Parenthood, Pet Therapy, and Fireworks: One Night in the Life of a College Football Fan (Part 2)
Parenthood, Pet Therapy, and Fireworks
If you're looking for oops April Fools jokes, this ain't the place. Happy Quarter 2 to all of you stuck in shitass corporate jobs, much like your loyal otter editor. #Rise and #grind!
Let's get to a few links on sports, on Roman roads, and on whatever else seems interesting to me at the moment.
Dan Hurley: I thought NCAA tournament ref was looking to ‘chest-bump’
UConn coach Dan Hurley downplayed his bizarre interaction with an official at the end of Sunday’s NCAA tournament victory against Duke, saying he thought the referee was looking to “chest-bump me to celebrate.”
Myron Medcalf
Collections: Roman Roads
This week we’re taking a brief look at Roman roads because that was the topic which won out on the latest ACOUP Senate poll and on this blog we conform to the mos maiorum by following the Sen…
Bret Devereaux
2026 Final Four Deep Dives: Michigan
Well, how do you follow up a season where you... * Started out 14-0, then 25-1; * Went 3-0 in the Players Era Tournament against three KenPom top-50 teams with a scoring margin of +110; * Defeated 17 Quadrant 1 opponents; * Were +17% from 2PT% land; * Had the nation’s best defense along with
Will Warren
Déjà Bruins
UCLA is back in the Final Four for a second straight year. So are South Carolina, Texas and UConn
Wyatt Crosher
Seeking the origin of chicken that may not be from Lombardy
It’s only Chicken Lombardy if it comes from the Lombardy region of Italy. Otherwise it’s just a Sparkling Chicken Marsala sandwich.
Jonathan Surratt
God Updates Humankind on Their Pronouns
“And God frowned, for They knew this was going to be a whole thing.”
Nov 12 2020
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Kathleen O’Mara and Jay Malsky
