Equipment
Business
Regulations
Life
Custom Rigs
Gear
Tag: football
Business
Spot market: Rates tick up, demand’s flat, and fuel is falling
For the week ending Jan. 5, Capacity imbalance produced big gains in national average load-to-truck ratios for flatbed, though reefer and van were stable or unchanged. That could spell little movement in vans and reefers this week.
January 11, 2019
Channel 19
Roundup: DPFs and fire, football and truck stops
A lawsuit filed by the Alliance for California Business pushes again against the California Air Resources Board’s emissions regs over the issue of DPF safety and fires. Plus: NFL rookie of the year Dak Prescott’s connection to trucking.
February 8, 2017
Channel 19
Go Vols? Clemson’s not the only team hopeful of rematch chances
With the college football national championship tonight featuring a rematch from last year’s championship game, team pride has found its way into the day-to-day of highway hauling — van haulers, keep the trailer clean as you can, and if not, keep your eyes on your mirrors stuck in traffic.
January 9, 2017
Channel 19
In the huddle with football, fleet stats
GPS tracking/analytics software provider Fleetmatics’ “Huddle Up” infographic riffs on answer to this question: “If fleets were football teams, how would they fare?”
February 5, 2015
Business
Triple play for The MAC
Newphew Blake Benton and the Mario Local Flyers win the state championship — again! “If you’re ever in the Northwestern region of Ohio on a Friday night during the fall, meander over to any of the high school football games and take a two-hour break that will restore your faith in mankind. “
December 7, 2014
Channel 19
Monday roundup: Big wheels roll, fast-pitch advocacy
A new trucking tune from driver/songwriter Paul Hutchins, and Women in Trucking founder Ellen Voie is playing the trucking advocacy game back in a mainstream sports venue, the Cleveland Indians’ stadium.
July 22, 2013
Channel 19
Of football and viral road signs
Did you see the hit South Carolina’s Jadeveon Clowney put on Michigan’s running back New Year’s day? More on the subsequent road-sign spoof that emerged in the aftermath.
January 10, 2013
Business
Watch what you wear
Particularly if you happen to be traveling through bayou country, home of the LSU Tigers.
December 19, 2012
Business
God bless the Friday night lights
Wendy reflect on American pride and more as her nephew gets set to play in that oh so American of pastimes, a late fall state championship football game.
November 30, 2012
Channel 19
Big Idaho Potato Tour peels out behind T660 drives
More trucking news here emerging from the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl like a shoot from a half-pound baker left on the windowsill. You’ll recall my post about the fine salute Women in Trucking delivered to the females of our industry during the televised contest — and now, check out the giant re-creation of one of […]
December 28, 2011
Channel 19
Trucking salute to appear during the Idaho Potato Bowl on ESPN today
If it so happens you’re watching the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl college football matchup this afternoon between MAC and WAC conference standouts the Ohio University Bobcats and the Utah State Aggies, respectively, you’ll get a treat in a 30-second commercial promoting women in the trucking industry, says the Women in Trucking Association. The association, with […]
December 17, 2011
Channel 19
Lisa Kelly to make appearance at bowl game Dec. 18
Whether you’re getting opportunity to spend some relaxing time today with family around a dinner table, with friends at a football game, or you’re out on the road, here’s wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving from myself and the folks at Overdrive and Truckers News. Speaking of football, keep the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl on your radar […]
November 25, 2010
Page 1 of 2
Next Page