Entries from July 2008

July 31, 2008

Husky Fans, Meet thine Enemy… Oregon’s Patrick Chung

UW vs. Oregon 
August 30, 2008 Autzen Stadium

July 31, 2008

Oregon’s Quack Attack looking to reload

The Oregon Ducks had the perfect plan to save their 2007 season and national championship hopes when quarterback Dennis Dixon crumbled to the ground on Nov. 15 at Arizona Stadium.
Yet it was already spoiled before it could be put into place.
Click here to read the entire article from AZCentral.com.

July 29, 2008

Some Random Questions on Husky Football

 

The Washington players are reportedly taking very well to new defensive coordinator Ed Donatell.  If Washington coach Tyrone Willingham had fired the previous coordinator Kent Baer in 2005 instead of 2007 (when he was forced to) and hired someone competent like Donatell, would Willingham be on the hot seat now?

 

Washington’s recruiting is going poorly so far.  If the [...]

July 29, 2008

Interview with former Husky and Patriot Hakim Akbar

Hakim Akbar at 2001 Rose Bowl

I recently conducted a long and powerful interview with former Washington Husky safety Hakim Akbar.  Akbar has lived quite a life, and has maintained a good spirit despite much tragedy and despair.  He is also a rare possessor of both a Rose Bowl and Super Bowl ring.  Of note, these [...]

July 28, 2008

Former KGB Agent re: (Ongoing) Strategy for Demoralizing Americans

July 28, 2008

God Bless Seattlest: The Critical Mass Controversy

I am heartened this afternoon by an editorial written in Seattlest today about the recent bloody confrontation between Critical Mass bicyclests and a motorist.  It was a responsible and searingly accurate article.  As these folks in CM bicycle around the city with their anarchist mentality, it’s like they’re railing against anything patriarchal in our society.
Said Seattlest: 
So, what [...]

July 27, 2008

Essay on the History of Washington Huskies football

 Earlier this year I wrote an essay for Historylink about the history of Washington Husky football.  It covers the pioneer days of 1889 all the way to Hugh McElhenny to Sonny Sixkiller to Napoleon Kaufman to the present dark times under the leadership of Tyrone Willingham.

July 26, 2008

Jake Locker: Looking to cut down the hits

Article from today’s Seattle-PI.

July 26, 2008

It’s the Pac-10 vs. The World

Here’s today’s story from the Los Angeles Daily News.

July 25, 2008

College Football’s White Boy Gangsta Wannabes

I was listening to Michael Savage’s radio program today;  he was talking about the white kids in this country who go around with sagging pants that hang down below their butt and displaying their underwear.  Savage speculated that this trend comes from suburban kids emulating what they see in the hip-hop culture– which (in theory) emanates from [...]