Archive for October, 2010
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Read my week nine picks here.
6 am - Wishing I was at the Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear instead of praying Indiana doesn't make me wish I was dead.
7:45 am - My son's baby genius videos aren't giving me the urge to kill anymore. Have I gotten used to ...
Posted in College Football, General | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Imagine that you are a workplace supervisor.
Now imagine that one of the employees you are responsible for overseeing is killed on the job as a result of your gross negligence.
Think you'd still be employed?
Exactly.
Unless we learn of facts that point to the contrary, it is difficult for me to think ...
Posted in College Football, Notre Dame | 32 Comments »
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Record after week eight: 88-38 (63-60-3 ATS)
12 pm ET
Northwestern (5-2) at Indiana (4-3) (+3)
All Indiana has left on the schedule that they can definitely win on a good day are Northwestern and Purdue. Not-so-coincidentally, those are the two wins they need for bowl eligibility. They're not beating Wisconsin, Iowa, or ...
Posted in College Football, General | No Comments »
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
OK, OK, so making fun of LSU's crappy offense is the new making fun of LSU's clock management, which is the new making fun of Florida's all-penitentiary team, but the amount of great prospects LSU gets every year, and the lack of offensive firepower the Tigers produce is truly staggering. ...
Posted in College Football | 15 Comments »
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
After a hot start that had Michigan at 5-0 and ranked No. 18 in the nation, the Wolverines have dropped consecutive decisions to Michigan State and Iowa. Rich Rodriguez's team is now out of the top 25 and prepping to face a 4-3 Penn State team at home this weekend.
Throw ...
Posted in College Football, Rumors | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Just over four months ago, the Los Angeles Lakers closed out the Boston Celtics in Game Seven of the NBA Finals. On Tuesday night they got their rings and dropped their hard-earned banner in front of a raucous home crowd.
After reveling in their achievements the Lakers were then snapped back ...
Posted in NBA | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
The octopus that correctly predicted the results to each of Germany's World Cup matches has been found dead in his tank. Officials at the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany do not suspect foul play.
"Paul" who gained fame this summer by correctly identifying the winner of each of Germany's matches ...
Posted in International Soccer, Soccer | 1 Comment »
Monday, October 25th, 2010
With apologies to every game ever coached by Norv Turner, the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins may have played the ugliest game in NFL history Sunday afternoon.
Being a fan of neither team, I watched the game from a completely unbiased perspective and, frankly, it was excruciating. I don't know if ...
Posted in NFL | 3 Comments »
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
Read my week eight picks here.
11:20 am - Home from vacation only to find two flat tires on my car. Awesome.
2:37 - I'm not officially on the Fire Bill Lynch bandwagon...yet. But if this awful performance keeps up, and I mean if IU doesn't win, I'm all in.
My first four ...
Posted in College Football, General | 3 Comments »
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Record after week seven: 79-32 (56-52-3 ATS)
12 pm ET
Purdue (4-2) at (11) Ohio State (6-1) (-24)
Ah, the scene of Terrelle Pryor's 2009 Waterloo. Every one of the flaws in his game (most of which still exist, by the way) came to light that afternoon in Lafayette in a stunning display ...
Posted in College Football, General | 2 Comments »
