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September 9, 2007

Sweet sons of Donnie Duncan, what is happening to the Iowa State Cyclones? The Gene Chizik era is starting to look less like a revival and more like a Jim Walden-inspired nightmare. The Clones got taken to woodshed by Northern Iowa last night 24-13; the defense got chewed up by UNI quarterback Eric Sanders (23 […]

September 8, 2007

As a Packer fan living about as far from Wisconsin as you can and still be on American soil, I’ve had my share of fantasies about quiting my job and moving to Green Bay to follow the Green & Gold for an entire season. If you could make it work financially — and if the […]

September 7, 2007

Last week in his debut as Iowa State head football coach, Gene Chizik suffered an ignoble defeat against Kent State. Tomorrow the Cyclones play UNI and the Des Moines Register ran a story today about why the Panthers winning the game would not be considered an upset.
Despite what the billboards say and what Jamie […]

Las Vegas is a city that is constantly evolving and reinventing itself as a gambling town and tourist destination, but the high point had to be the Rat Pack years in the early 1960s. And couldn’t you totally see Frank, Dean, and Sammy hanging out with Buckingham U. Badger decked out in a tuxedo and […]

September 5, 2007

We’ve been through training camp and four pre-season games and we’re down to the final 53-man roster. The NFL regular season kicks off tomorrow, so it’s time to put all the cards on the table and decide what kind of year the 2007 Green Bay Packers are going to have.
The past few days, I know, […]

September 4, 2007

The AP and coaches polls both came out today and both agree: The UW Badgers are the fifth best team in the country. These are some lofty heights; I hope no one gets a nosebleed.
I was thinking before the polls came out that Wisconsin might get bumped up to number six after Michigan fell to […]

With one win under their belt and a promising season ahead, it’s going to sound petty for me to say this, but I don’t like the new home uniforms the Badgers are sporting this year.
Head coach Brett Bielema made the decision before the season opener to dress his squad in red jerseys with red pants […]

September 3, 2007

I’m convinced now that Ted Thompson is not lying and he is not trying to whitewash the issue when he says he has complete confidence in running backs Vernand Morency and Brandon Jackson, because he’s pretty much staked his professional career in Green Bay to those two players.
Over the weekend the Packers cut their roster […]

September 2, 2007

The Green Bay Packers cut 20 players yesterday to get to their 53-man roster, but there are still some sizable holes leaving me to believe this is far from the final roster we’ll see on opening day next week.
The best move Ted Thompson made was cutting quarterback Paul Thompson. With iron man Brett Favre under […]

The Wisconsin football team opened their 2007 season with high expectations, and despite a couple miscues they answered the bell with a 42-21 victory over Washington State.
New starting quarterback Tyler Donovan was spot on in his 2007 debut, completing 19 of 29 passes for 284 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for another TD […]