Monday, March 14th, 2011
Every year on Selection Sunday, the only thing more entertaining than filling out a bracket and incessantly staring at it is incessantly staring at the lines which get posted at some books as early as just a few hours after the Selection Show. Needless to say, this year was no different in WiseGuyAction's humble bungalow. My ...
Posted in College Basketball, Gambling | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Now that the Big Ten has added Nebraska to become the new Big 12, the conference has to avoid making the same mistake the old Big XII made: putting all the good teams into one side of the conference (the Big XII South) and having a totally irrelevant division full ...
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Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Well, this trip might not be as exciting for some of us, since the Final Four is in Indianapolis, where we actually live, but hey we're here! And it's the Final Four! And we're shooting video for it! Awesome.
This is a continuation of YardBarker's Journey to the Tourney project, sponsored ...
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
Man, Detroit really sucks. We've been over this before and the entire country is completely aware of that fact, but now there's even more evidence of the Motor City's awfulness.
On Sunday during the Detroit marathon, three runners died. Three!!! This wasn't just some old guy who shouldn't have been running, ...
Posted in Detroit, Marathons, Untimely Deaths | 7 Comments »
Friday, September 4th, 2009
With the start of the college football season we thought we'd put together a handy guide for those of you out there who aren't sure where to focus your attention this season. We've compiled a list of questions, our College Football Personality Test.
Each answer has a numerical value, one through ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
It's taken quite some time but the state of Michigan finally got some good news. As I'm sure you've heard, Sunday afternoon the Michigan State Spartans knocked off Louisville to win the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Region and head to the Final Four in Detroit. In the process, the Spartans made ...
Posted in College Basketball, Detroit, Louisville, Michigan State, NCAA Tournament, Tom Izzo | 2 Comments »
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Admittedly, we've been sitting on these double pieces of news for awhile. But unless you follow either college hockey, Michigan/Michigan State football or the police blotter very closely, it's likely you haven't delved into this too far.
First, let us dispense with the sufficient background information.
On the early Sunday morning of ...
Posted in College Football, College Hockey, Michigan, Michigan State | 2 Comments »
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
I gave in, not sure to whom, but I gave in nonetheless, and previewed the SEC first despite my allegiance to the Big Ten and my beloved Indiana Hoosiers. This year is going to be either a very interesting year for the Big Ten, or totally unwatchable from start to ...
Posted in Big Ten, College Football, Indiana University, McD's Gambling Problem | 6 Comments »
