bill-mccartney Stories - Corn Nation
Free Throws
Sometime in early January 2007, I woke up at the crack of 10:17 AM. I put on my slippers and threw on my Slanket. I asked my servant to fetch the mail for me, and as he bowed and scraped his way back into my palatial efficiency, my face lit up. Like Rick Majerus sucking down an Ol' 96er, I...
Report: Les Miles No Longer Interested, Jim McElwain Interviews
NOLA.com is reporting that LSU head coach Les Miles is not interested in the University of Colorado job. Whether or not he was ever seriously considering coming to Boulder could be up for debate but the fact that it has taken this long for him to come out and say he wasn't leaving probably means he...
How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Gators?: Notes on Restoring Balance in the Georgia Bulldogs' Most Important College Football Rivalry (Part II)
In an effort to turn Bulldog Nation’s collective angst into a productive discussion, I have raised the issue of the Georgia Bulldogs’ ongoing struggles with the Florida Gators in the modern era of college football. Simply stated, the central impediment to Georgia’s gridiron success is the inability...
How I Intend to Vote for the 2010 College Football Hall of Fame Induction Class: My Draft Ballot
As regular Dawg Sports readers are aware, I joined the National Football Foundation so that I could nominate Erk Russell for the College Football Hall of Fame. Although Coach Russell’s candidacy is being considered by the Veterans Committee instead, I have a vote in selecting the 2010 induction...
Wednesday Buff Bites - The Talk Continues to Center Around Dan Hawkins' Job Status
Hawkins Tells Staff He's Got One More Year - cbs4denver.com Two sources inside the CU football progam told CBS4's Vic Lombardi that Hawkins recently met with Unversity Chancellor Phil DiStefano and came away from the meeting with the understanding that he's safe for another year no matter what...
Big 12 Cob of the Week: Todd Reesing, Big Leads, And Colorado's Downward Spiral - Pick The Ultimate Suckage!
Boy, it's getting tough to pick these. Normally you have your good teams and your bad teams, but this year we have half-good and half-bad teams and they trade positions every quarter. Everyone but Texas that is. Texas has done one thing really well so far this season and that's crush the hopes out...
If the Going Got Tough, Would Mark Richt Get Going . . . to Another Program?
I know better than this. Really, I do. I am fully aware that a shock-jockocracy mentality sometimes forces commentators to write outrageous nonsense solely for the purpose of generating page views. Some foolishness, however, is so preposterous that I find myself constitutionally incapable of...
"Hawkins Should Be More Like McCartney" Buff Bites
You know what, if the Buffs had a problem with being too amped and excited for games then I would agree with Hawkins treating the Nebraska game like any other game. But lets face it, this Buffs team looks flat and disinterested. Go watch that Nebraska YouTube video three or four posts down and see...
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