It was a banner year for The Touchback in 2021. Not in terms of monetary or critical success mind you. But we did write some articles and amused ourselves in the process. Seriously, like 90 percent of the website is zingers we find funny with some bits of text and the occasional relevant point surrounding it.
But if you enjoyed it, that’s cool too. We’d give you a cash prize if we had any way to test your The Touchback fandom. Since that doesn’t exist at this time, we’ll reward you with the next best thing. Some of the best articles from The Touchback in 2021.
The 13 best articles from The Touchback in 2021
Hey Dipshit! Savoring the epic demise of Urban Meyer
Savoring the epic demise of Urban Meyer is something to take great joy in. He has repeatedly proven to be a deplorable human being. Unfortunately, it’s only a matter of time until the unemployed coach makes some sorry apology and Fox drags his dumb ass back to Big Noon Kickoff.
A brief treatise on what makes college football great and what will destroy it
We all know college football is great, but there are forces working to destroy the game, namely money. P5 schools and conferences as well as the College Football Playoff and ESPN don’t really give a shit about fans. This has been exposed time and time again. They are straight paper chasing. And that is not in the best interest of the sport.
What happened to All Sport? Like a cockroach, it has managed to survive
There probably aren’t a lot of people like me that want to know about what happened to All Sport. I assumed it died a slow, painful death sometime in the past 20 years like Circuit City, CompUSA and those other defunct retailers that stocked the beverage next to the cash register alongside Dad’s Root Beer. However, it has managed to survive.
Don’t call me a player baby: The story of MTV Jams
The savior of rap music videos was MTV Jams. It started off as wall-to-wall rap music videos 24/7. As the years passed, interruptions to this became more and more frequent which eventually led to the network’s demise. Here is the channel’s story.
Do games in London affect fantasy football scoring? Here is the definitive answer
How do NFL games in London affect fantasy football scoring? This is a question being asked ad nauseam on talk radio and across fantasy forums. Instead of speaking broadly about travel schedules, new stadiums and time zone changes, let’s apply data analysis to determine how exactly London games should impact our sit/start decisions.
5 crappy cities that would be perfect hosts for the 2036 Summer Olympics
Brisbane was the only city in the world dumb enough to want the games in 2032. And that opens the door for anyone in the future. Here is our look at five crappy cities that would be perfect hosts for the 2036 Summer Olympics.
Strange and Mysterious Sports Stories of the Paranormal
Paranormal experiences like hauntings and alien abductions don’t only happen to outdoorsmen and recovering meth addicts. Paranormal experiences also happen to famous athletes in the world of sports. Just ask Sam Darnold. He sees ghosts all the time right before taking a sack. Here are three strange and mysterious sports stories from the paranormal.
The 1997 Green Bay Packers were the biggest team of scumbags in sports history
With the benefit of hindsight, the 1997 Green Bay Packers were the biggest team of scumbags in sports history. And really, they win the title going away.
Dave Schultz and the most unbreakable single season record in sports
There are plenty of records that are improbable to break, but very few are truly unbreakable. Which brings us to Dave Schultz. His lasting legacy in hockey just may the Schultz Rule which bans players from wearing boxing wraps under their gloves. During the 1974-75 season, he accomplished something no hockey player managed to do before and has no chance of doing again.
The Bizzarro Duke: Chicago State is so good at being terrible
It would be easy to pile on Chicago State for being terrible at college basketball. But if anything, what they have accomplished over the past 30+ years is impressive. In this day and age of instant gratification, there is something remarkable about being so consistently bad.
5 things you may not remember about the Oakland Coliseum
The Oakland Coliseum gets a lot of flak and most of it is unwarranted. Yes, the cool thing to do these days is rip on old things that aren’t as good as new things. But it’s not like we are talking about the difference between using a Gateway PC from 1995 versus owning a present-day MacBook Pro.
According to Josh Hawley’s own logic, Josh Hawley is gay
Josh Hawley is gay. At least he is if you use the Missouri Senator’s own election logic. Conservatives may hate it, but at least God forgives.
Ranking Mountain West Conference football stadiums: the good, the bad and the meh
The Mountain West Conference has a little bit of everything both in terms of locations and stadiums. Naturally, some are a lot better than others. And we are here to separate the good from the bad and the meh.
