Just caught my eye on StubHub.com -- Music City Bowl tickets, for the game tomorrow, start at 25 cents.

I'd be there. Too bad there are no bowl games in Chicagoland.

Yep, he gone. (Eric Mangini, that is.)

Let's see who's next in the Cavalcade of Jet Coaches. Just remember, this is a team that once fired Pete Carroll so they could hire Rich Kotite.

Never thought I'd be able to drive the whole way from Columbia, MD to Naperville -- taking the southern route, which adds about 60 miles -- in less than 14 hours. But I did ( Read more... )

I'm pretty sure most people here who watch How I Met Your Mother know Alyson Hannigan is pregnant. However, I just discovered Cobie Smulders, the other female lead on the show, is also expecting a baby. (Hannigan is due maybe a month or two before Smulders, both this spring ( Read more... )

Hey, how about a game show clip? Specifically, one of the very best game shows ever -- Split Second, which I can best describe as a more intense Jeopardy!. Hosted by Tom Kennedy, the main game featured three contestants. Kennedy would ask a question with three different parts, and all three contestants could answer one part -- depending on who ( Read more... )

Okay, I want to have Superhits '79 done within a week for my drive to Virginia for Christmas. (See this post for details.) I've got all the library CDs, and I can download what I need from Amazon and Rhapsody. What I need is a company that can convert the four songs mentioned from vinyl to CD (I don't want to bother doing it myself for four ( Read more... )

Yes, another meme.

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See more Natalie Portman videos at Funny or Die

Something for everyone -- even a game show connection.

The second in a series of three videos -- could really do without the chickens, though.

The Jets lost, the Giants lost, the Bears won but they still trail Minnesota.

But Northern Illinois is going to a bowl game! The Independence Bowl, against Louisiana Tech. And, on Sunday, December 28 at 8 PM, which means I can actually watch the game.

Man, it's sad when 6-6 in the MAC still means a bowl game, but I'll take it.

No surprises in the conference championships (except previously undefeated Ball State absolutely collapsing against Buffalo), but Arizona State did lose its finale, dropping to 5-7 and giving the Pac 10 just five bowl-eligible teams -- one more chance for 6-6 Northern Illinois to snarf a lower-tier bowl ( Read more... )