And on the seventh day, the Hoops were Hot.
March 8, 2010 – 11:56 am | One Comment

Western Kentucky and North Texas both flirted with disaster. But in the end, it was only Middle Tennessee that decided to rest on the Sabbath.

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Just in Time for Christmas: Santa-Colored Rage
January 7, 2010 – 2:10 pm | 2 Comments
Just in Time for Christmas: Santa-Colored Rage

A nicely dated rant (but only by a few weeks) about an ad campaign that pissed me off. This is why people have sports blogs, right?

Travels with Tina - Ragin’, Ragin’ Against the Dying of the Green
October 20, 2009 – 10:01 pm | 2 Comments
Travels with Tina - Ragin’, Ragin’ Against the Dying of the Green

How much do I love North Texas? So much that I was willing to take yet another trip into the Zydeco airboat Heart of Darkness. If love is pain, then my love for North Texas is truer than truth.

Travels with Tina - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
October 8, 2009 – 1:46 am | 14 Comments
Travels with Tina - Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Criminally expensive “economy” hotels! Sandwiches with no bread! Anus-themed tailgating setups! Houndstooth galore!

What’s not to love about Tuscaloosa?

Life Coaching - Man Date at the Movies
August 31, 2009 – 3:05 am | 5 Comments
Life Coaching - Man Date at the Movies

For the gentleman of a certain age (specifically, post-college), one of the greatest challenges of life is initiating and developing new friendships with other men. Outside of the incubating buddy systems of an educational setting, making new guy friends is a complicated and perilous ordeal.

You’ll have to put in some hard work on a narrow social tightrope. But lucky for you, we’re here to coach you through it.

Take a Knee and Experience Life on the Farm
August 27, 2009 – 1:15 pm | One Comment
Take a Knee and Experience Life on the Farm

Sure, us city folk enjoy our steel buildings and prepackaged food, but what happens when TY takes a life-changing journey to middle-America? Will he forsake it all and become a farmer? (Spoiler Alert: Nope, he’s too incompetent). Or will he return with some grandiose, self-important lessons to share with the world? (Spoiler alert: you’re an idiot if you are still thinking of an answer)? Read on for sexy, but not pornographic, farm time adventures.

Travels with Tina: The Big Apple Edition
June 27, 2009 – 11:08 pm | 2 Comments
Travels with Tina: The Big Apple Edition

What happens when Tales from the Temple wins the lottery, gets drunk, beats its kids and heads to the Big City to make it as a dancer?

Emasculation Theater: Bust a (Televised) Move
May 23, 2009 – 1:55 pm | 4 Comments
Emasculation Theater: Bust a (Televised) Move

If you’re a Bible-type, you know the story of Samson and Delilah and what happens when you sell out your manhood. You’ve probably embraced the New Testament ideas of her sweeping your stinky, unkempt feet with her perfume-soaked hair; but slow down, sailor. You’re not Jesus, and that means you are going to have to figure out how to bend without breaking.

Sadly, no one has come close to figuring out a Biblically accepted solution for scene control. So instead, the only real way to feel better about it is with a new and probably recurring column we’re calling “Emasculation Theater.”

Attention Twatterers: Take a Knee and Learn About Social Media
March 17, 2009 – 8:26 pm | 5 Comments
Attention Twatterers: Take a Knee and Learn About Social Media

It’s time for you to figure out that nobody wants to see you destroy the English language through 140 character status updates. Instead, let me do it through a 1,300+ word blog post.

Travels with Tina: Hot Springs
March 10, 2009 – 1:15 am | 6 Comments
Travels with Tina: Hot Springs

The fan favorite feature that was too beloved for us to rename it makes its first appearance on Take A Knee.Net!

Hot Thoughts, Hot Shots, Hot Springs (Monday)
March 10, 2009 – 12:07 am | 2 Comments
Hot Thoughts, Hot Shots, Hot Springs (Monday)

Speed is the name of the game, but it isn’t everything. No one wants cold Chicken Soup guy or third-rate sloppy Koontz. That’s bush. League. So now, you’ve got to focus your power while staying true to your speed training.