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Breaking news, just in from the Big Ten headquarters in Park Ridge, Illinois :

With the upcoming addition of a twelfth team, the Big Ten conference has released a new logo. Since the old logo incorporated the number “11” inside the text “BigTen”, that logo was no longer relevant to the expanded conference.

The new logo retains the look and feel of the previous logo, emphasizing the history of the Big Ten while at the same time subtly showing the progress the conference has made in growing to twelve members.

Old Logo

New Logo

Here is another scene from the unreleased Wolverine movie (click on the image to see a full-size version) :

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Wolverine : Tebownium has been neutralized
Wolverine : But with some help fro the Big College Superhero . . .
(narrator): The big-game ray will affect the enemy’s throat muscles,
(narrator): causing them to tighten.
Puddles : You mean he will choke?
Wolverine : Exactly!

You may also want to see the previous episode of X-Men Rivals.

Based on the popularity existence of last year’s article predicting bowl games in haiku form, I present to you this year’s all-haiku bowl game predictions. Still America’s only all-haiku college bowl game predictions.

These are listed in order of date (earliest first). Some picks are whom I think will win, and some picks are whom I want to win. I’ll leave it to you, the reader, to decide which is which.

Dec. 19th

Dec. 20th

Dec. 22nd

Dec. 23rd

Dec. 24th

Dec. 26th

Dec. 27th

Dec. 28th

Dec. 29th

Dec. 30th

Dec. 31st

Jan. 1st

Jan. 2nd

Jan. 4th

Jan. 5th

Jan. 6th

Jan. 7th

And that’s it for this year’s BCS and non-BCS bowl game predictions. Tune in later, about the second week of January, for the results show.

Here is another scene from the unreleased Wolverine movie (click on the image to see a full-size version) :

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Wolverine : I need help to defeat my enemy
Wolverine : There is one element stronger than the Sweater Vest
(narrator): Take phosphorus – the 15th element – and subject it to intense heat and pressure
(narrator): The result is . . .
(last frame shows Tim Tebow): Tebownium!

You may also want to see the previous episode of X-Men Rivals.

Here is another scene from the unreleased Wolverine movie (click on the image to see a full-size version) :

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Wolverine (in defeat) : Aaaggh!!!
Wolverine: All of my attacks have been thwarted…
(last frame shows Jim Tressel): By the power of the sweater vest

You may also want to see the previous episode of X-Men Rivals.

Watching the Florida-Florida State football game earlier today, I was pleased that the television announcers recognized Tim Tebow’s habit of putting Bible verses on his eye black.

A little background here for those who may need it:
Florida Gators are a college football team. Tim Tebow (also known as TimTebowTimTebowTimTebow to some people) is the quarterback of said team. Tebow has decided to take advantage of the national attention that being a leader of a high-profile team brings – he puts scripture references on the black stickers that athletes put under their eyes to reduce the glare from the sunlight.

He apparently figured that, as long as cameras were going to be featuring his face during games, he might as well make use of it. He changes the verse every week, and this week it was Hebrews 12:1-2. Here is the picture of Tebow just before the game (he’s a little teary because it was his last home game).

Side Note: Regular readers of Some Blog Site will notice the similarity between Tebow’s different-verse-for-every-game habit and SBS’ different-verse-for-every-blog-post habit. Please note that SBS was doing this before Tebow started doing this, so I appreciate the flattery. Anyone who wants to promote Bible verses in everyday life is more than welcome.

Back to topic: Tebow’s verses have gathered so much attention that the game’s announcers mentioned his verse this week, just as part of their normal conversation during the game. Hmm…it seems that anything Tebow does gathers much attention and is reported on the TV, but let’s stick to the topic.

The announcers noted it was Hebrews 12, they looked it up, and they read the verse.
On the air.
Out loud and everything.

I was quite impressed that they did that (kudos to CBS), and I was pleased that Tebow’s plan to increase the Bible knowledge of the general public actually worked.

I mentioned these events to my wife. She tried to recall Hebrews 12:1-2 from memory, but it didn’t sound like what the announcers had read, so I looked it up. No, not to correct my wife, because her version sounded more familiar than the announcers’ version.

The announcers had read Hebrews 12:12 on the air:

Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble

But Tebow had written Hebrews 12:1-2. That’s read as Hebrews twelve, verses one and two. Not Hebrews twelve, verse twelve.

It looks like Bible literacy still has a ways to go.

At least Tebow is doing something, and at least the announcers tried. If you just look at the verse, it does seem to make sense in the context of a sporting event. It could be good to use, but it is not what Tim had hoped they would read.

In case you haven’t been paying attention to the ads: there is a new X-Men movie opening this Saturday.

It is called X-Men Rivals.
Here is a shot of the title:

And here is a cut from the comic book upon which the movie is based (click on the image to see a full-size version) :

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Wolverine: My worst enemy …
Wolverine: Not even my claws can penetrate his thick skull
(last frame shows Brutus Buckeye)