Tag Archives: football

Part Of The Problem

Posted on December 7, 2011 by nathanalbright

It is a given that sports, just as the rest of our contemporary existence, seems hopelessly mired in corruption. The Miami Marlins (whose name recently was changed from the Florida Marlins, in recognition of the fact that there exists a … Continue reading →

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New Blog: College Football Bracketology

Posted on November 7, 2011 by nathanalbright

Because I did not want to bog down this blog entry with a lot of college football commentary outside of my philosophical or moral interests, and because I enjoy the idea of a counterfactual history of a parallel universe where … Continue reading →

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Old School

Posted on November 6, 2011 by nathanalbright

Joe Paterno is the winningest coach in Division I football of all time, and he is regularly praised for his “old school” ways as a coach, as if he was some sort of relic from the way things used to … Continue reading →

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A House Slave Is Still A Slave

Posted on August 20, 2011 by nathanalbright

If you go to college campuses in the United States, there is no question that athletes are treated like the big men on campus, in most campuses at least. The football player or basketball player walks around surrounded by girls, … Continue reading →

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Don’t Let It Go To Your Head

Posted on May 16, 2011 by nathanalbright

Recently a fellow named Derek Boogard died at the age of 30, of causes still unknown. It was his wish for his brain to be donated to research evidence of trauma, because as a hockey enforcer for the New York … Continue reading →

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On Brackets And Requirements: The Difference Between Relative and Absolute Standards

Posted on January 24, 2011 by nathanalbright

[Note: A lot of people have mistakenly found themselves on this blog looking for the difference between standard and international measurements, which is not the subject of this blog. I have, however, written about that very subject here, if you … Continue reading →

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College Football, Slavery, and the Idol of Tradition

Posted on January 2, 2011 by nathanalbright

Yesterday at the Rose Bowl, something happened that had never happened before in a century of prestigious and lengthy history–a team from a “lesser” conference played, much less won, against top-flight competition, when the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs, a … Continue reading →

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The Hall of Fame Game

Posted on December 15, 2010 by nathanalbright

It is common for endeavors and regions to seek to celebrate the most illustrious and successful in their histories by creating a hall of fame to honor them and to record the excellence of those people for others to appreciate … Continue reading →

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Fifth Down: A Note on Sports History

Posted on December 12, 2010 by nathanalbright

Today marked the fifth game I am aware of that could be called a “fifth down game” in American football.  I will go over that particular incident in a little bit, but first I would like to provide some history … Continue reading →

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