WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ONE-LINERS
NBC Sports - College Football Talk —
... to deal with Alabama’s 6-foot-5, 365-pound NT Terrence Cody. Says Oregon president David Frohnmayer, the chair of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee, of President-elect Barack Obama’s support of a playoff, “We deeply respect the president-elect and we are glad that he is a fan of college football. … We do not believe a playoff would be in the best interest of the sport , the student-athletes or our many other constituencies.”
BCS Committee Deals Obama First Crushing Defeat Of His Presidency
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... During his appearance on “Monday Night Football” last week, President-elect Barack Obama advocated the implementation of a playoff system in college football. Well, let the historical record state that the Obama Doctrine was not checked first by Congress or the United Nations. No, it was the Bowl Championship Series Oversight committee. ...
College Football Playoff Update
Play is Under Review —
... It's not gonna happen anytime soon my friend. Also, the BCS finally responded to Obama's call for a playoff system... One person who won't be swayed by President-elect Barack Obama's recent call for an eight-team ...
Let's Settle This College Football Playoff Problem Right Now [College Football]
Deadspin —
... national championship picture. College football gets to pick its champion the way every other sport on the planet does and best of all—everyone will finally shut up about it. Well, that and President Obama won't have to mobilize the national guard to settle a damn football game. He can devote his energy to solving the baseball steroid problem instead. Why College Football Needs the BCS [4th and Fail] Obama needs to back off playoff push [No Joshin'] Chair of BCS committee not on board with Obama's playoff idea [ESPN] The BCS Committee ...
New Year’s Resolutions for Sports
WaitingForNextYear —
... buying Grady Sizemore, Victor Martinez or Cliff Lee. That, in and of itself is an advantage. Hopefully. Think of it from this perspective. All three of those guys would have spots on their uber-expensive team and we have them on the Indians. I will try not to talk about the inequities of the BCS next season. There comes a time when the arguments, discussions, theories and general whinging are as trite and overdone as anything in the world. It is to the point where it is a safe target for an in-coming president . If this topic is that safe politically then it is ...
Barack Obama Likes Soccer, Too
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
It’s official: There is no sport that Barack Obama doesn’t at least casually pay attention to. The NBA. The NFL. College football. College hoops. The Olympics. Killing pirates with fricking sniper rifles. Oh whatever. You know that last one is a sport. And Obama is as proficient at it as any president in the past 100 years, as this handy Internet meme chart shows:
See? Sports — including violent standoffs involving hungry, deranged Somalian teenagers — rule everything around B.O.
Soccer is ...
