Author Archives: jhitts

Bleeding Kansas (City Royals fans)

April 11, 2010 – 11:24 pm

I attended my first-ever opening day last week, making the drive to Kansas City up from my current abode in the Ozarks to see the Tigers take on the Royals at Kaufman Stadium in KC.
As we all know, the Royals have some…. problems. The Kansas City Star devoted their entire baseball preview section [...]

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Give France a…. wait for it….

November 18, 2009 – 6:17 pm

…hand. Give France a goddamn hand! I couldn’t resist, but that’s what the refs did just hours ago in their extra-time victory against Ireland.

The half-Irishman in me is disappointed, but not so much that I really want to see Henry’s head on a platter like the entire country of Eire. Well, at least he admitted [...]

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The other college football week 11

November 13, 2009 – 10:07 pm

I missed last week’s picks because I was busy with my real job. Glad I did, because I most certainly would have picked Iowa to beat Northwestern. Just goes to show what a fool I am. They can’t play offense, it turns out. Only defense.
They’re in luck, because Ohio State can’t seem to play offense [...]

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Boise State c*ckblocked, needs to name names

November 10, 2009 – 3:05 pm

Just reading a few articles on this: Apparently, the Boise State athletics director and the president of the WAC are both angry that no one will schedule the as-of-yet undefeated Broncos in 2011.
This is interesting. They say that there’s a list of BCS conference schools 10-deep that have flat-out refused to play Boise State. The [...]

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College football week 9: The I am an idiot edition

October 31, 2009 – 8:00 am

I went 7-7 last week, if you don’t count my Notre Dame and Hillsdale picks. No, I do not want to talk about it. Let’s just make our picks and move on, shall we?

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Thoughts on preseason basketball poll

October 29, 2009 – 12:56 pm

Just a quick college basketball update before I return to college football.
Both the AP and ESPN/ USAToday have released their preseason basketball polls, and Kansas was named the overwhelming No. 1 in both polls.
Michigan State comes in at a solid No. 2, with a few first-place votes, while Kentucky received three first-place votes and Texas [...]

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College football week 8: I get lazy

October 24, 2009 – 1:41 am

Holy crap, it is 2 a.m. Saturday and I have not made my picks. So no bullshit today, and short column. I’m an idiot.
Big 12
No. 15 Oklahoma State at Baylor
No, you aren’t even getting team records this week. Why? I’m too lazy to look them up and type them in after copying and pasting. Suck [...]

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I’m missing something

October 16, 2009 – 10:11 am

I’m taking umbrage with our stance on Rush’s failed bid to buy the Rams.
I’m no Limbaugh lover, in fact, I think he’s the biggest a$$hole conservative punditry has to offer (and that’s saying a lot).
But my question is: Why cares?
Plenty of a$$holes run sports teams. Many of them are just as racist and just [...]

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The other college football teams, week 7

October 15, 2009 – 1:32 pm

Back with another installment of college football predictions.
But before I start with the real teams, I’d like to give a shoutout to my alma mater. It’s not often that I get to brag to outsiders about a place mostly known for its disturbing conservatism and a murder-suicide scandal that was eventually made into a Law [...]

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MO-FAIL!

October 9, 2009 – 2:57 pm

It must suck to be from Missouri today. Glad I only live here and get to revel in their misery.
Also, it rained ALL EFFING DAY, without stop, across the entire state. This surely was an Omen?

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