bill plaschke Stories - Conquest Chronicles
2011 BCS National Title Game: Oregon Ducks vs Auburn Tigers Open Thread
Here we are - the last game of the 2010 college football season. Just a couple minutes ago, I started breathing again. About a half hour ago, I thought I'd lost a very large file server at one of my customer sites. "Here it is, the biggest game of the year, and I'm going to be re-installing...
Bill Plaschke's Hack Superpowers On Display At Rose Bowl Media Day
A couple of years back, Deadspin included the L.A. Times' Bill Plaschke in its series' titled "Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks." Two years later, founder Will Leitch penned a similar note in a "Media Approval Ratings" post on the man: Plaschke is the master of the five-word, one-sentence...
More Micro/Macro End Of Season Thoughts
So BlueReign and silverlakebruin have already put up two excellent posts re. big pictures thoughts on the current state of our program and the need for culture change beyond the field. Let me try to add some more micro/macro perspectives after the last game of the season. Let’s starts with...
Why Bother Playing Next Saturday?
Over at the LA Times, Trojan Alum - Adam Rose (who is also the lead blogger for "What's Bruin") - is already lamenting the prospect of Southern Cal playing in the 2009 Rose Bowl on All Things Trojan: Is the Rose Bowl good enough? Once you get over just how disgusting it is for a headline like...
Positive Attitude Breeds Success...
...or you could say live life to the fullest because you only get one chance. Say what you will about Pete Carroll, his coaching style may be unorthodox to some but his positive attitude is the key to his success. I got a real kick out of watching him dance on the sidelines during the Rose Bowl,...

