One of the biggest controversies of the BCS is that the computers cannot take margin of victory into account. This means the Texas blowout of Missouri (41-7) would be given the same weight even if the Horns beat them by two points on a last second touchdown, or needed a blocked field goal as time …
Do you want to know an intelligent, passionate fan’s perspective on college football? Go somewhere else. In the meantime, here is my computer rating system (my next post will be about my completely reasonable playoff proposal–even Lee Corso is appeased). CompuDrew – Andrew Ishak’s computer ratings This rating system is based on team record, strength …
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(If you don’t read the entire thing, here’s my question to you: what songs are on your list for a 2009 mixtape? Please leave your answers in the comments.) Way back in the stone age (1995), my brother used to make me sit next to the stereo with the tape deck on record/pause, just waiting …
I was playing with my daughter yesterday with the TV on in the background. I wasn’t really paying attention to the screen. Hungry for college football content, I had TiVoed a Texas Longhorns Season Preview on Fox Sports Southwest. They had interviews with coaches mixed with footage of the 2008 season, so I was kind …
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] Okay, it’s me. I’m the brain behind the world’s greatest invention. Don’t get me wrong: the car, the telephone, the Slap Chop…all great. But nothing will change the way you live your life …
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If you are hosting a Super Bowl party today, I have gone ahead and made you a checklist of requirements for your event: 1. The most important requirement is a large TV. Giant, wall-sized TVs are preferred, HDTVs are a must. If you have to ask what HD is, give up your hosting duties now. …
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My dad was interviewed recently about innovation. Enjoy.
I don’t want to be too blunt here but after a month of being a father, I know everything there is to know about fatherhood. Look, it’s quite simple. People will tell you all these things, and the so-called experts will write books and articles, but here it is in 250 words: 1) Getting peace …
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“Your Time has Come” by Andrew Ishak Dear soon-to-be-daughter, I am so excited to meet you! Mommy and I have been thinking about you for nine months, and we just can’t wait to hold you and kiss you and love you! 🙂 Today is Mommy’s due date, which means that you were supposed to come …
Heather (9:02 am): On the bus, a girl got on and she looked at me then opened her purse and took out her ortho evra birth control pill. Haha.
I don’t want to scare anyone, but computers are taking over the world. It frightens me to say this, but pretty soon all music will be written by computers. Yes, even something so sonically beautiful as the natural human interpretations of love, sorrow, joy, and mating preferences are now entering the realm of machines. The …
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.15″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.15″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.15″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.15″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] The Olympics are over and I’m late to the party but anyway… I’m waiting for the day when some marketing brain involved in the Olympics comes up with this idea at a meeting: …
This Friday, come watch the “Out of Egypt”, the documentary about being Coptic American that I’ve been working on for the last three years. Details for Out of Egypt and Tickets. And here is an eight minute preview of the movie:
10:16:47 AM Andrew Ishak: let’s play word association 10:16:54 AM Andrew Ishak: i’ll go first 10:16:56 AM Matt Isbell: k 10:16:56 AM Andrew Ishak: tilapia 10:16:59 AM Matt Isbell: fish 10:17:05 AM Andrew Ishak: whales 10:17:13 AM Matt Isbell: kickball champs 10:17:19 AM Andrew Ishak: i’m surprised we didn’t get there earlier 10:17:25 AM Andrew …
My friend Brian wrote me an e-mail this morning to say that our JV football coach, Gary Price, had passed on from this world. Coach Price was very active with students at Monta Vista in other capacities as well; he worked in food service at the school, coached the women’s basketball team, even coached baseball …