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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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Now that Texas A&M is in the process of destroying the bloated spawn of the Southern Conference, most people seem to think a free-for-all is going to ensue as the Big XII has its death throes. And as any Wall Street scum will tell you, when a huge institution is ...
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Sunday, September 4th, 2011
In the wake of South Florida's 23-20 win at Notre Dame Saturday, it sure feels like the storm that delayed the game twice for a total of nearly three hours is actually still hovering over South Bend. How's that for a hacky lede, eh?
Brian Kelly's Fighting Irish were truly awful ...
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Saturday, November 20th, 2010
8:22 am - Watching the North London derby whilst simultaneously indoctrinating my son into the world of soccer and hoping Booter doesn't assault any Tottenham fans.
8:25 am - For the sixth year in a row, I'm hoping there's a spinal surgeon, a female fugitive, a fat lottery winner, two Koreans, ...
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Saturday, November 13th, 2010
No matter what you think of Utah, that was a stunning upset by Notre Dame. Playing with freshman quarterback Tommy Rees, without running back Armando Allen, and with what might be worst defense in college football history were it not for Michigan, the Irish still scored 28 points and held ...
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Friday, October 29th, 2010
Imagine that you are a workplace supervisor.
Now imagine that one of the employees you are responsible for overseeing is killed on the job as a result of your gross negligence.
Think you'd still be employed?
Exactly.
Unless we learn of facts that point to the contrary, it is difficult for me to think ...
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
On the eve of the 2010 NFL Draft we figured we needed to let our readers know of the latest goings on related to football's annual selection show. We've been on and offline for the last three weeks dealing with some "site issues," those are all completely resolved now and ...
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Friday, April 9th, 2010
The look on Willie Veasley's face after Monday night's championship game loss to Duke says it all. Actually, you can't see his face, which says even more. It was one of the most heart-wrenching losses that one could experience as a player or fan, and I don't say that just ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
For the second year in a row, Notre Dame's basketball turned out to be a huge disappointment. Despite having All-American Luke Harangody and a decent supporting cast, the Irish bowed out of the NCAA tournament in the opening round in a 51-50 loss to Old Dominion.The loss was all the ...
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
First off, I want to start by saying anyone who advocates expanding the NCAA Tournament field from 65 teams to 96 teams is a moron. This isn't little league. We don't all get participation ribbons.
And I know there were opponents to the expansion to 64 back when it was introduced, ...
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