Category Archives: Sports

By the way, if you parse the SEC’s statement Monday, there was nothing in there that didn’t say “…but we will be more than willing to look at Missouri if and when the Big 12 collapses.” — Me, September 14 … Continue reading →

On the football field, the Big 12 Conference is a combined 23-2. In fact, by one metric right now it’s the nation’s best conference. Iowa State is undefeated after three fourth-quarter comebacks and will face undefeated Texas in a game … Continue reading →

Seen and unseen, the great and unknown tumbled together in a writhing heap as the bow plunged deeper and the stern rose higher… . The muffled thuds and tinkle of breaking glass grew louder. A steady roar thundered across the … Continue reading →

Things fall apart, the center cannot hold / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. — W.B. Yeats Yeah, it’s like this, only a thousand times worse. To all of you who stumbled here after reading my column in the … Continue reading →

Buzz: This is not the time to panic. Woody: This is the perfect time to panic! — Toy Story Pete Thamel of the New York Times talked to a representative “from a state with a university potentially negatively impacted,” who … Continue reading →

So to all of you out there dreaming up the next big conference shakeup … do yourself a favor and take a couple of deep breaths. The seas of change have calmed for the foreseeable future, which is probably for … Continue reading →

Big East: “Are you frightened?” Big 12: “Yes.” Big East: “Not nearly frightened enough. I know what hunts you.” — Brendan Loy, one of the few other people nerdy enough to mix “Lord of the Rings” and college sports ESPN … Continue reading →

Tick…tick…tick… The University of Texas Board of Regents – each university has a separate board in that state – has hastily put up a “special called telephone meeting” (PDF) that, coincidentally or not, will happen approximately two hours after the … Continue reading →

Continuing the WWI theme from an earlier post, because no one wants this to happen yet everyone is compelled to participate. The people who cover college sports for a living, like this reporter from St. Louis, hate it: Missouri and … Continue reading →

In every boat all eyes were glued on the Titanic. Her tall masts, the four big funnels stood out sharp and black in the clear blue night. The bright promenade decks, the long rows of portholes all blazed with light. … Continue reading →