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Gunner Kiel De-Commits From LSU

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Five-star recruit Gunner Kiel from Columbus, Indiana has backed out of yet another commitment, this time on a much bigger stage. It is being reported that he did not show up to a meeting for January enrollees at LSU and will commit to Notre Dame. SBNation is reporting that he won't ...

Indiana Football Is Bleeding Quarterbacks

Monday, January 16th, 2012

With the news that Indiana Hoosier quarterbacks Dusty Kiel and Ed Wright-Baker have left the program coming on the heels of former IU commit Gunner Kiel's commitment to LSU, you'd think things are pretty bad in Bloomington. But that's a tricky statement because things are always bad in Bloomington when ...

The Long, Strange Tale Of Tate And The Forcier Family

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

The Rich Rodriguez Era at Michigan did at lot to screw up the standing of college football's winningest program. After a year of hindsight, Denard Robinson seems to be the only positive thing Rodriguez actually did while in Ann Arbor. Now everyone seems relieved that new coach Brady Hoke was ...

Norm Chow Finally Gets Head Coaching Gig

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Offensive guru Norm Chow is going to be Hawaii's next football coach. That is, just as soon as he's done getting the Utah Utes, in his role as offensive coordinator, ready for the Sun Bowl against Georgia Tech. Chow was an assistant to LaVell Edwards for 27 years at BYU before ...

McD’s Week 12 College Football Picks

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

What I'm watching: 8:45 am - ESPN3 replay of Oklahoma State/Iowa State because I think I'm getting pranked by some one. No way did OSU lose to ISU. Unless....Oh, yeah, they really ARE Oklahoma State, so yeah that actually makes sense that they would blow their perfect season in Ames, IA ...

McD’s Week 11 College Football Picks

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

What I'm watching: 12 pm: Flipping between Nebraska/Penn State for the train-wreck-watching and Okie State/Texas Tech for the O-fence. 3:30 pm: TCU/Boise State - At least, until Boise pulls away. This game has gotten intense what with all the BCS meetings and non-AQ's eating their own. 8pm: Stanford/Oregon - like everyone else.

McD’s Week Eight College Football Picks

Friday, October 21st, 2011

The only picks by an actual Indiana grad who prefers Indiana football to Indiana basketball. It's an acquired taste. What I'm watching this week (with my dad edition): 12 pm - Indiana at Iowa - I guess so my Hawkeye-fan dad can watch with me and make snarky comments the whole time. ...

Rex Ryan Gives Chargers Fans Pause

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Earlier this week, New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan said he probably would have a couple of rings if he had gotten the Chargers' job in 2007 instead of current San Diego head coach Norv Turner (both interviewed for the job and Turner was hired because he could keep ...

Ever Seen A Stoned Honey Badger?

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Three LSU players, including "Heisman candidate" Tyrann Mathieu, tested positive for synthetic marijuana and are most likely suspended for the LSU-Auburn game on Saturday. According to the ESPN report, synthetic marijuana played a role in the death of Lamar Jack, a college basketball player and has been on the NCAA's ...

The South Carolina Gamecocks Aren’t Dead Yet

Monday, October 17th, 2011

The South Carolina Gamecocks got their first bit of real bad news for the 2011 season on Sunday: stud running back, and focal point of the offense, Marcus Lattimore is done for the year with torn knee ligaments and cartilage damage. Getting rid of drunken master/quarterback Stephen Garcia seemed to have ...