Bowl Pick ‘Em: Dénouement

With Bama’s drubbing of Notre Dame in the National Championship, the inaugural (Or did we have one last year?  You tell me.  Seriously, tell me.) ALDLAND Bowl Pick ‘Em Challenge is over.  I promised I would write a post about the winner, and so here I am, writing something again for the first time in what seems like forever.  The actual winner was blog founder AD, who is widely believed to have cheated to win.  Just kidding, I don’t want to tag him with that kind of label because it might one day adversely affect his candidacy for the Bowl Pick ‘Em Hall of Fame.  Since you know everything there is to know about AD already (quick recap: is a brony, believes he has a pen pal in Burkina Faso, although in reality it is just Chris Cunico humoring him, favorite athlete of all time is Bobby Higginson) I am going to write about the runner up DRTAZ 1.

DRTAZ 1 is an interesting guy . . . or girl.  The reality is that we don’t know anything about him . . . or her.  An APB was put out on the tweet yesterday which received no response, so I am just going to make stuff up, much like I just did about AD (or did I?).  DRTAZ 1’s name derives from his or her favorite Looney Toons character of all time, the Tasmanian Devil.  Interestingly enough, DRTAZ 1 hates Dizzy Devil, the Tasmanian Devil analogue from Tiny Toon Adventures as he or she thinks that Dizzy Devil destroys the integrity of the Tasmanian Devil.  Let’s be real, DRTAZ 1 is totally right about Tiny Toons.  That show suuuuuuuuuuuucked.  It was all about Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain, am I right?  Anyway, DRTAZ 1 can often be seen wearing gear with the Tasmanian Devil on it and has many Taz stuffed animals lying around the house.

Now, you might have heard “stuffed animals” and said, “I know who DRTAZ 1 is: popular podcast humor fodder, Bad Jeremy!”  I can confirm that Bad Jeremy is not DRTAZ 1, because he knows absolutely nothing about college football.  Furthermore, he is not allowed to use the internet so he couldn’t fill out a bowl pick ‘em entry.  He is also not a doctor, which DRTAZ 1 obviously is.  DRTAZ 1 graduated at the top of his or her class from the University of Miami’s medical school, where he or she was best friends with Marvelous of 7th Floor Crew fame.  After graduation DRTAZ 1 decided that he or she did not want to practice medicine and instead embarked on a career making art using those little plastic things you put on a peg board and then iron so that they make a shape.  Contrary to what you might think, DRTAZ 1’s favorite subject for little plastic thing art is not in fact the Tazmanian Devil, rather it is the Busby series of video games.

I don’t have much to say about DRTAZ 1’s entry.  It’s linked above, so you can check it out for yourself.  He or she simply picked better than everyone except AD.  As such, he or she is entitled to a receipt signed by AD as well as a signed Andy Brink head shot.

ALDLAND Podcast

So the holidays are over.  The BCS games were mostly boring.  The NFL wild card games were also mostly boring.  You are probably sitting around pondering if life is even worth it any more.  Don’t fear, loyal listener(s), it is.  There’s a new ALDLAND podcast for you to listen to in which we discuss all that boring stuff and make sense of it.  As the great philosopher John L. Smith once said, “SMILE!”

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This is what is wrong with Grantland

I was reading a recap of Michigan’s curb stomping of Northworstern last week and they mentioned what is called a “Kobe assist”.  So I thought that term sounded funny and googled it and the first result was a Grantland article on the subject.  More precisely a 3,100 word Grantland article on the subject.  I got like a paragraph in and lost interest.  No one needs a 3,100 word article on whatever a Kobe assist is.  That is why ALDLAND will always be the best “land,” other than of course Super Mario Land.

ALDLAND Podcast

Early December is a dead time for sports, but that doesn’t mean that ALDLAND can’t find things to talk about.  Join Brendan and Marcus as they discuss the demise of the Big East and the crazy contracts that are being handed out like candy in Los Angeles.

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ALDLAND Podcast

The end of November is always exciting, as teams from the Big Ten and ACC take the court to decide which conference is superior.  The Big Ten is on a three year winning streak, and looks to continue its dominance with a few top five teams taking the court.  Listen as ALDLAND contributor Marcus Paschall and I break down the matchups and give our thoughts on who we think will win.  There’s also some discussion of how much longer James Franklin will continue to coach Vanderbilt.  I hope you will forgive me if the podcast sounds choppy at times, as I was cooking dinner while recording it.  Guy’s gotta eat, ya dig?

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ALDLAND goes to The Game

Blog founder and fearless leader AD might be in the process of moving to Hotlanta, but that doesn’t mean that ALDLAND will stop bringing you exciting content.  This weekend, yours truly will be heading to the biggest rivalry around.  That’s right, The Game.  Harvard.  Yale.  The Bulldogs vs. the Crimson.  These two nerd factories have been going at it since 1875, so there’s been a lot of time to build up bad blood.  Yale is looking to break a five game losing streak to its bitter rival, but it won’t come easy, as this year’s edition of The Game is in Cambridge, MA (or Lamebridge if you are a Yale grad).  Yale is sitting at 1-5, but any Bulldog would tell you that it will be a great season if they can beat the Crimson.  As with any rivalry game, you can throw out the record books when these two rivals take the field at Harvard Stadium.  Look for more content in the coming days, as ALDLAND live tweets the gameday experience and brings you a full recap next week.  Maybe we will even snap some pictures with Handsome Dan himself.

Name Harvard Yale
Established 1636 1701
Nickname Crimson Bulldogs
Mascot John Harvard Handsome Dan
Fight Song Ten Thousand Men of Harvard Down the Field
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ALDLAND Podcast

Hello, listeners!  After a short(ish) layoff, ALDLAND is back with a podcast to get you ready for the college basketball season!  Also included is discussion of the BCS standings and what we think will happen if there are more than two undefeated teams at the end of the season.  We pinky swear that you won’t have to wait as long for the next ALDLAND podcast.  Look for more exciting content in the weeks to come, as next weekend ALDLAND will bring you coverage of THE GAME, live from Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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ALDLAND Podcast

After a brief break, ALDLAND is back with a stellar new podcast.  Click on the play button and you will hear discussion of the first college basketball coaches poll, as well as the embarrassment facing the Auburn Tigers as a touchdown dog at Vanderbilt this weekend and the big in state battle in Michigan.  Seriously, click it right now!

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ALDLAND Podcast

ALDLAND is back with its most intense baseball podcast yet.  We have playoff predictions.  We have triple crown coverage.  We even speak about the elusive quadruple crown.  Also covered: a stupid sport with stupid players and owners that isn’t even going to play a season this year.  Someone else needs to step up and listen to this while Pax is in the Alps.  Will it be you?  It better be.

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