Idiots Write About Football

"Football" archive

Monday 1 January

On the Rose Bowl (17:22) - That 23-9 loss to USC isn't looking so bad now, eh? Cal looked much better than Michigan looked today, I'll...

Sunday 10 September

Daddy, Where Do Blimps Sleep? (14:51) - From my front porch right now, I can see the Goodyear Blimp, circling over the East Bay sky in preparation...

Sunday 30 April

More Leinart Silliness (16:21) - It may not have been the most awkward moment of the draft involving Matt Leinart -- Suzy Kolber's got you...
Matt Leinart: Role-Model for Today's Confused Youth (12:44) - We have said it so so many times, even we are finding ourselves repetitive, but we find ourselves oddly enthralled...

Saturday 7 January

Fashion Dos and Don'ts (10:02) - Here's a little haute coutre tip from your good friend Phil: if you are planning on walking around town wearing...

Wednesday 4 January

Was There Ever Any Doubt? (21:36) - I hate to tell you people that I told you so. But I told you so. Me, I blame Erica...

Wednesday 21 December

And So It Has Come to This (22:10) - So over on ESPN.com, they're doing this thing where USC plays a mythical schedule against the best 11 teams of...

Saturday 26 November

Paul Taglibue Hates You, Bay Area (17:07) - Apart from a mild affection for the San Diego Chargers, my interest in professional football is largely limited to a...

Saturday 29 October

This is Familiar (22:56) - Turned on the Stanford-UCLA game. 17-3 Stanford? Holy crap! 24-3 Stanford with 8:30 to go? Double holy crap? Final Score:...

Wednesday 19 October

Bill King Tributes Better Than Mine (13:20) - As always, Ken Arneson sets the bar high for A's bloggers with this recollection, plus a collection of previous posts...

Tuesday 18 October

In Memoriam: Bill King (13:45) - I miss you already, Bill. Update: OK, I've had some time to gather my thoughts into something that is hopefully...

Monday 17 October

Bites, Craps, Sucks (15:11) - So the 2005 version of the BCS standings came out today, and whaddaya know? It's still a joke. Notre Dame,...

Wednesday 31 August

Fantasy Football, The Idiot Way (18:34) - So for what seems 100 years -- Jason tells me it's actually closer to six -- Jason's run a fairly...

Saturday 23 April

Aaron Rodgers Held Hostage: Hour 4 (12:38) - So, in one of those pre-draft workouts for NFL scouts, did Aaron Rodgers accidentally kill a guy or something? Because...
From the Vault (10:07) - Everything we need to say about the NFL draft, we said two years ago at another Web site: In theory,...
Clock Management (09:48) - The San Francisco 49ers had the first pick in the NFL draft this morning. In essence, they have been on...

Thursday 3 February

Flavor Flav Was Right: Don't Believe the Hype (20:58) - I'm not a fan of any professional football team. I root for the San Diego Chargers. That means two things:...

Sunday 30 January

Turns Out You Can Spell 'Accuracy' Without E, S, P, or N (16:59) - I was watching one of the ESPN properties last week -- probably ESPNnews, though it could have been SportsCenter --...

Monday 24 January

Don't Be Such a Pill (22:56) - While I'm busily cribbing from weblogs updated more frequently and more skillfully than my own, I would be remiss if...

Wednesday 5 January

Great Moments in Wire Copy (14:21) - From the ESPN.com story announcing that the 49ers have given Dennis Erickson the ol' heave-ho: The 49ers will be honorable...
His Open Man, Just Like He Planned (11:33) - If you haven't seen the NFL Network commercial featuring Fountains of Wayne's "All Kinds of Time," go do so right...

Sunday 2 January

Dierdorf on Martz (11:37) - It is late in the second quarter of the Rams-Jets tilt -- 1:07 remaining, if you're one of those sticklers...

Tuesday 21 December

Poll Killers (17:25) - Today the Associated Press did the ethical thing and forbade the BCS from using its College Football poll in determining...

Sunday 12 December

It's All a Blur to Me (17:24) - While we're throwing out questions directly to our Southern California-based audience -- remember: bookcases available! No reasonable offers refused! --...

Monday 6 December

Setting the Stage for Future Screwings (12:22) - One little bit of good news for Cal fans this morning, courtesy of ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel: The bad news of...

Saturday 27 November

Bowling for Tires (12:53) - When I was a young lad growing up on the mean streets of Westlake Village, California, one of my favorite...

Monday 18 October

Strike Up The Band (23:41) - Spent Saturday afternoon taking in a college football game. No -- not college football game. The contest I saw was...

Tuesday 9 September

Romo Angry! Romo Smash! (15:43) - Don't know if anybody paid attention to the opening montage before CBS's NFL coverage on Sunday. It's your typical The-Majesty-of-Pro-Football...

Monday 1 September

Small Time Acts Big Time (13:47) - I went to the first Cal football home game of the year this weekend. I've been going since I was...

Wednesday 13 August

Just Trick Me, Baby! (09:50) - Here in Alameda County, we await the verdict in the Oakland Raiders' lawsuit against the City of Oakland with bated...

Sunday 26 January

Halftime Extravaganza (17:51) - So we were having an argument here in world TeeVee headquarters about who was performing live and who wasn't...

Friday 17 January

Nobody Likes a Mooch (16:02) - What do you do with a coach who's among the elite in the league, who has brought your franchise back...

Friday 3 January

Fire Larry Coker! (22:29) - Virtue never stands alone. It is bound to have neighbors....

Thursday 28 November

Jerry-Jimmy: The Reunion (18:23) - So are you like me? When Jimmy Johnson sat down for his much-hyped reunion interview with Jerry Jones, are you...