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Kirk Herbstreit Needs a Snickers

College GameDay analysts - Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit in particular - have been none too kind to the Cincinnati Bearcats this season. UC, of the American Athletic Conference, finished the season 13-0 and became the first group-of-5 team to get invited to the college football playoff.  What was Herbstreit's initial reaction? On ESPN's selection special, he said this: "But I'm confused. What about that narrative that the Group of Five wasn't allowed to get in? I heard there was a lot of buzz out there that the committee would never put a Group of Five (team) in. It's weird. They must not have gotten that rule." After receiving backlash for his comment, he doubled-down on Twitter with this post: "After SEVEN years of b*tching and complaining from a vocal minority that the CFP system is rigged and the 'small guy' will NEVER GET A CHANCE-haven't heard much from ya last couple days. Everything okay? What's the next conspiracy theory?? Can...

New information on the IRS ordeal - the White House wasn't involved

I hate to brag about my record on the Obama Administration's "scandals," but unlike most Congressional Republicans, appear to be batting a perfect 1.000 at this point. With regard to Benghazi, I noted that while there appeared to be a great deal of incompetence shown by the administration in the attacks themselves and the response to the attacks, the charge of a cover-up was unlikely. That appears to have been just the case. I then stated that the biggest problem dealing with the IRS ordeal wasn't the targeting of certain political groups, which occurred during the Bush Administration as well, but the vague language used to establish 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status to certain groups as well as the Citizen's United ruling. I also confidently noted that the White House likely had nothing to do with the political targeting of groups. New information brought to light by Maryland Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings appears show that, as I contended, the White Hou...