Football Saturday Open Thread Returns
An oldie makes it back–I’ve finally had time to pull together a Football Open Thread (in week 10–oy, vey!). Enjoy! Early games this week: Cincinnati beat Memphis Wednesday (?!!?) night, and USF lost to...
View ArticleSaturday Football Open Thread, Week 11
Busy morning here, so I’m going to miss the first kickoffs, but here’s what’s up: Early games: On Thursday Oklahoma lost to Baylor 12 – 41 (ouch, okie!) and Stanford managed to crush the Ducks 26 – 20...
View ArticleSaturday Football Open Thread, Week 12
Early games: the Yellow Jackets lost to Clemson 31 – 55 Thursday night, and UCLA beat Washington. Today’s games: A hapless Iowa State is playing Oklahoma in what should be a rout for the Sooners (line:...
View ArticleSaturday Football Open Thread, Week 13
None of the early games were terribly interesting (Rice beat UAB in OT 37 – 34, UCF trounced Rutgers 41 – 17, and UNLV crushed Air Force 41 – 21 on Thursday, then Navy beat San Jose State 58 – 52 on...
View ArticleChampionship Saturday
This is all about getting to the Mythical National Championship, or the other four BCS Bowls for consolation. First, we say goodbye to Louisville, NIU, and Fresno. Byebye. Then we look at what...
View ArticleSaturday Football Open Thread (Wrap-up and Bowl Preview)
The annual Army-Navy game, played in Philadelphia, is the only game on the schedule for today (line: Navy, spread: 10)(3:00 pm EST/CBS). Since I don’t think any of us have a dog in this hunt, I hope...
View ArticleSaturday Open Thread–Polar Vortex Edition
It’s set to be a cold, cold weekend as the NFL playoffs begin. One news story had it thusly: This “polar vortex,” as one meteorologist calls it, is caused by a counterclockwise-rotating pool of cold,...
View ArticleSaturday Open Thread 1/11/2014
Unlike last weekend it looks like the weather is swinging the other way (at least here in the mid-Atlantic area)–fog and rain here today and tomorrow and then warming up into the 50s early in the week....
View ArticleCollege Football Playoffs and the remaining good bowl games
Such interesting possibilities. Stoopes and the Land Thieves are 3-0 against ‘Bama, and Austin native Baker Mayfield is lighting it up at QB for the Sooners. However, Brent Venables, who for a decade...
View ArticleEvening Report 8/30/16
Syracuse, ostensibly an FBS football program in a P5 conference, opens against Colgate, an FCS team. Michigan State, not to be outdone, opens against Furman, which may be in a lower division than even...
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