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jones Top Ten - Final - 2011 Season
Ah, but to live life unapologetically, that’s the spirit, yes? To root out your cynicism and sow instead joy. To live life in the moment with nary a care for tomorrow. College football’s national championship comes tonight. Are we really going to ruin this grand occasion with our complaints and...
jones Top Ten 2011 Season in Review
Welcome to the first annual Jones Top Ten season in review. What follows replaces the annual bowl preview, largely because the bowl season sucks. Outside of a handful of games, any given Saturday during the conference season is more compelling than the almost endless exhibition of 7-5 versus 6-6...
jones Top Ten - Week Fourteen - 2011
Well. Now that all the air has been sucked out of the room, I’d point out that a few football games not involving Alabama were actually played. Want to hear about them? Great! Enter the Honey Badger. Here’s a holiday tip for Nick Saban. Coach, during the busy Christmas party season always...
jones Top Ten - Week Thirteen - 2011
If you had been with Lewis and Clark, Oregon never would have become a state. My wife the navigator does not generally put up with my smart-assery and this was no exception. If you had been making the turns for them, they would have ended up in New Orleans. The ubiquity of the GPS has eliminated...
jones Top Ten - Week 12 - 2011
Nonsense is my favorite multi-purpose catch-all word. My own aloha, I suppose. Smartly defined right out of the M-W.D., nonsense captures “foolish or meaningless words or actions.” But I think of it more broadly, as a general synonym for chaos and upheaval in my household. Children...
Now Starting For Your Houston Texans - Matt Leinart
The Houston Texans, riding a 4-game win streak into their by week, will trade one QB named Matt for another QB named Matt. The Texans discovered today that starting quarterback Matt Schaub suffered a season-ending foot injury in the 2nd quarter of the Texans 37-9 win over Tampa Bay -- even though...
Barking Carnival’s College Football Viewing Guide: Week 10
Can we dial down the "Game of the Century" talk for just a tick? It is 2011, and I know the Internet only functions in hyperbole, but in a relatively ho-hum year, I think it is a reach to start decreeing LSU vs. Alabama the best thing we'll see over the next 89 years. Regardless, Saturday night...
jones Top Ten - Week 8 - 2011
My mom didn’t cotton to bored children. If you ever said I’m bored, she would counter with a list of activities. If you didn’t chose one, then she would tell you that your boredom was your own fault. There is justice in this. But Saturday, she would have been hard-pressed. Well, you could watch...
USC Beats Utah 23-14....No, Wait, USC Beats Utah 17-14....No, Wait...
USC beats Utah 23-14. It was an (apparently) meaningless touchdown that was at first nullified and then hours after the stadium was emptied, put back on the books. For Utah either way it still meant a loss in their inaugural Pac 12 game...for Vegas, it was one of the most important plays/non-plays...
jones Top Ten 2011 Season Preview
Take a packet of salt. From a fast food restaurant I mean. Ever look at the ingredients? You would think "salt" right? Not quite. Well, salt and dextrose. And calcium sulfate, maybe even throw in a little yellow prussiate. Or some sodium silicoaluminate or potassium iodide, like mother used to...
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