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Prop Bets For The Bowl Game Junkie
Looking between the numbers and making sense of the empty space between them is a fools paradise. And the prop bet is the fuel that drives the machine. Based off this week's pick 'em games. Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas – Texas A&M v. Northwestern: Six and six bowling at it's finest...
Things I Will Not Ask At Big Ten Football Media Days
The Big Ten Football Media Kick off is right around the corner, and once again yours truly will be in attendance. Media Days is a strange beast. You sit around in a giant conference room staring at a podium listening to pre-prepared remarks that mean next to nothing and watch horrifically fat,...
They Got The News, Time To Cruise In Brady's Jeep With The Top Down
LSUFreek, as usual, outdoes himself. I know this is up a little bit after the fact, but I can't stop laughing at it. In the left hand corner watch the little shimmy from Paterno. On the right, scratch your head and wonder in amazement as to how Freek ever found a photo of Dantonio smiling....
Mick Cronin Considering His Options, Mike Thomas Trying His Best To Get Fired
via cmsimg.communitypress.com It is not news that Mick Cronin has been working on an extension to stay with the Bearcats well into the future. His current contract has him on the books until 2014. He and his agent have been reported to have talks going back as far as the first week of March. That...
Rodriguez: Fired. A Retrospective, and What It Means For MSU
In case you've taken leave of this world for the past seven hours: Rich Rodriguez has been fired as Michigan's head coach. Rodriguez produced Michigan's worst three-year stretch since 1934-36, went 1-13 against Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Penn State, and Iowa, incurred major NCAA...
Don't Bet On It!: 2010-2011 College Football Bowl Predictions (Part V)
Now that I have forecast the outcomes of the early bowl games, it is time to get down to the serious business of predicting the outcomes of some of the New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day contests. Please, as always, bear in mind the durability of my regular disclaimer: Don’t Bet On It! The next five...
Quack Fix: Life after Lavasier, LaMichael sits out, and Kelly a finalist for Coach of the Year
First, there was the infamous Black Out. Then the half-assed attempt at a Yellow Out. So, the obvious next step is a Black & Yellow Out, right? Or, as one ATQer suggests, a Glow Out (if you're into the whole raver scene). By 2017, we'll be primed for my personal favorite, the Chartreuse Out. Let's...
Meet Your New Running Backs Coach: Brad Salem
Photo credit: msuspartans.com. Danny Enos's replacement is Brad Salem, who was a graduate assistant at MSU under George Perles and Nick Saban, and most recently was the head coach at Augustana College (SD). Salem (bio) went 31-26 in five seasons at Augustana, with 8-4 seasons the past two years. ...
Evaluating My Preseason Conference Championship Predictions
Now that the best offseason ever has settled down somewhat in the wake of all the firings, resignations retractions leaves of absence, cowardly departures from Knoxville at night amid rioting in the streets surrounding the athletic building (not unlike the frantic escape of a deposed communist...
Is slow and steady right for MSU football?
You have to figure that Mark Dantonio loves game day. To succeed as a big-time college football coach means you love putting your team to the test, seeing how your players respond to adversity, making the high-stress decisions that can tilt the outcome. But he seldom looks like he’s having...
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