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Friday, October 14th, 2011
In 2010, the Hoosiers' road trip to Madison ended in an 83-20 beating of historical proportions. This is the game most who follow Indiana football (all five of us!) point to as the reason Bill Lynch was fired at season's end, despite beating rival Purdue in overtime. I maintain it ...
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Remember when Auburn (or the NCAA, whatever f--k you) suspended Cam Newton for one day and then reinstated him so he could play in the SEC title game? Turns out they didn't need to do that because the NCAA declared Wednesday that the Auburn football program committed no major violations ...
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Sunday, October 9th, 2011
Nebraska didn't have to make their 34-27 win over Ohio State as dramatic as it was, but then it probably wouldn't have been as cathartic a victory. At some point, the Huskers figured out they were supposed to be beating the Buckeyes, and then took over.
Or maybe it was when ...
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Sunday, October 9th, 2011
The perfect foil for Florida State's decline is Wake Forest. The once-awesomely talented and well-coached Seminoles now lose randomly to ACC teams that were well beneath them even as recently as 2005. FSU's latest 35-30 loss at Wake Forest is yet another signal that this isn't the Florida State that ...
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Sunday, October 9th, 2011
So Oklahoma won the Red River Shootout 55-17 at the Cotton Bowl. The end of the game featured a completely full OU half of the stadium and a mostly-empty Texas half of the stadium once OU was obviously up for good, which was sometime in the second quarter.
I don't know ...
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Friday, October 7th, 2011
Still the only weekly picks by an Indiana alumnus who likes college football more than college basketball...
Week Five Record: 8-6 W/L, 7-7 AS
2011 Season Record: 47-19 W/L, 33-30-3 AS
What I'm watching:
12 pm - OU at Texas: What kind of idiot from Oklahoma agreed to play this game in Texas every ...
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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
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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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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Friday, September 30th, 2011
Still the only weekly picks section by a real, live Indiana alumnus/fan who prefers college football to college basketball...
What I'm watching this Saturday:
12 pm - Penn State at Indiana until it's a blowout in the second quarter, then probably Aggies/Razorbacks with a side of Air Force/Navy
3:30 pm - Baylor/Kansas State ...
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