We’re not sure how much we can add to the topic of the one-year RandBall anniversary, seeing as how Jon pretty well covered it yesterday with a very nice guest post. But a few things: 1) Isn’t it rad that we could find a Happy Blogaversary jpg on Google Images without having to make one? 2) It’s been an absolute nightmare blast doing this for a year (see, we can do strikethrough!). Seriously, we’re excited every morning when we wake up and get to do the first post of the day. You can’t ask for much more than that. 3) The commenters and readers are simply the best. You’ve been a constant source of hilarious banter and great ideas. We never wanted this to be one voice in the woods or one voice calling out to the masses. It’s just not our style. You made the shape of this blog — what vision we had — possible. 4) Our pledge is to have an even better year number two. We’ll admit that September-November stretched us a little thin with new job responsibilities at the paper, as you surely noticed on a few two-post days. But if we learned anything from Denny Green, it was clock management. When you’re down by 9 with four minutes left in a playoff game, you punt. Because it’s rare that you get a chance to show your stuff (patent pending). 5) But really, if we’ve learned anything, it’s that you didn’t come here to listen to us blather about nonsense. You came here for irreverent [redacted] topics from the world of sports. So here are a few:

*Thanks to Don S. for pointing out that one of the all-time favorite athletes we’ve ever covered, former Gophers women’s hoopster Janel McCarville, has a really funny and entertaining blog of her own. She is playing in the Euro League right now. Seriously, you should give it a read. She was the best quote. Ever. A quick sample from the blog: “My father is coming over here to visit me after Christmas and will be staying from January 2nd through the 20th. I can’t believe it. I mean, this is a man who hasn’t been on a plane since the early 90s and talks into the voicemail on my cell like I can’t hear it. Almost like it is a real answering machine: “HELLO, JANEL, IT’S ME. PICK IT UP. HELLOOOOO?” And he cannot figure out how in the hell I can call him from my computer. He asked if he went to the local bar here, would he have to give them a dollar for a drink, or would he need YEN! Haha. This man is something else! LOVE HIM TO DEATH, THOUGH. I was like, “Come on T, that’s a whole different frickin’ continent!”

*Mike Vick’s in jail for a long time.

*A guy in our fantasy league of record lost his playoff game last night because Roddy White was stopped at the 1 yard line on a Hail Mary. That hurts.

*Fasola-link! Plenty more to come today.

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