November 20, 2005 Congrats to JoePa and the Nittany Lions for winning the Big 10 title and a BCS bid. Obviously, it would have been better to see coach Alvarez get another conference championship in his last season, but things don’t always turn out the way they should (see also: Green Bay’s season). So, Penn […]
November 4, 2007 #1) The defense must create turnovers, cover Tony Gonzalez like a glove and gang tackle Larry Johnson #2) Ball security on offense, protect Brett Favre and get what you can on the ground. #3) Healthy doses of Kewaskum summer sausage.
Posted on September 29, 2006 The next opponent on Iowa State’s football schedule is the Panthers of the University of Northern Iowa. Some of you might not know much about UNI, so today I thought I’d give a brief tutorial on this fine and august institution. The school was founded as the Iowa State Normal […]
September 30, 2007 A trip to the Metrodome is a lot like going to visit your dysfunctional in-laws: You can never get out of there without a little drama. Today was no different for the Packers, who nearly gave away the ball game after Ryan Grant fumbled a handoff from Brett Favre with under two […]
December 7, 2005 The rivalry is back on! Iowa State hosts Iowa this weekend for the biggest game of the year. The Schmuckeyes are 7-2 coming into this one after an earlier loss to Texas and a 67-63 loss to Northern Iowa last weekend. Greg Brunner is their all-star this year, shooting better than 46% […]
October 14, 2007 There was a point during the game today that I was ready to concede defeat and tried to convince myself that being 4-2 going into the bye week was pretty respectable. And the Green Bay defense took over the second half. Like they say over that the Wisconsin Sports Bar, thank Odin. […]
November 5, 2006 Thank goodness for beer and the love of a good woman because right now those are the only things keeping the barrel of a gun our of my mouth. Christ Almighty, it’s bad enough when the Packers lose to another team, but why do they have to beat themselves? Today was the […]
February 5, 2008 After going back and forth over the weekend I ended up finally watching the Super Bowl. It was pretty tough during the first quarter because all I could think about was how the Packers should have been there in their white road jerseys instead of the Giants, but it ended up being […]
December 5, 2007 If newly-hired Packers CEO Mark Murphy wants to earn some props, he’d bring a faith healer or a shaman to Green Bay to lay hands on Aaron Rodgers, because the latest news out of the Hutson Center is not good. The Packers backup quarterback, who preformed admirably in relief on Thursday night, […]
I completely missed the boat on the sports town hall program hosted by Bob Costas the other night, but I have since seen the videos of Buzz Bissinger’s insane tirade against sports bloggers and blogging in general. If you missed it too, The Bucky Channel has some clips. The sound of an industry dieing is […]
November 6, 2005 The Packers put up a noble fight today showing flashes of what kind of team this could be, but in the end mistakes and missed opportunities thwarted their effort to upend the Pittsburgh Steelers. This game was sort of a microcosm of the season: at times it looked hopeful, but in the […]
Posted on 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 […]
It seems rather odd to be looking ahead to Thanksgiving when Memorial Day is still a couple months away, but that’s how it goes for the football fan in the off season. Heck, the college draft is still a month off, but have I already cleared that day on my calendar? You bet I have. […]
Posted on February 9, 2007 If it’s possible to induce a coma by overeating, I’m pretty sure that during the Super Bowl I came about as close as one dare before actually requiring hospitalization. I seriously need to check out hypno-therapy to curtail my piggish behavior on game days, I think. So how about those […]
