William Ayers on GMA

This will be an interesting thing to watch tomorrow morning. Good Morning America will have an exclusive interview with William Ayers, the same person Barock Obama has been criticized for having some sort of connection to. It says on the GMA website that he will talk about the reissue of his memoir "Fugitive Days" and about his life as a '60s radical. I wonder if Ayers will have anything to say about Barock Obama or if he decides not to get involved in this.

Can We Please Stop This Now?

You know what annoys me more then anything? When football ball coaches call a timeout just before the other time snaps the ball for a field goal. Come out people. I know you want to ice the kicker but secretly calling a time out without anyone knowing about it isn't fair. And besides, more often then not the kicker will miss the field goal that doesn't count and make the field goal that does count.

An Injury That Shouldn't Have Happened

During last nights Houston-Marshall football game Houston wide receiver Patrick Edwards fractured his right shin when he ran full speed into a service cart for the Marshall band(link). Why were those carts so close to the endzone? With players running full force to catch a touchdown that was a disaster waiting to happen. Edwards says that he feel no animosity towards Marshall University but to the Conference USA officiating crew he said "They are supposed to check and see if everything is off the field". The athletics spokesman for Marshall said that their insurance would pay for Edwards' medical bills, which is good because if they didn't they would probably be see a lawsuit for damages.

49ers Interested in Condoleezza Rice?

On his blog at NFL.com, Adam Schefter reported that both the San Francisco 49ers and United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are interested in talking about a high-level position within the team. According to Schefter, "Rice is an enormous football fan who once aspired to be commissioner, before Roger Goodell succeeded Paul Tagliabue" and that she "has told friends as recently as last week she would love to become president of an NFL team." I'm assuming if she were to take this job it would be after the next president has taken office. If George Bush could be a former owner of the Texas Rangers, Condoleezza Rice came be part of the 49ers.

Syracuse Looking For New Coach?

The New York Times reported that Syracuse University has hired a firm to look for the new head coach to replace Greg Robinson. Now, the athletic department has said they have done no such thing but as you know how things go in sports, when some story gets reported chances are high that if they aren't doing it now they'll be doing it soon. I've said before I think that Syracuse could find a new head coach. By all accounts Robinson is a great person but as a coach my god he has the worst winning percentage in any three year span of the program's history. We need to do something.

That's Not Suppose to Happen

Check out this video from last Saturday's LSU-South Carolina game




Funny isn't it. I don't think he meant to do it but it's still funny.

The Bee Gees Can Save Your Life

If you thought the beach story was weird check this story out. A study by the University of Illinois College of Medicine found that the 1977 Bee Gees hit Stayin' Alive provided the best beat to follow when preforming CPR on someone.

The study by the University of Illinois College of Medicine saw 15 doctors and students performing CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on mannequins while listening to Stayin' Alive. They were asked to their time chest compressions with the beat.

Five weeks later, they did the same drill without the music, but were told to think of the song while doing compressions.

The average number of compressions the first time was 109 per minute; the second time it was 113 - more than recommended by the American Heart Association, but better than too few, according to Dr Matlock.

"It drove them and motivated them to keep up the rate, which is the most important thing," he told the Associated Press.

I can just see it now. Instead of asking if someone has stayed at a Holiday Inn they'll start asking if someone has listened to The Bee Gees?