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The Western Athletic Conference has some explaining to do

The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) has some explaining to do about its suspension of Shiloh Keo of the Idaho Vandals.
They suspended him for the first-half of their game this weekend versus the Utah State Aggies for his hit on a Boise State University quarterback.

They said it was a helmet-to-helmet hit. But as you can see, Keo hit him with his shoulder into the chest. It was just a violent hit. This is football.

What makes it even more upsetting is that a Boise State University player hit the Idaho QB with a helmet-to-helmet hit that was clearly a hit and it wasn’t flagged. There was even some other questionable calls against the Vandals in the game.

BSU is a good football team, but it appears they are being protected and supported by the WAC officials.

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Kansas City Chiefs Todd Haley needs to get over himself…

At the end of this afternoons game, Kansas City Chiefs Todd Haley refused to shake Todd McDaniels hand. Instead he choose to lecture McDaniels for some reason.
A reporter for the Kansas City Star summarized that it was probably because the Broncos kept their starters in and running up the score. He said that KC pulled its starters in the game in Denver last year after blowing out the Broncos.

If that is the case, Haley has no justification for that. The score was 35-0 towards the end of the second-half and the Chiefs scored 10 points before half-time. In the second half the Broncos only score 14 more points while the Chiefs score 19 points, including trying onside kicks when you usually don’t expect them.

There was a couple opportunities at the end of the game where the Broncos would have probably tried a FG, but the punted on the first one from the KC 36 yard line and then tried to go for it on fourth and 4 from the 32 yard line of KC.

That is not running up the score. The way the game was going, the Broncos could have put a lot more points up.

It’ll be interesting to see what comes of this, but in my opinion Todd Haley was way off base and needs to channel his frustration over the last two losses and work to improve his team.

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Why Boise State Supporters Don’t Get It and Why I Can’t Stand Them

Boise State University President Bob Kustra just doesn’t get it. It also filters all-the-way through to its supporters. They have a good football team, but when it comes to everything else they just don’t measure up. They are nasty, mean, uninformed and ignorant.
I’m a University of Idaho alum and I bleed silver and gold. It is a great university and I wouldn’t have gone anywhere else. It is also the Land Grant University in the state of Idaho which means that it provides services through its agriculture extension offices throughout the entire state while also focusing its teaching in agriculture, science and engineering.

Because of this, the University of Idaho has an extensive endowment and last year brought in more that $89 million in research funding (that is 74-percent of all research funding of Idaho’s public universities).

The University of Idaho also contributes nearly $1 billion to the Idaho economy on an annual basis. So for $1 of state money given to the University of Idaho, they return $9 to the state economy.

http://www.ktvb.com/v/?i=107005578

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Bear vs. Bison: Alex Wypyszinski Snaps Photos Of Rare Hunt On Yellowstone National Park Road (VIDEO)

Bear vs. Bison: Alex Wypyszinski Snaps Photos Of Rare Hunt On Yellowstone National Park Road (VIDEO).
These are amazing photos of a grizzly bear chasing a burned bison in Yellowstone National Park. This is just nature taking care of nature.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=us/2010/11/01/dnt.bison.bear.park.ktvq

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Lots of complaints about TweetDeck’s livestream – How to fix it if you don’t like it

TweetDeck today launched a new version that brings live feeds to its application. The problem is that it is overwhelming people.
Here’s how to fix it and return to the previous way.

  • To pause the stream in a column, just scroll down the column. The stream will pause, but updates queued until you return to the top.
  • To disable the real-time stream go to settings, Twitter and uncheck the option. It’ll return to the old polling method.

I like TweetDeck and look forward to trying this new version over a period of time. What do you think of the new version? Let us know by leaving a comment.

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North Dakota player suspended for hit that injured DU’s Martin – The Denver Post

North Dakota player suspended for hit that injured DU’s Martin – The Denver Post.
I just want to follow-up on my post from last weekend. I speculated that the WCHA wouldn’t do anything, but I guess they did.

Two games would have been better and appropriate for the hit he placed on Martin. The point I think is that Malone wasn’t going after the puck, he was just trying to hit Martin. That is uncalled for.

Let’s hope Martin gets well and the Pioneers continue on playing well this weekend against Colorado College.

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Vote!

Today is November 2, 2010 and it’s election day in the United States.
One thing that you need to do is vote. There is nothing more American than getting out and exercising your right to vote.

I’ve voted, have you?

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Undefeated Youth Football Team Banned From Playoffs – WDAF

Undefeated Youth Football Team Banned From Playoffs – WDAF.
This is just horrendous.

http://wdaf.vid.trb.com/player/PaperVideoTest.swf

After going undefeated (6-0) and getting ready for the playoffs the coaches received a message from the league saying they weren’t invited to the playoffs because the other teams thought they were too good and they couldn’t compete.

This isn’t teaching the kids anything. In fact, it’s teaching them that if they are good, they can’t go forward. It’s teaching them to be mediocre.

This society needs to realize that giving everyone a medal or keeping kids out because they are too good is just wrong. People need to learn how to lose and these parents who run this league are teaching kids the wrong thing.

This kids worked their tails off during the season and should be allowed to play in the playoffs. They played by the rules and should be allowed to play. Keeping them out is just wrong.

Kudos to the other teams for inviting them to play additional games and the great attitudes of their coaches.

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The Perfect Time To Fire Josh McDaniel

This is the perfect time to remove Josh McDaniel as head coach of the Denver Broncos.
They are returning to Denver and have a bye week next week. This would allow the new person come in and start putting in their plan together before they have their game in two weeks against the Kansas City Chiefs.

This team has stopped responding to McDaniel as a coach. The only way to right the ship is to remove him now and get it back on track.

Let’s hope Pat Bowlen does the right thing.