(This post first appeared on my Substack on July 18, 2022.) https://youtu.be/4QwZi9-7i5s Memories are funny things. I struggle with dad brain often. While I managed to be a Jeopardy! champion once a long time ago, I doubt I would be as good at the game today. My memory is not as sharp as it once... Continue Reading →
The Game Continues to Get Broken
(This post first appeared on my Substack on June 30, 2022.) The latest shots in the escalating arms race in intercollegiate athletics were fired yesterday as news broke that USC and UCLA would be leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024. Apparently, plans went into motion after it was announced about this time... Continue Reading →
The Game’s Not As Fun As It Used To Be
Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Saw a tweet from the homie Joel Anderson this morning that got me thinking. (Check out Joel’s work at Slate including Slow Burn Season 6: The L.A. Riots and Slow Burn Season 3: Biggie and Tupac.) Joel’s tweet: https://twitter.com/byjoelanderson/status/1460619627772334081?s=20 And as I pondered it over my morning cup of coffee, I had... Continue Reading →
A Modest NHL Proposal
The National Hockey League has a big decision on its hands when the newest expansion team begins play in 2021. Currently, it appears that the plan is to have the Seattle Kraken join the Pacific Division and have the Arizona Coyotes slide over from the Pacific to the Central Division to balance the league out... Continue Reading →
Mark Emmert Gets An Extension And Most Don’t Know Why
So I want to circle back to the list from Dan Wolken embedded below, and I want to address something he wrote in his column. To call these president's "out of touch academics" is a bit of a misnomer. https://twitter.com/DanWolken/status/1387217826692444161?s=20 Usually when you get to the level of president, especially at some of the FBS... Continue Reading →
The Light Has Been Snuffed Out
The Grand Experiment is a failure. Today may not be the end of this country permanently, but this is the first tolling of the bells sounding the death knell. There really is no way back from the historic clusterfuck that occurred in Washington, D.C. The short view is that this is the epitome of one... Continue Reading →
Every Game Counts. Except When They Don’t
https://fbschedules.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cfb-playoff-logo.png The College Football Playoff maintains that “every game counts”. No. Really. They do. It’s even on the FAQ section of their website: “The playoff was created to preserve the excitement and significance of college football’s unique regular season where every game counts.” See? They said it, so it must be true, right? Although the... Continue Reading →
An Abdication of Duty
The Mid-American Conference showed the way. It was the presidents of the schools in the MAC that made the right decision. And leave no doubt about it; canceling the FBS college football season in the midst of the pandemic is absolutely, 100 percent, the right decision. I say that as someone who loves watching college... Continue Reading →
Music Monday: What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding?
As I walk through this wicked world Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity I ask myself, "Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred and misery? Let's be real. Things aren't exactly going well here. There are those who believe in science, and safety, and are worried about the physical and... Continue Reading →
Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself
In Greek mythology, Echo was a nymph who was cursed with the ability to only repeat the last words anyone spoke to her. In practical terms, an echo is the reflection of a sound that reaches the listener's ears after a slight delay. This blog takes its title from a 1996 song and album by... Continue Reading →
Test For Echo 
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