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It's Like Tonya Harding, But Less Manly
It must be frustrating to be a backup punter. Most football players don't even consider the starting punter a real part of the team; the backup punter might as well be the waterboy. It must cause all kinds of anger and frustration, but you're a punter, so you can't express it. Lots of repressed rage...
Failure To Launch
In these troubled times in which we live, we believe that it's good to feed the soul occasionally with some inspiring words from a true American. Such a man is Texas Longhorns fan and sometimes actor Matthew McConaughey. Let us never forget his fiery speech from last week, leading up to the Texas-Oh...
Monday Night And Tuesday Morning Football
You know, we watched football all day yesterday, and it absolutely wore us out. As great as it is, that's a lot of football. But imagine that actually starting at night....
When Male Cheerleaders Attack
We'd like to congratulate THE Ohio State University for their convincing victory over Texas on Saturday night. We are also pleased that the Buckeyes waited until 2006 to beat the Longhorns, rather than 2005; last year's game was in Columbus, this one was in Austin and that meant all fires and riot...
Fortunately, It Was To A National Powerhouse Like Rutgers
The last time we were able to watch our beloved alma mater play in the New York City metropolitian area, it was the Coaches Vs. Cancer Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. The Illini lost by 20 to Providence and Ryan Gomes. We thought it couldn't get any worse....
Taking Down The Goal Posts: Lee Corso's Gray Anatomy
(1) Ohio State 24, (2) Texas 7. It doesn't fall into the "blowout" category, but Ohio State's win last night was pretty thorough. As a football team, they're just in a different class than Texas. The three best offensive players in the game all played for Ohio State: Ted Ginn, Anthony Gonzalez, and ...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 4: Maybe We Should Watch Tennis
This is the last one for today... I'm going to let you enjoy the rest of this Penn State/Notre Dame "game" on your own. You have let a nation down, Joe Paterno....
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 3: At Least You Aren't Northwestern
"Favorite Gameday sign: 'Did you know... That Bo Jackson ate more than 36 crabcakes before his first game in the NFL?' Followed closely by, 'Corso is a giant tool.'" - InTylerWeTrust23...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 2: Blowouts And Bad Teams
"Rutgers football is making me more money than my job." - Unsilent Majority...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 1: Kicking Will When He's Down
WVU's Steve Slaton has 105 yards rushing with 6:35 to play in the first quarter....
You're Seeing A Lot Less College Football Than You Used To
If you're not familiar with it — or just have better things to do than keep an eye on arcane NCAA offseason rule changes — you might not have been aware until Saturday about Rule 3-2-5e, which was imposed on the NCAA by television stations because the games were running too long....
"This Is The Parts Where They Say Who They Thinks Gonna Win"
In his nightmares, this is what Chris Fowler imagines every viewer of College GameDay is like....
Who Can Make A Difference? Parents Like You
One just never knows what mayhem will erupt when the Redskins meet the Bears. Anything can happen ... um, did we mention that these Redskins and Bears are 12 years old? Proving that the ghost of Woody Hayes does indeed roam the earth looking for bodies to possess, an assistant youth football coach i...
That's How You Take A Charge
We just realized that we haven't told your our thoughts on the weekend of college football that just (finally) ended. Well, we're happy the Illini won, though they're gonna get killed at Rutgers. We think Brady Quinn remains dreamy. And, mostly, we think it was an extremely dangerous weekend to be o...
One Hundred Years Ago, The Blatantly Obvious Was Born
We'd like to say happy birthday to the reason that Jeff George was allowed to inspire a mullet/mustache combo trend that changed the world in which we live: the forward pass turns 100 years old today....
Sunday Night Football Will At Least Seem Dramatic
Ain't It Cool News has managed to get their hands on an .mp3 of the brand new theme song for Sunday Night Football. They opted against something Hank Williams-esque (or even Pink-esque) and went for the big guns: John Williams....
Did Cooked Crack Every REALLY Go Away?
Here's South Carolina tailback Cory Boyd choosing a very expressive way to announce his return....
Taking Down The Goal Posts: Shhh, Lou Holtz
Notre Dame 14, Georgia Tech 10. It's never a pleasant experience when Notre Dame wins the marquee game of the week, but it was hard not to admire last night's effort. Georgia Tech played an excellent game, but the Irish defense held strong, Charlie Weis let his enormous testicles call the plays in k...
Hugh Johnson Project - Update 4
This one is the Mike Gottfried/Paul Maguire/Gary Thorne hatred edition. And we're wrapping this up for the day. Many many thanks. I think it's been a success....
Hugh Johnson Project - Update 3
We've got one more of these coming... pretty please keep the IMs coming to "DeadspinFootball" on AOL Instant Messenger. You guys are amazing. In fact, I wish I had room for more of these......