Oh, yes. We're about to get stomach-deep in the bitch known as politics. You might want to double-bag this one.
Before we dive in, lets recall a particularly befuddling prediction made by Lou Holtz last month, in which he proclaims Notre Dame will win the
National Championship. Holtz's public display of disillusionment and separation from reality resurfaced in a recent
Wall Street Journal article about the political affiliations of collegiate and professional head football coaches (the issue of this article's timeliness and relevance is an entirely separate story). Here are the coach's enlightening comments regarding why coaching reflects a republican/conservative mentality:
"You aren't entitled to anything. You don't inherit anything. You get what you earn—your position on the team," Mr. Holtz said. "You're treated like everybody else. You're held accountable for your actions. You understand that your decisions affect other people on that team…There's winners, there's losers, and there's competitiveness."Congrats, Lou. You've effectively described every form of employment in the United States and perpetuated a stigma that Democrats are equivalent to socialists. Where is Dr. Kevorkian when you need him?
How exactly has Lou maintained his employment with ESPN? It's certainly not because of his
tact and sensibility, or how he was hardly
held accountable for his
impeccable insight. And surely Lou's history as a coach doesn't
entitle him to a position as an analyst, right? A prominent
Democrat, who also happened to deliver the
commencement speech at the coach's Alma Mater this past year, exhibited better sports foresight than Holtz.
If we give Lou's analytic skills the benefit of the doubt, and agree that Notre Dame's players over the past two seasons possessed enormous talent, then is
Charlie Weis really being treated like
everyone else?
If Republican coaches like Holtz ran the country, George Bush would be serving a third term and every year would begin with new prospects of a strong economy, only to end up like this:
In recognition of, quite possibly, one of the most overlooked holidays in the winter months, Herm's Perm honors Baron Davis and his beard as part of the No Shave November celebration.
I'm not sure if he had just been stuck in traffic on the way to heaven, but finally Jazzy blessed the Huskies. And great choice on the victim Jazz Howard. Impeccable. Just impeccable. Well, done my man. Earlier today, Connecticut took the deterioratling Irish to double overtime where the Huskies put the ball through the hearts of the Notre Dame fans. The Andre Dixon four-yard run to seal it almost looked like super ghost was leading the way, and his best friend, while wearing his number, had a winning performance at corner. Well done Uconn. We here at the Perm applaud you for taking those douchebags down another notch, even when we thought that notch couldn't be lowered anymore. WOOHOOO!
If, at any time, you visited Deadspin this week, there was a 167 percent chance that you read something about someone at ESPN fucking someone s/he shouldn't have. The other 32 percent was this. And Ted Williams, because why the fuck not, had to have a one-percent say. Figuratively and cryogenically, of course.
This is a weekly blog that compares the likes of college football and addictive drugs, and then rolls it into a tight little blunt I like to call the Friday Afternoon Substance Abuse. If you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, then clearly you have participated in some Friday morning substance abuse. So get ready to sit 
Wilt has finally suffered his first loss of the season (now talking in third person). It was a trick game, one where the race or sexual deviation of the quarterbacks meant nothing. This is why Wilt is here this week to build his rep back into the great profit he once was (still going third person). That's why this week we will look to the future, as the past left us nothing to desire (resumes normal writing style). Or in other words, last week's games were shitty, and no enticing story lines came out of it.
KU did not make the list, probably because 
Seriously, being a douche is hard work. Just ask 
