Archive - September, 2009

The wheels on the bus…

September 28 3 Comments Category: NCAA 2009

Round and round they go, propelling the upset bandwagon forward, into another football season where clarity is impossible, favorites are continually in danger and everything you thought you knew ended up in the loss column. Members aboard the bus (so far) this year are: Oklahoma, check. BYU, check. Utah, check. Penn State, check. USC, check [...]

Don’t call me Erin

September 22 5 Comments Category: NCAA 2009

Every time my wife or I come to California, all we talk about is how much we love it and how awesome it would be to live here. That is, if you don’t mind a ridiculous cost of living, home prices, earthquakes, fires, mud slides, sinkholes and a bankrupted state government. But the beaches sure [...]

SEC Defense

September 14 6 Comments Category: NCAA 2009

No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Texas continue to roll. The Gators had a sluggish first quarter before deciding they should actually play a little bit of football before the game ended, and end it did, 56 – 6. The Longhorns took a bit longer, going into the half 13 – 10, but as my [...]

Saints and Sinners

September 09 2 Comments Category: NCAA 2009

Saints & Sinners 2008 was a year for people to converse regarding the parody of college football, how the lines between the Have’s and Have Not’s is more blurred than ever before, where no team is safe, and defeat is but a tackle away. 2009 certainly did little to combat this theory as Oklahoma and [...]