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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
It's the smart play. Oklahoma was always smarter.
As predicted, Texas's sweetheart deal with the Big XII pissed off one of the other heads of the five families. Now, in return for staying in the conference, they want some "reforms" to the Longhorn Network involving high school sports and some other ...
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Monday, September 19th, 2011
Pitt/'Cuse make the mediocre slightly mediocre-er
The obvious news from Monday is that Syracuse and Pittsburgh both left the Big East for the ACC. Everyone knows this was a money move, since super conferences are coming, but there's no way this move really makes the ACC any better in football. The ...
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Sunday, September 18th, 2011
College football in the state of Indiana is just fine, thank you.
You can shut up if you're about to say that Notre Dame, Indiana, and Purdue only beat one FBS team between them on Saturday. They're still 3-0 on the weekend, f**kers. And yes, I went back on my word ...
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Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Texas solved its quarterback problem in their road win over UCLA by putting in Case McCoy and a little bit of David Ash. McCoy is former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy's younger brother in case you've never heard of ESPN, the AP, or any other sports media outlet.
McCoy et al. were ...
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
What I'm watching this weekend (and notice how I'm not watching Indiana this week because I'm boycotting any game in which we play a 1-AA squad):
12 pm ET - Don't bother with the noon games this week unless you're an alumni. I'm thinking I'll take a nap. Oh hey, DVR'd ...
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Thursday, September 15th, 2011
(23) Texas (2-0) at UCLA (1-1) (-4)
Two programs meet at the Rose Bowl on Saturday that are way, way below expectations even though they're 3-1 combined. That's actually the fun part, since it's impossible to tell whether this will be an unexpectedly interesting battle or one of the worst games ...
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
A study just came out that more or less proves that the college athletes so many people love to watch and gush over (especially in keeper leagues, which I only recently extricated myself from) mostly live below the poverty line because of the way their scholarships work. That isn’t to ...
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Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Even though Indiana football is depressingly bad, Purdue is still just as bad. And that's awesome.
Make no mistake, Indiana would have lost to Rice too, and it might not have been close enough for a blocked field goal to make a difference. But damn is it fun to watch Purdue ...
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Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Most people expect a rough transition when a new coach comes in and tries to take players who are, for the most part, used to losing and tries to instill a winning culture in the program. This is why no one freaked out when Indiana and new coach Kevin Wilson ...
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Friday, September 9th, 2011
I honestly couldn't find a game I care about previewing in depth this week. Not for a lack of good games, just none of them have a hook or anything interesting happening. The potential conference meltdown has sucked all the fun out of this week. Plus it's time for a ...
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