Entries Tagged as 'college football'

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Preparing For The College Football Season

Today marks the beginning of another season of college football. Here are some tips that will help fans make the most of the next few months:
-Ruin all of your friends’ credit ratings so none of them will ask you to spend a Saturday helping them move
-Figure out what color jerseys your team wears
-Memorize past […]

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Dark Horse National Title Contenders

Nearly every year an unranked team rises from the depths and goes on a great run with their eye on the BCS trophy. Here are some teams that might emerge this season and what methods they’ll use to do so:
Syracuse: Has been storing bedbugs to release on opponents
Memphis: Got all the big black kids it […]

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Reasons Why Alabama Won’t Repeat As National Champions

The University of Alabama, last year’s BCS Champions, is ranked #1 in the pre-season polls. Here are some things that will keep them from winning it all for the second year in a row:
-Players worried that wearing more than two rings will make them look gay
-Other SEC coaches have figured out they’ll probably just hand […]

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Tim Tebow Drafted In The First Round: Your Argument Is Invalid

It’s always hard to say whether the NFL Draft had any surprises because, despite all the mock-ups and commentary, no one really knows what a team is going to do when the day comes.  Still, unless you’re a Gator fan (or maybe ESPECIALLY if you’re a Gator fan), you were probably surprised that Tim Tebow […]

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

What the Rams Should Have Done (and other crazy thoughts about the draft)

“Your ass is mine now!”
So for the past two days I’ve been reading about the NFL draft. Everyone is going on and on about how good the ratings were (better than NBA playoffs, by the by) and what letter grades each team deserves (Oh, cmon! The Bengals were at least a B-!).
I had assumed that […]

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

There’s No “I” In “Excessive Celebration” (Right?)

The NCAA is a very busy organization, but they always seem to find the time to make terrible decisions (especially where football is considered), such as preventing a player from accepting endorsement money needed to compete in the Olympics in a completely different sport or adding meaningless bowl games that make the post-season feel less […]

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

No One Ever Said It Would Be This Hard

 Pete Carroll yelled at me.  There I was, standing on the steps of USC’s physical education building on a cool summer night, exhausted after a long day of orientation spent touring the campus and learning about the classes I’d be taking that fall, and being more or less forced to attend a “Spirit Rally.”  Imagine […]

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

The Undefeateds (Post Season)

“I don’t wanna live without you
And I don’t wanna live a lie
We’ll never know till we try.
Yeah, we’ll never know till we try.”
-Lifehouse
This is long overdue, so I’ll make it as shorter than normal.  First I have to admit that I totally bombed on my predictions, getting all three picks incorrect.  (I finished the season […]