Buckeyes Take East Lansing in Day of CFB Heaven
I’ve spent the last 11 months waking up in sweats. I have nightmares of 4th and 1. I have Jeff Heuerman’s missed block replaying in my head. And now, I […]
Category Archives: NCAAF
Why Michigan Sucking Ruins Everything
It’s Thursday, October 9th. The clouds are casting over Columbus, rain is falling, NBA preseason has begun, the Colts play the Texans on TNF tonight, and Michigan still sucks. Since […]
The Draft that Changed the Face of the NFL
(Written by Tom Shanahan) The NFL Draft opens Thursday night with all the trappings of an Oscars-like extravaganza, although we’re stuck with stuffed-shirt commissioner Roger Goodell and his minions as […]
Lay Off, Critics: Michigan Fans Need to Change Perspective
(Written by Tom Shanahan) It’s tough to pinpoint, but somewhere along the line Michigan fans turned as nutty as the zealots of Alabama football and Kentucky basketball. Michigan has one […]
NCAA Labor Union: Which Side Are You On?
(Written by Tom Shanahan) Maybe you’ve heard the latest development from the College Football Spring. The Free Athletes Movement at Northwestern staged a sit-in protest at University Hall on the […]
Dickie V at Work: The Dumbing Down of America
(Written By Tom Shanahan) Mercifully, another year enduring Dick Vitale broadcasts and wondering how he became famous has wrapped up. He reminds me of the cultural trend known as the […]
Clinton Jones Long Overdue for College Hall of Fame
(Written By Tom Shanahan) Michigan State football fans rejoiced for two reasons last May when Percy Snow was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame: — 1) The 1989 […]
Stanford’s Two-Sport Man Pursues NFL Draft
(Written By Tom Shanahan) Beano Cook, the late football historian, publicist extraordinaire and TV/radio personality, would have loved Tyler Gaffney. The former Stanford running back would have captured his football-shaped […]
The Son Also Rises: Army-Navy Looms for Swann
(Written By Tom Shanahan) Hall-of-Famer Lynn Swann’s football career at USC and with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers has taken him to his sport’s grandest stages. Swann has one Rose Bowl […]
America’s New Era Recruits at Army, Navy and Air Force
(Written By Tom Shanahan) College football coaches typically express equal amounts frustration and respect as they prepare their teams to face Army, Navy or Air Force. The frustration is directed […]
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