Greetings from the sports desk located somewhere below decks of the Good Pirate Ship RedState. Sammy the Shark and Karl the Kraken want to assure everyone they are hard at work keeping their New Year’s resolutions to bring you, as Jim McKay intoned for years in the intro to ABC’s “Wide World of Sports,” the constant variety of sport …
Or something like that.
Anyway, football fills the primary spot on 2025’s initial dance card. After the college football playoff’s less-than-scintillating start that proved nothing aside from how the 12-team field had four teams too many, the quarterfinals were at least interesting. Given the Buckeyes’ decidedly up and down season, it was surprising how easily and thoroughly Ohio State dominated Oregon. With the win, Ohio State is strongly favored against Texas, which needed double overtime to win out over a game…
