October 21, 2022 – Radically Rational

October 21, 2022

10/22/22 Saturday Soothsayer

Paul’s Peerless College Football Picks Saturday, October 22 Houston 31 Navy 21 Duke 34 Miami 31 Notre Dame 37 UNLV 20 Texas Tech 42 West Virginia 27 Rice 28 Louisiana Tech 27 Ole Miss 35 LSU 31 UCLA 37 Oregon 35 Tulane 31 Memphis 27 Wisconsin 38 Purdue 28 Maryland 35 Northwestern 27 Missouri 42 […]

10/22/22 Saturday Soothsayer

Paul’s Peerless College Football Picks Saturday, October 22 Houston 31 Navy 21 Duke 34 Miami 31 Notre Dame 37 UNLV 20 Texas Tech 42 West Virginia 27 Rice 28 Louisiana Tech 27 Ole Miss 35 LSU 31 UCLA 37 Oregon 35 Tulane 31 Memphis 27 Wisconsin 38 Purdue 28 Maryland 35 Northwestern 27 Missouri 42 […]

10/22/22 Saturday Soothsayer

Paul’s Peerless College Football Picks Saturday, October 22 Houston 31 Navy 21 Duke 34 Miami 31 Notre Dame 37 UNLV 20 Texas Tech 42 West Virginia 27 Rice 28 Louisiana Tech 27 Ole Miss 35 LSU 31 UCLA 37 Oregon 35 Tulane 31 Memphis 27 Wisconsin 38 Purdue 28 Maryland 35 Northwestern 27 Missouri 42 […]

10/21/22 How screwed are we?

We now have dueling election monitors being dispatched to monitor the other side’s election monitors. We also have blatantly partisan, election-denying election monitors claiming to be unpartisan, even as they call Biden an “illegitimate president” and send out dog whistles to “fellow insurrectionists.” All this while dedicated and honest election officials around the country are […]

10/21/22 ‘Stros are tougher than boot leather. And Kyler Murray is still a punk.

Most impressive, Astros. Now it’s time to take a big bite out of the Big Apple on Saturday. Houston is 5-0 in the postseason. The ‘Stros could have lost any or all of those games. But the point is, they didn’t. This team is tougher than boot leather. Framber Valdez showed remarkable composure in keeping […]

Paul's Bio

I clearly have the attention span of your median fruit fly.Look! Airplane!

Sorry. I’m back.

It’s both a curse and a blessing. I’ve never bought this stuff about, “He who dies with the most toys wins.” But I do think that a wide range of life experiences helps us grow as people, and helps us better relate to other people. I’ve been fortunate. And I am beyond grateful.

I show up on time. I go like hell. I’m a good listener. I hold myself accountable. I own my mistakes. And I have a natural and an insatiable curiosity. I’m never afraid to say, “I don’t know,” when I don’t. But then I try to find out.

The flip side is I’m a lousy ballroom dancer and my clothes sometimes fit me funny.

Stuff matters to me. I care. But while I take that stuff seriously, I try hard to never take myself seriously. As a result, I have sometimes been told, “Paul, it’s hard to tell when you’re serious and when you’re just having some fun. Which is it? Serious or fun?”

My answer is “yes.” But I think that is a legitimate criticism. I promise I’m going to work on that.

This has been the quickest and strangest half-century I’ve ever experienced. During that period, I’ve been afforded amazing opportunities in news and sports journalism across all platforms. I have taught wonderful students at the high school and collegiate level. Always, I learned more from them than they did from me. I’ve been a high school administrator. I spent ten seasons as a high school varsity football coach. I’ve been an advertising executive. I’ve hosted nationally syndicated television entertainment shows. In maybe the biggest honor I ever received, I was selected by NASA to be “Chet The Astronaut” for the “Land The Shuttle” simulator at Space Center Houston. (All I can say there, is “Do as I say, not as I do.” I put that thing in the Everglades more often than not.) Most recently, I just wrapped up a decade as a television news director, during which time our teams distinguished themselves in holding the powerful accountable, achieving both critical and ratings success.

What does all that mean? It means I am profoundly grateful. It also means I’m ready for “next.” So here we are. Radically Rational. It’s an idea I woke up with in 2017. I scribbled “Radically Rational” on a piece of notebook paper and used a magnet to stick it on our refrigerator. I saw it every day, and it just would not leave me alone.

I am second in charge at Radically Rational, LLC. My wife, Jo (also known as BB), is the president. Clearly, I have failed in my attempt to sleep my way to the top of this organization.

I hope you will learn that I’m loyal as a Labrador. But I will admit that this doggie can bite every now and then. My promise to you? I will show up on time. I will go like hell. I will listen to you earnestly and attentively. I will hold myself accountable. I will never be the least bit hesitant to say, “I don’t know,” when I don’t.

But then I’ll try to find out. Let’s do it.