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A Celebrity Roast of John Marinatto
A gathering of Big East celebrities have joined for a special Christmas Roast of the commissioner, John Marinatto. This once proud union comes together for their last Christmas as a conference to stab back at the one they call Brutus. I remember when John came to me as a young intern and asked me...
Eastern football is in the dregs
Things are not exactly going well as of late for programs east of the Mississippi River, and north of the Mason-Dixon line. For the most part, they're all in complete disarray. Here's a quick overview: Penn State: Anyone who isn't familiar with this story has been living under a rock for the past...
Kirk Ferentz Interviews Potential Defensive Coordinators
Inside the Jacobsen Athletic Building, in the Iowa Football Offices... Good morning, Coach Ferentz. Um, so why's Ken here? What does he know about defense? He insisted on tagging along. The Wiggles was a rerun today. Whatever. Let's just get these interviews over with. Who's up first? ...
A Pitt Christmas Tradition
We all have our own traditions during this time of year. Those special things that let us know it's Christmas time. For some, it's the first snow of the year. Or the sound of the Salvation Army bells. Whatever it is, it's that thing that warms your heart just a bit with memories of Christmas...
The Shotgun/Throwdown: Tuesday (12/6/11) Edition
Welcome, By-Godders, to the Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU's nationally recognized best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor and daily distractions. We're being brought to you today by Lost Rhino Face Plant IPA. Today we have more reactions to the Orange Bowl bid and reactions on the...
The Shotgun/Throwdown: Friday (3/4/11) Edition
Welcome, By-Godders, to the Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU's nationally recognized best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor and daily distractions. We're being brought to you today by Fegley's Brew-Works Hop'solutely Triple IPA. Tomorrow marks Senior Day at the WVU Coliseum, as Joe...
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...
Don't Bet On It!: College Football Bowl Edition (Part II)
I made it through the Sin City Las Vegas Bowl in my last round of picks, so it’s time to rejoin the postseason schedule on the eve of Christmas Eve and run down my next four bowl predictions. As always, my ordinary mantra applies: Don’t Bet On It! These are the next games on the slate in need of...
Week Thirteen BlogPoll Ballot Draft
When compiling this week’s BlogPoll ballot, I paid no attention to last week’s top 25 (ergo, you should ignore the arrows) and I did not consult any other person’s or organization’s rankings, so the fault for what follows is mine and mine alone. I began by cobbling together a list of all BCS...
Official Dawg Sports Glib and Flippant Conference Championship Forecasts
Each autumn, on the eve of football season, I like to take a stab at picking the winners of the various conferences, as well as offering a few oddball predictions. I will revisit all of these in January to see just how well or poorly---all right, how poorly---I did in forecasting the events of the...
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