The schools and their funding will be separated immediately.
Last Saturday, Murphy's Law doubled down as two money-first football universities offered up their now-classic pay-to-kill cupcakes via DoorDash.
First up was Bowling Green vs. Penn State, a state university that had just approved $700 million to renovate its football stadium. Bowling Green was a 35-point favorite to win, but was paid $1.5 million to lose miserably.
Not only was PSU losing at halftime, they barely won, 34-27, a “victory” that didn't sit well with those who devote their pathetic lives to ranking football and basketball teams at universities that rely on fraud and where education is optional.
Then Notre Dame, a 29-point favorite, plays Northern Illinois at home in a pay-per-view “game” for season ticket holders, but one that was deemed so unfair that NBC was embarrassed to advertise NIU as Northern Illinois' opponent.
ND paid $1.4 million to NIU for a brutal defeat, eventually losing 16-14.
We say it in every language: German speakers call it “Schadenfreude,” Yiddish speakers call it “Kenahora,” the Irish, and other nationalities call it “Murphy's Law.” What can happen, will happen.
The media is too polite when talking about the 9/11 attacks
The mass media continues to present the 3,000 people who died in the 9/11 Islamic terrorist attacks as if they were the victims of a car accident.
On Wednesday we were politely told, or read, that 3,000 people were simply “dead,” “murdered,” “perished” or “missing.”
But they were murdered and executed, to great jubilation in what is also called “Palestine.” The media has avoided asking pro-Hamas firebrands across the US how they felt about 9/11.
In the context of sports, it might be good to ask the protesters how they feel about their Muslim brothers maiming and killing the Boston Marathon runners. Are they happy about it?
The NFL and MLB continue to rake in short-term television rights fees in order to maximize the long-term profits of their sports.
Did “it's all about the fans” Roger Goodell lose hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of viewers by selling last week's Eagles-Packers game to NBC's premium streaming service, Peacock?
Goodell's decision to sell tickets exclusively to Peacock for a Dolphins-Chiefs playoff game in January cost at least 15 million fans, including a nighttime game played in sub-freezing temperatures that led to 12 fans suffering from frostbite and requiring amputations.
This rush to minimize viewership and turn sports into a TV guinea pig means Wednesday's Royals-Yankees game will be a pay-per-view and tonight's two big games (if Rob Manfred's MLB continues to hold big games at all), Dodgers-Braves and Red Sox-Yankees, will be in witness protection on Apple TV+.
On Wednesday, Blue Jays starting pitcher Bowden Francis left the mound in the ninth inning after allowing his first hit against the Mets.
As he left the field, the Blue Jays home crowd began to applaud.
But at that moment, SNY switched to a commercial, and the ad was for a sports betting business.
This week, Auburn quarterback Peyton Thorne revealed that after their upset loss to Cal, “fans” had been demanding reimbursement for gambling losses via “social” media. Perhaps Peyton should take that up with Peyton Manning, who is so broke he has to star in a sports betting ad.
The NFL's degradation by Goodell, who panders to “end racism” and “we all need to do this together,” continues: Fox studio crews gleefully reported on Sunday that Kendrick Lamar, the vulgar, sexually explicit, woman-objectifying, N-word-promoting rapper, has been chosen to headline the next Super Bowl halftime show, which will, of course, air on Fox.
Happy to report, guys? So why aren't you reciting samples of Lamar's lyrics on the radio, you fakers?
Despite the sudden failures of many rappers and their young wannabes, the ones who have drawn the most backlash have managed to thrive commercially (and survive) and continue as the best family entertainment on Goodell's annual Super Bowl Sunday.
And where are the dozens of women currently working as sportscasters in this regard?
Are we all in favor of a rapper selected by the NFL to perform in front of the largest audience in the country, or at least grab his crotch? Read Lamar's vulgar and worse hurled comments at women and give your personal approval. Where are the outspoken and powerful women of ESPN on this?
This is all a fraud, a race to go lower and more backwards, and the selectively cowardly media is an accomplice.
Not worth that much
Sunday marked the latest time the Giants' 2022 No. 5 overall pick, Kayvon Thibodeau, played touch football. Thibodeau was a self-proclaimed snow angel (performed right next to quarterback Nick Foles as Foles writhed in pain). Thibodeau was so inconspicuous that Fox's loquacious analyst, Jonathan Vilma, never noticed him.
The only time the Fox cameras focused on him was when he was fouled on an off-play facemask foul.
At the end of the game, Fox showed a sad-looking fan wearing Thibodeau's No. 5 jersey, which the fan paid $130 for and for which the Giants spent $32 million to hire him over four years.
I wonder if the Mets realize how ugly they made themselves by ripping off Mark Vientos' jersey after he hit a game-ending home run. LFGM.
And Tom Brady, the mediocre speaker for Fox's new $375 million NFL game, has joined the openly vulgar and crude by adopting “LFG.” A person's integrity is now measured by how openly they speak the “F” word.
On Saturday, Brady and CBS' Tony Romo went head-to-head over $555 million in seasonal contracts, which is a horrible story, but tomorrow the networks will start laying off cafeteria, mailroom and newsroom employees to save money.
Cherished pro player Mike Breen and his family returned this week to a rebuilt version of their Long Island home that was destroyed by fire two years ago.
Everyone I know who met Ed Kranepool left happy and delighted that they had met him.
Question of the week: Danny Rogers of the Big Ten Network asked Penn State coach James Franklin at halftime, “What does it take to keep the offense on the field?'' Franklin was patient, but the answer was simple: get more first downs.
If I'm wrong, then the chances of catching a ball that isn't caught are 0 percent, whereas for a ball that is caught it's 100 percent.
“I think he's a great head coach, but he's got to prove it. He's got to win games,” Troy Aikman said as ESPN showed photos of Jets guard Robert Saleh during the Jets-Niners game. $18 million a pop is an attractive price.
The truth sets you free. It gives you the freedom to find a new job. That's why the Commanders' vice president was fired last week after it was discovered he had been telling the truth about Goodell, the NFL and player misconduct.
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