Friday Midday Madness: 08/06/10

It's Friday, and word on the street is that Friday is My Day, but I'll still throw you some lunch time midday madness, just to get you through boring almuerzo.

Better late than never...

The 2010 NCAA Coaches Poll came out today, with Alabama in first by a landslide. Needless to say, I was shocked and appalled that my 2-10 Terps didn't receive any votes. Sure we had a rough season last year, but previous performance doesn't really predict future performance...sometimes... Clearly this wasn't a popularity contest. Or an ability contest, either. Ok, maybe an ability contest...

In Other News: 7/29/10

Quick hits from around the sports world for your afternoon delight. Note: reading In Other News NOT an established rookie tradition

Dez Bryant earning his stripes stars at Dallas camp

Yep, Sunday Cowboys Rookie receiver Dez Bryant made news by refusing to carry Roy Williams' pads after practice and thus disrespected one of many rookie traditions. This caused huge backlash from the media, and everyone seemed to get involved, even Super Mario, who claimed Bryant should "fall in line." Ultimately, Bryant did fall in line, lashing out at the media while proclaiming, "Me and Roy are great at grammar." It was reported that at the most recent practice, Bryant did carry Williams pads, but joked, "I won't carry the helmet though," and threw it back to Williams, who dropped it.

In other news...

Strasburg and the "Rebuilding" Nationals

Well...that didn't go as I expected...

I did intend to update yesterday but previous engagements got in the way. Looking back, maybe it's a good thing I didn't.

WeMustBeCursed's Definition for: The 2 Types of The Curse

The other day, one of my roommates asked me to expand upon the definition of a "common case of a curse." He argued that this plagued only a small handful of teams, and said I had a fascination with it because I was a Mets fan. His favorite sports team? The Dallas Cowboys. My response: yeah, you guys have suffered from it too. (Even though Romo's jersey never looked so good)