SportsLeave a comment

This Weekend In Football Upsets

weezel32

NCAA Football Ranked Teams Losing #13 Baylor 27, #8 Oklahoma 14#15 Ole Miss 29, #11 Texas A&M 19#12 Wake Forest 45, #16 NC State 42Miss St. 43, #17 Auburn 34#4 Ohio St 59, #19 Purdue 31 We had five ranked teams losing, but four of those were to other ranked teams. The only ranked team losing to an unranked team was Mississippi State knocking off Auburn as a 5.5-point underdog. Ole Miss and Baylor both won as underdogs in ranked vs. ranked matchups. Next Week’s Ranked vs. Ranked #7 Michigan St. at #4 Ohio State, 11 a.m. (Central time)#25 Arkansas … Continue reading This Weekend In Football Upsets

Sports, Take The PointsLeave a comment

College Football Playoffs–The Power Rated Version

weezel32

Now that we have the NCAA football playoff power rankings, version 2.0 out, I made some time to go update my preseason power ratings for the teams in the CFP Top 25. This is not a look at resumes, or a debate over deserving, but a look at what the spreads would be in hypothetical matchups. First, the ratings. IAW CFP Top Rating 1 1 Georgia 99.9 2 2 Alabama 96.3 3 4 Ohio St 95.5 4 6 Michigan 86.7 5 8 Oklahoma 86.7 6 10 Oklahoma St 85.6 7 11 Texas A&M 85.6 8 5 Cincinnati 85.0 9 NR … Continue reading College Football Playoffs–The Power Rated Version

Movies, ReadsLeave a comment

Spurred By New Series: A Watchmen (movie) Rewatch

weezel32

Back when the Watchmen movie came out in 2009, I wasn’t really into comics much yet. I grew up on baseball cards, not comics. In college, I got into some of the darker comics from Image and Caliber and such. The Crow, Spawn, etc. Still, when Watchmen came along, I went to the theater to watch it. I even did a midnight showing for this back when they were a thing. I had not read the comic series before seeing the movie. I’m not sure if it was the late night, or the beers with supper before hand, but I … Continue reading Spurred By New Series: A Watchmen (movie) Rewatch

ReadsLeave a comment

The Literate Nerd Merit Badge: What Is The Required Reading?

weezel32

I finished reading Alan Moore’s Watchmen tonight. I’m finally getting around to reading Frank Herbert’s Dune, listening to the audiobook version of it before watching the new movie. Doing two classics at the same time got me wondering. What are the books every self-professed nerd would be required to read to earn a Boy Scouts-style Literate Nerd Merit Badge? Because I would probably include both of these. Others have published their lists for similar concepts. But I wanted to throw mine out into the multiverse as well. This is the essential, universal list that is required reading for graduation at … Continue reading The Literate Nerd Merit Badge: What Is The Required Reading?