Archive for August, 2007

Friday Roundup: The “Tailgating Season Starts Tomorrow” Edition

Well, DomerMQ is on vacation AGAIN, so I guess the Friday Roundup falls on me, which is slightly better than having Coach Weis’ D.U.F.F. here fall on me.
The Roundup:

The gentlemen at BGS break down tomorrow’s Irish-Yellow Jacket matchup, complete with starting QB theme songs, invented words like “Wheelerific” and “cheapshottery,” a partially mummified Jerry Jones, [...]

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The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Preseason Edition: #1 – Southern Cal

You had to see it coming, right? I mean, it only makes sense now that people at ESPN or some other MSM locale are comparing the Poodle to Rockne.
Last year, SoCal was merely good. Very good, yes, but still only good. They weren’t quite the same as the 2005 edition of “the [...]

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The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Preseason Edition: #2 – Texas

By the time I got around to writing the top 5 of the HLSTNHT25-PE, I stopped reading as much Phil Steel and started going more by memory because the programs are pretty well known commodities.  But now I’m at #2 and I’m back to paging thru Phil’s work, trying to commit plagiarisms provide you with [...]

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It’s Here! HLS Expert Picks are Here! Week 1 – 2007

As much as you’ve been anxiously awaiting the start of College Football Season, truth be told you’ve really been awaiting the 2007 Edition of the HLS Expert Picks!
Well, now you may rejoice!
Go on. Rejoice. Get a move on. Where the hell is the sousaphone? I ordered a sousaphone.

There it is!
And here [...]

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The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Preseason Edition: #3 – LSU

When Ohio State soundly defeated the Irish in their BCS game 2 seasons ago (despite ND being “in it” pretty much until the end), it was pretty clear that Ohio State was going to be a buzz-saw during the 2006 season, and, likely, would be going to the National Championship game.  Last year, when LSU [...]

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The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Preseason Edition: #4 – West Virginia

In lieu of the usual wit and insight, I give you the lyrics to “Take Me Home Country Roads.” Cherish them. Sing them loudly. And drunkenly. Always drunkenly.
Almost heaven, west virginia
Blue ridge mountains
Shenandoah river -
Life is old there
Older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growin like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To [...]

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The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Preseason Edition: #5 – Florida

Despite Urban Meyer’s poaching habits, the Gators aren’t so loaded with talent that they can just “reload” rather than “rebuild.” But if this is a “rebuilding year,” where they get to start somewhere in the top-10, I’ll take it.
The defending National Champs actually have a lot of questions this year. Will the ill-fitting [...]

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The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Preseason Edition: #6 – Michigan

Before I get into the preview of the Skunkbears, I’d just like to point out a little tidbit I heard on ESPN Radio today provided by Michigan (sucks!) Alum Dana Jacobson. Apparently she had just finished an interview with Llloyd Carr, and they’d discussed the importance of these little “tune-up” games with football [...]

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