I can live with the freakishly warm Christmas temperatures here in Baja Illinois, but (a) there's no sun and (b) why am I complaining about humidity on Christmas?

New York is called the Empire State because every room is legally required to have carpet.

Every college football Saturday I get so many reminders that my "no ESPN ever" policy is the correct one.

Every once in a while I hear someone say "the government said they had to give my job to a black woman" and I always assume this is what's happening

leave your jack o lantern out long enough it turns into angry birds

there's a certain species of media personality whose entire existence is just having a strange color of glasses frames that's literally all they offer "check out these crazy outsized orange frames !"

Michigan, clean up your mess. Crikey.

Hearing rumors that the leading candidate at Michigan is Santiago Jarbaugh

is a logo supposed to make u dizzy

Simpsons predicted it (basically)

The CFP bracket is yet another reminder that hardly anyone makes decisions based upon their stated principles or the rules of logic.

Clinomania [KLIN-oh-MAY-nee-yuh] (n.) - An excessive desire to lie down and stay in bed; morbid sleepiness.

ANY ADDITIONAL SANTAS WILL BE ESCORTED OUT OF THE PARADE

You know, this isn't the first time Iowa State hired Wazzu's football coach.

A Spotify Wrapped from someone who barely listened to Spotify this year. At least my listening age was younger than my actual age.

Penn State head coach Matt Eberflus.

Penn State head coach Brian Ferentz.

With The Sweep's first regular season now complete, I take stock of my greatest hits -- and misses. I'm pretty proud of Year 1. broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

"I know it sounds funny but I just can't stand the pain / Girl I'm leaving you tomorrow" Has Lionel Richie ever explained what sounds funny about any of that?

let's see how DJ Durkin's attempt to prove he can maintain his team's defensive performance in the head coaching role is going, shall we ah hmmm

video games were perfect in the early 80s, don't @ me

BTW Northwestern - Illinois has a good chance of being played in a snowstorm tonight, or at least shortly after one.

I'm about 60 miles south of the snow line here in Illinois, which is a good place to be. Colder than a penguin's feet outside though.

daily/weekly/monthly reminder that espn got rid of talented journalists just so they could afford to pay this sentient diaper rash

[opens Bluesky, is immediately reminded of the wisdom of my 'never watch College GameDay' policy]

Following today's victory over Nebraska, Kirk Ferentz's career winning ratio is now .601.

Just want to point out that I correctly predicted Nebraska would score 16 points. KNEEL BEFORE ZOD

Just sneaking in under the wire, it's the regular season finale of The Sweep, when the real 12th man of Big Ten football -- the weather -- might be a factor in a lot of games. broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Police Academy 8: Police Navidad

Penn State gutted Nebraska ... Wisconsin putting the spurs to Illinois... It's Revenge of the Baby-Sat tonight, man.

Penn State is either riling up the Huskers or putting them to sleep

There will be no turkey on my Thanksgiving table this year, but there are plenty of turkeys on TV this weekend. The Sweep looks at five fairly uninspiring games. broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

There will be no turkey on my Thanksgiving table this year, but there are plenty of turkeys on TV this weekend. The Sweep looks at five fairly uninspiring games. broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Crapulous [KRAP-yuh-luhs] (adj.) - Caused by or showing the negative effects of alcohol consumption.

You guys don't have to watch Pat McAfee. You don't have to pay attention to Matt Yglesias. Stop giving oxygen to these people who do nothing but suck.

Every time I listen to Wes Montgomery, I feel like I should listen to *more* Wes Montgomery.

Why is college football like owning a hamster? I once spent $75 to keep a hamster alive for an extra 24 hours, but that's not it. The Sweep notes the cruelty of the season.

But I repeat myself. Every season.

After being sick enough to have no appetite for 3 days, all I can think of now is "scattered, smothered, covered, diced, and peppered."

It’s weird that Rumors is nearly 50 years old and the Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago and both are hot right now while maybe a 1/4 of the people I know over 50 can’t get a job because they’re just not new and cool to these firms

I am under the weather. There won't be a Sweep this week.

Haven't seen Jim Walden take an L that bad since the early 90s

The Three Tenors but it's Ed Orgeron, Chuck Amato, and this guy

Bielema obviously smells blood, Illinois has gone for it on almost every 4th down all game and converted them all. Illinois 35, Rutgers 6, 3:25 left in the 3rd.

The rout might be on in Champaign

Luke Altmyer got some wheels, man

So far neither Illinois not Rutgers is playing good defense, and the offenses are pretty mid too.

Beautiful football day here at Gies Memorial Stadium where the Illini are pinned at about their own 1 cm line