Facts that will get air play later today (if Fox can be believed):
OSU: Less than 90 yards total offense for the game.
Troy Smith, the Heisman Trophy winner: The lowest passer rating in BCS history (O.K. … so it’s not a very long history).
Jim Tressel: Worst loss in his career as a head coach (in points differential).
All year the Gators were know for their great defense… but I…
I have no choice but to admit I was a Chris Leak doubter.
But this is not a night for remembering the past. Tonight, Chris Leak proved to everyone that his numbers are not a fluke. He proved to everyone that he’s got as much mental toughness as any player on the UF football team. On the first play of the game, OSU got away with a holding penalty… and got on the board first. It was a…
Anyone who’s taken a high school physics class is familiar with potential energy; which is important because potential energy is le metaphor du jour. Tonight we made a discovery in the Kauffman Household… the existence of potential irony. This form of irony has the potential to change the perception of other objects around it. For example… consider dishwashing detergent. On…
I was just talking to someone about the Lightning this afternoon. For those of you not familiar with hockey… we were not discussing the weather. We were debating whether the new goaltenders were a disappointment this season… too bad it had to be before tonight’s game against Minnesota.
What a tough road win against a good team (with a great record at home), and a really good…
“This is Verizon Wireless, how can I help you?”
“Yes, I wanted to know if I could port the number for my land-line phone over to a new line on my wireless account – and keep my two existing wireless numbers.”
“Let me get this straight, you currently have two lines with two numbers on your Verizon Wireless account – which you want to keep – and…
If you were a voter in the mid-1970’s, I’ll bet you never thunk someone would be riding Gerald Ford’s coat-tails thirty years later. Then again, you may have never envisioned the thunking-man’s president sitting in office today (or having another Dick in office). Well Cheney was out and about this last week, providing the American people a timely history lesson. He reminded…
There are different kinds of comedy. Some are obvious and some are subtle. Some have a punch line and others are visual. Some comedy has wide appeal and some does not.
Cheryl and I just finished watching “Little Miss Sunshine,” and I simply must tell you that I’ve never laughed harder. There’s a scene in this movie where at least two human organ systems went critical (for…
The first Presidential election after my inclusion in the self-awareness club occurred in 1976. It was Gerald Ford’s shot at being elected, and the contest between the appointed incumbent and the unlikely brainiac, peanut-farmer and governor-come-lately challenger from Georgia (of all places) was all over the news. At the tender age of five I was a newcomer to politics, and the lexicon of…
For the second time this NFL season I cheered out loud in response to a Bucs performance. In a play right out of the Gators’ national championship game, Ike Hilliard broke free for a long catch-and-run touchdown to complete the Bucs improbable comeback… and the walls erected around my cynicism fell down.
It lasted about thirty minutes.
About ten minutes into the overtime period, the…