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Why We Watch Sports

On Thursday evening I was sitting on the couch, surfing the Internet with SportsCenter on in the background, when clips from Portland’s 101-99 win over Houston came on...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 150 reads 0 comments
NFL Picks: Week 10

My favorite storyline of this season has been the outrageousness that is the Oakland Raiders' franchise. I won’t re-hash the Lane Kiffin hilarity, but let’s take a quick look at the ...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 162 reads 0 comments
NFL 2008 Picks: Week 9

I’d just like to thank everyone’s support as I’ve once again climbed out of the gutter of negativity to reach .500...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 39 reads 0 comments
NFL 2008 Picks: Week 8

After starting out 6-2 in the early goings last week, I miraculously… went 1-5 in the afternoon, evening, and Monday to end the week at .500. Not cool...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 82 reads 0 comments
NFL 2008 Picks: Week 7

Another Sunday, another horrific weekend that pulls me down below the .500 mark for the season. Remember that remark I made last week about never having picked every team that was favored by ...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 65 reads 0 comments
NFL 2008 Picks: Week 6

Good week last week. Gotta keep it going… Last Week: 9-3-2 Overall Season Results: 37-35-2 Sunday OAK (+7.5) at NO I’ve got a feeling that the Tom Cable era in Oakland is not going to go well...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 95 reads 0 comments
The Economic Stomach Punch: A Comparative Analysis

I’ve been looking for the proper metaphor for the stunning (and still continuing) crash of the stock market over the past two weeks, and I’ve finally found it: The Stomach Punch...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 199 reads 0 comments
NFL 2008 Picks: Week 5

It’s turning ugly in a hurry. I really have no excuses. The only bright side is that if I was putting a lot of money on all of these games, I’d be extremely depressed...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 47 reads 0 comments
Did John McCain Pull a ‘Matt Doherty’?

I don’t spend a lot of time writing about politics here, but I had an interesting insight while driving home today to watch the debate that fits pretty well on this blog: “Holy crap, ...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 473 reads 0 comments
NFL 2008 Picks: Week 4

Last week was pretty bittersweet. The good news was the Niners stomped out Detroit (and I was there to witness it). The bad news was I got punted out of my $100 Survivor League (under what planet ...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 91 reads 0 comments
NFL 2008 Picks: Week 3

The volatility of NFL outcomes continues to show itself. By my count, last week I could have very easily gone 12-3 and just as easily gone 6-9. For instance, at one point late in the second half last week, Green Bay was actually down 24-25...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 68 reads 0 comments
The Financial Crisis

I think it was in 2004, when I had just finished college. I had (literally) zero dollars in my bank account just before I was starting my first job at Oracle. On top of that, I had a tidy sum in college loan debt staring me in the face...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 54 reads 0 comments
NFL 2008 Picks: Week 2

Whew! So that was Week 1. After spending some time scouring through picks and hemming and hawwing, I ended up… 8-8. That’s right, .500...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 45 reads 0 comments
NFL 2008 Picks: Week One

Every year, I spend an inordinate amount of time watching and commenting on NFL games. Like most NFL fans, I think (probably incorrectly) that I can do a better job picking winners and losers than the Vegas sportsbooks can...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 260 reads 0 comments
Toughness

I was watching the Stanford 36-28 victory over Oregon State last evening when I got a text message from Un-Pseudo Stoops (we’ll often text back and forth during Cardinal sporting events): Wow...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 83 reads 0 comments
Surreal/Fantastic Weekend

Yesterday I had the tremendous pleasure of being a part of my own brother’s wedding. Needless to say, everything today (Sunday) has been incredibly dulled emotionally because of the dramatic high from their wedding...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 44 reads 0 comments
Range, 842 Valencia St., San Francisco

After months (years?) of talking about it, I ate at Range last Friday. I had tried to book reservations there at least four or five times previously on Open Table, but was denied repeatedly...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 66 reads 0 comments
Morning Hoops: Olympic Basketball Provides a New Treat

I’ve watched a lot of basketball over the years, but I can definitively say this is a true first for me: waking up before 6 a.m. to catch a b-ball game on TV. It’s halftime of the US vs...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 347 reads 0 comments
119-82, US beats Spain

No better way to spend a lazy Saturday morning than coming back from playing some basketball and firing up nbcolympics.com to watch the US beat up on Spain 119-82. Random thoughts I jotted down while watching: I still don’t understand the officiating...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 102 reads 0 comments
92-69, US beats Greece

I hope I’m not ruining your day if you were planning on watching the highlights in primetime tonight, but the US Mens Basketball team beat Greece this morning 92-69 . I watched a bit of it this morning on nbcolympics...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 115 reads 0 comments
Why Packers Front Office Managemant Should Be Celebrating

Unless you’ve been living in a hole for a few weeks (or you’re just not a football fan, which is probably the less likely of these two possibilities), you’ve heard quite a bit ...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 233 reads 1 comments
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education

Last week I came upon an article by William Deresiewicz, a Yale Associate Professor of English, entitled “The Disadvantages of an Elite Education...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 636 reads 1 comments
NBA = Getting That Paper

As an NBA fan who has actively made clear to everyone in the last two years that I don’t consider myself a legitimate Warriors fan (I quit on them back around ‘97, when they moved Spree), ...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 131 reads 0 comments
Book: American Prometheus

Just finished reading an interesting (and, frankly, tragic) biography, titled American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 190 reads 0 comments
Wonder if John McCain still ‘hates gooks’

I’d almost forgotten about this little tidbit, but it’s good to see there’s a close to 50% chance that our next president will be completely open about continuing to use the racial slur ‘gook...

Written by Jack Chou about about 1 year ago 100 reads 0 comments

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Jack Chou Article Archive

Why We Watch Sports

NFL Picks: Week 10

NFL 2008 Picks: Week 9

NFL 2008 Picks: Week 8

NFL 2008 Picks: Week 7

NFL 2008 Picks: Week 6

The Economic Stomach Punch: A Comparative Analysis

NFL 2008 Picks: Week 5

Did John McCain Pull a ‘Matt Doherty’?

NFL 2008 Picks: Week 4

NFL 2008 Picks: Week 3

The Financial Crisis

NFL 2008 Picks: Week 2

NFL 2008 Picks: Week One

Toughness

Surreal/Fantastic Weekend

Range, 842 Valencia St., San Francisco

Morning Hoops: Olympic Basketball Provides a New Treat

119-82, US beats Spain

92-69, US beats Greece

Why Packers Front Office Managemant Should Be Celebrating

The Disadvantages of an Elite Education

NBA = Getting That Paper

Book: American Prometheus

Wonder if John McCain still ‘hates gooks’

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