The Week That Was: New Year’s Eve Edition
A weekly review of the past week in sports and maybe not sports. Everyone else has a weekly list or 8 so why not us. Ed. Note: I would really like to say this is a day early because I’ll be partying like a rock star tonight for New Year’s Eve but let’s face the [...]
Rationalizing a Badger Win
I heard a lot of explanations on the airwaves this morning for how the Wisconsin Badgers were able to defeat the University of Miami 20-14 in the Champs Sports Bowl on Tuesday evening. Commentators, including ESPN analyst Todd Blackledge during the game broadcast, cited everything from the unseasonably cool weather in Orlando to the condition of a [...]
Badgers Take Down “The U”
Color me impressed, not just with Wisconsin’s Champs Sports Bowl win over Miami, but with the entire season Bucky put together. After last year, I didn’t believe UW was going to be markedly better in 2009; I figured they’d be lucky to win six games and sneak into a fringe bowl. I guess I was [...]
The Week That Was: Christmas Eve Edition
A weekly review of the past week in sports and maybe not sports. Everyone else has a weekly list or 8 so why not us. Ed. Note: Posting this a day early as tomorrow I’ll be too busy putting together toys and snow blowing Mom & Dad’s driveway out. 1. 18 Seconds of Futility: As [...]
Potentially…A Realllly Interesting Week 17
Not to look past the less-than-scintillating slate of NFC games upcoming in Week 16, Week 17 could potentially be very, very interesting and impact the playoff structure dramatically. Let’s assume the following in Week 16: Green Bay beats Seattle New Orleans beats Tampa Bay Minnesota beats Da Bears Dallas beats Washington Philadelphia beats Denver The [...]
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