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Your College Football Night Games Open Thread
Should Alabama really have dropped as far as No. 8 for getting gamecocked? Probably not, as Tennessee might find out tonight. North Carolina at Miami (FL) is a potentially good one. Oklahoma vs. Mizzou, too....
In The Navy, You Can Lick Your Gap-Toothed Pal's Ear If You Beat Notre Dame
Navy hadn't won consecutive games against the Fighting Irish since 1960-61. They won last year. They won today. Hence, the traditional seaman celebration was called for. (H/T Matthew Kelley)...
Your College Football Afternoon Games Open Thread
Sure, common folk are probably interested in LSU at Auburn, Wisconsin at Iowa, Nebraska at Oklahoma State or Kansas State at Baylor. I'm all about Kent State at Bowling Green, though. And here's why:...
Matt Lignell Has A Biiiiig Problem With Purdue
Every last one of Matt Lignell's 465 pounds has taken issue with how Purdue University recently treated them. Read the shades of Kevin Smith in the letter he wrote to the student newspaper ......
Your College Football Early Games Open Thread
As early slates go, this week's offers some above-average football. Purdue at Ohio State. Iowa State at Texas. Penn State at Minnesota. Mississippi at Arkansas. Florida bye week....
Referees Get Punished For Promoting Breast-Cancer Awareness With Pink Whistles
Here's to you, Washington Officials Association, for standing up to 140 high-school-football referees who dared use pink whistles for breast-cancer awareness the other night without first getting your permission....
Chip Kelly Doesn't Want To Hear About How Boise St. Beat Oregon Last Year, OK?
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Oregon head football coach Chip Kelly....
Sports Radio Show Caller Says Funny Thing To Les Miles, Is Cut Off Immediately (UPDATE)
Les Miles was on the radio and a caller got past the screeners to alert Les that it was he—the caller—who had taken the nude photos of him—Les Miles—Jordan Jefferson has been using as leverage for playing time....
The University Of Nebraska Is Now Auctioning Off Game-Worn Jerseys For Profit
The Cornhuskers' official online auction website has about 158 jerseys up for bidding, all from their October 16 loss to Texas. Opening bids start at $250. I wonder how Georgia's A.J. Green feels about this....
Something Lawsuity May Be Afoot Down Austin Way
U of Texas associate athletics director for football operations Cleve Bryant has gone on administrative leave. Perhaps coincidentally, a former female employee of the athletics department has hired Gloria Allred. That's not fishy at all. [How To Have Sex In Texas]...
America Explains Itself
We asked you, the fine television viewers of America, why you preferred a crap regular season football game to a great playoff baseball game. You responded, justifying your choice for four reasons....
No, ESPN Did Not Tell The MNF Coaches To Take Timeouts (UPDATE)
Paranoia swept the blogosphere this morning, as word spread like wildfire that ESPN had told the Jaguars and Titans to use their timeouts at the end of a blowout to get more commercial breaks. Great story. Too bad it's not true....
Fans Taunt Canadian Football Team, Team Responds With Fists
A brawl broke out during an Ontario junior league football game between the Hamilton Hurricanes and the St. Leonard Cougars this weekend. Hamilton, Ont., police are not yet investigating as no charges have been filed. [The Spec; video via]...
Goddamnit It, America
You could have watched an exciting, important game, a tense changing of the guard of the best playoff pitchers ever. Or you could have watched Kerry Collins and Trent Edwards trade handoffs in a meanlingless AFC South contest. Guess which you chose....
Bo Pelini Is Pissed In Both Senses Of The Word
Please cast your eyes to the crotch of Coach's pants, which appear to be running a spread offense of their own. [ESPN, H/T Bryan C.]...
Everything That's Wrong With College Tailgates In One Picture
This picture, snapped sometime before Saturday's Ohio State-Wisconsin game, is so, so bad, it has to be a joke. Right?...
Gerard Butler's Michigan State Weekend
Movie Spartan Gerard Butler was once in a great trailer that became an OK movie called 300. So it makes perfect sense for him—while not in character—to pump up various Michigan State crowds like he did this weekend....
Rutgers DT Eric LeGrand Suffers A Devastating Spinal-Cord Injury
The Star-Ledger is reporting that Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand has no movement below his neck after suffering a spinal-cord injury on special teams against Army yesterday. Absolutely horrible....
The Messiah College Lady's Soccer Team Will Not Tolerate Peeping Toms
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Your College Football Night Games Open Thread
You're looking for the last game on the sportsbook wall, ain't ya? It's Nevada at Hawaii. Here's a breakdown to save you from fishing around for early-season NHL matchups. Side note: That actually sounds like a potentially great game....