“I told them at the end of practice today, ‘If we’re going to do something a little different here that no other team has done, we’re going to have to take it an extra step. A lot of teams have won the conference championship here. A lot of teams have double digit wins. About the only thing they haven’t done is get in a BCS game. If you want to get in, you have to beat some teams that are better than us on paper and we’re going to have to quit losing to teams that we have better players than. The way to do it is get more consistent and disciplined with fundamentals and assignments and those types of things.’ I love the competitiveness and the team speed. We’ve got a lot to build on.”
Reading between the lines: You can’t beat Houston and lose to UAB in the same year and still demand respect and a seat at the BCS table.
My cousin, a female lawyer with a part-time writing gig, puts you inside the mind of the woman who will win your bracket pool.
Three of my favorites.
Iowa State vs. UCONN
- The Thought Process: My heart goes out to anyone who has to wear the label of Huskie.
- The Pick: UCONNWichita State vs. Virginia Commonwealth
- The Thought Process: I don’t know either of these teams, but I do know that Wichita IS NOT a state, and if there’s one thing I hate, it’s a liar.
- The Pick: Virginia CommonwealthKansas State v. Southern Miss
- The Thought Process: I won Junior Miss.
- The Pick: Southern Miss.
I will cheer for this buy, even if he plays for Alabama.
Pulled from this forum, so you know… I’m sure it’s mostly true.
“Ok so in 1976 Arnold was in Birmingham filming the movie “Stay Hungry”. While he was here, he was working out for his movie and was given a UAB shirt, which at the time had no athletic program. Then when Arnold went back to LA/Hollywood, he frequently worked out at UCLA’s gym. There Coach Bartow who was the men’s basketball coach saw the shirt and was interested about this so called “UAB”, then in 1977 Coach Bartow leaves UCLA where he had a cush job and starts an athletic program at UAB. So Arnold is the reason we have UAB sports.”
Note that Mizzou and the 3 CUSA-to-Big East moves haven’t actually been executed yet, though comment below if I missed one.
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BYU – From MWC to Independent
Texas A&M – From Big 12 to SEC
Boise State – From WAC to MWC
Nebraska – From Big 12 to Big 10
Utah – from MWC to PAC-12
Colorada – From Big 12 to PAC-12
Pittsburgh – From Big East to ACC
Syracuse – From Big East to ACC
WVU – From Big East to Big 12
Fresno – From WAC to MWC
Hawaii – From WAC to MWC
Nevada Reno – From WAC to WMC
University of Denver to the WAC
Seattle University to the WAC
Texas at Arlington to the WAC
Texas at San Antonio to the WAC
Texas State University–San Marcos to the WAC
The Premiership kicks off in a matter of weeks with many teams in purdy new kits. To be fair, a few of these are simply ‘keeper kits… but still, I mean, c’mon.
Arsenal: Sure.
Aston Villa: Pawn.
Blackburn: Seriously?
Bolton: LOL.
Chelsea: Same-y.
Everton: Stop.
Fulham: Slick.
Liverpool: Slicker.
Manchester City: Truedat.
Manchester United: Nice.
Newcastle: Pfffft.
Norwich: Brazil?
Stoke: Tradition-y.
Sunderland: Yessir.
Swansea: Blah.
Tottenham: MehNawYep.
West Brom: Bodon’t.
Wolves: YES.
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I was on a cruise ship during the BCS Championship Game. I couldn’t watch. Literally.
The satellite feed wasn’t working, so 30 Auburn and Oregon fans all gathered round a computer (paying $0.75 per minute) to watch a bootlegged feed which froze every 30 seconds. It was like being handed a grainy photograph of an event with no explanation whatsoever about what happened before, after, or even when it happened.
I’m sure many of you didn’t mind my absence. Lord knows your Twitter feeds were a lot less full.
People always ask me who I cheer for when it comes to college football. Southern Miss is the obvious answer. Referring my following of the Golden Eagles as an “obsession” would be a major understatement. But in the state of Alabama, you are Alabama or you are Auburn. I grew up Auburn and followed them with a passion greater than many who actually attended the university. I joke that if I was married to Southern Miss, Auburn would be “the other woman”.
So, to Auburn, War Eagle! What an incredibly memorable year.
Now… let’s be honest and admit that next year you’ll be lucky to go 9-3. (luv u Newton & Fairley)
So there’s this thing in Alabama called Thursday Night Lights. I never knew about it until last week. Each Thursday during high school football season, the local My-whatever channel broadcasts a game.
It’s awesome.
The week I was home was Walker vs. Curry. Yes, the greatest rivalry in Walker County was broadcast through the majority of the greatest state in America on the only weekend I’ve been home this year.
Walker won… very easily, mind you. If you don’t want to read the article, the image above and video below pretty much sum up the game.
Winning a championship is fun. Watching your team win a championship in person is even better.
Soccer doesn’t mean much to most of you. It didn’t mean anything until I moved to Seattle and experienced the first MLS Sounders match.
It’s a huge deal in Seattle. So huge, it still freaks me out.
Seattle won its 2nd straight US Open Cup last night in front of a US Open Cup record crowd of 31,311.
The record attendance smashed the old mark of 21,583 set in 1929. Dating back to 1914, the U.S. Open Cup is the oldest cup competition in United States soccer and is among the oldest in the world.
It was amazing.
