Ol' Ballcoach

Does anyone like Steve Spurrier, or Steve Superior as he is known throughout SEC country? Spurrier is without question an excellent college football coach, but would you want him to coach your team if the opportunity arose?

On one hand, his resume includes a National Championship season in 1996, NFL coaching experience (albeit brief, but still experience nonetheless) and turning South Carolina into more than just an afterthought in the SEC East race. On the other hand does that override the fact he historically has a merry-go-round approach with his quarterbacks and, more importantly, the simple fact he's just so easy to root against? I'd want him to coach my favorite team, in fact I was excited when there were rumors he was a candidate to fill the job before the current coach was hired. Make no mistake, this would not have made me like him. I like to root for winners, and I believe he would turn the team around, but he would have still been Steve Superior.

This article about Coach Spurrier and the Miami Hurricanes by David Malinsky got me thinking.

The Greatest Team You've Never Heard of.

The Women's World Cup started recently, and the U.S. team is favored to win. They take their number one world ranking into the group of death, and will hopefully make it through without any injuries. Enjoy the commercials.

Read more about the team from the Associated Press and USA Today.

College Football

This weekend I am going to attempt to blog during College Football Saturday. Those of you who know me, and have seen me on gameday understand my routine. Wake up, turn on ESPN Gameday with Chris, Kirk, Lee, and Desmond, fill a mason jar with Jack Daniel's, then proceed to enjoy the day's games. I am looking forward to reading any post that are successfully made because they should be amusing if nothing else. Meanwhile here are some great college football links for this week.

• Stewart Mandel's College Football Mailbag.
• Dennis Dodd's Dodds and Ends.
• Ivan Maisel's I-Formation.
• Pat Forde's Forde-Yard Dash.
• Mark Shlabach's On the Mark.
• Rich Cirminiello's Quick Outs.
• Pete Fiutak's Cavalcade of Whimsy.
• Tom Dienhart's Conference Call and College Football Soup.
• Matt Hayes' This Week's Winners and Losers.
  
• Olin Buchanan's Olin's Notebook.
  

I've been thinking

I am on the Internet at least 60% of the time I spend awake. Why don't I comment on the random things I find interesting? Great question, I will begin now thanks.

Last night I went to my first Los Angeles Dodgers game, and I must admit I had a good time. Attending a sporting event in LA is very comparable to attending one in the South, aside from what I perceive to be cultural differences. Here are a few examples of what I mean by this:

• When the two fans making the most noise for the home team are wearing Atlanta Braves and University of Alabama hats respectively there's a problem.
• The game starts in the 1st inning not the 5th, and it ends in the 9th not the 7th. Please plan accordingly.
• Flasks work much better than spending $10 per 16 ounce beer.
  

Being at a game with more than 50,000 people was an awesome experience, though I would much rather have been at an SEC football game. This CNNSI article goes into some of the differences between college football and professional sports.