Despicable Redskins Owner Dan Snyder Steals Blue Crew's Slogan

Much maligned Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has committed yet another offense to fans in the District of Columbia. For once, Redskins fans (well, some AU fans may be foolish enough to pull for the 'Skins, but I'm not one of them) are not the ones being offended, no indeed, it is we, the loyal Blue Crew of American University.

Witness exhibit A, the back of a Blue Crew shirt circa 2006:



Now witness exhibits B and C, snapshots of an ad I saw when I was on Metro earlier this week:



If I'm AU Athletics, I'm calling General Counsel tomorrow morning to have them have a little chat with the folks over at FedEx field. If the "conversation" goes well enough, I see a brand new arena in our future.

Pro Deo Et Patria and GO EAGLES!

Speculation Tuesday Has Something Pretty Obvious to Speculate About

Goooood afternoon and welcome to the snowbound AU Hoops blog Speculation Tuesday. When will it stop? Will it ever stop? Oh God, what if it never stops? These are all questions weighing heavily on other people's minds, but not mine. I'm all about it coming down for a week straight, at least until it knocks out my power, in which case, I will be happy to have it end. Luckily, I don't have to speculate too much on any of these questions because we know the answers to all or most of these questions. One more uppercut to the collective face of the District of Columbia in terms of a snowpocalypse, snowmageddon, snowgasm, snoverit, whatever, and then smooooth sailing into Thursday's game against the Bucknell Bacon-covered Bison Burgers. So what will I speculate about today? Well, join me after the jump and see!

Open Letter to Holy Cross Coach Sean Kearney

As you all well know by now, this Saturday is Phil Bender, and we will be facing our arch-nemeses, the Holy Cross Crusaders. Our foes are not without their struggles this year, what with the departure of Ralph Willard and all. But, fear not, they have a new coach, and in this, my newest open letter, I want to talk strategy with him for this weekend.

Open Letter to Jeff Jones - The First

Well, I've been talking about writing one of these for a while, so I figure you better get busy writin' or get busy...not...writin'. Sorry, Shawshank Redemption, I know I butchered you there. Anyway, here are some thoughts I have that I wanted to write down in my first Open Letter to Jeff Jones. Maybe he'll read it someday and look at it stoically. Letter after the jump!