In the preseason polls, Northern Illinois received one vote in the AP Top 25, and two votes in the USA Today Coaches poll, ranked behind such illustrious teams as South Florida (3-9), Virginia (4-8), Missouri (5-7), Southern Mississippi (0-12!), Utah (5-7), Arkansas (4-8) and Auburn (3-9).After losing to Iowa in Week One, Northern Illinois did... Continue Reading →
Robert Griffin III, Rob Parker, and ESPN Television’s Slow Downward Spiral
This is not the way I planned on reawakening this blog, but I can think of no other good venue for organizing my thoughts about the absolute load of shit I saw and heard on Twitter today.Good grief, I can already hear you saying. Not another one of those "You can't believe what you heard some... Continue Reading →
Open A New Window, Open A New Door
Dormancy has been the norm around here of late, through much fault of my own.I am sad to say that I do not have the time to dedicate to this space like I wanted to. The vision in my head just does not match up to the reality of my current situation, and there were... Continue Reading →
Joe Paterno: 1926-2012
The end will come for all of us one day. The nature of the circle of life is that we all will, sadly, pass away. Sometimes sooner than we ever expect.It seems weird to say that an 85 year old has passed away too soon, and yet for some reason I can't seem to help... Continue Reading →
Sandusky Situation Could Lead to Paterno’s Downfall
I lived in State College, Pennsylvania for three years in the early to mid 2000s. It's hard to live near and work for Penn State without developing some level of affection for the communty, and for the Nittany Lions football team.I lived about three miles or so from the stadium and drove past it on... Continue Reading →
2011 Kickoff: Preseason Predictions
Oh, it truly is the most wonderful time of the year.Each Labor Day weekend, we receive college football back.Even with all of the off the field scandals (covered in summation here), and with the drama coming from the pending implosion (again!) of the Big 12, I can't wait to spend more attention to games on... Continue Reading →
The 2011 College Football Season is Here. Thank Goodness
I don't know about you, but I have been waiting for this day for a long, long time. The start of the 2011 college football season has taken forver to get here, and now that it is here, hopefully attention can be paid to the game on the field.And this year more than ever, that... Continue Reading →
A Letter to ESPN
Dear ESPN,I'm probably long overdue in writing this missive, and for that I should apologize. Although I am sure that by now, you must have realized that this letter was coming. I know from my perspective, the writing has been on the wall for some time now, but events over the past few months have... Continue Reading →
Michigan needs victories, not mascots
Even though my background is in higher education administration, I have had the pleasure of spending time around business majors and business professors. In addition, I have plenty of friends who work in business, marketing, advertising.As a communications major, and as a cynical person, I believe that nothing good can ever come from the words, "youth demographic." Especially... Continue Reading →
Housekeeping: Guest spot this week
I'll be doing a guest spot tomorrow over at Blatant Homerism, an Oklahoma blog with the Bloguin network. It's "Best of Week" and I highly recommend you check out the other stuff over there. The guys do good work on Oklahoma football and college football in general and is in my must read rotation of... Continue Reading →
Test For Echo 
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