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Report: IU’s Gordon gone

Shocker, eh? The Indianapolis Star’s Jeff Rabjohns reports frosh Eric Gordon is bolting for the NBA after just one season.
Gordon won Big Ten freshman of the year, was unanimously selected to the Big Ten first team and even made some All-America squads, but his spotty play after coach Kelvin Sampson’s forced resignation earned him a [...]

College Bowl Predictions - Part I

“College Coaches Are No Different Than South American Freedom Fighters.”
 
An open letter to college coaches-
Dear Money Grubbing Ego-maniacal Scumbags:
I understand that coaching can be a brutal profession, but as Gregg Easterbrook pointed out, it can also be done by volunteers (unlike surgeons).  The only reason that your families collapse, your health fades and you sleep [...]

Petrino is gone, Louisville fan still going nuts

So ESPN is reporting Atlanta Falcons coach and former Louisville head man Bobby Petrino is leaving already, taking Houston Nutt’s former head coaching position at Arkansas (Nutt is now at Ole Miss). The WWL is reporting he’ll be paid around $3 million a year, but he’ll leave just a year into a 5-year, $24 [...]

THE NON GAMES OF THE WEEK/ HEISMAN HYPE

We have entered the doldrums of the 2007 college football season.  While this is sad, we can reflect on the season.  We can also discuss the Heisman Trophy which will be handed out on Saturday. 
The season began with a bang, and ended with a thud for some teams.  Let’s look at some of the madness [...]

Robert Goulet, ESPN legend

We’re a bit young and recall Robert Goulet more as the great villain Quentin Hapsburg in “The Naked Gun 2 1/2″ than his broadway stuff (Isn’t that right, Mr. … poopy pants?).
Goulet died Tuesday, but sports fan remember him for some of the greatest ESPN commercials made. These were from the late 1990’s, and I [...]

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