Some assumptions need to be made about why George Washington University honored its part-time professor Bob Kasmir at halftime and then booted him from his courtside seat a half-hour later. The first assumption being that college refs aren’t happy about their payscale, the second being that Kasmir didn’t become a university professor by keeping a quieted tongue and the third being that at least one lie was told during the March 5 game.
As troubling as the news was of the alleged behavior exhibited by Texas Christian University head coach Gary Patterson toward both running back Ed Wesley and team physician Dr. Samuel Haraldson last month, the developments since that incident are twice as disheartening.
There really isn’t a better way to pass the time than by ranking things. I’ll rank anything. Condiments? Mustards, onions, pickles, ketchup. Duh. No one with half a brain ranks pickles over mustard. You can’t do it. You just can’t.
So imagine how my mood improved when I ran across Rick Chandler’s college mascot rankings on NBC’s Out of Bounds blog? Bunches. My mood improved bunches, thanks for asking.
Penn State instituted a tradition in which 107,000 fans all agreed to show up at Beaver Stadium for one highly anticipated game each season clad top-to-tail in white. All white. Then they called the place the White House because Penn’s marketing people are paid to be clever like that. At least that’s what I assume they’re supposed to do. I don’t think we see eye-to-eye on it.