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Chad McGhee Has Risen Up Against President Obama And Government Itself
Now that the Knox City Greyhounds season is over, Chad McGhee has turned his attention to matters besides Texas high school six-man football. Here, he takes both a moral and political stand against the POTUS and affiliated pagans who have declared war on the Lord. In these War on Christmas times, ...

It Wouldn’t Be Christmas Time Without A Lady Hoodrat Brawl At The Mall, Now Would It?
This little slice of Americana comes to you from the King of Prussia Mall, right off the Pennsylvania Turnpike about 20 miles west of Philly. There's a "Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery" there. A fitting name....

How To Avoid Counterfeit Tebowing: A Visual Guide
If not for planking, Tebowing would go down in history as this generation's silliest physical obsession, joining past actions like the Charleston, the Macarena, and streaking. Despite the fad's (now waning) popularity, there still appears to be some confusion as to the proper technique or how to re...

Gifts For People Who Have An Opinion About Tim Tebow
Nobody puts the "Christ" in "Christmas" like America's greatest football phenomenon. Don't stop with Denver Broncos gear—Tim Tebow is much more than just an athlete, as the bio of "Timmy" on the Tebow family ministry's website makes clear. Here are a few ideas to help your favorite Tebower get close...

Machines Don't Fall Down Dead: How Rock'em Sock'em Robots Came To Be
Before Mortal Kombat arrived to satisfy my prepubescent need for button mashing, there was Rock'em Sock'em Robots, the first game I ever played where the objective was decapitation. Here's how it worked: You controlled one of two punching plastic androids—the Red Rocker or the Blue Bomber—by pushing...

Homemade Infographic: When's Your Bowl Season?
Congratulations! Your football conference got invited to some bowl games. But "bowl game" covers nearly four weeks' worth of possibilities—from the MAC-WAC showdown in last week's Famous Idaho Potato Bowl to the SEC-on-SEC Alabama-LSU rematch in the national title game on Jan. 9....

Arizona State And Southern Miss Rumble After This All-Time Classic Sucker Punch
The resulting fight in Tempe wasn't on the scale of the one between Xavier and Cincinnati last week, but the punch that sparked it is so brutally dirty it's almost a work of art. After getting a forearm to the jaw from USM's Torye Pelham, ASU's Muscovite center Ruslan Pateev returns the favor with...

Nevada Has Sold 10 Tickets For Its Bowl Game
Hawaii is a long way away from everything, true. And the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl doesn't really care, because Nevada is on the hook for the entire allotment anyway. (It was 5,600 when the Wolf Pack played this game in 2009.) Sounds like a lot of military personnel are going to get to watch some free fo...

Penn State's Backup QB's "Minor Legal Issue" Was A Bottle Of Gatorade Stolen From The Dining Hall
While starter Matt McGloin remains questionable for the Ticket City Bowl after being knocked out by a teammate in practice, some light has been shed on backup Rob Bolden's legal troubles....

Deion Sanders To Tony Romo: "Who Gets In Your Butt?"
He was just trying to see if Romo has anyone willing to challenge him in the way Tom Brady was, but Sanders definitely could have worded his question a bit better. [h/t to Jackie A.]...

Tom Brady Shows Tim Tebow What A Real Quarterback Looks Like
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

A University Of Houston Foundation Is Embroiled In An Alleged Ponzi Scheme
The TicketCity Bowl is shaping up to be a who's who of scandalized universities. Penn State obviously is still most disgraced, but after losing over 40 percent of its assets in a potential ponzi scheme, a foundation that endows athletic scholarships for the Univeristy of Houston is at least putting...

This Time, Tim Tebow Worked His Magic In The First Five Minutes
Fans accustomed to Tim Tebow working his magic as the game winds down were treated to a surprise as the Denver quarterback found the end zone early in the Broncos' matchup against New England. ...

Denver Broncos Fans Petition Team To Make An "It Gets Better" Video
The It Gets Better campaign, Dan Savage's brainchild, is a response to a seeming uptick in teenage suicide due to bullying directed at the LGBT community. You have seen the videos—they've been around for a while and the message is pretty straight forward: Don't get too down, it gets better....

Cowboys At Buccaneers: Your Saturday Night Football Open Thread
Dallas at Tampa Bay (NFL Network): The Buccaneers have not won since October 16th and are on the verge of dropping eight straight for the first time since 1987. "'I hate to say there's an extra emphasis on [this game]; that means you didn't have emphasis on the other ones,' said Morris. 'It certain...

Penn State Wide Receiver Reportedly Knocks Out Quarterback Matt McGloin In Locker Room Scuffle
According to various Penn State reporters' twitter feeds, handily pieced together by Larry Brown Sports, the Penn State locker room played host to some more horsing around today as wide receiver Curtis Drake knocked out Matt McGloin following some "jawing in practice." ...

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Open Thread
Ohio vs. Utah State is your early evening bowl game. Regardless of what may happen in the game, fans are guaranteed to have been witness to greatness. Earlier today, in the south endzone, the "largest potato on wheels" was unveiled....

Wyoming Goes For Rube Goldberg Extra Point Award
Wyoming may be getting smacked around in the New Mexico Bowl by Temple, but they can always look back fondly on this miracle XP. Double goalpost all the way: what does it mean? [ESPN]...

New Mexico Bowl Open Thread
Temple vs. Wyoming! Maybe you're watching this? If so, feel free to use this space to chat about it....

Tim Tebow Supporters Persecuted, Forced Into Exile...For One Day
Behold, video of Riverhead High School students Tebowing in the halls this week. Unfortunately for two students at Riverhead High School, the act was met with swift justice. Twin brothers Connor and Tyler Carroll were suspended by the school for organizing the mass Tebowing. ...