Archive for September, 2010
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Following UCLA's 35-0 loss to Stanford at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, Bruins' head coach Rick Neuheisel gave his traditional postgame pep talk to the Bruin faithful in the stands.
Los Angeles Times columnist, and noted moron, Bill Plaschke said Neuheisel sounded "futile." While it might be hard to sound "peppy" ...
Posted in College Football | 7 Comments »
Sunday, September 12th, 2010
Only in college football could the third-ranked team in the nation somehow lose during their bye week.
Boise State gets the honors this year, and in week two no less, because Virginia Tech managed to lose to I-AA James Madison at home, in Blacksburg.
The immediate reaction all over the country was ...
Posted in College Football | 9 Comments »
Sunday, September 12th, 2010
Pac-10 football officiating has always been bad - just ask Bob Stoops and Oklahoma how they feel about it - but now it has gotten to a point where it's just ridiculous. As Dan Weber of USCFootball.com said following USC's 17-14 win over Virginia, it has gotten to a critical ...
Posted in College Football | 10 Comments »
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Record: 7-4 (4-6-1 ATS)
Yahoo! league record: 7-9
Read my week two picks here.
South Dakota 41 Minnesota 38 - In the words of Nelson Muntz, Esq., HA-HA. I don't care if it makes the Big Ten look bad. This is hilarious. Everyone should lose but Indiana. Oh, and world, Dante Warren. Dante ...
Posted in College Football | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 10th, 2010
OK, so I think I know what Antonio Cromartie was going for when he claimed the New York Jets were the NFL's version of the Miami Heat. But did he really think about what he was saying? Well, since it's Antonio Cromartie, given stellar track record of thinking before he ...
Posted in NFL | 1 Comment »
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Record: 7-4 (4-6-1 ATS)
Yahoo! league record: 7-9
Noon ET
(15) Georgia Tech (1-0) at Kansas (0-1) (+14)
What a terrible time for the (already) beleaguered Turner Gill-led Kansas squad to play a brutally effective Georgia Tech team. That 6-3 loss to North Dakota State was bad enough, but now Gill's essentially talent-less team ...
Posted in College Football | 2 Comments »
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Despite letting everyone on the planet know he wants to return to the Washington Nationals next season, Adam Dunn may not get that opportunity. Word out of the nation's capital is that the Nats are willing to let the free-agent-to-be walk this offseason because they are tired of putting up ...
Posted in MLB, MLB Rumors, Rumors | 8 Comments »
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Russia gave it a go but it's onto the next round for Team USA at the 2010 FIBA World Championship after an 89-79 win.
Kevin Durant did the heavy lifting with 33 points -- there's not a team in the tournament that has an answer to Durant's combination of length, athleticism ...
Posted in 2010 FIBA World Championship, Go America, Kevin Durant, Lamar Odom, NBA | No Comments »
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
A night after their young stud starter Mat Latos had another dominant performance, the San Diego Padres sent another young hurler to the bump against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Cory Luebke made his second professional start Wednesday night and he was awesome.
Luebke was stellar over six shutout innings, allowing just ...
Posted in MLB | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
This one is really personal for a few of us here at Rumors and Rants. Trevor Hoffman, the best closer in baseball history (shut up Yankees fans) got career save No. 600 tonight in Milwaukee.
For Hoffman, it's an amazing mark. He became the first closer to reach that number in ...
Posted in MLB | 9 Comments »
