Category Archives: * American Football

Making Hard Work

9/14/2008 – 4:22 pm

/ / You know you’re getting old when you have to force yourself to stay up to watch a 9:30 kickoff. I watched the Badgers play at Fresno State in a bar and it was all I could do to keep from falling asleep in the second half. There were a lot of similarities between [...]

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Business As (Un)Usual

8/30/2008 – 10:34 pm

I have to say, DVR makes watching a full football game a joy. Critics can say what they want about soccer, but for me a major knock on American football is that the time between plays is about four times longer than the plays themselves. Anyway, what can be learned from Wisconsin’s demolition of Akron? [...]

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Not Surprised in the Least

8/11/2008 – 3:01 pm

First things first, woo-hoo to the US Men’s Olympic team who have posted a 1-0 win against Japan and a 2-2 draw against the Netherlands in a very tough group. This is actually a perfect scenario to test these players. A draw against Nigeria and they’re through to the next round. A loss would likely [...]

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Favre, Favre Away From My Heart

8/4/2008 – 1:38 pm

Because John asked for it, here’s my take on the Brett Favre saga. It’s pretty simple. I don’t think Favre likes coach McCarthy or GM Ted Thompson. Favre thinks he is the Packers; they think the Packers are bigger than one person. I think Favre has certain ideas about plays, players, and strategies that don’t [...]

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Double-Blow Tuesday

3/4/2008 – 10:00 pm

Brett Favre retiring. Gack. The day I thought would never come. But if anything, Favre has spoiled us Packers fans and the only thing really left to say is, “Thank you.” Perhaps the best news headline of all time: D&D Creator Gary Gygax Fails Final Saving Throw: Dead at 69. This is a bummer too, [...]

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Good Coachin’

12/9/2007 – 7:46 pm

Right, so up to this point I haven’t been a very big Mike McCarthy fan. I thought the Packers were eeking out games they had no business winning and I put their one home loss squarely at McCarthy’s feet. Turns out, this team has gotten progressively better and better. They kicked the ever lovin’ out [...]

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A Hatred Unholy

11/30/2007 – 10:21 am

That’s about what I feel for the Cowb*ys. Really, as far as hatred goes for football teams, they rank right up top there with the Be*rs. Let me know if you see a pattern in the teams’ last ten meetings: Date Location Result 11-29-07 Dallas Loss 10-24-04 Lambeau Win 11-14-99 Dallas Loss 11-23-97 Lambeau Win [...]

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‘Tis the Season to be Merry

11/28/2007 – 11:53 am

Sheesh, no news like good news. Check out the first six headlines in Fox Sports’ NFL Roundup newsreel. * Taylor Dies at 24 * Torn pec ends Ricky’s year * Vick trial date on state charges set * Bridges guilty of assault * Evans gets two-game suspension [for crimes] * Pats place Colvin on IR [...]

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How’d You Spend Your Sunday?

11/18/2007 – 8:14 pm

Sunday was a gorgeous late fall day. Unfortunately, we had to spend it doing our annual garden clean up. Sore back now, but it’s well worth doing this before the snow. Spring cleanup is roughly 10,000 times worse. Before… …and after Before…This one the perspective is a bit different but the point is the same, [...]

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A Win, Win, Win, Win Weekend

11/11/2007 – 10:55 pm

/ The Badgers beat a second-string Michigan team. Yay! We hate Michigan. The Packers beat the hell out of a first-string Vikings team. Yay! We hate the Viqueens. Tottenham thumped lowly Wigan 4-0 on Sunday. Yay! We’re impartial to Wigan, and feel rather bad for them in fact, but Spurs needed to get back to [...]

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