Whipped Cream Difficulties

We’re running behind again, this time due to Time-Warner issues and other things. In case you were wondering, we are still a bit gimpy, but our hand is steadily improving.

Let’s go ahead and jump into this week’s TMQ…

N.F.L. parity is a myth.

471 words down.

The Lions stink, especially when they play in Wisconsin. Behold the awesome power of cheese. Chicken-(salad) kicking: Atlanta. Stats.

Sweet: Philadelphia. Sour: Pittsburgh. Mixed: New England – Washington. Respect the sun! More stats. More football god chortling, with bonus creep.

The season only halfway over, already two N.F.L coaches have been cashiered, Joe Philbin at Miami and Ken Whisenhunt at Tennessee.

It would be kind of nice for TMQ to tell us how many coaches had been fired at this point in 2014. Or 2013. (Our records show that Dennis Allen was fired as Oakland head coach September 30th of last year, then there apparently wasn’t another firing until Bloody Monday 2014. And it took until December of 2013 for the Texans to fire Gary Kubiak.)

Firing an N.F.L. coach for not winning is fair enough: A pro coach’s sole responsibility is sports entertainment, and losses are not entertaining. A college coach, on the other hand, should play roles in education and promotion of his institution. Increasingly, college football coaches are treated just like professional coaches — their only role is making money.

Couldn’t one make an argument that a coach who doesn’t win is failing in the “education and promotion” aspects of his role?

Speaking of education, what’s the difference between the Federal Graduation Rate and the Graduation Success Rate?

The G.S.R., by contrast, scores as a “graduate” anyone who leaves a college in good standing, via transfer or simply giving up on school: There’s no attempt to follow-up to determine whether athletes who leave graduate somewhere else. Not only is the N.C.A.A.’s graduation metric anchored in the absurd assumption that leaving a college is the same as graduating, but it can also reflect a double-counting fallacy. Suppose a football player starts at College A, transfers to College B and earns his diploma there. Both schools count him as a graduate under the G.S.R.

Uniforms. Good offensive line play: Buffalo. Bad offensive line play: Green Bay.

Why do boomers rarely mention the specter of the national debt they created?

The Browns did something smart? Will wonders never cease? On the other hand, why are all these guys standing around doing nothing?

TMQ reveals the plot of the next “Star Wars” movie. If you really want to read a “Star Wars” rant, we commend this one to your attention instead. (Hattip: Ace of Spades.)

Two points! Two points!

The solution is to switch to a seeded-tournament postseason format…

Not this s–t again.

Bad blitzing: Denver. “Adventures in Officiating”:

At this juncture, T.M.Q. thinks the rule on quarterbacks, when in a passer stance, should be two-hand touch. No hitting, but two-hand touch and the quarterback is down. I am in earnest!

The 700 Club. Linfield 72, Puget Sound 3. And we have correction sign.

That’s all for this week. Next week, we’re hoping to inch even closer to 100% and our on-time goal of Tuesday.

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