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Monday, December 5th, 2011
Whether or not you agree with its principles -- and I certainly have friends who are passionately on either side of the issue -- there is no denying that the Occupy movement has gained a foothold on the public consciousness this year.
But I guess I find it kind of funny ...
Posted in BCS, College Football | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Ohio State hired well-known Family Guy Peter Griffin Urban Meyer on Monday to coach its football team.
Less than a year ago, Meyer stepped down from his post at Florida to spend more time with his family. Apparently, that family is incredibly boring. Or maybe they smell funny.
Either way, coaching the ...
Posted in College Football, Urban Meyer | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Oh, how I long for the days of UNLV players partying in a hot tub with a shady booster being the biggest scandal in college sports.
Syracuse fired basketball assistant coach Bernie Fine on Sunday when it became undeniably clear that the guy is a serious creep. That was the same ...
Posted in College Basketball, Syracuse | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
I'm not sure what geography majors do when they finish college, but obviously they don't end up working at ESPN.
Friend of the program and lifelong Minnesotan Bdogmarvelous caught the pictured error on Sports Center yesterday -- a rather shocking imagine of the outline of Minnesota labeled as "Wisconsin" in some ...
Posted in 'Sconsin, Bad Journalism | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Like they always say, never look a gift neckbeard in the mouth.
Quarterback Kyle Orton became available this week when the Denver Broncos pledged to full-fledged Tebowmania for the remainder of 2011 and waived Orton.
The timing is perfect for the Bears, who have possibly lost starter Jay Cutler for the remainder ...
Posted in Kyle Orton, NFL | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 21st, 2011
As Chris Berman always says, no one circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills.
Unfortunately, the Bills appear to be perpetually traveling as members of the Donner Party.
A once-promising season is swirling down the toilet after the Bills lost their third-straight game on Sunday, this one a 35-8 blowout at the ...
Posted in Buffalo Bills, NFL | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Less than a week after warning us about the dangers of lionizing coaches to the point where they were bigger than the institutions they represent, the media went ahead and lionzed a coach to the point where he is bigger than the institution he represents.
Mike Krzyzewski became the winningest men's ...
Posted in Coach K, College Basketball, Duke | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
As a Cub fan, I feel highly qualified to pick out teams that appear to have been damned by some sort of heavenly decree. But even following that sorry franchise has nothing on what it must be like to root for the Houston Texans, albeit in a much shorter timeframe.
Houston ...
Posted in Houston Texans, NFL | No Comments »
Monday, November 14th, 2011
When Mike Smith decided to go for fourth-and-inches from his own 29 in overtime against the Saints on Sunday, I figured that there weren't a lot of people outside of Mike Smith who were thinking "That's a good idea."
But according to an ESPN.com poll on Sunday night, some 43 percent ...
Posted in Atlanta Falcons | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
DEAR CAROLINE ROBERTO,
I DID NOT GO TO LAW SCHOOL SO I AM PROBABLY NOT AS SMART AS YOU. HOWEVER, I DO KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT NOT LOOKING LIKE A RAVING LUNATIC.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST KEYS TO THIS IS TO NOT TRY TO PROVE YOUR POINT BY SCREAMING AT ...
Posted in College Football, Penn State | 8 Comments »
