I updated the page with an entry on Thien Loi, the Vietnamese thunder god plus I expanded my entries on the hearth god Ong Lo and on the god Ngoc Hoang, the Zeus/Odin/Ruhanga/Kane/Brahma of the Vietnamese pantheon. Click here: https://glitternight.com/vietnamese-myth-new/
Monthly Archives: December 2010
CAN REPORTERS WHO COVER 1A FOOTBALL GET SOMETHING THROUGH THEIR HEADS?
EXCUSE ME FOR USING ALL CAPS HERE BUT I JUST HEARD TWO MORE TALKING HEADS IN CABLE SPORTS MISTAKENLY CLAIM THAT A PLAYOFF IN 1A FOOTBALL WOULD TAKE THE TOP 8 TEAMS IN THE RANKINGS!!! TO SAVE MY CYBER-BREATH HERE’S A LINK TO MY BIT WHERE I DEBUNK THAT AND OTHER MISCONCEPTIONS: https://glitternight.com/2010/11/23/i-love-having-playoffs-in-the-divisions-i-cover-but-1a-playoff-advocates-need-to-learn-a-few-things/
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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE
GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE RUSTLERS
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Conference Affiliation: Orange Empire Conference
Major sports: football, baseball, soccer, volleyball, softball
Site: http://www.gwcathletics.com/
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HASTINGS BRONCOS MEN, LEE FLAMES WOMEN,WIN IT ALL ON THE SOCCER FIELD
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – (box score) No. 3-seed Hastings (Neb.) continued its offensive fireworks, this time plowing past No. 4 Notre Dame (Ohio), 5-3 to win its first-ever NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championship. Continue reading
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DECEMBER 4TH’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS
NAIA SEMIFINALS
The football gods love drama, as evidenced by the fact that the NAIA National Championship Game will get one final round of the Sioux Falls Cougars taking on the CC Fighting Saints before USF heads off for D2. In 2007 the Fighting Saints beat the Cougars 17-9. The following year USF defeated CC in a filthy, rainy, muddy, beauty of a game by a final score of 23-7. 
Saturday, December 18th will see the rubber game between these two NAIA football dynasties of recent years. The Cougars also won titles in 1996, 2006 and just last December and are hoping for a Threepeat. The Fighting Saints won the title four years in a row earlier this decade. At least one of these teams has played in every National Championship game since 2002. It’s very appropriate to see them square off against each other one Continue reading
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A WINTER WONDERLAND OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS AND BOWLS – DEC 4TH
Get ready for some more early Christmas presents in the form of college football playoff games and bowl games.
NAIA Playoffs – Semifinals
The featured game of the day will be the Victory Sports Network presentation of the NAIA semifinal game with the Sioux Falls Cougars hosting the MNU Pioneers. USF is continuing its quest to threepeat as Continue reading
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SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION: MY GUEST ARTICLE AT TAFFCHAT
Just a note to let readers of Balladeer’s Blog know that my guest article on scandals in collegiate athletics is up now at Taffchat, the premier sports blog of Wales. If you go to read my article I have no doubt you’ll get hooked on their fascinating take on sports, especially “the beautiful game”.
Here is the link: http://taffchat.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/guest-article-the-seamier-side-of-u-s-college-sports-by-ed-wozniak/
ONE WORD: PAVANAPALOOZA!
LEBANON, Tenn. – Wilson Central’s Jenna Pavan became the latest addition to the Cumberland University volleyball team, inking with the Bulldogs recently, head coach Dwayne Deering announced.
The setter and defensive specialist was named All-District her senior year, playing for coach Tammy Serbin at WCHS, where she played two seasons after transferring from Parkersburg High School in Continue reading
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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: GETTYSBURG COLLEGE
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE BULLETS
Location: Iwo Jima. No, Gettysburg, PA
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: Centennial Conference
Major sports: football, basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.gettysburgsports.com/
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