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January 24, 2007

Steelers fans, and I know a couple, generally seem to be change averse, so they cannot be very happy with all goings on in Pittsburgh the past few days. First Bill Cowher retires, then Ken Wisenhunt leaves for Arizona, in comes Mike Tomlin from the Vikings (maybe a bigger whodat head coaching hire than Mike […]

January 22, 2007

So my attempts at prognostication were right on the nose: Bears and Colts in the Super Bowl. Ah, I suck at picking games.
I was very surprised, to say the least, at how badly the Saints looked today. Was it the cold? All week everyone in the sports entertainment media complex kept repeating how Drew Brees […]

January 20, 2007

A very big win for the Wisconsin men’s basketball team today, defeating Illinois on the road 71-64. That makes 15 victories in a row for the #3 Badgers and one step closer to a run at the Big 10 title. Way to go, boys.
I was a little worried there when they seemed to let the […]

The title of this post should not be taken as a boast, just a statement of fact. I do suck at picking football games. But with the conference championships less than 24-hours away, I suppose it’s time to put it on the line and pick some winners.
The big winner I think will be us, the […]

January 18, 2007

With the NFL season grinding relentlessly to its conclusion, we Packer fans are left to watch the John Deere oracle for signs of white smoke. There’s a long, cold winter ahead with plenty of time (too much?) to ponder and speculate about the future of our team.
The Brett Favre question is obviously the biggest and […]

January 17, 2007

I apologize for the tardiness of this post, but Brats & Beer has been undergoing a move to a new hosting account. An unpleasant and frustrating endeavor, I hope it results in less downtime and improved responsiveness.
Before that bit of necessary evil befell me, I was hoping to fill this space with some scintillating prose […]

January 11, 2007

There’s a lot of familiar names circulating in the news today as the coaching carousel goes round and round. Unfortunately, Kurt Schottenheimer is not among those being bandied about for open positions; I’m secretly hoping he’ll get offered a chance to coach in the NFL Europe, far, far from Green Bay’s secondary.
First was the news […]

I’m not sure how funny I find this picture, as I don’t really want to think that Corey Williams swings that way, but on the other hand is a pretty hilarious pose for Sexy Rex Grossman. (Picture spotted on and stolen from the mighty excellent Big Lead.)
So the big NFL divisional playoff games are coming […]

January 10, 2007

What a sweet victory for the Badgers over Ohio State tonight. It was ugly at times, high flying at times, and down to the wire, but Wisconsin got the win in the end, 72-69. Pretty nice work, boys.
How about that Kam Taylor scoring 25, including 5-8 from the floor, 3-6 from three-point range, and 12-16 […]

January 9, 2007

Way to go, Ohio State. So, should we have that debate again about why it should have been Michigan vs. Buckeyes for the mythical national championship? Looks like they should have been playing for bragging rights in the Choke Bowl.
I not really sure what to make of the meltdown tonight in Glendale, though congrats are […]