Monthly Archives: January 2008
Fed Cuts Interest Rate to 0% In Emergency Effort
August 5, 2008 — The Federal Reserve cut the benchmark interest rate by 1.5% to a new target lending rate of 0% yesterday, the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement in Washington. It’s the largest reduction since the Fed began using the rate as primary tool of fiscal policy around 1990.
“Broader financial market conditions have continued to deteriorate and credit has tightened further for some businesses and households,” the Fed said in … Read the rest →
James Laurinaitis: Ohio State’s Most Overrated Linebacker Ever
Update 2009-Jan-08: I have posted a follow-up to this infamous article here: Good Riddance to James Laurinaitis and the 2008 Ohio State Senior Class
This will come as complete blasphemy to the Buckeye faithful, but it is true: James Laurinaitis is the most overrated linebacker Ohio State has ever had.
I’m not saying this because I hate the guy, or because I think I’m better than him — I am not. I am saying this … Read the rest →
Despite Making it to the Top, We Have Hit Rock Bottom
I don’t have anything to say that hasn’t been said everywhere else. I just thought I’d etch in stone one of the coolest quotes I’ve ever come up with:
Despite making it to the top, we have hit rock bottom… Read the rest →
Results of the OSU 2007 National Championship Cleveland Watch List
- This is a follow-up to this article
I forgot to mention that Jim Tressel is from Cleveland.… Read the rest →
The Ohio State 2007 National Championship Cleveland Watch List
Last year’s humiliating Buckeye defeat against Florida left most Ohioans with months and months of painful deliberation regarding what went wrong during that game.
In a conversation with my friends Dan and Jordan, we came to the easy determination that the game was squandered because it was put on the shoulders of two Clevelanders, Troy Smith and Ted Ginn.
Clearly, being the Clevelanders that Troy and Teddy are, they could not cope with the … Read the rest →
Florida Shows Off That Southern Speed in 2007 Bowl Season
Wow, just look at that SOUTHERN SPEED we keep hearing about from the media!! Let’s see how our good friends down in Florida did this year:
- Florida
Despite losing four bowl games in a row, Michigan takes the hated Gators out 41-35. Florida bounces off of their National Title with a glamorous four-loss season.
And who was the last team Michigan beat in a bowl game? Drumroll… The Gators! (2003 Outback Bowl).
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