[display_podcast] Jon Pyle returns to the Raise The Stakes! podcast to discuss best movie fight scenes. Because there are so many to choose from, we limited ourselves by not allowing gun or sword fights. And even then, there’s a lot that gets discussed. Here are links to videos of all of the fights we mentioned…
Nastia Liukin’s Flawless Finale
It was excruciating to watch. Apart from the chilling thud, seeing a young woman’s hopes and dreams crumble before my eyes was heart wrenching. I’m sure it felt exponentially worse for Nastia Liukin, lying face down on a mat in front of millions of people,…
Episode 14: The Oscars Five Years Later
[display_podcast] Welcome to another episode of Raise The Stakes!, a podcast that discusses the world of entertainment. This episode we imagine what it would be like if Oscars were awarded to films five years later, as some have suggested should happen. So we’ll be discussing…
Nick Saban Helps Alabama Kicker Cade Foster Prepare For The Game
INT. LOCKER ROOM Cade enters. Slams the door. Kicks at a locker. Misses. CADE: Damn it! I suck! Nick Saban enters. The room grows colder. Cade can see his breath. NICK SABAN: Cade, calm down. It’s just practice. And that woman’s going to be fine.…
The Spirit of the Law
The BCS will never be “right.” The only years where people have praised it for “getting it right” were years where only two undefeated teams remained at the end of the year. It doesn’t take a computer to match those two teams against each other.…
College Football 2011 Preview
College football returns this week, an oasis finally found in the midst of months of wandering through the desert. And even though no games have been played yet, the Associated Press has already ranked the Top 25 teams. Well, that seems silly. But since they went…