Don King now shilling for Crocs

April 9th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

I’ve already said my piece on Crocs, so I’m just going to dive right into this one here: the longer this commercial spot went on, the more and more confused I got. However, I’ve already rush ordered a pair of red Crocs off Zappos.

Because Don King, you had me at “don’t give me no pie in the sky when I die, give me a Croc, a song on the ground when I’m around.” You’re a regular Carl Sandburg over there, buddy.

Note: I may have transcribed the last part of that line wrong. Hard to tell, really. Video via Sportaphile.

If college football was like boxing, without Don King, ear-biting, and irrelevance

July 25th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanE

Imagine if college football’s winning stucture was organized like boxing’s. What if, for example, the No. 1 team in the country was considered the Champ, and you had to, paraphrasing the immortal words of Ric Flair, beat the best to be the best.

That’s the entire purpose of this link, which orders college football’s history into a series of belt-holders, beginning with Rutgers’ 7-day defense after their 6-4 win over Princeton in 1869. After that, Princeton regained the title, holding it for the longest period in college history, 2574 days. Of course, Texas is the current title holder, something the Texas fans who host this link make very clear with a nice burnt orange display at the top.

It goes on from there, capturing various modern dynasties, long runs of success and the many challengers’ 7-day stints as the best in the land. It’s a completely throrough list, with dates and locations and scores and, well, everything.

It combines the more enjoyable natures of both boxing and college football. And, realistically - this is probably a much better system than the BCS.