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Six Bowl Games I’d Like To See In 2008

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

With all 3 billion College Bowl games over, I think it is a fitting time to produce a list of bowl games I’d like to see in 2008… advertising budgets be damned:
The Smith-Wesson Shootout Bowl: What’s more American than football? The 2nd amendment, of course! That’s why a bowl game sponsored by one of America’s […]

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OMG WTF LOL BCS

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Well, it’s that time of the year again. It’s the time when we all bitch and moan about how the BCS doesn’t work, how we need a college football playoff system, and how none of us are willing to do anything about it. So, instead, we end up with a bunch of crappy bowl games […]

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The Best Job In College Football…Kinda

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

In a surprise to no one who knows that losing to your arch-rival six consecutive times in college football means the coach is going to get canned, Chan Gailey got the ax as the head coach at Georgia Tech yesterday.
Some less-informed commentators, looking on the surface at Gailey’s winning record of 44-32 and six consecutive bowl […]

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Rivalry Week Swag

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but it’s Rivalry Week in college football. It’s that time of the college football season when you can throw out the records. When legends are born. When memories are made. When coaches are bought out or “reassigned” for going to the Meineke Car Care Bowl every year but going 0-7 aginst […]

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What You’ll Be Watching This Weekend

Friday, November 16th, 2007

NBA: Miami (1-7) at Boston (7-0),  7:30pm ET Friday, Check Your Local Listings
Watch as Heat Coach Pat Riley suits up and plays center (sorry, Shaq, you’re benched) for the ailing Heat. The City of Boston tries to up the ante and go to 17-0 between its NFL and NBA franchise. Sorry, Bruins.
Fun Fact: The Miami Heat […]

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Next!
Oregon went down in a blaze of injuries and turnovers to Arizona, 34-24, becoming the fifth number two team in America to fall this year, joining USC, Cal, South Florida, and Boston College. All fell to unranked opponents, which bodes well for Kansas. Kansas plays unranked Iowa State, but officially, they are number 3, so they […]

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Great Moments in Tailgating

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Is the big game sold out? Are the scalpers charging an arm and a leg? Is everyone fresh out of extra tickets? Well, there’s a high-tech solution I saw in the parking lot at Notre Dame Stadium over the weekend: bring your pickup, your dish, your flat-screen TV, and watch from the parking lot!

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What You’ll Be Watching This Weekend

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Air Force (7-3) at Notre Dame (1-8), 2:30pm ET Saturday, NBC
You won’t enjoy watching this game, but you will enjoy the thought of NBC executives watching this game and picturing money literally flying out of their wallets. If that doesn’t get you excited, you can watch in search of the exact moment when Charlie Weis […]

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What You’ll Be Watching This Weekend

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Nebraska (4-5) at #8 Kansas (8-0), 12:30pm ET Saturday, FSN
Watch as Kansas tries to remain undefeated against the agonizingly weak Cornhuskers. If Kansas pulls ahead early, watch the players train on the sidelines for their biggest challenge of the season next week: trying to lift KU Coach Mark Mangino over their heads if they beat Mizzou.
Fun Fact: There […]

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Poll Smoking

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

With the tumble of preseason #1 USC out of the national championship and Rose Bowl picture, it only underscored the point that preseason polls are pretty much meaningless. Based on returning starters and reputation, USC was thought to have another loaded national championship-style squad. Turns out they’re a middle-of-the-pack Pac-10 team now. But they’re just […]

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