Since 1990, 66% of teams that start the season 6-4 have made the playoffs. With that statistic in mind, you can count on the chances of the following teams making the playoffs at 66%: Indianapolis, Cincinnati, New England, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Denver, Dallas, New Orleans, Minnesota, Arizona, New York Giants, Philadelphia, and Green Bay. Of [...]
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Week 11: Inside the Gridiron
Posted in Banter and Tidbits, tagged Brett Favre, Eli Manning, Giants, Lions, NFL, Patriots, Peyton Manning, San Diego, Tom Brady, Tony Romo, Vikings on November 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Things I’ve learned about college football today
Posted in Banter and Tidbits, tagged Boise State, Colt McCoy, Florida Gators, FSU, Jeremiah Masoli, Jimmy Clausen, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Rich Rodriguez, TCU on November 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s November 21 and today was the first day I actually watched more than two games in the college football season. Blame the Deaflympics in Taiwan. Blame new commitments in life. Blame so many things happening. All of these had something to do with my not being able to watch a full day’s schedule of [...]
Did You Know?
Posted in Banter and Tidbits, tagged Colorado Teacher of the Year 2009, Did You Know?, Susan Elliott on May 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Last week, my place of employment was treated to a visit by the current Colorado Teacher of the Year and one of the finalists of the National Teacher of the Year –Susan Elliott. Her presentation to the group of teachers who were watching was very inspiring — she empahsized the importance of adapting in today’s [...]
Buy Nothing Day
Posted in Banter and Tidbits on November 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is why I don’t shop on Black Friday. This is really sad and sick. A Wal-Mart employee was killed yesterday in Valley Stream, NY after being trampled by customers who broke down the doors before the store officially opened and before they could enact crowd control. The sick thing? Shoppers were angry when the [...]
Congrats, Coach Burke!
Posted in Banter and Tidbits on November 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A man I look up to that emphasizes integrity, hard work, and success on and off the field has been recognized by the Washington Redskins. Coach Mark Burke, head coach of Model Secondary School for the Deaf’s football team won the “Coach of the Week” award by the Redskins this week. He is the first [...]
Can’t Look At Ya…
Posted in Banter and Tidbits on September 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I only watched 20 minutes of the Presidential Debate last night. I’m not into hot air or all of the rhetoric, instead I observed the candidates’ body language. I think this post says it all…
A New Search Engine
Posted in Banter and Tidbits on July 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Saw this piece in CNN this morning, some developers previously employed at Google have created their own search engine. — Cuil. Yessir, Cuil. I tested it. It’s not as effective as I hoped. I used the search words “Electrical contractors in Maryland” and the site said no search items were found. I tried the same [...]
