Archive for October, 2011
Friday, October 7th, 2011
Since Andy Rooney retired this week, I've decided to pick up where he left off in the complaining game.
You know what drives me crazy? Detroit. How lucky can one town be, anyway?
On Thursday night, the Tigers clinched a spot in the AL Championship Series by beating the Yankees, a win ...
Posted in Detroit, Detroit Lions, Detroit Tigers | 2 Comments »
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini is facing his alma mater, Ohio State, on Saturday in Lincoln, the first conference meeting between the two schools ever. And if Pelini ever wants to stop having his career's wagon hitched to Taylor Martinez, then he's going to have to look good against his ...
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Detroit Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander is all but guaranteed to win the American League Cy Young Award and is a legitimate contender to be the AL MVP. On Thursday night the Tigers face the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the American League Division Series and their ace will ...
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Missouri's flirtation with the SEC is just that, a flirtation. They know full well they'll never be able to compete in that league and are just using them to get the conference they really want to look at them: the B1G Ten. Check out the lede to this article from the ...
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
It started innocuously enough this preseason with Rex Grossman, who proclaimed that the Washington Redskins were the team to beat in the NFC East.
We all had a hearty chuckle and said, "Oh, that Rex."
Trouble is the Skins haven't stopped talking ridiculous nonsense ever since.
First, there was DeAngelo Hall chiming in ...
Posted in NFL, Washington Redskins | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Remember when LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson got all brawl-y and got himself suspended for being a part of an assault on what has regularly been described as a defenseless man. Well, that happened way back on August 19th, so maybe Jefferson has forgotten all about it. And now he thinks ...
Posted in College Football | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
For years, I have opined to my friends that Hank Williams, Jr. has the easiest job in the world: singing the Monday Night Football theme. Just slightly tweak the lyrics to reflect the teams playing that week, and voila, you have your paycheck. In order to lose a gig like ...
Posted in ESPN, NFL | 2 Comments »
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Samoan rugby star Eliota Fuimaono Sapolu was provisionally suspended from all levels of rugby on Tuesday after calling Welsh referee Nigel Owens "racist" in a Twitter message. Oops.
The center, who in an earlier Twitter post had claimed that World Cup tournament organizers were guilty of "slavery" for how they treated ...
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Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
I'm going to preface this post by saying I'm not a Green Bay Packers fan. I have no allegiance to the team whatsoever.
After the first four games of this season, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has proven himself to be the best signal-caller in the NFL.
After a Sunday whipping of the ...
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Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
-From "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll
When I was an undergrad at Indiana, the Hoosiers beat Oregon in Eugene while being outgained nearly four to one in yardage and only converting ...
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