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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4TtC? - The Success Stories
October 28, 2009 – 8:18 pm | One Comment
4TtC? - The Success Stories

Every coach who, after failing to reach .500 in any of their first three seasons, managed to break that threshold during or after year four their tenure at that school:
1. Lee Owens - Akron - …

4TtC? - The Failures
October 28, 2009 – 8:17 pm | One Comment
4TtC? - The Failures

All coaches hired since 1990 who failed to break .500 in any of their first three seasons at a school, were retained for at least a fourth year (and as long as an eighth year), …

4TtC? - The Undetermined
October 28, 2009 – 8:16 pm | No Comment
4TtC? - The Undetermined

Every coach who has failed to reach .500 in any of their seasons with their current team, but remain employed by those schools and may still qualify as “successes” in the future (or have not …

4TtC? - Every D-1A Coach hired since 1990
October 28, 2009 – 8:15 pm | No Comment
4TtC? - Every D-1A Coach hired since 1990

Every non-interim coach hired by every D-1A college or university in the past 20 seasons:
1) Troy Calhoun - Air Force - Hired 2007
2) Lee Owens - Akron - Hired 1995
3) J.D. Brookheart - Akron …

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 | 16 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?

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.

Good morning, brave new world.
August 12, 2009 – 12:33 am | 3 Comments
Good morning, brave new world.

Ty comes back from Iowa, confused and frightened by all the changes in the world. And Ioannis, rather than getting off his ass and writing his own blog posts, frequently chimes in like an Editorial Cockblocker.

Travels with Tina: Tina Takes Manhattan (or just Flushing)
July 12, 2009 – 8:36 pm | No Comment
Travels with Tina: Tina Takes Manhattan (or just Flushing)

If you’re hungry for a robust travelogue that orbits an insignificant National League baseball game that happened three weeks ago… Dinner is SERVED!

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?