Next Notre Dame coach must deliver dose of reality in first speech
Notre Dame fans live in a dream world, and Charlie Weis will pay for it. To avoid his fate, the next coach has to tell the truth -- the Golden Dome is broken, and it will take time to fix it, Ray Ratto says.
The elitist thing: BCS schools want have-nots to have a little less
The Big 12 thinks six-win BCS schools should have the same bowl access
as non-BCS teams with better records. Which leads Ray Ratto to ask: What
motivation would non-power programs have to keep playing football?
Awkward's the word if Irish-Cardinal game is Harbaugh audition
Two things you can count on: Charlie Weis on the hot seat and a litany
of possible replacements. But the Notre Dame soap opera gets a plot
twist when Weis meets Jim Harbaugh face to face on Nov. 28, Ray Ratto says.
Drawing inspiration from Patriots' playcalling blunder
Bill Belichick goes 'Fourth-and-jackass' in the Patriots' loss to the Colts, which inspires Ray Ratto to request the league mandates bonehead plays.
Cap'n neglected to kiss league's ring before dumb rum gag
A rum company wanted to see its signature pose, done by an NFL player --
on an NFL field. Brent Celek obliged and the league crushed the gag. The real
problem is that nobody offered the NFL a cut, Ray Ratto says.
Trail to instant replay must be laid with dollar signs
You want Bud Selig to institute more instant replay, but you don't know how to convince him. Ray Ratto has the answer. Show Bud how replay can make baseball more money, and they'll install it for seed-spitting.
Best's case scenarios too scary to not induce change
It was a spectacular leap -- and a frightening fall. Jahvid Best's head-first landing Saturday resulted in his second concussion in two games, and spurs a call from Ray Ratto to put brain-injury treatment in independent hands.
