So, yes, the cable operator on this side of the Pacific Ocean is, in fact,  showing some of the college bowl games. But at weird hours, and all over the dial. Right now, I’m watching the Cotton Bowl, about 12 hours later. A few days ago, I saw Iowa and South Carolina, in whatever bowl […]

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I wrote something about this back in August, when I was in Beijing. If anything, my infrastructure envy has gotten even keener. Why do we have to come to Asia to find new, clean, big, efficient, attractive, innovative public works? Talking about airports, ports, mass transit, bridges, tunnels, escalators, people-movers, underground parking, public buildings. In […]

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Oregon State 3, Pitt 0. That makes the formerly feeble Pac-10 a perfect 4-0 in bowl games this year. Including three victories over ranked teams. And three came over teams from three BCS conferences. Only USC is still out there, and the Trojans are favored to defeat Penn State in the Rose Bowl in about […]

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