We are about 25 days away from college football’s first weekend so it is time to get some preview work in. Mississippi State #25 They started so well last season with a 9-0 start and was the #1 team in the nation for awhile. Coach Dan Mullen then saw his team finish…
How does a guy in a mountain lion suit inspire a shrine, a book, and 107,000 screaming fans? There’s something about mascots that stir up powerful emotions. Penn State’s Nittany Lion is a larger-than-life symbol of the pride that fans feel, says Jackie Esposito, University Archivist and co-author of The Nittany Lion: An Illustrated…
The idea of ranking players becomes very subjective and always open for debate. But to do this, you have to start somewhere. Here we go… #50- Rico Gathers 6’8″ 280 lbs. Rico Gathers, F, Baylor – Ricardo Darnell Gathers Born Jan. 7, 1994, in New Orleans, La. Son of Richard…
Ok, just a note for clarification before I start. This blog will be primarily about football for quite awhile. I will rejoin politics as it gets closer to some kind of meaningful election. Today, I will examine the SEC. For awhile they had dominance over the college sport of football…
Philosophers of liberalism and socialism actually have very different visions for the world. They don’t disagree at all on the idea that spreading the wealth around is good for everybody. In fact, this idea finds one of its greatest expressions in the work of the philosopher of welfare liberalism, John Rawls. He proposed…
So July is a busy month for Summer Basketball and to prove it, here are the offers that have been made in just a 24 hour period from 8PM Saturday to 8PM Sunday that we can find. AMAZING. 2016 Harrah (OK) F Kellen Manek has received an offer from Texas State. 2017 Hinton…
The New York Times reported that Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s chief political backer, Ken Griffin, made $1.3 billion last year as manager of the hedge fund Citadel Capital. Griffin made as much personally as 26,000 average Americans making the median wage. He made as much as 16,000 civil engineers. Griffin made $625,000 per…
Kids love to play. We know that it is good for relaxation and will fuel the imagination along with other things taht are good for them. Well, adults are no different. Playing is great for problem solving, creativity, imagination and mental health. Playing with your kids or grandkids helps them become less stressed, makes…
The lines from Simon and Garfunkel’s song 59th Street Bridge: Slow down, you move too fast You’ve got to make the morning last Just kickin’ down the cobble stones Looking for fun and feeling groovy Ba da-da-da da da, feelin’ groovy Hello lamppost, what’cha knowin’? I’ve come to watch your flowers growin’ Ain’tcha got no…
This will be a war like none other. It’s not about people dying. In World War I and World War II they fought over resources, territory and ideology and tens of millions died. I envision World War III to be about economics and a cyber war will replace the troops, tanks and bombers of…