Tuesday, August 25, 2015
fall guy
So Chris Carter at the rookie symposium says that nfl players need to find a "fall guy"to have in their entourage to take the blame in case THEY get in trouble...ummm. AND the nfl knew about it and tried to cover it up by keeping it on their website for a year!!!! everyone in the nfl makes money, but holy shit they are the biggest group of clown baby morons out there.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015
Go 'Chokes!
That purple flower
Gives us our power
We're the Fighting Artichokes!
We're so mean
In the yellow and green
We're the Fighting Artichokes!
You think we're a dip
We don't give a rip
We're the Fighting Artichokes!
You come in our garden
We'll finish what you started
We're the Fighting Artichokes!
Okay, so I'm mocking this a bit (I did actually make that up myself--that English degree was good for something!), but this is a real thing at Scottsdale Community College, and there's actually a pretty good story behind it. Apparently in the 1970s, administration was investing money into athletics rather than academics (so say Wikipedia and Campus Explorer), and so the student body voted to adopt the artichoke as mascot and pink and white as colors to embarrass the sports teams. That's pretty hilarious, and a great middle finger to the administrative powers that be. It would be interesting to see some effort like this today, when supporting athletic programs sometimes comes at the expense of what you would usually think is the core purpose of higher education, but I've a feeling people are too apathetic/uncreative/un-cynical about these kinds of directions in higher ed to make it really happen.
Other schools are pretty ridiculous, too, usually with less justification though sometimes with far more hilarity (I'm looking at you, RISD). But of course Stanfurd's Tree continues to be just stupid.
For good measure, here's two more pictures of Artie the Artichoke:
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Level playing field
This topic is a little old, but I've been super busy so im just getting around to it now
Arizona cardinals just hired the first female coach in the NFL, following the Spurs hire and now Sacramento Kings hire of two female assistant coaches. I do believe this is good and I do believe it's about time but my mindset is: if someone is qualified they are qualified. I don't care if it's a female, male, african american, white, 1 legged, an animal, no legged or an alien. If someone is qualified for a job they should get it. It's cool that these females have finally broken through but I really could care less about it. That might be a little jaded or apathetic but when are we going to stop saying "this was the first time _____"? Am i wrong to think that way? I paid absolutely zero seconds of my life caring that these coaches were hired, just like i gave zero seconds to male coaches that were hired at similar positions.
Arizona cardinals just hired the first female coach in the NFL, following the Spurs hire and now Sacramento Kings hire of two female assistant coaches. I do believe this is good and I do believe it's about time but my mindset is: if someone is qualified they are qualified. I don't care if it's a female, male, african american, white, 1 legged, an animal, no legged or an alien. If someone is qualified for a job they should get it. It's cool that these females have finally broken through but I really could care less about it. That might be a little jaded or apathetic but when are we going to stop saying "this was the first time _____"? Am i wrong to think that way? I paid absolutely zero seconds of my life caring that these coaches were hired, just like i gave zero seconds to male coaches that were hired at similar positions.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Percy Harvin is a Bit Delusional
Percy Harvin feels that his situation in Seattle was bad because the other wide receivers felt threatened by him per this little article: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000506758/article/percy-harvin-seahawks-wideouts-viewed-me-as-threat.
Percy Harvin is also the proud owner of a career number of 11.5 yards per catch per Pro Football Reference: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HarvPe00.htm
Having the pleasure of living in the Twin Cities, I am very familiar with the Percy Harvin playing style. Here goes. He is really fast, and even more quick. If you are familiar with Randall Cobb of the Packers, think faster and quicker. He breaks huge plays on special teams and does great things with the ball in his hands. So, if Harvin is such a game breaker, why doesn't he have a better YPC average? The simple answer is that he doesn't get open down the field. He catches a lot of short balls and relies on play design to get open. He runs poor routes, which allows defensive backs to keep up with him. Perhaps his teammates in Seattle were upset that he didn't work harder at route running, and thus took playing time based on talent alone and not actual in-game WR ability.
Percy Harvin is also the proud owner of a career number of 11.5 yards per catch per Pro Football Reference: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HarvPe00.htm
Having the pleasure of living in the Twin Cities, I am very familiar with the Percy Harvin playing style. Here goes. He is really fast, and even more quick. If you are familiar with Randall Cobb of the Packers, think faster and quicker. He breaks huge plays on special teams and does great things with the ball in his hands. So, if Harvin is such a game breaker, why doesn't he have a better YPC average? The simple answer is that he doesn't get open down the field. He catches a lot of short balls and relies on play design to get open. He runs poor routes, which allows defensive backs to keep up with him. Perhaps his teammates in Seattle were upset that he didn't work harder at route running, and thus took playing time based on talent alone and not actual in-game WR ability.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Hero Worship
I will be the first to admit having gigantic man-crushes on Albert Pujols and Gordon Ramsay. Even so, I don't for a second want my child to emulate either one. I also don't care what happens to them in day to day life. Their highs, lows, and middles mean no more to me than those of a random human being. This take is not sports related at all, so please forgive that. Why the hell do we care so much more about Kristina Brown than anybody else? Because she was the daughter of a wife-beater and a coke addict, both of whom happened to be famous singers. That's it. Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston were pretty shitty people in a lot of ways, but they could sing. Naturally, we should worship their child, right? This is no different than all of those people who are heart broken that Tom Brady destroyed his phone. Make role models out of people you know, not people you have heard of. Sorry again for non sports, but this pisses me off.
Monday, July 20, 2015
Baseball
Is this the most talent rich across the board baseball has ever been? There is talent on every team. Raw talent that's already developed and will be stars, barring injuries, for many many years. these position players :
Harper, Trout, Rizzo, Wil Myers, Joc Pederson, G Stanton, Machado, PANIK!!!!!, Kris Bryant, Freeman, Arenado, A Russel, Gallo and many more
Pitchers: Gerrit Cole, Bumgarner, Kershaw, Gray, Wacha, Rosethanl, etc
I mean has the game ever seen so many young superstars at one time? I haven't even named everyone, those are just the ones that right now are legit stars.
Also one more regarding hall of fame- since the game has changed so much the last few decades that teams with strong bullpens and a coach who knows how to handle it can be dominant (ie Giants), will the hall voters embrace these players whose roles are almost as important as starters and are extremely valuable to a teams success. Will the hall ever vote in a relief pitcher that's not a closer is what i'm asking?
Harper, Trout, Rizzo, Wil Myers, Joc Pederson, G Stanton, Machado, PANIK!!!!!, Kris Bryant, Freeman, Arenado, A Russel, Gallo and many more
Pitchers: Gerrit Cole, Bumgarner, Kershaw, Gray, Wacha, Rosethanl, etc
I mean has the game ever seen so many young superstars at one time? I haven't even named everyone, those are just the ones that right now are legit stars.
Also one more regarding hall of fame- since the game has changed so much the last few decades that teams with strong bullpens and a coach who knows how to handle it can be dominant (ie Giants), will the hall voters embrace these players whose roles are almost as important as starters and are extremely valuable to a teams success. Will the hall ever vote in a relief pitcher that's not a closer is what i'm asking?
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