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College Football Closer: The Gods Must Be Angry
Boy, I'll be there are a lot of hungover 'Eers fans this morning. I was hoping last week was just a fluke but ECU has done it again rolling over their second ranked team in a row, this time with authority. They took down #8 West Virginia in an alarming fashion with a 24-3 win and possibly sending them into the top 25. With the toughest two teams on their schedule behind them (Virginia Tech and WVU), ECU could possibly dominate their way through the year. More »
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Another Downfall Of Joe Paterno's Old Age: Rampant Thuggery
In an attempt to clean up a program which has come under intense scrutiny lately over its myriad off-field issues, Penn State defensive tackles Chris Baker and Phil Taylor were kicked off the team. This news comes just a couple days after ESPN's damning "Outside The Lines" piece on the alarmingly high amount of disciplinary and criminal problems plaguing Joe Pa's program. ESPN's Steve Delsohn interviewed an ornery Paterno and asked him questions along the lines of, like, "Hey, Joe, why are your players raping women and beating up people so much these days?" Paterno blamed it on the kids being young and was visibly annoyed by Delsohn's line of questioning, even accusing ESPN of conducting a "witch hunt" against the school. More »
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Eastern Kentucky Wideout Faces Prison Time, Permanent Emasculation After Botched Shoplift
There might be a reasonable explanation for why Eastern Kentucky University wide receiver Davin Walker was shoplifting at Wal-Mart. Being a specialty player at a school like Eastern Kentucky (although Dan Patrick did play basketball there for two years) usually doesn't provide a livable income or expensive gifts from boosters. And there might be a legitimate reason as to why Walker, after getting caught by Wal-Mart security, tried to run and knocked over a 69-year-old woman in the process so violently that she almost lost part of her finger. He was scared, fearful of the consequences to his actions and reacted without thinking. More »
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