Entries Tagged as 'College Football'

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

Looks like it will be the Trojans

So now it seems as if the whole college football world is in agreement that Southern Cal - fresh off their impressive 44-24 shellacking of Notre Dame - should be the team to play Ohio State for the National Championship?
As if beating the Irish by 20 points was impressive.
Has everyone forgotten what happened on September […]

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

No slowing down with “JUDGEMENT DAY” on deck

I guess it goes without saying that neither Ohio State nor Michigan were looking past their opponents yesterday with “Judgment Day” on deck. Unfortunately I didn’t see that scenario unfolding as Indiana (+19) and Northwestern (+23) made up two of my three losers (the other being Oregon +8) on Saturday.
I figured with the Buckeyes and […]

Monday, November 6th, 2006

Sammy?

So I was reading a story in the New York Times this weekend about the BCS college football standings, and about 2/3 of the way through the piece came this gem:
Sammy Winder, a former Denver Broncos running back who is one of the 114 voters in the Harris Interactive poll, said that if Louisville finished […]

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

Tar Heels or 5-0?

So who’s the quicker pursuit: The North Carolina Tar Heels special teams unit or Johnny law?
The folks over at hifiny dredged up this oldie but goodie (Marquis Weeks is plying his trade in the NFL now), well aware that both the Punter and I are diehard Virginia fans.
Touché, hifi.

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Texas-sized rally can’t cover - Trojans exposed

I had the table all set for a big day yesterday after going 3-0 with my early picks. Virginia (-2), Kentucky (-1.5) and Indiana (+7.5) were all winners.
Probably the biggest surprise in that bunch was the way with which the Hoosiers dispatched Michigan State. There was no big comeback this time for the Spartans as […]