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One year ago this month, I opined about taxpayers footing the bill for several college football bowl games. Today, I decided to revisit the college football bowl scene and find out who's sponsoring this year's post-season gridiron clashes. [Note: I brought this back to the front page of this blog after it was cross-posted Christmas Day at BigGovernment.com. Enjoy!]

It's Christmas Eve, and we have been handed a huge piece of coal by the Democrats for a Christmas gift. Well it is time to step back and laugh before you settle into a long Winters nap. Check out these short videos and enjoy a moment of levity. there is a Dog catching a fish, a reporter carelessly pointing a loaded gun at her cameraman, some crazy Canadian fishermen looking for a good fishing spot, and a MNF clip of the Washington Redskins making the Detroit Lions look like a good team. Sit back and laugh because when all a...

By Michael P. Tremoglie Tremoglie's Tea Time Blog The past several years there has been a proliferation of football bowl games with sponsors of one sort or another that lead to awkward sounding names. For example, the Menicke Bowl, the Chick-Fil-A Bowl or - my personal favorite- the GMAC Bowl ( shouldn't this really be called the Stimulus Bowl or the Bankrupt Bowl). Since our esteemed Congress has assigned importance ...

This guy is shooting a 50 CAL. Watch the dust when he fires. The target is a steel plate, 1000 yards away. You can hear the ping of the hit, and then the bullet comes back and hits the ground just in front of his position, then tumbles up hitting his earmuffs, knocking them off of his head. The footage is amazing. You can hear the bullet as it tumbles through the air on its course back toward the shooter. He's lucky it hit the dirt first. He is okay, and obviously very lucky. The bullet grazed his temple. What...

Like the play where Jim Marshall ran the wrong way for a touchdown, the Redskins will want to forget this trick play they attempted instead of kicking a last second field goal at the end of the first half of the MNF game against the New York Giants. Well, not only was the trick play botched, but as the play progressed it looked like it was a bunch of Pee-Wee Football kids running around the first for the first time. The Redskins fake field goal trick play almost ended up in a 95 yard interception return for a touchdown by...

Coach Brad Franchione has been named the 2009 American Community College Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year. The award will be presented to Franchione at the American Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year Dinner on Jan. 12 at the AFCA Convention in Orlando.

Cole Green, Taylor Jungmann, Chance Ruffin and Cameron Rupp were among the top players selected by Collegiate Baseball newspaper for the 2010 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America team. AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas had four players named to the 2010 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America team presented by Collegiate Baseball, the publication announced on Monday. Taylor Jungmann and Chance Ruffin were tabbed to the First Team as starting pitchers, while Cameron Rupp was named a second-team catcher and Cole Green was named a third-team relief pitcher.

Ugly 16-13 Win Keeps Playoff Hopes Alive The Grinch came eerily close to snatching Christmas away from the Texans and all of their fans a few days early on Sunday. In a game that the Texans were expected to win handily, they found themselves engaged in an all-out slugfest with the lowly Rams, in a contest that was not decided until the closing minutes.

It finally happened. The Washington inevitable has come to pass. What was extortion has now become bribery, according to a new Washington Post story. At the end of the week, reports were surfacing that Sen. Nelson (D-NE) was holding out against the liberal takeover of health care despite alleged White House threats that an air base would be closed if he did not comply with the president’s wishes. He became something of a folk hero for a few days, encouraging those who seek to maintain personal freedom in an era of rampant Marxism spilling out of D.C. My, how things...

Abe Kidd of Fort Worth has been fishing for as long as he can remember. But the 91-year-old retired banker never caught anything to compare with the whopper he and his wife hooked on a rod and reel one recent morning off a dock on Cedar Creek Lake. Kidd wasn’t sure what he had at the end of his line. "It was a dead hard pull," the fisherman said. "At first it didn’t move. I thought 'I either got a sure-enough fish or a turtle.’" As wife Ann, 92, and the couple’s son, Andy Kidd, looked on, Abe spent at...

Linda Wallace in a column in last week's Philly Daily News typifies the utter nonsense that is the modern "diversity" and "multicultural" movement, not to mention the modern hypocrisy on matters racial. Titled "The true value of A.I." (as in Allen Iverson), the third paragraph alone signifies how clueless Wallace is: In many ways, Iverson was a 21st-century barrier-buster. Like Jackie Robinson, the little guy with the big heart challenged America's racial biases. He was the first NBA player to wear cornrows, which prompted some to wonder if he was "too black." His off-court fashions came straight from music videos:...

Club Signs 17-year-old Dominican

One year ago this month, I opined about taxpayers footing the bill for several college football bowl games. Today, I decided to revisit the college football bowl scene and find out who's sponsoring this year's post-season gridiron clashes.

Folks, How do you like the calendar so far? Adobe file available for download - great white elephant gift. ROLL TIDE

Washington—With a controversial and unprecedented move, Barack Obama has plans to ban golf after the Tiger Woods scandal that has rocked the world. The administration reportedly feels that golf is becoming far too expensive and detrimental to minorities, leaving little room for kids that grow up in the hood to participate. “I think what the President is doing is the right thing,” said Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. “The sport always has been a tool of a white majority to hurt African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and others. The white man finally brought down Tiger Woods. This move is long overdue.”

The Texans jumped out front early and often en route to their 34-7 thrashing of the hapless Seahawks, who ostensibly had already made their winter vacation plans by the time their plane landed in Houston.

Tiger Woods is in a world of hurt! He's been busted cheating on his wife with ten women, his endorsements are drying up and his public image is shot! What's he going to do to repair all this? Simple! He'll follow the same game plan of every other morally bankrupt celeb in damage control mode! NOTE: The author of this comic requests that you visit is web site and please refrain from copying the cartoon within this thread! Thanks a bunch!

Should Tiger's wife divorce him?

Here me out: first, they kind of look alike, so nobody would notice.

Kelly's character is a LOSER and a SELLOUT! At the very least he should have been man enough to stand by his team and see them through the bowl game. He should have told Notre Dame that he would be the coach and that they would simply have to wait until the bowl game was finished. NO INTEGRITY!

The Army-Navy game, a favorite for Presidents of past, it seems will not be attended by Obama. For a guy trying to get the military to like him, he sure seems to be doing everything possible to alienate himself. For someone who talked a big game about sports, this seems like the right game to be at. Just my thought. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 2009 WEEKEND GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, AND SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2009 The President has no scheduled public events on Saturday.

There are few things more aggravating than witnessing a conservative who praises free markets, small government and individual liberty be elected to office only to have him transform into a sanctimonious busybody who knows no restraint in interfering with the private affairs of free citizens.  A spectacular example of this took place this week in Washington D.C. “What can we say — it’s December and the BCS is in chaos again,” said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He said the BCS system is unfair and won’t change...

Black community spokespersons tell us the black community is offended that all of Tiger Woods' mistresses are white. I find the whole black spokesperson thing absurd. The media runs to Sharpton, Jackson and others to get the official black America take on hot issues. Are we a tribe? Are these guys our chiefs? By the way, who are the spokespersons for white America? I am saddened that the sports icon is an adulterer and has destroyed his family and wholesome image. To the fact Tiger prefers white women, I say, so what? It is racist for these black liberal plantation...

I’m always amazed at the arrogance of politicians who believe that no aspect of American life can carry on without their guidance. The latest is example is Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX). Barton has introduced legislation that would require Division I college football to implement a playoff system or be fined if they call any of the Bowl Games a “National Championship game.”

We have seen Tiger Woods plastered all over the news lately - first for his automobile accident on Nov. 27th, and then for one alleged affair after another, multiple adulterous affairs with various women all over the country. The most recent spread count is 12. It seems like Tiger Wood's reputation will forever be tarnished, endorsement deals lost, both kids and adults alike will have lost one more sports hero they could look up to, so even though it's been just two weeks into this golfer's very public nightmare, the question that begs answering is: Can any good come of...

Simple question. Comments welcomed.

Congress Has Nothing More Important to Do Than to Run College Football? I honestly don’t know what the hell happens to these people when they get to Washington. That city really is a deadly disease. Congressman Joe Barton (quasi-R - TX) apparently has so much time on his hands that he is teaming up with like-minded big-government nationalists to try to tell the American people and colleges around the nation how it must determine it’s college football national champion. Indeed, his bill has passed out of the House Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee – and Barton has had “good...

Great video of Tiger at 2 on the Mike Douglas Show.

If the BCS did elections for us: 2012 Elections breakdown BCS rankings: 1.) Barack Obama. Big state winner who is the defending champion. Both the AP polls and USA Today polls have him at #1. 2.) Charlie Crist. Big state winner who may win multiple statewide elections for major conference offices of Senate and FL Governor. Popular among AP and USA today pollsters for a Republican. 3.) Mitt Romney. Strength of schedule was weak, but hails from a "big" state. Low polls rankings, but "big" BCS state calculation puts him at #3. 4.) Hillary Clinton. A loss to a then-unseasoned...

Dear Mr. Tiger Woods, Let me preface this by saying I am your biggest fan and I have nothing but respect for you. Despite your recent misadventures, I respect the way you conduct yourself as a Sportsman, on and off the field and I look to you as a hero, even though you are about twenty years younger than me. Yes I play, but you have more knowledge of the game & sport of Golf in your little finger than I do in my entire body...

Tiger Woods will spend the winter licking his wounds and pondering his revised feline moniker—now dubbed the “Lion Cheetah” in the blogosphere for his reported string of marital indiscretions. And although I wouldn’t want to be walking in his shoes right now, as a biracial black guy from California just a few years older than the golf legend, I sort of am Tiger Woods. Well, not really. On the surface, I should have been part of his fan club from the beginning. But his early public persona as a cross-cultural messiah was a "no sale" for me. Rooting for Woods...

Tiger Woods ads were pulled from primetime television stations and 19 cable networks by marketers, In addition, Gatorade has announced that they are discontinuing the Tiger Focus line. Gatorade claims that their decision is not because of the car accident and looming scandal full of lots of women, rather their decision is completely based on business purposes.

The Astros offered arbitration to Valverde, who is classified as a Type A free agent, on December 1st. "It would have been nice for the certainty aspect if Jose had accepted," Wade said. "That being said, we still have the ability to see if we can get something done. We’re not closing the door on that opportunity."

Now, I thought we wanted a world without color? I thought we wanted a world where "love" beat out misogyny, a world where people were "just people"? Yet we are still in an era where the Associated Press, with a serious tone and a straight face, reports the story of Tiger Woods daring to favor "white women" as paramours. And astonishingly it is Tiger that is portrayed as somehow in the wrong to like white women and the "black community" that somehow legitimately feels aggrieved? This after a presidential campaign where the Democrat's lead candidate was often portrayed as "not...

Players and coaches have been instructed not to talk about it, so they could not comment on this, but former NBA referee Tim Donaghy’s book ‘Personal Foul: A First-Person Account of the Scandal that Rocked the NBA’ has found a publisher and is out just in time for Christmas. Of note to Nuggets fans will be this passage, in reference to a Nuggets 93-67 loss in San Antonio in the last game of the 2003-04 regular season that was officiated by Donaghy along with Dick Bavetta. It is part of a longer excerpt posted on Deadspin.com not too long ago:...

Blinn wins fourth national championship in dramatic fashion 31-26 over Fort Scott Blinn College won the NJCAA national championship scoring on an 84-yard Chad Froechnicht punt return with 15 seconds left to defeat Fort Scott (KS) Community College 31-26. It was the Buccaneers’ fourth national title and the second under head coach Brad Franchione who is a native of Pittsburg, KS, which hosted the Citizens Bank Bowl.

Playoffs Hopes Remote With Four Games Remaining The Houston Texas had one major objective heading into the 2009 season: Playoffs or bust. With a 5-7 record and four games to remaining, I guess it’s pretty safe to say the 2009 season has been a colossal bust.

Green Condoms - Google English Translation (Le Monde) The stamp “green” is booming. And condoms are no exception. In recent years, the brand “green” have multiplied. In France, in natural food stores or some pharmacies are the Namnam strawberry or Birds’n Bees green Dr. Theiss. This Swedish brand says use only natural latex and its treatment products (for strength, finesse …) or washing. In England, the spearhead of the animal because there are no condoms certified treatment product of animal origin, such as Condomi or Glyde. APHRODISIAC PRICED FLOOR Across the Channel again, latex condoms have made a place on...

As Americans, there is a disconnect between our professed regard for liberty and this tendency to seek for ourselves gods among men. On the surface, we love to wrap ourselves in the rhetoric of equality, freedom, and the populist sentiments underlying representative government. On the other, we crave, demand, and ultimately crown royalty. A friend recently told me in reference to President Obama, “The way he speaks, you can just tell he’s intelligent. He’s so intelligent. And you want that in your president, someone intelligent.” The unspoken implication which I find echoed in criticisms of Sarah Palin is we want...

Sportswriters Show They Are Not Bright Lights College football is a game -- a very profitable game -- played by unpaid college kids. The kids play for pride and a chance to go onto the pros. The universities, the television networks like ESPN, the bowl organizations and others reap the profits by exploiting them. So lets stop the annual whining about ...

Guess who wins? Hint, it isn't her face. Video Why would they let her shoot with the gun so close to her face? What kind of gun is that?

As our civilization rattles and gasps its way towards the apocalypse, we look for signs, omens, anything to give us hope. But one by one, the ugly truths are revealed: There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch No, you haven’t already won a million dollars from Publisher’s Clearinghouse etc. When the Tiger Woods story broke the other night, I admit it was shocking, but I was perfectly willing to ignore it. Denial? Perhaps, but couples have fights from time to time and just because this event happened at 2:30 in the morning and involved Tiger apparently making a...

For those who feel the biggest stories of this week are Afghanistan , the economy or Climategate, guess again. Tiger Woods, long considered one of the classiest, highest endorsed athletes, and the best golfer in the world, was allegedly on the receiving end of abuse from a Swedish woman swinging a golf club. He and I are in an exclusive club. We are signature members of GASSP, Golfers Attacked by their Swedish Spouses.

Here’s a little tidbit for you. One thing we know for sure, Sarah Palin is probably a lot better bowler than you know who!

Trey Hopkins, a senior at North Shore Senior High School, was named a finalist in the annual Greater Houston High School Scholar-Athlete of the Year competition, sponsored by the Touchdown Club of Houston.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may or may not be a viable 2012 presidential candidate, but the bowling industry is probably hoping she is at least a better bowler than President Obama. Palin will be giving the keynote address at the International Bowl Expo 2010 in June of next year, the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America (BPAA) announced today. Dubbed the bowling industry's "premier international convention," the expo will take place between June 27 and July 1 at the Las Vegas Hilton and Las Vegas Convention Center. Palin's keynote speech is slated for the morning of June 30. The BPAA...

Arlington, TX –- The Bowling Proprietors' Association of America (BPAA), the bowling industry's leading trade association, announced today that the bowling industry rolled a strike, securing Sarah Palin as the keynote speaker at this summer's International Bowl Expo 2010. "Sarah Palin is a great friend to the bowling industry and we're so proud and honored to welcome her as our keynote speaker at International Bowl Expo 2010," said Steven Johnson, executive director of the BPAA. "Regardless of your political affiliation, Ms. Palin is a force in American politics and culture. Her presence underscores the impact and importance of bowling, one...

The HeismanPundit.com Heisman Poll, 12/1/09Total Points, with first-place votes in parantheses 1. Colt McCoy, QB, Texas–58 (7) 2. Toby Gerhart, RB, Stanford–47 (3) 3. Mark Ingram, RB, Alabama–28 (1) 4. Tim Tebow, QB, Florida–24 5. Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State–13 (1) 6. Golden Tate, WR, Notre Dame–10 (1) 7. Case Keenum, QB, Houston–7 8. C.J. Spiller, RB, Clemson–5 9. Jordan Shipley, WR, Texas–2 10. Jeremiah Masoli, QB, Oregon–1 Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska–1 Jacqizz Rodgers, RB, Oregon State–1About the Poll:The HeismanPundit.com Heisman Poll is made up of 13 Heisman voters from across the country. They vote for five players each week....

Everybody is after Tiger Woods this week. Everyone's a genius. Everyone thinks they know what happened. All of the racket being made on the blogs this week is embarassing and annoying. So let me add to the ruckus with my two cents worth. I don’t care. It's not as if Tiger was a contender for the White House in 2012. It's not as if Tiger was the pastor of a megachurch frequently railing against infidelity. Heck. It's not as if Tiger was ever even much of a role model for anyone. Tiger Woods is an athlete, nothing more and nothing...

Cypress, Texas –Dave Campbell’s Texas Football is proud to announce that the Cypress Woods High School Wildcats football team has been named the Army Strong Team of the Week for Division 5A.