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December 1, 2006

Going into this college football season I was really hoping things might turn out differently. I thought that maybe this year, with the Rose Bowl unfettered by hosting the BCS National Championship game, that maybe we’d have a shot at a traditional Tournament of Roses bowl game between the Big 10 and the Pac 10. […]

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 1, 2006

I was a little surprised, though not shocked, by the treatment of the Packers this week in the mainstream sports entertainment media. There was some comedy made of old man Brett Favre’s scramble for a touchdown and then his Lambeau Leap, all well and good, but mostly Green Bay’s victory was cited as evidence that […]

July 14, 2006

A couple weeks ago Gil Brandt offered his ridiculously brief and shallow “60-second previews” of all 32 NFL teams. (And judging by the number of spelling and grammatical errors, it appears he spent all of a minute writing the piece.) He ranks Green Bay #22 and says:
The Packers have a new head coach in Mike […]

January 9, 2006

What does Wisconsin have to do to get a modicum of respect from the Associated Press poll? The 12-2 Badgers are back in the Top 25 this week after dispatching formerly seventh-ranked Michigan State yesterday, which is a good start, but UW only placed 21st in the poll. That’s behind 10-3 West Virginia, 11-3 Boston […]

November 4, 2005

On it’s Web site, Sports Illustrated offers up its list of the 10 most disappointing players this season. And number six on the list is none other than #4, Brett Favre. What? Come on, now, SI, let’s put this into some context. Three starting players are missing from that offense and there are some important […]