Daily Archives: October 22, 2007

Bailey In - Should be Knight

October 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

As reported by the Evansville Courier Press, Damon Bailey will be inducted into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame on November 3rd. De Dee Nathan, David Volz, Ralph Hamilton, Gregg Thompson and Elizabeth Kurpius will also be inducted into the Hall of Fame, bringing the total number of members to just over 150. [...]

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Rockies Ticket Blunder: A Delay In Gouging Red Sox Fans

October 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Ok, this is the second time this year where I’ve wasted part of a day trying to buy tickets online … only to be greeted by the screen of death informing me that the server is taking too long to respond to my request.
The first time around, it was TicketWeb’s fault; they didn’t realize how [...]

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Interview with John Gasaway of BasketballProspectus.com

October 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

If you’re like the rest of us here at The Meaningful Collateral, you’re a big college basketball fan. Well, we were fortunate enough to land an interview with one of the movers and shakers of the blog world when it comes to college basketball — John Gasaway, best known for his work as Big Ten [...]

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The internets are coming to get you, Kraggy Kragthorpe

October 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

We knew it would happen, and now it’s official: The city of Louisville wants your balls, Steve Kragthorpe. Lay them on the counter and there will be now problems.
Firekragthorpenow.com is now up, running, and full of venom (firestevekragthorpe.com is registered on godaddy.com, but has no info). Of course, this occurs when your team, expected to [...]

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This is such a f*cking great f*cking rule, f*cking N-C-f*cking-A-A

October 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

So The Indianapolis Star reports today the NCAA wants to rid basketball of cursing. Do it once in a game, you get a technical foul. A second and you’re ejected. Without warning.
Wonderful rule, guys. Now half the coaches will be gone before the first TV timeout.
“If the referee hears it, even if it’s a coach [...]

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Biggest Thugs in Sports/ Arrest(s) of the Week

October 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Happy Monday!
1. Lionel Gates- Practice Squad, Tampa Bay

Welcome Lionel Gates!
Back in March, Tampa Bay RB Lionel Gates “kicked a pregnant woman’s door in, destroying her property, hitting her in the face and pushing her into a wall after arguing about whether he is the father of the woman’s unborn child, according to an [...]

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Time To Gouge The Red Sox Fans … And The Evils of Ticketmaster

October 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

As some of you know, Rockies’ World Series tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Mountain Time (West Coast people, that’s 9 a.m. your time … East Coast people, that’s noon your time).
As a resident of Boston (ok, Allston), I am encouraging all of you to snatch up tickets for games 3, 4, and [...]

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Monday Morning Hangover

October 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

The spellbinding stories that THEY are talking about on this Monday morning:
—It’s amazing how wrong we can be about team and statistics. Everyone thought that Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippin led those late 90’s Bulls teams in scoring, but no…apparently it was Jason Caffey. (The Big Lead)
—First they cover the Houston Bowl, irritating all 12 [...]

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