabomber) to baby carrots (they are trying to turn him gay). 
Subscribe to RSS Feed
