Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
March 20, 2008

AI:7 - Here’s Your Tour

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

There’s not really too much that I have to say about the results show this week…
America, I think, got one thing very wrong & one thing very right.
The Wrong: Carly in the bottom 3. What?!? Even in these modern times, the Irish still get discriminated against. And during St. Paddy’s Day week, yet! Seriously, [...]


September 29, 2007

Musings on Goldie the Gopher

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

Well, I was going to write something about how I really plan on generating some actual, you know, content soon, I was distracted by the start of the Ohio State vs. Minnesota football game. Before I clicked the game on, I thought that I generally don’t like watching sporting events that are played at the [...]


January 9, 2007

BCS Bllsht, redux

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

Well, the NCAA bowl season is, mercifully, over. Florida spanked Ohio State, and has emerged as the “National Champion”. So the BCS system must’ve worked, right? Right?
Nope.
I really don’t think that Florida has proven themselves to be the undeniable “best” team of the past 5 months. Perhaps the team that best negotiated the rocky shoals [...]


December 4, 2006

BCS bllsht

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

So, the BCS title game will pit undefeated & #1 Ohio State vs. once beaten & “#2″ Florida…
Florida, the SEC champ, is 12-1, having lost to (then) #11 Auburn by 10 (back when Florida was #2). Pretty good credentials, no?
Yup. But not better than Michigan’s.
The BCS is flawed - everyone knows that. Even the reality-challenged [...]