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Under the current and counter-intuitive BCS system, college football will never have a title game like the instant classic we watched Monday night. There will never be a mid-major taking on a BCS conference school, and battling them down to the final second, for [...]

ESPN’s front page said something like “too much Tim Tebow and plenty of Percy Harvin…”; you don’t need to hear the rest. Everyone knows that the game last night was supposed to crown us a champion. But did it? I, for one, don’t think so.
As a fan of college football, and therefore a staunch opponent [...]

I couldn’t decide what kind of post to put together for the big game tonight, so what follows are some random thoughts on the title bout (think Mike Tyson’s Punch Out).

I finally decided that I am cheering for Oklahoma in this game. I’ve always liked Florida for no good reason, but when it comes [...]

This is the drama the BCS apologists point to when they say the current system provides exciting football, spirited debate, and general intrigue. This weekend was exciting, with Texas putting up “style points” on Texas A&M Thursday, Texas Tech avoiding an upset against Baylor Saturday afternoon, and Oklahoma pulling away from Oklahoma State late.
Then [...]

I know it was the Rams, but it feels real good to get a W. Bears smash Rams.
There’s a culture war on the Bulls–is there identity offensive or defensive?
How does one make a funny commercial? Take Wade, Barkley and Yao and put them in it. “Eat the head!“.
Looks like the price of [...]

Sports coverage has changed significantly in our lifetime. A lot of it has been good, but there are some things that have gone horribly wrong. Every week I’ll be taking a little time to whine about one of these things with no hope whatsoever that anything will change.
Somehow when I think of the new deal [...]

Hey, did you see that Bears-Packers game? Boy was that embarassing, right? I mean wow, I’m just glad I’m not a Bears fan right now (shit, I am a Bears fan).
Hilarious old-time advertisement with Steve Garvey.
Chief Illiniwek is back! Unfortunately there’s not much for him to cheer for this weekend, OSU killed [...]

Before Iowa’s game with Penn State and while it was playing out, I was going back and forth on the issue of what was best for the Big Ten. At first I thought it would be great for Penn State to run the table and make the National Championship, putting a Big Ten team [...]