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Tommy Bowden's Firing: Is Coaching Clemson that Great of a Job Anyway?
In the wake of Tommy Bowden's firing after nine years at Clemson, current players are already piling on. The quarterback he benched, Cullen Harper, told ESPN, "They just told us. It's what he deserved." And this whole firing business might not be that big of a surprise since in the Clemson-Wake For...
College Football Roundup: Carnage Came and Carnage Conquered
For those of you who emailed and asked whether the bearded guy in the orange shirt on the sideline at UT-Georgia was me. Yep, it was. There's a refined sense of pleasure in being a fan and watching your team suffer a drubbing from the sideline. I think I spoke about five words the entire game becau...
Some Good, Old Fashioned Rooting Section Fail
Note to Kentucky fans: For best results, grasp sign gingerly with fingertips, not entire hand. Now your oh-so-clever double entendre has taken on an entirely different meaning. Hope your mom wasn't watching. And speaking of crazy college kids spelling out naughty things with their hands, check out t...
The Sunday Evening NFL Roundup: Orlovsky!!!
When Dan Orlovsky was a young lad, he dreamed about this day: Finally making his first NFL start, carrying a woeful team on his back to victory, following up the post-game celebration by calling his parents to let them know that, see, he did make the right decision by turning down a full-ride schol...
NFL Update 5: Winslow Finally Has A Handle On His Balls Issue
This website reported a PFT tip that Kellen Winslow was hospitalized with some testicle issues. Well, apparently all is well again down south, as this report has Winslow leaving the hospital earlier today. Don't expect him to play tomorrow; as he's been downgraded on the injury report, as well as b...
Sometimes You Eat The Ghost, And Sometimes The Ghost Eats You
You Pacman Jones fans might want to savor today's game against the Cardinals: it might be awhile before you see him suited up for awhile. According to super-secret Yahoo(!) sources, Commissioner Roger Goodell is going to sit down with Pacman either Monday or Tuesday and deliver his swift, yet always...
Tony Romo fumbles in the end zone and Arizona recovers. This was followed by Wade Phillips performing the least enthusiastic tossing of any sort of flag since King George III at the Treaty of Paris. So they review the play, and they call it a tuck, an incomplete pass. Touchdown comes off the board. ...
NFL Update 4: Josh Brown Will Burn Down Your Village
Rams K Brown, along with Atlanta's Jason Elam and Minnesota's Ryan Longwell, won games for their teams in the closing seconds of their games. And we're not even talking about Matt Schaub, who overcame his first three quarters of play with a dramatic, last-minute drive to victory over the Dolphins. S...
NFL Update 2: Meet Dan Orlovsky
Detroit 10, Minnesota 2. With Jon Kitna out this week [where's your God now, sucka? —Ed.], the Lions turned to their 5th round draft pick of 2005—the man they once called "Dandy Dan" during his days at UConn. Dan didn't take a live snap in 2007. Or 2006. Or 2005. My favorite bit of info about Dandy ...
NFL Update 1: Schaub Picks Up Where Rosenfels Leaves Off
Miami 14, Houston 3 Matt Schaub started off with game with 2 interceptions, showing Sage Rosenfels that if anyone is going to be turning over the ball in a Houston uniform, it's going to be him. Meanwhile, Chad Pennington went bomb crazy to Patrick Cobbs, connecting for 53-yard and 80-yard TDs. St. ...
NFL Maps and Matchups for Week 6 (Updated)
Chicago at Atlanta, 1 PM. Kyle Orton led the league in yards passing last week. He'll need to play well for a third consecutive week as the Bears take on one of the best run-stopping defenses in the Falcons. Roddy White is questionable after sustaining a head injury in practice on Wednesday. Coverag...
Tigers, Tigers, and Tigers: Time To Count The Bodies
LSU, Mizzou, and Auburn were all ranked heading into action yesterday, and all of them lost. The first two were still paving their way toward a national championship while Auburn, who had already lost two games in-conference, was treading water in their own league, having fired their offensive coord...
Is Chase Daniel For Real?
I've heard what everyone's been saying about the Heisman Trophy frontrunner with the video-game offense, but I don't know if I buy it. Yeah, they've put up 50 or more points in four of their first five games, but we've seen this before. These high-scoring teams kick the shit out of a handful of crap...
Hugh: Toledo's Record Against Michigan Improves To 1-0
The commenters have been discussing this game everywhere since it started. But now that the dust has settled, it's time to count the bodies: Michigan lost to a MAC team for the first time...ever. Michigan kicker K.C. Lopata had a chance to send the game to overtime...and missed. Toledo, who has lost...
Tommy Bowden Is Not Very Good
Right now Craig James and Doug Flutie are having a little fun comparing Michigan to Toledo. That came on the heels of the Wolverines' surrendering a pick-six to...Toldeo's Tyrrell Herbert? But to break it down, Michigan football is in Year One of installing a whole new program; everything from philo...
Hugh: Musberger Doesn't Trust Your Concept Of 'Interesting'
So Brent Musberger tells me, right after Texas runs back a kickoff for a touchdown, "Pull up a chair, folks. This one's gonna get real interesting." Bear in mind, it's a 1-vs.-5 game, and we just saw a fucking kickoff run back for a touchdown. Do I need a rickety old man alerting me to the gravity o...
Jesse Palmer's First Reviews Are In, And They're Not Good
There are so many reasons to dislike Jesse Palmer. Being a contestant on The Bachelor. Being Canadian. Being so ... handsome? And the worst part about him is that he just won't leave us alone, popping up in the darnedest of places. Like our dreams. Or, more universally, invading our aural space duri...
Previewing More Saturday Games, Just In Case Oklahoma Chokes
I'd like to go ahead and grant permission for those watching the games alone at home to start drinking. You might be wondering to yourself, "Hey, won't drinking at home alone mean I'm an alcoholic?" No, drinking before noon makes you an alcoholic, but let's not split hairs here. You have a full day ...
'Red River Shootout' Should Moisten Panties Just Fine
Those of you looking for that blatantly marquee matchup today are in for something special: The Big XII will take center stage today with the 103rd renewal of the Red River Shootout. Of course, now they've given the game this miffy, effeminate name of the "Red River Rivalry," which elicits the same ...
Kellen Winslow's Out With...Swollen Testicles?
After a summer filled with horrifying testicular injuries in hockey and baseball, it appears Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow is also having his own nut trouble and will possibly sit out Monday Night's game against the New York Giants. Pro Football Talk, quoting a league source, says that W...