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As we get into the college football season, I’ll be posting more prospect analysis as I conduct research for the 2012 Rookie Scouting Portfolio, which will be available here for purchase in the early spring.
A new thing I’ll be doing on the blog is sharing what I’ve been reading, listening, and viewing each week – football, fantasy football, and non-football.
This week includes:
- Important research on football safety.
- Footballguy Jason Wood’s well-reasoned thoughts on WR Brandon Lloyd.
- A poetic view of blue collar life by the great Phillip Levine.
- A barking cat.
- Grammy Winning bassist-singer-composer Esperanza Spalding.
Football
Virginia Tech Helmet Research Crucial by Greg Easterbrook
Study up: John Jenkins’ Houston run and shoot by Chris Brown
The Coach by Sport Illustrated writer Curry Kirkpatrick
Damn Good Dogs! by Sonny Seiler and Kent Hannon
Greg McElroy Analysis by Ryan at MockDraftClub
Fantasy Football
Brandon Lloyd Spotlight by Jason Wood, Footballguys.com
Incorporating IDP by Jene Bramel and Bob Magaw, Footballguys.com
Reading the Defense (Part2) by Jene Bramel, Footballguys.com
Consistency Calculator by Mike MacGregor, FFToday.com
Non-Football
USA Inc. by Mary Meeker
Social Media History Becomes a Job Hurdle by Jennifer Preston
As Wall St. Polices Itself, Prosecutors Use Softer Approach by Gretchen Morgenson and Louise Story
What Work Is and Animals Are Passing from Our Lives by Phillip Levine
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Interview with Trey Anastasio Never even listened to Phish, but good read. Thanks Bryan, I will be checking them out soon.
Entertainment
Bridges – Cee-Lo Green (Thanks Sigmund Bloom)
Truth Will Set You Free – Mother’s Finest (Thanks Jim White)
Guitar Oscillations Captured by iPhone (Thanks Shablik)
Lonely Woman – Ornette Coleman
Esperanza Spalding
4 responses to “Reads, Listens, and Views – 7/21”
The one suggestion I have for the blog itself is using a fold/jump on longer entries, especially those with a lot of YouTube videos. This will allow you to fit more entries per page and make for faster loading/easier browsing.
Awesome job so far, looking forward to your thoughts throughout the upcoming season.
Any instruction on how I can do this on WordPress? Still a newbie and having trouble initially finding what I’m seeking to do it.
When you’re writing a post, there’s a little button on the toolbar that says “Add ‘more’ tag” or somesuch. Insert that wherever you want to cut off the above-the-fold part.
Thanks Troy. I’ll look into doing that soon.