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College Football Comments: Week 12

DO NOT LISTEN TO THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SLATE IS STINKY THIS WEEK!! The above theme has been perpetuated just about every week, all season.  I think the reason is everyone is ...
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The Morning After: November 11, 2009

Gotta be honest, I am not that psyched for today’s game against Penn State. I have tried all week to talk myself into this game. Not talk myself into winning this game, but ...
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Happy Hour, er, Last Call

Hey everyone, I am pretty sure most of you are out enjoying the end of the week at your favorite watering hole or eatery, but in case you are around, here is the post to ...
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Useless Lists: Top 10 Rivalries in College Football

Sparty, Mizerle06, PatPhish, and I had a conversation going, it started when Pat emailed asking if we waited in line all night to see The Twilight Saga: New Moonyet. Noticing the awkward trend that the ...
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NBA Studs and Duds 11/20

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There were only three games last night. The TNT doubleheader included the Suns at Hornets and the Bulls at Lakers. Peja Stojakovic led the Hornets past the Suns as the Hornets attempt to reinvent themselves ...
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Top 14 Picks

The Big Ten enters their final week of play this week, and quite honestly, if they want to complain about how long their layoff is, they should add a bye week into their scheduling or ...
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“Ads by Yahoo!” Fail

So I hear the sad news that Chris Spielman lost his wife to breast cancer after a long battle.  Upon checking out the site I found linked in a story, I noticed what I would ...
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The Morning After: November 20th, 2009.

I cannot believe that this is the last Friday before Thanksgiving. Boy time flies when you are trying to finish school! This is also the last Friday before ever shopaholic’s wet dream, and every man’s worst ...
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Happy Hour – Thanksgiving

Sparty was kind off enough to give me Thanksgiving off . This will allow me to  stuff my face with turkey, and be sad that my Grandad still doesn’t have NFL Network, meaning I will ...
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It is the Best Rivalry

This picture was not taken in Ann Arbor.
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NBA Studs and Duds 11/19

There were a dozen games on the slate last night and you know what that means… [when g=games, d=day, and s=sentences]  if g(d) ≥7, then s(g) = 1. The Cavs lost to the Wiz as Stud ...
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GatorTrey’s Getting Better…Bowl Projections

Only a few weeks remain in the season, giving me fewer chances to really screw the pooch on this bad boy. A little ground rules. - I’m assuming NO major upsets, therefore I’m not predicting FIU to knock off ...
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The Odds-On Favorite: Week 11 Picks

You know, there’s something ironic about the photo I chose to end the picks post last week and the way that game ended up playing out. I’m not going to say that I’m taking the ...
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Could Touchdown Jesus Turn to SatanSaban?

Everyone is throwing names around for the job that technically isn’t even available, and we thought we would get in on the action. After all, we created a shitfirestorm last year with a big coaching ...
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The Morning After: November 19, 2009

Good Thursday morning.  I’ve been pretty absent around here since about last Friday, but I’m finally back from all of my travels…Middle Tennessee over the weekend and then Ft. Lauderdale/West Palm/Tamiami Trail the past few ...
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TWTWCFB: Game O’ The Week

    Hard to believe that this upcoming weekend marks the end of the season for the archane, idealistic, mock tradition layden, can’t give up the rotary phone and Dirndle, loving Big Ten. It’s freaking rediculous that the conference ...
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Happy Hour: The Great X-Mas Debate.

In keeping with the holiday vibe that Happy Hour has become, I decided to compile my top five favorite Christmas films of all time. It was a very difficult task to do for several reasons. ...
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NBA Studs and Duds 11/18

Last night was an interesting one in the NBA. Ten players qualified for Stud in the eight games that were played. You think that’s a lot? Well, try this on for size (who says that ...
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And Then THIS Gem Came Along…

Barry Switzer: “Tell them to call me,” said Switzer, 72 years old and 12 years out of football. “Tell them I can beat Navy.” (Courtesy: Barry Tramel’s Blog)
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Last Night Just Another Example of Why NCAA > NBA

Last night both the #1 and #2 ranked teams in the country were almost upset in just the second week of action.  #1 Kansas narrowly defeated Memphis when Elliot Williams 3-pointer at the buzzer rimmed ...
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Weekly Caption

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The Morning After: November 18, 2009

With only a week left for your PRE Holiday shopping rush I, GatorTrey lend some advice on how to shop for your significant other this holiday season. First. If you have to ask the salesperson about ...
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Seventh Inning Stretch-Food edition

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I know we’re all looking forward to it. It is a glorious day of overeating and falling asleep while watching football games. How could life get any better ...
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NBA Studs and Duds 11/17

Last night had only a three game slate so there wasn’t much to put in the lists. The saving grace was that two of the games went to overtime causing guys to get enough minutes ...
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Breaking News: Jameer Nelson to have Surgery

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Jameer Nelson will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his knee to repair a torn meniscus. The Magic don’t have a reliable backup for him. Hmmmmmmm?
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