Some spiders in Texas are spinning a gigantic communal web that is attracting attention. 200 yards!

Interesting article on this year's USC Trojans. The article basically claims that the hyperbole surrounding this year's team is hype. In investing, this phenomemnon is know as recency bias and I could not agree more with the assessment. I think the Wednesday evening Rose Bowl is going to be closer than anyone is predicting. I would not be totally surprised if USC were to lose. In which case all of this hyperbole makes for "one of the biggest upsets in college footbowl history." If the spread is larger than 3 points in Vegas, I"d definitely throw some money on the Longhorns...

Quoted: Remember those old Saturday Night Live sketches featuring Chicago Bears fans who go to comic extremes in their genuflection before their team and its coach? The "Super Fans" are so confident in their team that they quickly dispense with predictions ("Da Bears, 62 to 3") and focus instead on hypothetical matchups. What would happen if the Bears players were all 14 inches tall? What about if Coach Ditka had to play the New York Giants by himself? "I gotta say Ditka 17, Giants 14."