WCB INVESTIGATION: Are Big XII schools really schools at all? ---Update

This just in, ESPN's Pat Forde now has a column out about the Boren letter to the Big XII. In it he mentions that David Boren is not only the President of the University of Oklahoma, he was also governor of the state and served as a US Senator. So I did a little research on this and it is true. Boren was governor of Oklahoma from 1975-1979, and served as us Senator for 15 years from 1979-1994 (1994 being the year all the bums got kicked out in Clinton's first mid-term).

So the problem could be worse than I thought. We could be dealing with not only a phony University, but a phony STATE. This guy was governor!

And here's something, there's strong suspicion that he's a closeted trans-sexual From what I can gather, there was a rumor in the media that there was a sexually abusive legislator in the state legislator as Boren was running for federal office. Here's a couple of quotes from Boren's website: Boren's Website!

"During his first race for federal office the Legislator held a press conference to deny a rumor that he was a closeted homosexual. As any Oklahoman who followed politics in the decade knows, that is exactly what David Boren did in 1978. Taking an oath on a white Bible, he swore that he was straight. Signorile reports that the accusation of the Legislator being homosexual surfaced during the summer. The banner headline "Sex Charge A Lie, Gov. Boren Replies" appeared on the front page of The Daily Oklahoman on August 11, 1978."

So it turns out, he didn't used to be a woman.

OR DIDN'T HE!? Here's the next paragraph on the web page:

"The match on the press conference and accusation of homosexuality would be enough to create strong suspicion that the sexually abusive Legislator was indeed Boren. But there is more. The Legislator supported the Supreme Court nomination of both Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas, as did Boren. The Legislator was reported to be a married man with children at the time of the 1978 Senate race. In 1978 Boren was married to his second wife Molly Shi, and had children by a previous marriage."

What does this have to do with last Saturday's Oregon game? Nothing. I just think it's hilarious. Especially because the stuff on the web page is so poorly written, I can't really tell what' actually happened, nor am I sure why they put all the Damning evidence against him as the last mention of it, and never gave any evidence that the "rumored legislator" wasn't Boren other than the fact that he swore on a white Bible that he wasn't.

What kind of legal system does Oklahoma have? If you call a press conference and swear on a white Bible then you're exonerated from all charges? Is the fact that Pac-10 officials haven't sworn on a white Bible the reason that they look so guilty? This is fascinating.

Dodgers!

Last night the Dodgers looked like they were going to give away a crucial series vs. San Diego at home I was cursing myself for my last Dodger post and wondering why I keep letting the bums suck me in. Then the Bums reminded me.

If you don't know what's happening in Southern California baseball, the Dodgers came into the stadium last night fighting for their
lives with like a week left of baseball to be played, knowing that if
they couldn't beat their division rivals at home in September, they
probably don't deserve a chance at October.

So here's the scene at The Stadium. It's a Monday night, but the ravine is packed, sold-out. Vin Scully
kept mentioning over and over how it felt like the playoffs,
"like a Friday and a Saturday night, all rolled into one." I think that means it was electric. I love Vin
Scully, but anyway...

I tune into the game in the 1st and watch Brad Penny (the Dodgers'
"ace") take the mound and give up four runs in the top of the first.
The phenomenon of Dodger aces getting hammered is getting remarkably unremarkable this September.

In the third inning, I leave to go to the concert with Gage (that gets
it's own post) and the Dodgers were losing 4-1. When I came home, I
was about to go to bed when I got online to see how bad the damage
was. When I saw what happened I ran to a TV and started looking for
highlights. I didn't find any, but I found Prime Ticket replaying the
game, and well, I'd just had 12:30am In-n-Out, Myka was looking at an
all nighter with homework, and The Dodgers had done something
that only three teams had ever done before, and no team had done since
the early 60's. Plus, they did it with the season on the line in the bottom of the 9th.

I stayed up to watch it.

Fast-forward to the eighth inning. The Dodgers came back from the
four run deficit, and the game is tied game at four, only to watch Jonathan
Broxton (surprise!) give up two more runs, giving the Pads a 6-4 lead.

In the bottom, the Dodgers scored again, leaving the Padres a one-run
edge going into the 9th.

They then extended that edge to a cliff, scoring three more, and going
up on the Dodgers by four runs, again.

So all the faithful head for the exits, as Jeff Kent comes up to lead-off
the bottom of the 9th.
Then, the Padres decided that it wasn't worth closer Trevor Hoffman's
effort to come in for the save with four runs of insurance, so they
sent in some guy named Adkins.

And Kent took him deep. The few thousand left in the stands clapped and
we're glad they'd leave with something nice to remember the game, and
the season by.

Then JD Drew came up. And wouldn't you know it, but he homered, too.

So then, everyone starts thinking, "Hey, we're only two runs back
here. With no outs. If Martin gets on, then the tying run is at the
plate, and... we can make a run at these guys!"

The Padres must have thought that too because Hoffman was jogging out to
get the save before Drew's bomb even cleared the fence.

Scully mentions when Hoffman last blew a save vs. the Dodgers. I don't remember the year exactly, but I do remember that it started with a 19.

Then, Martin Homered. The first pitch.

Then, a guy named Marlin Anderson homered...
The first effing pitch.
Even guys the Dodgers pulled off the bench were homering.

So we go to extras.

And of course, the Dodger bullpen was involved, so the Padres got
another run in the top of the tenth before Kenny Lofton leadoff the
bottom for the Blue.

He walked. "And the Dodgers have a Rabbit on base,
representing the tying run." Scully remarked.

Then, Nomar Homered.

Vin did his patented silent treatment to let the pandemonium in the
stadium tell the story, and as Nomar jumped into the pile at Home
Plate you could hear Randy Newman on the PA system singing
"Rollin' down... Imperial High-WAY..." Then Vin broke in with,

"I forgot to tell you...The Dodgers are in first place."

It's just another perfect day.
I love LA.

What's a BAD Win?

Coaches always say, "It was a good win" in their press conferences. But is there such thing as a BAD win? I submit to you the Denver Broncos 9-6 home OT win over the Kansas City Cheifs. It was a game Denver HAD to win (considering their inability to win at Arrowhead) to compete for the AFC West title this year. And they did, but aside from that, there's not much on the offense for Denver fans to be happy about. The long dependable running game sputtered against KC's unproven (but possibly very good) defense, and Jake now has five givaways on his stat sheet to go with zero touchdown passes. The Broncos have scored one touchdown in two games and that's not going to get them back to the AFC title game. It's not even going to get them past .500.

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Denver's problem now is deciding what to do about their offensive problems. Red Zone efficiency is the team's achillies heel, and has been since Jake Plummer took over the offense. My knee jerk reaction to this is that it's time to give Jay Cutler some reps in games. Yeah. I said it, put him in the game. He's got the ability, the only worries about Cutler center around the fact that he's a rookie and he doesn't know the offense, so he'll make dumb mistakes at critical times that really cost the Broncos. Well isn't that what Plummer is doing now? Isn't Plummer just a 32 year-old version of a first round draft pick? Isn't he the guy with all kinds of talent, the guy who can make electric plays, but also has a tendancy to overestimate his own ability and force things that aren't there? Isn't he the guy who forgets what the coaches told him in crunch time and just wings it? Isn't he the guy who's a lock for a turnover when the chips are down? And aren't those the EXACT things you'd worry about if you played a rookie? So what's the difference?
I know this is pretty much a complete 180 from last week's Bronco rant, but someone tell me what we have to lose by playing Cutler. I really think that if we don't get the offense together next week, it's time to pull the trigger.

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On the plus side, two weeks with no touchdowns allowed! We're becoming the 2004 Bears!

Stanford Alums' Bush Investigation Fails to Make Stanford's Football Team Any Better

Yahoo! Sports released findings of its long running investigation of former USC running back Reggie Bush on Thursday. But the bitter Stanford grads' publication of alledged wrongoing by the NFL rookie did not stop the Cardinal from dropping to 0-3 on Saturday. The report alledged that Bush and his family violated NCAA rules by accepting cash and gifts from marketing agents during the 2005 season. It did not however help the Stanford's defense stop Navy as the Midshipmen gained 368 yards rushing, and defeated the Cardinal by four touchdowns.

According to the report, the Bush family received the equivalent of nearly $100,000 dollars from two marketing agents. That being more than two dollars for every fan in the non-sellout crowd on hand for the first game at the state-of-the art, New Stanford Stadium.

After the game, Stanford coach Walt Harris exressed optimism that more muckraking by the fledgling Nor-Cal journalists could still help turn the season around, "Hey, we've hardly scratched the surface of guys we can try to bring down." He said, "Pretty much every big-name college player is getting paid by someone, so there are still pleanty of people we can disparage in order to elevate our own image." He then added, "How 'bout that Tiger Woods?"

Yahoo! Attempted to bolster the effect of the report by publishing a number of damning opinion columns reminding readers of the serious nature of the allegations, but even that did not stop USC from recording a win on Saturday and shockingly doubling the attendance of Stanford's stadium debut.

Yahoo!'s allegations also, did not alter the fact that Bush rushed for 113 yards and one touchdown in USC's win against the Cardinal last season.