November 15, 2005 posted under: Iowa State basketball The Cyclones men’s basketball team opens their regular season this Sunday at Hilton Coliseum against Mountain State following a 1-1 exhibition round. ISU lost their pre-season opener to EA Sports, 64-57, but rebounded to beat Division II Bemidji State, 84-77. Turnovers and fouls have been big problems […]
January 21, 2006 posted under: Bob Sanders, coaching carousel, Packers So, for all the talk about new directions and new faces and new blood, Mike McCarthy has decided to promote defensive line coach Bob Sanders to be the Packers new defensive coordinator. Sanders has worked under the recently departed Jim Bates for the past five […]
November 3, 2005 posted under: Packers, Pre-game, Steelers Well, well, well. Looks like ol’ Charlie Batch will be starting Sunday against the Packers. I doubt that Pittsburgh will call even a single pass play. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
November 14, 2005 posted under: Blogs, Falcons, Packers, Post-game What some other bloggers are saying about Green Bay’s victory over the Falcons: Packers Use Early Start To Down Falcons “Michael Vick sucked his thumb and cried to the media last week that he didn�t want people criticizing his play anymore. The Green Bay Packers refused […]
January 21, 2006 posted under: Bucks Milwaukee finally got a win last night, beating the Atlanta Hawks 118-102. Both Michael Redd and Bobby Simmons shot well, with Redd scoring 28 and Simmons adding 25 points. Of course, Atlanta has the worst record in the league and is giving up more than 100 points a game, […]
December 13, 2005 posted under: Lions, Packers, Post-game Okay, I know everyone is upset, confused, or maybe downright pissed about the safety reversal call Sunday night. (Though the Detroit Free Press seemed to take it in stride as just another sign of how bad the Lions are and went right back to calling for Millen’s […]
January 26, 2006 posted under: NFL, Super Bowl The new ads for the Super Bowl running on ABC and ESPN have me scratching my head. If you haven’t seen them (just stay tuned, you will), the curious thing isn’t the visual element — just stock footage of past championships dug out of the vaults of […]
January 26, 2006 posted under: coaching carousel, Mike McCarthy, Packers Watching the new crew of midshipman coming aboard the floundering SS Green Bay Packers in an effort to raise the keel and get back under steam has been, to say the least, interesting for all of us Packer Backers. I think we went in to […]
January 6, 2006 posted under: NFL playoffs Despite the fact that Green Bay won’t be playing in the post-season this year, the NFL has decided to proceed with the playoffs anyway. Seems like a boneheaded decision to me, but at least there’s still a few more weeks of football to watch. The Wildcard round gets […]
December 8, 2005 posted under: Iowa State football My brother and I are quite different in many ways. He lives back home in Iowa, I live here in Texas. He is carefree and single, I am married (happily, I might add). He is “between jobs,” I have my dignity wrung from my soul on a […]
January 28, 2006 posted under: Bucks, Mo Williams Milwaukee came up with a win over Toronto last night, but Mo Williams paid the price. The back up guard suffered a sprained ankle in the fourth quarter and had to be taken off the court before the Bucks sealed a 108-87 victory over the Raptors. Williams […]
December 8, 2005 posted under: Bucks A night after losing to the Lakers 111-92, Milwaukee staged a fourth quarter rally to beat Philadelphia 88-85. Down by seven with two minutes to play, Michael Redd hit two free throws and made a layup to close the gap. Rookie Andrew Bogut scored on a rebound after TJ […]
January 7, 2006 posted under: Admirals With all the activity around the holidays and all, I kind of lost track of what’s been going on with the Admirals, so I was a little surprised to see that Milwaukee is currently second in the division with a 22-11-3 mark. They won nine of 16 during December […]
January 15, 2006 posted under: coaching carousel, Jeff Jagodzinski, Mike McCarthy, Packers It looks like new head coach Mike McCarthy is set to hire Jeff Jagodzinski as his offensive coordinator. There’s been no official word yet from 1265 Lombardi Ave., but the Journal Sentinel sounds pretty sure of the news and ESPN’s Chris Mortensen is […]
