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Ah, taking a break for a couple weeks felt good. But, as with all things vacation, it must end and the work must go on. Fortunately for me, and you (I hope), this work entails talking about college football. Sure, I could spend hours watching curling, but I’d never do that….never, never...
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Now that the pros have finished up a “Who Dat” passion play worthy of Shakespearean longevity, it’s time to get back to the business of college football – or more pointedly, the business of college football in the spring. That’s right, my friends, despite the real sense...
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Winter is continuing to pound away at many parts of the country as we welcome February, but with all-star games being played and the hint of spring practice starting to whisper its promise of optimism on the wind, let’s take a look back. It’s never too late to learn something from 2009 that...
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Well, that was quite a bowl season wasn’t it? In what can only be called a “shocking development,” or, if you’re my wife, a “disgusting” development, I intentionally watched an extended amount of all 34 bowl games this season. Sure, it’s was big sacrifice –...
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If you remember back a couple weeks, I got together with a few buddies and we did a quick draft of players on bowl teams heading into the first half of the bowl season. Well, we couldn't reconnect for the Jan. 1 games and beyond, but the results are in for those early games that we drafted for. The...
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Wild and wacky, that’s the only way I can describe some of this bowl action over the New Year’s weekend, but there it is – wild and wacky. If you’d told me that Houston ’s Case Keenum would throw six picks against an Air Force pass defense that was statistically very good...
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So, the bowl watching appetite whetted yet? To be sure, the early bowls have offered some snoozers, but they’ve also offered up some interesting performances – some from people you’d expect; others from out of left field. That’s what makes the bowl season so interesting; you just...
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With the bowl season about to really get rolling, it’s time to get fantasy football rolling again. With that in mind, a couple friends and I took a quick evening break to draft some teams for the games through Dec. 31. There were three of us, so we each have two teams. No, no, there’s not...
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And we’re back…with the final eight bowl games given a thumbnail look-see. The one thing to remember about bowl games is that it’s almost like starting a new season for the teams that play after Christmas. There’s been a decent break after the regular-season finale, followed...
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And we’re back. Part 2 of our bowl preview series offers a look at the bowl games after the Christmas holiday. There are some good matchups, some intriguing storylines and even some games that make one raise an eyebrow and say, “mmmm.” We’ll break them down for you right here...
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Run this number around in your mind a little while – 34. That’s how many bowl games will take place this holiday season – 34. It’s an incredible number and is actually up two games from a year ago – amazing given the state of the current economy and that fact that these...
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While my guess is that most college football fantasy leagues ended last week, there certainly are formats that could keep going through this week – a week with a very limited slate of games. Given that, we’ll look at the week and see if we can’t pull a nugget or two out of Santa’s...
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The final full weekend of the college football season delivered up plenty of offense for fantasy owners lucky enough to choose the right combination of running back, quarterback and receiver. Oh, there were some good performances by tight ends as well, so we should leave the big lugs out of the offensive...
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Well here we are, the last full weekend of college football. Sure, there are championship games on the horizon and other assorted rivalry battles to be played out, but for all intents and purposes – this is it. If you’re in the playoffs or at the end of the line and you’ve got a hole...
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Anytime I can write the name of Freddie Barnes down, I’m pretty happy. In fact, this week’s column has a lot of repeat offenders as offenses seemed to come alive in week 12. Let’s take a look at who excelled and who sucked it up a bit was we head to the waning weeks of the 2009 college...