Make your BCS bowl plans now, Fighting Irish fans!!! According to Blue & Gold Illustrated (BGI), Notre Dame will finish the regular season at 11-1 and head to one of the big BCS bowl games in January. 11-1?!?!? Maybe they'll play in the National Title game!!! Yahooo!!!!! Wait … what? You're wondering how in the name of St. Charles the Irish could be 11-1 in … [Read more...] about Fighting Irish Summer Dreams
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Tuesdays with Smitty: Random thoughts and observations from Thanksgiving Weekend.
Long title to this article - then again this it was a nice long weekend for me. Unfortunately work calls, and I still can't figure out a way to get rich and stay home writing on Pickin' Splinters for a living. Someday... someday. But this weekend was everything it was hyped to be - good food, good company, warm fires at the Edgemere mansion, cold brews and lots of sporting … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: Random thoughts and observations from Thanksgiving Weekend.
Pickin’ Splinters National Championship ’08
It is that time of year again to bring down the decorations and get ready to 'trimma the tree'. It's also the time of year when college football rankings cause quite a stir. Are you perplexed by the state of Division 1A College Football? Frustrated by the choices for the national title game? Here’s your chance to voice your opinions. Starting on Saturday, December 13th … [Read more...] about Pickin’ Splinters National Championship ’08
Do Coaches Ever Find Greener Grass?
by Paul Casey Gotham Here I am in Upstate New York finding myself thinking of greener grass. Maybe it’s the recent ‘heat wave’ of sorts – back-to-back 60 degree days in January (hard to argue with Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’) - that’s got me considering the yard work. Of course it’s not the literal grass I ponder, rather the figurative ‘greener grass’ that college … [Read more...] about Do Coaches Ever Find Greener Grass?
Can College Football Be Fixed?
By Paul Gotham Monday night college football will crown its champion. In the climate-controlled comfort of the Louisiana Superdome the Ohio State Buckeyes and Louisiana State Tigers will vie for ultimate bragging rights. Of course this ending will continue the discussion of the BCS (Bowl Collusion Syndicate) and its validity. Opponents of the BCS will have a Tank … [Read more...] about Can College Football Be Fixed?