Carroll will get roasted if Southern Cal loses. The thing is, though, I'm inclined to think that it's the right call. You get the first down, the game is pretty much over; it seems to me that the chances of Texas getting the TD if...
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I see that the legal arm of reactionary vanity candidate Ralph Nader, not satisfied with installing the most reactionary President since McKinley for, uh, no possible benefits whatsoever, has now.
USC draws first blood.Let this serve as an open game thread.UPDATE: Texas rules. Congrats to the Longhorns.
Redbeard has a nice take.Stand in your neighborhood Wal-Mart, on its linoleum floors, under its fluorescent light. Imagine wearing the blue vest day in and day out for 29 hours a week at $8 an hour. And the think of the men who travel two...
In response to Matt's analysis, allow me to note that going into last year's bowl game, USC had scored 441 points and allowed 150, while Oklahoma scored 433 and allowed.
While the cruelty of the media coverage that gave the families of the victims false hope is by no means a trivial story, it seems to be that the fact.
Will Baude offers a defense (via Fantasy Life) of a remarkable pro-nullification op-ed written by a justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. I think Baude's defense is ultimately wrong and dangerous, although for somewhat different reasons than Steve Vladeck. As long-time readers of this blog...
Speaking of Randy Newman, as an addendum to Amanda's lyric inhabiting the lament of the guy who resents the fact that attractive women, I note that Newman's "Lover's Prayer" did.
According to the Voice review of a new anthology of New Orleans music, "hovering over the close, scythe at the ready, is Randy Newman's "Louisiana 1927," the flood tale annotator.
One has to think that Abramoff has to have promised some serious violations of omerta to get the deal he did. ReddHedd is optimistic:What this means is that Jackie Boy has agreed to offer substantial cooperation, in the form of information, evidence and testimony against...
Sandy Levinson has some broad arguments about Alito and executive power, while Marty Lederman explains the implications of accepting the current defenses being offered of Bush's assertions of unlimited wartime.
Roy has some interesting thoughts about Spielberg and Munich. I've never hated Spielberg the way in which many people of similar tastes (I believe we're called "pretentious wankers") do. I.