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College Football 2010: Rivalry Week
It’s finally here, the Black Friday of football. No other weekend is so turkey-stuffed with intense rivalries. Like Best Buy at 4 a.m., rivalries breed nothing but lingering animosity and hatred. Specific crowd chants are created just for such games, and people cut themselves and surrounding fans if their team loses. College football rivalries... »
College Football 2010: Week 12
CHICAGO — Welcome to perhaps the least explosive week of college football. Case in point: ESPN is celebrating College GameDay at Chicago’s Wrigley Field in anticipation of the grueling contest between 5-5 Illinois and 7-3 Northwestern. This game would be fun if they’d decided to let the teams play in Wrigley Field’s small endzone, where... »
College Football 2010: Week 11
This evening, something once thought impossible can occur: South Carolina can clinch the SEC East. The Gamecocks, like half the teams in the division, have never been to the SEC Championship Game, yet this season appears to be their best hope. Unfortunately for the Old Ball Coach, the Cocks have to stroll into Gainesville... »
College Football 2010: Week 10
After a wave of red hit our government this week, a wave of red, or crimson maybe, fever has seemed to hit college football critics. All week, the marquee words have described Alabama’a uphill charge to the national championship game. Constant speculations like “The Tide is down but not out” have bombarded respected sports... »
College Football 2010: Week 9
Alien astronomers looking out into space this week noticed something extraordinary. The Earth, it seems, had changed its shape. Amid the confusion this discovery must have caused, the intrepid astronomers researched deeper into the phenomenon and eventually discovered that the Earth had taken not only a new shape but a very specific one as... »
College Football 2010: Week 8
Once again, it is the Third Saturday in October. Yet, this year’s rendition of the classic rivalry between Alabama and Tennessee may fall into the ‘least anticipated’ category. Most sports commentators across the country likely compare Alabama travelling to Tennessee to Alabama making of their business-like trips to Southern Mississippi. All respect to the... »
College Football 2010: Week 6
Tennessee versus Georgia. It used to be a marquee game in the Southeastern Conference. The game used to decide the top challenger to Florida in the Eastern Division. Not anymore. In fact, the game today is between two of the worst teams in the conference. Tennessee is 2-3, and Georgia is 1-4. The last... »
College Football 2010: Week 5
How is it that Arthur Fonzarelli went on to become the best college football coach in the country? He must have had an epiphany after he jumped that shark. Yet, why did he change his name to Nick Saban? That one, no one will ever figure out. His number one ranked Crimson Tide get... »
College Football 2010: Week 4
We now know it’s true: Urban Meyer is God. How else could have drawn up a divine fake punt to miraculously snag the holy momentum from the upstart Tennessee Volunteers last week? The Blue House Lives is current building a shrine to him in our office decorated with myriad Urban icons. One must remember,... »
Tennessee’s Water Worse than Washington’s Air
TENNESSEE – Over 500 Coca-cola employees have gone on strike since August 28th. One employee said they had been overworked to compensate for the mass import of the product to Tennessee. Most Tennesseans prefer to drink Coke or Mountain Dew because their water is impotable to humans. Unfortunately for The Volunteer State, the Appalachian... »


