Monthly Archives: October 2011

BREAKING: The BCS Sucks

I have proof positive that the ranking system employed by the BCS is entirely flawed.  I now know it for a fact.  Granted, very few people deny this, but it has become so clear that I can now say so … Continue reading

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Hockey can Step In

It is somewhere between difficult and impossible to say when the National Basketball Association is going to resume play.  It still strikes me (and I have to believe most people) as somewhat unlikely that the entire year will be lost, … Continue reading

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Nit Picks: Calling the Shots

Nit Picks is back after a week’s hiatus, with everything from Carson Palmer, to Boise State’s cornerbacks, to Libyan Rebels, to the BCS mess. Plus gambling!

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WMR: Back from the Crash

It is back. I have to be at work to open Wednesday mornings, which consists of unlocking the building, setting a few things up, and then 3 hours of essentially nothing.  To fill the void, I came up with the … Continue reading

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Repost: A Call to Arms

I wrote this last winter, while procrastinating during finals week.  It was a semi-realistic fraternity related idea that I have hopes, nay, dreams of seeing come to fruition.  With pledge period in full swing, I figured that I may as … Continue reading

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Congratulations, UAH

The University of Alabama-Hunstsville officially killed their Division 1 NCAA Hockey program yesterday, nailing the coffin shut on the only varsity program in the American south.  I am biased (I have a buddy on the team, and I have played … Continue reading

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Cowboys Lack the Skill of Winning

It is undeniable that the Dallas Cowboys have talent in all three facets of the game, and yet they sit at 2-3 after going 6-10 (with largely the same roster) last year.  It is impossible to find a glaring weakness on the … Continue reading

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Nit Picks: Viral Edition

Nit Picks is back for another week, keeping up this week with some of the latest viral trends (like Occupy Herbstreit) on the internet that have been gracing us over the past week, as well as getting to the usual … Continue reading

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Grantland too Good not to be Great

It will be more or less impossible for Grantland, the ESPN spinoff website billing itself as a crossing of popular culture and sports, to fail entirely, and there are two reasons for that: Chuck Klosterman and Bill Simmons.  As an … Continue reading

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2011-2012 NHL Preview – All About the Kid

With the 2011-2012 Season underway, the NHL landscape is full of questions about what the season will look like.  Those questions are made infinitely harder to answer by the absence of a certain Pittsburgh Penguin.

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