McD’s Week Six College Football Picks

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 ...

Bo Pelini’s Audition For The Ohio State Job Is Saturday

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 ...

Week 5 College Football Roundup: Clemson FTW!

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 ...

McD’s Week Five College Football Picks

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 ...

Week Four College Football Roundup: Who’s No. 1?

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Oklahoma and LSU both won on Saturday night, Oklahoma is 3-0, LSU is 4-0 and now both can say they've been No. 1 in the polls this season. As a reward for beating three ranked teams in four games, the Tigers get to be No. 1 in the AP's poll ...

Week Three College Football Roundup

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 ...

McD’s Week Three College Football Picks

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 ...

McD’s Week One College Football Picks

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

I couldn't think of the right exclamation to start off my fifth season of gambling on college football for this site, especially since the last two years went so damn well. No seriously, I was over .500 both years, which if you knew me, you'd be shocked I could do ...

Jim Tressel Made $3.5 Million In 2010 While Lying

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

A public records request by The Associated Press was satisfied Tuesday when Ohio State University released former head football coach Jim Tressel's salary figures from his time with the school. You should probably stop reading if you have a heart condition or are easily angered. Tressel made $21.7 million during his ...

Terrelle Pryor Left Ohio State To Avoid Talking To The NCAA

Friday, June 10th, 2011

I was reading this article about Terrelle Pryor telling the CFL to stick it, and I was all prepared to make at least 25 jokes about how he probably shouldn’t write off that league so quickly given how truly mediocre a quarterback he is (example: Tommy Maddox thinks Pryor left ...