Right now… I am reminded that I’ve kinda gotten away from this month’s theme. I’m not especially worried about that. I am full of turkey tacos. I am not so full of turkey tacos that a Klondike Bar doesn’t sound good. I am finishing a bottle of Abita’s Andygator helles bock. I am extremely happy… Read More 15. right freaking now.
Nebraska: Mind if we join you? Big Ten: Sure. How does 2011 sound? Geez. That was easy. And no matter what Jim Delany or anyone else associated with the Big Ten says, I think there’s going to be more, and pretty quickly. When Jim Delany talked about adding Nebraska to the conference Friday afternoon —… Read More 12. glimpse.
We’re not going to spend a lot of time on an introduction to College Football Expansion here; the basics are everywhere (including my previous post) and stuff seems to be changing quickly enough that a thorough re-hashing would probably be irrelevant by the time I hit the publish button. Still, I wanted to take a… Read More 11. delany for a day.
I wasn’t ready. I hadn’t yet addressed the looming Big Ten expansion here for a couple of reasons: 1) The whole thing still makes me a little grumpy. 2) I thought we had a little time before things actually started happening. And then things actually started happening. Specifically, the Pac-10 made it known that it… Read More 10. addition.
UNIVERSITY PARK – Michelle and Kevin Coppola, Penn State graduates who live in Elkridge, Md., are the proud owners of a pair of Joe Paterno’s iconic eyeglasses. The Coppolas bid $9,000 for the thick-lensed glasses during Penn State Public Broadcasting’s 18th annual Connoisseur’s Dinner and Auction Saturday at the Nittany Lion Inn. Given that those… Read More a steal.
(We did start the year off by jumping in the Mon again, and I’m going to tell you about that tomorrow. But first…) Since Sept. 4, this red bracelet — which reads “People – Tradition – Excellence” — has stayed on my left wrist. Since Saturday, Sept. 5 — when Ethel picked it out of… Read More a great winter.
Uncle Crappy 