http://futonreport.net We're Gonna Take This Sitting Down Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:15:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No, just kidding. Still keeping it printy over at the TFP. But I have fallen to the Twitter collective, and it's an artificial high that I just can't part with. So if'n you have the late night craving for short, undeveloped thoughts, please follow me. I might follow you too. I ... http://futonreport.net/index.php/article/623im-back-baby.php Usually when a site closes up shop, there's all sorts of profound reflection on the great years, the great posts, and the feeling that, hey, I'm gonna miss this thing. And some of that's very true here at the Futon Report, but honestly this blog was very poorly maintained, and ... http://futonreport.net/index.php/article/618finale.php When the local news teases a story about Bruce Gradkowski, internally one's mind says "please oh please report that he's starting a football game." Then the commercial ended, and the story came. Yesssssss. Now that the Browns have put their third QB on IR, Gradkowski gets the start and the backup ... http://futonreport.net/index.php/article/611gradkowski.php Once again the Toledo Free Press accepts some words in succession by me, this time on Dave Clawson being the least insane thing to happen this offseason. • Now then, via mgoblog is some Eastern Michigan football coaching talk. Hot! They still need one, it looks like. Also, they are seemingly going ... http://futonreport.net/index.php/article/606crumbs-clawsible-deniability.php Thank heavens legitimate journalists have subscriptions to Rivals.com -- else we wouldn't know who Virginia's next football offensive coordinator might be: Yeah, that guy doesn't look familiar at all. Daily Press, can you tell us? Former Bowling Green coach Gregg Brandon has been offered the vacant Virginia offensive coordinator position, according to ... http://futonreport.net/index.php/article/599greggbrandonrumors.php So, there's a Blade story about bloggers who blog about stuff about Toledo. Cool! Now let's just command+F, S-U-S ... not found? But I thought ... I ... was ... the ... [runs out of room crying] http://futonreport.net/index.php/article/596omitted-for-your-approval.php Over at Blogcritics I came up with non-playoff-related ways to improve the BCS and bowl system, a week after saying why some anti-BCS arguments just don't work. http://futonreport.net/index.php/article/593lovin-hatin-on-the-bcs.php The good news is I don't have to stop worrying about what obscure offensive/defensive coordinator will coach Bowling Green anymore. The bad news is they're hiring a guy whose last OC gig resulted in the 9th worst scoring offense in the FBS. Hi, Dave Clawson. Welcome to the area. Literally. [BG ... http://futonreport.net/index.php/article/587daveclawson.php A roundup of tonight's college basketball action, in statistical pigeonholing format, if we may: • Division I teams that played basketball tonight: 50 • Division I teams that scored at least 35 points in at least one half: 32 • Division I teams that scored at least 35 points in both halves: 12 • ... http://futonreport.net/index.php/article/585toledo_wrightstate.php I always love the iterative "this team lost to this team who lost to this team" chain of dominance that's constructed every year. This year, though, all logical roads point to James Madison as being the best team in the land, and therefore the BCS champion. For those not in the ... http://futonreport.net/index.php/article/583jmu_bcs.php