Archive for November, 2006

Carlson Named Mackey Finalist, “Hercules.”

John Carlson, Notre Dame Tight End and, apparently, a favorite of Notre Dame co-eds based on the nickname they’ve given him, “Hercules,” has been named a finalist for the Mackey Award, given to the best Tight End in College Football.
Despite missing 2 games.
And I keep reading that, “despite missing nearly a quarter of the season.”
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Schembechler Writes Book, Surprisingly Not Ghost Written.

Bo Schembechler has written a book on leadership that will be published in the fall of 2007.
Titled “Bo’s Lasting Lessons: A Legendary Coach Teaches The Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership,” the book is sure to make a huge splash at the Ann Arbor Barnes and Noble, who is putting in a massive order with the book’s [...]

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Callin’ It Like He’s Sees It

“Nice Butt Kicking.”  Actually, that’s a pretty G-rated phrase for Charlie…
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Miami to Play Nevada in Next “Battle of the Titans”

The University of Miami has accepted an invitation to play in the MPC Computer Bowl in sunny Boise, Idaho.
The matchup has developed so much excitement in the college football world that it has left pundits speechless to the point of having absolutely no opinion on the game.
The MPC Computer Bowl’s highly advanced website, which was [...]

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Raiders Demote Offensive Coordinator, Brady Quinn’s Life Expectancy Bounces

One of the leaders in the “Brady Quinn Lottery” if the word “lottery” meant “Finding Out Who Sucks The Most Right Now,” just demoted their offensive coordinator. We’re still praying, for the sake of Quinn and the world’s children, that the Raiders don’t draft Quinn. Problem is, if they don’t, then either Detroit [...]

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Bob Davie Sets Early Withdrawl World Record…

Phoenix, AZ – Bob Davie, former head coach of football at the University of Notre Dame and current analyst for ABC on ESPN or ESPN on ABC or EASBPCN, as the cool kids like to call it, set a world record today when he withdrew his name from consideration for a record-setting number of collegiate [...]

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Mind The Gap

I meant to point this out yesterday, but I got a bit sidetracked by the latest episode of Heroes and then Studio 60 was actually sort of funny, like when Saturday Night Live remembers they suck and bring back Baldwin for the 50th time to host so that someone, somewhere, might laugh.

So, yeah, I got [...]

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Guess the Bowl Game Game!!!

It struck me today how absurd some of the bowl games are…there are 32 in all.  Did you know that?  32?  That’s freaking insane.  I am a HUGE college football fan and I would guess that I’d catch 10.  Who is watching the other 22?  Madness. 

Anyway, I thought I’d put up a fun little game [...]

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