2006 November » Brats & Beer

November 28, 2006

The Packer fan in me is still horribly depressed after that huge, embarrassing loss to the Seahawks last night, but the Cyclone fan in me is terribly impressed, surprised and suddenly quite optimistic about the future now that Iowa State has hired Gene Chizik as head football coach.
This has to be the biggest coup in […]

If anyone happened to get the license plate number of the truck that ran over the Packers last night, please contact the Green Bay defense so they can call their insurance company.
Well, it was another Monday night and another embarrassing performance by the Green & Gold, only this time it wasn’t the defensive secondary causing […]

November 26, 2006

It’s taken a lot of effort for me to finally drag my fat and lazy ass to the computer after four or five fat and lazy days off; but what glorious fat and lazy days they were. I would guess I’ve put on a good five or ten pounds the past couple days with all […]

November 20, 2006

Cheers to the Wisconsin Badger football team for taking care of their business against Buffalo and closing out the season with an 11-1 record. They also got a bump in both the polls and the bowl standings, rising to #10 in the AP and #8 in the BCS. Jeers, though for rules that will keep […]

November 18, 2006

A lot of columnists and commentators out there are sighting up this week’s game between the Packers and Patriots as a duel between Brett Favre and Tom Brady, the old gunslinger vs. the new, and that’s probably not a bad lens through which to view this contest. Unfortunately for them it might not be much […]

November 17, 2006

If you’ve been reading Brats & Beer for any length of time, it should be clear — and I’ve stated as much — that I’m not a particularly good person, especially when it comes to football. I utterly despise Vikings fans and hope one day the Humpty Dumpty Dome collapses in upon itself. Bears fans […]

November 16, 2006

The UW Badgers close out the 2006 regular season this Saturday at Camp Randall with a non-conference game against the 2-8 Buffalo Bulls. Since I’m sure some of you are a little in the dark about what makes these Bulls run, let’s get the 411 on SUNY-Buffalo.
The school is officially called University at Buffalo, The […]

November 15, 2006

In his column today, ESPN’s Rod Gilmore describes the Wisconsin Badgers as “the girl next door” and argues this is why they won’t get invited to a BCS bowl game this year. Mr. Gilmore apparently has never seen the film The Girl Next Door, because I’m pretty sure the BCS would totally invite a […]

November 14, 2006

Anyone out there not have an opinion on Brett Favre and the possibility he comes back next year? Both of you are excused to go back to your jobs at McMurdo Station, but please accept a subscription to Sports Illustrated for Peter King’s gushing columns about our favorite signal caller and take a complimentary copy […]

Remember back a couple years towards the end of his career with Minnesota when Randy Moss said he only plays when he feels like it? Yeah? And remember when he finally got himself traded to Oakland and he said he was a different player and all that stuff was in the past? Well, looks like […]