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jones Top Ten - Week Eight - 2010
The modern dentist now provides a menu of flavor options at your annual cleaning. They are listed on a little card, just like the dessert menu in America’s finest restaurants. You can get mint (I always just get mint) or cinnamon, of course. But also things like tropical fruit and cherry. But my...
The Week That Will Be (10.23.2010)
Last Week: 2-4 ATS 2-4 SU For the Year: 16-22-4 (.421) ($-800) ATS 28-14 (.667) SU What we learned last week: We learned that while last week’s Auburn/Arkansas game was fun to watch on television, and Auburn is now 7-0, they won’t be there for long if they continue to let back-up quarterback-level...
jones Top Ten - Week Seven - 2010
Your life takes on a certain settled quality when you come to understand and appreciate the rhythms of your neighborhood grocery store. I like mine, the HEB just off of Far West Boulevard. It’s not so huge as to require a Sherpa to negotiate the produce section, but big enough to stock everything I...
jones Top Ten - Week Six - 2010
I am now a member of the New Orleans Bourbon Society. Highly coveted, my admittance required an extensive vetting process: providing both my name and e-mail address. Typically in Louisiana, you pretty much just have to be tall enough to reach the bar, no e-mail address required. I joined the...
jones Top Ten - Week Five - 2010
Eight pairs of shoes sit staggered up the stairs. They accomplished a lot today. They scored a flag football touchdown, several soccer goals, a personal best in a cross country meet, Mrs. Jones Top Ten’s four miles at Lady Bird Lake on a perfect fall morning, took the dog for a walk. They look...
It’s Not Nice To Fool Touchdown Jesus
First, Michigan State defeats Notre Dame 34-31 in overtime with a perfectly planned -- and executed -- fake field goal. Then a couiple of hours later, Spartan coach Mike Dantonio suffers a mild heart attack. Dantonio was admitted into a East Lansing hospital after complaining of chest pains....
Sundry: Final 4, The 3-4, Dez, TMG skool, Sheroid Evans
Some thoughts before the weekend. Kevin Berger breaks down Michigan State - Butler and West Virginia - Duke over at March to March. If you want to read about basketball at the national level, this should be your destination site. Bookmark appropriately, sirs and madams. He's too humble to brag,...
Duke-Baylor Highest Rated Game of NCAA Tournament
March Madness AKA The Duke Invitational enjoyed its best Sweet Sixteen ratings in five years, with Duke's 78-71 win over Baylor leading the way with almost 14 million viewers for the Sunday afternoon telecast. The Blue Devils win drew 13.8 million viewers, 3 million more than last year's North...
The Man from Iron Mountain
Six Final Fours in 12 years. One National Championship. Six Big 10 titles. Four national Coach of the Year awards. "Dickie V! It’s Tom Izzo’s world – you’re just living in it, baby!!!" I guess we all are. Think about it: How would you feel if your team reached the Final...
Checking in with the Top 8
Never to early to start looking to March. Joe Lunardi has a pretty solid mid-season bracket here with the top eight seeds looking to be pretty good bets if they can hold serve the rest of the way. Of the eight, Texas is looking like the team most likely to get bumped off of the two line since...
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