Recognition at last...
by DC Trojan on Dec 13, 2006 1:42 PM PST
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PrintAs you may have noticed, the nomination process for the 2006 College Football Blogger Awards has started (see Rocky Top Talk for the overview).
Nominations are starting to crop up in various places; for instance, Burnt Orange Nation has a few thoughts on Funniest Blog.
It came as something of a surprise to me at least, but DT and Paragon have both noticed that Conquest Chronicles has been nominated jointly with Bruins Nation for the following award:
FOR: The best back and forth between rival blogs the week before a rivalry game.
CRITERIA: Must be bi-directional, and both blogs must score points against each other. A unilateral beat-down will not suffice. Should be more in the spirit of fun than wildly abusive.
Apparently T. Kyle King over at Dawg Sports was taken (more accurately, taken aback) with the light-hearted repartee between ourselves and the denizens of Bruins Nation, and decided we should get the nod.
I think this is all the more satisfying because it was an organic collective effort (don't worry Paragon, I'm not getting pinko on you here): there was no plan, just an outbreak of smack and disdain. Was it healthy? Probably not, but it was authentic.
Incidentally, all T. Kyle King is saying is give peace a chance:
In the meantime, though, there's simply no way to claim that there is greater intensity in any rivalry represented in the blogosphere than that to be found in U.C.L.A.-U.S.C. Here's hoping Nestor and Paragon SC get to hoist this trophy together, then sit down and smoke a peace pipe afterwards.
I would pay at least $2.50 to see that portion of the awards ceremony.
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Whoa!
P.S. Kidding about the question. I know Bruins have it read TO them.
Imagine my surprise
The hard part is capturing all the responses. Poor Nestor is blowing through enormous amounts of cash to pay the typing pool until he gets the voice recognition software optimized.
Well
by sweetbreads bailey on Dec 13, 2006 9:37 PM PST up reply actions
Definition of a bad joke
What I meant was that Nestor -- whom I know to be a fully literate adult with a professional degree -- was supporting his "readers" by having someone or a group of someones transcribe their remarks for the comments section of every post. See, I'm trying for the general crack as opposed to the personal crack. But it's even less hilarious now that I've had to write an erratum comment just to explain how funny I am not.
As to your musings about textbooks on tape: wouldn't it be easier to just rig Chauncey's classes? I know that grad students are cheap and plentiful, but your idea -- while commendable for providing a thin veneer of legitimacy -- is probably more effort than is required.
His books were put on tape
Gadzooks.
by sweetbreads bailey on Dec 13, 2006 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
Fat times in Trojan City
Actually, if that's what allows Chauncey to get going academically, what's the harm? It might be cynical to give him that much help to get eligible, but not as cynical as just passing him through joke classes.
I think it's fair to say that most football teams have a wide range of... learning styles and abilities. I remember when Jason Campbell was drafted by the Skins, there was a brief mention of the fact that he sucked at learning plays straight from the book when he was at Auburn, but if you let him walk the play through on the field a couple of times, he had it. What Frau DC Trojan (a cognitive science type in days gone by) would call the difference between learning from an abstraction and kinetic learning.
So nice I had to post it twice
On the other hand, we must be doing something right. In a recent report on bowl-bound teams, USC represented itself well in the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate report. Since BN never found time to post this (go figure), maybe our visiting Bruin friends can get something of an edumucation here themselves:
"The report from the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport found that 86% of the teams are graduating more than half of their athletes. Sixty-three percent meet or exceed the NCAA's relatively new academic performance standard...
Among the Pacific 10 Conference's six bowl-bound teams, only USC and California scored well in relation to the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate. UCLA, Arizona State and Oregon State were in the lowest fringes of acceptable scores. Oregon fell below the cutoff line."
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-fbcrep5dec05,1,4335685.story
Its fun when they come over here
Tirade?
Tirade? Really?
by sweetbreads bailey on Dec 14, 2006 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Apparently so.
But again, the key word is "civil." That's what makes it entertaining.
Easy, tiger - oops, Bruin
That was my failed attempt at sarcasm
Oh the other hand, maybe I should use Tirades as my new i.d. here.
Tirade
- a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation: a tirade against smoking.
- a long, vehement speech: a tirade in the Senate.
- a passage dealing with a single theme or idea, as in poetry: the stately tirades of Corneille.
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