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Former American Press sportswriter Carl Dubois blogs about the games people play, in and out of sports, and the people you meet between and outside the lines.

Carl is an award-winning reporter and columnist living in the Willamette Valley in northwest Oregon, near Portland. He is sports editor of the News-Register newspaper in McMinnville, Ore.

 Meet the Blogger

Wow. Just wow.

BATON ROUGE — Good work, LSU Tigers.
Take the rest of the year off.

Important night for Miles, LSU

BATON ROUGE — So, I’ll be watching, and I’m as curious as you are. Someone on ESPN just said LSU is hoping to end 2008 on a high after a disappointing season.
I say LSU is hoping to end 2008 on a higher, not a high. For that, I apologize only to my many English teachers.
Every [...]

Simply to make the Webmaster jealous

NEW ORLEANS — I could stop with that dateline and make Roger envious.
In fact, I think I will. He said he didn’t mind short posts.
WEBMASTER’S NOTE: If you want to remain in my good graces, you could hand-deliver me a Cafe Maspero’s muffaletta upon your return.
CARL DUBLOG REPLY: I will do my best, sir. Speaking [...]

Shameless plug: My nephew will be on ‘Conan O’Brien’ tonight

BATON ROUGE — If you’re up at 11:37 tonight (Central time) and can’t think of anything to do, you could turn on NBC and watch “Late Night With Conan O’Brien.” My oldest nephew, Gill Landry, will be performing with Old Crow Medicine Show.
Gill is in his second tour with Old Crow Medicine Show, and tonight’s appearance [...]

Down goes the (RCA) Dome

BATON ROUGE — It’ll always be the Hoosier Dome to me, but the RCA Dome is no more.
Watch its implosion in this video.
I was only inside the Dome about five or six times, all of those for the 2000 Final Four. I watched Mateen Cleaves and Michigan State defeat Florida for the national championship, that [...]

Heisman

BATON ROUGE — Who you got? Sam Bradford? Tim Tebow? Colt McCoy?
We’ll find out the winner during the presentation show on ESPN beginning at 7 tonight.
I keep thinking of something CBS college football analyst and former NFL quarterback Gary Danielson said during a media teleconference before the SEC Championship Game when asked about Tebow’s “outside” [...]

Snow in Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE — Snow.
Here.
In Baton Rouge.
What about where you are?

That’s my little Honda Civic, wondering what the heck is going on.
It’s accustomed to being buried in Baton Rouge dust, dirt, pollen and the debris of progress.
Not snow.
What a fun surprise to wake up to.
There is great coverage and crystal-clear photography on WAFB-TV right now, [...]

“He went to Jared. Aww, he went to Jared!”

BATON ROUGE — Yes, I enjoy talking and writing about the ads aimed at the people who watch weekend sports on TV. There are a few commercials you simply can’t avoid.
Cue the heartfelt “aww” facial expression as the young woman reveals her engagement ring.
Young woman: “He went to Jared!”
Young woman’s friend: “He went to Jared.”
Anyone [...]