Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share,
- Are we on the verge of a new age in nuclear fission?
- From the archives: The Eisenhower Method.
- Dan Wetzel: CFB's calendar problem affects athletes more than millionaire coaches.
Thursday, December 04, 2025
More College Football Thoughts
Even more college football thoughts and observations on coaching carousel moves and college football recruiting rankings. Never a dull moment.
Have these thoughts anyway and thought I'd write them down and share. Enjoy!
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Has there ever been a better way to make money in America than being named a target for Penn State's head football coach search? Candidates reportedly have signed $370 million in new deals with existing institutions. If the Nittany Lions did that for every American we could all have a very merry Christmas.
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Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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Wednesday, December 03, 2025
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- How NBA legend Michael Jordan is blowing up NACAR's monopoly. Excellent backstory to an important case.
- Wait - is this true or satire?
- Rand Paul's proposal to improve healthcare and lower costs.
College Football Thoughts
Some thoughts and observations after the latest playoff rankings and coaching carousel moves.
Was having these thoughts anyway so figured I'd share them on Substack. May the playoff odds ever be in your favor.
Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Did not address the question of if we are at war with Venezuela because I honestly don't know. Is Maduro still in power? Did he resign? I'll be monitoring that situation. Also did not comment on college football or the latest playoff rankings. Plan a post on that later today.
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Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2025
The League
"In a widely lauded speech in New York in January 1922, Fielding Yost, head coach at the University of Michigan, said that paying men to play football 'robs the great American game of its greatest character-building qualities. The ideals of generous service, loyalty, sacrifice, and whole hearted devotion to a cause all are taken away. The game is robbed of the exhilarating inspiration of achievement merely for achievement's sake.'"
This quote seems quaint given the spectacle of Lane Kiffin abandoning Ole Miss in the midst of the school's greatest achievement to sign a $13 million per year contract with LSU. And Kiffin lacks the achievement of either SEC or national championships.
"At his [George Halas] suggestion, the APFA [American Professional Football Association] changed its name at an owners' meeting in Cleveland on June 24, 1922. 'I lacked enthusiasm for our name,' Halas wrote, because the word 'association' connoted minor league status in baseball. He suggested National Football League, explaining that baseball's National League was the sports most established, respected circuit. The other owners approved unanimously."
Some history I did not know. From John Eisenberg's The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- VDH: The war in Ukraine - lots of questions but few answers. People can avoid the facts but not the reality.
- Dan Wetzel: Lane Kiffin is many things, but he's certainly no victim in move to LSU. He's not wrong. Fan of Wetzel's sarcasm.
- Keeping a close eye on AI. Everything in moderation - including AI,
- The case against an International Panel on Inequality. Socialism by another name is still socialism.
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
We're at that strange time of year where the calendar says its December but its technically still Fall. Yet it's getting cold but it's really too early to be winter or Christmas season. It's like a seasonal DMZ. We really should have a name for this time of year.
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Quotes for Today
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Monday, December 01, 2025
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The US Navy can't build a navy anymore. Disturbing.
- From the archives: Tim Ferriss on the 80/20 rule.
- US Air Force has a F-47 NGAD fighter math problem. Just like that next generation air dominance (NGAD) enters the lexicon. Get there firstest with the mostest.
- Interesting: Satellite images show Tehran's worsening water crisis.
College Football Thoughts
As a person actively seeking happiness and appreciating things that make me happy - Lane's decision to ditch Ole Miss where he claimed to finally found happiness rankles me.
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Still digesting my thoughts on Lane Kiffin choosing LSU and abandoning Ole Miss where he proclaimed he finally found happiness. Can't help but recall that his dad Monte was known not just for his great coaching but also for his loyalty to one team - the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now Lane will be remembered for abandoning teams and hopping around from place to place.
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Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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