SB Nation User Blog: leeharvey418

As much as I hate the thought of giving this idiot any more web traffic...

leeharvey418 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:02:11 -0000

I'm looking at the Top 25 overview on SI.com's CFB page this morning, and a snippet of a headline catches my eye. I follow the link and sure enough, the headline reads: "Jon Wilner: Stanford Cardinal will upset Pac-10-leading Oregon Ducks"

I don't know if anyone is familiar with Mr. Wilner, but his voting for the AP poll could be charitably described as 'suspect'. The guy doesn't seem to have a friggin' clue about fundamentals of football, and is prone to chase whatever flavor of the week happens to be the hottest. This, however, crosses the line into blatant homerism and outright idiocy.

If you followed the second link above, you may note that Mr. Wilner gave Oregon second place in his AP poll ballot. Conveniently, five days later, he pens a column where he predicts that Stanford will upset the vaunted Ducks. In case you hadn't noticed- JON WILNER WRITES FOR STANFORD'S HOMETOWN PAPER. It's kind of like making a straw man argument, except that in this case, you're creating a strong team out of straw only to have the locals knock it down. I always thought Wilner was a wee bit off in his opinions, but when the reasoning behind them becomes so transparent, I can only take comfort in the fact that at the end of the day, the AP poll counts for nothing.

Three down, one to go

leeharvey418 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:24:27 -0000

Three down, one to go

Of the four teams shown on SI's regional covers a while back, three have now been defeated.

Guess who the fouth one is...

Nice going, Kevin

leeharvey418 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:18:00 -0000

Nice going, Kevin

It looks like you've given CBS Sports more ammo. (Scroll about halfway down through the column to find the link back here)

Looking for a good bacon dessert

leeharvey418 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:02:19 -0000

The host of one of my preferred tailgates is taking a page out of Curley's playbook and doing theme weeks this season. As fate would have it, the theme for the Iowa game is going to be 'All Things Bacon'. We already have plans for taking hot potato salad, but I wanted to extend the wonder of bacon into dessert.

The first idea that came to me was to make chocolate peanut clusters, and replace 1/4 to 1/3 of the peanuts with well-done bacon. That seems a little weak to me, though, and I was wondering if anyone here has any practical experience with a bacon dessert. Basically I need to come up with something that's tailgate-friendly, and as focused on bacon as possible.

Thanks, Coach. I'll hang up and listen.

Penn State North Campus (Buffalo Bills) News

leeharvey418 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:58:13 -0000

Penn State North Campus (Buffalo Bills) News

It doesn't seem to be written in stone, but all signs point to Maybin being a Bill. The fact that it was leaked by TO kinda leaves a bad taste in my mouth, but oh well...

Also, it seem that they like Posluszny, even if he is starting to look like a cover model for crappy romance novels.

Maybin Holdout - PSU Who's Who

leeharvey418 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:24:26 -0000

Maybin Holdout - PSU Who's Who

I was curious about what was going on in the Bills/Mayhem saga, and found this article from Rivals- Chafie Fields is his agent, Lavar is his publicist, and they also interview Poz as a representative of the team. Normally I'd be happy to see this much PSU name-dropping in one article, but this situation just makes is seem like there's more than a little bit of doucheabaggery going on behind the scenes.

Donnie Collins gives Understatement of the Year

leeharvey418 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:42:27 -0000

Donnie Collins gives Understatement of the Year

His justification for not including Overlord Zug among the 'guys nobody talks about':

"Walk-on Graham Zug also seems to have excited the fan base."

Most Folk'll Never Lose a Toe...

leeharvey418 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:52:16 -0000

Most Folk'll Never Lose a Toe...

...but then again, some folk'll, like Norman, the slack-jawed yokel.

Every time I turn around, Iowa City seems just a little more third-world to me.

Penn State is Internationally Renowned!

leeharvey418 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:39:44 -0000

Penn State is Internationally Renowned!

My boss, who lives and works on the Canuck side of the Niagara Falls area, sent me a link to an article he found. We're getting international press!

In case you missed it - JoePa at Media Days

leeharvey418 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:38:59 -0000

In case you missed it - JoePa at Media Days

"Jay Paterno, who coached the quarterbacks two years ago, wanted to play Clark more, and I thought it would discourage the kid that we were using, and I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one."

Um, wow. I read something about Joe 'slamming' QB14, but I hadn't read his actual comment until now.