The pools are, as always, FREE to enter. Winners of the men’s & women’s NCAA pools will (eventually*) get a t-shirt or equivalent prize. More importantly, all winners will attain eternal glory. Eternal Glory! Complete rules here. Entry links below. Good luck! Men’s NCAA Tournament Pool: • Standings here! • Scoring system: 3-4-7-10-16-24-33. • View everyone’s picks as a printable… Read more »
WHEEEE!!!!! We’re two days away from my favorite day of the year, Christmas morning Selection Sunday, and you know what that means: BRACKETS!!! Also, my 17th annual (free) Living Room Times Basketball Pools (Men’s NCAA, Women’s NCAA and NIT). Come back here Sunday night or Monday to sign up. YAY!!! I. Can’t. Wait. As a matter of fact, Loyette got… Read more »
My trip to Arkansas is off, cancelled ~7 hours before it was to begin, after Denver’s season ended in heartbreak at the hands of Western Kentucky in the Sun Belt semifinals last night. Here’s video of my reaction to the Pioneers’ shot at winning or tying the game in the final seconds, and then WKU’s game-sealing free throws at the… Read more »
Tomorrow at 6:00 AM, I may be on board a plane departing Denver for Little Rock, Arkansas. Or I may not. I’ve already started packing, but I won’t know whether I’m actually traveling tomorrow until around 9:30 PM tonight — at which point I’ll be roughly six hours away from needing to leave for the airport, if I’m going. That’s… Read more »
I haven’t blogged here very much this season about University of Denver basketball — I’ve kept that over at Mile High Mids and the Mid-Majority — but Saturday’s game experience was pretty epic, as Denver upset Middle Tennessee State in front of a national TV audience, and the students (and DU Bally and I) rushed the court. You can read… Read more »
For most of us, myself included, today is Super Bowl Sunday. But for some in the quirky Mid-Majority cult community, it’s the start of Last Man — or, if you prefer, #lastman — the annual game of trying to avoid learning the result of the Super Bowl (a.k.a. #TheKnowledge) for as long as possible. You might remember this from last… Read more »
Congratulations to Nyghtewynd, who clinched victory in the 7th annual Living Room Times Bowl Pick ’em Contest when West Virginia routed Clemson 70-33 tonight in the Orange Bowl. More details to come tomorrow. UPDATE: I never did post those details “tomorrow” as promised, but bottom line, Nyghtewynd clinched the pool because West Virginia won. As I explained here: “Ultimately, Nyghtewynd… Read more »
Becky and I may be mired near the bottom of the 7th annual LRT Bowl Pick ’em Contest standings — currently in 34th and 36th place, respectively, out of 39 — but there’s one member of the family who still has a chance to win, and a pretty good chance at that: our 2 1/2 year old daughter, “Loyacita.”
MERRY BARKLEYMAS, FELLOW TROJANS!!!!! The arm of Matt Barkley shall throw in the Coliseum — one last time. FELL DEEDS AWAKE! Now for wrath, now for ruin, and a cardinal dawn! FORTH TROJANLINGAS!!!
Today, the NCAA announced Ohio State’s sanctions for Tresselgate. They are, of course, far less severe than USC’s sanctions, despite the misconduct having been indisputably more widespread, with higher university officials (like, I don’t know, THE HEAD COACH) having been undeniably more directly responsible for what occurred. Asked to comment, USC athletic director Pat Haden demurred: “My job is to… Read more »