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August 31, 2006

According to reports from ESPN and the St. Paul Pioneer Press, former Badgers quarterback Brooks Bollinger will be calling Minnesota home this football season. The Vikings traded defensive tackle CJ Mosley and a draft pick to the Jets to get the fourth-year veteran backup. Apparently coach Brad Childress wanted someone not named Mike McMahon with […]

Strike up the marching band because college football gets underway this weekend, and the mighty Iowa State Cyclones open the season tonight at home against the Toledo Mudhens, er, Rockets. Actually, I shouldn’t kid because this should be a challenging game for the Cardinal & Gold; Toledo topped the MAC last year and defeated UTEP […]

August 30, 2006

Across the league, some teams are grasping at whatever bottom-of-the-barrel talent they can lay their hands on in a desperate attempt to shore up their rosters — witness the Titans signing Kerry “The Unibomber” Collins and Oakland exhuming Jeff George from the Well of Souls — but in the Green Bay the Packers are grasping […]

August 29, 2006

If the third preseason game really is a dress rehearsal for the season opener, then maybe we should think about postponing the show until everyone has learned their lines. Last night’s 48-17 blowout on Monday Night Football was a ridiculous, embarrassing farce; it was so bad even Mother Nature tried to step in to stop […]

August 28, 2006

The third round of NFL pre-season games offered a big opportunity for some former Badgers to strut their stuff, including Lee Evans and Alex Lewis. Evans once again was one of the leaders for the Buffalo Bills offense with five catches for 70 yards. He also ran the ball for six yards. Evans leads the […]

August 26, 2006

If you haven’t already read the blog Cheese and Packers, I encourage you to do so now. Their post on a “conversation” between Sports Illustrated columnists Dr. Z and Peter King is priceless.
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August 25, 2006

Unable to come to terms with their star wide receiver, the New England Patriots have given Deion Branch a week to negotiate a trade to another team. I can think of a team that might have some use for a Super Bowl MVP wideout, but getting him away from the bony clutches of Robert Kraft […]

August 23, 2006

Former Badger running back Brian Calhoun saw his first limited NFL action this past weekend with Detroit, getting two carries for one yard and catching two passes for six yards. His first touch came late in the second quarter on first down deep in Cleveland territory, but the play went for negative yardage. His second […]

August 22, 2006

It has been a rough week for special teamers in Green Bay and for Nostradamus-like prognosticators. The same day the Press Gazette posited that one of the Packers place kickers would need to be cut, Billy Cundiff was released from the squad, but just days later the paper had Jon Ryan packing his bags after […]

August 20, 2006

The Packers 38-10 win last night over the Hotlanta Falcons managed to warm the cockles of Packer fans everywhere, even though everyone is already sweating their cockles off in this summer heat. It was the sort of performance we were all hoping to see from this team, and even though it is just the second […]