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• College Football: Oklahoma State @ Texas. Does McConaughey even show up for TBS games? 7:00, TBS. • College Football: Arkansas @ South Carolina. Arkansas has never beaten a Spurrier-coached team. Don't call Phil Fulmer for advice. 7:45, ESPN. • College Football: Boston College @ Wake Forest. It's ...
ESPNU May Have An Opening For This Guy
Before the Hugh Johnson madness gets underway in a bit, I thought we could go back to last week and revisit a couple of themes from last week: Temple's win over Bowling Green, and inappropriate things said by people in the media. Both are covered by this fellow (at about the 50-second mark, but if y...
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What to watch as you and Jar Jar put the finishing touches on your pod racer ... • College football: Air Force at Army. More coats and hats than any other game this week. [ESPN2] • NBA: Cleveland at San Antonio. Doesn't it feel like Tim Duncan has been in the NBA since the 1970s? [ESPN] • Seattle at...
Who's Sorry Now? Socceroo Edition
Welcome to Heartfelt Fridays, where the wheels of justice sometimes turn rather slowly, especially when it comes to soccer. But in the end, truth always prevails. Let's take a closer look, shall we?...
Look, An Important Weekday College Football Game!
We don't often get to write about important college football games here — that's usually MJD's job on the weekends — but we have a rare one tonight: A Thursday game between two undefeated teams that could very well decide who plays in the Fiesta Bowl for the BCS "Championship" on January 8. (January...
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What to watch while waiting for Kim Jong Il's appearance on Dancing With the Stars ... • College football: West Virginia at Louisville. Remember, as we learned earlier, the cardinal is the fiercest of all the robin-sized birds. [ESPN] • NBA: San Antonio at Dallas. Mark Cuban to blog live from game, ...
Please, Sir, Keep The Gutteral Utterances To Yourself
This is Al Argibay, and he has a goatee and, we presume, walks around making this arm motion all day. And he's pissed, because he was just thrown out of his gym for grunting too loud....
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What to watch as your Coca-Cola can Halloween costume — so popular last night — now becomes a sad shell of loneliness and despair ... • College football: Fresno State at Boise State. The Broncos undefeated? A WAC team headed for a Bowl Championship Series game? When did pigs start flying? [ESPN2] • ...
Steelers Choose To Stay The Course
We should be saving this for our Heartfelt Fridays post, but, you know, we couldn't wait. So ... sorry. In the Steelers' press conference on Tuesday, coach Bill Cowher said that he is officially taking the blame for the team's 2-5 start, warning everyone to lay off of quarterback Ben Roethlisberge...
It's Morning In America!
So, hey, good morning, everybody. What'd we miss?...
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What to watch as your paperboy looks at you from outside, weeping softly ......
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What to watch as Gomer points the mortar at Sergeant Carter's crotch ... • NFL: New England at Minnesota. Doh! We forgot the key to the Metrodome. Can somebody climb in a window? [ESPN] • NHL: Chicago at Philadelphia. The only way this could be better is if the Hanson Brothers were playing. [Versus]...
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• College Football: UConn @ Rutgers. The USC loss really opens up Rutgers' path to a national title. 8:00, ESPN. • MLS: Club Deportivo Chivas USA @ Houston Dynamo. Hey, I think the MLS playoffs have started. 8:00, Fox Soccer. • NFL: Dallas Cowboys @ Carolina Panthers. You'll want to see the beginnin...
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• College Football: Texas @ Texas Tech. Said Texas center Lyle Sendlein of the atmosphere in Lubbock, "You get things thrown at you that you never thought could sail through the air." In that case, I want to see a fire extinguisher. 7:00, TBS. • MLS: Chicago Fire @ New England Revolution. Ah, screw ...
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What to watch as North Korean nuke tests awaken Godzilla ... • College football: Texas-El Paso at Tulsa. Hurricanes who won't swing a helmet at you. We hope. [ESPN2] • Major League Baseball: World Series Game 5, Detroit at St. Louis. Come see the gigantic, green Slip 'N Slide. [Fox] • NBA: Preseason...
Twenty Four Years Isn't 1918 or 1908 ... But It's A Pretty Long Time
In 1982, we were six years old — we turned seven during the World Series — and could care less about baseball. The principal once called our parents because he thought it was weird that we were reading "Mom, The Wolfman and Me" during recess instead of playing kickball. (And that factoid, surely, wi...
Who's Sorry Now?
It's been quite a year so far for youth football, hasn't it? Spectators being mistaken for terrorists, police officers tasering rambunctious fans ... one concerned parent even pulled a gun on a coach. Compared to that, the following may not seem like much, except for the heartfelt, tearful apologi...
Would You Like Claws With That?
Todd Haley is the receivers coach for the Dallas Cowboys, which means, as is, his life is pretty much terrible. He also doesn't have much time to cook, since he apparently only takes his family out for McDonald's. That's bad enough, but even worse when they McSalad has a huge freaking rat in it....
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What to watch as your other appliances secretly plot to destroy you ... • College football: Clemson at Virginia Tech. You know what happens whenever these two teams tangle (seriously, please let us know, we have no idea). [ESPN] • Major League Baseball: World Series, Game 4, Detroit at St. Louis. Bu...
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What to watch as Shaq breaks down your door in search of pirated DVDs ... • World Series: Game 4, Detroit at St. Louis. If we rush the field, please shoot us. [Fox] • NBA: Preseason, Houston at Miami. Heat warm up for the phoning in of the 2006-07 season. [ESPN] • NHL: Panthers at Rangers. Van Ryn's...