Archive for October, 2010
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Oct
Posted by NPI in Food, Joie de Vivre, Rankings, Symposium. Tagged: almond joy, butterfinger, california raisins, Candy, gobstoppers, halloween, hershey's, john s II, jolly ranchers, jujubes, kit kat, life savers, m&ms, mary janes, mel kiper jr., milky way, necco wafers, nestle crunch, raisinets, reese's peanut butter cups, reese's pieces, seinfeld, Skittles, slutty girls, smarties, snickers, sour patch kids, starburst, swedish fish, sweet tarts, three musketeers, todd mcshay, twix, twizzlers, various football and baseball candy analogies, york peppermnit patties. 9 Comments
On this all-important American holiday, Tim and Josh decided to dive into one of their tastiest debates: candy. So give them a break while they chew it over with Twix, avoid laying a finger on each other’s Butterfinger, and taste the rainbow. You may find that first they’re sour, then they’re sweet. TIM: Well, it’s [...]
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30
Oct
Posted by NPI in MLB Preview Bonanza, Sports. Tagged: 2010 MLB postseason, 2010 World Series, aubrey huff, buster posey, C.J. Wilson, cliff lee, colby lewis, jonathan sanchez, matt cain, Matt Cain's "advanced" stats, MLB, Ron Washington, Ron Washington's bullpen managment, san francisco giants, Texas Rangers, the least intimidatingly named middle-of-the-order duo in the history of the National League, the new york times, the worst World Series infield ever, tim lincecum. 2 Comments
Tim and John S already proved their baseball knowledge by issuing World Series predictions that were proven wrong within moments of the series starting. Now, with Game 3 moments away, they reconvene to discuss the series in progress. TIM: Two games into the World Series, John, and as everyone expected, the Giants are just bludgeoning the [...]
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29
Oct
Posted by Tim in "We Take, Among Other Things, Umbrage", Sports. Tagged: 2010 college football season, bowl championship series, college football, conference-usa, crusade against the bcs, death to the bcs, every game counts, except that every game doesn't count, inside the bcs, mid-american conference, mwc, non-notre dame independents, sun belt, wac. Leave a Comment
In my neverending quest to rail against the BCS, I am calculating week-by-week how many games this college football season really “count” (as in, influence the national title picture). After eight weeks, 101 of the 120 FBS teams cannot make the BCS championship (a refresher on my criteria), including pre-season No. 5 Texas. We can [...]
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29
Oct
Posted by Tim in Sports, The Sports Revolution. Tagged: an unshakeable belief in the nfl's punt pass and kick competition, athletic quarterbacks, devin hester, john elway, marc mariani, pooch punting, return specialists, unconventional punting formations. 1 Comment
About a month ago, watching Arkansas and Georgia meet in a fairly exciting SEC football game, I saw something I hadn’t seen in a long time. On a fourth down in that “no-man’s land” (about the Georgia 40), Arkansas quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate Ryan Mallett took a snap in the shotgun, and pooch punted [...]
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28
Oct
Posted by Tim in TV. Tagged: alina wilson, Arrested Development, brenda, dan's worthlessness considered and rated among contestants all-time, freudian slips, hidden immunity idols, holly, it was weird, jane bless her soul, judfabio, marty v. brenda (get pumped), more fun reward and immunity challenges, no marty no, sash, sash and the recession, survivor survival guide, Survivor: Nicaragua, the defenders, the merge, the righteous brothers, yonder. 2 Comments
“I want the cake, I want to eat it, too, and I want those two to go home.” —Jane There are often early, subtle clues in a Survivor episode that hint at its basic structure: “What Goes Around, Comes Around” had an especially long “Previously on…” and the full intro sequence, which accurately portended a [...]
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28
Oct
Posted by John S in Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Sports, TV. Tagged: Abram and Cara Maria, Ayiiia, Ayiiia and Eric, Big Easy, Bottleneck Stampede, Cutthroat, Eric from Real world/road rules challenge, Eric goes home, Gulag, Johnny Bananas, Katie Doyle, Laurel proves to be valuable, MTV, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Red and Gray, the gauntlet III, the Geneva Convention, TJ Lavin, Ty vs. Eric. 1 Comment
“I think it’s something with fire” —Brad “I’m gonna go out on a limb and say if it’s against the Geneva Convention, they’re probably not going to make us do it in a challenge” —Dan Man, all TJ Lavin has to do is show up and it scares the crap out of the contestants.* [...]
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27
Oct
Posted by NPI in Sports. Tagged: Bengie Molina, brian wilson, bruce bochy, C.J. Wilson, cliff lee, colby lewis, i just love saying madison bumgarner, intentional walks, jonathan sanchez, madison bumgarner, matt cain, MLB postseason preview, nobody cares about your stupid ratings, Ron Washington, san francisco giants, Texas Rangers, the designated hitter, the fall classic, the world series, tim lincecum, unnecessarily specific predictions, Vladimir Guerrero. 2 Comments
OVERVIEW It’s the matchup we all expected as far back as Game 5 of their respective League Championship Series. Two teams filled with traditions (largely of losing, but that’s beside the point) that will each be looking for their first title in at least a half-century. It’s Rangers-Giants on the baseball diamond, and not some [...]
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27
Oct
Posted by Tim in Sports, Unabated to the Quarterback. Tagged: ahmad bradshaw, albert camus, bill belichick and fourth down, danny woodhead, david foster wallace, fantasy football, john fox, jon gruden, kenny britt, meet the parents references, my retirement from fantasy football, raheem morris, stats are for losers, the difference between being talented and being good, the illusion of fantasy football conversations, the league, Unabated to the Quarterback. Leave a Comment
“So it was with me as I peacefully died of my cure.” —Albert Camus This weekend finally sealed it. At season’s end, I am officially retiring from fantasy football. I have made this threat before. In fact, it’s been kind of a mid-aughts Favrian period from me along these lines, where I consider retirement without [...]
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26
Oct
Posted by John S in Sports, Culture, Advertising. Tagged: lebron james, Chuck Klosterman, Advertising, pti, we are all witnesses, Nike, Michael Jordan, Nike ads, Nike advertising brilliance, LeBron's decision, Charles Barkley, miami vice, the LeBron commercial, Rise, LeBron's image, Nike Air Max LeBron VIII, Don Johnson, Jordan's Hall of Fame speech, Witness, global icon. 33 Comments
Yesterday, when LeBron James tweeted his new Nike commercial, called “Rise,” it got more positive feedback than anything James has done since winning second MVP. People on Twitter loved it (if you didn’t know this, LeBron himself took the liberty of retweeting practically every good thing said about the ad), Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon [...]
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25
Oct
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: Alan Sepinwall, auburn football, Betty Draper, cam newton, college, College Humor, Dazed and Confused, Don Draper, finnegan's wake, fivebooks, Inception, jane austen, Kanye West, Mad Men, Matt Stone, Matthew Weiner, Mitch Kramer, pravda and the search for truth, Robert Wright, Simon Rich, South Park, Taylor Swift, Tea Party, The Social Network, the walrus, tim lincecum, Trey Parker, v.i. lenin, verne lundquist and gary danielson, vulture, wall street journal, Wiley Wiggins. Leave a Comment
What we read while intentionally walking Josh Hamilton…. Mad Men‘s fourth season, which John S reviewed this week, concluded last Sunday, and Vulture featured a series of interviews with the show’s cast and creative team. They also wondered when Betty Draper became such a monster, and if Don disappointed his fans. Also, here’s Alan Sepinwall’s [...]
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